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To be blunt, NASA is now dead RL June 27, 2025 11:56 am (Space/Science)

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Musk trashes his own AI after it chose a liberal worldview. RobVG June 23, 2025 9:56 am (CurrentEvents)

Psyche keeps its date with an asteroid BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 5:21 pm (Space/Science)

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There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy. BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:29 am (Flame)

"Remember, what the dormouse said, ER June 5, 2025 4:14 pm (Space/Science)

Not ready for prime time BuckGalaxy June 19, 2025 12:18 pm (Space/Science)

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So, it is official RL June 6, 2025 5:39 pm (Space/Science)

A serious question. What is the US mission in Afghanistan? by bowser December 21, 2011 3:24 pm

I did ask the question not that long ago: How do you think we should have done things after ... by TB 2011-12-21 17:54:04
Here's one of your reasons, Bowser, from someone who should know. Col Lawrence Wilkerson (US Army, Ret.) was chief of staff ... by ER 2011-12-21 16:40:51
- I think I can disagree without much contradiction on Afghanistan, and with not much less on Iraq. Iraq is Kurdish, Shiite ... by bowser 2011-12-21 20:50:23
  - Although I wouldn't have agreed with you on Afghanistan until about a year ago, I think the time to bring ... by ER 2011-12-21 21:19:22

From years-end survey of business by bowser December 20, 2011 11:59 am

Obama perceives himself fourth best President... by Jody December 20, 2011 8:13 am

Whoops! Not quite accurate, I'm afraid. What Obama really said does not include anything like that. "I would put ... by bowser 2011-12-20 13:54:12
Has a lot in common with Washington, Lincoln and Truman. It takes a big man to inherit wars, financial ... by bowser 2011-12-20 10:46:26
Well, it's too early to tell yet, after just three years. But if you consider that, like Lincoln, he ... by ER 2011-12-20 09:43:14
- I don't know... by TB 2011-12-20 10:46:53
  - You want to debate that? He could have added that you agreed with Limbaugh when Limbaugh proposed killing him ... by bowser 2011-12-20 14:03:12
    - Source that. by TB 2011-12-20 14:06:27
      - By the way, that's how a person says "I was wrong." by bowser 2011-12-20 15:21:55
      - I suppose I could be crazy. I cannot find any reference to that episode while googling "Limbaugh assassination Obama" ... by bowser 2011-12-20 15:20:07
        
        A general rule of thumb I have for when I remember something is if I can't find ANY reference to ... by TB 2011-12-20 18:40:14
- Just my own personal opinion...but that has to be the single most arrogant statement for him...hell anyone to make. ... by Jody 2011-12-20 10:46:45
  - He probably felt that way too, after he thought about what he said. That's why he probably asked it to ... by ER 2011-12-20 12:02:54
    - Some politicians can ask 60 Minutes to "remove" something from interviews. by TB 2011-12-20 12:20:27
      - You do have a point there. It's one of the few you've ever made successfully to me. But you also ... by ER 2011-12-20 13:10:35
        
        An update on Obama's 60 Minutes interview: by TB 2011-12-21 08:55:17
  - If this president were Republican, with the same statistics on foreign policy and the economy, every list in the media ... by TB 2011-12-20 10:53:54
    - Actually, I think he's turning out all right. My only criticism is that he tries too hard, and is ... by ER 2011-12-20 11:28:24
      - Okay, now you're just pulling my chain. by TB 2011-12-20 11:57:54
        
        Tom its impossible not to pull your chain. Do you really think its possible for me to present documentary evidence that ... by ER 2011-12-20 12:49:58
    - This president could not be Republican. He considers others, asks for advice, tries to forge agreements which incorporate considerations ... by bowser 2011-12-20 11:16:55
      - "He considers others, asks for advice, tries to forge agreements which incorporate considerations for the opposition and find something which ... by TB 2011-12-20 11:21:30
        
        We do live in different universes. by ER 2011-12-20 11:41:52

In Kim's death, an extensive intelligence failure by bowser December 19, 2011 11:08 pm

It's a war, the other side fights back. You win some and you lose some, and some are rained ... by ER 2011-12-20 05:15:58
- I couldn't agree with you more. What concerns me is the magnitude of some of these failures and the ... by bowser 2011-12-20 06:46:38
  - Remember, we don't hear about all the defeats. And we don't hear about all the victories, either. We only ... by ER 2011-12-20 07:14:44
    - ENIGMA was prior to the CIA. There are wins, losses, and ties. What I'm saying that's not heard ... by bowser 2011-12-20 10:54:05

One of many places the profit motive is obscene. by bowser December 18, 2011 2:45 am

According to one source, by TB 2011-12-18 13:03:06
- "The utopians create a government money sugar fountain". Not for profit hospice is not a "government money sugar fountain". ... by bowser 2011-12-18 13:34:21
  - What I meant is that when government money is flowing from the tap, and competition for customer money isn't part ... by TB 2011-12-18 14:59:13
  - Walked right into that one TB n/t by RobVG 2011-12-18 14:24:04
    - Yep. That's what's called a "broadside". by ER 2011-12-18 14:41:10
The profit motive IS obscene, but we are stuck with it. At best we can manage it, to mitigate its ... by ER 2011-12-18 05:37:42

Paterno and Sandusky by FrankC December 16, 2011 12:50 pm

I think there is a big difference between a homosexual and a pedophile. n/t by RobVG 2011-12-16 16:46:16
- I should have included something to that effect. Sandusky is indeed a homosexual and he is a pedophile and probably should ... by FrankC 2011-12-16 19:07:30
- Good point that shouldn't be lost. Pedophilia is pedophilia regardless of the gender of attraction. by Robert 2011-12-16 18:29:06
The percentage of homosexuals in the population has probably never changed much throughout history, neither has that of pedophiles and ... by ER 2011-12-16 13:40:46
- Name an industry that isn't. It is the way of all things. ...and so it goes. We are not made to ... by Jody 2011-12-16 15:04:00

A problem with reading Cheney's book. by bowser December 15, 2011 7:25 pm

You mean, "How to shoot friends and torture people"? by BuckGalaxy 2011-12-17 17:09:42
I picked up Rummy's "Knowns and Unknowns" at the library yesterday. Maybe when we're done we should swap books and ... by Robert 2011-12-16 10:18:02
A tax credit on yachts actually happened, a few years back. It started off just the opposite, a 10% ... by ER 2011-12-15 20:37:15
- The Yacht Tax was passed in 1990. by TB 2011-12-16 15:10:52

Lest we forget. by bowser December 15, 2011 12:12 am

Yeah, that was a foolish thing to say but it wasn't his first flub. But as far as "defeat" goes ... by RobVG 2011-12-15 09:58:53
- I truly wish that was just a "flub". It wasn't. Bush repeatedly lied to con the American public ... by bowser 2011-12-15 12:39:40
- It's not Bush touting our victories right now. by TB 2011-12-15 10:50:39
  - George Bush made a lot of promises regarding Iraq prior to 2008. He was going to destroy Al-Quaeda, crush the Taliban ... by ER 2011-12-15 11:49:46
    - Obama says Iraq is a great success. Take it up with him. by TB 2011-12-15 12:17:44
      - Don't take my word for it. Listen to a man who actually helped plan the Bush/Cheney Iraq invasion. by ER 2011-12-15 12:34:16
        
        Again: by TB 2011-12-15 13:17:07
        
        P.S. by TB 2011-12-15 13:43:12
        
        You won't believe this. And I'll try to type long enough to get it out of the heading. ... by bowser 2011-12-15 13:03:43
        
        This from someone who doesn't even read a lot of my posts. by TB 2011-12-15 13:26:07
        
        Of course... by TB 2011-12-15 13:53:07
        
        It would be completely naive to suggest Obama started with a clean slate, as you try to imply over and ... by bowser 2011-12-15 15:53:39
        
        Nobody was talking about Obama's "slate." by TB 2011-12-15 16:08:10
        
        What WAS he supposed to tell those troops? The truth? That the whole Iraq war was naked agression based ... by ER 2011-12-15 17:32:30
        
        Ah. He was lying in his teeth. by TB 2011-12-17 11:54:01
        
        Don't you mean the Makaka press conference? 8) by ER 2011-12-17 12:59:18

Grazing rights by RobVG December 13, 2011 8:44 pm

BLM leases are a subsidy to large ranchers who treat the property as their own. This group is almost ... by bowser 2011-12-13 22:16:45
- The government has a long history of allowing access to public land at far lower prices than such access would ... by TB 2011-12-14 10:39:06
- Property treatment by RobVG 2011-12-14 10:33:19
- Remember James Watt, (the Republican Interior Secretary, not the Scottish physicist)? It's the same old story, the government develops and manages ... by ER 2011-12-14 07:15:02

another, as accurate by bowser December 11, 2011 3:15 pm

It's really not all that surprising that the GOP candidates for the nomination come across as a pack of embarassing ... by ER 2011-12-11 16:49:49
- I think there's a basic assumption which is optimistic. That is that the Republicans want to solve problems. ... by bowser 2011-12-11 20:24:07
  - I don't think its fair to say that about all Republicans, or Conservatives. Many, if not most, are sincere, ... by ER 2011-12-11 20:42:08
    - It's important to forget the rhetoric and watch what they do. When that is done there is no ambiguity. by bowser 2011-12-11 21:52:42
      - Good advice. Apply it widely. by TB 2011-12-11 21:57:34
        
        You are absolutely correct. It should be applied to everyone, all the time, no matter how much it hurts ... by bowser 2011-12-11 22:00:22

Metaphor for the Republican Primary by TB December 10, 2011 6:34 pm

As we listen to the media tell us how goofy the Republican presidential field is, it's worth reflecting on the ... by Jody 2011-12-10 21:10:53
I disagree. The process does look like a clown car caper, but I'm not sure the typical Democratic field ... by ER 2011-12-10 20:46:50
- It's the Circular Firing Squad that's annoying me right now. This should be so damn easy. For the ... by TB 2011-12-10 21:33:15

I was talking with a friend tonight. by bowser December 10, 2011 3:24 am

I love ya, Bowz, but I feel compelled to intervene. You're just wrong. And you're wrong for the ... by ER 2011-12-10 07:36:59
- I believe if that post is read more carefully you wouldn't find it to be judgmental except in the sense ... by bowser 2011-12-10 11:37:22
  - And a PS. My problem with the firebombings at this point is that the US does not acknowledge them, ... by bowser 2011-12-10 13:03:19
  - The definition of "black and white thinking" seems to be somewhat vague. With observation over time and context here, ... by TB 2011-12-10 12:47:17
    - Here's a perfect example. In a perfect world the US could take the lead, as the richest nation, farthest ... by bowser 2011-12-10 15:57:03
      - I didn't see anything in that article that implied that the main problem was the United States not knowing how ... by TB 2011-12-10 17:42:32
        
        Per capita, the only reasonable measure, the US wins hands down. And the US didn't compromise, did it? ... by bowser 2011-12-10 23:44:50
        
        Reasonable? by RobVG 2011-12-12 19:35:41
    - The conservative intelligentsia strikes back! by ER 2011-12-10 13:31:03
      - Yeah, kind of like that. by TB 2011-12-10 13:42:41
    - With all due respect, I don't think it's vague at all. Examples of it are the Tea Party's refusal ... by bowser 2011-12-10 13:13:21

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