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This is not a drill. NOT a drill. General Quarters, General Quarters. All hands man your battle stations. ER November 24, 2025 4:58 pm (CurrentEvents)

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When a special interest is too powerful, too irresponsible. by bowser December 25, 2011 8:23 pm
  • In related stories by ER 2011-12-26 13:50:43
    Battleship by TB December 23, 2011 9:47 pm
    • That's the game I was trying to think of in a previous post. Those years when Walker, Ames and ... by bowser 2011-12-26 09:54:45
      • You may have a somewhat distorted view of how intelligence, counter- intelligence and counter-espionage (NOT the same thing) agencies actually ... by ER 2011-12-27 13:38:32
      • And then there are the people that move their boats...n/t by RobVG 2011-12-25 10:07:19
        • That's when its time to stop playing, or find another game. "Battleship" is a silly game anyway, particularly for ... by ER 2011-12-24 05:44:15
          • Miss. by TB 2011-12-24 10:23:40
            • OK. I give up. by ER 2011-12-24 10:33:51
          This needs a stake driven through it's heart. by bowser December 22, 2011 8:26 pm
          • The Shroud proves nothing, either way. by ER 2011-12-22 20:47:50
            • I think it demonstrates quite a bit. All credible evidence shows the cloth is not from the First Century. ... by bowser 2011-12-23 09:14:55
              • To be fair, according to one documentary I saw, there is a case to be made that repairs (reweaving and ... by ER 2011-12-23 13:47:44
              • Just saw this today on History Channel Doesn't change anything for me, but it was interesting by Jody 2011-12-22 20:59:12
                • Yes I saw that. Fascinating. But even if it is scientifically accurate and that is who is in the ... by ER 2011-12-22 21:32:58
              How the GOP Stole Christmas... by Jody December 22, 2011 5:56 pm
              • Et tu, Boehner? by ER 2011-12-22 20:19:39
                "1 percent" update by TB December 22, 2011 10:52 am
                  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
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