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The friend of my friend is my enemy. by ER November 22, 2015 11:01 am

OK ER, here’s my take (you fill in the blanks): by JEKing 2015-11-22 21:49:43
- You've got the major outlines right. by ER 2015-11-23 06:03:38
  - @ER’s I think you overestimate the ability of human personality and intellect to direct history by JEKing 2015-11-23 12:50:53
    - The currents of history... by ER 2015-11-23 13:52:11
- Also, by podrock 2015-11-23 05:40:41
Important questions by mcfly 2015-11-22 12:41:50
- They seem to be trying to precipitate a Muslims-vs-the-world apocalypse. by ER 2015-11-22 14:19:28
  - From The Atlantic, an interesting read: by podrock 2015-11-23 05:26:26
    - Yes, I must confess it. by ER 2015-11-23 05:45:44
      - A short update by podrock 2015-11-23 06:15:22
        
        So this actually is a "war of civilizations." by TB 2015-11-23 09:32:47
        
        Yes. I have (ahem) evolved on that. by ER 2015-11-23 10:51:46

A possible silver lining to denying sanctuary to the refugees... by RL November 20, 2015 9:44 pm

Historians Politely Remind Nation To Check What's Happened In Past Before Making Any Big Decisions by RL 2015-11-21 09:00:18
Seriously? by TB 2015-11-21 09:00:10
- Why we should accept Syrian refugees by mcfly 2015-11-21 10:28:25
- "Our evil country has taken in more refugees in recent years...than every other nation combined." by Robert 2015-11-21 10:19:42
  - "Like!" (moved inside) by RL 2015-11-21 10:27:10
    - OMG by Robert 2015-11-21 20:37:31
      - Just an opinion by podrock 2015-11-23 05:35:52
      - Wasn't aware of any rule on that.. by RL 2015-11-22 00:03:00
        
        Apples and oranges thing by Robert 2015-11-22 09:23:43
    - LOL...that's some serious validation right there by mcfly 2015-11-21 10:30:30
- Also, I never said our country was evil... by RL 2015-11-21 10:04:03
  - Too bad they don't accept comments on that article. by TB 2015-11-21 13:36:25
    - And again... by RL 2015-11-22 00:00:34
      - Last comment on this. by TB 2015-11-22 11:27:28
        
        REFUGEES by RL 2015-11-22 13:43:20
        
        Yeah, Feinstein's Senate bill. I mentioned that Friday. It's a good idea. by TB 2015-11-22 13:53:28
        
        You didn't answer the question... by RL 2015-11-22 13:38:52
- I never said the syrian refugees are jews by RL 2015-11-21 09:05:24
  - Nobody said you did. by TB 2015-11-21 09:54:37
    - There you go again... by RL 2015-11-21 10:07:02
  - One argument in your favor... by RL 2015-11-21 09:14:47
    - This sums it up nicely... by RL 2015-11-21 09:26:08

The light at the end of the world. by ER November 22, 2015 8:09 am

Robert Louis Stevenson by TB 2015-11-22 08:47:30
- "For those in peril on the sea." by ER 2015-11-22 09:46:42
  - Thanks guys...only a few hours old but already a great thread by mcfly 2015-11-22 13:00:35

Smiley was forced out of retirement, too. by ER November 22, 2015 7:15 am

As usual... by RL 2015-11-22 09:46:04
- Ditto by mcfly 2015-11-22 12:49:11

Yeah, this really brings back memories by RL November 18, 2015 5:47 pm

The only certain part of this. by bowser 2015-11-19 18:13:29
Nationalities of the Paris Murderers by RL 2015-11-18 18:34:10
- Do you have that big a problem with reinforcing the existing background check system? by TB 2015-11-18 19:59:33
  - The point was the refugees are being held responsible by RL 2015-11-18 20:10:12
    - At the time, it seemed to be a reasonable suspicion. by TB 2015-11-18 20:23:03
      - When it comes to the refugees, I side with Ted Cruz... by RL 2015-11-19 15:06:04
        
        Ref. Obama's 2011 position on shutting refugee programs down because of terrorists. by TB 2015-11-19 17:23:22
        
        Again... by RL 2015-11-19 17:32:49
        
        And this brings us to the heart of the matter... by RL 2015-11-19 17:09:17
        
        For Hillary to win the next election... by TB 2015-11-19 17:37:16
        
        Who destabilized the Middle East? Say again. by bowser 2015-11-19 18:25:28
        
        No TB this isn't all a plot to elect Hillary... by RL 2015-11-19 18:10:28
        
        But its tailor made for Trump... by RL 2015-11-19 19:24:34
        
        And Carson compares the refugees to Rabid Dogs... by RL 2015-11-19 19:27:58
        
        Tennessee GOP leader: Round up Syrian refugees, remove from state by RL 2015-11-19 19:30:29
        
        Rand Paul demands vote on blocking welfare for refugees by RL 2015-11-19 19:45:27
        
        Huckabee compares refugees to E. Coli by RL 2015-11-20 11:48:14
        
        In response to Mali Huckabee claims Obama will make americans memorize Koran by RL 2015-11-20 11:51:18
        
        The Koran's easier to memorize than the Bible anyway by mcfly 2015-11-21 10:36:43
        
        You can expect the quotes from the other GOP candidates to get worse... by RL 2015-11-19 19:34:38
        
        You missed Santorum by Tony 2015-11-20 05:31:27
        
        Yup... in my defense he is easy to miss by RL 2015-11-20 11:40:17
        
        Wow, total saturation! You win. by TB 2015-11-19 20:07:18
        
        Thank your candidates... by RL 2015-11-20 11:33:46
        
        Candidates by TB 2015-11-20 13:18:30
        
        You say this isn’t about electing the anointed Democrat, then follow it up with a huge pile of media attacks ... by RL 2015-11-20 14:28:59
        
        "Worst part of the voting bloc" by TB 2015-11-20 16:14:48
        
        Yes. by RL 2015-11-20 19:50:02
        
        You need to settle down. by TB 2015-11-21 10:56:34
        
        Raw politics by mcfly 2015-11-21 11:28:47
        
        Hostile to Islam? by TB 2015-11-21 12:02:45
        
        Ummm, TB... by mcfly 2015-11-21 12:45:34
      - Yeah, that passport by mcfly 2015-11-19 10:30:02
        
        There is only one reason to carry, or forge, a Syrian passport right now. Think about it. by TB 2015-11-19 10:56:41
        
        Yes: Trolling us. And it's working beautifully. by Robert 2015-11-19 12:54:11
        
        I wouldn't be surprised... by RL 2015-11-19 15:15:44
      - No, it was just politically expedient for some groups.... by RL 2015-11-19 08:15:12
        
        More useful idiocy... by TB 2015-11-19 11:02:46
        
        That is an EXCELLENT example, let's look at it together, shall we? by RL 2015-11-19 14:50:01
        
        Obama shut off the refugee flow because of terrorism. by TB 2015-11-19 17:00:55
        
        No discussion of the facts of the matter... by RL 2015-11-19 17:08:59

This may be the apocalypse, sooner rather than later. by bowser November 19, 2015 6:42 pm

Its not all doom and gloom... by RL 2015-11-20 21:09:08
- Some good news there by mcfly 2015-11-21 11:06:06
I've read about this a few times by mcfly 2015-11-20 20:02:16

Open Source CGI by RL November 15, 2015 7:11 pm

So help me! by bowser 2015-11-19 18:55:36
Gorgeous images, beautiful lighting by mcfly 2015-11-16 15:01:21
- Just to be clear, NONE of those were mine by RL 2015-11-16 15:28:04
  - Stone knives and bearskins by TB 2015-11-16 18:27:47

Really? (edited) by SDAI-Tech November 13, 2015 9:41 pm

oh dear gawd by mcfly 2015-11-19 07:37:39
Comments by podrock 2015-11-18 20:42:21
- I do a lot of editing. by TB 2015-11-18 21:12:24
  - My policy of post post-editing is based a lot on your practice by Robert 2015-11-19 18:21:49
  - Yup. by podrock 2015-11-18 22:16:09
    - PS by podrock 2015-11-18 22:34:14
LMAO@U Robert by SDAI-Tech 2015-11-17 21:22:05
- Bad cricket, Tech. NewSpeak, don't you think? by podrock 2015-11-18 21:00:22
The original showed him to be a vile excuse for a human being... by RL 2015-11-17 15:16:55
- Not sure how this was news for anyone by Tony 2015-11-18 14:50:38
- Well, RL...as I see it... Some Liberals just don't get satire.n/t by Jody 2015-11-17 17:53:31
  - Oh, I get it... by RL 2015-11-17 18:02:47
Yeah, techie... no one will notice your total rewriting of your original post... by RL 2015-11-17 14:34:47
- I did. by Robert 2015-11-17 14:57:06
I tend to agree with Michael Dill by johannes 2015-11-16 17:24:43
- Peace is a two way street. This is more of a dead end. by RobVG 2015-11-17 10:36:14
  - True, it takes understanding and compromise. by johannes 2015-11-17 16:06:34
You guys still engage this idiot? by Tony 2015-11-16 08:28:37
- Engagement is work. Snark is easy. by TB 2015-11-16 10:08:04
  - Engaging someone not even on same plane is a waste of time by Tony 2015-11-17 10:27:35
Can't resist. by bowser 2015-11-14 19:17:50
Really by podrock 2015-11-14 15:40:15
How nice that you two feel this has worked out so well... by RL 2015-11-14 08:19:22
- It has to be America's problem by mcfly 2015-11-15 09:16:11
  - And the last time we listened to those "alarm bells" and their call to war in Iraq... by RL 2015-11-15 10:22:43
    - "It created ISIS" by TB 2015-11-15 13:59:09
      - Nice try by RL 2015-11-15 16:02:00
        
        "Bush did it." by TB 2015-11-16 09:43:28
        
        Yes... by RL 2015-11-17 16:30:06
        
        Still wrong. But keep repeating it. by TB 2015-11-17 17:18:46
        
        The enemy of my enemy blah blah blah by mcfly 2015-11-18 11:25:24
        
        Not a lot of "regional leaders" left now. by TB 2015-11-18 16:13:55
        
        I did address that, you just don't want to hear by mcfly 2015-11-18 18:23:51
        
        I know what the Middle East looked like in January of 2009. by TB 2015-11-18 21:06:16
        
        Yeah, you're right... by mcfly 2015-11-18 21:44:15
        
        That last paragraph? by TB 2015-11-19 11:22:17
        
        Can hear the replies already by mcfly 2015-11-18 13:02:48
        
        Cripes, there is no limit to how far you will go... by RL 2015-11-17 17:53:07
        
        Ting. Ting. Ting. by TB 2015-11-17 19:48:39
        
        Al Qaeda in Iraq didn't exist until ~2004 by RL 2015-11-18 15:01:44
    - That is definitely one answer. by Jody 2015-11-15 10:24:58
  - LMAO! Well alrighty then. n/t by Jody 2015-11-15 10:12:01
    - I apologize mcfly. by Jody 2015-11-15 10:22:43
      - It's ok by mcfly 2015-11-15 14:14:28
        
        Be still my beating heart! by Jody 2015-11-15 15:48:45
        
        If you have less than nothing to say... by RL 2015-11-15 16:21:59
        
        I enjoy your company RL. by Jody 2015-11-15 17:49:13
        
        Well, in all honesty... by mcfly 2015-11-15 16:34:58
        
        I was uncomfortable saying that to you. by Jody 2015-11-15 17:55:00
        
        I wish I could say it was surprising by mcfly 2015-11-15 16:12:44
- Nobody is "celebrating." Those are alarm bells. by TB 2015-11-14 20:06:38
Well, all I know is my *Right Wing Nut Job Christian Conservative* brother warned of this happening. by Jody 2015-11-14 08:11:17
- So did Obama... by RL 2015-11-14 08:38:54
  - True. by Jody 2015-11-14 08:43:35
It's all good, Obama has contained them. by RobVG 2015-11-13 22:17:17
- It may be the most memorable line of his Presidency by SDAI-Tech 2015-11-14 01:19:33
- Seriously? by RL 2015-11-13 22:25:43
  - What's to analyze? by RobVG 2015-11-14 09:30:47
  - Anger at a heinous crime takes on many forms. We all deal with it differently. by Jody 2015-11-14 08:02:15
    - I guess we do... by mcfly 2015-11-14 12:58:18
      - You wasted those words if it was meant for me Mcfly.n/t by Jody 2015-11-14 16:51:28
      - Please note: by TB 2015-11-14 13:49:02
        
        Everyone in Europe is watching this video... by SDAI-Tech 2015-11-17 00:02:11
        
        Political hay by mcfly 2015-11-14 15:20:38

30 states calling for a ban on refugees from Syria. by Jody November 17, 2015 11:29 am

Ridiculous. by bowser 2015-11-17 22:22:28
- Amen Bowser, and well put by mcfly 2015-11-17 23:02:59
  - The hospital was a mistake, mcfly. Paris was a formal battle plan. by TB 2015-11-18 08:05:58
    - Bowser's still right by mcfly 2015-11-18 20:20:44
    - USAF had been given GPS info, told it was a hospital, it had Red Crosses. You are saying they are that stupid? by bowser 2015-11-18 18:03:23
      - Well, are they? by bowser 2015-11-18 18:19:25
        
        There are two alternatives. by TB 2015-11-18 19:28:50
        
        "Tragic mistake" has a distinctly hollow ring to it by mcfly 2015-11-18 20:05:27
"How in the world can you do background checks on Syrians in a timely matter?" Ask the NSA. by Robert 2015-11-17 17:08:31
- It would be nice if it were that easy. by SDAI-Tech 2015-11-17 21:11:55
- Background checks... by RL 2015-11-17 18:09:27
  - So in theory... by TB 2015-11-17 20:28:32
I agree with this action. Of COURSE you do, because the people that make up your mind for you told you ... by RL 2015-11-17 15:01:13
- If you have less than nothing to say by Jody 2015-11-17 16:04:46
- Keep up the insults. by TB 2015-11-17 15:22:11
  - No insult by RL 2015-11-17 15:27:49
    - Read it again. by TB 2015-11-17 16:03:05
And so it begins by Robert 2015-11-17 11:57:39
- Appropriate tweet by RL 2015-11-17 15:12:16
- "Playing into the hands" by TB 2015-11-17 15:11:53
  - Sidebar 1 by RL 2015-11-18 18:09:46
    - More like-minded folks... by RL 2015-11-18 19:07:42
      - "Like-minded folks?" by TB 2015-11-18 19:42:45
        
        The TB doth protest too much.. by RL 2015-11-18 20:06:59
- I just realized!!! by Jody 2015-11-17 12:11:33
  - We both fear how we'll handle it by Robert 2015-11-17 17:27:44
    - Thank you Robert.n/t by Jody 2015-11-17 17:40:25
  - Another realization by Jody 2015-11-17 13:35:50
    - Gun control != gun ban by mcfly 2015-11-17 14:43:35
      - Point taken by Jody 2015-11-17 15:44:37

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