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Submitted, without comment by ER September 16, 2012 2:16 pm

Hilarious how the detractors of the study claim conspiracy. by alcaray 2012-09-16 14:57:17
- It isn't a "conspiracy" when one person cooks a study. by TB 2012-09-17 09:23:34
  - "...Lewandowsky and his colleagues..." by alcaray 2012-09-17 12:28:36
- I often find that mentality to be impervious to irony. by ER 2012-09-17 05:23:04

"Moondoggle: The Forgotten Opposition to the Apollo Program" by TB September 16, 2012 9:39 am

Of course we don't remember the opposition. by bowser 2012-09-16 13:55:57
- Hey Bowser! Look what I found! I wonder if there is any truth to this...hmmm...Here is the answer to your ... by Jody 2012-09-16 17:23:37
  - Jody, that looks a lot as if Republicans were in favor of Civil Rights. by bowser 2012-09-17 11:55:54
  - Maybe you weren't referring to *those* civil rights. by Jody 2012-09-16 17:30:11
I remember the opposition well. by ER 2012-09-16 10:16:35
- I recall my 5th grade teacher... by alcaray 2012-09-16 12:23:15
  - I remember making a similar calculation. by ER 2012-09-16 12:37:31

Anyone familiar with "sound-powered phones"? by ER September 15, 2012 6:02 pm

The anonymity of those things led to some chicanery. by bowser 2012-09-15 22:01:53
- I never heard of anything like that. by ER 2012-09-16 05:43:21
  - WWII vets would comment on it sometimes. by bowser 2012-09-16 13:47:56
    - In a related (barely) aside. by ER 2012-09-16 13:59:46
      - In an even less related aside. by bowser 2012-09-16 16:11:46
        
        I don't really know if that's true. by ER 2012-09-16 18:06:39
        
        Upon reflection, I would bet it is. by bowser 2012-09-17 11:01:40
        
        I know it happened all the time. by ER 2012-09-17 11:35:13

We now know why Romney's RNC acceptance speech failed to salute the troops or mention Afghanistan and Al Qaeda. by BuckGalaxy September 16, 2012 6:17 pm

George Will says what everyone in the world already knows by BuckGalaxy September 16, 2012 4:57 pm

UN ambassador, mouthpiece for Obama presidential campaign. by RobVG September 16, 2012 10:55 am

I wonder if anyone recalls Bolton's big mouth? by alcaray 2012-09-16 14:55:01
Trying to make this Carter connection is pathetic. by BuckGalaxy 2012-09-16 13:43:03
- Other than your title, I can't make head nor tails of your post. What were you trying to say. by RobVG 2012-09-16 14:48:50
  - The right has been pulling out all stops to say Obama is now Carter by BuckGalaxy 2012-09-16 15:35:07
    - I didn't know that. n/t by RobVG 2012-09-16 15:46:48
"Harry, 3 + 1 = 4. So does 2 + 2." "Absolutely right, Margo. Both of them. And so does 1 + 3." by bowser 2012-09-16 13:36:23
- Glad you finally see the truth. n/t by RobVG 2012-09-16 14:49:41
She appears to be a puppet. Let's get down to basics. Has Libya and Egypt *ever* wanted our help? by Jody 2012-09-16 12:55:14
- lol by BuckGalaxy 2012-09-16 13:44:13
- Absolutely. by ER 2012-09-16 13:21:52
Is this a "furor" in the making? by alcaray 2012-09-16 11:50:19
- Who knows. Maybe no one noticed. by RobVG 2012-09-16 14:52:11
More... by TB 2012-09-16 11:25:38
Maybe she was just diplomatically trying to avoid mentioning Iran. by ER 2012-09-16 11:13:03

Obama's handling of the "crisis" by BuckGalaxy September 15, 2012 9:57 pm

Meanwhile... by TB 2012-09-16 09:30:26
- Obama's foreign policy should be scrutinized closely, and that is what I was trying to do in th OP by BuckGalaxy 2012-09-16 13:31:09
  - Just curious. Did you read the article? by TB 2012-09-16 13:32:37
    - I did. Did you read the one I linked to? by BuckGalaxy 2012-09-16 14:15:55
      - You have to drop whatever you're doing and read TB's links. by ER 2012-09-16 14:28:58
- You don't let gaffes go by in election season. by alcaray 2012-09-16 11:18:39
  - You're right. In fact they pay people to find them. by RobVG 2012-09-16 11:47:16
  - So where are the Democratic ones? by TB 2012-09-16 11:34:55
    - Obama's campaign has been largely gaffe free. by BuckGalaxy 2012-09-16 13:19:20
    - Russian ships? by ER 2012-09-16 12:25:32
    - Oh, so now killing Osama is a BAD thing? by ER 2012-09-16 12:01:56
      - See, you're trying to make this about me. by TB 2012-09-16 13:29:05
        
        It IS about you, TB. by ER 2012-09-16 14:35:49
  - For TB, all motives are diabolical. by ER 2012-09-16 11:20:54
    - The reporters at the conference are on tape rehearsing their anti-Romney questions with each other ahead of time. by TB 2012-09-16 11:38:58
      - You're desperately trying to salvage something out of this, aren't you? by ER 2012-09-16 11:55:24
        
        Hadn't heard about that, had you? by TB 2012-09-16 11:58:18
        
        Hadn't heard about what? by ER 2012-09-16 12:08:48
        
        Never mind. by TB 2012-09-16 13:03:30
        
        I was wondering how long it would take you to figure me out. by ER 2012-09-16 13:06:54
- Don't you think maybe Romney shares just a bit of responsibility for by ER 2012-09-16 10:58:22
  - Romney did not need to wait 48 hours to know that the embassy in Egypt put out their "apology" before the attacks. by alcaray 2012-09-16 11:21:48
    - That's true, but what I meant was... by ER 2012-09-16 11:26:52
      - I'm skeptical. You have more faith in his advisors than I. by alcaray 2012-09-16 11:51:46
The Right will be simultaneously smug and shrill, pointing fingers if there's any more trouble. by ER 2012-09-16 06:14:23

Accident down under by RobVG September 15, 2012 9:16 am

You collect firewood your way, let them do it theirs. Tolerance, please. by bowser 2012-09-15 11:48:45
Standard rule of thumb in insurance issues: by TB 2012-09-15 09:49:51
- A couple years ago... by alcaray 2012-09-16 12:12:06
- I had a guy claim that. by bowser 2012-09-15 11:48:04

Breast Feeding Activists? by ER September 15, 2012 9:11 am

Visiting my sister in Utah... by alcaray 2012-09-15 16:41:30
- Did I win? by alcaray 2012-09-15 16:42:52
Then there is this...Where do I even begin!!?? by Jody 2012-09-15 13:10:57
"It was OK, that everyone understood it had to be done, and there would be no problem." by bowser 2012-09-15 12:18:52
- I find talking loudly on a cell phone in public more offensive than breast feeding. by RobVG 2012-09-15 13:48:10
  - I find hocking a loogy and belching and scratching one's balls and picking underwear out of ones butt to be ... by Jody 2012-09-15 15:44:25
    - Interesting people you hang out with. by bowser 2012-09-15 22:16:53
    - Now wait a minute, let's not be hasty, here. by ER 2012-09-15 16:14:02
  - Bingo! by bowser 2012-09-15 13:53:59
Reminds of the time I was in a restaurant and my 3 month old was just a decibel from the ... by Jody 2012-09-15 09:22:09
- It was my understanding that traditionally, in American culture, public breastfeeding was acceptable. by ER 2012-09-15 12:59:36
- Discretion by TB 2012-09-15 09:54:27
  - Heh, true enough...I didn't usually do it at all in public, I would plan around feeding times. We happened to ... by Jody 2012-09-15 15:53:11
- I don't know why people are so puckered by this ER. I haven't got a clue. by Jody 2012-09-15 09:23:36

"I didn't have to." by TB September 15, 2012 9:37 am

Therein lies the rub. by bowser 2012-09-15 12:33:56
- TB wants to talk about Hansen because he doesn't want to talk about the ice. by ER 2012-09-15 14:52:08
  - How can you ignore the proposed solutions to the problem you're crusading for? The point may be irrelevant to you but not to those who are reading you. n/t by RobVG 2012-09-15 17:12:17
    - I think you misunderstand. by ER 2012-09-15 18:28:07
      - Perhaps by RobVG 2012-09-15 19:16:09
        
        Maybe, but here we are talking about Hansen, not about the ice. by ER 2012-09-15 20:27:55
3,541,719 by ER 2012-09-15 10:12:17
- Heh, heh. by bowser 2012-09-15 11:43:00
- Good demonstration. Thanks. by TB 2012-09-15 10:44:41

It always freezes in winter. by ER September 14, 2012 4:37 pm

Now that I think about it, I felt a cool breeze just last month. by bowser 2012-09-14 21:39:35
The only person less rational than an irrational person is someone who tries to talk sense with them. by bowser 2012-09-14 21:25:33
You win. by TB 2012-09-14 19:05:24
- We thank you, Tommy! by ER 2012-09-14 19:25:40
  - You never actually looked at the Hansen link, did you? by TB 2012-09-14 20:39:21
    - I didn't have to. by ER 2012-09-15 08:04:05
      - Excuse me sir, if I could ask you to step over to the Flame board for a moment... by TB 2012-09-15 09:38:44
    - Why don't we do reasonable and rational things? by alcaray 2012-09-14 21:01:34
      - Hansen is the leader of NASA's entire climate change movement. by TB 2012-09-14 21:12:32
        
        So there's nothing to be done. by alcaray 2012-09-14 21:47:49
The definition of gw that some are agitating for is that nothing freezes in winter? It might be too late if we wait for that. by alcaray 2012-09-14 16:49:30
- As the ice drifts, the goal posts move with it. by ER 2012-09-14 17:19:37
  - And what about the south pole? by ER 2012-09-14 17:49:04
    - There are symptoms in Antartica too. by alcaray 2012-09-14 18:58:04
      - I don't know if you were around, alcaray. by bowser 2012-09-14 21:33:44
        
        The crazies will do what they want--but they'll do it to us. by ER 2012-09-15 04:40:20
        
        Keep in mind those "crazies" are keeping your lights on. by TB 2012-09-15 07:44:06
        
        No, my sending them a check every month keeps my lights turned on. by ER 2012-09-15 16:59:04
        
        That's your analysis of the situation and numbers I described? by TB 2012-09-15 17:56:52
        
        The world isn't as you see it, TB by bowser 2012-09-15 15:03:29
      - Of course. But do lefty scientists writing in "Nature" really matter? by ER 2012-09-14 19:44:22

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