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Suing the Senate over the filibuster! by BuckGalaxy May 16, 2012 12:30 am

The filibuster is a simple Senate rule, that could be changed by majority of the Senate. by TB 2012-05-16 08:35:34
- I guess you missed that chart? by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-16 08:55:52
  - Tell you what, if this Common Cause thing is still going in January of 2013, I'll be impressed. by TB 2012-05-16 09:27:18
The trouble with flywheels by ER 2012-05-16 04:32:58
- It is a myth that "nobody knows" what the framers intended. by TB 2012-05-16 08:19:50
  - Of course we know what the framers iintended. by ER 2012-05-16 09:13:37
    - The function of the Constitution was to construct a Federal government that could not, hopefully, become a tyranny. by TB 2012-05-16 09:42:56
      - figs, apples and oranges. by ER 2012-05-16 10:35:09
      - The founders did not give a fig about democracy by ER 2012-05-16 10:01:09
        
        Democracy, unrestrained, is three wolves and two sheep deciding what's for supper. by TB 2012-05-16 12:08:04
        
        As a Shepherd... by Robert 2012-05-16 16:50:18
        
        "Predator" n. 1. An organism that lives by preying on other organisms. by TB 2012-05-16 17:14:29
        
        I've always admired the Greeks more than the Romans. by ER 2012-05-16 12:19:34
        
        Does that change anything I said? Why the Greeks? They had slaves, too. by TB 2012-05-16 12:41:21
        
        You responded before I finished editing. by ER 2012-05-16 12:48:11
        
        We've been over the historical comparison between state abuses and abuses of private wealth. by TB 2012-05-16 14:56:32
        
        Death camps mean Mao and Stalin were butchers. by ER 2012-05-16 16:57:34

Second year in a row... by TB May 16, 2012 3:04 pm

The Republican solution - ensure suffering at home and abroad. by bowser 2012-05-16 16:13:52

Where our stuff comes from by podrock May 15, 2012 7:13 pm

Only slightly tangential. by bowser 2012-05-15 20:26:47
Wish you could tell your coal-mining grandfather about the awfulness of jobs like this. by TB 2012-05-15 20:17:39
- (I posted the two posts as a tandem, on purpose.) by podrock 2012-05-15 20:28:47
- Similar and different. by podrock 2012-05-15 20:23:22
It's the future of labor. by ER 2012-05-15 19:44:41

The Ten Thousand Commandments by TB May 15, 2012 7:17 am

Moved from "Why we regulate" by ER 2012-05-15 08:22:18
- All right. by TB 2012-05-15 09:25:57
  - How cleverly you twist the words...Now eat them. by ER 2012-05-15 09:50:58
    - My grandfather could be in that picture. by podrock 2012-05-15 18:47:12
      - Good for you Pod. by ER 2012-05-15 20:18:59
    - That's it? by TB 2012-05-15 10:50:28
      - Conservatism did not come from the Tea Party. by ER 2012-05-15 11:49:21
And the reason is that the first 10 are ignored. Look at what happens without regulation. by bowser 2012-05-15 07:37:50

Why we regulate by BuckGalaxy May 14, 2012 2:02 pm

A comparison: by TB 2012-05-14 18:06:43
- The human factor. by bowser 2012-05-15 00:06:03
- Do you think American society is "slightly" more complex than the NFL? by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-14 19:21:17
  - Yeah, I read the link. I've been reading a lot of what Krugman has written lately. by TB 2012-05-14 19:57:34
    - The religion is on your side by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-14 21:38:28
      - "Pass more laws." How unexpected. by TB 2012-05-15 07:32:03
        
        A little history lesson by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-15 10:23:49
        
        Where do you people keep getting the word "unregulated?" by TB 2012-05-15 10:29:29
        
        Perhaps I misunderstood you by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-15 10:32:24
        
        There is a huge difference between "no more laws" and "no laws." by TB 2012-05-15 10:46:43
        
        Can you EVER step outside your ideology and look at the facts? by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-15 10:58:44
        
        How many were repealed? by TB 2012-05-15 11:15:42
        
        What was repealed covered a broad range of risky investments by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-15 16:06:28
        
        So go for it. by TB 2012-05-15 17:03:01
        
        How shallow is that? by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-15 18:32:33
        
        Further by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-15 18:52:26
        
        Meanwhile... by TB 2012-05-15 17:04:56
        
        Nice dick tuck. by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-15 18:32:55
      - It's not religion, its business. by ER 2012-05-15 05:50:10

Curiosity Rover over half way to Mars. 'Drop down' 82 days n/t by RobVG May 15, 2012 8:38 am

I have serious doubts that Rover is more curious than I. by bowser 2012-05-15 17:56:01

A little note from the Mayans... by TB May 15, 2012 3:43 pm

I hate to inject politics but I think the Tea Party is a distant associate. by bowser 2012-05-15 17:49:04
I will be here until the end of [my] time. by Jody 2012-05-15 15:50:23

What your state is worst at... by BuckGalaxy May 10, 2012 8:00 pm

You must know the State Motto of Arkansas. by bowser 2012-05-11 09:27:22
- Do you know the original Spanish name for Texas? by ER 2012-05-11 16:54:14
  - Legit lol by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-14 23:35:07

Ancient Alien Architects of the Gods Department by ER May 14, 2012 9:01 am

די אותיות דערשייַנען צו זיין אַדערווערלדלי, טאָן זיי ניט? by Jody 2012-05-14 20:18:59
Probably alien tourists: by TB 2012-05-14 10:14:30
- Well done. I like that. by bowser 2012-05-14 14:55:45
- Good grief. by ER 2012-05-14 11:59:12
Oh we know. We know what we are willing to understand. by Jody 2012-05-14 09:36:28
- Did the aliens bring us laser cutters, tractor beams and antigravity sleds... by ER 2012-05-14 10:00:17
  - Oh, fer criminies sake. Yer basic alien - - - by bowser 2012-05-14 15:19:39
  - That would be the advertised purpose. by Jody 2012-05-14 10:21:13

Obama Restarts Culture Wars on Offense by ER May 14, 2012 7:14 am

Do you know what "cocooning" is? by TB 2012-05-14 08:56:25
- I never knew what 'cocooning' was until I started reading your posts. by ER 2012-05-14 09:10:16
  - Q.E.D. by TB 2012-05-14 09:21:15
    - "Q.E.D.", "Heh" and "Nice Try" means TB's run out of anything meaningful to say. by ER 2012-05-14 09:33:41
      - Look, by TB 2012-05-14 11:37:25
        
        In the absence of proper government, the strong will simply take from the weak. by ER 2012-05-14 11:51:41
        
        Key word there is "proper" isn't it? by TB 2012-05-14 12:03:45
        
        Refuse? by ER 2012-05-14 13:01:53
Test n/t by RobVG 2012-05-14 08:27:48

Rare-earth mining rises again by TB May 13, 2012 8:52 pm

Its a good reminder... by podrock 2012-05-13 21:24:34
- When we stopped making everything from wood and thatch, our toys have always come from holes in the ground. by TB 2012-05-14 08:58:38
  - Once again we are the agents of entropy. by ER 2012-05-14 09:54:50

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