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Elementary My Dear Watson BuckGalaxy November 7, 2025 9:39 pm (Space/Science)

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Posting just a title line sometimes links to an empty body. RobVG November 5, 2025 1:02 pm (GeekSpeak)

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Muskfinger - and other evil space billionaires BuckGalaxy November 4, 2025 10:19 pm (Space/Science)

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Spanberger projected to win VA BuckGalaxy November 4, 2025 5:10 pm (CurrentEvents)

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Bunker Envy ? podrock October 30, 2025 6:18 pm (CurrentEvents)

Message in a bottle BuckGalaxy October 29, 2025 10:55 am (Off-Topic)

Survey says, "leave me alone!" by TB April 21, 2012 10:03 pm

Jesus is coming. Look busy. by ER 2012-04-22 06:41:40
- I think you've probably hit the nail on the head, there. by TB 2012-04-22 08:45:28
  - This obsession with innovation has a down side. Popular products disappear, either because they stop making them, or because ... by ER 2012-04-22 09:44:58
    - I find that different grocery stores carry different products. by TB 2012-04-22 11:03:10
      - Your letter to that company was right on target. But I suspect it did little good if it was ... by ER 2012-04-22 12:11:19
        
        I suspect that professional marketers have been trained to see everything as something that needs "change." by TB 2012-04-22 13:02:55
        
        What really steams me is when beloved symbols and mascots are arbitrarily updated to meet the needs of the marketing ... by ER 2012-04-22 14:16:20
        
        It's lucky they can get away with Aunt Jemima and Uncle Ben at all in this age of hair-trigger sensitivity. by TB 2012-04-22 14:52:37
        
        I'll get right on it, TB. by ER 2012-04-22 15:20:32
        
        You go with yours, I'll go with mine. by TB 2012-04-22 15:54:05
        
        You both got it wrong!!! by Jody 2012-04-23 04:21:17

The largest union at Lockheed Martin at Fort Worth... by Jody April 22, 2012 3:45 pm

Details here. by TB 2012-04-22 16:43:37
She shouldn't even be considering it. by bowser 2012-04-22 15:56:27
- They are meeting off property and going to discuss what to do. Her father has offered to drive her in ... by Jody 2012-04-22 16:27:20
  - She shouldn't even be considering it. And, not to worry. Lockheed will have set up a second gate so she ... by bowser 2012-04-22 16:35:33
    - I knew you would feel this way Bowser. I don't. by Jody 2012-04-22 16:59:45
      - And you wonder where the middle class has gone. 57 years of unrelenting propaganda has trained you well. by bowser 2012-04-22 17:05:17
        
        I really don't feel that is true Bowser. There is something sadly desperate about all this. Sorta "Custer's Last Stand" ... by Jody 2012-04-23 03:55:09
        
        Something like seven percent of private employees are unionized. by TB 2012-04-22 17:17:15
        
        No, but once they lose their unions, they can mostly kiss the middle class goodbye. Ain't that the plan? ... by ER 2012-04-22 17:36:42
        
        It is simply revolting to see people who live enjoying the advantages of Union employment and benefits disparaging Unions. by bowser 2012-04-22 21:07:57
        
        I said "private employees." by TB 2012-04-22 19:09:12
    - I don't think she has actually thought any of this through. Tomorrow her company will help her...and I am curious ... by Jody 2012-04-22 16:57:51

US, Afghans seal deal for 'strategic partnership' after withdrawal - 10 years by bowser April 22, 2012 4:07 pm

This has become a pointless war. As I've mentioned before, we long ago passed the point of diminishing returns. ... by ER 2012-04-22 18:04:18

Today only deal - by TB April 22, 2012 2:10 pm

Ye Olde Debunking by TB April 22, 2012 1:51 pm

Take this quiz by Jody April 22, 2012 8:44 am

I think the blonde asking if Europe is a country should have been #1. The question on Alexander the Great is ... by FrankC 2012-04-22 12:17:55
- My sister in law thought the Middle East was Texas. by Jody 2012-04-22 13:50:35

Star Wars, by the numbers by TB April 22, 2012 1:44 pm

National Debt Road Trip, updated by TB April 20, 2012 10:21 pm

Speaking of lifeboats, the Bush family has purchased a 100,000 acre spread in Paraguay. No one knows why. Here is ... by bowser 2012-04-21 04:55:12
- Paraguay,eh? Not surprising. I've heard the historical and recent convergence of right-wing political and business interests there described ... by ER 2012-04-21 08:26:16
  - The source of this story is a Cuban state newspaper. by TB 2012-04-21 10:00:14
    - Just because it originates in a Commie paper doesn't mean it has to be a lie. In fact, if ... by ER 2012-04-21 11:06:33
      - I dare you to leave that comment up there. by TB 2012-04-21 11:11:36
        
        Dare me? by ER 2012-04-21 13:58:29
        
        Billy Joel!!!!Hell yes!!! by Jody 2012-04-21 14:09:53
        
        "That’s right, TB. It MIGHT be a lie, but it doesn’t HAVE to be one. That is a subtle distinction, ... by TB 2012-04-21 14:07:15
        
        The point I was making was that truths and lies may be ideologically correllated, but they are by no means ... by ER 2012-04-21 14:14:46
        
        A world where your POV doesn't have to be true at all seems to be comfortable for a lot of people. by TB 2012-04-21 17:58:36
        
        EDITED: by ER 2012-04-21 20:23:19
        
        EDITED: I'd be interested in your definition of "Trotskyite," since nobody as yet seems to have developed a consistent or sensible one. by TB 2012-04-21 21:07:35
        
        The problem is that there is no objective way to distinguish "errors of knowledge" from "deliberate rejection of reality". Just imagine ... by ER 2012-04-21 22:11:19
        
        We're not arguing about how many angels can dance on the end of a pin. by TB 2012-04-21 22:29:02
        
        Tom, underneath all your righteous handwaving, all you're really saying is "the way you are doing things doesn't work so ... by ER 2012-04-21 22:41:47
        
        The deficits are a trillion a year. the debt has exceeded GDP. by TB 2012-04-21 22:51:22
        
        A Trotskyite is simply a follower of Trotsky. It probably started out as a perjorative term because Trotsky and ... by ER 2012-04-21 22:01:27
        
        And there's the problem:" by TB 2012-04-21 22:17:01
        
        Maybe the state can provide nothing, it can only redistribute what is created privately. But the private sector has also ... by ER 2012-04-21 22:32:56
        
        None of that changes anything about the fundamental flaw of "democratic" wealth redistribution. by TB 2012-04-21 22:44:18
- Should be under ERs post. by bowser 2012-04-21 04:55:51
The debt picture painted by conservatives is so dire that it appears that there is no possible action or policy ... by ER 2012-04-21 04:53:49
- You just need to look at historical spending patterns to know what created these deficits and the debt. by TB 2012-04-21 10:52:56
  - You don't make me crazy, TB. I've got this culture sussed. It works for me. It's why I make you ... by ER 2012-04-21 11:20:01
    - What scares me is an intelligent person who will choose belief over facts. by TB 2012-04-21 21:43:36
      - The fact we have severe budget problems is not in dispute. It never was. Your insistence in accusing me of ... by ER 2012-04-22 07:48:07
        
        Yeah. Like that. by TB 2012-04-22 11:15:16
Why don't you just give it up until you can explain how starting two wars while cutting taxes on the ... by bowser 2012-04-20 22:51:22
- It's not the elite I worry about. They are predictable, they will do whatever it takes to protect themselves, and ... by ER 2012-04-21 05:31:37

The Real Cause of Global Warming by ER April 20, 2012 9:32 pm

Mexican food, maybe. Oops, there goes another methane shot... by TB 2012-04-20 21:51:54
- This outfit isn't about either immigration or the environment. And they don't believe this nonsense any more than you ... by ER 2012-04-21 08:04:35
  - Karl Rove didn't invent that idea. Alinsky did. by TB 2012-04-21 11:25:34
    - He started it, mommy. by ER 2012-04-22 11:00:12

Hey ER!! by Jody April 22, 2012 9:49 am

Yeah. That's what she told me. But by then it was too late. I always liked Bonnie. I ... by ER 2012-04-22 10:22:01

...a new low... by Jody April 22, 2012 10:21 am

The Habitable Zone by Jody April 22, 2012 8:24 am

Moistened bint? by ER 2012-04-22 08:46:37

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