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Colbert cancelled. ER July 17, 2025 8:20 pm (CurrentEvents)

just passin' thru... ER July 16, 2025 2:08 pm (Space/Science)

Epic Epstein Magasphere Meltdown BuckGalaxy July 14, 2025 1:58 pm (CurrentEvents)

the June ice report ER July 10, 2025 7:34 pm (Space/Science)

A Taste of Armageddon RobVG July 2, 2025 8:00 am (CurrentEvents)

We've got company ER July 2, 2025 7:50 am (Space/Science)

All Along the Watchtower ER July 1, 2025 9:13 pm (CurrentEvents)

Birthright Citizenship RobVG June 29, 2025 3:34 pm (CurrentEvents)

To be blunt, NASA is now dead RL June 27, 2025 11:56 am (Space/Science)

Musk trashes his own AI after it chose a liberal worldview. RobVG June 23, 2025 9:56 am (CurrentEvents)

Psyche keeps its date with an asteroid BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 5:21 pm (Space/Science)

Just for the record... ER June 22, 2025 8:59 am (CurrentEvents)

70th anniversary of attack on Pearl Harbor by TB December 7, 2011 9:55 am

It was a dark day for the US, but already, a new day was dawning in the East. by ER 2011-12-07 11:03:21
- Not a complete surprise, it was half an answer to Roosevelt's problem. The US knew an attack was coming, but expected ... by bowser 2011-12-07 12:43:13

Voyager in the borderlands by TB December 7, 2011 9:44 am

A lot of information there, not the least is that a craft like those two can last 34 years in ... by bowser 2011-12-07 10:29:13

Brilliant reelection strategy, and GOOD POLICY for America by BuckGalaxy December 7, 2011 12:45 am

Wait until Karl Rove and the Swift Boat people start in. I can imagine the "Harvard Law School Graduates ... by bowser 2011-12-07 12:57:49

I have a post to Bowser that I can't edit. by RobVG December 6, 2011 11:40 am

Should I wait until it's edited to read it? by bowser 2011-12-06 13:06:03
- You have to wait until Christmas to open it up...just like everyone else. by Jody 2011-12-06 20:47:01
  - No, on Flame, it was a Pearl Harbor Day post, not Christmas or Thanksgiving. Rather like the real Pearl Harbor, it ... by bowser 2011-12-09 14:57:12
    - Actually, the classic "HZ" maneuver is when people tip the chess board over and then pretend we were playing Parcheesi. by TB 2011-12-09 15:12:58
      - Maybe more like setting up the chess board, ,someone throws the dice, the next guy cuts a card, and the ... by bowser 2011-12-10 07:23:12

"U.S. sailors finally banned from smoking on submarines (though some will be allowed to light up on deck)" by bowser December 6, 2011 12:59 am

Drinking was always banned on Navy ships, too, it was a court-martial offense but that didn't stop it from happening, ... by ER 2011-12-06 06:57:08
- The US Navy was a US leader in recognizing alcoholism as an illness and establishing treatment centers. Betty Ford ... by bowser 2011-12-06 08:17:58
  - I'll drink to that! by ER 2011-12-06 08:28:31
    - By the way. The Nav Officer who got and stayed drunk. How did he get enough booze on ... by bowser 2011-12-06 20:19:18
      - That's a very good question. My guess is he brought it aboard in his luggage (officers often carried much ... by ER 2011-12-06 21:52:40
    - Many have! by bowser 2011-12-06 20:16:51

Among the most unimaginable: "Two black holes most massive ever found, astronomers say" by bowser December 5, 2011 7:53 pm

The "event horizons" on these are 5 times the distance from the Sun to Uranus. by bowser 2011-12-07 10:25:32

580,000 bombing runs, one run every 9 minutes for 10 years, over 2,000,000 tons of bombs. by bowser December 5, 2011 4:39 pm

Sad by RobVG 2011-12-06 11:28:40
- Re: WWII. The only action I can remember criticizing is the use of the atomic bomb. It ... by bowser 2011-12-07 00:00:30
  - Firestorm bombings of Dresden and Tokyo. n/t by RobVG 2011-12-07 10:17:12
    - You are absolutely right. And those of other cities. At that point the war was won and those ... by bowser 2011-12-07 10:22:22
      - War Over? by RobVG 2011-12-07 11:27:49
        
        I said the war was won, not over. Doolittle's raid on various areas of Japan was not what one ... by bowser 2011-12-07 12:33:48
        
        The battle of Berlin began after the bombing of Dresen. Answer this against your charge. Save 911 for another day. Leave the ... by RobVG 2011-12-07 18:56:27
        
        Since when is protesting the slaughter of innocent civilians, Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, etc., "simply fucked up" except to ... by bowser 2011-12-07 23:44:28
        
        Listen, you’re not the only one capable of empathy. by RobVG 2011-12-09 20:28:30
        
        This gets more and more juvenile. You said that the Dresden firebombings of civilians helped the 6 million Jews ... by bowser 2011-12-10 00:22:02
        
        That's not what I said by RobVG 2011-12-10 11:59:11
- "Do you feel the threat of Communism was a lie? Eastern Europe and was under it’s contol and China adopted ... by bowser 2011-12-06 16:21:40

There's this tune I haven't been able to get out of my head. by Robert December 5, 2011 12:53 pm

I don't really understand what is going on here, but I do know it's not the first time the all-musical ... by ER 2011-12-06 13:57:21
- 'Bout a week ago I panned the episode (see "Sanctuary jumps the shark"). I wasn't boggled so much at the ... by Robert 2011-12-06 15:45:25
  - Anyone watch this a few years ago? by Jody 2011-12-06 16:19:55
    - O...M...G... by Robert 2011-12-07 14:37:20

Many habitable planets by johannes December 5, 2011 12:45 pm

USA today also covers this. History is in the making here folks. Next step: FTL Drives. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-12-05 15:08:10

Turning Off the Incandescent Light Bulb by bowser December 5, 2011 12:18 pm

A bright, shiny lure, well placed, trolled beautifully, and TB didn't bite. Oh, for the good old days. And congratulations ... by bowser 2011-12-05 22:10:33

Obamacare time bomb triggered by BuckGalaxy December 5, 2011 11:17 am

Meanwhile, in Russia... by TB December 2, 2011 10:42 pm

Oops. by TB 2011-12-04 15:59:03
- Forbes article on Ruskie election... by BuckGalaxy 2011-12-05 11:10:21

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