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

Removing 50 objects from orbit would cut danger from space junk in half BuckGalaxy November 6, 2025 9:35 pm (Space/Science)

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

Trump nominates a NASA chief — again BuckGalaxy November 4, 2025 10:28 pm (Space/Science)

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

New Glenn set for its second launch on November 9 BuckGalaxy November 4, 2025 9:15 pm (Space/Science)

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

The destruction of Goddard is illegal RL October 31, 2025 9:41 am (Space/Science)

Weighing the scales on Elon Musk BuckGalaxy October 30, 2025 9:28 pm (Flame)

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

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

According to some, we're a nation of illiterate dependents looking for a handout RobVG October 27, 2025 8:56 pm (CurrentEvents)

Dynamics of despotism by TB October 16, 2011 4:07 pm

Funny you should mention this. Here's an example of the GWB White House and a coup de etat. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/15/AR2007051500864.html More ... by bowser 2011-10-17 00:56:32
- So... by TB 2011-10-17 07:44:18

Size does *matter* by Jody October 16, 2011 9:39 am

I disagree. I AM the center of the universe. Everywhere I look I see universe, I am surrounded ... by ER 2011-10-16 12:24:59
- The finest explanation of parallel Universes I've seen. by bowser 2011-10-17 01:17:33
  - Relativity tells us every observation of the universe is affected by the temporal and spatial relationship between the observer and ... by ER 2011-10-17 10:54:41
    - And reason tells us there are 6 billion parallel universes on this planet alone. by bowser 2011-10-17 20:42:48
- I am PART of the Universe. I am not nearly as important as I once imagined. That is actually a comforting ... by Jody 2011-10-16 18:07:35
  - technically, each of us sit at the center from a spatial pov. I like the idea that we are all from ... by FrankC 2011-10-16 18:17:09
    - Is this what you meant ER?....technically...from the spatial pov? I suppose then it would stand to reason you ARE the *center* ... by Jody 2011-10-16 19:11:46
      - "Thus the explorations of space end on a note of uncertainty. And necessarily so. We are, by definition, at the ... by ER 2011-10-16 20:00:06
      - "Wherever you go, there you are." - Buckaroo Banzai by TB 2011-10-16 19:14:24
        
        "How can you be two places at once when you're not anywhere at all." --Firesign Theater by ER 2011-10-16 20:02:28

World's oldest history museum by TB October 16, 2011 9:00 am

Cain would benefit greatly from his 9-9-9 plan by Eri October 16, 2011 5:53 am

Interesting. by TB 2011-10-18 14:17:36
I look at tax laws from a civil rights perspective. by Lee 2011-10-17 18:09:39
Interesting. Most of the concern seems to be less about economic growth than the nagging fear that somebody, somewhere, ... by TB 2011-10-16 12:45:39
- You're still missing the point. The man comes up with a tax plan that will benefit him but will ... by Eri 2011-10-16 21:36:46
  - No, you're missing the point. by Lee 2011-10-17 10:32:16
    - I've already made the point many times that the wealthy in this country are paying for the vast majority of ... by TB 2011-10-17 11:11:26
  - You're missing the point. by TB 2011-10-17 07:40:34
    - I talk regularly to someone who lives half the year in Greece and the other half in Canada. What ... by Eri 2011-10-17 14:23:39
      - As someone now living in British Columbia, Canada, I like Cain. I would vote for him. In fact, I think that some ... by Jeff-Wash 2011-10-19 12:46:34
      - In that case, everything in Greece and Europe should be great. There's LOTS of money left in Europe to ... by TB 2011-10-17 14:29:39
        
        He's from Canada and is retired. His wife is Greek and he's part Greek. He's been spending a ... by Eri 2011-10-17 16:45:22
He scares me too Eri by RobVG 2011-10-16 11:01:35
- I could never vote for a candidate that opposed all abortion. Like you said he could not get it done ... by FrankC 2011-10-16 12:33:45
  - We all might be surprised how much a truly right wing extremist on social issues could get done just by ... by Eri 2011-10-16 21:40:40
    - "We all might be surprised how much a truly right wing extremist on social issues could get done just by ... by TB 2011-10-17 07:29:46
- I have my own problems with Cain's specifics. by TB 2011-10-16 11:14:25
  - An interesting side effect of eliminating the personal interest deduction is the disappearance of usury controls. Consumer interest was capped ... by FrankC 2011-10-16 12:17:40
  - I think 999 was designed to set Cain apart. by RobVG 2011-10-16 11:47:44
    - Exactly right. But unless you believe that the wealthy have tax shelters to greatly lower their income, the “rich” are going ... by Eri 2011-10-16 21:44:29
Note that his system taxes capital gains, just as normal income. by TB 2011-10-16 06:41:33
- It does NOT tax capital gains. That is the point of the article. Cain’s 9–9-9 proposal has kicked off fierce ... by Eri 2011-10-16 09:32:56
  - You might be right. I am finding nothing specific on it either way. by TB 2011-10-16 10:05:18
    - Yep, when that tax rate was peaking was when I sold my rental property. by Eri 2011-10-16 21:51:21
    - I have never understood the reluctance of liberals to recognize the facts demonstrated in that chart. I try to keep ... by FrankC 2011-10-16 11:03:36
      - It's one of many facts. by TB 2011-10-16 11:06:24
        
        That includes increasing taxes on consumers by RobVG 2011-10-16 12:44:22
        
        The consumers who might have purchased a new car will simply put new tires on the old one, forgo purchasing ... by Eri 2011-10-16 21:54:49
        
        Do you think nearly half of this country should pay no Federal income taxes? What happens when that gets ... by TB 2011-10-16 13:07:58
        
        No I don't n/t by RobVG 2011-10-16 14:50:17

Oh my by Eri October 15, 2011 9:09 pm

Superheroes by TB October 15, 2011 7:27 pm

I've never been able to get into the comic book scene. The whole superhero concept struck me as unworkable, even ... by ER 2011-10-16 07:51:44
- Me, too. I wanted my heroes to have at least some shred of possibility. I liked all the ... by bowser 2011-10-17 01:08:09
  - You should look up some of the stuff on my list (Amazon carries most graphic novels). Not a lot ... by TB 2011-10-17 18:00:02
- Here's some of the most famous horror artists (I'm probably overlooking someone) Berni Wrightson: Richard Corben: Wally Wood: Corben is doing a few Hellboy ... by TB 2011-10-16 08:25:00
  - Wood was the primary artist for the old ET comics that were outlawed in the 50's or early 60's. I ... by FrankC 2011-10-16 11:21:29
    - If you liked EC comics, check this out. by TB 2011-10-16 11:37:17
      - Cool, I don't know where I got ET, senior moment, I guess. by FrankC 2011-10-16 11:49:22
        
        Sneak in and fix it. I won't tell. by TB 2011-10-16 12:17:51
        
        naw, everybody knows I am getting senile :) by FrankC 2011-10-16 12:21:24
- Most of the comics I read are from "independents" like Dark Horse and others. I don't have that much ... by TB 2011-10-16 08:23:03
  - Reading Comic Books by FrankC 2011-10-16 11:34:02
  - Wow. A glimpse into a whole new universe I only suspected existed. Except for a few scattered names, ... by ER 2011-10-16 08:47:20
    - Nausicaa is a manga by Hayao Miyazaki, who does comics as well as he does movies. More people are ... by TB 2011-10-16 09:28:37
      - Nah, you're only obsessive about reactionary politics. As far as I can tell, in every other aspect, you seem ... by ER 2011-10-16 09:39:59
I have heard of more but Jones is currently dominating google to the exclusion of others by FrankC 2011-10-15 21:13:50

Children of the future by TB October 15, 2011 7:01 pm

Relativity safe after all by TB October 15, 2011 6:56 pm

Damn. Did anyone give those neutrinos a speeding ticket? by Eri 2011-10-16 09:44:17
I hope this incident helps put to rest once and for all the myth that scientists are so wrapped up ... by ER 2011-10-16 07:06:58
- I agree with your assessment. Do these photons, neutrons, neutrinos, whatever, accelerate from the point of departure; if so, could it ... by johannes 2011-10-16 10:17:03

"Oh, man, you mean it was REAL?" by TB October 15, 2011 2:09 pm

I don't care about the pot...having an alligator in the tub captured like that...imprisoned as it were...is unforgivable. by Jody 2011-10-15 18:29:34
- Hear! Hear! by Eri 2011-10-15 21:12:59

Puppy Gatsby by FrankC October 15, 2011 12:38 pm

I absolutely adore Shi Tzu's. I want a puppy so bad, but my life is too complicated right now. My kitties ... by Jody 2011-10-15 18:32:24
- The good the bad and the ugly by FrankC 2011-10-15 20:53:59

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