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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)

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

NSIDC offline? ER June 12, 2025 12:19 pm (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)

The Three Unknowns After the U.S. Strike on Iran BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:58 am (CurrentEvents)

There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy. BuckGalaxy June 22, 2025 12:29 am (Flame)

"Remember, what the dormouse said, ER June 5, 2025 4:14 pm (Space/Science)

Not ready for prime time BuckGalaxy June 19, 2025 12:18 pm (Space/Science)

hypocrisy ER June 15, 2025 2:30 pm (Flame)

So, it is official RL June 6, 2025 5:39 pm (Space/Science)

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The day we almost lost Goldsboro by TB September 21, 2013 10:02 am
  • Does: "one simple, dynamo-technology, low voltage switch stood between the United States and a major catastrophe"... by alcaray 2013-09-21 14:00:12
    • I'm wondering if there could have been a back door to the described situation. by bowser 2013-09-25 17:51:27
      • Maybe, but if they were that poorly designed, wouldn't there have been a lot of accidents? by alcaray 2013-09-26 01:02:11
        • Well, if there are 4 independent switches. by bowser 2013-09-26 23:36:09
          • Not so. by alcaray 2013-09-27 09:29:53
            • My handgun is a poor example. by bowser 2013-09-27 10:48:31
              • a device is a device by alcaray 2013-09-27 14:26:42
                • One last attempt. by bowser 2013-09-27 20:05:37
    • I find this hard to believe. by ER 2013-09-21 13:00:30
      • Yeah, me too, when I look at it. by TB 2013-09-21 13:15:21
      The "Adorable Care Act." by TB September 26, 2013 3:53 pm
      • O...M...G... by Jody 2013-09-26 20:13:44
        • #1 in spending, 38th in outcomes. Some people think that's defensible. by bowser 2013-09-26 17:54:19
          We're calling it "Buttland." by TB September 26, 2013 4:13 pm
            Terror attack in Kenya mall by TB September 21, 2013 4:33 pm
              Where the money is by TB September 14, 2013 12:24 pm
              • Well, it's not here. I just looked around. by bowser 2013-09-20 22:49:24
                • Interesting thread by SteveS 2013-09-16 07:40:34
                  • Objection: assumes facts not in evidence. by alcaray 2013-09-16 17:37:34
                    • Did you read all the links? by SteveS 2013-09-17 04:49:28
                      • I scanned that piece. It does not establish what you claim is established in this thread. by alcaray 2013-09-17 08:36:35
                        • Sure it does by SteveS 2013-09-18 06:20:07
                          • I'm glad I'm a Liberal. by ER 2013-09-18 12:06:36
                            • Liberal policy isn't working to well by SteveS 2013-09-19 06:03:01
                              • 75 percent of registered voters in DC are Democrats. by TB 2013-09-19 10:39:47
                                • That's a particularly, even deliberately , misleading statistic. by ER 2013-09-19 11:42:17
                                  • The point: by TB 2013-09-19 11:55:11
                                    • Isn't that just the opposite of what you map was supposed to tell us? by ER 2013-09-19 12:11:13
                                      • Not really. by TB 2013-09-19 12:42:12
                                        • Your post is spam. by ER 2013-09-19 12:53:24
                                • Meticulously documented irrelevancies by ER 2013-09-19 07:30:26
                          • I'd rather design harmonica holders than discuss Aztec anthropology. by ER 2013-09-17 05:36:26
                            • The political lode wasn't "mined out." by TB 2013-09-17 09:11:46
                              • Arguments have stated conclusions. You have not stated one. by alcaray 2013-09-17 10:56:26
                                • It was a broader statement than just this thread. by TB 2013-09-17 11:04:36
                                  • I guess my point was broader than this thread, as well. You fail to state your point a lot of the time. by alcaray 2013-09-17 12:09:42
                                    • He holds his truths to be self-evident. by ER 2013-09-17 12:22:11
                                • You guys are like all anomalists. by ER 2013-09-17 10:13:35
                        • Money is meaningless. by ER 2013-09-15 09:07:24
                          • Wealth is concentrated in the states that you claim have hatred for business. Amazing. by alcaray 2013-09-15 00:02:05
                            • Statism is good for business. by ER 2013-09-15 08:12:21
                            • I'll take military/industrial/surveillance complex for $500 billion by Robert 2013-09-14 17:05:03
                              • It's not like we didn't have a military until then. by TB 2013-09-14 17:22:02
                              • Geographical distribution is interesting, but tells you little. by ER 2013-09-14 12:53:42
                                • Thanks for asking that. n/t by RobVG 2013-09-14 17:07:20
                                  • You should have left your links up on that subject. by TB 2013-09-14 17:50:54
                                    • I'm sure you would rather have seen the other link. n/t by RobVG 2013-09-16 20:30:27
                                      • Okay by RobVG 2013-09-15 12:24:43
                                        • Not since 1927, eh? Verrrrrry in-te-res-ting. by ER 2013-09-15 17:56:19
                                        • As odd as this sounds, keep your eye out for a cashless society. by RobVG 2013-09-14 19:11:37
                                          • Are you talking about electronic purchasing, or barter? by TB 2013-09-14 19:32:41
                                            • No, I'm talking about a different system. by RobVG 2013-09-14 19:50:31
                                              • yep by Robert 2013-09-15 10:49:08
                                                • I see. by TB 2013-09-14 19:56:37
                                        • Yeah, it bounced right off last time, too. by TB 2013-09-14 13:12:14
                                          • Don't be coy. by ER 2013-09-14 13:34:02
                                        Wall Street dot com : 13 worst economic crises in US history by ER September 17, 2013 12:59 pm
                                          Raising the "Costa Concordia" by TB September 16, 2013 7:49 am
                                            9/11: "On Tuesday they tried to kill me." by TB September 11, 2013 8:39 pm
                                            • And the Saudis paid them to do it simply because they hate freedom and our way of life. by bowser 2013-09-11 20:52:05
                                              • Very nice Tom! by Jody 2013-09-11 20:49:19
                                                Clueless by SteveS September 8, 2013 6:07 am
                                                • Only an idiot would believe the Admin gave any real consideration to Iran helping. by BuckGalaxy 2013-09-09 11:57:15
                                                  • Talk about clueless by SteveS 2013-09-10 05:11:19
                                                    • I guess you're right. I was responding to the WT comments, not yours at the end. by BuckGalaxy 2013-09-10 23:13:34
                                                  • Under both parties... by FrankC 2013-09-08 10:59:15
                                                    • We do look like idiots.n/t by RobVG 2013-09-08 08:05:29
                                                      What could go wrong? by BuckGalaxy September 9, 2013 11:46 am
                                                      • C'mon now. The stupid can, the ignorant can, illiterate can, drunks can, and you're going to discriminate against the blind? by bowser 2013-09-09 23:14:46
                                                        • The blind leading the blind by Robert 2013-09-09 15:11:32
                                                          • Want me to give it a shot? by Jody 2013-09-09 12:01:22
                                                            Trying to Make Sense of Syria? The Essential Reader by BuckGalaxy September 9, 2013 11:49 am
                                                              What the hell are we doing. by RobVG September 8, 2013 9:07 am
                                                              • More and more, I agree and when I start essentially agreeing with Bowser... by FrankC 2013-09-08 10:51:33
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