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Making sense of the Arab Spring by ER July 9, 2013 11:09 am

I wonder. by bowser 2013-07-11 01:19:29

This case just gets stranger and stranger by ER July 5, 2013 11:12 am

This is one of those things. by bowser 2013-07-07 21:42:08
- Or maybe we do pretty much know the story. by alcaray 2013-07-08 17:38:30
  - In what area was Whitman working? Who were her contacts? What secrets did she obtain? Who were ... by bowser 2013-07-08 23:49:06
    - Asking questions like that is how conspiracists come up with trash emails. by alcaray 2013-07-10 10:27:20
      - What I implied and what I didn't. by bowser 2013-07-10 13:04:06
        
        Maybe I read too much into your post. Sorry, if so. by alcaray 2013-07-10 13:37:58

Politics of a tragedy by RobVG July 8, 2013 9:53 pm

Politics and Money by SteveS 2013-07-10 09:34:25
The core reason is the USA's addiction to foreign oil. by ER 2013-07-09 05:08:13
Where do you find such stuff? by bowser 2013-07-09 00:10:35
- Don't tell me it didn't occur to you. by RobVG 2013-07-09 07:35:03

What difference does it make who screamed? by ER July 8, 2013 7:30 pm

The implication may be the screamer was on the defensive. by bowser 2013-07-09 00:11:39
- I think Z. WAS on the defensive. He was getting beat up. by ER 2013-07-09 04:49:17
The difference is in how it can be made to appear to the jury. by alcaray 2013-07-08 21:27:35
- My incident. by ER 2013-07-09 07:45:51

BS Filters...on and set to stun, Captain. by Jody July 2, 2013 4:24 pm

No it is not. by ER 2013-07-02 16:37:14
- Then....what about this? by Jody 2013-07-02 21:09:34
- I know that the GOP is trying by Jody 2013-07-02 17:18:10
  - Could it be... by ER 2013-07-02 17:44:53
    - I know that is how you would feel ER by Jody 2013-07-02 17:56:03
      - They have legitimate objections to abortion on religious grounds. by ER 2013-07-02 18:32:46
        
        I respectfully disagree with that. by bowser 2013-07-02 23:51:32
        
        You have a point, by ER 2013-07-03 09:48:41
        
        I can not argue with you on that. by Jody 2013-07-02 20:48:34
        
        "The abortion clinics need to get their surgical standards up to a higher level, if they are found lacking. " by ER 2013-07-03 05:08:20
        
        Oh hush you cynical old poop. by Jody 2013-07-03 10:31:55
        
        They are by SteveS 2013-07-03 16:35:18
        
        Babies are being able, with current technology, by Jody 2013-07-03 16:43:14

The Liberals nuked the Zone. by Jody April 24, 2011 9:48 am

bounced by spam, removed by by podrock 2013-06-29 21:46:19
Obviously it needed nuking. See, we always improve things. If you conservatives would just sit back and let ... by Eri 2011-04-24 20:55:10
- Miss ya, lady. by TB 2013-07-02 19:02:42
  - Oh wow ... by Jody 2013-07-02 20:52:40
- Yeah, more smoothly as we drive off the cliff. by RobVG 2011-04-24 20:56:55
  - Well, it is obvious the Democrats have no intentions of cutting spending, no intentions of increasing domestic sources of ... by RobVG 2011-04-25 09:58:18
    - Supposed to be under Sourpuss's post below. by RobVG 2011-04-25 10:03:29
      - That's Zourpuzz to you, Wob. by Eri 2011-04-25 10:57:38
        
        hee hee oh weally? by Jody 2011-04-25 12:16:19
  - Zounds like zour grapes to me. ;-) by Eri 2011-04-25 07:02:07
    - Okay you...whar you be gettin' those icons? by Jody 2011-04-25 07:05:37
      - If you type the colon, a space and the parentheses, you get a smiley. I think you can get ... by Eri 2011-04-25 10:59:43
      - :) :( :/ by Jody 2011-04-25 07:19:58
        
        :P by Jody 2011-04-25 07:20:35
        
        :? by Jody 2011-04-25 07:21:57
        
        :-/ by Eri 2011-04-25 11:04:25
Figures by RobVG 2011-04-24 11:38:29

Get a job, longhair. by ER July 1, 2013 6:16 am

A slight change in emphasis. by bowser 2013-07-01 13:38:17
- And a PS. by bowser 2013-07-01 13:41:06
  - Agricultural price support programs. by ER 2013-07-01 14:21:30
Detterence by RobVG 2013-07-01 07:37:50
- The actual problem: by TB 2013-07-02 18:59:41
- You're a braver man than I am. by ER 2013-07-01 10:28:47
  - Nah, it wasn't that bad. by RobVG 2013-07-01 21:06:33
- Your argument is crystal clear but you did not show a basis for the need for deterence. by alcaray 2013-07-01 10:14:24
  - Well, adjustable rate mortgages gave people who could not afford homes the ability to buy one. by RobVG 2013-07-01 20:44:27
    - Ah. Like removing car safety regulations will cause people to become better drivers. by alcaray 2013-07-01 22:37:46
      - I don't understand. n/t by RobVG 2013-07-02 16:47:28

Hey, Paula by ER June 30, 2013 11:15 am

Her employers fired her. They were not exactly "self-appointed". by alcaray 2013-06-30 11:34:01
I agree. by Jody 2013-06-30 11:26:07
- I stopped using that word a number of years ago... by FrankC 2013-07-01 10:52:47
- Recommended reading. by ER 2013-06-30 11:40:25

What "path to citizenship" is all about. by TB June 21, 2013 8:00 am

They come for jobs. For whom do they work? by bowser 2013-06-29 09:04:47
- It happened with the blacks, by ER 2013-06-29 11:12:59
Also I forgot to thank you for telling me what it was all about. So thanks. by alcaray 2013-06-25 16:07:44
apropos by alcaray 2013-06-23 10:13:58
- I'd be hesitant about celebrating too much. by ER 2013-06-23 12:00:15
  - It was not about a split that I posted. It was because Graham concisely made the point that I tried to make in this thread. by alcaray 2013-06-23 17:26:09
    - A lot of Republicans are starting to make that same point now. by ER 2013-06-23 17:58:44
      - The ones around here seem not to have heard of such an outlandish idea. by alcaray 2013-06-24 14:21:32
        
        They can see what's happening, they just don't think about it realistically. by ER 2013-06-24 20:15:55
It is Republicans who are pushing it. And your map explains why quite vividly. by alcaray 2013-06-21 19:58:16
Map of the US by population by Robert 2013-06-21 17:36:00
- Proportional map: by TB 2013-06-21 21:38:51
  - Looks about right by Robert 2013-06-21 22:45:54
    - 81 percent is estimated to be Hispanic. by TB 2013-06-22 06:41:45
  - Hint: it's not about the illegals - they don't vote. It's about the hispanic citizens that do vote. by alcaray 2013-06-21 22:37:18
    - There is virtually nothing stopping illegals from voting. by RobVG 2013-06-23 13:00:40
      - Watch the Graham vid. by alcaray 2013-06-23 17:27:16
      - After they're done in Washington, they won't be "illegal" any more. by TB 2013-06-23 13:15:19
- Recommended Reading by ER 2013-06-21 17:59:20
  - map, territory by Robert 2013-06-21 23:01:50
    - Malicious map mojo messing methodology by ER 2013-06-22 07:17:56
Petard auto-hoist karma dept. by ER 2013-06-21 09:59:05
- Picture should be fixed. by TB 2013-06-21 10:18:17
  - I see it. Thanks by ER 2013-06-21 10:44:02

Oh! Canada...what have you done? by podrock June 29, 2013 8:32 am

Are these guys sportsmen, or some kind of Canook militia? by ER 2013-06-29 10:46:54

On the recent SCROTUS decisions. by ER June 27, 2013 8:49 am

I don't think affirmative action had anything to do with past sins. by alcaray 2013-06-27 12:31:02
- Well put. by ER 2013-06-27 13:52:39

Atlas of the County by ER June 22, 2013 7:18 am

Why didn't they just go with a straightforward gradation of color based solely on the number? by TB 2013-06-22 08:02:59
- They did the exactly same thing I did, they just used more categories . by ER 2013-06-22 09:01:39
- That is an option, and software does exist to allow you to do that. by ER 2013-06-22 08:47:55
  - I did mapping as a college part-time job, mapping the state of Minnesota by TB 2013-06-22 09:10:31
    - I've done all sorts of mapping, from air photo to satellite imagery, to GIS. by ER 2013-06-22 10:30:49
      - Me, I was just a workstation jockey, if that. by TB 2013-06-22 10:56:33
        
        That sounds like a GIS system. by ER 2013-06-22 12:58:00
        
        Low Tech by TB 2013-06-22 13:59:38
        
        Even lower tech, and possibly even more tedious.... by ER 2013-06-22 15:12:30

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