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Playing politics with tax records by TB May 11, 2013 12:07 pm

Just a sidebar: by TB 2013-05-14 20:18:51
- You're hyperventilating, Tom. by ER 2013-05-14 21:56:04
Steven T. Miller, by TB 2013-05-14 19:48:51
- The commissioner at the time it happened was appointed by W. by alcaray 2013-05-14 20:32:20
  - "Fast & Furious" first started on W's watch, too. by ER 2013-05-14 22:31:39
    - No, it didn't. by TB 2013-05-14 22:51:01
      - Yes it did. It was called "Wide Receiver" by Tony 2013-05-17 10:45:27
        
        Are these the same sources... by alcaray 2013-05-17 17:29:40
        
        Careful, Al. by ER 2013-05-17 19:06:34
        
        Sorry for two things: by alcaray 2013-05-17 17:31:34
        
        So next time fix it. by TB 2013-05-17 20:09:51
        
        This implies that I have powers that I did not know I had. by alcaray 2013-05-17 20:56:15
        
        you've got the power by podrock 2013-05-18 06:49:00
        
        There may also be issues if someone has already replied to a comment you want to move. by TB 2013-05-18 10:40:47
        
        Sorry for two things: by alcaray 2013-05-17 17:30:11
        
        Other pedants: by TB 2013-05-17 13:12:42
And the problem is? by bowser 2013-05-13 20:38:38
The reason this happened by BuckGalaxy 2013-05-13 19:26:20
More: by TB 2013-05-11 18:37:28
- Congratulations, TB. It looks like you guys have finally got yourself a genuine scandal. n/t by ER 2013-05-11 19:54:01
  - I'm finding the singular there, "a scandal," amusing. by TB 2013-05-14 13:54:53
    - You guys have been sniffing drainpipes for 5 years now, by ER 2013-05-14 14:28:03
      - Somebody's obviously sniffing something. by TB 2013-05-14 15:39:43
        
        Actually, I think Jon Stewart was right on target. by ER 2013-05-14 16:58:03
        
        Conservatives pointing out something doesn’t mean it exists. by ER 2013-05-14 16:34:28
        
        Again, "scandal" and "crime" are not synonyms. by TB 2013-05-14 16:59:23
        
        No, courts can be influenced or bought, too. by ER 2013-05-14 17:03:38
I'm in total agreement with you on this one. by ER 2013-05-11 12:48:04

Telescreens are old hat by TB May 16, 2013 9:11 am

Watch a British true crime documentary sometime. by bowser 2013-05-16 17:01:21

"US shale oil supply shock shifts global power balance" by TB May 15, 2013 10:00 am

Red Queen Running? by podrock 2013-05-15 19:56:56
- An increase in supply relative to demand is never a bad thing for consumers. by alcaray 2013-05-16 12:55:15
  - But Al, what about the free market? That would never happen here... by ER 2013-05-16 13:15:07
    - What free market? by alcaray 2013-05-16 14:27:52
- Party pooper. by ER 2013-05-16 05:58:46
More good news by RobVG 2013-05-15 18:56:42
Anyone willing to bet increased US energy supplies won't lead to cheaper prices at the pump? n/t by ER 2013-05-15 14:29:16

"The first step in solving a problem is recognizing you have a problem." by ER May 13, 2013 6:56 am

Point of argument: by TB 2013-05-13 08:38:17
- Your basic German citizen in the '30s and '40s denied the Holocaust, too. by bowser 2013-05-14 16:05:57
- If you actually believe that this environmental drive to statism... by ER 2013-05-13 10:16:30
  - "Personally I believe..." by TB 2013-05-13 10:57:51
    - Apples and oranges, actually more like watermelons and grapes. by ER 2013-05-13 11:15:19
      - Apples and oranges by TB 2013-05-13 12:01:46
        
        Fine. What about the IPCC graph? by ER 2013-05-13 12:13:58
        
        Am I being lectured on "changing the subject?" :) by TB 2013-05-13 12:53:18
        
        If the crisis goes, then they will no longer serve a purpose, will they? by ER 2013-05-13 13:39:28
        
        Simpy declaring your opposition a loser doesn't make it so. Shades of Davin. (miss the guy). n/t by RobVG 2013-05-13 18:02:56
        
        There are no winners or losers here. by ER 2013-05-13 20:28:12
        
        Job security by TB 2013-05-13 14:22:11
        
        It was a foregone conclusion. by ER 2013-05-13 15:34:32

Put this in your pipe and smoke it. by bowser May 13, 2013 9:49 pm

On the bright side, they aren't back here voting. by TB 2013-05-14 06:09:08
and we wonder why those Nigerians keep sending those... by FrankC 2013-05-14 02:26:34

"DOJ secretly seized two months of Associated Press phone records?" by TB May 13, 2013 2:38 pm

Any information about what was on the associated warrant? by alcaray 2013-05-13 14:48:52
- All I know to date is what was in the AP link in the article. by TB 2013-05-13 15:01:40

C02, "Scary." trend by RobVG May 12, 2013 12:54 pm

The function of that article lies in the headline, not the chart. by TB 2013-05-12 19:08:11
- The headline did a good job of boiling down what "James Butler, director of global monitoring at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Earth Science Research Lab in Boulder, Colo." said. by alcaray 2013-05-13 01:49:39
  - They can no longer deny the message, by ER 2013-05-13 06:32:51
    - You saw the same thing I did. "Bad journalism" was YOUR post. n/t by RobVG 2013-05-13 07:17:13
      - Just because the journalism is bad doesn't mean the news is made up. n/t by ER 2013-05-13 08:10:19
        
        PS: Why do conservatives have such a problem with this? by ER 2013-05-13 08:15:03
        
        I think that they are getting to the point where it's embarrasing to deny. by alcaray 2013-05-13 10:42:54
        
        When scientific judgements are forced to pass an ideological litmus test..., by ER 2013-05-13 11:02:38
        
        I can't believe you actually posted that... by TB 2013-05-13 11:06:20
        
        At your service, yr most hum. and obd't servant. by ER 2013-05-13 11:28:39
No, that chart is not linear since 70. It is quite curved. Hold the edge of an envelope up to it if you don't believe me. by alcaray 2013-05-12 16:55:52
- Curve in name only. by RobVG 2013-05-12 17:53:26
  - Only plane geometry is necessary. When you said:... by alcaray 2013-05-12 18:42:50
    - Be honest- are you just trying to goad me? n/t by RobVG 2013-05-12 19:00:43
      - I was questioning your eyesight. by alcaray 2013-05-12 19:02:55
        
        You better check ER's eyesight too. by RobVG 2013-05-12 19:05:50
        
        What part of "steady" increase do you not understand? by RobVG 2013-05-12 19:04:53
        
        my response disappeared, so forgive me if another one appears. by alcaray 2013-05-12 22:41:59
        
        Actually, you're both wrong. by ER 2013-05-12 19:39:59
        
        At some point, you have move past yelling "CRISIS CRISIS CRISIS CRISIS CRISIS!" by TB 2013-05-12 21:18:32
        
        But there IS a crisis. by ER 2013-05-13 06:54:20
        
        At some point people need to move past blaming everything on bad reporting. by alcaray 2013-05-12 22:38:12
        
        It's not just reporters. by ER 2013-05-13 06:58:38
  - That's why we need calculus. by ER 2013-05-12 18:02:04
- I was trying to give Rob the benefit of a doubt by ER 2013-05-12 17:09:51
Bad journalism by ER 2013-05-12 14:51:42
It is May 12, 2013 and it is snowing here. How is the weather over there? by johannes 2013-05-12 14:24:05

Finding out what's in the bill by TB May 10, 2013 9:15 pm

They should never have allowed businesses to use our SS# for their own personal ID convenience. by ER 2013-05-11 11:27:41

Student scolds teacher by Jody May 8, 2013 8:09 pm

In my opinion, this was a set-up. by ER 2013-05-10 12:06:51
- Not exactly. by TB 2013-05-10 13:05:02
  - Does that mean you're convinced it wasn't a rehearsed, deliberate ambush? n/t by ER 2013-05-10 13:24:48
    - Actually... by TB 2013-05-10 13:48:06
      - Who's talking conspiracy? by ER 2013-05-10 14:15:02
        
        He didn't even know he was being taped until two days later. by TB 2013-05-10 16:13:46
- In my opinion the teacher missed an excellent opportunity . She probably has parents that are union workers. by Jody 2013-05-10 12:35:12
Wrong time, wrong place. by bowser 2013-05-10 07:11:46
- Why are you holding the teacher to a different standard than the child? Is that a liberal thing? Or is ... by Jody 2013-05-10 10:04:39
- I doubt the kid's sincerity. by RobVG 2013-05-10 07:24:20
  - I suspect, he was grandstanding so he could be a hero on the internet. by alcaray 2013-05-10 10:07:25
    - I wonder if he even knew it was being videoed. Good lord people. So quick to judge our youth. What about ... by Jody 2013-05-10 10:11:11
      - quick to judge. by alcaray 2013-05-10 10:38:30
        
        I have asked a female high school math teacher her opinion, so I am waiting to hear from her. by Jody 2013-05-10 11:05:19
  - We speak of what we can do as a society to help the youth. We live in a time when ... by Jody 2013-05-10 08:52:05
Don't recall any teachers "making me excited"... by alcaray 2013-05-08 22:07:05
- alcaray...I can't see you getting excited about anything. by Jody 2013-05-10 10:05:48
- "I don’t know why people belittle teachers so much now." by ER 2013-05-09 16:54:35
  - WHAT ABOUT THE CHILD???????? by Jody 2013-05-10 10:06:21
  - Some interesting facts: by TB 2013-05-09 20:40:35
    - Some distorted facts by ER 2013-05-09 22:21:34
      - Employees by TB 2013-05-10 09:09:34
        
        It's not even necessary to respond to that. by ER 2013-05-10 11:24:35
        
        You can't actually respond. by TB 2013-05-10 12:36:23
        
        I guess that means you're going to leave it, rather than take it, eh? by ER 2013-05-10 13:18:07
    - This list of stats is supposed to sound like the increase in education cost goes to the unions? by alcaray 2013-05-09 21:31:32
      - No. by TB 2013-05-10 08:56:35
        
        So it was a right-wing rant triggered by someboday saying "teacher"? by alcaray 2013-05-10 10:03:50
        
        ER said something silly implying that good education demands unions and more taxes, and I responded. by TB 2013-05-10 10:11:17
        
        Ohmygod, ER look what you did! by alcaray 2013-05-10 11:09:23
        
        Curses. by ER 2013-05-10 11:59:36
      - Electron degeneracy leads to core collapse. by ER 2013-05-09 23:09:59
  - I call bullshit. by Jody 2013-05-09 17:10:00
    - So do I. by ER 2013-05-09 19:34:47
      - What about the child? by Jody 2013-05-10 10:07:04
- When I was a kid, it would have been unthinkable to tell off a teacher. by ER 2013-05-09 06:19:24
  - You were a kid in post WWII and Korea. by Jody 2013-05-10 10:07:58
    - Just for the record... by ER 2013-05-10 13:29:15
  - I don't know the back story, wish I did. I think he did well. The teacher missed an excellent opportunity ... by Jody 2013-05-09 08:33:21
    - The view from abroad. by ER 2013-05-09 10:53:43
      - You aware of the undercurrent of revolution concerning the idiocy of standardized testing? Wow...I wasn't. The tide is turning. I took one ... by Jody 2013-05-09 11:21:54
        
        I have little patience with modern educational practices... by ER 2013-05-09 11:35:49
        
        No patience with our youth? by Jody 2013-05-10 10:08:39
        
        Times change. Method of operations change. Evolution. by Jody 2013-05-09 13:58:00
      - Robert the Red, or Bolshie Bob, by ER 2013-05-09 11:12:49

What's going on in our armed forces? by ER May 7, 2013 10:34 am

Every woman I've ever known in the military can report sexual abuse. by bowser 2013-05-08 15:18:11
- I was proud of the way the Navy integrated in 1968. by ER 2013-05-08 18:33:33
LIFE by Cynthia Occelli Reflecting on the world during a conversation this morning and came away feeling incredulous. How is it ... by Jody 2013-05-08 10:59:24
- You never know for sure who your father is. by ER 2013-05-08 11:43:02
  - (photo from Nashville, TN) by podrock 2013-05-08 11:52:30
    - I've always wanted to go there and pay my respects for the old lady... by ER 2013-05-08 11:55:56
      - Saw her a couple of years ago by podrock 2013-05-08 14:42:36
- Blame the bible, for starters. by podrock 2013-05-08 11:16:36
The whole report is 1,494 pages long. by TB 2013-05-07 15:08:33
God how I love having a vagina. by Jody 2013-05-07 11:12:55
- Noon. Pompano Beach Pier. Any day is fine for me. I'm retired. by ER 2013-05-08 06:15:16
  - Remember dear...size matters. Will I respect you in the morning? by Jody 2013-05-08 08:06:45
    - Who cares? by bowser 2013-05-08 15:19:02
    - What? Do you need testimonials? by ER 2013-05-08 09:34:54
      - I really don't like looking at that pic. by alcaray 2013-05-08 11:14:15
- I haven't read the post but you've made my day. n/t by RobVG 2013-05-07 20:13:18

Gun crime trends by TB May 7, 2013 3:36 pm

And? The DOJ is not a good source for these things. by bowser 2013-05-08 15:13:24
How do you explain the trend? by alcaray 2013-05-07 16:02:45
- All crimes are trending down, and especially violent crimes. by ER 2013-05-07 16:47:47
  - Lead Begets Lead? by podrock 2013-05-07 17:12:29
    - If you look at the second chart in my comment below, the theory kind of breaks down. by TB 2013-05-07 17:19:27
      - Perhaps the answer is staring us in the face. by ER 2013-05-07 17:42:25
        
        It's not like they just started jailing people in 1990. by TB 2013-05-07 18:59:50
        
        Actually, they pretty much DID start jailing people in 1990. by ER 2013-05-08 06:05:04
  - Then again, maybe declining church membership has something to do with it. by ER 2013-05-07 17:03:50
- Good question. by TB 2013-05-07 16:42:44

The below raises an interesting issue. by bowser May 5, 2013 4:17 pm

No point in looking for consistency in matters of religion or politics. by ER 2013-05-05 16:47:58

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