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Starship V3 set to make its first launch 6:30pm ET on Monday, May 19 BuckGalaxy May 12, 2026 4:52 pm (Space/Science)

How are you supposed to win a war when you avoid killing people RobVG May 8, 2026 5:47 pm (CurrentEvents)

Good idea, for what it's worth... BuckGalaxy May 11, 2026 11:00 pm (CurrentEvents)

Consequences of the Orange Moron's idiotic war BuckGalaxy May 11, 2026 1:36 am (CurrentEvents)

Trump had to be stopped from using nuclear weapons on Iran (edit - no evidence for claim... BAD RL!) RL April 21, 2026 7:57 pm (CurrentEvents)

NASA's Moon Base User’s Guide BuckGalaxy April 16, 2026 3:10 pm (Space/Science)

There's no way the Post WW2 order can be revived after Trump BuckGalaxy April 30, 2026 5:26 pm (CurrentEvents)

Meanwhile, bye bye National Forest Service podrock April 9, 2026 8:13 am (CurrentEvents)

Is Isreal really a US ally RobVG April 8, 2026 5:21 pm (CurrentEvents)

New Glenn 3 flight profile BuckGalaxy April 18, 2026 12:08 am (Space/Science)

Dragonfly mission to Titan BuckGalaxy March 29, 2026 12:01 pm (Space/Science)

Eventually, one has to just admit it. podrock April 6, 2026 8:08 pm (CurrentEvents)

The next time we fulminate about fundamental Muslims. by bowser May 22, 2012 5:45 pm

Words can not convey my outrage. If they ever develop a pre natal test that will predict homosexuality then all ... by Jody 2012-05-22 20:19:18
O...M...G. by Jody 2012-05-22 19:02:33

Tomorrow is a day in Tax History by BuckGalaxy May 17, 2012 6:01 pm

The statement is not hers, but Senator Carl Levin's. by TB 2012-05-17 22:24:56
Facebook Co-Founder Saverin Gives Up U.S. Citizenship Before IPO by ER 2012-05-17 18:55:29

Second year in a row... by TB May 16, 2012 3:04 pm

The Republican solution - ensure suffering at home and abroad. by bowser 2012-05-16 16:13:52

Where our stuff comes from by podrock May 15, 2012 7:13 pm

Only slightly tangential. by bowser 2012-05-15 20:26:47
Wish you could tell your coal-mining grandfather about the awfulness of jobs like this. by TB 2012-05-15 20:17:39
- (I posted the two posts as a tandem, on purpose.) by podrock 2012-05-15 20:28:47
- Similar and different. by podrock 2012-05-15 20:23:22
It's the future of labor. by ER 2012-05-15 19:44:41

The Ten Thousand Commandments by TB May 15, 2012 7:17 am

Moved from "Why we regulate" by ER 2012-05-15 08:22:18
- All right. by TB 2012-05-15 09:25:57
  - How cleverly you twist the words...Now eat them. by ER 2012-05-15 09:50:58
    - My grandfather could be in that picture. by podrock 2012-05-15 18:47:12
      - Good for you Pod. by ER 2012-05-15 20:18:59
    - That's it? by TB 2012-05-15 10:50:28
      - Conservatism did not come from the Tea Party. by ER 2012-05-15 11:49:21
And the reason is that the first 10 are ignored. Look at what happens without regulation. by bowser 2012-05-15 07:37:50

Why we regulate by BuckGalaxy May 14, 2012 2:02 pm

A comparison: by TB 2012-05-14 18:06:43
- The human factor. by bowser 2012-05-15 00:06:03
- Do you think American society is "slightly" more complex than the NFL? by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-14 19:21:17
  - Yeah, I read the link. I've been reading a lot of what Krugman has written lately. by TB 2012-05-14 19:57:34
    - The religion is on your side by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-14 21:38:28
      - "Pass more laws." How unexpected. by TB 2012-05-15 07:32:03
        
        A little history lesson by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-15 10:23:49
        
        Where do you people keep getting the word "unregulated?" by TB 2012-05-15 10:29:29
        
        Perhaps I misunderstood you by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-15 10:32:24
        
        There is a huge difference between "no more laws" and "no laws." by TB 2012-05-15 10:46:43
        
        Can you EVER step outside your ideology and look at the facts? by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-15 10:58:44
        
        How many were repealed? by TB 2012-05-15 11:15:42
        
        What was repealed covered a broad range of risky investments by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-15 16:06:28
        
        So go for it. by TB 2012-05-15 17:03:01
        
        How shallow is that? by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-15 18:32:33
        
        Further by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-15 18:52:26
        
        Meanwhile... by TB 2012-05-15 17:04:56
        
        Nice dick tuck. by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-15 18:32:55
      - It's not religion, its business. by ER 2012-05-15 05:50:10

Obama Restarts Culture Wars on Offense by ER May 14, 2012 7:14 am

Do you know what "cocooning" is? by TB 2012-05-14 08:56:25
- I never knew what 'cocooning' was until I started reading your posts. by ER 2012-05-14 09:10:16
  - Q.E.D. by TB 2012-05-14 09:21:15
    - "Q.E.D.", "Heh" and "Nice Try" means TB's run out of anything meaningful to say. by ER 2012-05-14 09:33:41
      - Look, by TB 2012-05-14 11:37:25
        
        In the absence of proper government, the strong will simply take from the weak. by ER 2012-05-14 11:51:41
        
        Key word there is "proper" isn't it? by TB 2012-05-14 12:03:45
        
        Refuse? by ER 2012-05-14 13:01:53
Test n/t by RobVG 2012-05-14 08:27:48

Rare-earth mining rises again by TB May 13, 2012 8:52 pm

Its a good reminder... by podrock 2012-05-13 21:24:34
- When we stopped making everything from wood and thatch, our toys have always come from holes in the ground. by TB 2012-05-14 08:58:38
  - Once again we are the agents of entropy. by ER 2012-05-14 09:54:50

Who I side with... by Jody May 12, 2012 7:41 pm

In a nutshell... You are an independent.You are socially Liberal but fiscally Libertarian. Aya. by Jody 2012-05-13 09:46:28
Surprised me, too. Mesplay 68%, Obama 63%, Johnson 58%. by bowser 2012-05-13 08:48:08
Kind of surprising by FrankC 2012-05-13 01:14:32
77% Ron Paul, 65% Barack Obama n/t by RobVG 2012-05-12 21:17:20
- It's funny, right before Jody posted, I was working on a "Dude, where's my candidate?" post n/t by RobVG 2012-05-14 07:40:44
My numbers... by ER 2012-05-12 20:13:47
Bonus points for a poll that actually allows you to get some nuance into your answers! by TB 2012-05-12 19:58:53

*This* is Gary Johnson by Jody May 13, 2012 12:55 pm

I definitely think you should vote for him! :-) by BuckGalaxy 2012-05-13 21:12:25

Meanwhile, out in the real world by TB May 11, 2012 3:47 pm

And in Israel: by TB 2012-05-11 21:11:09
- Israel won't fight Iran. Israel can't fight Iran. Israel can get the US entangled, though. by bowser 2012-05-11 21:26:32
  - Red Heifer Republicans by ER 2012-05-12 06:31:55
    - How would you solve the problem? by johannes 2012-05-12 07:25:57
      - Look at a map. That will explain a lot. n/t by bowser 2012-05-12 16:59:33
        
        It does explain a lot. by TB 2012-05-13 12:32:06
      - It's not my problem. by ER 2012-05-12 08:18:11

Happy Mother's Day. by ER May 13, 2012 7:06 am

For you ER....and all men... by Jody 2012-05-13 08:13:25

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