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"'Corruption on grand scale' in insider trading case" by bowser January 18, 2012 4:18 pm

The "Establishment" predictably escalates against the Occupiers. by bowser January 17, 2012 11:01 pm

The "occupiers" stopped being useful to the Democrats, so basically they're pretending they never heard of it. by TB 2012-01-18 10:10:45

Economic warfare by TB January 17, 2012 4:41 pm

The US seems to be far more vulnerable economic and militarily now. The 20th century was America's, the 21st ... by bowser 2012-01-17 17:52:41
I'm totally unqualified to comment on the validity or urgency of that article, although I haven't the slightest doubt in ... by ER 2012-01-17 17:38:05
- For what its worth... by ER 2012-01-17 18:13:36
- Re: the "call for greater financial regulation." by TB 2012-01-17 18:10:33
  - CORRECTION: I suspect this is black propaganda. At the very least, there is no mention of a sponsoring agency, ... by ER 2012-01-17 18:19:21
    - The agency that contracted for the report is on the cover. by TB 2012-01-17 18:33:36
      - Oops. Sorry. by TB 2012-01-17 18:39:56

ELECTILE DYSFUNCTION: " the inability to become aroused over any of the choices for President put forth by either party in the 2012 election year." (n/t) by Jody January 16, 2012 9:41 pm

Pfizer makes a pill for it, but you need third party insurance by Tony 2012-01-17 12:18:12
- Damn, I thought we had given you the slip. :) by FrankC 2012-01-17 17:37:48
- Good one! by TB 2012-01-17 12:27:05

Iran to return a drone by TB January 17, 2012 12:04 pm

Gotta hand it to them, the Iranians know how to give a burn. "He said he wanted it back, and we ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-01-17 12:58:08

Why Romney will lose to Obama by BuckGalaxy January 14, 2012 7:56 pm

Interesting. by TB 2012-01-14 22:25:36
- Romney could get decent numbers of the middle to vote for him. Huntsman probably could too, but he was ... by alcaray 2012-01-16 20:05:40
  - Good to "see" you, and know you're at least middlin' OK. Welcome back. (I'm the welcome waggin'.) Arf by bowser 2012-01-16 21:25:07
- "Why Gingrich Tanked" by RobVG 2012-01-15 11:10:27
  - Good article. by TB 2012-01-15 15:31:36
- A lot of us aren’t that stupid....What bugs me is that the Republican Establishment went right along with it. I just ... by ER 2012-01-15 05:36:38
  - And yet, the facts remain, don't they? "Republicans can't win unless they run a 'moderate.'" You can't tell me you ... by TB 2012-01-15 10:23:21
    - Resounding Conservative victories? by ER 2012-01-15 10:55:56
      - When I write, I use precision. "Resounding" does not mean "recounts in Florida for a month." by TB 2012-01-15 14:46:01
        
        Reagan got the middle to vote for him. That's how he got elected. by alcaray 2012-01-16 20:10:31
        
        Before you go any further, you might want to review Reagan's 1980 campaign and what he said. by TB 2012-01-16 20:23:18
        
        So you say it was only the right wingers who elected him? He said a lot of other things ... by alcaray 2012-01-16 21:18:16
      - "Even Reagan Wasn’t a Reagan Republican" by RobVG 2012-01-15 11:34:11
        
        There's been a lot of that "reinventing Reagan" stuff going around from liberal sources. by TB 2012-01-15 15:03:08
        
        Starting with Nixon, I can't think of a Republican President who wasn't hellbent upon subverting the Constitution. Including Reagan, ... by bowser 2012-01-15 17:05:22
        
        One of the really ugly features of modern conservatism is its refusal to meet anyone halfway, and its extremist positions. ... by ER 2012-01-15 12:00:52
- I don't know about anyone else, but I was talking about how afraid Obama is of Romney in hopes of ... by bowser 2012-01-15 00:33:17
- You wonder what the republican establishment were afraid of??? Let me enlighten you. Yes, Romney IS the best ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-15 00:14:12
For a while, I thought even if Romney won, the nation could survive, perhaps even prosper, like it did under ... by ER 2012-01-14 20:35:25
I don't have huge confidence in Romney's ability to win because I doubt his intensity and willingness to be a ... by FrankC 2012-01-14 20:13:41

A radar-assisted collision by ER January 16, 2012 7:42 am

Not only did the ship hit rocks, it tried to eat one: by podrock 2012-01-16 11:47:56
- I'm guessing it rolled the other way because the ripped side was in shallow water and the other side wasn't. Basically, ... by TB 2012-01-16 12:07:44
  - According to some sources (BBC), the rock the ship is sitting on is not the rock it hit, saying the ... by podrock 2012-01-16 13:22:21
    - Either the captain was deliberately buzzing the island for kicks (bad idea), or he deliberately tried to run a quickly ... by ER 2012-01-16 13:52:12
      - The map is from the BBC, using data from Lloyds List. A more annotated map and more information can ... by podrock 2012-01-16 14:15:09
        
        More: A blog with a good discussion can be found at http://blog.geogarage.com/. by podrock 2012-01-16 14:21:42
        
        Double wow. Great site, thanks. by bowser 2012-01-16 20:24:15
        
        Wow. by TB 2012-01-16 16:19:15
        
        Now I wonder why the ship is pointed 180 degrees from the direction it was sailing. by podrock 2012-01-16 19:38:40
        
        I thought it turned around to try to get to the port. by TB 2012-01-16 19:46:01
    - Didn't know that (and thanks for the map!) Still, the "shallow water/deep water" theory still holds for the direction ... by TB 2012-01-16 13:30:56
I think your analysis is probably pretty accurate. by TB 2012-01-16 09:40:40
- It is a known fact merchant captains often put the ship on autopilot while in mid-ocean and there may be ... by ER 2012-01-16 11:43:04

Pravda update by TB January 15, 2012 8:12 pm

This post reveals a lot more about you, Tom, than it does about Newsweek, or Obama. by ER 2012-01-16 06:14:06
- No, it actually doesn't. by TB 2012-01-16 09:37:06
  - With Bush on the cover, it would just inspire me to read the piece to see what they were going ... by alcaray 2012-01-16 20:02:00
    - Yes, I read it. It's right here. The "long game" is the mantra of leftists everywhere. Decades of "jam tomorrow." by TB 2012-01-16 20:06:32
    - Welcome back. by ER 2012-01-16 20:04:24
      - Seconded. by podrock 2012-01-16 20:18:02
  - Revenge is a dish best served cold. I'd wait till after the election before I started gloating. by ER 2012-01-16 11:45:06
I'm a bit embarrassed for you, TB, and I take some embarrassin'! by bowser 2012-01-15 22:21:55
Good grief, he's even starting to look like Jimmy Carter. by TB 2012-01-15 20:13:30
- Maybe, but who in the candidates' clown car even remotely resembles Ronald Reagan? by ER 2012-01-16 08:03:32
  - But...but...Reagan was a moderate! I'm so confused... by TB 2012-01-16 09:42:30
    - Yes, but he was successful. Other conservatives cannot make that claim. by ER 2012-01-16 11:43:57

Cruise ship runs aground, tips over by TB January 14, 2012 12:32 pm

I cannot imagine how something like this can happen: for a ship to capsize in water that shallow. Perhaps ... by ER 2012-01-14 13:31:35
- I don't know how much inherent stability a cruise ship has. by TB 2012-01-14 17:15:56
  - I can't speak with total authority on this; I am just speculating. Perhaps these ships are seaworthy, perhaps they ... by ER 2012-01-14 17:59:49

"Town, cast as Romney's victim, says, 'Huh?'" by TB January 14, 2012 5:01 pm

Ideological groups in the U.S. by TB January 12, 2012 7:38 pm

You forgot that to conservatives there is no such thing as a "moderate." Anyone one nanometer to the left ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-01-13 13:15:08
- That, like many other things I'm seeing here, is not true. by TB 2012-01-13 13:44:15
  - Just noticed this. "A leftist has to do a lot of lying about what he is to get elected ... by bowser 2012-01-13 23:06:22
    - Read the sentence again. by TB 2012-01-14 10:44:15
  - Remember, those are self-reports, and the "conservatives" haven't passed the purity tests. And the moderates couldn't. So these charts are meaningless when ... by bowser 2012-01-13 23:02:40
    - Doesn't matter. by TB 2012-01-14 10:47:25
And yet the President and House of Representatives are Democrat. Go figure. by bowser 2012-01-12 21:06:19
- The President is a Democrat because the last Presidential election was in 2008. by TB 2012-01-12 21:40:09
  - Nevertheless, - - - by bowser 2012-01-12 23:15:30

Nine European nations get their credit ratings cut by TB January 13, 2012 3:47 pm

Without saying the ratings aren't warranted, isn't that the same S & P that was giving high ratings to low-grade ... by bowser 2012-01-13 18:45:30

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