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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)

The Debt Problem by TB July 29, 2011 12:50 pm

What the GOP's position on raising the debt ceiling should be... by mcfly July 29, 2011 10:56 am

"I swear to God this is my last heroin injection." Do you remember what happened in May? The date the ... by TB 2011-07-29 11:29:55
- Cripes, don't blow a gasket. Fine, you've convinced me, there's no hope. America's done. Last person out, turn off the lights. by mcfly 2011-07-29 13:41:36
  - Now you're beginning to see. by Lee 2011-07-29 17:00:22
    - Financially, Lee. Financially. by TB 2011-07-29 18:25:48
  - Check out the graphics in the post above. And it's not like this situation suddenly happened in the past ... by TB 2011-07-29 15:00:32
    - I stand corrected. Blow a gasket. But why bother, if the country is already lost? by mcfly 2011-07-29 20:15:10

Maverick of the Rings by mcfly July 28, 2011 10:13 am

Not surprisingly, the media loves McCain again. Nothing gets more positive press than any Republican willing to take a big, greasy ... by TB 2011-07-28 21:10:36
- And conservative efforts to destroy McCain have begun! by mcfly 2011-07-29 05:21:44
I remember the Lord of the Rings and the hobbits, and how that worked out in the end. The 2010 election, ... by TB 2011-07-28 11:07:50
- Why should Dems be any different from Republicans who never acknowledged that Barack Obama was voted in as President. ... by Eri 2011-07-28 12:43:47
- A lot of Republican leaders seem to think that if they just spend the next fifteen months doing whatever the ... by mcfly 2011-07-28 11:22:58
  - I'd like to see McCain's actual speech, too. I don't know in what context he was quoting that article. ... by TB 2011-07-28 14:53:13
  - We're out of time. Trillion dollar deficits are now our ground state. Cripes. And do you really think we should be ... by TB 2011-07-28 14:42:29
  - Some older people won't even be able to afford their usual cat food for dinner. by Eri 2011-07-28 12:44:55

Detroit triage by TB July 27, 2011 1:12 pm

Typical by VelociraptorBlade 2011-07-27 23:41:50

Those darn financial regulations by TB July 26, 2011 10:04 pm

College education bubble by TB July 25, 2011 9:24 pm

No this is what happens when they become profitable enterprises and marketed to the middle class. I went to college in ... by ER 2011-07-26 06:17:28
- Sorry, but "for profit" colleges (not to be confused with private ones) enroll about eight percent of the students in ... by TB 2011-07-26 07:42:52
  - Yeah, who are "they"? The academic socialist media intellectual conspiracy? They are the ones who are losing jobs and tenure. ... by ER 2011-07-26 08:54:24

A little further down the road we're on... by TB July 25, 2011 8:22 pm

Another good mark for Perry by TB July 24, 2011 9:16 am

A social conservative who's willing to accept gay marriage? One way or the other, he's lying. by mcfly 2011-07-24 20:47:15
- The point was very clearly explained about the role of personal belief and the proper limitations of the Federal government. Or ... by TB 2011-07-24 20:54:22
  - Federal law never mandates or forbids personal beliefs. Think about it. But conservatives are not shy about using law to mandate ... by mcfly 2011-07-24 21:15:50
    - "Beliefs" and "choices" are not the same thing. Liberals have had considerably more success in inflicting their ideas on us than ... by TB 2011-07-25 08:58:01
      - I don't beleive I said they *were* the same thing, in fact quite the opposite. Seriously, what was the last great ... by mcfly 2011-07-25 10:32:00
        
        That was a question I'd like to see answered. Specifics, please. Try and keep it out of the Middle Ages. ... by TB 2011-07-25 11:13:39
        
        Here by mcfly 2011-07-26 10:57:48
        
        Well, in the context of politics I was thinking primarily of examples in the United States and the West during ... by TB 2011-07-26 11:12:07
        
        I have to listen to everyone telling me how the Republicans are going to destroy us all and usher in ... by mcfly 2011-07-26 12:03:04
        
        I chalk it up to the Left having to construct imaginary demons to justify their own ideology and power grabs. ... by TB 2011-07-26 12:11:06
        
        TB, we've covered it SO many times. Which party threatens to take control of women's reproductive rights? Which party threatens ... by mcfly 2011-07-26 12:22:14
        
        Stay on the road. I can find nutballs all through politics who "threaten" one thing or another. Which ... by TB 2011-07-26 14:39:06
        
        I don't like where your road goes. Hell, neither of these should ever have been a Federal issue in the first ... by mcfly 2011-07-26 19:23:25

Got any Neanderthal DNA? by Eri July 23, 2011 11:41 pm

I wonder what your husband thinks of that... or his military employers. I can see the bioweapons now. Silliness aside, ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-07-23 23:53:05
- I was joking about my ex; however, he physically did have some characteristics that might have been a bit of ... by Eri 2011-07-24 05:41:39

Amy Winehouse found dead by Eri July 23, 2011 10:49 am

I just loved her voice. Tortured is right. Fame comes too quick for some and knocks them on their ass. ... by Jody 2011-07-23 17:28:57
Sad. Another member of "Club 27". by podrock 2011-07-23 11:55:18
- Yeah, what is it about age 27? And then there's 35. Marilyn Monroe, Princess Di. by Eri 2011-07-23 17:11:12
In the golden age of rock, this kind of end was way too common. by TB 2011-07-23 11:32:29

There has to be a way by Eri July 22, 2011 11:02 pm

Interesting. IRS statistics are all lies, but you can count on what three left-wing "Centers for..." say? The economy will ... by TB 2011-07-23 08:29:33
- You should stop and listen to yourself sometime. So now IRS figures lie? How pathetic you are, looking desperately to ... by Eri 2011-07-23 10:47:10
  - Read it again. You're the one who told me a few posts back that my IRS numbers on who ... by TB 2011-07-23 11:27:12
    - It's how you interpret them that is wrong. You interpret to fit your political beliefs instead of starting with ... by Eri 2011-07-23 17:12:57
      - To use the example that was annoying you, the top quintile of households in this country pays 69 percent of ... by TB 2011-07-23 18:48:47

Attacks in Norway by TB July 22, 2011 4:13 pm

Another religious terrorist. by podrock 2011-07-23 19:18:10
- There's a "manifesto" someone has located and posted on Google Docs. It's like 1500 frigging pages. Is there something about ... by TB 2011-07-23 19:40:49
  - I haven't read this, and probably won't, but this guy reviewed it. by TB 2011-07-23 19:57:15
There are indications that close to 100 innocent Norwegians have been killed. With six tons of fertilizer (ammonium nitrate) based explosives, and ... by Jeff-Wash 2011-07-23 13:18:22
- Apparently, he owned a farm of some kind. From the LA TIMES by podrock 2011-07-23 13:47:49
I'm calling it as "lone nutcase." We'll see. by TB 2011-07-23 08:13:47
- Just to yank your chain a bit, on Today this morning, they reported he called himself a conservative. Not ... by Eri 2011-07-24 05:46:19

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