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Happy Canada Day! by mcfly July 1, 2011 9:46 am
  • You forgot the D&D players. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-07-01 12:45:53
    • Which reminds me, a new episode of "Ice Road Truckers" should be on my DVR. by TB 2011-07-01 10:46:57
      • Justin Bieber! Bryan Adams! Celine Dion! Michael J. Fox!!! MCFLY!!!!! by Jody 2011-07-01 10:44:46
        • William Shatner, Paul Anka by Eri 2011-07-01 15:06:11
          • And Frederick Banting, James Gosling, Brian Kernighan and David Levy!! (Wish we could include McFly with THAT group...) by mcfly 2011-07-01 13:24:12
            • And don't forget, Dudley Do-Right, Nell and Inspector Fenwick, and Snidely Whiplash. by ER 2011-07-01 16:35:53
              • And Sasquatch! by TB 2011-07-01 16:38:04
          Russia better be careful by Eri July 1, 2011 6:39 am
          • Interesting! The powers that be in Russia have a long and sordid history of battling (and banning) religion. Opiate of ... by mcfly 2011-07-01 09:22:03
            • EDITED: Wait a minute, isn't that a contradiction? Scientology claims to be a religion, but that's only so it ... by ERa country that permits 2011-07-01 10:37:21
              • Scientology is a pattern of corruption that has invaded the inner chamber of Hollywood and therefore, Russia's oil conglomerate, so ... by Eri 2011-07-01 15:10:20
              • If people are telling you that history has no patterns, one possible reason is that they don't like what the ... by TB 2011-07-01 09:28:17
                • History doesn't repeat, but sometimes it rhymes. by Lee 2011-07-01 15:33:11
                  • Theories are like opinions. Everybody's got one. And opinions are like... well, let's just say everyone has one of those, too. by ER 2011-07-01 10:22:12
                    • ...he opined. by Eri 2011-07-01 15:23:56
                    • Just a theory maybe, but a good one. You're correct. We're all valid historians in our own right. If you find ... by mcfly 2011-07-01 09:39:33
                      • You can see how TB's "reframing" technique works. First he accuses you of saying something you didn't, then he ... by ER 2011-07-01 10:30:52
                        • I looked it up. The word "reframing" does not mean "acting as though something someone said had an actual ... by TB 2011-07-01 10:44:59
                          • Santayana was a socialist gay radical middle of the roader espousing creationism while evolving into a mongrel monkey? by Eri 2011-07-01 15:13:01
                            • I use the term "reframing" the way Robert defined it here about two years ago when he first exposed your ... by ER 2011-07-01 10:59:07
                              • Friend, go back over this thread. I said this: "If people are telling you that history has no patterns, one possible reason ... by TB 2011-07-01 11:09:58
                                • And why didn't you? That is what this thread is about. I think. Wait. I've lost track of what I ... by Eri 2011-07-01 15:15:53
                                  • Whatever you're on, I want some! by TB 2011-07-01 15:50:54
                                    • I just told you. Gin soaked olives with a little vermouth in the gin. :-) by Eri 2011-07-01 16:01:48
                                  • Tom, I already explained this to you once before. And I know you were paying attention because you hadn't attempted ... by ER 2011-07-01 12:20:35
                                    • It's this simple. It's always been that simple. by TB 2011-07-01 13:06:53
                                      • That's bullshit Tom. No, I don't doubt for a moment that economic freedom is better than economic control. ... by ER 2011-07-01 13:32:12
                                        • "Ownership class?" Ah. "Bourgeois truth." I wonder how much you have to own to become a member of the "ownership ... by TB 2011-07-01 15:02:24
                                      • And FURTHERMORE! I just re-read that harangue, and I must apologize, it is a bit over the top. I just ... by ER 2011-07-01 12:56:50
                                        • Nature has a reality? I wonder if it's the same reality I'm in or another reality. Really. by Eri 2011-07-01 15:20:04
                                          • Hey, I don't take any of this personal. Never did. I do let the frustration blow over once ... by TB 2011-07-01 13:10:31
                                            • Yes, it does, because we create it. It prays to us: "O Creator, please leave us in peace instead ... by Eri 2011-07-01 15:21:36
                                              • P.S. As you come up with further thinking on that "I" vs. "wave" stuff, put it down here. ... by TB 2011-07-01 13:13:21
                                                • Reality may not care what any of us thinks, but we have no choice but to think about reality. ... by ER 2011-07-01 13:25:03
                            Well, frack? by Eri July 1, 2011 6:29 am
                            • Sure, we can get up and leave after we've fouled the place up beyond all repair. It's just the ... by ER 2011-07-01 07:52:20
                              • I can see it having the same potential for abuse as in the coal mining industry. I'm too tired ... by Eri 2011-07-01 21:02:07
                                • Here's one link. There are a lot more. And yeah, if they're crooks they should be hauled into court and ... by TB 2011-07-02 06:28:58
                                  • Thanks, TB, for the link. What you want to bet that, as usual, no one will be punished? Maybe I'm ... by Eri 2011-07-02 07:36:15
                                    • Enron is dead. As for the legal results, convictions, and reparations, they're listed in the Wikipedia entry here. by TB 2011-07-02 07:57:19
                                      • I knew Enron was dead and buried. And so is one of the execs. I had forgotten that. ... by Eri 2011-07-02 13:30:24
                                        • So, how do you feel about the guys who were running Fannie Mae? by TB 2011-07-02 13:35:26
                                          • They're all crooks. And then it gets laid on the taxpayer to bail them out. Pisses me off ... by Eri 2011-07-02 21:45:00
                                • This method of hydrocarbon recovery has been in used in one form or another since the late 1940s. Regulations ... by TB 2011-07-01 09:14:11
                                Who shouldn't be buying Chinese products by TB June 30, 2011 4:29 pm
                                  You go, hackers, go! by Eri June 30, 2011 7:53 am
                                  • Heh. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. by mcfly 2011-06-30 10:34:53
                                    • So bloody true. by Eri 2011-06-30 12:50:58
                                      • How fitting - when we were discussing Anonymous, everyone didn't seem to have as high a view of them. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-30 11:30:27
                                        • War is war and if we're at war, anything is fair. Just like if you walk down a street ... by Eri 2011-06-30 12:53:06
                                          • If everything was black and white, I'D be scared. But I'd be even more scared of someone who saw ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-07-01 12:47:06
                                      Skills gap by Eri June 30, 2011 7:52 am
                                      • These people get no sympathy from me. There is no shortage of qualified workers for mid-level jobs, only qualified young ones ... by ER 2011-06-30 10:01:48
                                        • When I was in high school, there were two major roads kids took for further schooling: college, or vocational ... by TB 2011-06-30 08:08:02
                                          • I left University at the end of my 3rd year because my husband was going overseas with the AF. ... by Eri 2011-06-30 13:30:30
                                            • Maybe part of it is the relatively new idea of HR as an entirely separate department in a business. ... by TB 2011-06-30 14:51:03
                                              • As someone who has dealt with HR departments since before the time they started to adopt this new role you ... by ER 2011-07-01 06:13:27
                                                • Well, to be fair, these things have been a "good ole boy club" since time immemorial. Even when the ... by TB 2011-07-01 07:24:00
                                                  • You're right. But at least the boss has some justification to be a GOB, he is responsible for the ... by ER 2011-07-01 07:59:51
                                                • You're right. I hadn't actually looked at it from that angle but from the time we go our HR dept., ... by Eri 2011-06-30 22:10:00
                                                  • Aha, we see the "Evil Chancellor" syndrome at work here! I remember my time at Foxjet. Tony Fox was eccentric ... by TB 2011-06-30 22:17:38
                                                    • When I started out at the RI, I worked for a real boss who took care of his employees, communicated ... by Eri 2011-07-01 06:35:56
                                                      • I'm sure all of us have worked for "good bosses", people who understood the job and their people, and treated ... by ER 2011-07-01 08:44:29
                                                • Sorry some of that is wordy and grammatically goofy. I'm waiting for the exterminator and may have to get ... by Eri 2011-06-30 13:35:12
                                                • I can't wait for the education bubble to burst. Maybe then I could afford to go back to school. by mcfly 2011-06-30 10:37:44
                                                Couldn't happen to a more deserving bank by Eri June 29, 2011 6:17 am
                                                • You're exactly right, the customers will foot the bill. At the now-defunct bank where I used to work, there was a ... by mcfly 2011-06-29 10:25:31
                                                  *^$)&(@#$@#!@#$$%!!!! by Eri June 27, 2011 3:07 pm
                                                  • I'm opposed to racial profiling, after all, terrorists could pick white guys (or seniors, women, children, or the handicapped) to ... by ER 2011-06-30 10:52:48
                                                    • Soooo..... What happens if we all followed the example of John Tyler? 'Course he's being fined 10 grand now..... Personally, I'm ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-28 23:25:11
                                                      • What if we all decided not to fly anywhere for a week? Put the airlines into bankruptcy, put the ... by Eri 2011-06-29 02:05:45
                                                        • Why Israel's air security wouldn't work in the U.S. by TB 2011-06-29 08:58:08
                                                          • Israeli airport security is based in reality, it would never work in the politically correct swamp known as the United ... by Lee 2011-06-29 13:27:28
                                                            • Frankly, I have to agree. They know it could very well happen there. by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-29 21:58:01
                                                      • That is certainly infuriating and inexcusable but, you sure can't accuse them of profiling. by FrankC 2011-06-28 16:09:42
                                                        • I wish they WOULD profile. We are the laughing stock of the world. by Eri 2011-06-28 22:28:28
                                                          • Sure, sure...and then some little old white lady will decide to hide a bomb in her astronaut diaper, and BOOM. ... by mcfly 2011-06-30 19:19:18
                                                            • Of course you favor profiling, and anyone with a brain agrees. Real liberals are against profiling based on the theory that ... by FrankC 2011-06-29 11:36:55
                                                              • So I'm not a "real liberal?" LOL. by Eri 2011-07-01 21:05:19
                                                            • And that...is what it's all about. by Lee 2011-06-28 18:24:12
                                                            The Great Corn Con by TB June 27, 2011 2:24 pm
                                                              Actual news vs Fox news headlines by BuckGalaxy June 27, 2011 1:27 am
                                                              • Fox uses pretty crude propaganda fit for the knuckle-draggers and mouth-breathers on the right. The more genteel and lofty ... by ER 2011-06-27 04:41:59
                                                                You know your prison population is too high... by FrankC June 26, 2011 12:17 pm
                                                                • We have a serious problem with privately run prisons. Like any free market business, they need to grow every ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-06-26 20:58:30
                                                                  • My guess? Private prisons should be run more like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Well, not entirely. *shudders* by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-28 23:30:06
                                                                    • Yeah, public prisons can lose money year after year and never think twice about it. Something like 8 percent of all ... by TB 2011-06-26 21:35:16
                                                                      • Yep, just think about the savings to be generated from the growing pool of prison labor, a resource we have ... by ER 2011-06-27 04:45:18
                                                                        • No end to this blame the public unions game is there? I suppose this has nothing to do with ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-06-27 01:16:27
                                                                          • From your link: "Some of the biggest names in the private prison industry have given $835,514 to federal candidates since 2000 ... by TB 2011-06-27 09:57:39
                                                                            • A little more math from that Justice Policy Institute paper. The paper declares that the two largest private prison ... by TB 2011-06-27 10:37:52
                                                                              • You have a reading comprehension problem. I've seen studies about costs and there is conflicting data on what is ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-06-27 15:20:14
                                                                                • I hate to keep having to drive things home with a goddam steam hammer, but don't you think the institutions ... by TB 2011-06-27 15:40:47
                                                                                  • You're still using steam? ;-) by mcfly 2011-06-27 17:18:46
                                                                                    • A lot of my posting is powered by steam. Hadn't you noticed? by TB 2011-06-27 17:46:28
                                                                      • Do you mean convicts watch A&E? by ER 2011-06-26 12:33:15
                                                                        • It appears that the ads are aimed at the dependents of convicts. I can see the contradiction of the ad being ... by FrankC 2011-06-26 14:22:21
                                                                        NATO's surreal world by TB June 26, 2011 8:13 am
                                                                        • NATO definitely has its problems, but Obama has succeeded in using them to further American policy at minimum risk to ... by ER 2011-06-27 05:41:22
                                                                          • I'd tend to agree. I'm not really sure we (or the Europeans) should be in Libya. As I said months ... by mcfly 2011-06-27 17:15:18
                                                                            • "They don't want people like me on board." Yeah, I know what you mean about them. You don't really disagree with ... by ER 2011-06-27 20:32:11
                                                                              • I think the key to the "meeting half-way" deal is where exactly the "half-way" point is. Go over a few political ... by TB 2011-06-28 07:05:27
                                                                                • You gotta admit TB, you'd put the halfway point on the liberal's one yard line. Maybe in the end zone. ... by mcfly 2011-06-28 11:15:08
                                                                                  • Your response corroborates my comments perfectly. TB, if you post here just to enlighten us barbarian Liberals on the subtler points ... by ER 2011-06-28 08:17:50
                                                                                    • No, my response does not "corroborate" your comments. My response made the reasonable point that your post was, to ... by TB 2011-06-28 08:55:14
                                                                                      • I never said I had no political opinions, or even that I was a strict middle of the roader, I've ... by ER 2011-06-28 09:30:00
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