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The April numbers ER May 8, 2025 5:59 am (Space/Science)

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Count me as in favor of... by Jody May 27, 2011 6:17 am
    Newt Gingrich - A Psychological Profile by Eri May 26, 2011 4:41 pm
    • This is your basic hoggy washy *I know what is ailing the world* kibble and bits. Just ask me...I am the ... by Jody 2011-05-27 06:35:55
      • Showcase wife? She belongs in a glass case--at the Smithsonian. Her hair is perfect...Wa-hoooooooooooo! http://totallylookslike.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/callista-gingrich-totally-looks-like-the-joker.jpg So the Gingbling was bought on credit, ... by ER 2011-05-26 18:46:09
        • Yikes! You're right. Clicky by Eri 2011-05-26 23:09:30
          • While he's talking about how frugal he is? Excuse me.... Yep, it's his money but when he says pridefully that ... by Eri 2011-05-26 22:55:21
            • Well, if it's ok to slam environmental activists for living energy-profligate lifestyles, and its allowed to condemn defenders of the ... by ER 2011-05-27 04:42:34
              • "Well, if it’s ok to slam environmental activists for living energy-profligate lifestyles, and its allowed to condemn defenders of the ... by TB 2011-05-27 09:15:50
                • You answered precisely the way I expected you to. Nothing the fascists do is to be questioned, or even ... by ER 2011-05-27 11:19:37
                  • Please stop using the word "fascism." Seriously. It does not mean what you think it does. What exactly is ... by TB 2011-05-27 12:12:00
                    • I'll stop using the word "fascism" when you stop using the word "socialist", for anyone who says or thinks anything ... by ER 2011-05-27 12:29:15
                      • These words have meanings. Documented ones. I try to use them accurately. But again, I'm flexible. If you ... by TB 2011-05-27 12:38:16
                        • Tom, I don't even want to talk about it any more. You feel you have the right to insult the ... by ER 2011-05-27 12:48:52
                          • I can live with that definition. We can't all have the moral authority of Ted Kennedy, Bill Clinton, or ... by TB 2011-05-27 13:17:49
                            • John Ensign. by ER 2011-05-27 17:36:53
                • I wasn't talking about his attempt at keeping government frugal. He said HE was frugal. Which is an ... by Eri 2011-05-27 07:34:49
                  • Diamonds my dear Watson...are what the women earn for giving great head. Diamonds are a girl's best friend. by Jody 2011-05-27 06:38:52
                    • Well! Since you it THAT way... Diamonds are a boy's best friend too. by ER 2011-05-27 06:56:58
                      • ...anyway I can help my boys keep up. by Jody 2011-05-27 08:04:31
              • Good article. Nothing to do with Gingrich, but good article. Not sure what spending your own money at Tiffany's has ... by TB 2011-05-26 17:08:04
                • I did. I had read it in at least two places by Eri 2011-05-26 23:01:46
                  • This is what his daughter says about it. Democrats really, really shouldn't be bringing up the subject of marital fidelity and ... by TB 2011-05-27 08:50:00
                More on single-payer in Vermont by TB May 26, 2011 3:01 pm
                  Joplin from space, before and after by TB May 26, 2011 11:13 am
                  • Oh dear god. by Jody 2011-05-26 12:19:15
                    • Sedalia (which is very near KC) had quite a few homes destroyed and some businesses. It was an EF2 ... by Eri 2011-05-26 16:39:13
                      • Amen sister. Look at the patches of ground that are scoured "clean." Hell on a highly localized scale. by mcfly 2011-05-26 13:00:23
                        • There aren't a lot of good aerial shots (and no space shots of course) of the tornado that hit us ... by TB 2011-05-26 12:42:53
                          • I guess God spared you so you could drive us crazy with your political views. :-) by Eri 2011-05-26 16:34:55
                        Pawlenty. Wow. by TB May 26, 2011 9:06 am
                        • And then there's Romney. Sigh. by TB 2011-05-28 08:54:44
                          • Has anyone actually sat down and calculated the energy budget (not just the economic tradeoffs) for ethanol? It takes ... by ER 2011-05-28 11:43:21
                            • Corn ethanol is a racket. The companies that thrive on it are textbook examples - literally - of government ... by TB 2011-05-28 12:39:52
                          • I hear the screech as he plummets to earth, nosediving himself into oblivion. by Eri 2011-05-26 16:55:02
                            • As always Eri, you have a wonderful way with words. I appreciate honesty in politics as much as anyone, and it ... by mcfly 2011-05-27 17:07:47
                            • We shouldn't be too hard on this guy, so far, the rest of the Republican hopefuls are a ludicrous gang ... by ER 2011-05-26 10:43:34
                              • He might be dull so far, but who knows, there may be an Aqua Buddha in his past. by mcfly 2011-05-26 11:19:09
                                • TB, ER...you guys are cracking me up. Both humorous responses. I'm feeling a little bad about bringing Aqua Buddha up. Apparently ... by mcfly 2011-05-26 13:07:18
                                  • Yeah, I know it was just a harmless prank and no one got hurt...but you have deprived me of the ... by ER 2011-05-26 13:16:14
                                    • Almost as much fun as getting you down to Primal Rant mode. I can see the ear smoke on ... by TB 2011-05-26 13:56:07
                                      • Take a deep breath, bucko. That ain't ear smoke. :) by ER 2011-05-26 14:10:05
                                        • Well, heck, you better cut back on the cajun food then. by TB 2011-05-26 14:33:17
                                  • I had to look that one up. Good grief, where do they get these guys? It's like "Invasion ... by ER 2011-05-26 12:26:51
                                    • The Democrats are lucky. They're running a guy that, judging from 2008, apparently doesn't have a past. by TB 2011-05-26 11:27:03
                                    • Come on. You guys are going to ride "Barack H. Obama, Super Genius!" all the way down to the ... by TB 2011-05-26 10:58:31
                                      • What we've learned, TB, is that in the last two years the world has not come to an end, ... by ER 2011-05-26 12:17:41
                                        • You might want to look again. Who's hysterical? Did you check out the Ryan proposal and the accompanying ... by TB 2011-05-26 12:26:32
                                          • Listen to yourself, Tom, and tell me with a straight face you're not hysterical. Face it, your major objection ... by ER 2011-05-26 12:30:17
                                            • PS: And I'll let you in on a little secret. He's not being liberal enough. He keeps ... by ER 2011-05-26 12:43:45
                                              • Who won in 2010 again? The media made much of two major conservative candidates who lost. Not so ... by TB 2011-05-26 12:48:47
                                                • Tom, you should know by now, the last election don't mean squat. It's the next election that matters. You've ... by ER 2011-05-26 13:11:26
                                                  • "Tom, you should know by now, the last election don’t mean squat. It’s the next election that matters." Odd. Not ... by TB 2011-05-26 13:42:14
                                                    • Hysteria? Moi? Tom, I don't come here every day spamming the premises and selling my snake oil, desperately trying ... by ER 2011-05-26 14:07:41
                                    • The man's downright disruptive. Could make him worth listening to, and certainly gets him talked about. Smart. by mcfly 2011-05-26 10:13:02
                                      • Wow is right. How can he be so heavy handed about entitlements but refuse to even consider defense cuts? ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-05-26 09:44:21
                                        • I agree that defense has to be on the table with entitlements. It's one of the Big Three. ... by TB 2011-05-26 10:06:18
                                          • I say Big Four. No ax hike on the rich, no deal. by ER 2011-05-26 12:32:53
                                            • Sure. Double them. Triple them. Confiscate their entire income. I went over the numbers on that once. It's amazing ... by TB 2011-05-26 12:57:26
                                              • It's amazing how information no one believes gets repeated ad nauseam. Tell me, do you find the sound of ... by ER 2011-05-26 13:27:06
                                              • I meant "TAX hike." Hmm, musta been a Freudian slip. : ) by ER 2011-05-26 12:34:42
                                          • Well, the guy speaks honestly, and isn't afraid of stirring up a hornets nest and that's always a plus in ... by ER 2011-05-26 09:42:20
                                            • TPaw is the only serious GOP candidate among a cast of clowns. The guy is so boring he will ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-05-26 09:58:23
                                              • Yeah, I'm going to let Kos tell me how it is. The incumbent's shoes are pretty damn big and floppy, too. ... by TB 2011-05-26 10:16:50
                                                • Lighten up, Tom. You have to admit, that op-ed piece WAS pretty funny. by ER 2011-05-26 10:48:27
                                            Where the jobs are by TB May 26, 2011 8:58 am
                                            • TB, nothing good has EVER come out of Texas. by ER 2011-05-26 10:44:48
                                              • Well my family has certainly not had any issues with finding jobs..but a very strange enigma seems to be taking ... by Jody 2011-05-26 12:16:56
                                                • Well, it seems like a lot of good things are heading there. Businesses are pulling up stakes in my ... by TB 2011-05-26 10:59:50
                                                Jobs, security and mary jane. by Jody May 26, 2011 6:02 am
                                                • I am an establishment guy as long as the establishment agrees with my way of thinking. When it doesn't I ... by FrankC 2011-05-26 12:53:13
                                                  • I always thought of myself as a hippie,(we preferred to call ourselves "freaks"), and I still do. I knew perfectly ... by ER 2011-05-26 06:23:25
                                                    • I am neither a freak or a straight. I am pragmatic, so I know what it takes. The youngers are not ... by Jody 2011-05-26 06:55:16
                                                      • Not surprising. Society is and always has been dynamic, though the rate of change increases with time. If you look back ... by mcfly 2011-05-26 10:34:50
                                                        • Heh....when I say the youngers I am referring to 30 somethings. Not the teen agers and 20 somethings. by Jody 2011-05-26 16:57:28
                                                          • That's interesting, Jody. It's not something I've noticed. I'd be willing to accept, however, that you may well be more ... by mcfly 2011-05-26 22:19:08
                                                          • The rate of change is not constant, it also changes. In physics, the rate of change of the rate of ... by ER 2011-05-26 11:00:43
                                                          • I have absolutely no sympathy with youth, or any of their problems. I'd swap places with any of them in a ... by ER 2011-05-26 08:18:13
                                                            • They have no sympathy with us either. by Jody 2011-05-26 09:01:15
                                                              • Yeah, but only if I got to keep the brain I've got now. by TB 2011-05-26 08:57:27
                                                                • Yeah, that always seems to be the caveat, isn't it? by ER 2011-05-26 09:49:27
                                                          Budget votes in the Senate by TB May 25, 2011 6:30 pm
                                                          • That is a damned lie. Obama had a budget and the Senate decided not to spend any time on ... by Eri 2011-05-26 09:32:09
                                                            • The vote was the vote. So essentially, the Democrats have no budget whatsoever. None. Not even the ... by TB 2011-05-26 09:58:18
                                                              • You are so full of BS. Obama proposed a budget, it was criticized for not having enough deficit reduction ... by BuckGalaxy 2011-05-26 10:16:00
                                                                • There is no "$4 trillion" budget. Look here. That's the extent of it, and to the best of ... by TB 2011-05-26 10:45:29
                                                            Storms on radar by TB May 25, 2011 6:07 pm
                                                              More tornadoes in Missouri by Eri May 25, 2011 1:06 pm
                                                              • They showed a video from Oklahoma today where the person was driving and the tornado is coming at him. ... by Eri 2011-05-25 22:35:20
                                                                • Good idea about the clothes Eri...I have a ton I will donate too. This video is one of the tornadoes we ... by Jody 2011-05-25 14:26:15
                                                                  "Fuzzy subject" graduate has an epiphany by TB May 25, 2011 12:16 pm
                                                                  • Actually, mining / geology can be rather fuzzy. by podrock 2011-05-25 21:04:32
                                                                    • The sciences are not as cut and dry, black and white, rigorously objective as our friend TB likes to imagine. ... by ER 2011-05-26 05:55:03
                                                                      • Also, Have you seen this? by podrock 2011-05-25 21:15:16
                                                                        • I've always been very proud that in my life I have mastered two blue collar trades, and I have actually ... by ER 2011-05-26 05:45:05
                                                                      • I cannot imagine how you can consider the humanities a "fuzzy" subject (translation: something only a liberal goof ball would ... by ER 2011-05-25 13:21:05
                                                                        • I'm not sure MBA's aren't just as fuzzy as French Literature in some ways. Astronomy, math, physics, computer science and engineering ... by TB 2011-05-25 16:41:58
                                                                          • I have a rule of thumb as to what is a meaningful degree or not. If we are putting ... by ER 2011-05-25 19:41:54
                                                                            • I don't know. I've been trying to set up rules of thumb on this and I keep finding holes ... by TB 2011-05-25 20:10:39
                                                                              • It must be remembered, of course, that a degree in Medieval French Literature doesn't always lead to career in the ... by mcfly 2011-05-26 07:18:06
                                                                                • An enormous amount of entrepreneurism is simply deciding to make the jump. To risk climbing out of the rut. ... by TB 2011-05-26 09:48:09
                                                                                  • I don't want to blurt his name out, he's a private citizen and the 'Zone seems to be rather well ... by mcfly 2011-05-26 11:12:58
                                                                                • Oops, sorry, misplaced my response to yr post again. See "The problem is that education has become a commodity.", below. by ER 2011-05-25 22:09:46
                                                                          • P.S. Do I get any liberal arts points for recognizing the origin of the title? by TB 2011-05-25 12:18:26
                                                                            • The problem is that education has become a commodity. You pay money for a diploma and it opens doors ... by ER 2011-05-25 22:01:45
                                                                              • PS "Do you need a Masters Degree in art to be an artist?" Funny you should say that. I have a ... by ER 2011-05-25 22:44:23
                                                                                • I know a guy who used to work doing the grunt work of geology: claim staking, steam sediment sampling, surveying ... by podrock 2011-05-25 23:02:22
                                                                                  • Sometimes, if we're lucky and if we're smart, and if we work very hard, we get to exploit the ... by ER 2011-05-26 05:09:52
                                                                              • There's nothing fuzzy about fuzzy math. by ER 2011-05-25 13:45:27
                                                                                • Although you are, as are we all, scriveners. by ER 2011-05-25 13:47:05
                                                                                  • And yes, we are all lost in the ah, wilderness. by ER 2011-05-25 13:51:37
                                                                              And about entitlements by Eri May 25, 2011 8:41 am
                                                                              • FEMA is not an entitlement. Republicans are not "against" entitlements, they are trying to make them workable over the long run. ... by TB 2011-05-25 10:24:24
                                                                                • FEMA is as much an entitlement as Social Security is. The Congress gives and the Congress can take. ... by Eri 2011-05-25 13:10:54
                                                                                  • Entitlements have a very specific definition, referring to things like Medicare and Social Security. The political terminology around here is vague ... by TB 2011-05-25 16:46:08
                                                                                • What good was FEMA during Katrina? FEMA at work... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21824609/ns/nightly_news/t/fema-trailers/ by RobVG 2011-05-25 10:12:10
                                                                                  • That was under Bush and it didn't work very well but then, neither did Bush, as well-intentioned as he may ... by Eri 2011-05-25 13:17:16
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