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Elric of Melnibone, with an accent on the last 'e'. ER March 24, 2023 6:20 pm (Science Fiction)

This is all you need to know about the "Culture Wars". ER March 26, 2023 4:21 pm (Flame)

Ongietan* podrock March 23, 2023 9:40 pm (CurrentEvents)

War Comix ER March 22, 2023 4:31 pm (Off-Topic)

My first "chat" with the new Bing AI search engine. RobVG March 20, 2023 1:04 pm (Space/Science)

Achtung Kapital! ER March 14, 2023 5:54 pm (CurrentEvents)

Phenomenal video and animation ER March 18, 2023 1:38 pm (Off-Topic)

Want to know a lot more about Jupiter's moons? BuckGalaxy January 11, 2023 4:19 pm (Space/Science)

HD/Digital Radio--say what? ER March 28, 2022 2:29 pm (GeekSpeak)

Sargassum ER March 15, 2023 5:20 pm (Space/Science)

Dark Side of the Moon was released 50 years ago today. podrock March 1, 2023 6:51 pm (CurrentEvents)

Exposing AI to the Internet RobVG February 18, 2023 7:05 pm (Space/Science)

I rarely get angry, but right now I am so angry that I’m willing to change my viewpoint on nuclear power even. by johannes July 5, 2011 5:41 pm

I rarely get angry, but right now by johannes July 5, 2011 7:19 pm

I hate it when that happens. Makes you want to suck a lemon. by FrankC 2011-07-05 21:34:34
- Lime, salt and tequila is more effective. by Eri 2011-07-06 07:45:36
I am so sorry, Johannes. That has to be a hard thing to bear, that some stranger came in ... by Eri 2011-07-05 20:58:54
- Thank you for the advice Eri. Now that I’ve cooled down a little bit your second suggestion seems a little bit ... by johannes 2011-07-06 20:30:27

I am speechless. by Jody July 5, 2011 1:18 pm

The judge wasn't too whippy, IMO. I was outraged. The bitch got away with it. Maybe somebody will kill ... by Eri 2011-07-05 21:00:57
I suspect that the judge failed to properly instruct the jury on reasonable doubt. The jury pool is often outrageously stupid ... by FrankC 2011-07-05 14:23:32

Spread tax burden to the poor by Jody June 30, 2011 5:54 pm

This proposal doesn't go far enough. Why should the more affluent of us pay any taxes at all? The rich ... by ER 2011-07-04 07:54:39
- Careful ER...some fool will tell you these ideas are sound. But someone like that is an insect. Nothing more than a ... by mcfly 2011-07-04 18:30:16
  - Economic bullies are just like the other kind. They have contempt for the weak, blame them for their weakness, ... by ER 2011-07-05 04:34:56
    - And yet, the premise in the article was factual, wasn't it? Even so, I gather from various posts here that the ... by TB 2011-07-05 06:34:40
      - No. The premise is factual only if you make the arbitrary assumption that the purpose of human society is ... by ER 2011-07-05 07:20:26
        
        The premise was that our country is more progressive in its taxation than all the others on that list. ... by TB 2011-07-05 07:41:28
        
        The last thing I would ever do "just for fun" is to go look at our Federal budget. Tom, I'm ... by ER 2011-07-05 08:32:27
        
        Henry Jekyll, surrounded by dumbfounded onlookers: "What?" by TB 2011-07-05 09:00:16
        
        Hey, I can't help myself. And I don't seem to remember what happened last night... by ER 2011-07-05 09:31:42
- Your tongue in cheek sarcasm has truth. Why bother to work harder and get that job promotion making 100K a year ... by Lee 2011-07-04 17:17:09
Here's an idea. How about if property taxes only applied to people who were still paying on that property? ... by Lee 2011-07-01 11:51:24
"The United States leans more heavily on the top 10 percent of earners than any other country on Earth and our poor people actually have the lowest income tax burden of any industrialized country," by Robert 2011-07-01 09:36:12
- He's right. You're not. Here are the numbers. As always, I'm available for questions. by TB 2011-07-01 09:50:17
  - Those numbers are not accurate and you're wrong. And no, I'm not going to spend my time dragging charts ... by Eri 2011-07-04 22:22:35
    - The numbers are from the OECD. (edited) by TB 2011-07-05 06:24:30
      - BFD. An another lying agency. by Eri 2011-07-05 21:03:17
        
        Heh. That "lying agency" is the source for probably a quarter of all the statistics liberals throw at me ... by TB 2011-07-05 21:14:00
Jesus H. That SOB needs to be dragged through the streets of Harlem. by Eri 2011-06-30 22:16:36
EDITED: What it all comes down to... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkRIbUT6u7Q by ER 2011-06-30 20:38:33
- Actually, not true. The tax system is not about revenue, but political power. The ability for politicians (all ... by TB 2011-06-30 21:06:05
  - What's really ironic is that I just thought it was a neat video, I was looking all over for any ... by ER 2011-06-30 21:22:40
    - It was a really good movie, and all the songs were memorable. by TB 2011-06-30 21:34:55
      - I never did watch the whole movie. I know it was supposed to be excellent but I have always ... by Eri 2011-07-01 06:54:12
Everyone should pay the same percentage in taxes. The law should apply to everyone equally or to no one ... by Lee 2011-06-30 18:37:44

Fox News reporter calls Obama a "dick." by TB June 30, 2011 9:15 am

Nixon was a Dick. by Jody 2011-07-01 20:37:23
- My ex-son in law is a Dick and he is teaching his namesake and my grandson to be a Dick ... by FrankC 2011-07-02 13:05:27
  - I need to re-name my new son in law...is horse's ass a name? by Jody 2011-07-02 21:04:14
    - Donkey Butt might do nicely. by Eri 2011-07-02 21:31:51
I bet Chris Matthews really did get a tingle when he heard the words "Obama" and "dick" in the same ... by Lee 2011-06-30 16:28:59
MSNBC's reaction seems a bit frenetic to me. by FrankC 2011-06-30 10:58:37
- What was really interesting about it was that it wasn't a slip of the tongue. He comes out and ... by TB 2011-06-30 11:21:56
I dunno, seems kinda borderline to me. By the time someone gets to the White House I'd bet they have ... by mcfly 2011-06-30 10:53:49
- Hmm, at first I thought that reply was equivocal, then I decided it definitely was not. Now I am just not ... by FrankC 2011-07-01 00:04:54
  - It was. Unless it wasn't, in which case it's not. by mcfly 2011-07-01 09:26:16
- I proudly called W an idiot many times, even right on this site not too long ago. But if ... by ER 2011-06-30 11:04:46
I'm sorry I missed that. I enjoy watching Morning Joe, I like Scarborough's brand of conservatism. He argues ... by ER 2011-06-30 10:32:17

"Pricks" by TB June 28, 2011 9:24 am

On the off chance your post might be directed at me, here's what I think. If you were busy here every ... by ER 2011-06-28 11:21:23
- This isn't Atlantis or Bigfoot. This is real. There are people in Washington and Sacramento right now deciding ... by TB 2011-06-28 12:27:31
  - Post withdrawn. by ER 2011-06-28 13:38:45
Weird. I can't open this post. And yet it appears to be addressed to me... by mcfly 2011-06-28 11:18:36
- Don't worry, TB is just pissed because we resist indoctrination. We will NOT be assimilated. by Eri 2011-07-01 06:56:56
  - Just remember you guys, when you assimilate you make an ass out of i, and a milate out of... Whoa, that ... by mcfly 2011-07-01 09:30:44
    - snort! by Eri 2011-07-01 15:25:21

Hey, Eri... by TB June 26, 2011 1:40 pm

I don't think he means me; I think he means the Republican majority in both states and the idiots who ... by Eri 2011-06-30 22:31:37
More on this here. by TB 2011-06-27 11:29:17

The presidential gaffes by TB June 26, 2011 8:38 am

Chime in boys and girls, are gaffes important or not? Austrian??? Marine corpse??? by FrankC 2011-06-26 21:45:25
- My favorite is substituting "Calvary" for "cavalry", several times in one interview. But unfortunately, it wasn't Obama. It was ... by ER 2011-06-27 07:13:17
  - LOL. Thanks, made my day. by mcfly 2011-06-27 21:28:19
  - I couldn't agree more that gaffes are not important. But, the media reaction to political gaffes is interesting. THAT, is the ... by FrankC 2011-06-27 07:41:11
    - Bingo. by TB 2011-06-27 10:10:53
    - That same political humor website I pointed to also has extensive documentation on Obama malapropisms. I just think conservatives need to ... by ER 2011-06-27 08:17:28

Out: We're losing jobs to ATMs. In: We're creating jobs via robotics by TB June 25, 2011 11:22 am

Yeah, the money should be pumped into tax cuts instead, where it can help stimulate the economies of Switzerland and ... by ER 2011-06-27 07:40:48

Just sayin'.... by Jody June 18, 2011 3:54 pm

Typo. I'm sure he must have meant "Swiss and German engineers, and French pastry chefs." Or did I miss the point? ;-) by mcfly 2011-06-18 16:02:35
- I'm sure you've heard the old joke. In Heaven, the engineers are German, the cops are English, and the cooks are ... by ER 2011-06-18 18:58:08
  - The crooks are American bankers and Wall Street execs in both places. by Eri 2011-06-19 12:24:40
  - Oooh, burn! by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-18 20:10:21
    - Did you hear the one about a soccer match between a German and a British team? The game was ... by ER 2011-06-19 17:59:33
      - Heh. With a little help from their friends, namely us, who pulled their asses out of the fire both ... by Eri 2011-06-20 06:07:22
        
        "I saw a film today, oh boy. The English Army had just won the war..." --A Day in the Life, Lennon-McCartney Defeating Hitler ... by ER 2011-06-20 09:10:30
        
        Not true at all. Had the Soviets not been given the massive amounts of material from Lend Lease, they ... by Lee 2011-06-22 14:54:13
        
        You are 100% correct that Russia would have been destroyed without lend-lease but with lend-lease the Russian would have beaten ... by FrankC 2011-06-25 13:53:23
        
        Can you indicate exactly what in ER's post is "not true at all?" by mcfly 2011-06-23 11:02:47
        
        The part about the war being turned around by the time we got involved. Had the US not gotten ... by Lee 2011-06-23 12:22:08
        
        Most of your assumptions can't be supported. Here's are excerpts from the paper "DETERMINATION AND EFFECTIVENESS OF WWII STRATEGIC BOMBING STRATEGY," ... by mcfly 2011-06-24 10:51:05
        
        Those British bombing raids were carried out at night, with the 8th Air Force bombing the city during the day. ... by Lee 2011-06-24 18:40:33
        
        Better tell the historians with the USAF. Guess they can't get it right, huh? by mcfly 2011-06-24 20:36:29
        
        And at the time, before 12/7/1941, conservatives opposed Lend-Lease. by podrock 2011-06-22 18:04:53
        
        It's easy to understand why. The US also sent the USSR over 100,000 heavy machine tools. Many of ... by Lee 2011-06-22 23:05:11
        
        While all true, had we not come into WWII, the tide might have turned again. Germany was busy building ... by Eri 2011-06-20 12:47:25
        
        It was those Canadians, kicking @$$ and looking good while they did it! Another alternate history that I find fascinating stems ... by mcfly 2011-06-20 11:10:11
        
        It's not really clear why WWI was fought, other than "big power rivlary", whatever that means. Ten million people ... by ER 2011-06-20 11:49:14
        
        Business community was against the war?? Here's what happened in this universe. If anything, the concern of the time was business "war ... by TB 2011-06-20 12:34:02
        
        History is not a science. It can't be, unless we discount the thick fuzz of human behavior. And interestingly enough, ... by mcfly 2011-06-20 20:58:53

How government jumps the shark by TB June 13, 2011 8:33 pm

A perceptive and well-written essay, I find little to disagree with in it. But it still manages to overlook ... by ER 2011-06-14 06:28:58
- "Victorian capitalism" - which drastically raised living standards for Western societies - was a long time ago. I think the point ... by TB 2011-06-14 09:01:34
  - "Democrats, liberals, and the Left refuse to step back one bloody inch toward the middle..." So when myself and other "non-Righties" ... by mcfly 2011-06-14 17:49:52
  - That's what I figured you'd say. by ER 2011-06-14 09:47:06
    - What were you expecting? Seriously. Do you have any comment on what I said? l mean an ... by TB 2011-06-14 10:06:46
      - I don't have a response to that. I just wanted to make sure you knew I didn't miss the ... by ER 2011-06-14 11:40:26
  - There is a middle ground TB...but some *lean* to the left...or *lean* to the right, when the rubber meets the ... by Jody 2011-06-14 09:13:18

Oh for crying outloud... by RobVG May 27, 2011 10:06 am

Well, we're being attacked by spammers now, sooo :) by VelociraptorBlade 2011-06-15 18:41:21
Everyone who responded had a valid point to make, Rob, so I'm sort of batting now in cleanup position. To me ... by Robert 2011-06-03 11:10:27
- So help me Rob...if you leave I will hop a plane and hump you down...er um...hunt you down. by Jody 2011-06-06 19:23:26
  - Knowing Jody, the first was probably accurate. ;) by Eri 2011-06-17 16:54:05
IF we ever blossom into a larger site with more and more members, then the captcha and email requirement will ... by VelociraptorBlade 2011-05-31 00:27:23
- There was an original HZ, before DamnTikiWiki. It was a very active site with lots of members for years. ... by Eri 2011-06-02 05:54:29
I read your posts. I often don't have anything to say in response. If the membership were larger, ... by Eri 2011-05-28 07:20:14
Rob, you are registered with the site at the level of "author" which is the same as the testuser Rita ... by podrock 2011-05-27 11:47:28
If I had a nickel for every post I've made that sinks, alone and ignored, under the choppy waves of ... by mcfly 2011-05-27 10:53:26
I would love to try and help you out. I'm trying to find out what features are "normal" here ... by TB 2011-05-27 10:15:24

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