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Space X put on notice RobVG October 20, 2025 4:55 pm (Space/Science)

Bunker Envy ? podrock October 30, 2025 6:18 pm (CurrentEvents)

Weighing the scales on Elon Musk BuckGalaxy October 30, 2025 9:28 pm (Flame)

Parting Shot ER October 27, 2025 4:36 am (Off-Topic)

The 1% RobVG October 27, 2025 10:54 am (Off-Topic)

Message in a bottle BuckGalaxy October 29, 2025 10:55 am (Off-Topic)

According to some, we're a nation of illiterate dependents looking for a handout RobVG October 27, 2025 8:56 pm (CurrentEvents)

There is no bottom to this barrel... RL October 19, 2025 5:40 pm (CurrentEvents)

John Wheeler's philosophy: "Beyond the Black Hole" RL October 16, 2025 10:00 pm (Space/Science)

Brosz baffled, Bondi busts Bolton ER October 16, 2025 2:08 pm (CurrentEvents)

Season 3 - Foundation BuckGalaxy August 2, 2025 12:33 pm (Science Fiction)

Where we are now RL October 8, 2025 6:02 pm (CurrentEvents)

More oil reserve handwaving by ER March 16, 2012 8:27 pm

Might not be the best metric to use to evaluate the situation. A pure rig count would not indicate how ... by podrock 2012-03-17 06:36:28
- My eyebrows went up when that graph first popped up. by TB 2012-03-17 07:42:48
- There's one thing we can do about the political risks. Get as much oil as possible from North America. by TB 2012-03-17 06:42:39
All this oil concern is a bit like finding sugar for a diabetic. So what if you obtain more, ... by bowser 2012-03-16 22:01:02
There are other factors. by TB 2012-03-16 20:53:35
- I did find a dry hole rate on this page. by TB 2012-03-16 21:01:36

Obama: U.S. has only 2 percent of world reserves. by TB March 15, 2012 9:32 am

The term "Reserves" has a very specific definition in the resource game, I'm glad the president is using his words ... by podrock 2012-03-15 15:24:07
- Yo, Podrock, by ER 2012-03-15 20:07:09
  - I don't know. That's the simple answer. The good folks over at the Oil Drum blog http://www.theoildrum.com/ would be where ... by podrock 2012-03-15 21:05:32
    - The Oil Drum is a good resource. by TB 2012-03-15 21:20:50
That was a great speech, wasn't it? Thanks for turning me on to it. It must have made quite ... by ER 2012-03-15 10:20:10
- Well there is the tiny bit of savings from the elimination of tanker freight. by RobVG 2012-03-15 18:21:17
  - You have a point, but it is not going to allow us to go back to the days of dollar ... by ER 2012-03-15 19:33:12
- I linked to two articles on either end of the political spectrum to bracket the results as best I could. by TB 2012-03-15 11:00:38
  - It's times like these I wish we would crack down on politicians more when they lie. Besides, isn't the ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-15 13:15:54
  - Promiscuous drilling will only profit the drillers. No one else will benefit, unless new crude production rises so high ... by ER 2012-03-15 11:23:48

Politics and social websites by TB March 13, 2012 9:16 am

I have to say, liberals are way more thin skinned than conservatives. They have an innate sensitivity that seems to ... by FrankC 2012-03-13 18:43:48
- Republicans may be the party of gay hating, mexican hating, poor and sick people hating, uterus controlling, islamophobes, but it's ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-14 09:57:52
  - See how ugly you are... by FrankC 2012-03-14 17:35:17
    - Not talking about you personally, Frank. And I have never defriended anyone for political reasons, although I have to ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-15 02:04:29
      - Not a problem Buck. It was meant in jest, minus the smilies or emoticons. I think the whole thing is ... by FrankC 2012-03-15 11:12:05
  - Remember we're talking about tolerance for opposing points of view here. by TB 2012-03-14 10:07:02
    - Oh of course! DISAGREEING WITH SOMEONE'S OPINION is clearly far more intolerant than being: Anti-women, anti-gay, anti-immigrant, anti-non-christian, anti-science, ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-14 10:49:09
      - There is no Conservative and there is no Liberal. by ER 2012-03-14 12:59:44
      - Hi Buck. Hope you enjoyed the snow. I happen to agree with what you are saying, and for ... by bowser 2012-03-14 11:44:46
      - Well, the first one isn't mythological. by TB 2012-03-14 11:26:33
        
        Again, opposing people's OPINIONS vs opposing people for who they are. by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-14 11:44:51
        
        What people think, do, and believe IS who they are. What else matters? by TB 2012-03-14 12:26:42
        
        Big, big mistake, TB. Those are things that people have, or have done. They are not who they ... by bowser 2012-03-14 14:46:53
        
        Nothing else SHOULD matter. Unfortunately things like race, sex, sexual preference, religion DO matter. And in general they ... by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-14 15:53:00
        
        Supposed to be response to TB. by BuckGalaxy 2012-03-14 15:53:42
        
        Not true. by TB 2012-03-14 14:56:54
        
        And that's your limit, TB. by bowser 2012-03-14 16:00:07
        
        If we're talking metaphysics or something, probably. by TB 2012-03-14 16:30:39
        
        Now, if you'll excuse me... by TB 2012-03-14 12:33:49
- No problem. We're too sensitive to blame you for it. 8) by ER 2012-03-13 21:09:59
  - The term is "compassionate". :-) by bowser 2012-03-13 23:33:24
Those conservatives must be pretty obnoxious to get unfriended so much more often than liberals. (n/t) by Robert 2012-03-13 10:22:15
- When you have unpalatable opinions, you have to shout louder, shriller, and more frequently to get people to listen to ... by ER 2012-03-13 10:49:56
  - THAT IS NOT TRUE!!!! by Jody 2012-03-13 14:06:57
    - I just got that. 8) by ER 2012-03-13 21:18:27
- Nope...Liberals hate that we are right...heh. by Jody 2012-03-13 10:45:22

Mitt lies an awful lot by BuckGalaxy March 15, 2012 10:06 am

One thing don't like about the wealthy by RobVG March 15, 2012 9:46 am

Time moves on. by TB 2012-03-15 10:03:33

They used to have Bill Buckley and William Safire. by bowser March 13, 2012 11:31 pm

"How Engineering the Human Body Could Combat Climate Change" by TB March 13, 2012 8:38 am

(EDITED): That's like saying "Now that we know how to do lung transplants, you can smoke cigarretes all you want." It seems ... by ER 2012-03-13 10:58:30
- Engineering the human body would be easier than educating many human minds. by bowser 2012-03-13 23:10:57
- A "print" link to the article here. Might load better. by TB 2012-03-13 11:14:10
  - Ok. I read it. Maybe it would just be easier to move further north than to alter the human ... by ER 2012-03-13 13:38:39

New from ABC TV by TB March 7, 2012 2:33 pm

Amazing, but not everyone will be offended by this. by Robert 2012-03-08 11:01:14
- "That type" by Lee 2012-03-11 15:18:00
  - We need another board. One for "Humor". And Lee could start it. The fellow with more stereotypes than Sony's ... by bowser 2012-03-12 16:29:01
    - Poor Lee. by ER 2012-03-13 11:27:46
  - A little perspective: It's television. by Robert 2012-03-12 10:33:44
    - Doesn't really answer his question, does it? by TB 2012-03-12 11:34:22
      - That's not a valid analogy. Hispanic Bastards are Hispanics. There's nothing they can do to avoid being Hispanic. In many ... by ER 2012-03-12 13:39:19
        
        Does this mean it's okay to ridicule or satirize any group that's a matter of personal choice? by TB 2012-03-12 14:11:40
        
        Isn't that the very definition of satire? You can poke fun at New York Liberal Jews (like Woody Allen ... by ER 2012-03-12 14:20:46
  - Well, I stereotype. I just don't vocalize it. Stereotypes come about for a reason. by Jody 2012-03-11 18:24:24
  - I don't know 'bout no stereotypin', but I'm from that part of the world myself, and "that type" is as ... by ER 2012-03-11 15:45:00
    - In the past, whether or not a stereotype was actually "common" or not usually had little to do with how ... by TB 2012-03-11 16:42:58
      - The point I'm trying to make is that stereotypes are always less appropriate when applied to people like us, than ... by ER 2012-03-11 16:50:31
- Hah! Try being a newbie 23 year old hippie hairstylist being baptized by fire into that mindset, at her first ... by Jody 2012-03-08 13:01:31

As time goes on there is even more info regarding Saudi Arabia and 9-11 by bowser March 12, 2012 4:12 pm

And more. "The final 28 pages, regarding possible foreign support for the terrorists, were censored in their entirety -- ... by bowser 2012-03-13 06:20:31
- None of this is really all that surprising, Bowser. There are other reasons besides covering up mistakes or criminal ... by ER 2012-03-13 06:48:39
  - Politics and economics make for poor bedfellows, true. And simple corruption should be exposed for what it is. $1.4 billion ... by bowser 2012-03-13 10:12:28
    - If it wasn't for oil, the Middle East would have as much significance to Americans as equatorial Africa does now. by ER 2012-03-13 11:16:20

It's art! by TB March 11, 2012 5:51 pm

I once saw a documentary on the artist "Kristo". This is the guy that specializes in draping skyscrapers and ... by ER 2012-03-11 20:20:50
- While I can admire this guy and his wife's achievements in getting stuff done, I think it'd be more impressive ... by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-12 16:48:15
  - Good points all, but what about a poem, or a painting, or a book, a terrific movie? A man's gotta ... by ER 2012-03-12 17:56:31
- They're still in business. by TB 2012-03-11 20:29:51
The Thunder Stone is bigger, and therefore, better. Plus, y'know, it actually has a statue on it, qualifying as art. by VelociraptorBlade 2012-03-11 18:28:06
- Cool by RobVG 2012-03-11 21:44:37

A Conservative country. by bowser March 9, 2012 6:53 pm

In the absence of proper government, the powerful will simply take from the weak.-- Chris Hayes by ER 2012-03-10 07:00:37
- When the laws can be used to plunder, the plunderers will make the laws. Anon religious broadcaster. by bowser 2012-03-10 12:47:51
  - Think about that a while. by TB 2012-03-10 14:46:01
    - There are two simple examples. They are definitive, demonstrate who writes the laws. The first are the tax breaks allowed ... by bowser 2012-03-10 15:08:06
      - Bowser? That "chair seat" you get your information from? That's not the chair seat. by TB 2012-03-10 16:00:04
        
        Thank you. Allows me to make a point, and show how you made mine. First, the lesson. By saying ... by bowser 2012-03-10 21:29:28
        
        Like I said. That was just one. by TB 2012-03-10 21:39:44
A conservative country by RobVG 2012-03-10 00:04:38
- I was a bit over the top, and everything I posted I've seen advocated here at some time or another. I'd ... by bowser 2012-03-10 12:47:13

To all the liberal Zoners! by Jody March 5, 2012 11:22 am

The story behind the song by TB 2012-03-05 13:45:30
- :) heh... by Jody 2012-03-05 14:36:45
Perfect, Jody. You have found the typical conservative argument when cornered. The two problems are that he doesn't ... by bowser 2012-03-05 13:04:00
- Indeed. Perfect. by Jody 2012-03-05 14:36:24

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