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Also 50 years old, "Gravity's Rainbow." by podrock March 2, 2023 10:14 am

Never read it. by ER 2023-03-02 10:48:09
- You have to be able to get through by podrock 2023-03-02 11:04:37

Emotional response to recent events in Ukraine. by RobVG January 17, 2023 1:32 pm

That's not what I'd do, but... by ER 2023-01-17 17:31:41
- I would imagine you're right about Washington and Kiev preparing for war. That's probably why it's gone on for almost a year. n/t by RobVG 2023-01-17 23:14:09

What's the big deal about rate hikes? by RobVG December 14, 2022 4:29 pm

Contrary to popular belief... by ER 2022-12-14 20:02:04
- Wow by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-21 16:40:34
  - podinium by podrock 2022-12-21 20:34:12
    - podinium is basically worthless by podrock 2022-12-21 20:49:10
      - Your point? by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-21 21:09:08
        
        My point. by podrock 2022-12-21 21:22:48
        
        If something has no value it's demand is zero, according to the Law of S&D. by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-21 21:39:02
        
        Value is often an illusion. by podrock 2022-12-22 13:01:00
        
        One man's treasure is another man's trash by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 14:58:20
        
        Demand can be created, is what I am saying. by podrock 2022-12-22 17:31:42
        
        and what I'm saying is that doesn't matter by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-23 17:56:26
        
        Only it does matter by podrock 2022-12-23 20:59:49
        
        Where you are right by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-23 23:51:29
        
        Name ANY variable and I'll explain how it fits into eIther supply or demand by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-23 23:19:38
        
        Greed. Morality. Ponzi schemes. Tax free church collection plates. by podrock 2022-12-24 12:32:26
        
        epipen cost, etc by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-24 16:08:32
        
        Here's the thing about the epipen by podrock 2022-12-24 17:28:52
        
        It's a simplification BUT by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-23 22:54:21
        
        If value is assigned it exists. by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-21 21:32:04
        
        Assigned? By whom? by podrock 2022-12-22 13:03:21
        
        by whoever wants it by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 15:00:37
  - Economics is not physics by ER 2022-12-21 19:19:56
  - In your defense by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-21 19:05:57
    - We've covered this before, but you refused to accept it. by ER 2022-12-21 19:36:54
      - As for ice cream... by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-21 21:48:05
        
        You get it right? by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-21 22:20:07
        
        Sorry if I'm coming across as a dick by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 09:10:14
        
        No offense taken. I'm having fun. by ER 2022-12-22 09:36:01
        
        Free market fundamentalists... by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 09:50:49
        
        Now you're making sense. by ER 2022-12-22 09:52:39
        
        No by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 10:02:47
        
        "Naturally move to where demand wants them" by podrock 2022-12-22 12:45:39
        
        Please research this by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 15:10:09
        
        Example: Pet Rocks. by podrock 2022-12-22 18:45:35
        
        The reason they want it is irrelevant. by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-23 17:45:43
        
        Goods do not naturally flow to demand. by podrock 2022-12-22 17:30:49
        
        That's like saying water doesn't flow downhill by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-23 17:39:29
        
        Have you ever read "Cryptonomicon" by Stephenson? by podrock 2022-12-24 13:47:12
        
        The biggest disruption by ER 2022-12-22 10:10:14
        
        Human desires are part of natural law by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 10:17:05
        
        Smith also recognized the need for regulation. by podrock 2022-12-22 13:06:35
        
        And because by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 15:00:02
        
        Devolve? by podrock 2022-12-22 17:34:22
        
        A true free market fundamentalist... by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-23 17:55:16
        
        PS: We don't have money. We have currency. by podrock 2022-12-24 14:24:27
        
        I did read a college economic textbook once. by ER 2022-12-22 09:40:41
        
        Marxism is a system to change outcomes by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 09:56:07
        
        Your idea of what Marxism is by ER 2022-12-22 10:05:35
        
        I took political economy in my Senior year from a marxist by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 11:58:23
        
        Look around you by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 12:06:23
        
        Don't get misty on us, Buck. by ER 2022-12-22 13:16:51
        
        Any sensible person believes Capitalism needs rules by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 14:54:36
        
        Did your Marxist professor tell you about the Anarchists? by ER 2022-12-22 13:58:44
        
        Once again. by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 14:50:50
        
        100% by podrock 2022-12-22 13:24:05
      - OMFG this is frustrating by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-21 21:28:46
        
        Yes, it is. by podrock 2022-12-22 13:21:38
        
        sigh by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 15:15:23
        
        Its frustrating because we're talking about two different things. by ER 2022-12-22 09:30:21
        
        We're getting somewhere by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-22 15:27:27
        
        No, what I'm saying is... by ER 2022-12-22 17:48:51
        
        Honestly by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-23 22:28:44
        
        I withdraw my emoji. by ER 2022-12-24 05:25:51
        
        S&D and Human Behavior by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-24 11:55:55
        
        And a happy season to you too. by podrock 2022-12-24 14:03:24
        
        Likewise brother! by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-24 16:16:53
        
        Business ethics is an oxymoron. by ER 2022-12-24 12:16:09
        
        Corporate Philanthropy by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-24 15:33:35
        
        Its all about public relations and misdirection. by ER 2022-12-24 16:31:50
        
        (nicely played, by the way, given the day.) by podrock 2022-12-24 18:09:20
        
        And tax breaks. by podrock 2022-12-24 17:41:45
        
        "you are terrified I might be right" by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-23 18:07:54
        
        Star's burning hydrogen by BuckGalaxy 2022-12-21 22:02:04
1980 by podrock 2022-12-14 17:16:29

Have you noticed how no one's into astrology any more? by ER December 15, 2022 5:43 pm

Talk to my neighbor. by podrock 2022-12-15 22:24:45
How can astrology compete with this? by ER 2022-12-15 19:32:25
- "SDP" by podrock 2022-12-15 22:30:55
  - What is "SDP"/ by ER 2022-12-18 11:42:18
    - My garage band: by podrock 2022-12-19 07:19:32
      - I knew that. by ER 2022-12-19 08:35:47

Some thoughts about writing. by ER November 26, 2022 6:35 pm

An invocation by podrock 2022-12-05 15:48:32
Other thoughts: by podrock 2022-12-01 17:44:37
- "like" n/t by RobVG 2022-12-02 10:24:48
- Had to laugh by podrock 2022-12-02 08:53:29
Wow. "Reading aloud" by RobVG 2022-12-01 12:05:42
- Example by RobVG 2022-12-02 10:21:29
I'm glad you chimed in on the subject. by RobVG 2022-11-30 11:01:00
- Chime chime by ER 2022-11-30 18:00:46
  - "Who needs a book when we have ER" by RobVG 2022-11-30 20:16:23
I have a great SF story I would like to write... by RL 2022-11-29 16:13:32

Should Von Braun have been charged with war crimes? by RobVG December 1, 2022 5:59 pm

Perhaps by Pebble 2022-12-01 23:46:13
Perhaps. by podrock 2022-12-01 18:11:53
- von Braun was the ultimate space groupie. by ER 2022-12-02 11:12:50
  - Yeah by podrock 2022-12-02 14:40:38
  - about Albert by ER 2022-12-02 11:37:39

A dissenting voice by ER November 30, 2022 6:44 pm

Just another way of saying... by ER 2022-12-01 07:38:43

My first, and last, time. by ER November 26, 2022 5:57 pm

bump by ER 2022-11-26 18:44:12

Have you ever camped alone? by podrock November 11, 2022 10:17 pm

My first, and last, time. by ER 2022-11-26 17:23:22
- Damn, ER, by podrock 2022-11-26 17:44:48
I’m still waiting for a signed copy of your book by Pebble 2022-11-18 17:44:34
- Did I mention the tornado? by podrock 2022-11-26 18:29:54
No. but they sound like amazing experiences. by RobVG 2022-11-12 00:15:15
- Hope you share it. by podrock 2022-11-12 09:42:30
  - You know what's really weird Pod? by RobVG 2022-11-25 19:38:56
    - Aye. by podrock 2022-11-26 16:30:33
    - And what's funny is.... by RobVG 2022-11-25 23:34:12
      - True of every post I've ever made. by podrock 2022-11-26 16:32:02
  - "Like" n/t by RobVG 2022-11-12 18:40:50
    - 1980 is the year I should write about. by podrock 2022-11-12 19:00:50

One or the other, right? by podrock November 26, 2022 3:21 pm

I’ve heard it could be as high as 2/3rds by Pebble 2022-11-26 15:39:48

Un ordered stuff by podrock November 23, 2022 9:29 am

We got the mystery seeds by RL 2022-11-23 18:04:28
- confuses me too. by podrock 2022-11-23 19:12:46
  - The mob. by RobVG 2022-11-24 12:01:29
    - Yikes! by podrock 2022-11-25 08:52:31

"There are no cats on Mars. Curiosity killed them all." n/t by RobVG November 11, 2022 10:44 am

LOL by podrock 2022-11-11 12:25:47

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