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Its the economy, stupid. - ER - 12/10/2015 6:26:41 PM
- Re: Its the economy, stupid. - JEKing - 12/11/2015 7:00:58 PM
  - You can't blame the Sanders campaign for panning it. - ER - 12/12/2015 3:22:27 PM

Climate change. - johannes - 12/10/2015 9:01:14 PM
- Re: Climate change. - JEKing - 12/11/2015 6:58:37 PM

December 7, 2015, Day of Infamy - ER - 12/8/2015 6:59:13 PM
- 2015: The Year of the RWA - Robert - 12/8/2015 7:29:43 PM

The Mt. Pleasant Manifesto - ER - 12/8/2015 1:06:52 AM

Booty call in lawyer-infested waters - ER - 12/7/2015 10:28:39 PM

ISIS...Gun violence... - Jody - 12/7/2015 7:18:06 PM
- Yeah - Robert - 12/7/2015 8:08:44 PM
  - No Liberal. No Conservative. My point is this. - Jody - 12/7/2015 9:27:28 PM

Democrat says "carry it if you've got it." - mcfly - 12/5/2015 2:27:46 AM
- You guys are still looking at this through the lens of gun control? Unbelievable. nt - RobVG - 12/5/2015 3:33:16 AM
  - Yeah Rob, we want to take away all guns just like the sheriff in the video said... - mcfly - 12/5/2015 5:14:30 AM
- How many mass shooting events were ended by a civilian 'good guy' with a gun...? - RL - 12/5/2015 2:37:59 AM
  - And how many citizens are killed accidentally per day by a gun...? - RL - 12/5/2015 2:46:40 AM
    - Not disputed - mcfly - 12/5/2015 2:56:49 AM

Missouri lawmaker proposes regulating guns like abortions... - RL - 12/5/2015 4:33:18 AM
- I love the idea!!!!!!!! - Jody - 12/5/2015 5:14:22 AM

Resettlement of 25,000 Syrians in Canada set in motion - mcfly - 12/1/2015 8:49:44 PM
- Good for Canada - Robert - 12/4/2015 2:38:45 AM
- You have no idea how wrong I hope I am and about all of this. - Jody - 12/2/2015 6:02:35 PM
- A bit of trivia for ROBVG et al - RL - 12/2/2015 12:45:25 AM
  - I guess we're just risk adverse n/t - RobVG - 12/2/2015 4:21:20 PM
    - Obviously we are not... - RL - 12/2/2015 10:49:35 PM
      - I don't see the connection n/t - RobVG - 12/3/2015 1:04:21 AM
        
        I guess I am not surprised... - RL - 12/3/2015 1:08:15 AM
        
        Those are just "mass shootings". - ER - 12/3/2015 2:20:45 AM
        
        A few points: - TB - 12/3/2015 3:07:06 AM
        
        C'mon, Tom. We're talking apples and oranges. - ER - 12/3/2015 3:42:16 AM
        
        Meanwhile in australia - RL - 12/3/2015 3:25:02 AM
        
        Another view of the data - mcfly - 12/4/2015 3:30:46 AM
        
        I see Slate has apparently shifted the "mass shooting" definition back again. - TB - 12/3/2015 4:08:18 AM
        
        I moved no goalposts- you just simply substituted the goalposts you wanted to talk about... - RL - 12/4/2015 11:00:53 PM
        
        They were talking about you... - RL - 12/4/2015 2:02:37 AM
        
        I presented some facts. - TB - 12/4/2015 3:36:27 AM
        
        But facts are not allowed on this topic... - RL - 12/4/2015 2:30:14 AM
        
        Vietnam every 2 years... - RL - 12/3/2015 2:57:17 AM
        
        Re: I guess I am not surprised... - RL - 12/3/2015 2:03:30 AM
- The last laugh, eh? - ER - 12/1/2015 8:57:11 PM

"First Live Look Inside Attacker's Apartment" - ER - 12/4/2015 6:47:06 PM

Defining fascism--a little light reading - Robert - 11/25/2015 10:02:19 PM
- A superb description of the Republican Party with their goosestep members of Congress. - bowser - 12/2/2015 4:20:31 AM
  - Hey, Bowser, grab some popcorn! - TB - 12/2/2015 4:31:21 AM
    - Can't argue the facts, can you. Remember the pledge they had to sign? - bowser - 12/3/2015 4:59:32 AM
    - Who's up for a Mobius award? n/t - RobVG - 12/2/2015 6:12:32 AM
- It's funny, even you guys have to look up the definition of fascist.....n/t - RobVG - 11/26/2015 4:00:35 AM
  - Do you already know one? - Robert - 11/26/2015 6:40:43 AM
    - Please.. - RobVG - 11/26/2015 6:43:11 PM
      - OK, the long way round, you're saying you don't think Trump is a Fascist - Robert - 11/26/2015 10:20:05 PM
        
        I think you're just a little too gleeful. - RobVG - 11/29/2015 7:24:46 PM
        
        "Glee" is the wrong word - Robert - 11/30/2015 4:16:23 AM
        
        I'm sorry you took offense Robert - RobVG - 12/1/2015 3:08:56 AM
        
        If you are really asking a question: - TB - 11/30/2015 5:45:51 PM
        
        Racism was more of a prominent example than the sole characteristic - Robert - 12/1/2015 2:24:14 AM
        
        Excellent post. - ER - 11/30/2015 10:27:22 PM
        
        It wasn't that Eco, or even Robert, were wrong. - TB - 12/1/2015 4:09:07 AM
        
        Your ideology is showing. - ER - 12/1/2015 2:59:18 PM
        
        I should hope so. - TB - 12/1/2015 6:31:48 PM
        
        A Wikepedia citation? - mcfly - 12/1/2015 10:15:06 PM
        
        Hear that ER? - TB - 12/2/2015 12:31:57 AM
        
        Pick that cherry! - mcfly - 12/2/2015 1:09:52 AM
        
        Heh, sorry. ER uses Wikepedia a lot, too. - TB - 12/2/2015 1:25:31 AM
        
        Read my post again and think about it. Sorry it was so subtle. - mcfly - 12/2/2015 1:40:17 AM
        
        Or you could just explain it. - TB - 12/2/2015 1:46:13 AM
        
        I have a problem with *your* methodology - mcfly - 12/2/2015 2:33:16 AM
        
        C'mon McFly - RobVG - 12/2/2015 6:21:07 AM
        
        I'm curious about something - Robert - 12/1/2015 7:41:27 PM
        
        Waiting for links on the "economic studies." - TB - 12/1/2015 9:23:49 PM
        
        ding! ding! ding! - Robert - 12/2/2015 12:10:17 AM
        
        raga man - ER - 12/2/2015 2:06:25 AM
        
        Cute. - TB - 12/2/2015 2:05:07 AM
        
        Did you know your data removed capital gains from the equation in order to look like that? - RL - 12/2/2015 3:08:17 AM
        
        I don't think that changes it being flat. - TB - 12/2/2015 3:37:53 AM
        
        You KNOW it does... - RL - 12/2/2015 3:58:12 AM
        
        Dude, I quoted the paper you handed me. - TB - 12/2/2015 4:29:08 AM
        
        The very first place I looked, right at the top of the stack... - ER - 12/1/2015 10:26:13 PM
        
        Well... - TB - 12/2/2015 12:58:08 AM
        
        Don't patronize me, Tom. - ER - 12/2/2015 2:38:55 AM
        
        Heh. Don't you mean "Tommy?" - TB - 12/2/2015 2:49:13 AM
        
        And... - RL - 12/2/2015 12:35:55 AM
        
        There is a methodology problem... - TB - 12/2/2015 1:21:27 AM
        
        I am curious, TB - RL - 12/2/2015 2:04:44 AM
        
        That's just insulting - mcfly - 12/2/2015 1:38:37 AM
        
        Bringing engineers in probably wouldn't hurt. :) - TB - 12/2/2015 1:57:09 AM
        
        Do we have any? - ER - 12/2/2015 2:37:16 AM
        
        Do Lasers count? - RL - 12/2/2015 3:37:05 AM
        
        Lasers definitely count! - TB - 12/2/2015 3:46:05 AM
        
        Re: Do we have any? - TB - 12/2/2015 2:56:21 AM
        
        I used to draw maps. - ER - 12/2/2015 3:06:16 AM
        
        That's tech, too. - TB - 12/2/2015 3:48:40 AM
        
        And yet another insult - mcfly - 12/2/2015 2:35:19 AM
        
        I'm sorry. Didn't know you were a social scientist. - TB - 12/2/2015 2:39:25 AM
        
        A rising tide lifts all yachts - mcfly - 12/1/2015 10:46:53 PM
        
        They want more. - ER - 12/1/2015 8:43:31 PM
        
        In the wild west... - ER - 12/1/2015 7:21:33 PM
        
        Thanks for that - mcfly - 11/30/2015 11:44:20 PM
        
        I'm tending to agree with TB on this - Tony - 11/30/2015 8:37:30 PM
        
        Have you read this whole thread? - TB - 11/30/2015 6:14:57 AM
        
        Are you nuts? - Robert - 11/30/2015 6:23:58 AM
        
        Unclear answer. - TB - 11/30/2015 7:58:56 AM
        
        Its perfectly clear to me, - ER - 11/30/2015 2:00:02 PM
      - They're in the "furious gibbering" phase. - TB - 11/26/2015 7:45:41 PM
        
        Who's in "furious gibbering phase?" - mcfly - 11/27/2015 3:15:55 AM
        
        Tommy tries desperately to hold back the liberal flood - ER - 11/26/2015 7:58:39 PM
      - I don't think Trump is making any effort NOT to be shoehorned. - ER - 11/26/2015 7:20:22 PM
      - Be honest Rob... - RL - 11/26/2015 7:17:01 PM
    - I don't think Trump has a political ideology... - RL - 11/26/2015 4:54:13 PM
      - Liberals should also beware of spending too much effort fighting Trump. - ER - 11/26/2015 5:24:21 PM
  - That's because there IS NO definition of fascist. - ER - 11/26/2015 4:19:57 AM
    - Look up number 14 in Eco's list. - TB - 11/26/2015 5:34:36 PM
      - Precision of language? - ER - 11/26/2015 5:50:49 PM
        
        Wow... just...WOW - RL - 11/26/2015 6:05:09 PM
- Fascism is the dictatorship of the middle class. - ER - 11/26/2015 12:42:39 AM
- Definitions - ER - 11/26/2015 12:00:06 AM

Pinko commie dog, or... - mcfly - 11/27/2015 4:45:11 AM
- Socialist. - bowser - 12/1/2015 5:37:19 AM
- I like Bernie. - ER - 11/27/2015 2:46:25 PM

Thank goodness we are keeping those refugees out... - RL - 11/30/2015 3:29:55 AM
- Sarcasm doesn't help. - RobVG - 11/30/2015 3:59:08 AM
  - Neither does scapegoating the VICTIMS of ISIS - RL - 11/30/2015 10:11:48 PM
    - SMC? WTF? - RobVG - 12/1/2015 12:25:38 AM
      - The mindset is small minded and cowardly - RL - 12/1/2015 1:55:08 AM

Rudy Giuliani says Trump is a... - mcfly - 11/27/2015 4:52:18 AM
- Trump is not the problem. - ER - 11/27/2015 2:11:41 PM
  - Another view: - TB - 11/28/2015 3:12:49 AM
    - Not necessarily another view at all.. - ER - 11/28/2015 4:43:00 AM
      - I know exactly how we got to where we are. - TB - 11/28/2015 6:44:51 AM
        
        Isn't it funny... - ER - 11/28/2015 2:08:23 PM
        
        The key word in your question might be "data." - TB - 11/28/2015 8:38:53 PM
        
        Before you bet your life on your theory, Tom, - ER - 11/28/2015 8:54:32 PM
        
        We've had this conversation. - TB - 11/28/2015 10:17:47 PM
        
        I've got everything I need. - ER - 11/28/2015 10:32:51 PM
        
        Don't know. I'll have to try sometime. - TB - 11/29/2015 3:04:38 AM

Black Lives Matter. - ER - 11/25/2015 1:41:13 AM
- You know you're a racist... - Robert - 11/25/2015 5:57:58 PM
  - Such an eloquent post. - mcfly - 11/28/2015 7:30:54 AM
  - And when racists find themselves unexpectedly slipping into minority status, - ER - 11/25/2015 7:03:50 PM
- Less than a mile from my home here... - RL - 11/25/2015 4:34:05 AM
  - Willful ignorance - BuckGalaxy - 11/26/2015 8:32:06 PM
  - Kristalnacht. - ER - 11/25/2015 5:19:42 AM
- Just now posted on Facebook. - RobVG - 11/25/2015 4:09:54 AM
  - Right on., Rob. - ER - 11/25/2015 4:20:42 AM
- Everything you need to know about this... - TB - 11/25/2015 2:18:50 AM
  - Yes, TB... corrupt politics was definitely at play here - RL - 11/25/2015 4:05:59 AM
    - What are the actual statistics over the past years? - TB - 11/25/2015 5:12:23 AM
      - Did I say there has been a big increase? - RL - 11/25/2015 5:57:46 AM
  - Don't tell me, Tom.... - ER - 11/25/2015 3:27:03 AM
    - How does that work? - TB - 11/25/2015 4:24:53 AM
      - Listen at you. - ER - 11/25/2015 5:13:33 AM
        
        Your brain puked again. - TB - 11/25/2015 5:44:49 AM
        
        Yeah, right, Tom - ER - 11/25/2015 5:50:44 AM
        
        Didn't look at the links, did you? - TB - 11/25/2015 6:31:59 AM
        
        Le canard enchaine - ER - 11/25/2015 3:00:55 PM
        
        Ah say boy... - Jody - 11/25/2015 3:50:38 PM
        
        I think of myself more like Yosemite Sam. - ER - 11/25/2015 3:54:04 PM
        
        LMAO! - Jody - 11/25/2015 4:18:26 PM
        
        So what've YOU got? - TB - 11/25/2015 6:22:09 AM
        
        Fascists thrive by keeping the environment toxic. - ER - 11/25/2015 2:22:42 PM
        
        Very instructive. Thanks. - TB - 11/25/2015 6:05:11 PM
        
        So what is it you're saying again? - ER - 11/25/2015 7:00:00 PM
    - It's easier than addressing the actual problem... - RL - 11/25/2015 3:53:51 AM
      - Yeah, I see what you mean. n/t - ER - 11/25/2015 7:10:51 PM
  - Bout the burger - ER - 11/25/2015 2:35:40 AM

Not happy with being a garden-variety fascist... - mcfly - 11/26/2015 5:35:42 AM
- Weimar Amerika - ER - 11/26/2015 2:55:40 PM
  - How could the moderates have stiffled him??? - Jody - 11/26/2015 6:00:09 PM
    - The Democrats are killing off the moderates, Jody. - TB - 11/26/2015 8:07:01 PM
      - OMFG - BuckGalaxy - 11/27/2015 2:11:58 AM
        
        Heh. You caught up now? - TB - 11/27/2015 3:26:44 AM
      - Ya know, I actually checked to make sure your account wasn't hacked - Robert - 11/26/2015 11:05:24 PM
        
        You haven't been paying attention either. - TB - 11/26/2015 11:27:43 PM
        
        Enzyme breakdown. - ER - 11/26/2015 11:33:51 PM
        
        You've hit the Godwin Limit. Take a break. - TB - 11/26/2015 11:48:08 PM
        
        TB, I'm not playing the Hitler Card. - ER - 11/27/2015 12:07:14 AM
      - That is the most remarkable, most astonishing post I've ever seen TB submit to the Zone. - ER - 11/26/2015 10:25:34 PM
      - Tommy tries desperately to hold back the liberal flood -- Part Two - ER - 11/26/2015 9:08:14 PM
        
        You can adjust the width of an image. - TB - 11/26/2015 9:23:37 PM
        
        Got it. Thanks. - ER - 11/26/2015 9:58:45 PM
        
        I have to dink with some posts six or seven times before they look right. - TB - 11/26/2015 11:06:23 PM
      - What is the name of the galaxy your planet is in? - RL - 11/26/2015 8:59:06 PM
        
        You have one valid point in that mess: - TB - 11/26/2015 9:17:59 PM
        
        It is your own party killing off the moderates - RL - 11/26/2015 10:10:10 PM
        
        It's interesting to see conservatives using the word "moderate" - mcfly - 11/27/2015 1:29:41 AM
        
        Look closer. - TB - 11/26/2015 11:03:58 PM
        
        We've all seen the Dolchstoßlegende movie before, Tom. And we all know how it ends. - ER - 11/26/2015 9:47:20 PM
        
        Just admit it - RL - 11/26/2015 9:35:50 PM
        
        You all that happy with Hillary or Bernie? - TB - 11/26/2015 11:45:56 PM
        
        Bernie's a decent, intelligent guy - mcfly - 11/27/2015 12:43:29 AM
        
        Polls - RL - 11/26/2015 9:29:06 PM
        
        Darn good thing that McClatchy poll is in there, isn't it? - TB - 11/26/2015 10:30:42 PM
        
        Fine, believe the fox poll - RL - 11/26/2015 10:49:22 PM
        
        Re: Fine, believe the fox poll - TB - 11/26/2015 11:05:51 PM
    - Some of them did stand up to him, to their credit. - ER - 11/26/2015 6:21:34 PM
    - The squeaky wheel gets the oil. - Jody - 11/26/2015 6:13:35 PM
      - President Trump (or President Carson or President Cruz, - ER - 11/26/2015 6:25:54 PM
        
        Name a Republican that you could get behind. - Jody - 11/26/2015 6:49:26 PM
        
        My favorite Republican (not running now) is Jon Huntsman. - ER - 11/26/2015 7:04:00 PM

Oh, yeah, let's go to war!! - bowser - 11/25/2015 2:27:12 AM
- Turks claim Soviets repeatedly violated their airspace. It's not like they weren't warned. - RobVG - 11/25/2015 4:15:04 AM
  - Doesn't matter. All it takes is one side retaliating. - bowser - 11/25/2015 4:26:30 AM
- Sounds like Sarajevo, 1914. - ER - 11/25/2015 3:29:23 AM

At some point we have to take this seriously... - RL - 11/22/2015 8:55:12 PM
- Not to be out-bigoted by Tump, Carson says US muslims cheered 9/11 - RL - 11/23/2015 11:22:49 PM
  - I figured it out--- this is all a viral marketing campaign for "The Man in the High Castle" - RL - 11/23/2015 11:41:48 PM
- Trump twitter graphic traced back to neo-nazi account - mcfly - 11/23/2015 4:04:16 PM
  - Its an old and time tested propaganda technique. - ER - 11/23/2015 5:41:56 PM
    - Tell me about it. - TB - 11/23/2015 5:59:19 PM
      - "The belief that there is no such thing as objective fact is also dangerous." - ER - 11/23/2015 6:18:27 PM
        
        ..."we can't always speak with any certainty on any issue"... - Jody - 11/23/2015 10:40:43 PM
        
        What I should have said... - ER - 11/24/2015 12:23:15 AM
        
        I remember you saying that before... - Jody - 11/24/2015 1:07:13 AM
        
        Yes. That happens to me all the time. - ER - 11/24/2015 2:55:09 AM
        
        LOL! Awright now. - Jody - 11/24/2015 3:23:42 AM
        
        The empirical method works, too. - TB - 11/23/2015 6:54:05 PM
        
        No one said reason and intellect have nothing to do with politics. - ER - 11/23/2015 7:52:29 PM
- "Should have been done long ago." - ER - 11/23/2015 3:08:01 AM
  - oh there is - Robert - 11/23/2015 5:29:11 AM
    - Deliberately Misquoting Smiley (from the very heart of the "grey zone)". - ER - 11/23/2015 1:37:51 PM
      - Fanatics always overreach - Robert - 11/23/2015 11:36:01 PM
- I've enjoyed him until right now! - bowser - 11/23/2015 2:44:30 AM
- Not quite sure what to say about this - mcfly - 11/23/2015 2:32:19 AM
- And this... leaves me speechless. - RL - 11/23/2015 2:24:38 AM
  - I can't imagine YOU speechless... - Jody - 11/23/2015 11:55:11 PM
    - Until you come out publicly and denounce his actions in a way I find satisfactory.... - RL - 11/24/2015 1:01:24 AM
      - There you go, Jody. The Party's giving you your very own self-criticism session. - TB - 11/24/2015 1:20:24 AM
      - Indeed I do. - Jody - 11/24/2015 1:14:19 AM
        
        You almost seemed to be getting it.... - RL - 11/25/2015 1:29:06 AM
        
        Saul good - Jody - 11/25/2015 1:47:17 AM
- Just about the same time I posted this, Trump tweeted... - RL - 11/22/2015 11:39:08 PM
- Trump resonates with a substantial portion of the Republican party. - ER - 11/22/2015 10:56:45 PM
- Let me just be candid: My party is full of racists.... - RL - 11/22/2015 10:50:51 PM
  - Mid course correction. - ER - 11/22/2015 11:09:47 PM

Why we shouldn't be worrying about the Syrian refugees. - ER - 11/23/2015 3:42:28 PM
- 11 million illegal "refugees" have strolled across the Mexican border. - bowser - 11/24/2015 9:27:26 PM
  - How many Mexican Jihadists are there? - RobVG - 11/24/2015 10:51:22 PM
    - The point, explained. - bowser - 11/25/2015 1:30:45 AM
    - What's the magic number? - mcfly - 11/25/2015 12:07:17 AM
- Meanwhile in Canada... - TB - 11/24/2015 6:50:24 PM
  - Leave it to the Canadians to come up with a reasonable and humane compromise. - ER - 11/24/2015 6:59:25 PM
    - The Canadians have restricted their refugee program due to the attacks in Paris. - TB - 11/24/2015 7:34:24 PM
      - Bit of a strawman there, TB - mcfly - 11/24/2015 7:55:39 PM
        
        Do you consider the Republican House bill to be "an appropriate check?" - TB - 11/24/2015 9:52:25 PM
        
        Well, for what it's worth... - mcfly - 11/24/2015 11:22:58 PM
        
        "Hold off a reasonable while..." - TB - 11/25/2015 12:44:05 AM
        
        As for the cherry tree - ER - 11/24/2015 10:28:23 PM
        
        Maybe its because Canada doesn't have as many racist lunatics in its loyal opposition as we do. - ER - 11/24/2015 9:00:36 PM
        
        Footnote on Canadian Politics - mcfly - 11/24/2015 10:38:33 PM
- Needle in the Haystack - RobVG - 11/24/2015 4:00:23 AM
  - I'm sure if ISIS or Al-Quaeda wants to send terrorists here... - ER - 11/24/2015 4:36:35 AM
    - I'm glad you're sure n/t - RobVG - 11/24/2015 5:46:06 AM
      - You can never be sure about anything. - ER - 11/24/2015 2:41:28 PM

From bad to worse - RL - 11/24/2015 3:04:32 PM
- (I deleted your duplicate post) - podrock - 11/24/2015 3:20:26 PM

The friend of my friend is my enemy. - ER - 11/22/2015 7:01:41 PM
- OK ER, here’s my take (you fill in the blanks): - JEKing - 11/23/2015 5:49:43 AM
  - You've got the major outlines right. - ER - 11/23/2015 2:03:38 PM
    - @ER’s I think you overestimate the ability of human personality and intellect to direct history - JEKing - 11/23/2015 8:50:53 PM
      - The currents of history... - ER - 11/23/2015 9:52:11 PM
  - Also, - podrock - 11/23/2015 1:40:41 PM
- Important questions - mcfly - 11/22/2015 8:41:50 PM
  - They seem to be trying to precipitate a Muslims-vs-the-world apocalypse. - ER - 11/22/2015 10:19:28 PM
    - From The Atlantic, an interesting read: - podrock - 11/23/2015 1:26:26 PM
      - Yes, I must confess it. - ER - 11/23/2015 1:45:44 PM
        
        A short update - podrock - 11/23/2015 2:15:22 PM
        
        So this actually is a "war of civilizations." - TB - 11/23/2015 5:32:47 PM
        
        Yes. I have (ahem) evolved on that. - ER - 11/23/2015 6:51:46 PM

This may be the apocalypse, sooner rather than later. - bowser - 11/20/2015 2:42:03 AM
- Its not all doom and gloom... - RL - 11/21/2015 5:09:08 AM
  - Some good news there - mcfly - 11/21/2015 7:06:06 PM
- I've read about this a few times - mcfly - 11/21/2015 4:02:16 AM

More than anyone probably wants to see and know about the attacks in Paris. - TB - 11/15/2015 8:31:18 PM
- Thanks for the link. - SDAI-Tech - 11/16/2015 9:59:45 PM
- Can't get your post to open, TB. - bowser - 11/16/2015 7:58:16 AM
  - Hmm. Works okay on my machine. - TB - 11/16/2015 5:58:59 PM
    - Got it. My machine is acting up. - bowser - 11/16/2015 10:26:55 PM

Beirut, Also the Site of Deadly Attacks, Feels Forgotten - mcfly - 11/15/2015 9:29:45 PM
- How do you feel about this?n/t. - Jody - 11/16/2015 5:06:20 PM

Some numbers - RL - 11/11/2015 4:24:32 AM
- You can pretty much eyeball the regression lines in all of those - mcfly - 11/11/2015 5:20:12 AM
  - If you care more about corporations than people... - RL - 11/11/2015 2:44:19 PM
    - Facts and data are easy. Actually thinking about them is harder. - TB - 11/11/2015 3:56:19 PM
      - This isn't just a recitation of facts, it's the beginning of analysis - mcfly - 11/11/2015 11:36:42 PM
      - Oh do tell... - RL - 11/11/2015 4:14:00 PM
        
        Don't need "sources." - TB - 11/11/2015 5:15:03 PM
        
        But you're making assumptions of your own - mcfly - 11/11/2015 11:30:05 PM
        
        RL jammed a boatload of causation into it. Just saying. - TB - 11/13/2015 11:41:43 PM
        
        You inferred - mcfly - 11/14/2015 3:58:05 PM

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