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Where to watch tonight's Republican Debate? - Robert - 11/11/2015 12:21:18 AM
- Channel 617 here - RL - 11/11/2015 1:57:16 AM
  - Trump opens with 'america sucks, we cant compete' - RL - 11/11/2015 2:07:12 AM
    - Carson upped his Ambien dosage again... - RL - 11/11/2015 2:08:11 AM
      - Rubio: Raising minimum wage will lead to robot takeover... - RL - 11/11/2015 2:11:21 AM
        
        Kasich- I will make America like Ohio... - RL - 11/11/2015 2:16:00 AM
        
        Kasich just slipped on Cruz's slime trail... hitting his head on the podium. - RL - 11/11/2015 2:16:58 AM

The Presidential election is exactly one year away. - ER - 11/4/2015 4:19:41 AM
- I have saved up 2 full months of vacation time... - RL - 11/4/2015 11:59:58 PM
- Never mind next year. How about the election yesterday? (n/t) - TB - 11/4/2015 6:18:16 PM
  - It's over. - ER - 11/4/2015 7:17:00 PM
    - Heh. - TB - 11/4/2015 9:37:26 PM
      - That's mighty white of them. - ER - 11/4/2015 11:17:06 PM
        
        First African American elected to statewide office in Kentucky. - TB - 11/5/2015 2:37:05 AM
        
        Hey, we may even elect our 2nd black President in 2016. - ER - 11/5/2015 3:07:03 AM
        
        That would be 2024 - SDAI-Tech - 11/5/2015 9:53:19 AM
        
        As always, techie... - RL - 11/6/2015 9:15:48 PM
        
        I'm not always right. - SDAI-Tech - 11/8/2015 2:49:42 AM
        
        It's always the quiet ones - mcfly - 11/5/2015 3:37:50 AM
        
        I tend to agree with that. - ER - 11/5/2015 4:05:13 AM
        
        The intellectual level of the GOP... - RL - 11/5/2015 11:30:02 PM
        
        Dr Carson might just be the perfect negotiator in talks with Iran. - ER - 11/6/2015 12:17:29 AM
        
        Well Carson flamed out faster than expected... - RL - 11/6/2015 7:17:48 PM
        
        Check your Politico link again. - TB - 11/6/2015 9:52:54 PM
        
        Yes some text has been changed, but... - RL - 11/6/2015 11:04:39 PM
        
        Re: Well Carson flamed out faster than expected... - TB - 11/6/2015 9:26:31 PM
        
        Its a little early to say, isn't it? - RL - 11/6/2015 9:57:18 PM
        
        At least we have more than one. - TB - 11/7/2015 1:09:19 AM
        
        Hard to get excited about Hillary - BuckGalaxy - 11/8/2015 11:19:03 PM
        
        The quantity matters little - RL - 11/7/2015 10:56:35 PM
        
        You keep screaming about mindless rage. :) - TB - 11/8/2015 1:12:29 AM
        
        Sorry, that one's misleading too. - TB - 11/6/2015 10:08:14 PM
        
        I edited it prior to your reply... - RL - 11/6/2015 10:14:31 PM
        
        For the confused - RL - 11/6/2015 10:27:11 PM
        
        Good catch. - TB - 11/6/2015 10:37:43 PM
        
        Wow... - TB - 11/6/2015 10:57:15 PM
        
        Heh. - TB - 11/6/2015 10:43:42 PM

Murdoch buys National Geographic for $725 M - RL - 11/6/2015 3:17:28 AM
- I'm certainly no fan of Murdoch. - SDAI-Tech - 11/6/2015 6:20:53 AM
- So who pocketed three quarters of a billion dollars? - TB - 11/6/2015 3:44:13 AM
  - Probably one of those noble, wealthy job creators I keep hearing about... - RL - 11/6/2015 3:52:42 AM
    - Re: Probably one of those noble, wealthy job creators I keep hearing about... - TB - 11/6/2015 5:45:00 PM
      - And Rupert has a controlling interest... that was the point... - RL - 11/6/2015 10:18:15 PM
- Congratulations - Robert - 11/6/2015 3:34:51 AM

Rubio: socialism != communism - mcfly - 11/6/2015 12:48:06 AM
- I'm not surprised. - ER - 11/6/2015 1:31:14 AM

Where to watch tonight's Republican debate? - Robert - 10/28/2015 7:32:34 PM
- Chart 4 IS table 3 - RL - 10/31/2015 4:08:20 AM
  - Ah it looks like you wisely deleted your post ... - RL - 10/31/2015 4:09:31 AM
    - That wasn't the intention - RobVG - 11/1/2015 7:51:12 PM
    - Getting a bit cocky, aren't we? - TB - 10/31/2015 6:02:58 PM
      - Cocky...? - RL - 11/1/2015 4:24:37 PM
        
        Go review a few months of this board. - TB - 11/1/2015 8:56:47 PM
      - Looks like we're all back for the next year of marathon election coverage - BuckGalaxy - 11/1/2015 7:23:05 AM
        
        Hah! Not me. I've got work to do. - TB - 11/1/2015 3:30:38 PM
        
        Buckle up, kiddies - Robert - 11/1/2015 4:17:44 PM
        
        Funny you should ask. - TB - 11/1/2015 9:22:26 PM
        
        wow - Robert - 11/2/2015 1:29:34 AM
        
        How does that support your claim? - RL - 11/2/2015 12:38:10 AM
        
        You don't have to yell. I'm right here. - TB - 11/2/2015 3:45:16 AM
        
        Ok, lets recap... - RL - 11/2/2015 11:16:48 PM
        
        The NASA study does not say that AGW is false. - TB - 11/3/2015 8:49:39 PM
        
        Keep dancing... - RL - 11/4/2015 12:41:30 AM
        
        Don't burn yourself out, RL - mcfly - 11/4/2015 4:43:26 PM
        
        I have dealt with folks paid to misinform... - RL - 11/5/2015 12:06:59 AM
        
        Not dancing. - TB - 11/4/2015 3:13:32 AM
        
        So the actual science doesn't matter to you... - RL - 11/4/2015 11:18:21 PM
        
        And the rest doesn't matter to you. - TB - 11/5/2015 3:36:21 AM
        
        The science- not the politics that has been manufactured- is all that matters - RL - 11/5/2015 10:51:56 PM
        
        By the way... - RL - 11/4/2015 2:32:24 AM
        
        3) Most everyone is clueless - SDAI-Tech - 11/3/2015 8:18:22 AM
        
        You can't have it both ways, Techie, your agenda is showing. - ER - 11/3/2015 1:45:49 PM
        
        Climate Change - SDAI-Tech - 11/4/2015 1:39:11 AM
        
        wow... - RL - 11/4/2015 2:28:35 AM
        
        Be my guest. - SDAI-Tech - 11/4/2015 2:48:27 AM
        
        There's a keeper...nice! - mcfly - 11/2/2015 1:31:06 AM
        
        Where's ER when you need him....n/t - RobVG - 11/1/2015 8:08:17 PM
        
        Working class hero. - hank - 11/1/2015 9:36:27 PM
        
        There you go, RL. A fresh example, made to order. - TB - 11/1/2015 9:52:00 PM
        
        I didn't order THAT... - RL - 11/2/2015 1:02:44 AM
        
        Believe me, that's been on the menu for a long time now. - TB - 11/2/2015 3:46:27 AM
      - "The Democrats are running a crook and a communist this year." - bowser - 11/1/2015 6:11:29 AM
- You've heard of youtube, right? - SDAI-Tech - 10/29/2015 11:10:35 AM
  - Please tell me more! - Robert - 10/29/2015 7:05:26 PM
    - Well... - SDAI-Tech - 10/30/2015 5:04:06 AM
      - Ewwww! You let your computer touch that thing? - Robert - 10/30/2015 4:39:46 PM
        
        I watched it live with no problems. - SDAI-Tech - 10/30/2015 10:53:50 PM
        
        As far as you know - Robert - 10/31/2015 3:05:17 AM
        
        Life always leads to death - SDAI-Tech - 10/31/2015 4:50:41 AM
        
        Perusing Past Problematic Prognostications - RL - 10/31/2015 4:07:03 PM
        
        Just to refresh your memories, Romney lost... - RL - 10/31/2015 4:13:52 PM
        
        Best to stretch out the journey as much as you can, then - Robert - 10/31/2015 5:53:19 AM
        
        If you want to use SDAI-tech's credit card to buy a CNBC subscription... - RL - 10/31/2015 3:37:50 AM
        
        Let's make a donation to Bernie. A large one, just to be ironic. - Robert - 10/31/2015 5:48:25 AM
        
        Use it for something better than that! - SDAI-Tech - 10/31/2015 4:54:08 AM
- Still shaking my head. - RobVG - 10/29/2015 6:27:14 AM
  - I watched it... - RL - 10/29/2015 10:27:59 PM
    - "WHY aren’t we doing THAT?!" - BuckGalaxy - 11/2/2015 3:07:46 AM
    - Well resoned n/t - RobVG - 10/29/2015 11:47:30 PM
  - High what? - Robert - 10/29/2015 7:14:16 PM
    - Would like to change witch hunt to "shooting gallery - RobVG - 10/29/2015 11:49:58 PM
    - Think what you wish, it was till a horrible forum and not the fault of the candidates. n/t - RobVG - 10/29/2015 11:45:20 PM
      - The panel - RL - 10/30/2015 10:29:14 PM
        
        minutiae n/t - RobVG - 10/31/2015 1:20:14 AM
        
        REALLY?! - RL - 10/31/2015 1:36:50 AM
        
        I might have to break down and get a Twitter account. - RobVG - 10/31/2015 2:18:29 AM
        
        You would be just as wrong on twitter- maybe more brief, but still wrong... - RL - 10/31/2015 3:22:53 AM
      - But the evening did have a clear winner - mcfly - 10/30/2015 9:04:50 PM
        
        Um, RNC pulled the NBC debate this evening. No beans to count. n/t - RobVG - 10/31/2015 1:14:19 AM
        
        Say, isn't Telemundo owned by NBC? - Robert - 10/31/2015 3:15:17 AM
        
        Can you imagine... - RL - 10/31/2015 3:42:47 AM
        
        I think you've achieved a level of paranoia adequate to our times - Robert - 10/31/2015 5:46:07 AM
        
        Doesn't address the matter at hand - mcfly - 10/31/2015 2:11:36 AM
      - Hey, why can't we edit title lines hmmmm? - RobVG - 10/29/2015 11:53:49 PM
        
        Title lines - TB - 10/30/2015 4:55:41 PM
        
        Isn't that funny... - RL - 10/30/2015 12:52:24 AM
  - One more witch hunt, more or less... - mcfly - 10/29/2015 6:07:42 PM
- I never took the "liberal media bias" seriously- untill tonight. n/t - RobVG - 10/29/2015 6:17:45 AM
  - Reasons for that. - bowser - 10/31/2015 12:44:07 AM
  - But the network wasn't motivated by "liberal media bias" - mcfly - 10/30/2015 9:27:57 PM
- Report from Boulder... - podrock - 10/29/2015 4:02:24 AM
- I don't think it matters much WHERE you watch it... - RL - 10/28/2015 10:07:45 PM
  - [snort] But I did get this screen capture of the idle stream - Robert - 10/28/2015 10:26:06 PM
    - Dang that's purdy... - mcfly - 10/29/2015 1:43:02 AM
- Wait for it - Robert - 10/28/2015 9:59:37 PM
- Ticket price - Robert - 10/28/2015 9:54:25 PM
  - About the same as a pro football game. - bowser - 10/29/2015 2:24:00 AM

Middle-Aged White Americans Are Dying of Despair - ER - 11/5/2015 12:26:14 AM
- It's the Obamacare Death Panels at work... - RL - 11/5/2015 12:34:12 AM
  - They are dying of a broken heart. - ER - 11/5/2015 12:53:05 AM
    - Sold down the river, yes...but... - mcfly - 11/5/2015 4:19:46 AM
      - America has always been generous - ER - 11/5/2015 6:16:29 AM

Something I made in honor of the republican clown car... - RL - 10/17/2015 11:55:59 PM
- Heh. - TB - 10/18/2015 6:29:52 PM
  - Hey TB who do you like in the GOP field? - BuckGalaxy - 10/19/2015 3:15:16 AM
    - Outhouse Cruz, Marco Lean-To, Donald The Hut, Rand Potting Shed - Tony - 10/20/2015 3:13:59 PM
      - LOL! - mcfly - 10/20/2015 4:21:48 PM
- Two hoots and a holler - Robert - 10/18/2015 3:15:35 AM
- Well done! - BuckGalaxy - 10/18/2015 3:09:23 AM
- Glad you remembered your password, RL - podrock - 10/18/2015 2:01:08 AM
  - Hard to forget it... - RL - 10/29/2015 10:39:03 PM
  - +1 As they say on the internets these days - Tony - 10/20/2015 3:11:29 PM
- LOL...ladies and gentlemen, HE'S BACK! - mcfly - 10/18/2015 12:41:49 AM
- (Duck.) - bowser - 10/18/2015 12:29:18 AM
  - According to my browser this is CE - RL - 10/18/2015 12:40:49 AM
    - You're right. - bowser - 10/18/2015 1:54:27 AM
      - breadcrumbs - SDG - 10/18/2015 6:05:55 AM
        
        I think I've seen that behavior too - mcfly - 10/18/2015 6:06:02 PM
      - RL knows the law, - podrock - 10/18/2015 2:05:43 AM
- Well done. - bowser - 10/18/2015 12:17:01 AM

John Oliver on the Canadian election - mcfly - 10/19/2015 9:17:39 PM
- And the winner is... - mcfly - 10/20/2015 8:13:32 PM
  - Saw a pic on FB today - Tony - 10/21/2015 7:20:05 PM

Joel Kotkin - Jody - 10/14/2015 5:04:14 PM
- "The “clerisy” class — an amalgam of academics, media and government employees..." - ER - 10/14/2015 7:01:07 PM
  - "The oligarchs are assisted in their control by what Kotkin calls the “clerisy” class — " - bowser - 10/14/2015 10:26:02 PM
    - Clerisy vs Babbitts - ER - 10/14/2015 11:42:58 PM
      - Almost. - bowser - 10/16/2015 2:04:52 AM
        
        Not even close... - ER - 10/16/2015 3:07:33 AM

Consumption Great and Small - Jody - 10/14/2015 9:15:32 PM
- Well then - Jody - 10/15/2015 3:29:53 PM
- Piketty was robbed. - ER - 10/14/2015 11:48:34 PM
  - "How do consumers distribute their spending among different goods? " - Robert - 10/15/2015 3:10:20 AM

Pre-emptive strike. - ER - 10/1/2015 6:56:27 PM
- the good side - BuckGalaxy - 10/13/2015 8:14:35 AM
  - You should post here more often, Buck. - ER - 10/13/2015 12:31:44 PM
- One small thing I'd like to see - mcfly - 10/4/2015 1:41:26 AM
  - Our goal in Syria is to depose Assad. - ER - 10/4/2015 4:08:06 AM
- The upsides. - bowser - 10/1/2015 10:56:07 PM
  - You'd think the Russians would have learned their lesson in Afghanistan. - ER - 10/2/2015 12:33:23 AM
    - Why this is better left to those who can do it. - bowser - 10/3/2015 9:56:06 PM
      - Horrific...humanitarian workers, patients and children - mcfly - 10/4/2015 1:33:27 AM
        
        Things like that happen in war. - ER - 10/4/2015 3:50:07 AM
        
        Yeah, but, no one is shooting back. No fog. - bowser - 10/4/2015 3:46:21 PM
- We are all in this together, ER. - Jody - 10/1/2015 8:59:39 PM

This young man - Jody - 10/11/2015 11:20:23 PM
- There are a lot of victims here, most of them victims of the soldier. - bowser - 10/12/2015 5:45:17 AM
- The poor man - Robert - 10/12/2015 12:04:27 AM
- I'm starting to wonder if this isn't more common than we have been led to believe. - ER - 10/12/2015 12:02:44 AM

ISIS kills Iranian general in Syria - ER - 10/10/2015 4:27:05 PM

A House Divided - ER - 10/8/2015 5:44:40 PM
- Sting got it right. - ER - 10/9/2015 12:37:31 AM
- The asymptotic quest for purity - Robert - 10/8/2015 11:11:54 PM
- I'm surprised they didn't rip out his tongue - mcfly - 10/8/2015 8:57:23 PM

Bermuda Triangle Follow-up - ER - 10/5/2015 4:09:31 PM
- Classic. - bowser - 10/5/2015 6:03:14 PM
  - It will all come out in the hearing. - ER - 10/5/2015 7:13:25 PM

In the Bermuda Triangle - ER - 10/3/2015 5:43:21 PM

For my friends across the table... - Jody - 9/25/2015 2:51:17 PM
- Boehner is a Roman Catholic. - ER - 9/25/2015 10:17:21 PM
  - I find devout Catholics absolutely fascinating. - Jody - 9/25/2015 10:34:03 PM
    - I used to date a young woman who'd been schooled by nuns - mcfly - 9/27/2015 3:09:45 AM
      - Oh, Lucky Man! - ER - 9/28/2015 2:41:37 AM
        
        For while, anyway - mcfly - 9/29/2015 3:09:18 AM
        
        Every man remembers the one who got away... - ER - 9/29/2015 12:43:28 PM
    - About throat down-cramming... - ER - 9/26/2015 1:42:41 AM
- Zero cheers from me either - Robert - 9/25/2015 8:36:47 PM
  - I am not a Tea Partier... - Jody - 9/25/2015 8:54:18 PM
- You'll hear no cheering from me. - ER - 9/25/2015 3:55:41 PM

What is *your* opinion? - Jody - 9/24/2015 3:20:48 AM
- Children should not be allowed to bring Glocks to shcool, period. - RobVG - 9/25/2015 5:12:33 AM
  - I think that is a wise thing. - Jody - 9/25/2015 3:23:28 PM
- ...and to be fair... the other side says - Jody - 9/25/2015 4:01:41 AM
  - To be fair... - Jody - 9/25/2015 3:25:32 PM
- So the wingnuttosphere sincerely believes this 14 year old nerd is a terrorist? - Robert - 9/24/2015 9:42:36 PM
- Mama mia! - Jody - 9/24/2015 2:58:48 PM
  - I don't like that little brat. - ER - 9/24/2015 5:25:37 PM
    - your instincts are good, see my post below - SDG - 9/24/2015 5:37:04 PM
- EDITED: There are two possibilities. Well, at least two. - ER - 9/24/2015 4:42:26 AM
  - Its not an invention - SDG - 9/24/2015 5:33:34 PM
    - This might qualify as a hoax. - ER - 9/24/2015 7:30:41 PM
      - I suspect it will quietly go away - SDG - 9/24/2015 8:10:08 PM
- A clock is a clock - SDG - 9/24/2015 3:58:55 AM

"Let them eat cake!" brought into the 21st century - Robert - 9/24/2015 11:37:58 PM
- The legacy of St Ronnie - ER - 9/25/2015 12:07:28 AM

The next naval war. - ER - 9/18/2015 1:27:31 AM
- Beautiful Pictures ER. - Jody - 9/20/2015 8:11:44 PM
  - UNREP (Underway Replenishment) - ER - 9/20/2015 11:46:39 PM
    - ER...that is awesome. - Jody - 9/21/2015 1:34:37 AM
      - Bird farms - ER - 9/21/2015 2:09:30 AM

It ain't just global warming that's heating things up in the Arctic. - ER - 9/10/2015 1:54:40 PM
- I am old and uninformed on the current state of global warming... - FrankC - 9/10/2015 5:21:33 PM
  - You're not uninformed, just a little behind.. - ER - 9/10/2015 11:59:14 PM
    - I agree with you ER, but - johannes - 9/11/2015 4:06:06 AM
  - Share that wheelchair old man... - Jody - 9/10/2015 8:10:21 PM

A friend sent me this read... - Jody - 9/8/2015 5:52:20 PM
- It's a huge mess - FrankC - 9/9/2015 7:48:34 PM
  - Okay...I lied...I am commenting - Jody - 9/10/2015 1:29:11 AM
- I just want everyone to read it. I am not going to debate it. - Jody - 9/8/2015 6:45:14 PM
  - An interesting thought... - ER - 9/9/2015 12:39:12 AM

Thank you for your service... - ER - 9/9/2015 1:28:41 AM

Voyage of the Damned - ER - 9/5/2015 8:06:42 PM
- I've wondered... - RobVG - 9/5/2015 10:27:37 PM
  - We did leave Syria alone. - ER - 9/6/2015 1:11:52 AM
    - I don't have time to get into a pisssing match with you - RobVG - 9/6/2015 2:24:33 AM
      - Re: I don't have time to get into a pisssing match with you - TB - 9/6/2015 3:40:41 PM
        
        So, that would be a little over 18 liters? That IS impressive! - Robert - 9/7/2015 4:11:29 AM
        
        Nope, I've already drained my lizard. - ER - 9/6/2015 3:54:28 PM
      - Pissing match? - ER - 9/6/2015 2:59:00 AM
  - I don't know Rob... - Jody - 9/6/2015 12:59:42 AM

Socialism values equality more than liberty - Jody - 8/24/2015 12:24:03 AM
- Democratic socialism vs marxism - BuckGalaxy - 8/30/2015 8:53:20 PM
  - I get that Buck. - Jody - 8/30/2015 11:41:58 PM
- Not true. - ER - 8/24/2015 12:37:15 AM
  - Okay. - Jody - 8/24/2015 1:45:30 AM
    - Yes, they do contradict. - ER - 8/24/2015 4:04:17 AM
      - From your perspective, your own ER ness... - Jody - 8/24/2015 8:19:05 AM
        
        Democracy - ER - 8/24/2015 1:26:21 PM
        
        A few points - Jody - 8/25/2015 4:33:43 PM
        
        So, do you think I am against Liberty? - ER - 8/25/2015 4:59:16 PM
        
        No sir I do not. - Jody - 8/25/2015 9:40:55 PM
        
        I've already told you what I think needs to be done. - ER - 8/25/2015 10:20:57 PM
        
        After re-reading your remarks above... - ER - 8/26/2015 3:14:56 AM
        
        Thank you sir.... - Jody - 8/26/2015 10:58:47 PM
        
        I have to weigh my words very carefully - Jody - 8/27/2015 2:27:47 AM
        
        I am not sure what liberty is.. - FrankC - 8/27/2015 6:21:02 PM
        
        Your son is right. - ER - 8/27/2015 2:41:36 AM

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