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Pyrrhic Defeat? - hank - 11/19/2014 3:17:44 PM

Everything You Need to Know about the U.S. – China Climate Change Agreement . . . - DanS - 11/14/2014 1:18:02 PM
- If we're lucky, China will cheat. - hank - 11/15/2014 7:45:40 PM

U.S. Midterm Elections Offer Little Hope for Science . . . - DanS - 10/27/2014 11:34:57 AM
- Science in a Republican Senate: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - DanS - 11/6/2014 3:46:57 PM
- Where the money goes - TB - 10/28/2014 5:15:50 PM
  - Interesting post. Thanks. - bowser - 10/29/2014 10:50:42 PM
- Budget pressures. - bowser - 10/27/2014 11:04:08 PM

Afghanistan - bowser - 11/2/2014 3:25:49 AM

U.S. Suspends Risky Disease Research . . . - DanS - 10/24/2014 12:22:46 PM

Diseases Without Borders . . . - DanS - 10/15/2014 5:19:45 PM
- Nurses’ Unions Call for Better Ebola Support . . . - DanS - 10/22/2014 4:51:02 PM
  - CDC Launches Ebola Response Team . . . - DanS - 10/22/2014 4:52:33 PM
- How Did Nigeria Quash Its Ebola Outbreak So Quickly? - DanS - 10/21/2014 10:30:05 AM
- Quarantines and Travel Bans . . . - DanS - 10/17/2014 12:39:15 PM
- Flaws . . . - DanS - 10/15/2014 5:23:31 PM

Making sense: Islamic State crisis: US hits IS oil targets in Syria - bowser - 9/26/2014 2:56:17 PM
- A profound, unmentioned switch here. - bowser - 10/9/2014 2:28:52 AM
  - Ridiculous. We are fighting both ISIS and Al Qaeda - BuckGalaxy - 10/13/2014 8:23:03 AM
  - A profound, unmentioned, but obvious answer . . . - DanS - 10/9/2014 12:57:53 PM
    - The Siege of Kobane. - TB - 10/10/2014 2:41:49 AM
    - Dan, Dan, Dan! - bowser - 10/9/2014 10:43:59 PM
      - The goal . . . ? - DanS - 10/10/2014 4:21:23 PM
        
        Is this satire? Well, no, that takes certain abilities. - bowser - 10/12/2014 4:25:26 AM
        
        About as satirical as a "War for Oil" crusade . . . ? - DanS - 10/13/2014 4:04:08 PM
        
        Just one example. - bowser - 10/13/2014 11:18:29 PM
        
        Even sillier . . . - DanS - 10/14/2014 1:05:09 PM
- Makes more sense than the rest of it - mcfly - 9/30/2014 2:55:21 AM
  - They murdered our people AFTER we started bombing them. - ER - 9/30/2014 12:40:49 PM
    - So long as Turkey remains a NATO Nation and US voters choose to live in Israel . . . - DanS - 9/30/2014 12:50:11 PM
      - Israel can take care of itself. - ER - 9/30/2014 3:39:04 PM
        
        Yes, but . . . - DanS - 9/30/2014 4:30:15 PM
        
        Its not just the dual-citizenship Israelis that are part of the calculation. - ER - 9/30/2014 5:15:48 PM
        
        When you get back . . . - DanS - 10/13/2014 6:28:33 PM
- Too slippery a topic, b . . . - DanS - 9/29/2014 10:42:21 AM

Supreme Court on gay marriage. - bowser - 10/7/2014 6:49:42 PM
- Marriage -- Civil Union . . . - DanS - 10/8/2014 10:55:00 AM
- I don't have a dog in this fight. - ER - 10/7/2014 10:22:10 PM
  - Well get one! Everybody needs a dog, for crying out loud! - bowser - 10/10/2014 4:14:36 PM
  - You are absolutely correct. There is a business side to marriage. A legal side, too. - bowser - 10/8/2014 12:34:46 AM
    - I recall a movie, or maybe just a TV show... - FrankC - 10/10/2014 6:41:27 AM
      - Ah, yes. - bowser - 10/10/2014 12:51:04 PM

Ebola vaccine delay may be due to intellectual property dispute. - ER - 10/6/2014 2:00:07 AM
- Hm-m-m-m . . . - DanS - 10/6/2014 1:24:39 PM

Zombie Nation - ER - 9/25/2014 2:39:23 PM
- Can't get into the zombie-thing . . . - DanS - 9/25/2014 4:30:18 PM
  - I'm ready for 'em. - ER - 9/26/2014 12:59:18 AM

California wildfires - bowser - 9/22/2014 5:15:58 AM
- Wilderness vs managed parkland - ER - 9/22/2014 2:34:42 PM
  - "Managed wilderness" may not be such an oxymoron. - bowser - 9/22/2014 6:57:50 PM

Another Bidenblunder? - ER - 9/18/2014 4:48:10 PM
- Eye of the beholder, I suppose - mcfly - 9/18/2014 9:01:52 PM
  - Well, - - - - bowser - 9/19/2014 4:37:04 AM
- I got nailed on exactly the same thing. - bowser - 9/18/2014 7:41:02 PM

I've been thinking it over... - ER - 9/17/2014 8:50:57 PM
- Focus . . . - DanS - 9/18/2014 2:27:19 PM
- They kill us because they don't like us. OK - bowser - 9/18/2014 5:14:44 AM
- Amen, brother - mcfly - 9/18/2014 3:24:32 AM

Experts Trace Tainted Water to Leaky Wells, Not Fracking - bowser - 9/16/2014 1:12:20 AM

Emergent phenomenon? - ER - 9/11/2014 2:54:22 PM
- The manipulation is by choice . . . - DanS - 9/12/2014 6:28:18 PM
- No one gets it or cares. The US loses, period. And creates more enemies. So it can keep fighting. - bowser - 9/12/2014 4:23:32 AM
  - In which case, we have to ask, is America broken beyond all hope of repair? - mcfly - 9/12/2014 1:05:00 PM
    - Great question, simple answer. - bowser - 9/12/2014 6:48:10 PM
- But is a military solution part of the problem? - mcfly - 9/12/2014 12:44:13 AM
  - That's a good point, and it has some merit. - ER - 9/12/2014 2:47:18 AM
    - Pottery Barn Rules - podrock - 9/12/2014 3:44:15 AM
      - I think it was Colin Powell. - ER - 9/12/2014 12:33:20 PM
        
        I think we're both right. - bowser - 9/12/2014 12:39:43 PM
      - Condaleeza Rice. - bowser - 9/12/2014 4:22:23 AM
- If IS didn't exist, the US would have to invent it. (In fact, it did.) - bowser - 9/11/2014 10:29:14 PM
- On a related issue. - ER - 9/11/2014 3:38:55 PM

What's up with Scotland? - Robert - 9/4/2014 5:19:39 AM
- Micks, Brits, Scotties... - ER - 9/4/2014 5:45:46 PM
  - Cubans, Spaniards, Mexicans... - Robert - 9/4/2014 6:09:13 PM
    - You picked up on that real quick. - ER - 9/4/2014 8:24:51 PM
- Interesting analysis in this morning's Guardian - Robert - 9/4/2014 3:11:52 PM
- It looks to be almost identical to the Quebec situation. I wish Texas would learn from them. - bowser - 9/4/2014 5:52:53 AM
  - Funny you should say that - Robert - 9/4/2014 6:13:27 AM
    - Well, there might be some nice unintended consequences. - bowser - 9/11/2014 3:58:50 AM

Name this flag - Robert - 9/4/2014 6:15:03 PM
- You guys just kill me sometimes - Robert - 9/4/2014 9:44:14 PM
  - I hope you are not implying that they are channeling the CSA... - FrankC - 9/5/2014 1:31:14 AM
    - Not me - Robert - 9/5/2014 6:14:43 PM
      - Scotland channels Dixie - FrankC - 9/5/2014 8:49:03 PM
        
        Yeeee haw, laddie! - Robert - 9/6/2014 5:08:01 AM
      - Re: Not me - TB - 9/5/2014 7:54:56 PM
        
        Sure - Robert - 9/6/2014 5:15:45 AM
  - It's the battle flag of the Federal State of Novorossiya. - TB - 9/4/2014 11:11:53 PM
    - OK. Well, TB, - - - - bowser - 9/5/2014 2:23:02 AM
      - I appreciate the gesture, an honest one, but I'll pass. - TB - 9/5/2014 2:59:35 AM
        
        Because the G--damned boat needs rocking. - bowser - 9/5/2014 4:21:12 AM
        
        No. You really don't want the boat rocked. - TB - 9/5/2014 8:00:21 PM
        
        Welcome back, TB. - ER - 9/6/2014 1:20:39 AM
        
        See? That was easy and fun, wasn't it? - TB - 9/6/2014 3:54:25 AM
        
        Like I said, TB... - ER - 9/6/2014 4:05:35 AM
    - Congratulations. I knew you could do it.. - bowser - 9/5/2014 1:13:52 AM
    - Give the man a cigar! - Robert - 9/5/2014 12:36:45 AM
- The silhouette looks like the classic statue of V.I. Lenin. - ER - 9/4/2014 8:27:28 PM
- I think that was flying from some Russian tank headed into the Ukraine. - bowser - 9/4/2014 6:25:55 PM

Somehow I won't miss Joan Rivers. - bowser - 9/6/2014 1:41:34 AM

You can take my Uzi when you dig the bullet out of my cold, dead brain - mcfly - 8/28/2014 3:31:04 AM
- The NRA weighs in - Robert - 8/28/2014 5:00:06 PM
  - You don't have to be anti-gun to despise the NRA. - ER - 8/29/2014 1:12:53 AM
  - http://www.womensoutdoornews.com/2014/08/7-ways-children-can-fun-shooting-range/ - RobVG - 8/28/2014 5:13:51 PM
    - Look at the timestamp on the tweet - Robert - 8/28/2014 8:20:13 PM
      - This illustrates the differences. - RobVG - 8/29/2014 2:51:44 AM
        
        Keep in mind - Robert - 8/30/2014 6:56:10 PM
        
        Anecdote. - RobVG - 8/30/2014 8:35:36 PM
        
        Valid points. n/t - RobVG - 8/30/2014 8:00:33 PM
- Comedy or tragedy . . . ? - DanS - 8/28/2014 2:31:49 PM
  - The NRA has managed to turn it into farce - mcfly - 8/28/2014 9:47:07 PM
    - Ha, ha, ha. (n/t) - DanS - 8/29/2014 11:23:40 AM
- I wonder what percentage of the population plays with guns. - RobVG - 8/28/2014 2:26:24 PM
  - There must be some sane and responsible gun owners out there. - ER - 8/28/2014 6:11:16 PM
- The NRA has options. - bowser - 8/28/2014 7:11:56 AM
  - I can't wait til they respond to this. - ER - 8/28/2014 2:03:16 PM
    - National Recall . . . - DanS - 8/28/2014 2:34:52 PM
- Its a freak accident. - ER - 8/28/2014 4:13:53 AM
  - She simply didn't have the size and coordination to control a semi-automatic whether firing or not. - bowser - 8/28/2014 7:01:51 AM
    - "...the gun did what it was supposed to do." - mcfly - 8/28/2014 10:12:29 AM
      - Statistically speaking - ER - 8/28/2014 1:22:10 PM
  - In high school, in shop class, - podrock - 8/28/2014 4:44:31 AM
- Stupidity. - podrock - 8/28/2014 4:10:44 AM

Who, exactly, is dangerously close to what? - mcfly - 8/29/2014 5:26:58 PM
- The recognized-by-treaty international boundary is 12 nautical miles. - ER - 8/29/2014 7:26:35 PM
  - America has a long history of violating Chinese airspace. - bowser - 8/29/2014 7:53:43 PM

Obama's new war. - ER - 8/22/2014 3:59:20 PM
- When the prez is at play . . . - DanS - 8/25/2014 2:36:58 PM
  - The Desert Legions - ER - 8/25/2014 2:56:05 PM
    - We don't need no stinkin' camouflage... - mcfly - 8/25/2014 5:09:32 PM
- The Promise - bowser - 8/22/2014 5:33:06 PM
  - I had a feeling you would interpret it that way. - ER - 8/22/2014 6:02:41 PM

Nobody does it better - piety, that is. - bowser - 8/17/2014 11:42:28 PM
- This is just Texas politics. - ER - 8/18/2014 12:08:28 PM
  - Spiro Agnew - bowser - 8/20/2014 2:18:29 AM
    - Its a stretch. - ER - 8/20/2014 12:13:18 PM

Suicide Summary - ER - 8/13/2014 6:05:04 PM
- You shouldn't assume you know the state of someone's mental health. n/t - RobVG - 8/14/2014 5:17:43 PM
- Suicides kill the wrong person. - bowser - 8/14/2014 1:02:53 AM
  - My favorite suicide... - ER - 8/14/2014 1:13:41 AM
    - When Robert Burns was captured by the English. - bowser - 8/14/2014 1:33:17 AM
      - Robert Burns was not a rebel nor captured by English - Tony - 8/15/2014 5:33:12 AM
        
        You are right. I've gone a lifetime believing otherwise. - bowser - 8/15/2014 8:59:44 PM
- Our medical ignorance . . . - DanS - 8/13/2014 6:28:10 PM
  - Don't worry about me. - ER - 8/13/2014 8:37:24 PM
    - You look like a 70-year old porn star? - Robert - 8/13/2014 11:24:05 PM
      - With teeth. - bowser - 8/14/2014 1:33:54 AM
      - Eat your heart out. - ER - 8/14/2014 1:10:45 AM

US actor Robin Williams found dead at home - bowser - 8/12/2014 1:05:03 AM
- What a loser. - RobVG - 8/13/2014 12:38:06 AM
  - You're better than that. - Tony - 8/15/2014 5:34:23 AM
  - Without being in his skin, you can't know - mcfly - 8/13/2014 1:00:31 PM
  - Genius, Suicide and Mental Illness . . . - DanS - 8/13/2014 12:23:05 PM
  - n/t - ER - 8/13/2014 1:59:10 AM
    - "When the gods gift you - - - " - bowser - 8/13/2014 3:44:33 AM
    - Deadly Stigma: Robin Williams' Suicide Exposes Silent Epidemic - bowser - 8/13/2014 3:37:56 AM
      - The suicide rate appears to be especially high among veterans. - ER - 8/13/2014 3:43:15 AM
- Amen to that, as they say - mcfly - 8/12/2014 3:37:39 PM
  - What may not be generally understood. - bowser - 8/12/2014 11:46:29 PM
- I never could understand his humor. - ER - 8/12/2014 3:28:30 AM
- Say hi to Orson, Robin... - podrock - 8/12/2014 2:06:49 AM
  - from this mornings ride: - podrock - 8/13/2014 12:34:25 AM
    - Wonderful. Thanks. - bowser - 8/13/2014 12:56:41 AM
  - Nanu-nanu. (n/t) - DanS - 8/12/2014 12:48:27 PM
    - My Orkish is rather rusty ;) - podrock - 8/13/2014 6:38:46 AM

"When I see a young lady cry because of fear of this uniform then that is a problem." - podrock - 8/15/2014 4:19:38 AM

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