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Gun crime trends - TB - 5/7/2013 10:36:49 PM
- And? The DOJ is not a good source for these things. - bowser - 5/8/2013 10:13:24 PM
- How do you explain the trend? - alcaray - 5/7/2013 11:02:45 PM
  - All crimes are trending down, and especially violent crimes. - ER - 5/7/2013 11:47:47 PM
    - Lead Begets Lead? - podrock - 5/8/2013 12:12:29 AM
      - If you look at the second chart in my comment below, the theory kind of breaks down. - TB - 5/8/2013 12:19:27 AM
        
        Perhaps the answer is staring us in the face. - ER - 5/8/2013 12:42:25 AM
        
        It's not like they just started jailing people in 1990. - TB - 5/8/2013 1:59:50 AM
        
        Actually, they pretty much DID start jailing people in 1990. - ER - 5/8/2013 1:05:04 PM
    - Then again, maybe declining church membership has something to do with it. - ER - 5/8/2013 12:03:50 AM
  - Good question. - TB - 5/7/2013 11:42:44 PM

The below raises an interesting issue. - bowser - 5/5/2013 11:17:42 PM
- No point in looking for consistency in matters of religion or politics. - ER - 5/5/2013 11:47:58 PM

Someone please clarify this for me... - ER - 5/3/2013 1:40:04 AM
- "Natural born citizen" - bowser - 5/3/2013 8:09:56 PM
- The law: - TB - 5/3/2013 3:15:31 AM
  - I guess that settles that-- - ER - 5/3/2013 3:29:23 AM
    - In spite of the baldarah.. - FrankC - 5/3/2013 7:52:34 PM
      - Flexible biography - TB - 5/3/2013 9:17:07 PM
        
        PS - ER - 5/3/2013 9:44:28 PM
        
        Of course. - TB - 5/3/2013 9:54:49 PM
        
        Politics attracts the wrong kind of people. - ER - 5/3/2013 10:31:24 PM
        
        The hysteria was all on your side. - ER - 5/3/2013 9:35:01 PM
      - So are you saying the the baldarah was all Obama's fault? - ER - 5/3/2013 8:18:08 PM
        
        No that is not what I am saying - FrankC - 5/3/2013 11:26:16 PM

I can't finish watching this... - Jody - 5/3/2013 2:10:17 AM
- Just waiting to happen. - ER - 5/3/2013 4:27:23 AM
- I'd do her. n/t - RobVG - 5/3/2013 2:48:13 AM
  - Re: I'd do her. n/t - Jody - 5/3/2013 4:06:22 AM
  - Algren's Third Law: - TB - 5/3/2013 3:22:26 AM
    - Algren's Fourth Law - ER - 5/3/2013 3:25:28 AM
      - Re: Algren's Fourth Law - TB - 5/3/2013 3:45:02 AM
        
        I have no idea. I just made up the 4th law. - ER - 5/3/2013 4:24:59 AM
        
        Answer - TB - 5/3/2013 2:23:49 PM
        
        I'm afraid to ask. - ER - 5/3/2013 8:47:16 PM
        
        Re: Algren's Fourth Law - Jody - 5/3/2013 4:05:51 AM

Bloomberg denied a second piece of pizza. - RobVG - 5/3/2013 3:02:10 AM
- I actually believed that story was on the level... - ER - 5/3/2013 5:08:56 AM
  - Re: I actually believed that story was on the level... - Jody - 5/3/2013 5:02:05 PM
- Re: Bloomberg denied a second piece of pizza. - Jody - 5/3/2013 3:49:06 AM

May Day riots in Seattle now. n/t (n/t) - RobVG - 5/2/2013 3:33:08 AM
- Re: May Day riots in Seattle now. n/t - TB - 5/2/2013 4:41:25 PM

Empty nets in Louisiana three years after the spill - mcfly - 5/1/2013 5:48:15 PM
- Maybe its not just the oil spill... - ER - 5/1/2013 6:05:08 PM
  - also... - podrock - 5/1/2013 8:35:11 PM
    - "These solutions are relatively simple to implement and would significantly reduce the input of nitrogen and phosphorus to the Gulf of Mexico." - ER - 5/1/2013 11:06:39 PM
      - From National Geographic - podrock - 5/1/2013 11:43:27 PM
        
        I'm not disagreeing with you. - ER - 5/2/2013 12:26:53 AM
        
        Didn't think you were; and, I agree. - podrock - 5/2/2013 12:32:49 AM

Voter apathy phase change. - ER - 5/1/2013 7:42:44 PM

The Economic Argument is Over--- - ER - 4/27/2013 12:37:42 AM
- It's amazing that everyone is Ignoring Monetary Policy. - RobVG - 4/28/2013 4:27:08 PM
  - Banks have always loaned out more money than they had on hand. - ER - 4/28/2013 5:23:12 PM
- Follow-up - ER - 4/28/2013 1:32:52 AM
- Re: The Economic Argument is Over--- - Jody - 4/27/2013 3:45:50 AM
  - Completely unrelated story... - TB - 4/27/2013 5:44:52 AM
    - Just a change in the way things are calculated. - alcaray - 4/27/2013 7:38:58 AM
- "The only question now is whether the folks who have been arguing that we have no choice but to cut government spending while the economy is still weak will be big enough to admit that." - alcaray - 4/27/2013 2:57:42 AM
  - I never supported the cuts. They made as much sense as overhauling the health care system while we were in the depths of the recession. n/t - RobVG - 4/29/2013 2:18:27 PM
    - It makes way more sense than that. - BuckGalaxy - 5/1/2013 2:51:19 AM
      - And it makes even more sense than that... - ER - 5/1/2013 7:04:18 PM
  - That would be a first. - bowser - 4/29/2013 1:26:39 PM

Free open courses... - Jody - 4/29/2013 6:48:39 PM
- And even more... - mcfly - 5/1/2013 5:16:02 PM
- This is a great link Jody... - FrankC - 4/30/2013 10:17:12 PM

Gitmo A 'No Man's Land,' Situation Is 'Going To Get Worse' - BuckGalaxy - 5/1/2013 2:56:32 AM
- NIMBY - ER - 5/1/2013 3:50:17 AM

Well, I guess I was mistaken. - ER - 4/19/2013 6:41:51 PM
- And more coming. - bowser - 4/25/2013 10:05:18 PM
  - Yo, Bowz.... - ER - 4/26/2013 2:43:29 AM
    - Not at all. Not even close. - bowser - 4/26/2013 10:41:20 AM
      - There is a difference between criminal behavior and national policy. - ER - 4/26/2013 12:07:42 PM
        
        Unresponsive, irrelevant and untrue. - bowser - 4/26/2013 1:33:20 PM
        
        Since when has any nation's national policy been guided by morality? - ER - 4/26/2013 2:33:25 PM
        
        We have both learned something over the years. - bowser - 4/26/2013 4:58:59 PM
        
        You act as if this were all something new. - ER - 4/26/2013 9:26:37 PM
  - Precisely what standards do you hold this country to? n/t - RobVG - 4/26/2013 1:14:10 AM
    - Well, help me understand. - bowser - 4/26/2013 10:52:07 AM
      - Re: Well, help me understand. - RobVG - 4/27/2013 6:26:59 PM
        
        My only complaint. - bowser - 4/27/2013 11:45:45 PM
- Re: Well, I guess I was mistaken. - Jody - 4/20/2013 4:00:34 PM
  - The goal is criminalizing certain political beliefs. - TB - 4/21/2013 3:07:42 AM
    - An amazing lack of self awareness - Tony - 4/23/2013 5:00:39 PM
      - It does kind of make a difference if they're actually criminals. - TB - 4/23/2013 5:10:00 PM
    - Zeus did not give us a brain so we could spin. - ER - 4/21/2013 4:31:17 AM
      - Some points - TB - 4/21/2013 7:44:17 PM
        
        It's pointless talking to you. - ER - 4/21/2013 8:50:03 PM
        
        "Moving the goalposts" - TB - 4/22/2013 4:08:24 PM
        
        So what is the REAL problem, Bucko? - ER - 4/22/2013 6:07:50 PM
        
        You did it again. - TB - 4/22/2013 7:43:56 PM
        
        I'm getting me a Hollywood toilet next week. - ER - 4/22/2013 8:23:07 PM
        
        I see. - TB - 4/22/2013 9:03:02 PM
        
        "Ridicule is the only weapon which can be used against unintelligible propositions." - Jefferson - ER - 4/22/2013 9:36:26 PM
        
        Dunt! - TB - 4/22/2013 10:04:05 PM
        
        Dunt tread on me. - ER - 4/22/2013 10:14:04 PM
        
        Re: Dunt tread on me. - TB - 4/22/2013 10:28:11 PM
  - The fact that the nation is threatened by terror is obvious. - ER - 4/20/2013 4:56:15 PM
- My usually defaults in these cases: male, young, religious, caucasian - podrock - 4/19/2013 10:00:47 PM
  - They come from the area of the Caucasus Mountains. They actually are Caucasian! - ER - 4/19/2013 10:29:58 PM
- Well said. - TB - 4/19/2013 9:37:17 PM
  - You "might want to consider" the Waco massacre on 4-19-93 and the Oklahoma City bombing on 4-19-95. n/t - RobVG - 4/19/2013 11:47:18 PM
    - The first step in fixing a problem... - TB - 4/20/2013 2:22:46 PM
      - I get your point. - RobVG - 4/20/2013 3:30:24 PM
        
        Rob, - TB - 4/21/2013 2:41:30 AM
        
        Thanks for that. n/t - RobVG - 4/24/2013 2:28:01 AM
        
        No. - TB - 4/20/2013 3:40:01 PM
        
        Your own little world. n/t - alcaray - 4/20/2013 6:47:39 PM
        
        And as far as I can tell, - ER - 4/20/2013 7:15:08 PM
        
        So Mcveigh's all the Left's got, eh? - ER - 4/20/2013 4:39:13 PM
      - The easist way to screw up a solution... - ER - 4/20/2013 2:38:12 PM

Could someone explain the "enemy combatant" angle to me? - Tony - 4/23/2013 5:03:41 PM
- The Conservatives are afraid that if the terrorist gets a fair civil trial he may be acquitted. - ER - 4/23/2013 5:29:39 PM
  - Governments are afraid of acquittal... - FrankC - 4/23/2013 9:08:29 PM
    - You have a point. - ER - 4/23/2013 9:41:05 PM
      - on the plus side - Tony - 4/23/2013 11:11:48 PM
        
        They don't have any oil. n/t - ER - 4/23/2013 11:32:22 PM
- Some background - TB - 4/23/2013 5:17:51 PM
  - Thanks for that - Tony - 4/23/2013 11:23:59 PM

Terror plot thwarted in Canada - TB - 4/22/2013 8:32:09 PM
- What's the scary part. Entrapment? I don't have a problem with it in these cases. n/t - RobVG - 4/23/2013 1:27:18 AM
  - The scary part is that there's so many of these plots. - TB - 4/23/2013 3:05:29 AM
  - It proves I'm wrong. - ER - 4/23/2013 1:43:42 AM

Right wing terrorism in the USA - ER - 4/20/2013 4:44:29 PM
- Re: Right wing terrorism in the USA - Jody - 4/20/2013 5:02:26 PM
  - "Everyone has an agenda." - ER - 4/20/2013 5:13:33 PM
    - Re: "Everyone has an agenda." - Jody - 4/20/2013 5:25:08 PM
      - Did you know Anais Nin was part Cuban? - ER - 4/20/2013 5:31:53 PM
        
        Re: Did you know Anais Nin was part Cuban? - Jody - 4/20/2013 5:40:35 PM
        
        "Each friend represents a world..." - ER - 4/20/2013 6:15:58 PM
        
        Reality - TB - 4/21/2013 2:33:33 AM
        
        Our brains are not designed to figure out how the world works. - ER - 4/21/2013 4:48:09 AM
        
        Re: Our brains are not designed to figure out how the world works. - Jody - 4/21/2013 9:01:42 PM
        
        We have 4 tools to help us understand the world. - ER - 4/21/2013 9:53:59 PM
        
        Re: We have 4 tools to help us understand the world. - Jody - 4/21/2013 10:18:57 PM
        
        "Our brains are not designed to figure out how the world works." - TB - 4/21/2013 7:46:01 PM
        
        It certainl does. - ER - 4/21/2013 8:50:56 PM
        
        Re: "Each friend represents a world..." - Jody - 4/20/2013 6:39:33 PM
        
        TB knew Anais in a previous life too. - ER - 4/20/2013 6:49:26 PM
        
        No bankers in my bloodline. - TB - 4/21/2013 2:34:54 AM
        
        We're not talking bloodlines. - ER - 4/21/2013 4:33:22 AM
        
        I think she and I were lovers in a previous life... - ER - 4/20/2013 5:56:15 PM
        
        Re: I think she and I were lovers in a previous life... - Jody - 4/20/2013 6:36:32 PM
        
        Try me. - ER - 4/20/2013 7:19:57 PM
        
        Re: Try me. - Jody - 4/20/2013 9:19:08 PM
        
        Wait, wait...don't tell me... - ER - 4/20/2013 9:34:19 PM
        
        Re: Wait, wait...don't tell me... - Jody - 4/20/2013 10:05:56 PM
        
        Is it this guy? - podrock - 4/20/2013 10:00:11 PM
        
        Re: Is it this guy? - Jody - 4/20/2013 10:05:06 PM
        
        Re: Is it this guy? - Jody - 4/20/2013 10:06:39 PM
        
        Is this what is meant by the 'Jody-o-Christian tradition'? n/t - ER - 4/21/2013 1:26:31 AM
        
        Re: Is this what is meant by the 'Jody-o-Christian tradition'? n/t - Jody - 4/21/2013 2:35:35 AM
        
        I wouldn't worry about it. - ER - 4/21/2013 4:35:14 AM

Gerard O'Neill's "High Frontier" available free on Kindle for limited time - TB - 4/21/2013 3:21:13 AM

The terrorists won this one. - ER - 4/20/2013 1:15:13 AM
- When you think about it... - TB - 4/20/2013 1:30:23 AM
  - I agree. - ER - 4/20/2013 2:21:59 AM
  - And of course it's easier to destroy than to build. - TB - 4/20/2013 1:32:39 AM
    - I think that "war of civilizations" stuff is way exaggerated-- - ER - 4/20/2013 2:12:03 AM
      - As I said, it's not a war of civilizations. - TB - 4/20/2013 3:12:19 AM
        
        After 9/11, I felt the same way. - ER - 4/20/2013 12:22:25 PM

Got him. Wounded, but alive. (n/t) (n/t) - TB - 4/20/2013 1:06:57 AM
- A lucky break... - TB - 4/20/2013 1:38:10 AM

One bombing suspect dead, one being hunted down. - TB - 4/19/2013 1:34:34 PM
- Webcam of police scanner - TB - 4/19/2013 3:21:17 PM
  - Well, crap. - TB - 4/19/2013 11:08:17 PM
    - Location? - TB - 4/19/2013 11:51:24 PM

Tribute to Beantown - ER - 4/19/2013 4:55:10 PM

Suspect arrested? - TB - 4/17/2013 6:13:50 PM
- Re: Suspect arrested? - TB - 4/17/2013 6:52:06 PM

Boston Marathon Bombing - Jody - 4/15/2013 8:36:59 PM
- Why is it? - bowser - 4/16/2013 3:55:07 PM
  - Re: Why is it? - Jody - 4/17/2013 2:13:52 AM
  - I call BS on that, Bowser. - ER - 4/16/2013 4:24:06 PM
    - Re: I call BS on that, Bowser. - Jody - 4/17/2013 2:14:42 AM
  - Only one side in this discussion deliberately plans to target and kill large numbers of innocent civilians. - TB - 4/16/2013 4:18:06 PM
    - Let's talk "Shock and Awe". - bowser - 4/16/2013 4:58:55 PM
- No Mercy - RobVG - 4/16/2013 12:07:33 AM
  - Let's not be hasty, now. - ER - 4/16/2013 1:00:33 AM
    - Very good points. - RobVG - 4/16/2013 1:27:26 AM
      - No need to apologize. - ER - 4/16/2013 1:36:00 AM
        
        Re: No need to apologize. - Jody - 4/16/2013 2:15:25 AM
        
        Don't worry. They'll get these guys, whover they are. - ER - 4/16/2013 3:03:53 AM

Pressure cooker bombs? - TB - 4/16/2013 4:37:46 PM
- A history of pressure cooker bombs - TB - 4/17/2013 1:52:09 AM
- And maybe pressurized gas tanks, such as scuba, welding and liquid gas. - ER - 4/16/2013 6:39:57 PM
- Re: Pressure cooker bombs? - Jody - 4/16/2013 6:27:13 PM
  - A lot of people are thinking that. - ER - 4/16/2013 6:53:37 PM
    - You were the first here to note the domestic angle. - RobVG - 4/17/2013 1:12:58 AM
      - Not really an angle, - ER - 4/17/2013 1:34:39 AM
        
        Re: Not really an angle, - Jody - 4/17/2013 2:10:46 AM

...and now for some really awesome news!... - Jody - 4/16/2013 3:10:44 AM
- But Debbie Downer has to get her two cents worth in. - ER - 4/16/2013 1:46:37 PM
  - Thin membranes clog faster. - bowser - 4/16/2013 5:01:41 PM
  - Not free, but damn close - TB - 4/16/2013 1:59:10 PM
- Good news, I hope it is as real as it sounds - FrankC - 4/16/2013 4:45:44 AM

The PC leash grows even shorter - RobVG - 4/5/2013 2:32:12 PM
- PC persons at that level of sensitivity should be identified and processed - FrankC - 4/5/2013 10:04:26 PM
- You're right. It is getting out of hand--to the point of absurdity. - ER - 4/5/2013 2:52:36 PM

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