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Drinking game for tonight's Presidential debate - Robert - 10/17/2012 12:29:23 AM
- ...Caught a good buzz from clause 5e... - podrock - 10/17/2012 2:44:56 AM
  - Take a hit off this 9(c)(iv)... - Robert - 10/17/2012 3:08:49 AM
    - I was waiting for one of them to start bitch slappin....;~) - Lindy - 10/17/2012 3:30:29 AM
      - Or both - Robert - 10/17/2012 5:43:37 PM
    - For a moment I thought they were going to come to blows. Wouldn't that be a gas n/t - RobVG - 10/17/2012 3:28:42 AM
      - Two men go into the debate, one man comes out... - Robert - 10/17/2012 5:46:15 PM
      - Re: For a moment I thought they were going to come to blows. Wouldn't that be a gas n/t - Jody - 10/17/2012 3:54:10 AM
      - Honestly.... - Lindy - 10/17/2012 3:34:50 AM
        
        Romney was like a little yappy dog at times. He could have saved some points for the last debate. - RobVG - 10/17/2012 3:42:33 AM
        
        Re: Romney was like a little yappy dog at times. He could have saved some points for the last debate. - Jody - 10/17/2012 3:54:39 AM
- TUSB, lol n/t - RobVG - 10/17/2012 1:22:09 AM
  - I've made up my mind - Robert - 10/17/2012 3:02:43 AM
    - You're killin me.... - RobVG - 10/17/2012 3:29:56 AM
- Re: Drinking game for tonight's Presidential debate - TB - 10/17/2012 12:35:22 AM
  - An umpire calls fouls and can remove players from the game for rule violations. - Robert - 10/17/2012 1:03:07 AM
    - Umpires don't come in with their own bat and try to whack a ball the batter missed. - TB - 10/17/2012 3:30:50 AM
      - Now I know you're on drugs - Robert - 10/17/2012 5:39:36 PM
        
        Now try this one: - TB - 10/17/2012 5:54:02 PM
        
        Focusing on minutiae won't help - Robert - 10/17/2012 6:17:09 PM
        
        "Minutia" - TB - 10/17/2012 8:33:20 PM
        
        And one more piece of "minutia:" - TB - 10/17/2012 8:53:25 PM
    - The fact checkers should have an easy time of it tonight. n/t - RobVG - 10/17/2012 1:21:06 AM
      - Boy howdy for sure - Robert - 10/17/2012 2:07:25 AM

The "undecided" debate - TB - 10/16/2012 12:26:27 AM
- It is pretty ridiculous. - BuckGalaxy - 10/16/2012 5:27:44 PM
  - Or maybe they're not as "undecided" as they say. - TB - 10/16/2012 5:46:51 PM
    - Post debate interview with 8 "undecided" ohio voters on msnbc - BuckGalaxy - 10/17/2012 5:58:58 PM

My feelings about the debate tonight. - Jody - 10/17/2012 3:33:42 AM
- Ah, yes. That was Ronald Reagan, not Mitt Romney. - bowser - 10/17/2012 3:53:32 AM
  - Re: Ah, yes. That was Ronald Reagan, not Mitt Romney. - Jody - 10/17/2012 3:57:16 AM
    - Seriously. 21st century, 2012, Romney. We're still waiting for Conservatives. - bowser - 10/17/2012 3:59:03 AM
      - Re: Seriously. 21st century, 2012, Romney. We're still waiting for Conservatives. - Jody - 10/17/2012 4:25:04 AM

Suicide watch on France - TB - 10/16/2012 4:33:08 PM

Full faith and credit - TB - 10/14/2012 7:25:18 PM

Everyone set for the debate tonight? - RobVG - 10/12/2012 12:36:10 AM
- "Let's leave aside the defense cuts from the sequester, since neither side wants those..." - BuckGalaxy - 10/12/2012 2:56:15 AM
- Yeah. The A's are going to be trying to clinch their series tonight. - TB - 10/12/2012 1:43:30 AM
  - Okay, okay... - TB - 10/12/2012 2:10:18 AM

Foreclosures are falling. - RobVG - 10/12/2012 12:42:14 AM

"There Never was a Protest." - RobVG - 10/11/2012 1:17:42 AM
- Re: "There Never was a Protest." - Jody - 10/11/2012 4:29:20 AM
- Bullshit on the "coverup" nonsense - BuckGalaxy - 10/11/2012 1:29:56 AM
  - Tell me that isn't the talking point the Democrats are pushing. - TB - 10/11/2012 2:02:52 AM
    - Just me pulling something out of no where lol - BuckGalaxy - 10/11/2012 5:52:44 AM
      - And by the way... - TB - 10/11/2012 5:04:12 PM
        
        The Democrats held hearings every time we were attacked? - BuckGalaxy - 10/11/2012 5:25:31 PM
        
        The Democrats didn't get power back until January of 2007. - TB - 10/11/2012 5:36:19 PM
      - Budget cuts - TB - 10/11/2012 4:42:40 PM
        
        Everything we think we know about this is probably wrong. - BuckGalaxy - 10/11/2012 5:27:08 PM
        
        Won't work. - TB - 10/11/2012 5:49:09 PM
        
        Get a grip - BuckGalaxy - 10/11/2012 5:53:59 PM
        
        What about it? - TB - 10/11/2012 6:04:31 PM
        
        Point out a SPECIFIC example where the Democrats held a PUBLIC hearing that blew the cover on a CIA operation - BuckGalaxy - 10/11/2012 6:22:25 PM
    - I see you scooped me, sorry n/t - RobVG - 10/11/2012 3:01:28 AM

The plot thickens as House GOP blows CIA cover - BuckGalaxy - 10/11/2012 5:22:59 PM

Unemployment rate in free fall? - BuckGalaxy - 10/11/2012 6:00:30 AM

Taxmageddon won't hurt much. Promise. - TB - 10/11/2012 3:29:09 AM
- And how do we pay for Bush's wars and tax cuts? - bowser - 10/11/2012 5:09:05 AM

State Department: No, there wasn't any protest at the Libyan embassy, and it wasn't about the video. - TB - 10/10/2012 4:53:48 PM
- Re: State Department: No, there wasn't any protest at the Libyan embassy, and it wasn't about the video. - Jody - 10/11/2012 4:26:08 AM
- I don't know why they lied, but Bush used to blame "the fog of war". - bowser - 10/10/2012 5:16:01 PM

Potemkin nation - TB - 10/11/2012 3:10:18 AM

Black Actress Catches Hell for Supporting Romney - RobVG - 10/10/2012 2:58:53 PM
- She's clearly not "Clueless" anymore! - SDAI-Tech - 10/11/2012 2:15:28 AM
- Black conservatives catch furious hell from the Left all the time. - TB - 10/10/2012 4:44:30 PM
  - You probably haven't noticed. Conservatives catch hell all the time. - bowser - 10/10/2012 5:08:48 PM
    - Sordid thread? Not until you showed up n/t - RobVG - 10/11/2012 12:13:19 AM

Everything that's wrong with humanity against everything that's right... - BuckGalaxy - 10/10/2012 5:50:58 PM
- But she's a proponent of education for women! - SDAI-Tech - 10/10/2012 10:59:01 PM
- This is what happens when a country decides upon war. - bowser - 10/10/2012 6:46:35 PM
  - I understand your point but I agree with TB that the war is not directly related to Taliban repression of women and girls. - BuckGalaxy - 10/11/2012 1:34:53 AM
  - This isn't about war. This is the Taliban philosophy. - TB - 10/10/2012 7:18:38 PM
    - And US drone strikes against schools is American philosophy? - bowser - 10/10/2012 7:34:09 PM
      - We've been over this before in other venues. - TB - 10/10/2012 8:05:50 PM
        
        The US has abandoned any pretense of moral superiority. Tragically, I'll add. - bowser - 10/10/2012 9:23:11 PM
        
        If war is the last option, what's the first one? - TB - 10/10/2012 10:49:49 PM
- Update on her condition: - TB - 10/10/2012 6:45:31 PM
- Re: Everything that's wrong with humanity against everything that's right... - Jody - 10/10/2012 6:11:55 PM

The sad exposure of Lance Armstrong - bowser - 10/10/2012 4:48:21 PM

Predictions - TB - 10/8/2012 5:47:20 PM
- Which year's predictions are depicted on this chart? - alcaray - 10/8/2012 6:56:15 PM
- How do we factor in the precursors? - bowser - 10/8/2012 6:16:13 PM
- Bonus chart - TB - 10/8/2012 5:50:34 PM
  - It takes real balls to brag about this chart. - alcaray - 10/8/2012 7:00:19 PM
    - Agree alcaray...absolutely! - Lindy - 10/9/2012 10:02:15 PM
    - The key word here is "predictions." - TB - 10/8/2012 7:44:54 PM
      - So you want to talk about 10 strands of spaghetti at once. - alcaray - 10/8/2012 10:26:29 PM

Black September, October Surprise - ER - 10/2/2012 6:16:14 PM
- Weird Winter? - podrock - 10/3/2012 2:51:10 AM
  - One winter, or one year, proves nothing. - ER - 10/3/2012 3:02:09 AM
    - As more and more ice melts, it gets to be a really slippery slope. - bowser - 10/3/2012 3:16:48 AM
      - Le Chatellier's Principle. - ER - 10/3/2012 8:04:05 PM
        
        Agree, disagree, and question. - johannes - 10/4/2012 12:40:33 AM
        
        Look up "sputtering". That's how gas is lost from a planet with a lot of gravity like earth. - alcaray - 10/5/2012 8:53:06 PM
        
        Sounds about right. The question is? - johannes - 10/9/2012 12:04:17 AM
        
        The energy for sputtering comes from the solar wind, not from ambient atmospheric temperature. - alcaray - 10/9/2012 2:00:58 AM
        
        Look up "Jeans Escape." - TB - 10/9/2012 12:16:09 AM
        
        Thank you, found it. - johannes - 10/9/2012 3:18:48 AM
- Sorry, Charlie. End times prophecy says nothing about ice melting. - bowser - 10/3/2012 1:10:55 AM
  - Depends who you worship. Fimbulwinter precedes Ragnarok. - alcaray - 10/3/2012 3:11:16 AM
    - Pagan! - bowser - 10/6/2012 3:23:03 PM
    - (My childhood spent with Marvel comics was not wasted!) - alcaray - 10/3/2012 5:07:45 AM
    - Darkness - ER - 10/3/2012 3:31:39 AM

Can we get this guy out of the House Science Committee please? - alcaray - 10/6/2012 5:55:14 PM
- Tell ya what... - TB - 10/6/2012 6:44:17 PM
  - Schools of thought - BuckGalaxy - 10/7/2012 5:03:13 PM
    - I have seen which "schools of thought" have demolished nations and killed millions of people. - TB - 10/7/2012 7:04:09 PM
      - And I have seen - BuckGalaxy - 10/8/2012 12:42:17 AM
        
        Socialism and communism have the same definitions they've always had. - TB - 10/8/2012 2:04:02 AM
        
        WTH kind of graph is "pages of regulations"? - BuckGalaxy - 10/8/2012 3:41:12 AM
        
        I am well aware that there is no level of state control that a good Democrat would consider excessive. - TB - 10/8/2012 3:52:51 AM
        
        Remember the protests against Bush and Cheney? - bowser - 10/9/2012 12:11:57 AM
        
        Remember how you blanked out... - TB - 10/9/2012 12:41:40 AM
        
        Specifically: as few regulations as possible to accomplish good government. - alcaray - 10/8/2012 4:41:23 AM
        
        Re: Specifically: as few regulations as possible to accomplish good government. - TB - 10/8/2012 3:59:49 PM
        
        You understand what congress was invented to do, right? - alcaray - 10/8/2012 5:11:21 PM
        
        ditto - BuckGalaxy - 10/8/2012 6:01:54 AM
  - Because the Conservative Caucus has prove to be so adept at steering the economy? - alcaray - 10/6/2012 8:16:08 PM
    - Um...who's been steering the economy again? - TB - 10/7/2012 12:19:45 AM
      - http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/25/news/economy/depression_comparisons/ - alcaray - 10/7/2012 12:41:21 AM
        
        Re: http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/25/news/economy/depression_comparisons/ - TB - 10/7/2012 12:52:51 AM
        
        I referred to the conservatives record of steering the economy. - alcaray - 10/7/2012 3:36:46 AM
        
        March, 2009 is not the steering record people will be voting on. - TB - 10/7/2012 3:59:38 AM
        
        You only get to change the subject once per thread, I just decided. - alcaray - 10/7/2012 5:49:26 AM
        
        Re: You only get to change the subject once per thread, I just decided. - Jody - 10/7/2012 4:26:42 PM
  - So you can justify that guy? Using the "well, you're worse" excuse. Tell ya what - - - - bowser - 10/6/2012 7:48:22 PM
    - The Progressive Caucus quite accurately labels themselves. - TB - 10/7/2012 12:27:37 AM

Election night in Venezuela - TB - 10/8/2012 2:35:41 AM
- Re: Election night in Venezuela - Jody - 10/8/2012 4:12:48 PM

George Gilder - TB - 10/5/2012 5:11:07 PM
- Rome under Diocletian - SDAI-Tech - 10/6/2012 2:37:54 AM
- Re: George Gilder - Jody - 10/5/2012 5:59:53 PM
  - You might want to read it twice - Robert - 10/5/2012 7:54:20 PM
    - The problem... - TB - 10/6/2012 4:16:49 AM
    - Re: You might want to read it twice - Jody - 10/6/2012 12:00:46 AM
      - Beside the point - Robert - 10/6/2012 12:55:38 AM
        
        No. That is precisely the point. - TB - 10/6/2012 4:27:44 AM
        
        Aristocracies are good! - SDAI-Tech - 10/6/2012 3:10:41 AM
        
        Re: Beside the point - Jody - 10/6/2012 1:28:28 AM
        
        Re: Beside the point - Jody - 10/6/2012 2:26:25 AM
        
        Maybe you should cut back on the caffeine - Robert - 10/7/2012 1:21:25 AM
        
        Re: Maybe you should cut back on the caffeine - Jody - 10/7/2012 2:21:56 AM
        
        I'm thinking none of them are. - TB - 10/7/2012 3:58:20 AM
        
        Re: I'm thinking none of them are. - Jody - 10/7/2012 4:07:24 AM
        
        I blame myself. - SDAI-Tech - 10/7/2012 9:04:48 AM
        
        You guys are so cute. - alcaray - 10/8/2012 12:48:41 AM
    - Narcissism and paranoia. - ER - 10/5/2012 8:43:03 PM
      - You don't have to be smart to steal things. - TB - 10/6/2012 4:33:52 AM
        
        Then you haven't watched "Worlds Dumbest..."? - alcaray - 10/6/2012 5:18:50 PM
      - Re: Narcissism and paranoia. - Jody - 10/6/2012 12:02:10 AM
        
        I was just warming up. - ER - 10/6/2012 12:11:26 AM
        
        Cool - RobVG - 10/6/2012 3:29:48 PM
        
        Re: Cool - Jody - 10/6/2012 4:02:49 PM
        
        Re: I was just warming up. - Jody - 10/6/2012 1:01:25 AM
    - "The reign of kings is from Me, says Eternal Wisdom; and from this we may conclude that not only the rights of royalty are established by His laws, but also the choice of individual [to occupy the th… - alcaray - 10/5/2012 8:09:30 PM
      - Try to think outside the "king" box. - TB - 10/6/2012 4:38:38 AM

RNC cancels all registration in swing states - BuckGalaxy - 10/2/2012 1:51:17 AM
- Video breaks it down - BuckGalaxy - 10/2/2012 2:26:51 PM
  - Good video. Whatever happened to this story? - alcaray - 10/6/2012 8:42:09 PM

Did anybody see any of Romney's basket of "Zingers". - RobVG - 10/4/2012 2:35:46 AM
- The right wing has given Romney a pass to abandon everything he said in the primaries and pivot to the center - BuckGalaxy - 10/4/2012 11:58:32 PM
  - How does a wingnut survive the cognitive dissonance between Romney's words last night and his stated positions during his 5 year presidential campaign? - BuckGalaxy - 10/5/2012 12:06:43 AM
- He didn't need many of them. - SDAI-Tech - 10/4/2012 5:19:27 AM
  - I think Obama will do better in the next debate. - RobVG - 10/4/2012 3:47:53 PM
    - History tends to show... - SDAI-Tech - 10/4/2012 4:54:21 PM
    - Re: I think Obama will do better in the next debate. - Jody - 10/4/2012 4:39:20 PM
  - Re: He didn't need many of them. - Jody - 10/4/2012 9:30:01 AM

Romney and Obama did well. - bowser - 10/4/2012 6:26:06 AM

Obama administration tries to block sequester layoff notices - TB - 9/29/2012 6:02:36 PM
- Success in administration suppression of legally-required layoff notices: - TB - 10/2/2012 4:11:04 PM
  - Begin impeachment proceedings immediately. - BuckGalaxy - 10/3/2012 6:03:07 AM
    - Really? - TB - 10/3/2012 4:30:02 PM
- And we all know that Obama dictates the laws right? - BuckGalaxy - 9/29/2012 7:37:52 PM
  - Obama owned the government for two years. - TB - 9/29/2012 8:55:03 PM
    - Come up with arguments that haven't already been debunked - BuckGalaxy - 9/30/2012 6:00:26 PM
      - Re: Come up with arguments that haven't already been debunked - TB - 9/30/2012 6:10:44 PM
    - I keep destroying this gambit of yours... - alcaray - 9/29/2012 9:10:19 PM
      - Filibusters - TB - 9/29/2012 10:37:51 PM
        
        cloture <> filibuster - alcaray - 9/30/2012 12:07:01 AM
        
        Look, you're lost in the weeds and I don't have the patience for this. - TB - 9/30/2012 3:59:39 AM
        
        Filibusters that you can't win cloture on don't often get clotured (unless you want to make a point about who is blocking what). - alcaray - 9/30/2012 9:05:56 PM
        
        Sigh. - TB - 9/30/2012 9:36:51 PM
        
        Ah that's right. - alcaray - 9/30/2012 9:47:33 PM
      - He forgets. 42 Senators signed a pledge to block Obama's every move except tax cuts for the wealthy. - bowser - 9/29/2012 9:53:09 PM
        
        He doesn't forget. He pretends that things were otherwise. - alcaray - 9/29/2012 10:19:20 PM
        
        No. I know things are otherwise. There's a difference. - TB - 9/29/2012 11:04:31 PM
        
        Anything about it being a craven lie that "Obama owned the government for two years"? - alcaray - 9/29/2012 11:58:50 PM
- It is not certain that sequestration will happen. - alcaray - 9/29/2012 7:07:11 PM

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