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Coming up on the screen - "More see class conflict between rich and poor" - bowser - 1/11/2012 8:06:57 PM
- News flash: - TB - 1/12/2012 1:04:41 AM
  - Re: News flash: - bowser - 1/12/2012 6:58:04 AM
    - Re: News flash: - TB - 1/12/2012 5:51:53 PM
      - Re: News flash: - bowser - 1/12/2012 5:57:49 PM
    - Re: News flash: - ER - 1/12/2012 3:37:53 PM
      - Re: News flash: - Tony - 1/12/2012 4:18:54 PM

California government continues demolition of business - TB - 1/12/2012 5:37:52 AM
- Re: California government continues demolition of business - bowser - 1/12/2012 7:37:41 AM
  - Re: California government continues demolition of business - bowser - 1/12/2012 7:40:24 AM
    - Re: California government continues demolition of business - ER - 1/12/2012 3:15:21 PM

I wanna see Mitt's birth certificate! - ER - 1/12/2012 6:03:40 AM

More journalistic excellence from CNN - TB - 1/12/2012 5:21:27 AM

Rumble on the Right or 'The Bain Mutiny' - ER - 1/12/2012 4:18:24 AM

White House Chief Of Staff Daley Resigns - Jody - 1/10/2012 5:16:27 AM
- Another article on Daley: - TB - 1/11/2012 6:05:03 PM
- Re: White House Chief Of Staff Daley Resigns - ER - 1/10/2012 3:00:40 PM
  - Really? That's what you've rewritten history into now? - TB - 1/10/2012 6:27:16 PM
    - Re: Really? That's what you've rewritten history into now? - ER - 1/10/2012 7:00:10 PM
      - ER, I don't need "historians" in this case. I watched it happen. - TB - 1/10/2012 7:41:58 PM
        
        Re: ER, I don't need "historians" in this case. I watched it happen. - ER - 1/10/2012 10:12:21 PM
        
        Your stock just dropped - RobVG - 1/11/2012 1:32:57 AM
        
        Re: Your stock just dropped - ER - 1/11/2012 2:09:02 AM
        
        I'll give you that one - RobVG - 1/11/2012 3:30:50 AM
        
        Re: I'll give you that one - ER - 1/11/2012 4:21:41 AM
        
        Re: I'll give you that one - Jody - 1/11/2012 8:11:34 PM
- Re: White House Chief Of Staff Daley Resigns - bowser - 1/10/2012 8:44:09 AM
  - Re: White House Chief Of Staff Daley Resigns - Jody - 1/10/2012 4:20:18 PM
- Re: White House Chief Of Staff Daley Resigns - Jody - 1/10/2012 5:25:28 AM

Don't everybody start posting at once...n/t (n/t) - RobVG - 4/25/2011 3:55:15 AM
- Re: Don't everybody start posting at once...n/t - visitor - 1/11/2012 5:10:01 AM
- Re: Don't everybody start posting at once...n/t - Jody - 4/25/2011 7:07:54 PM

"How Art History Majors Power the U.S. Economy" - TB - 1/7/2012 6:21:03 AM
- Another article on college and the economy, - TB - 1/10/2012 8:25:19 PM
- Re: "How Art History Majors Power the U.S. Economy" - bowser - 1/7/2012 5:03:55 PM
- An excellent analysis, - ER - 1/7/2012 1:42:30 PM
  - "College taught me to think, how to learn..." - TB - 1/7/2012 5:28:31 PM
    - Re: "College taught me to think, how to learn..." - bowser - 1/7/2012 7:01:06 PM
      - Now that you've got this evil world all figured out... - RobVG - 1/7/2012 10:32:49 PM
        
        Re: Now that you've got this evil world all figured out... - bowser - 1/8/2012 6:12:08 AM
        
        Re: Now that you've got this evil world all figured out... - RobVG - 1/8/2012 6:48:11 AM
    - One of my bosses told me the same thing your Dad told you. - ER - 1/7/2012 6:44:03 PM
      - In places I've worked, an Honorable Discharge looked pretty good on a resume, particularly in aerospace. - TB - 1/7/2012 7:21:54 PM
        
        Re: In places I've worked, an Honorable Discharge looked pretty good on a resume, particularly in aerospace. - ER - 1/7/2012 8:26:11 PM
        
        To be fair, there are skills that outlive their usefulness over time as technology changes. - TB - 1/7/2012 8:43:31 PM
        
        Re: To be fair, there are skills that outlive their usefulness over time as technology changes. - ER - 1/7/2012 9:58:27 PM

Friendly Fire - ER - 1/9/2012 4:40:31 PM
- Re: Friendly Fire - TB - 1/9/2012 4:46:32 PM
  - Re: Friendly Fire - ER - 1/9/2012 5:20:11 PM
    - MSNBC decides what will be "news" and what won't. They don't have to be the source. - TB - 1/9/2012 5:39:42 PM
      - Re: MSNBC decides what will be "news" and what won't. They don't have to be the source. - ER - 1/9/2012 7:13:11 PM

Obama's military plan - TB - 1/8/2012 2:53:33 AM
- Re: Obama's military plan - bowser - 1/8/2012 6:26:26 AM

The Tea Party wins in Iowa. - bowser - 1/4/2012 9:29:54 AM
- Care to elaborate? - RobVG - 1/4/2012 5:50:44 PM
  - Re: Care to elaborate? - bowser - 1/4/2012 9:58:05 PM
    - Re: Care to elaborate? - TB - 1/5/2012 12:59:00 AM
      - Re: Care to elaborate? - RobVG - 1/5/2012 1:53:56 AM

Taliban Willing to Talk - RobVG - 1/4/2012 6:36:47 AM

Acts of war by the US: alloting $400 million to destabilize Iran, flying drones over Iran, killing Iranian scientists in and out of Iran. US threatens Iran over closure of the Strait. - bowser - 12/30/2011 11:10:53 AM
- Re: Acts of war by the US: alloting $400 million to destabilize Iran, flying drones over Iran, killing Iranian scientists in and out of Iran. US threatens Iran over closure of the Strait. - ER - 12/30/2011 1:14:52 PM
  - Re: Acts of war by the US: alloting $400 million to destabilize Iran, flying drones over Iran, killing Iranian scientists in and out of Iran. US threatens Iran over closure of the Strait. - bowser - 12/30/2011 4:03:04 PM
    - Re: Acts of war by the US: alloting $400 million to destabilize Iran, flying drones over Iran, killing Iranian scientists in and out of Iran. US threatens Iran over closure of the Strait. - ER - 12/30/2011 4:33:44 PM
      - Re: Acts of war by the US: alloting $400 million to destabilize Iran, flying drones over Iran, killing Iranian scientists in and out of Iran. US threatens Iran over closure of the Strait. - bowser - 12/30/2011 5:23:14 PM
        
        Who benefits? - ER - 1/3/2012 1:55:43 AM
        
        It also includes something like 3/4 of the oil imported to Japan. Other allies as well. - TB - 1/3/2012 5:09:01 AM
        
        It sure would be nice to see a couple of Japanese and Euro tin cans out there. (n/t) - ER - 1/3/2012 3:39:08 PM
        
        Japan seems to be doing its part, at least locally. - TB - 1/3/2012 6:50:43 PM
        
        Re: Who benefits? - bowser - 1/3/2012 4:39:31 AM

"Liu Xiaobo’s Plea for the Human Spirit" - TB - 1/2/2012 6:11:43 PM

Santorum surging in Iowa - BuckGalaxy - 12/29/2011 6:03:23 PM
- ...and down the Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico. - Robert - 12/29/2011 9:34:47 PM
- Re: Santorum surging in Iowa - ER - 12/29/2011 8:23:29 PM
  - Re: Santorum surging in Iowa - bowser - 12/30/2011 11:16:05 AM
    - Re: Santorum surging in Iowa - ER - 12/30/2011 2:40:48 PM
      - Did you read my "A bit more crony capitalism" comment in the ethanol thread below? - TB - 12/30/2011 5:44:41 PM
        
        Re: Did you read my "A bit more crony capitalism" comment in the ethanol thread below? - ER - 12/30/2011 8:55:59 PM
  - Do you have any idea how many times I've heard this kind of lament during economic downturns? - TB - 12/30/2011 12:54:08 AM
    - Re: Do you have any idea how many times I've heard this kind of lament during economic downturns? - bowser - 12/30/2011 6:35:50 AM
      - Re: Do you have any idea how many times I've heard this kind of lament during economic downturns? - TB - 12/30/2011 6:45:17 AM
    - Night Thoughts of a Baffled Humanist - ER - 12/30/2011 1:28:32 AM
      - Re: Night Thoughts of a Baffled Humanist - TB - 12/30/2011 1:49:17 AM
        
        It's a meditation on the seductiveness and limitation of ideology. - ER - 12/30/2011 1:56:59 AM
        
        Re: It's a meditation on the seductiveness and limitation of ideology. - TB - 12/30/2011 2:01:51 AM
        
        And incidentally: - TB - 12/30/2011 2:19:20 AM
        
        Re: And incidentally: - ER - 12/30/2011 2:43:53 AM

How SF fans made a campus safe for free speech (fixed) - TB - 12/30/2011 12:49:57 AM

Good news on the ethanol front - TB - 12/28/2011 4:12:50 AM
- Re: Good news on the ethanol front - bowser - 12/28/2011 4:40:53 PM
  - Re: Good news on the ethanol front - TB - 12/29/2011 4:41:45 PM
    - Re: Good news on the ethanol front - bowser - 12/29/2011 7:12:54 PM
    - Re: Good news on the ethanol front - TB - 12/29/2011 4:57:21 PM

Debt hits 100 percent of GDP mark - TB - 12/22/2011 7:32:49 PM
- Re: Debt hits 100 percent of GDP mark - BuckGalaxy - 12/27/2011 6:40:24 PM
  - Re: Debt hits 100 percent of GDP mark - TB - 12/27/2011 7:12:42 PM
    - Re: Debt hits 100 percent of GDP mark - BuckGalaxy - 12/28/2011 2:39:31 AM
      - Number One: - TB - 12/28/2011 4:00:28 AM
- Debt six times annual income? Oh, you mean a mortgage. - Robert - 12/23/2011 7:08:55 PM
  - Nice try. - TB - 12/23/2011 8:23:12 PM
    - Heh. - TB - 12/23/2011 8:27:21 PM
      - Re: Heh. - Robert - 12/24/2011 12:54:19 AM
        
        No, things stop being "politics" when the wrong ox is being gored. - TB - 12/24/2011 3:23:33 AM
- Re: Debt hits 100 percent of GDP mark - BuckGalaxy - 12/23/2011 5:47:21 AM
  - Re: Debt hits 100 percent of GDP mark - TB - 12/23/2011 6:18:09 AM
    - Re: Debt hits 100 percent of GDP mark - ER - 12/23/2011 3:33:53 PM
    - Re: Debt hits 100 percent of GDP mark - BuckGalaxy - 12/23/2011 8:35:16 AM
      - The GOP is doing all this? - TB - 12/23/2011 8:35:51 PM
  - Re: Debt hits 100 percent of GDP mark - ER - 12/23/2011 5:54:36 AM
- Obama: - TB - 12/22/2011 8:24:32 PM

Ben Nelson is retiring - TB - 12/27/2011 8:12:41 PM
- Re: Ben Nelson is retiring - BuckGalaxy - 12/28/2011 2:30:52 AM
- Re: Ben Nelson is retiring - bowser - 12/27/2011 8:27:04 PM
  - Re: Ben Nelson is retiring - TB - 12/27/2011 9:04:15 PM
    - Re: Ben Nelson is retiring - bowser - 12/27/2011 10:21:26 PM
      - If someone posts on a subject I don't know about, - TB - 12/27/2011 10:35:55 PM
        
        Re: If someone posts on a subject I don't know about, - bowser - 12/28/2011 2:03:00 AM

N.R.C. approves new nuclear reactor design - TB - 12/23/2011 6:21:55 AM
- I'd like to see around 500-600 of these built in the US. - Lee - 12/27/2011 2:38:38 PM
- Re: N.R.C. approves new nuclear reactor design - bowser - 12/24/2011 3:18:04 AM

"US general in Afghanistan: Troops may stay past 2014" - bowser - 12/21/2011 5:00:52 AM
- We need to leave Afganistan. - Lee - 12/26/2011 11:11:03 PM
- Re: "US general in Afghanistan: Troops may stay past 2014" - ER - 12/21/2011 11:39:02 PM
- Re: "US general in Afghanistan: Troops may stay past 2014" - VelociraptorBlade - 12/21/2011 9:28:10 PM
  - Re: "US general in Afghanistan: Troops may stay past 2014" - bowser - 12/21/2011 9:47:11 PM
    - Re: "US general in Afghanistan: Troops may stay past 2014" - TB - 12/22/2011 1:36:38 AM
  - Re: "US general in Afghanistan: Troops may stay past 2014" - TB - 12/21/2011 9:39:50 PM

There's hope for the republic! - BuckGalaxy - 12/25/2011 7:35:24 PM
- Re: There's hope for the republic! - ER - 12/25/2011 10:31:15 PM
- "Pragmatist:" A Republican who will do whatever the Democrats want. - TB - 12/25/2011 10:27:06 PM
  - Re: "Pragmatist:" A Republican who will do whatever the Democrats want. - bowser - 12/26/2011 1:39:27 AM
    - Re: "Pragmatist:" A Republican who will do whatever the Democrats want. - bowser - 12/26/2011 1:49:59 AM
      - Re: "Pragmatist:" A Republican who will do whatever the Democrats want. - TB - 12/26/2011 2:07:55 AM
        
        Re: "Pragmatist:" A Republican who will do whatever the Democrats want. - bowser - 12/26/2011 3:11:01 AM
- Re: There's hope for the republic! - BuckGalaxy - 12/25/2011 7:40:55 PM
  - Re: There's hope for the republic! - ER - 12/26/2011 1:19:18 AM

CIA has suspended drone strikes in Pakistan on lower level militants - BuckGalaxy - 12/25/2011 7:39:23 PM

The greatest political poster I've ever seen! - bowser - 12/24/2011 4:17:05 PM
- Put on your Putin, - ER - 12/24/2011 4:47:05 PM

Boehner quote for the ages! - BuckGalaxy - 12/23/2011 4:31:53 AM
- Re: Boehner quote for the ages! - ER - 12/23/2011 5:37:44 AM

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