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Occupy Wall Street starts to crumble - TB - 11/12/2011 6:09:17 PM
- Re: Occupy Wall Street starts to crumble - Jeff-Wash - 11/18/2011 7:36:42 AM
- Re: Occupy Wall Street starts to crumble - RobVG - 11/18/2011 1:36:37 AM
- Re: Occupy Wall Street starts to crumble - bowser - 11/15/2011 6:42:36 AM
- Re: Occupy Wall Street starts to crumble - bowser - 11/15/2011 3:51:14 AM
  - Re: Occupy Wall Street starts to crumble - Jeff-Wash - 11/18/2011 7:40:55 AM
  - I got yer "peaceful" - TB - 11/15/2011 5:07:13 PM
    - Re: I got yer "peaceful" - bowser - 11/15/2011 5:21:59 PM
- Re: Occupy Wall Street starts to crumble - Eri - 11/13/2011 8:07:22 PM
  - A "teach-in." - TB - 11/14/2011 12:12:38 AM
  - The "European crisis" is the result of a specific set of ideas and policies. - TB - 11/13/2011 11:37:33 PM
    - Re: The "European crisis" is the result of a specific set of ideas and policies. - Eri - 11/13/2011 11:39:38 PM
      - No. - TB - 11/14/2011 12:21:01 AM
        
        Re: No. - Eri - 11/14/2011 4:46:47 PM
        
        When I think about it, - TB - 11/14/2011 6:08:37 PM
        
        Re: When I think about it, - Eri - 11/15/2011 5:01:46 AM
- Re: Occupy Wall Street starts to crumble - bowser - 11/12/2011 8:34:18 PM
  - Re: Occupy Wall Street starts to crumble - TB - 11/12/2011 8:40:41 PM
    - Re: Occupy Wall Street starts to crumble - bowser - 11/13/2011 12:28:36 AM
      - P.S. - TB - 11/13/2011 1:05:25 AM
      - We saw a movement in 2010 that was able to make its point without wrecking themselves or anything else. - TB - 11/13/2011 12:52:50 AM
        
        Re: We saw a movement in 2010 that was able to make its point without wrecking themselves or anything else. - bowser - 11/13/2011 7:50:16 AM
        
        Re: We saw a movement in 2010 that was able to make its point without wrecking themselves or anything else. - TB - 11/13/2011 4:24:25 PM
- Only slightly related... - TB - 11/12/2011 6:44:22 PM

It's good to be the king. - TB - 11/14/2011 1:06:37 AM
- Just being the devils advocate... - FrankC - 11/16/2011 6:18:10 AM
  - Either insider trading is illegal or it isn't. - TB - 11/16/2011 5:20:33 PM
    - Re: Either insider trading is illegal or it isn't. - bowser - 11/17/2011 7:22:35 AM
    - Re: Either insider trading is illegal or it isn't. - FrankC - 11/16/2011 10:59:26 PM
      - Re: Either insider trading is illegal or it isn't. - bowser - 11/17/2011 7:32:32 AM
  - Re: Just being the devils advocate... - Jody - 11/16/2011 2:17:18 PM
    - Re: Just being the devils advocate... - FrankC - 11/17/2011 12:35:16 AM

Just when you thought it couldn't get worse... - BuckGalaxy - 11/15/2011 8:50:48 AM

Why Rick Perry will survive the Presidential debates... - Jody - 11/11/2011 2:36:07 PM
- I hope he doesn't. - Lee - 11/13/2011 10:22:29 PM
  - Re: I hope he doesn't. - Jody - 11/14/2011 12:17:43 AM
- Re: Why Rick Perry will survive the Presidential debates... - BuckGalaxy - 11/12/2011 10:22:47 AM
  - Re: Why Rick Perry will survive the Presidential debates... - Jody - 11/12/2011 5:53:54 PM
    - Re: Why Rick Perry will survive the Presidential debates... - BuckGalaxy - 11/12/2011 11:21:35 PM
      - Re: Why Rick Perry will survive the Presidential debates... - Jody - 11/13/2011 1:11:48 AM
      - Buck's got a point. - TB - 11/13/2011 12:12:08 AM

Hillary fans, take note... - TB - 11/13/2011 1:11:01 AM

Gingrich moving up - RobVG - 11/12/2011 3:26:48 AM
- Re: Gingrich moving up - BuckGalaxy - 11/12/2011 10:27:01 AM
  - Better bring your game this time. - TB - 11/12/2011 5:28:01 PM
    - Re: Better bring your game this time. - BuckGalaxy - 11/12/2011 11:11:55 PM
      - Okay, you got a zinger in there. :) - TB - 11/13/2011 12:09:27 AM

In Remembrance of our Veterans!!! - Jody - 11/12/2011 4:16:11 AM

Ran across this on another site - Eri - 11/12/2011 2:48:11 AM

Remember Veterans Day - TB - 11/11/2011 6:00:23 PM
- Re: Remember Veterans Day - Eri - 11/12/2011 1:29:17 AM

Awww...Rick Perry...It was fun while it lasted... - Jody - 11/10/2011 4:16:05 AM
- Re: Awww...Rick Perry...It was fun while it lasted... - BuckGalaxy - 11/10/2011 7:28:46 AM
- That's it? One verbal fluff ends the campaign? - TB - 11/10/2011 4:20:43 AM
  - Re: That's it? One verbal fluff ends the campaign? - Jody - 11/11/2011 2:06:54 PM
  - Re: That's it? One verbal fluff ends the campaign? - BuckGalaxy - 11/10/2011 7:36:35 AM
  - Re: That's it? One verbal fluff ends the campaign? - BuckGalaxy - 11/10/2011 7:30:08 AM
    - Do the work yourself. - TB - 11/10/2011 4:40:44 PM
      - Re: Do the work yourself. - BuckGalaxy - 11/10/2011 8:03:32 PM
        
        Re: Do the work yourself. - Lee - 11/11/2011 12:20:11 AM
        
        Re: Do the work yourself. - BuckGalaxy - 11/11/2011 12:41:49 PM
        
        Re: Do the work yourself. - Jody - 11/11/2011 1:15:18 AM
        
        Sigh. - TB - 11/10/2011 8:31:28 PM
        
        Re: Sigh. - BuckGalaxy - 11/11/2011 12:42:48 PM
  - Re: That's it? One verbal fluff ends the campaign? - bowser - 11/10/2011 6:07:25 AM
  - Re: That's it? One verbal fluff ends the campaign? - FrankC - 11/10/2011 5:27:04 AM
    - At this point I haven't got a "favorite." - TB - 11/10/2011 4:48:12 PM

Environmental blackmail - TB - 11/10/2011 4:51:23 AM
- Re: Environmental blackmail - bowser - 11/10/2011 7:08:45 PM
  - The point went over your head. - TB - 11/10/2011 7:43:25 PM
    - Re: The point went over your head. - bowser - 11/10/2011 10:29:51 PM
      - Nope. - TB - 11/10/2011 10:30:51 PM
- Re: Environmental blackmail - bowser - 11/10/2011 6:59:40 AM

Gingrich throws a challenge - TB - 11/10/2011 4:25:34 AM
- Gingrich has a financial stake in a debate. - Robert - 11/10/2011 7:40:54 PM
  - Re: Gingrich has a financial stake in a debate. - TB - 11/10/2011 7:53:20 PM
    - Look! Over there! A red herring! - Robert - 11/10/2011 10:12:09 PM
      - And yet, - TB - 11/10/2011 10:20:13 PM
- Re: Gingrich throws a challenge - BuckGalaxy - 11/10/2011 7:49:00 AM
  - Getting a little nervous? - TB - 11/10/2011 4:39:32 PM
    - Re: Getting a little nervous? - BuckGalaxy - 11/10/2011 8:02:53 PM
- Re: Gingrich throws a challenge - bowser - 11/10/2011 6:28:55 AM

And I thought I'd heard it all... - Eri - 11/10/2011 2:08:54 PM
- Re: And I thought I'd heard it all... - Jody - 11/10/2011 4:08:07 PM
  - Re: And I thought I'd heard it all... - Eri - 11/10/2011 7:06:11 PM

Republicans had better wake up! - Eri - 11/9/2011 5:43:16 PM
- Re: Republicans had better wake up! - RobVG - 11/9/2011 6:42:15 PM
  - Re: Republicans had better wake up! - Eri - 11/10/2011 1:35:15 AM
    - I keep telling everybody that the "power" itself is the problem. - TB - 11/10/2011 3:36:39 AM
      - Re: I keep telling everybody that the "power" itself is the problem. - RobVG - 11/10/2011 3:52:29 AM
        
        I proposed a theory once: - TB - 11/10/2011 4:00:48 AM
        
        What about regulation - RobVG - 11/10/2011 4:23:17 AM
        
        Re: What about regulation - TB - 11/10/2011 4:37:56 AM
    - Re: Republicans had better wake up! - RobVG - 11/10/2011 1:57:09 AM
      - Re: Republicans had better wake up! - Eri - 11/10/2011 5:05:58 AM

Portland Occupiers starting to disband. - bowser - 11/7/2011 7:11:44 AM
- Reality check - RobVG - 11/7/2011 4:18:22 PM
  - Re: Reality check - TB - 11/7/2011 10:05:28 PM
  - Skin in the game. - Robert - 11/7/2011 9:07:14 PM

Some animals are more equal than others - TB - 11/6/2011 10:37:31 PM
- Re: Some animals are more equal than others - bowser - 11/7/2011 1:13:41 AM
  - Re: Some animals are more equal than others - TB - 11/7/2011 9:59:26 PM

Oil is infrastructure - RobVG - 11/7/2011 2:04:55 AM
- More - RobVG - 11/7/2011 6:17:32 AM

"- - - they would reject a deficit-reduction plan even if it included $10 in spending cuts for every dollar in new taxes." - bowser - 11/7/2011 3:05:32 AM

Bad news for the Republican Party - Eri - 11/4/2011 2:51:14 PM
- It isn't going to work for the Democrats. - TB - 11/4/2011 5:24:26 PM
  - Re: It isn't going to work for the Democrats. - bowser - 11/4/2011 7:14:23 PM
    - Re: It isn't going to work for the Democrats. - TB - 11/4/2011 10:34:30 PM
      - Re: It isn't going to work for the Democrats. - bowser - 11/5/2011 3:07:03 AM
        
        None of that is true. - TB - 11/5/2011 7:23:53 PM
        
        Re: None of that is true. - bowser - 11/5/2011 9:15:33 PM
        
        Which addresses not one of the specific points I made... - TB - 11/5/2011 11:16:13 PM
        
        Re: Which addresses not one of the specific points I made... - bowser - 11/6/2011 6:05:02 AM
        
        Don't lecture me on how to debate. - TB - 11/6/2011 8:31:07 PM
        
        Re: Which addresses not one of the specific points I made... - TB - 11/6/2011 12:10:23 AM
        
        Re: None of that is true. - Jody - 11/5/2011 9:15:30 PM
        
        Re: None of that is true. - bowser - 11/5/2011 11:13:58 PM
        
        Nice description of the effects of stimulus spending - RobVG - 11/6/2011 9:44:44 PM
        
        Re: None of that is true. - Jody - 11/6/2011 1:44:49 AM
        
        Re: It isn't going to work for the Democrats. - Jody - 11/5/2011 2:56:21 PM
        
        Re: It isn't going to work for the Democrats. - bowser - 11/5/2011 9:13:07 PM
        
        Re: It isn't going to work for the Democrats. - Jody - 11/6/2011 1:55:48 AM
        
        Re: It isn't going to work for the Democrats. - bowser - 11/6/2011 7:45:56 AM
        
        Re: It isn't going to work for the Democrats. - Jody - 11/6/2011 1:55:01 PM
        
        Re: It isn't going to work for the Democrats. - bowser - 11/6/2011 6:27:17 PM
        
        Re: It isn't going to work for the Democrats. - Jody - 11/6/2011 9:36:14 PM
        
        Re: It isn't going to work for the Democrats. - Jody - 11/6/2011 8:46:06 PM
        
        Re: It isn't going to work for the Democrats. - Eri - 11/5/2011 5:42:53 PM
      - Re: It isn't going to work for the Democrats. - bowser - 11/5/2011 12:09:41 AM
        
        Re: It isn't going to work for the Democrats. - TB - 11/5/2011 2:16:30 AM
        
        Re: It isn't going to work for the Democrats. - bowser - 11/5/2011 3:01:48 AM
- Re: Bad news for the Republican Party - RobVG - 11/4/2011 4:32:23 PM
  - Re: Bad news for the Republican Party - Eri - 11/5/2011 1:46:40 AM

Andy Rooney dead at 92 - RobVG - 11/5/2011 9:37:45 PM
- Re: Andy Rooney dead at 92 - bowser - 11/6/2011 4:43:59 PM
  - Re: Andy Rooney dead at 92 - TB - 11/6/2011 8:37:03 PM
- Re: Andy Rooney dead at 92 - Eri - 11/6/2011 10:25:50 AM

Whoa. - TB - 11/2/2011 3:20:40 AM
- Re: Whoa. - bowser - 11/2/2011 5:27:04 AM
  - Re: Whoa. - Jody - 11/2/2011 4:05:12 PM
    - Re: Whoa. - bowser - 11/2/2011 4:52:27 PM
      - Re: Whoa. - Jody - 11/2/2011 5:14:48 PM
        
        Re: Whoa. - TB - 11/2/2011 6:15:24 PM
        
        Re: Whoa. - bowser - 11/2/2011 7:17:52 PM
        
        Re: Whoa. - RobVG - 11/3/2011 2:16:48 AM
        
        Re: Whoa. - bowser - 11/3/2011 6:13:34 AM
        
        Which person would that be? - TB - 11/3/2011 7:02:42 PM
        
        I agree, that was overzealous - RobVG - 11/3/2011 4:56:42 PM
        
        Re: Whoa. - Jody - 11/2/2011 6:48:05 PM
        
        Re: Whoa. - bowser - 11/2/2011 6:07:42 PM
        
        Re: Whoa. - Jody - 11/2/2011 6:47:26 PM
        
        Re: Whoa. - bowser - 11/2/2011 7:14:32 PM
        
        Re: Whoa. - Jody - 11/3/2011 1:29:12 PM
        
        Re: Whoa. - bowser - 11/3/2011 3:58:04 PM
        
        Re: Whoa. - Eri - 11/4/2011 3:24:12 AM
        
        Re: Whoa. - bowser - 11/4/2011 4:23:31 AM
        
        Re: Whoa. - Jody - 11/3/2011 4:54:11 PM
        
        Re: Whoa. - RobVG - 11/3/2011 2:16:18 AM
        
        Re: Whoa. - Jody - 11/2/2011 8:35:25 PM
  - Leaving aside the potential official abuse, it's $230,000 and the size of a suitcase. - TB - 11/2/2011 2:06:07 PM
  - Let me guess - RobVG - 11/2/2011 5:55:12 AM
    - Re: Let me guess - bowser - 11/2/2011 3:25:36 PM
      - This time it's not just a matter of privacy - RobVG - 11/2/2011 4:07:50 PM
        
        Re: This time it's not just a matter of privacy - bowser - 11/2/2011 4:51:17 PM

"US weighs faster Afghan handover" - bowser - 11/4/2011 2:25:47 AM

Judge beats disabled daughter on video. - Jody - 11/3/2011 1:17:58 PM
- Violence really does beget violence. I'd like to - Eri - 11/3/2011 9:47:20 PM

It's getting funner - Eri - 11/2/2011 11:34:26 PM
- Re: It's getting funner - bowser - 11/3/2011 8:08:51 AM

More "occupy" photos - TB - 10/30/2011 8:50:29 PM
- Re: More "occupy" photos - bowser - 11/1/2011 8:25:57 PM
  - The incidents of violence are the result of deliberate and planned provocation. - TB - 11/1/2011 8:48:17 PM
    - Re: The incidents of violence are the result of deliberate and planned provocation. - bowser - 11/2/2011 1:29:52 AM
      - Re: The incidents of violence are the result of deliberate and planned provocation. - TB - 11/2/2011 3:15:56 AM
- Re: More "occupy" photos - bowser - 10/30/2011 10:07:28 PM
  - These are your revolutionary geniuses, not mine. - TB - 10/30/2011 10:53:09 PM
    - Re: These are your revolutionary geniuses, not mine. - bowser - 10/30/2011 11:41:36 PM
      - It's possible the actual point, about people not being able to organize themselves, never mind a nation, escaped you. - TB - 10/31/2011 1:29:00 AM
        
        Re: It's possible the actual point, about people not being able to organize themselves, never mind a nation, escaped you. - Jody - 10/31/2011 1:10:05 PM
        
        Re: It's possible the actual point, about people not being able to organize themselves, never mind a nation, escaped you. - bowser - 10/31/2011 4:40:57 AM
        
        This is not a revolution, rebellion, or even a "movement." - TB - 10/31/2011 8:16:28 PM
        
        Re: This is not a revolution, rebellion, or even a "movement." - bowser - 10/31/2011 10:27:36 PM
        
        Re: This is not a revolution, rebellion, or even a "movement." - TB - 10/31/2011 10:46:25 PM
        
        Re: This is not a revolution, rebellion, or even a "movement." - bowser - 11/1/2011 4:19:23 AM

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