Current Events

News and events, local to international. A place to discuss politics, policy and the state of the world. Discussions may be lively, even heated. Try to avoid being the poster who forces an entire thread to be moved to Flame. Moderators do keep track of such things.

Estonia - TB - 10/22/2011 8:08:27 PM

Trouble in paradise - TB - 10/21/2011 6:05:56 PM
- New "Robin Hood Tax" - RobVG - 10/22/2011 3:51:00 PM
  - My kids used to like the Disney "Robin Hood" movie. - TB - 10/22/2011 4:55:54 PM
- Wealth redistribution, cont. - TB - 10/22/2011 2:57:05 AM

North Korea - TB - 10/21/2011 11:23:32 PM

Some of the 1 % stands with 99% - Eri - 10/21/2011 12:19:46 PM
- Re: Some of the 1 % stands with 99% - Lee - 10/21/2011 8:35:55 PM
  - All this "1 percent" stuff is raw idiocy. - TB - 10/21/2011 10:19:51 PM
- Re: Some of the 1 % stands with 99% - TB - 10/21/2011 2:15:26 PM
  - Re: Some of the 1 % stands with 99% - Eri - 10/21/2011 4:02:45 PM
    - All of them in that article are young people who inherited all their wealth. - TB - 10/21/2011 4:22:38 PM
      - Re: All of them in that article are young people who inherited all their wealth. - Eri - 10/21/2011 5:14:58 PM
        
        I don't play in sand, Eri. I work on granite. - TB - 10/21/2011 5:32:25 PM

Sic Semper Tyrannis - Jeff-Wash - 10/20/2011 4:59:41 PM
- Re: Sic Semper Tyrannis - bowser - 10/21/2011 3:50:36 AM
- Re: Sic Semper Tyrannis - Eri - 10/21/2011 1:38:50 AM
- Re: Sic Semper Tyrannis - TB - 10/20/2011 7:54:34 PM

Cain would benefit greatly from his 9-9-9 plan - Eri - 10/16/2011 12:53:47 PM
- Interesting. - TB - 10/18/2011 9:17:36 PM
- I look at tax laws from a civil rights perspective. - Lee - 10/18/2011 1:09:39 AM
- Re: Cain would benefit greatly from his 9-9-9 plan - TB - 10/16/2011 7:45:39 PM
  - Re: Cain would benefit greatly from his 9-9-9 plan - Eri - 10/17/2011 4:36:46 AM
    - No, you're missing the point. - Lee - 10/17/2011 5:32:16 PM
      - Re: No, you're missing the point. - TB - 10/17/2011 6:11:26 PM
    - You're missing the point. - TB - 10/17/2011 2:40:34 PM
      - Re: You're missing the point. - Eri - 10/17/2011 9:23:39 PM
        
        Re: You're missing the point. - Jeff-Wash - 10/19/2011 7:46:34 PM
        
        Re: You're missing the point. - TB - 10/17/2011 9:29:39 PM
        
        Re: You're missing the point. - Eri - 10/17/2011 11:45:22 PM
- He scares me too Eri - RobVG - 10/16/2011 6:01:35 PM
  - Re: He scares me too Eri - FrankC - 10/16/2011 7:33:45 PM
    - Re: He scares me too Eri - Eri - 10/17/2011 4:40:40 AM
      - Re: He scares me too Eri - TB - 10/17/2011 2:29:46 PM
  - I have my own problems with Cain's specifics. - TB - 10/16/2011 6:14:25 PM
    - Re: I have my own problems with Cain's specifics. - FrankC - 10/16/2011 7:17:40 PM
    - I think 999 was designed to set Cain apart. - RobVG - 10/16/2011 6:47:44 PM
      - Re: I think 999 was designed to set Cain apart. - Eri - 10/17/2011 4:44:29 AM
- Note that his system taxes capital gains, just as normal income. - TB - 10/16/2011 1:41:33 PM
  - Re: Note that his system taxes capital gains, just as normal income. - Eri - 10/16/2011 4:32:56 PM
    - You might be right. I am finding nothing specific on it either way. - TB - 10/16/2011 5:05:18 PM
      - Re: You might be right. I am finding nothing specific on it either way. - Eri - 10/17/2011 4:51:21 AM
      - Re: You might be right. I am finding nothing specific on it either way. - FrankC - 10/16/2011 6:03:36 PM
        
        It's one of many facts. - TB - 10/16/2011 6:06:24 PM
        
        That includes increasing taxes on consumers - RobVG - 10/16/2011 7:44:22 PM
        
        Re: That includes increasing taxes on consumers - Eri - 10/17/2011 4:54:49 AM
        
        Re: That includes increasing taxes on consumers - TB - 10/16/2011 8:07:58 PM
        
        No I don't n/t (n/t) - RobVG - 10/16/2011 9:50:17 PM

Are you smarter than an "occupier?" - TB - 10/18/2011 8:48:56 PM
- Re: Are you smarter than an "occupier?" - Jeff-Wash - 10/19/2011 7:39:03 PM

Far out, man! - TB - 10/18/2011 12:48:07 AM
- Hanging on to the status quo - RobVG - 10/19/2011 4:41:04 PM
- Re: Far out, man! - bowser - 10/18/2011 3:41:54 AM
  - Re: Far out, man! - Eri - 10/18/2011 7:41:06 AM
  - Re: Far out, man! - TB - 10/18/2011 3:54:43 AM
    - Re: Far out, man! - bowser - 10/18/2011 4:25:27 AM
      - Re: Far out, man! - TB - 10/18/2011 3:22:35 PM
      - Re: Far out, man! - RobVG - 10/18/2011 4:59:48 AM
        
        Re: Far out, man! - bowser - 10/18/2011 5:29:01 AM

The succession of the Dalai Lama - TB - 10/18/2011 1:06:30 AM

Military advisors into Uganda - TB - 10/14/2011 8:46:15 PM
- Re: Military advisors into Uganda - ER - 10/15/2011 2:34:23 PM
  - Re: Military advisors into Uganda - TB - 10/15/2011 2:42:22 PM
    - Ah, yes. Can't beat me on the facts. So shoot the messenger. 8) - ER - 10/15/2011 2:44:14 PM
      - "Ah, yes. Can’t beat me on the facts. So shoot the messenger." - TB - 10/15/2011 2:59:43 PM
        
        Re: "Ah, yes. Can’t beat me on the facts. So shoot the messenger." - ER - 10/15/2011 4:27:49 PM
        
        That song lyric is almost fifty years old. - TB - 10/15/2011 5:00:33 PM
        
        Yeah, and it was prophetic, wasn't it? - ER - 10/15/2011 5:54:58 PM
        
        By the way, who the heck do you think "people like me" actually are? - TB - 10/15/2011 6:16:35 PM
        
        Re: By the way, who the heck do you think "people like me" actually are? - ER - 10/15/2011 6:50:50 PM
        
        You didn't pay much. - TB - 10/15/2011 7:12:44 PM
        
        Re: You didn't pay much. - ER - 10/15/2011 7:24:40 PM
        
        I sympathize. - TB - 10/15/2011 7:42:35 PM
        
        Re: I sympathize. - ER - 10/15/2011 8:09:59 PM
        
        Of course it's not your fault. - TB - 10/15/2011 6:58:16 PM
        
        Re: Yeah, and it was prophetic, wasn't it? - TB - 10/15/2011 6:06:10 PM
        
        Re: Yeah, and it was prophetic, wasn't it? - ER - 10/15/2011 6:19:30 PM
        
        P.S. - TB - 10/15/2011 6:17:53 PM
        
        Re: P.S. - ER - 10/15/2011 8:16:26 PM
        
        Re: P.S. - TB - 10/15/2011 9:25:55 PM
        
        Re: P.S. - TB - 10/15/2011 9:28:27 PM
        
        Re: P.S. - ER - 10/15/2011 9:35:03 PM
        
        Re: P.S. - TB - 10/15/2011 9:53:39 PM
- Re: Military advisors into Uganda - ER - 10/14/2011 10:56:09 PM
  - Re: Military advisors into Uganda - FrankC - 10/15/2011 12:27:04 AM
- Re: Military advisors into Uganda - bowser - 10/14/2011 9:06:08 PM
  - Re: Military advisors into Uganda - TB - 10/14/2011 10:44:02 PM
    - Re: Military advisors into Uganda - FrankC - 10/14/2011 10:47:51 PM

Google map of "Occupy" protests - Robert - 10/12/2011 11:24:36 PM
- Re: Google map of "Occupy" protests - TB - 10/14/2011 7:24:20 PM
  - Re: Google map of "Occupy" protests - podrock - 10/15/2011 3:56:44 AM
    - Re: Google map of "Occupy" protests - TB - 10/15/2011 1:25:02 PM
    - Re: Google map of "Occupy" protests - FrankC - 10/15/2011 5:53:56 AM
- Re: Google map of "Occupy" protests - ER - 10/14/2011 1:01:08 AM
  - I wouldn't posit "nothingness" either. - Robert - 10/14/2011 4:13:05 PM
    - Re: I wouldn't posit "nothingness" either. - ER - 10/14/2011 7:01:12 PM
      - Re: I wouldn't posit "nothingness" either. - podrock - 10/15/2011 3:40:21 AM
        
        Re: I wouldn't posit "nothingness" either. - FrankC - 10/15/2011 4:13:38 AM
      - Re: I wouldn't posit "nothingness" either. - TB - 10/14/2011 7:09:50 PM
        
        Re: I wouldn't posit "nothingness" either. - ER - 10/14/2011 7:21:42 PM
        
        Re: I wouldn't posit "nothingness" either. - TB - 10/14/2011 10:06:24 PM
- Re: Google map of "Occupy" protests - bowser - 10/13/2011 7:16:07 AM
  - Nice that the two of you aren't trying to drown the conversation in the bathtub. - Robert - 10/13/2011 6:06:24 PM
    - Re: Nice that the two of you aren't trying to drown the conversation in the bathtub. - ER - 10/14/2011 1:06:15 AM
      - Re: Nice that the two of you aren't trying to drown the conversation in the bathtub. - TB - 10/14/2011 1:46:14 AM
        
        Re: Nice that the two of you aren't trying to drown the conversation in the bathtub. - podrock - 10/14/2011 2:23:02 AM
        
        Re: Nice that the two of you aren't trying to drown the conversation in the bathtub. - TB - 10/14/2011 2:29:20 AM
        
        Re: Nice that the two of you aren't trying to drown the conversation in the bathtub. - podrock - 10/14/2011 2:55:52 AM
        
        Re: Nice that the two of you aren't trying to drown the conversation in the bathtub. - TB - 10/15/2011 7:23:04 PM
    - Re: Nice that the two of you aren't trying to drown the conversation in the bathtub. - bowser - 10/14/2011 12:48:30 AM
      - Ouch: Comparing me to The Conceder? - Robert - 10/14/2011 3:59:20 PM
        
        Re: Ouch: Comparing me to The Conceder? - bowser - 10/14/2011 7:28:19 PM
        
        Re: Ouch: Comparing me to The Conceder? - TB - 10/14/2011 7:41:10 PM
        
        Re: Ouch: Comparing me to The Conceder? - bowser - 10/14/2011 7:53:53 PM
        
        Re: Ouch: Comparing me to The Conceder? - TB - 10/14/2011 8:23:59 PM
        
        Re: Ouch: Comparing me to The Conceder? - bowser - 10/14/2011 9:01:10 PM
        
        Re: Ouch: Comparing me to The Conceder? - TB - 10/14/2011 9:11:00 PM
    - Basically you're talking large scale gerrymandering - TB - 10/13/2011 6:46:30 PM
      - Impressive how you manage to shoehorn the end of America into conventional partisan terms. - Robert - 10/14/2011 4:28:29 PM
        
        Re: Impressive how you manage to shoehorn the end of America into conventional partisan terms. - TB - 10/14/2011 4:46:54 PM
        
        No I didn't. - Robert - 10/14/2011 6:27:00 PM
        
        Sorry, now you're just ducking and weaving. - TB - 10/14/2011 6:46:23 PM
        
        P.S. - TB - 10/14/2011 5:26:23 PM
  - Re: Google map of "Occupy" protests - ER - 10/13/2011 12:56:36 PM
- Okay, let me see if I'm following this right: - TB - 10/13/2011 12:22:47 AM
- Re: Google map of "Occupy" protests - FrankC - 10/12/2011 11:56:41 PM
  - Scale problem - Robert - 10/13/2011 12:15:38 AM
    - Re: Scale problem - TB - 10/13/2011 1:34:01 AM
      - Re: Scale problem - FrankC - 10/13/2011 2:14:32 AM
    - A scale problem...you got that right. - Lee - 10/13/2011 1:02:50 AM

9-9-9 = a bigger piece of your pie - Eri - 10/13/2011 6:42:44 PM
- Re: 9-9-9 = a bigger piece of your pie - bowser - 10/13/2011 8:21:44 PM
  - Re: 9-9-9 = a bigger piece of your pie - TB - 10/13/2011 10:41:50 PM
    - Re: 9-9-9 = a bigger piece of your pie - Eri - 10/14/2011 12:52:22 AM
      - Re: 9-9-9 = a bigger piece of your pie - TB - 10/14/2011 1:39:59 AM
  - Re: 9-9-9 = a bigger piece of your pie - bowser - 10/13/2011 8:23:00 PM
- As for taxes, I have my own issues with Cain's specifics, although his principles are right. - TB - 10/13/2011 7:32:03 PM
  - "Consumption" taxes are inherently unstable - RobVG - 10/15/2011 1:11:00 AM
    - Re: "Consumption" taxes are inherently unstable - TB - 10/15/2011 1:51:53 AM
      - Re: "Consumption" taxes are inherently unstable - RobVG - 10/15/2011 5:28:31 PM
        
        Re: "Consumption" taxes are inherently unstable - TB - 10/15/2011 5:42:55 PM
- And yet Cain is currently very popular among Tea Party supporters, conservatives, and Republicans in the South. - TB - 10/13/2011 6:54:12 PM
  - Re: And yet Cain is currently very popular among Tea Party supporters, conservatives, and Republicans in the South. - bowser - 10/13/2011 7:17:42 PM

Calling for a "declaration of national emergency" - TB - 10/14/2011 11:10:12 PM

I cannot believe it has come to this... - Eri - 10/12/2011 5:58:51 AM
- Re: I cannot believe it has come to this... - bowser - 10/12/2011 11:11:20 PM
  - Re: I cannot believe it has come to this... - TB - 10/13/2011 12:30:01 AM
  - This guy wants to join a class action with you - FrankC - 10/12/2011 11:40:02 PM
    - Re: This guy wants to join a class action with you - bowser - 10/13/2011 6:32:49 AM
- Re: I cannot believe it has come to this... - ER - 10/12/2011 11:57:59 AM

Horror in Caracas - TB - 10/12/2011 11:26:16 PM

The Kraken? - Lee - 10/11/2011 11:01:20 PM
- Re: The Kraken? - TB - 10/12/2011 4:17:59 AM

Following the jobs - Eri - 10/11/2011 1:41:19 PM
- In 2010 over a million people came into this country - legally. - TB - 10/11/2011 3:24:43 PM

Incomes fall, despite end to recession - Eri - 10/10/2011 12:08:56 PM
- Re: Incomes fall, despite end to recession - bowser - 10/11/2011 3:02:02 AM
- Re: Incomes fall, despite end to recession - ER - 10/10/2011 4:45:44 PM
  - Re: Incomes fall, despite end to recession - TB - 10/10/2011 5:22:07 PM
    - Re: Incomes fall, despite end to recession - ER - 10/10/2011 5:32:13 PM
      - Re: Incomes fall, despite end to recession - TB - 10/10/2011 5:38:42 PM
- It's pretty simple. - RobVG - 10/10/2011 4:01:45 PM
- Re: Incomes fall, despite end to recession - ER - 10/10/2011 1:46:05 PM
  - Re: Incomes fall, despite end to recession - Eri - 10/10/2011 10:21:54 PM
  - Re: Incomes fall, despite end to recession - Jody - 10/10/2011 3:16:57 PM

Wow.... - Jody - 10/9/2011 5:43:54 PM
- Re: Wow.... - Eri - 10/9/2011 6:39:50 PM
- I love it! - ER - 10/9/2011 6:02:57 PM
  - Re: I love it! - TB - 10/9/2011 7:11:49 PM
    - Re: I love it! - ER - 10/9/2011 7:36:04 PM
  - Re: I love it! - ER - 10/9/2011 6:20:18 PM
    - Re: I love it! - Jody - 10/9/2011 6:53:58 PM
      - Re: I love it! - ER - 10/9/2011 7:16:57 PM
        
        Re: I love it! - TB - 10/10/2011 1:05:22 AM
        
        Re: I love it! - ER - 10/10/2011 2:56:34 AM
        
        Professional politicians are the ones who stop at nothing to claw their way to the top. - TB - 10/10/2011 4:11:36 AM
        
        Ouch! - ER - 10/10/2011 1:10:26 PM
        
        Heh. - TB - 10/10/2011 3:47:16 PM
        
        Re: Heh. - ER - 10/10/2011 4:14:53 PM
        
        Re: Heh. - TB - 10/10/2011 4:50:36 PM
        
        Yep! I hit a nerve, alright. - ER - 10/10/2011 5:08:33 PM
        
        Re: Yep! I hit a nerve, alright. - TB - 10/10/2011 5:27:58 PM
        
        Re: Heh. - TB - 10/10/2011 5:00:45 PM
        
        Re: Heh. - ER - 10/10/2011 5:12:47 PM
        
        Re: Heh. - TB - 10/10/2011 5:33:39 PM
        
        Re: Heh. - ER - 10/10/2011 5:43:39 PM
        
        Re: Heh. - TB - 10/10/2011 6:02:59 PM
        
        Re: Heh. - ER - 10/10/2011 6:45:17 PM
        
        Re: Heh. - TB - 10/10/2011 7:26:40 PM
        
        Re: Heh. - TB - 10/10/2011 7:21:04 PM
        
        Re: Heh. - ER - 10/10/2011 7:49:05 PM
        
        Re: Heh. - TB - 10/10/2011 9:20:29 PM
        
        Re: Ouch! - Jody - 10/10/2011 3:18:56 PM
        
        Anyway, Cain is no more likely to be the nominee at this point than anyone else in the race. - TB - 10/10/2011 4:14:53 AM
        
        Re: I love it! - Eri - 10/10/2011 12:49:11 AM

From the CBO: The 2011 deficit - TB - 10/9/2011 10:24:06 PM
- Re: From the CBO: The 2011 deficit - bowser - 10/10/2011 5:48:41 AM

Democrats are all about spending... - BuckGalaxy - 10/9/2011 9:03:26 AM
- Corrected chart: - TB - 10/9/2011 9:39:30 PM
  - Re: Corrected chart: - BuckGalaxy - 10/9/2011 10:52:08 PM
- Okay... - TB - 10/9/2011 3:40:45 PM
  - Re: Okay... - BuckGalaxy - 10/9/2011 5:52:46 PM
- Re: Democrats are all about spending... - Jody - 10/9/2011 2:06:45 PM
  - Re: Democrats are all about spending... - BuckGalaxy - 10/9/2011 8:17:01 PM
    - Re: Democrats are all about spending... - Jody - 10/9/2011 8:48:04 PM
  - You might put yourself down at times but you were the one with the brains to know something was wrong n/t (n/t) - RobVG - 10/9/2011 6:18:55 PM
  - Re: Democrats are all about spending... - ER - 10/9/2011 3:27:17 PM
    - We've been over this. Several times. - TB - 10/9/2011 6:17:01 PM
      - Re: We've been over this. Several times. - ER - 10/9/2011 6:42:49 PM
- Re: Democrats are all about spending... - ER - 10/9/2011 12:14:02 PM

How To Create Shortages in an Abundant World. - Jody - 10/7/2011 4:21:00 PM
- Re: How To Create Shortages in an Abundant World. - Eri - 10/7/2011 10:22:52 PM
  - Why drugs cost less in Canada - TB - 10/7/2011 11:40:08 PM
    - Re: Why drugs cost less in Canada - bowser - 10/8/2011 7:32:53 AM
    - Re: Why drugs cost less in Canada - Eri - 10/8/2011 6:25:12 AM
      - Re: Why drugs cost less in Canada - bowser - 10/9/2011 9:07:35 AM
        
        Re: Why drugs cost less in Canada - Eri - 10/9/2011 6:48:35 PM
    - "Subsidizing 30 million people"...we're getting good at that. n/t (n/t) - RobVG - 10/8/2011 2:06:54 AM
    - Damn. - TB - 10/7/2011 11:41:27 PM

I believe the Dems have hung themselves. - Lee - 10/9/2011 12:38:41 AM
- The Democrats basically hung themselves back in April. - TB - 10/9/2011 1:54:39 AM

Lemmings? - TB - 10/8/2011 11:02:17 PM
- Re: Lemmings? - ER - 10/8/2011 11:39:10 PM
  - Re: Lemmings? - TB - 10/9/2011 12:38:30 AM

Steve Jobs has passed away. (n/t) - Lee - 10/6/2011 12:24:43 AM
- One more article on Jobs - TB - 10/8/2011 8:32:56 PM
- The best and most sincere tribute I've seen yet. - Lee - 10/8/2011 4:23:24 AM
- Re: Steve Jobs has passed away. - TB - 10/7/2011 3:22:13 PM
- Re: Steve Jobs has passed away. - Eri - 10/6/2011 4:20:24 AM
- Re: Steve Jobs has passed away. - Eri - 10/6/2011 4:02:37 AM
- Re: Steve Jobs has passed away. - BuckGalaxy - 10/6/2011 3:43:31 AM
- Re: Steve Jobs has passed away. - VelociraptorBlade - 10/6/2011 2:50:57 AM
- Re: Steve Jobs has passed away. - Jody - 10/6/2011 2:10:09 AM
- Re: Steve Jobs has passed away. - Jeff-Wash - 10/6/2011 12:49:50 AM
  - Re: Steve Jobs has passed away. - Lee - 10/6/2011 1:06:01 AM

« newer topics · page 153 of 1030 · older topics »

Recent posts

On this day in Current Events

Current Events