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Watch out for E15 gasoline - TB - 7/9/2011 8:08:27 PM

9.2 percent - TB - 7/8/2011 4:21:24 PM
- Re: 9.2 percent - TB - 7/9/2011 4:13:58 PM

What is the sound of one hand clapping? - Eri - 7/9/2011 9:51:01 AM

Betty Ford dead at 93 - TB - 7/9/2011 4:12:41 AM

Minnesota governor rewrites a bit of history - TB - 7/8/2011 4:52:28 PM

Burning coal causes global warming...unless the Chicoms do it. - Lee - 7/8/2011 12:01:11 AM

GOP proves it is not a governing alternative - BuckGalaxy - 7/5/2011 7:39:46 PM
- Re: GOP proves it is not a governing alternative - Lee - 7/5/2011 11:08:43 PM
- Re: GOP proves it is not a governing alternative - Lee - 7/5/2011 11:04:07 PM
- Re: GOP proves it is not a governing alternative - ER - 7/5/2011 10:50:01 PM
- Re: GOP proves it is not a governing alternative - TB - 7/5/2011 10:35:48 PM
  - Re: GOP proves it is not a governing alternative - Eri - 7/5/2011 10:45:38 PM
  - Re: GOP proves it is not a governing alternative - TB - 7/5/2011 10:44:14 PM
    - Re: GOP proves it is not a governing alternative - Eri - 7/5/2011 10:52:13 PM
      - Re: GOP proves it is not a governing alternative - TB - 7/6/2011 12:14:54 AM
        
        Re: GOP proves it is not a governing alternative - Lee - 7/7/2011 10:05:59 PM
        
        Re: GOP proves it is not a governing alternative - Eri - 7/6/2011 3:48:29 AM
- Re: GOP proves it is not a governing alternative - FrankC - 7/5/2011 9:14:55 PM

Debt Ceiling - TB - 7/7/2011 9:33:47 PM

Who wants to live forever? - Jody - 7/5/2011 3:27:32 AM
- Re: Who wants to live forever? - VelociraptorBlade - 7/6/2011 5:43:35 PM
  - Re: Who wants to live forever? - TB - 7/6/2011 6:06:33 PM
    - Re: Who wants to live forever? - ER - 7/7/2011 2:01:34 PM
    - Re: Who wants to live forever? - VelociraptorBlade - 7/7/2011 6:55:26 AM
      - Re: Who wants to live forever? - TB - 7/7/2011 4:03:02 PM
- Re: Who wants to live forever? - Jody - 7/5/2011 9:35:52 PM
  - Re: Who wants to live forever? - FrankC - 7/5/2011 10:31:14 PM
    - Re: Who wants to live forever? - Jody - 7/6/2011 1:52:18 AM
      - Re: Who wants to live forever? - Eri - 7/6/2011 3:50:04 AM
        
        Re: Who wants to live forever? - Jody - 7/6/2011 4:46:20 AM
    - Re: Who wants to live forever? - Eri - 7/5/2011 10:56:51 PM
- Re: Who wants to live forever? - FrankC - 7/5/2011 6:42:30 PM
  - Re: Who wants to live forever? - TB - 7/5/2011 9:34:17 PM
    - Re: Who wants to live forever? - Eri - 7/5/2011 10:59:33 PM
      - Re: Who wants to live forever? - TB - 7/6/2011 12:06:51 AM
        
        Re: Who wants to live forever? - Eri - 7/6/2011 3:51:36 AM
  - Re: Who wants to live forever? - Lee - 7/5/2011 7:23:38 PM
    - Re: Who wants to live forever? - Eri - 7/6/2011 9:49:22 AM
    - Re: Who wants to live forever? - Jody - 7/5/2011 9:33:31 PM
- Re: Who wants to live forever? - ER - 7/5/2011 11:28:41 AM
  - Re: Who wants to live forever? - FrankC - 7/5/2011 10:46:59 PM
    - Re: Who wants to live forever? - Eri - 7/6/2011 9:50:19 AM
- Re: Who wants to live forever? - Eri - 7/5/2011 5:06:09 AM

Weekly News 2-in-1 Edition - Vitruvius - 7/3/2011 8:50:42 PM
- Re: Weekly News 2-in-1 Edition - VelociraptorBlade - 7/7/2011 6:57:30 AM
- Good work, VB - Robert - 7/5/2011 6:06:13 PM
  - Re: Good work, VB - TB - 7/5/2011 6:13:29 PM
    - Hmmmm... - Robert - 7/5/2011 6:57:47 PM
- Re: Weekly News 2-in-1 Edition - Eri - 7/4/2011 4:31:24 AM
- Re: Weekly News 2-in-1 Edition - TB - 7/3/2011 9:19:22 PM
- Re: Weekly News 2-in-1 Edition - ER - 7/3/2011 9:05:21 PM

80 Million Manufacturing Jobs Lost! - BuckGalaxy - 7/5/2011 1:52:22 AM
- Less than a decade ago, jobs started flowing from India to China, as Indian wages rose. - Robert - 7/5/2011 7:40:48 PM
  - Re: Less than a decade ago, jobs started flowing from India to China, as Indian wages rose. - TB - 7/5/2011 10:26:42 PM
- Re: 80 Million Manufacturing Jobs Lost! - ER - 7/5/2011 2:54:49 AM
  - Re: 80 Million Manufacturing Jobs Lost! - Eri - 7/5/2011 5:09:03 AM
    - Re: 80 Million Manufacturing Jobs Lost! - ER - 7/5/2011 11:07:45 AM

Economic Freefall - Eri - 7/2/2011 8:48:51 PM
- Re: Economic Freefall - TB - 7/2/2011 10:08:38 PM
  - Re: Economic Freefall - Eri - 7/3/2011 4:39:27 AM
    - Re: Economic Freefall - TB - 7/3/2011 5:36:22 AM
      - Re: Economic Freefall - Eri - 7/3/2011 11:58:11 AM
        
        Re: Economic Freefall - TB - 7/3/2011 1:40:46 PM
        
        Re: Economic Freefall - Eri - 7/3/2011 7:14:10 PM
        
        Re: Economic Freefall - TB - 7/3/2011 8:11:29 PM
        
        Re: Economic Freefall - Eri - 7/4/2011 4:34:10 AM
        
        Re: Economic Freefall - TB - 7/4/2011 2:14:31 PM
        
        Re: Economic Freefall - Eri - 7/5/2011 5:13:05 AM
        
        Re: Economic Freefall - TB - 7/5/2011 1:36:16 PM

Pournelle on the military - TB - 7/4/2011 8:03:50 PM
- Re: Pournelle on the military - Lee - 7/5/2011 12:26:36 AM
- Re: Pournelle on the military - ER - 7/4/2011 8:38:12 PM
  - Re: Pournelle on the military - TB - 7/4/2011 9:14:11 PM
    - Re: Pournelle on the military - mcfly - 7/5/2011 12:55:28 AM
      - Re: Pournelle on the military - TB - 7/5/2011 1:37:47 AM

Up the Revolution! - Eri - 7/4/2011 1:59:46 PM
- Re: Up the Revolution! - ER - 7/4/2011 2:59:22 PM
  - Re: Up the Revolution! - Eri - 7/4/2011 10:07:04 PM
- Re: Up the Revolution! - TB - 7/4/2011 2:09:44 PM

Exxon is trying to destroy our environment - Eri - 7/3/2011 12:10:38 PM
- Re: Exxon is trying to destroy our environment - TB - 7/3/2011 3:07:38 PM
  - Re: Exxon is trying to destroy our environment - Eri - 7/3/2011 7:12:08 PM
    - Re: Exxon is trying to destroy our environment - TB - 7/3/2011 8:08:27 PM
      - Re: Exxon is trying to destroy our environment - VelociraptorBlade - 7/3/2011 8:58:18 PM

Well, frack? - Eri - 7/1/2011 1:29:28 PM
- Re: Well, frack? - ER - 7/1/2011 2:52:20 PM
  - Re: Well, frack? - Eri - 7/2/2011 4:02:07 AM
    - Re: Well, frack? - TB - 7/2/2011 1:28:58 PM
      - Re: Well, frack? - Eri - 7/2/2011 2:36:15 PM
        
        Re: Well, frack? - TB - 7/2/2011 2:57:19 PM
        
        Re: Well, frack? - Eri - 7/2/2011 8:30:24 PM
        
        Re: Well, frack? - TB - 7/2/2011 8:35:26 PM
        
        Re: Well, frack? - Eri - 7/3/2011 4:45:00 AM
  - Re: Well, frack? - TB - 7/1/2011 4:14:11 PM

Partisan Wrangling Strangles the Poor - Eri - 7/2/2011 8:24:35 PM
- Re: Partisan Wrangling Strangles the Poor - TB - 7/2/2011 10:04:39 PM
  - Re: Partisan Wrangling Strangles the Poor - Eri - 7/3/2011 4:41:24 AM

Meanwhile, in North Dakota - TB - 7/2/2011 10:20:56 PM

*^$)&(@#$@#!@#$$%!!!! - Eri - 6/27/2011 10:07:44 PM
- Re: *^$)&(@#$@#!@#$$%!!!! - ER - 6/30/2011 5:52:48 PM
- Re: *^$)&(@#$@#!@#$$%!!!! - VelociraptorBlade - 6/29/2011 7:25:11 AM
  - Re: *^$)&(@#$@#!@#$$%!!!! - Eri - 6/29/2011 9:05:45 AM
    - Re: *^$)&(@#$@#!@#$$%!!!! - TB - 6/29/2011 3:58:08 PM
      - Re: *^$)&(@#$@#!@#$$%!!!! - Lee - 6/29/2011 8:27:28 PM
        
        Re: *^$)&(@#$@#!@#$$%!!!! - VelociraptorBlade - 6/30/2011 4:58:01 AM
- Re: *^$)&(@#$@#!@#$$%!!!! - FrankC - 6/28/2011 11:09:42 PM
  - Re: *^$)&(@#$@#!@#$$%!!!! - Eri - 6/29/2011 5:28:28 AM
    - Re: *^$)&(@#$@#!@#$$%!!!! - mcfly - 7/1/2011 2:19:18 AM
    - Re: *^$)&(@#$@#!@#$$%!!!! - FrankC - 6/29/2011 6:36:55 PM
      - Re: *^$)&(@#$@#!@#$$%!!!! - Eri - 7/2/2011 4:05:19 AM
  - Re: *^$)&(@#$@#!@#$$%!!!! - Lee - 6/29/2011 1:24:12 AM

Happy Canada Day! - mcfly - 7/1/2011 4:46:46 PM
- Re: Happy Canada Day! - VelociraptorBlade - 7/1/2011 7:45:53 PM
- Re: Happy Canada Day! - TB - 7/1/2011 5:46:57 PM
- Re: Happy Canada Day! - Jody - 7/1/2011 5:44:46 PM
  - Re: Happy Canada Day! - Eri - 7/1/2011 10:06:11 PM
  - Re: Happy Canada Day! - mcfly - 7/1/2011 8:24:12 PM
    - Re: Happy Canada Day! - ER - 7/1/2011 11:35:53 PM
      - Re: Happy Canada Day! - TB - 7/1/2011 11:38:04 PM

Russia better be careful - Eri - 7/1/2011 1:39:06 PM
- Re: Russia better be careful - mcfly - 7/1/2011 4:22:03 PM
  - Re: Russia better be careful - ERa country that permits - 7/1/2011 5:37:21 PM
    - Re: Russia better be careful - Eri - 7/1/2011 10:10:20 PM
  - Re: Russia better be careful - TB - 7/1/2011 4:28:17 PM
    - Re: Russia better be careful - Lee - 7/1/2011 10:33:11 PM
    - Re: Russia better be careful - ER - 7/1/2011 5:22:12 PM
      - Re: Russia better be careful - Eri - 7/1/2011 10:23:56 PM
    - Re: Russia better be careful - mcfly - 7/1/2011 4:39:33 PM
      - Re: Russia better be careful - ER - 7/1/2011 5:30:52 PM
        
        Re: Russia better be careful - TB - 7/1/2011 5:44:59 PM
        
        Re: Russia better be careful - Eri - 7/1/2011 10:13:01 PM
        
        Re: Russia better be careful - ER - 7/1/2011 5:59:07 PM
        
        Re: Russia better be careful - TB - 7/1/2011 6:09:58 PM
        
        Re: Russia better be careful - Eri - 7/1/2011 10:15:53 PM
        
        Re: Russia better be careful - TB - 7/1/2011 10:50:54 PM
        
        Re: Russia better be careful - Eri - 7/1/2011 11:01:48 PM
        
        Re: Russia better be careful - ER - 7/1/2011 7:20:35 PM
        
        Re: Russia better be careful - TB - 7/1/2011 8:06:53 PM
        
        Re: Russia better be careful - ER - 7/1/2011 8:32:12 PM
        
        Re: Russia better be careful - TB - 7/1/2011 10:02:24 PM
        
        Re: Russia better be careful - ER - 7/1/2011 7:56:50 PM
        
        Re: Russia better be careful - Eri - 7/1/2011 10:20:04 PM
        
        Re: Russia better be careful - TB - 7/1/2011 8:10:31 PM
        
        Re: Russia better be careful - Eri - 7/1/2011 10:21:36 PM
        
        Re: Russia better be careful - TB - 7/1/2011 8:13:21 PM
        
        Re: Russia better be careful - ER - 7/1/2011 8:25:03 PM

[Some] People's Party - mcfly - 7/1/2011 5:41:42 PM
- Re: [Some] People's Party - Eri - 7/1/2011 10:02:18 PM
  - Re: [Some] People's Party - TB - 7/1/2011 10:05:19 PM
    - Re: [Some] People's Party - Eri - 7/1/2011 10:23:08 PM

You go, hackers, go! - Eri - 6/30/2011 2:53:28 PM
- Re: You go, hackers, go! - mcfly - 6/30/2011 5:34:53 PM
  - Re: You go, hackers, go! - Eri - 6/30/2011 7:50:58 PM
  - Re: You go, hackers, go! - VelociraptorBlade - 6/30/2011 6:30:27 PM
    - Re: You go, hackers, go! - Eri - 6/30/2011 7:53:06 PM
      - Re: You go, hackers, go! - VelociraptorBlade - 7/1/2011 7:47:06 PM

Skills gap - Eri - 6/30/2011 2:52:23 PM
- Re: Skills gap - ER - 6/30/2011 5:01:48 PM
- Re: Skills gap - TB - 6/30/2011 3:08:02 PM
  - Re: Skills gap - Eri - 6/30/2011 8:30:30 PM
    - Re: Skills gap - TB - 6/30/2011 9:51:03 PM
      - Re: Skills gap - ER - 7/1/2011 1:13:27 PM
        
        Re: Skills gap - TB - 7/1/2011 2:24:00 PM
        
        Re: Skills gap - ER - 7/1/2011 2:59:51 PM
      - Re: Skills gap - Eri - 7/1/2011 5:10:00 AM
        
        Re: Skills gap - TB - 7/1/2011 5:17:38 AM
        
        Re: Skills gap - Eri - 7/1/2011 1:35:56 PM
        
        Re: Skills gap - ER - 7/1/2011 3:44:29 PM
    - Re: Skills gap - Eri - 6/30/2011 8:35:12 PM
  - Re: Skills gap - mcfly - 6/30/2011 5:37:44 PM

Who shouldn't be buying Chinese products - TB - 6/30/2011 11:29:34 PM

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