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Achtung Kapital! - ER - 3/15/2023 12:54:53 AM
- It's energy. - podrock - 3/15/2023 5:05:40 AM
  - Its all bullshit. - ER - 3/17/2023 1:57:54 PM
    - Brain power - BuckGalaxy - 3/20/2023 11:03:51 PM
      - True - ER - 3/21/2023 2:26:04 AM
        
        You live in a black and white world, Comrade - BuckGalaxy - 3/21/2023 7:58:23 AM
        
        They don't all need to be monolithic. - ER - 3/21/2023 1:27:20 PM

Dark Side of the Moon was released 50 years ago today. - podrock - 3/2/2023 2:51:00 AM
- I had ordered the chart . . . - DanS - 3/11/2023 7:51:22 PM
- stumbled upon this really old interview with the Floyd: - podrock - 3/2/2023 5:00:42 AM
- Did you know... - ER - 3/2/2023 2:53:56 AM
  - Still in the top 200 - podrock - 3/2/2023 3:13:47 AM
    - It's rock's Mona Lisa, its Parthenon, its Brandenburg Concertos; - ER - 3/2/2023 3:37:09 AM
      - The same thought occurred to me - BuckGalaxy - 3/3/2023 9:31:37 AM
        
        You're lucky you heard "Time" as an adolescent. - ER - 3/4/2023 2:05:37 AM
        
        Check out "Regarding Britain and Pink Floyd ', above. - ER - 3/4/2023 2:47:32 AM
        
        Yes, do that. - podrock - 3/4/2023 5:59:03 AM
      - My first impression - podrock - 3/2/2023 6:05:18 AM

London, 1966, through Antonioni's eyes... - ER - 3/6/2023 4:20:16 AM

Regarding Britain and Pink Floyd... - ER - 3/4/2023 2:36:58 AM
- Only 20 minutes in - podrock - 3/4/2023 5:27:16 AM
  - Britain and the US were very different in those days, for a variety of reasons. - ER - 3/4/2023 12:53:02 PM

Yet another opportunity for events to spin out of control - ER - 3/3/2023 3:50:57 AM
- Meanwhile - podrock - 3/3/2023 7:07:08 PM
  - Wherever America is heading... - ER - 3/3/2023 9:20:42 PM
    - If so, - podrock - 3/3/2023 11:08:34 PM
      - But parts of it are REAL serious... - ER - 3/4/2023 12:01:17 AM
        
        You'd have to register a pen but not a gun. - podrock - 3/4/2023 12:06:39 AM

Geopolitical relativity. - ER - 3/2/2023 3:27:17 AM
- Same as it ever was... - podrock - 3/2/2023 3:30:23 AM

The world is a complicated place - ER - 2/8/2023 6:20:19 PM
- The Balloon Gap - podrock - 2/11/2023 12:58:48 AM
  - Well, at least now no one can say Biden isn't serious about attacking inflation... - RL - 2/27/2023 4:55:35 AM
    - lol - podrock - 2/27/2023 5:31:32 PM
- If's, ands or buts... - RobVG - 2/10/2023 10:28:45 AM
  - Its still an excuse to call Biden incompetent or a coward. - ER - 2/10/2023 2:39:45 PM
    - What are you talking about. - RobVG - 2/10/2023 7:41:26 PM
      - Lighten up, Rob. - ER - 2/10/2023 8:35:28 PM
- FOX News? - ER - 2/9/2023 12:18:31 AM

This is what an American President looks like - BuckGalaxy - 2/21/2023 7:03:01 PM
- And, - podrock - 2/21/2023 9:40:49 PM
  - details: - podrock - 2/21/2023 10:43:10 PM
- I had my misgivings about Uncle Joe when he was elected. - ER - 2/21/2023 8:40:49 PM

Since the start of the war, 2/24/22...(Updated as of 2/16/23) - ER - 2/16/2023 7:17:22 PM

The silly season started early this year. - ER - 2/13/2023 3:02:01 PM

Just shot down #4 over Lake Huron. n/t (n/t) - RobVG - 2/12/2023 8:54:12 PM
- Tell me, these "ctlindrical flying objects about the sizeof a car..." - ER - 2/12/2023 11:57:12 PM
  - Details are few - podrock - 2/13/2023 3:16:19 AM

US shoots down another one over the Yukon territory CA n/t (n/t) - RobVG - 2/11/2023 11:37:48 PM
- Maybe its a UFO invasion, eh? - ER - 2/12/2023 12:15:50 AM

Just shot down another " high altitude object" over Alaska. - RobVG - 2/10/2023 7:50:08 PM
- I wish they'd stop this nonsense. - ER - 2/10/2023 8:28:20 PM

Chinese spy balloon still traversing the US - RobVG - 2/3/2023 7:12:23 PM
- It's in the drink. - RobVG - 2/5/2023 10:01:55 PM
  - It's not that easy. - ER - 2/6/2023 3:51:53 PM
    - Service ceiling of the F22- 65,000'. - RobVG - 2/6/2023 6:52:03 PM
    - Threat of damage on the ground - BuckGalaxy - 2/6/2023 5:55:03 PM
- They just shut down some airports in the coastal Carolinas, - podrock - 2/4/2023 7:22:41 PM
  - Shot down. - podrock - 2/4/2023 7:45:16 PM
- Would you like to fly in my beautiful balloon? - ER - 2/4/2023 12:39:00 AM
  - Perhaps - podrock - 2/4/2023 6:14:25 PM
    - They've been following these things for years. pretending they didn't know they were there. - ER - 2/5/2023 1:02:16 AM
      - I hate to pop your balloon... - BuckGalaxy - 2/5/2023 1:33:23 AM
        
        I thought you were trying to deflate me... - ER - 2/5/2023 3:30:32 AM
        
        Well we know what a windbag you are - BuckGalaxy - 2/5/2023 8:17:47 AM
        
        I guess that makes you the pin prick. - ER - 2/5/2023 9:31:36 PM
        
        Chinese spy balloon - BuckGalaxy - 2/6/2023 9:30:51 AM
        
        Oh the INHumanity! - BuckGalaxy - 2/7/2023 7:28:01 AM
  - Up up and awayyyyyyyyy! - BuckGalaxy - 2/4/2023 4:41:09 AM

Debt ceiling doo-dah - ER - 2/4/2023 2:22:44 AM
- Never negotiate with terrorists - BuckGalaxy - 2/4/2023 4:40:09 AM
  - You're absolutely right. - ER - 2/4/2023 2:07:33 PM

Tanks for the memories... - ER - 1/28/2023 2:02:37 AM
- Tank Uke very much - BuckGalaxy - 1/28/2023 6:43:03 PM

The latest conspiracy theory... - ER - 1/26/2023 3:04:32 PM
- Today's CT - podrock - 1/27/2023 7:12:10 PM
- Well, here's one of mine... - ER - 1/26/2023 3:13:48 PM
  - Yep - BuckGalaxy - 1/26/2023 8:02:17 PM
    - I'm just getting started. - ER - 1/27/2023 3:23:13 AM

Classified documents scandal II - ER - 1/23/2023 6:20:38 PM
- Now Pence. - podrock - 1/24/2023 6:11:20 PM
  - Pence handled it just the right way...like Biden did. - ER - 1/24/2023 6:53:24 PM
    - I wonder if... - podrock - 1/25/2023 12:16:18 AM
      - Only covers? Explain, Please. - ER - 1/25/2023 12:46:03 AM
        
        It has been reported... - podrock - 1/25/2023 1:34:59 AM
        
        The most benign explanation I can think of - ER - 1/25/2023 3:44:14 AM
        
        Or more likely - BuckGalaxy - 1/25/2023 5:01:33 AM
        
        He might have eaten them. - podrock - 1/26/2023 2:42:17 AM
        
        test - ER - 1/26/2023 3:53:53 AM

David Crosby (1942-2023), artist, sailor, RIP. Fair winds and a following sea... - ER - 1/20/2023 12:55:59 AM
- Rock n' Roll will never die... - BuckGalaxy - 1/21/2023 9:01:22 PM
- So sad. - podrock - 1/20/2023 3:36:21 AM

This just gets better and better... - ER - 1/19/2023 5:55:29 PM
- Following the $ - podrock - 1/21/2023 4:54:55 PM
- The Queen of Diamonds. - podrock - 1/19/2023 8:31:14 PM
  - The man's a whack job. - ER - 1/19/2023 9:35:18 PM
    - He's a grifter. - podrock - 1/19/2023 11:27:02 PM
- Storytime! - podrock - 1/19/2023 6:42:41 PM
  - lol - BuckGalaxy - 1/19/2023 7:31:17 PM

Biden's Classified documents scandal - BuckGalaxy - 1/19/2023 7:26:54 PM
- Good Points. - ER - 1/19/2023 7:52:01 PM
  - You're reading my mind on Sherrod Brown - BuckGalaxy - 1/19/2023 10:13:33 PM
    - Bernie may be older in years, but he's still as sharp as a tack.. - ER - 1/20/2023 1:43:25 AM
      - Curmudgeon - BuckGalaxy - 1/20/2023 10:26:17 PM
        
        I don't know why, but I LIKE grumpy old men. - ER - 1/21/2023 12:53:56 AM

Kiwi PM checking out. - ER - 1/19/2023 2:32:09 AM
- I love that lady - BuckGalaxy - 1/19/2023 7:35:59 PM
- She's been through a lot. - podrock - 1/19/2023 6:38:11 AM

Loser MAGA Candidate shoots at NM Democrat officials' homes - BuckGalaxy - 1/18/2023 2:07:11 AM
- "I saw the worst minds of my generation destroyed by madness..." - RL - 1/19/2023 3:11:38 AM

T.H.E.M. - ER - 1/17/2023 12:22:26 AM

Whatever the market will bear - podrock - 1/11/2023 5:32:20 PM
- Interesting, considering public demand for it is dropping... - ER - 1/11/2023 6:29:11 PM
  - Price equilibrium. - BuckGalaxy - 1/11/2023 7:56:03 PM
    - You're ignoring elasticity of demand. n/t - RobVG - 1/12/2023 9:35:01 PM
      - I've mentioned elasticity of demand in that post - BuckGalaxy - 1/13/2023 7:17:35 AM
        
        You did, but I didn't get past your first statement. - RobVG - 1/14/2023 1:01:01 AM
        
        Ultimately vaccines are paid for - BuckGalaxy - 1/14/2023 6:07:30 PM
        
        I totally agree. - RobVG - 1/14/2023 9:52:19 PM
    - De Beers - podrock - 1/12/2023 4:35:54 PM
      - DeBeers is a monopoly - BuckGalaxy - 1/12/2023 7:06:12 PM
        
        Awash in supply, - podrock - 1/12/2023 7:33:05 PM
        
        wants and needs - BuckGalaxy - 1/12/2023 8:33:25 PM
        
        Or when you eliminate the competition. - podrock - 1/14/2023 4:12:15 AM
      - Those PBS guys are all a bunch of commies. - ER - 1/12/2023 5:10:54 PM
        
        Well, yeah... - podrock - 1/12/2023 5:46:55 PM
      - Re: De Beers - podrock - 1/12/2023 5:04:43 PM
    - You start off your post with a contradiction. The first two sentences. - ER - 1/11/2023 10:16:01 PM
      - No contradiction whatsoever - BuckGalaxy - 1/12/2023 12:01:11 AM
        
        Yes, but what you don't understand... - ER - 1/12/2023 5:19:23 AM
        
        Sigh - BuckGalaxy - 1/12/2023 6:55:45 AM
        
        Fart - ER - 1/12/2023 1:59:12 PM
        
        This is exhausting - BuckGalaxy - 1/12/2023 6:40:53 PM
        
        Sorry ER - BuckGalaxy - 1/14/2023 6:10:36 PM
        
        And entertaining. - podrock - 1/12/2023 6:48:17 PM
        
        You were denying it not too long ago. Progress I suppose... - BuckGalaxy - 1/12/2023 6:59:28 PM
        
        I don't believe I ever denied S/D - podrock - 1/12/2023 7:09:47 PM
        
        And I've said a hundred times - BuckGalaxy - 1/12/2023 8:00:59 PM
        
        Ah, but it had severe penalties for even participating. - podrock - 1/12/2023 8:25:36 PM
        
        Pot was not a completely unregulated market - BuckGalaxy - 1/12/2023 9:21:13 PM
        
        Demand is down as well. - podrock - 1/12/2023 10:39:58 PM
        
        That's a good thing - BuckGalaxy - 1/13/2023 12:29:38 AM
        
        The economics of the weed industry have been interesting to observe. - podrock - 1/14/2023 4:21:30 AM
        
        On a personal note. - ER - 1/12/2023 2:44:57 PM

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