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The Shores of Tripoli - ER - 3/29/2011 12:51:59 AM
- Re: The Shores of Tripoli - er - 3/29/2011 2:58:01 AM
  - Re: Re: The Shores of Tripoli - TB - 3/29/2011 3:11:24 AM
    - Re: Re: Re: The Shores of Tripoli--Continued - ER - 3/29/2011 4:30:59 PM
      - First Gulf War - TB - 3/29/2011 5:13:20 PM
        
        Re: First Gulf War - ER - 3/29/2011 5:52:31 PM
    - "tail end of something..." - mcfly - 3/29/2011 11:26:19 AM
      - Re: "tail end of something..." - er - 3/29/2011 12:41:15 PM
        
        Something...indeed. - Jody - 3/29/2011 3:58:21 PM
        
        "you really believe this?" - mcfly - 3/29/2011 5:01:23 PM
        
        Re: "you really believe this?" - TB - 3/29/2011 5:21:23 PM
        
        Cripes, where to start... - mcfly - 3/29/2011 5:44:03 PM
        
        Re: Something...indeed. - ER - 3/29/2011 4:35:54 PM
        
        Something bigger - Jody - 3/29/2011 6:58:39 PM
        
        Re: Something - TB - 3/29/2011 4:55:55 PM
        
        How 'bout dem Mau Mau? - ER - 3/29/2011 5:32:04 PM
        
        Re: socialism - TB - 3/29/2011 6:24:53 PM
        
        I agree Tom - Jody - 3/29/2011 7:25:24 PM
        
        Re: A more general term - TB - 3/29/2011 8:42:08 PM
        
        Heh. - TB - 3/29/2011 3:52:00 PM
        
        All rise. - buckgalaxy - 3/29/2011 3:30:02 PM
    - Re: Re: Re: The Shores of Tripoli - ER - 3/29/2011 3:31:35 AM
- Re: The Shores of Tripoli - TB - 3/29/2011 1:35:04 AM
  - Most of will see it differently - SteveS - 3/29/2011 4:08:11 AM

Libyan woman escapes to hotel to tell her story. - Jody - 3/29/2011 2:03:04 PM
- They lied and said she had been returned home. - Eri - 3/29/2011 2:22:40 PM

Too cheap to meter. - ER - 3/26/2011 1:06:50 PM
- What we need is a common design for our infrastructure. - Lee - 3/27/2011 1:58:04 AM
  - Re: common design - TB - 3/27/2011 2:15:51 AM
- Re: Too cheap to meter. - TB - 3/26/2011 5:25:37 PM
- It wasn't an "Accident". - robvg - 3/26/2011 4:28:49 PM
  - Left leaning media and nuclear accidents - er - 3/27/2011 3:50:55 PM
    - Re: Left leaning media and nuclear accidents - TB - 3/27/2011 6:52:24 PM
  - Re: It wasn't an "Accident". - ER - 3/27/2011 2:19:14 PM
    - Who do you trust? - TB - 3/27/2011 8:02:41 PM
      - Re: Who do you trust? - er - 3/27/2011 8:15:23 PM
        
        Re: Re: Who do you trust? - TB - 3/27/2011 8:31:00 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Who do you trust? - ER - 3/27/2011 9:06:40 PM
        
        How do you implement that? - TB - 3/27/2011 10:42:53 PM
    - Hmm... - robvg - 3/27/2011 7:17:56 PM
  - left leaning media - mcfly - 3/27/2011 12:37:11 PM
    - What gets me.... - robvg - 3/27/2011 6:57:52 PM
      - Re: What gets me.... - er - 3/27/2011 8:04:21 PM
        
        Thanks for that ER n/t (n/t) - mcfly - 3/28/2011 12:59:57 AM
        
        Re: Re: What gets me.... - TB - 3/27/2011 10:20:08 PM
        
        "Canada, Sweden, and Norway" - mcfly - 3/28/2011 12:59:20 AM
        
        Per capita consumption? nt - RobVG - 3/28/2011 2:17:20 PM
        
        Re: "Canada, Sweden, and Norway" - TB - 3/28/2011 1:41:08 PM
        
        Some thoughts on Canada, Swede, Norway - ER - 3/28/2011 2:17:31 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: "Canada, Sweden, and Norway" - TB - 3/28/2011 2:53:04 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: "Canada, Sweden, and Norway" - ER - 3/28/2011 6:35:34 PM
        
        Re: Consumption (P.S. added) - TB - 3/28/2011 7:26:03 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: "Canada, Sweden, and Norway" - ER - 3/28/2011 4:53:33 PM
        
        Per Capita - TB - 3/28/2011 5:30:18 PM
        
        See under alcaray's post below... n/t (n/t) - mcfly - 3/28/2011 6:07:32 PM
        
        I am on the slow boat to my own little world apparently... - Jody - 3/28/2011 1:46:35 PM
        
        What does gay marriage have to do with energy? nt - RobVG - 3/28/2011 4:01:45 AM
        
        Not only "no", but I anticipate quite an argument if you spell it out for him. n/t - alcaray - 3/28/2011 2:41:54 AM
        
        Yeah, tell me about it... - mcfly - 3/28/2011 6:00:17 PM
        
        I wonder what per capita consumption is like in antartica? n/t - alcaray - 3/28/2011 10:53:19 PM
        
        Or Las Vegas... n/t - alcaray - 3/28/2011 10:54:41 PM
        
        Re: Re: What gets me.... - ER - 3/27/2011 9:44:42 PM
        
        Don't see too many nutcases anymore. - robvg - 3/27/2011 9:27:26 PM
      - Re: What gets me.... - TB - 3/27/2011 7:52:02 PM
    - The Sound of Silence - ER - 3/27/2011 1:55:24 PM

Japanese Plutonium - ER - 3/28/2011 4:37:04 PM
- Re: Japanese Plutonium - TB - 3/28/2011 5:24:13 PM
  - Re: Re: Japanese Plutonium - ER - 3/28/2011 6:12:44 PM
    - Re: Re: Re: Japanese Plutonium - TB - 3/28/2011 6:22:23 PM
      - Re: Japanese Plutonium, more info - TB - 3/28/2011 6:30:19 PM
        
        Re: Re: Japanese Plutonium, more info - SteveS - 3/28/2011 7:25:57 PM

Drill, Brazil, Drill - TB - 3/28/2011 4:26:23 PM
- Re: Drill, Brazil, Drill - ER - 3/28/2011 4:40:52 PM

One for all, until you read it - SteveS - 3/28/2011 1:53:56 PM

...and a slight digression from ER's post... - Jody - 3/26/2011 5:31:01 PM
- Re: ...They do not say how the â€œenergy generatorâ€ works, - johannes - 3/28/2011 4:55:58 AM
- Answer me this then my fine fellows - Jody - 3/27/2011 12:03:29 AM
  - Um... - TB - 3/27/2011 1:15:47 AM
    - I can understand - Jody - 3/27/2011 1:42:53 AM
      - ...and BTW... - Jody - 3/27/2011 1:54:27 AM
- Re: ...and a slight digression from ER's post... - Jody - 3/26/2011 8:52:34 PM
- Wow! - Eri - 3/26/2011 8:42:21 PM
- Re: ...and a slight digression from ER's post... - er - 3/26/2011 8:31:05 PM
  - Hello ER... - Jody - 3/26/2011 8:50:18 PM
    - Re: Hello ER... - er - 3/26/2011 9:07:50 PM
      - Re: Re: Hello ER... - TB - 3/26/2011 11:47:02 PM
      - Ah well... - Jody - 3/26/2011 9:22:02 PM
- Re: ...Hydrogen is the way to go with all energy. - johannes - 3/26/2011 7:35:45 PM

The US flat lines to highest corporate taxes - SteveS - 3/15/2011 3:54:05 PM
- Forget all about corporate welfare and tax breaks? - BuckGalaxy - 3/22/2011 12:43:41 AM
  - Re: corporate welfare and tax breaks - TB - 3/22/2011 3:41:38 AM
    - What a crock - BuckGalaxy - 3/22/2011 6:44:06 AM
      - Re: "Crock?" Here's your "crock." - TB - 3/22/2011 3:56:51 PM
        
        How fricken dense are you? Really? - BuckGalaxy - 3/22/2011 4:09:35 PM
        
        Okay. - TB - 3/22/2011 5:06:01 PM
        
        Re: Okay. - buckgalaxy - 3/22/2011 10:36:03 PM
        
        Re: Re: Okay. - TB - 3/23/2011 5:33:02 AM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Okay. - buckgalaxy - 3/23/2011 2:26:57 PM
        
        See? - TB - 3/23/2011 4:14:48 PM
        
        Re: See? - BuckGalaxy - 3/24/2011 6:12:51 AM
        
        Re: Re: See? - TB - 3/24/2011 5:04:51 PM
      - You have it backwards - robvg - 3/22/2011 3:33:17 PM
        
        History says otherwise - SteveS - 3/23/2011 9:29:58 PM
        
        Good post. - RobVG - 3/27/2011 11:25:35 PM
        
        Huh? - BuckGalaxy - 3/22/2011 3:57:06 PM
        
        You're right, essentially that's what you said. - RobVG - 3/22/2011 4:26:55 PM
  - Drawing straws - SteveS - 3/22/2011 3:10:58 AM
- Re: The US highest income taxes rich per country - SteveS - 3/21/2011 11:51:09 PM

It's only a matter of time - Eri - 3/26/2011 7:56:22 PM
- Re: It's only a matter of time - TB - 3/26/2011 11:51:06 PM
  - Re: Re: It's only a matter of time - ER - 3/27/2011 10:55:59 AM
    - Most Americans see themselves as individuals. - Lee - 3/27/2011 3:24:34 PM
      - Re: Most Americans see themselves as individuals. - ER - 3/27/2011 4:27:51 PM
      - Re: Most Americans see themselves as individuals. - Jody - 3/27/2011 3:54:54 PM
  - The right conclusion - Eri - 3/27/2011 4:50:07 AM
    - Well, he didn't say "correct" conclusion, after all n/t (n/t) - mcfly - 3/27/2011 12:40:43 PM
    - Re: The right conclusion - er - 3/27/2011 11:43:27 AM
      - They're canceling their caviar and champagne orders... - Eri - 3/27/2011 11:55:25 AM

A conservative's guide to responding to Libya - BuckGalaxy - 3/25/2011 4:49:34 PM
- Re: A liberals guide to responding to Libya - SteveS - 3/25/2011 6:33:16 PM
  - Excellent - RobVG - 3/25/2011 10:32:14 PM
  - Nice try - buckgalaxy - 3/25/2011 9:53:16 PM
    - Re: Nice try - TB - 3/25/2011 10:21:14 PM
      - Don't understand you guys - mcfly - 3/26/2011 7:14:31 AM
      - You are completely disengenuous - BuckGalaxy - 3/26/2011 5:19:29 AM
        
        No Fly Zones - TB - 3/26/2011 6:10:58 PM
        
        Re: You are completely disengenuous - ER - 3/26/2011 12:35:26 PM
        
        Constitutionality of attack on Libya - BuckGalaxy - 3/26/2011 5:55:57 PM
        
        ER! Very nice to read you again. n/t (n/t) - mcfly - 3/26/2011 3:07:15 PM
        
        I was thinkin' - Eri - 3/26/2011 5:26:17 AM
        
        French Foreign legion tried it - BuckGalaxy - 3/26/2011 10:29:32 PM
        
        Re: French Foreign legion tried it - TB - 3/26/2011 11:54:50 PM
        
        Re: I was thinkin' - TB - 3/26/2011 6:18:57 PM
- You guys are really up the creek, aren't you? - TB - 3/25/2011 5:20:33 PM
- Re: A conservative's guide to responding to Libya - hank - 3/25/2011 5:18:25 PM
- See...I was right. - Jody - 3/25/2011 4:54:26 PM

The price of taxing the rich - TB - 3/26/2011 7:49:44 PM

"Passive safety" nuclear reactors - robvg - 3/26/2011 4:59:52 PM
- Re: "Passive safety" nuclear reactors - TB - 3/26/2011 6:24:25 PM

The professor's war - TB - 3/25/2011 6:47:07 PM
- I'll call your Krauthammer... - Jody - 3/26/2011 3:06:26 PM
- Krauthammer = ignorant jerk - Eri - 3/25/2011 8:58:01 PM
  - Have another martini- Jane - robvg - 3/26/2011 1:30:21 AM
  - Re: Krauthammer - SteveS - 3/26/2011 12:59:18 AM
  - Re: ignorant jerk - TB - 3/25/2011 9:03:52 PM
    - And for the record... - TB - 3/25/2011 9:22:23 PM
- The organizers war - SteveS - 3/25/2011 7:30:34 PM
  - " I am ashamed at this point" - Jody - 3/26/2011 12:59:43 AM
    - Re: de-evolution - SteveS - 3/26/2011 2:30:17 AM
  - Re: The organizers war - TB - 3/25/2011 7:45:14 PM

Another nail in the coffin for price tags - Eri - 3/25/2011 11:21:33 AM
- Shelf prices work fine for me. - buckgalaxy - 3/25/2011 10:10:56 PM
  - When I was still grocery shopping myself - Eri - 3/26/2011 5:18:29 AM
- Re: Another nail in the coffin for price tags - TB - 3/25/2011 3:13:47 PM

A detailed summary of the anthrax mailing case - TB - 3/25/2011 8:03:41 PM
- Lots of suspicious freaky material... - SteveS - 3/26/2011 4:04:21 AM
- Lord have mercy..reads like a Patricia Cromwell novel... - Jody - 3/26/2011 12:39:55 AM

Power generation death rates - TB - 3/24/2011 5:16:35 PM
- Re: Power generation death rates - SteveS - 3/24/2011 9:06:11 PM
  - U.S. only - TB - 3/24/2011 9:58:12 PM
- As is sometimes the case, the comments are more interesting than the article - mcfly - 3/24/2011 5:51:02 PM
  - Re: As is sometimes the case - TB - 3/24/2011 6:33:35 PM
    - Re: Re: As is sometimes the case - johannes - 3/26/2011 12:45:39 AM
    - a very good response - mcfly - 3/24/2011 10:22:54 PM
      - Re: a very good response - TB - 3/24/2011 10:39:26 PM

Human Achievement Hour - TB - 3/25/2011 10:56:19 PM

Obama sets new Miranda rights limits - SteveS - 3/24/2011 3:53:36 PM
- "(Bush's) now seemingly low key approach" - BuckGalaxy - 3/25/2011 4:42:45 PM
  - "Low key" - SteveS - 3/25/2011 6:22:00 PM
  - Now, do some real research. - TB - 3/25/2011 5:29:09 PM
    - I'll throw in a freebie... - TB - 3/25/2011 5:50:27 PM
- The solution to this problem - Eri - 3/25/2011 11:12:41 AM
  - Heh - buckgalaxy - 3/25/2011 10:03:41 PM
  - Massive UN deployment to Israel? - mcfly - 3/25/2011 5:04:14 PM
    - Heh - buckgalaxy - 3/25/2011 10:06:00 PM
  - I'll remember that n/t - SteveS - 3/25/2011 1:42:46 PM

Kucinich dancing as fast as he can - TB - 3/25/2011 5:38:04 PM

Muslum Brotherhood a rising force in Egypt - TB - 3/25/2011 4:20:08 PM
- "bearded people taking charge" - mcfly - 3/25/2011 5:09:03 PM

Democrat pushing mileage taxes - TB - 3/25/2011 3:58:15 PM

G.E. makes $5.18 billion in US, pays $0 taxes - Eri - 3/25/2011 11:32:39 AM
- Re: G.E. makes $5.18 billion in US, pays $0 taxes - TB - 3/25/2011 3:05:22 PM

2010 Census map - SteveS - 3/25/2011 2:34:18 PM

Maher calls Palin a "twat" - robvg - 3/23/2011 3:45:12 PM
- Re: Maher - TB - 3/23/2011 8:40:14 PM
  - Maher does political comedy - buckgalaxy - 3/24/2011 1:39:11 AM
    - Before Miller came out of the political closet, he was at the top of his game - mcfly - 3/24/2011 2:55:41 AM
      - Re: Miller - TB - 3/24/2011 3:12:37 AM
        
        No. He stopped being funny when he stopped being funny - mcfly - 3/24/2011 5:15:53 AM
        
        Miller's website - TB - 3/24/2011 4:09:09 AM
    - Oh so true. - Eri - 3/24/2011 2:31:59 AM
  - I agree with you Tom - Jody - 3/23/2011 9:22:20 PM
    - Political analyst? - mcfly - 3/24/2011 2:39:56 AM
      - Oh..I see..ha ha..funny and stuff like that? - Jody - 3/24/2011 3:33:30 AM
        
        "Is it his day job?" - mcfly - 3/24/2011 5:28:42 AM
    - Oh he knows his shit. - Eri - 3/24/2011 2:36:55 AM
      - I take issue with anyone that perceives this roasting mentality as funny. - Jody - 3/24/2011 3:28:42 AM
        
        Because... - Eri - 3/24/2011 1:30:33 PM
        
        Past tense of tweet??? - Jody - 3/24/2011 2:46:51 PM
        
        It happened on live TV on the show called Password - Eri - 3/25/2011 11:18:55 AM
- Personally I find it rather vulgar... - Jody - 3/23/2011 8:24:39 PM
  - But, Jody, everybody knows - Eri - 3/24/2011 2:40:27 AM
- I'll have to catch one of the repeats on this show. - Eri - 3/23/2011 5:44:56 PM
- Some guys just know how to talk to the ladies... - mcfly - 3/23/2011 4:24:15 PM

Skunk Works P. 791 airship revived as Cargo lifter - Jody - 3/24/2011 4:17:22 PM
- Cool but why is this a SkunkWorks project? nt - robvg - 3/24/2011 11:31:17 PM
  - Re: Cool but why is this a SkunkWorks project? nt - Jody - 3/25/2011 1:17:43 AM
- Very cool - mcfly - 3/24/2011 5:24:44 PM

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