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20 most and least stressed counties - SteveS - 3/24/2011 3:21:22 PM

Canadian PM introduces budget that would reduce deficit by 25% - mcfly - 3/23/2011 5:46:44 PM
- And then there's this... - mcfly - 3/23/2011 5:59:36 PM

Gang of 64 tries to pass the buck - buckgalaxy - 3/22/2011 11:05:24 PM

Japan winning war against the reactors - TB - 3/20/2011 9:25:40 PM
- Update - SteveS - 3/22/2011 8:16:29 PM
- Checked the news today? - Eri - 3/21/2011 8:24:46 PM
  - Up and running - SteveS - 3/21/2011 10:20:42 PM
    - I agree with you about containment - mcfly - 3/22/2011 3:16:08 AM
    - Re: Up and running - TB - 3/21/2011 10:23:09 PM
  - Every day. - TB - 3/21/2011 8:53:16 PM
    - Get off the media. - Eri - 3/22/2011 6:02:33 AM
      - Re: Get off the media. - TB - 3/22/2011 2:21:41 PM

U.S. tax system already the most "progressive" of OECD countries - TB - 3/22/2011 6:26:43 PM

Fox News gives one of its security guards a camera and sends him to become human shield - mcfly - 3/22/2011 4:56:16 PM

Odyssey Dawn - SteveS - 3/22/2011 2:27:52 PM
- *gag* - Jody - 3/22/2011 4:38:43 PM
- Re: Odyssey Dawn - podrock - 3/22/2011 3:10:09 PM

FWIW - Jody - 3/20/2011 3:57:43 PM
- "No one should be allowed to massacre a single soul" - mcfly - 3/21/2011 4:57:07 AM
  - How very true mcfly - Jody - 3/21/2011 11:15:05 AM
- and another interesting link - Jody - 3/20/2011 8:12:11 PM
- They are calling Libya, Obama's Iraq. - Jody - 3/20/2011 8:03:13 PM
  - The Spice must flow. - robvg - 3/20/2011 8:51:31 PM
    - All I have managed to do - Jody - 3/21/2011 12:23:26 AM
  - Typical leftist knee-jerk reaction - TB - 3/20/2011 8:48:26 PM
    - Tom, I am so sick of you lumping all liberals together. - Eri - 3/21/2011 3:38:02 AM
      - I wonder. - TB - 3/21/2011 4:12:23 AM
        
        And you'd be wrong. - Eri - 3/21/2011 8:21:14 PM
        
        damned if we do - podrock - 3/21/2011 5:10:52 AM
        
        I agree - SteveS - 3/21/2011 2:17:32 PM
        
        Re: damned if we do - TB - 3/21/2011 2:12:35 PM
        
        Why we don't attack N. Korea. - Eri - 3/21/2011 8:18:01 PM
        
        Re: Why we don't attack N. Korea? - podrock - 3/22/2011 3:19:52 AM
        
        Re: Why we don't attack N. Korea. - TB - 3/21/2011 8:49:14 PM
        
        The real reason we'll never deal with N. Korea - Eri - 3/22/2011 5:58:54 AM
        
        There's a difference between "getting involved" and starting a war. nt - robvg - 3/21/2011 9:13:14 PM
        
        Trouble is... - TB - 3/21/2011 9:41:18 PM
        
        Consistency - robvg - 3/21/2011 9:59:37 PM
        
        Re: Consistency - TB - 3/21/2011 10:20:48 PM
- Anyone understanding Bush a little more clearly now? - Jody - 3/20/2011 4:52:51 PM
  - Of course there are similarities... - alcaray - 3/20/2011 6:02:14 PM
  - If you see dots, it's up to you to connect them first. - robvg - 3/20/2011 5:12:19 PM

"Slashing" spending - TB - 3/18/2011 5:04:41 PM
- Re: "Slashing" spending - BuckGalaxy - 3/19/2011 6:06:14 PM
- Budget claims - SteveS - 3/18/2011 7:48:38 PM
  - The other side - SteveS - 3/20/2011 12:11:11 AM
    - What the CBO REALLY says - BuckGalaxy - 3/20/2011 6:42:42 AM
      - Good grief. - TB - 3/20/2011 7:11:45 PM
        
        Its spending and taxes - buckgalaxy - 3/20/2011 7:50:49 PM
        
        It's dead, Buck. - TB - 3/20/2011 9:22:48 PM
        
        Re: It's dead, Buck. - buckgalaxy - 3/20/2011 11:59:36 PM
        
        Re: Re: It's dead, Buck. - SteveS - 3/21/2011 1:59:07 PM
        
        Are you F___ing blind? - BuckGalaxy - 3/22/2011 12:13:12 AM
        
        Re: Are you serious? - SteveS - 3/22/2011 2:50:54 AM
        
        It's not about seeing, it's about knowing. - TB - 3/22/2011 1:38:45 AM
        
        Re: Re: It's dead - TB - 3/21/2011 1:32:20 AM
        
        The graph - TB - 3/20/2011 9:30:34 PM

What We Don't Know - TB - 3/21/2011 10:09:07 PM

How Washington ruined your washing machine - TB - 3/17/2011 6:41:19 PM
- Don't get me started.. - Jody - 3/18/2011 2:40:11 PM
  - Yeah, let the government feed and house you for the next year. - Eri - 3/21/2011 8:27:57 PM
  - Is that for a system you bought? - mcfly - 3/18/2011 3:22:15 PM
    - Ha! - Jody - 3/18/2011 3:30:36 PM
      - And BTW - Eri - 3/21/2011 8:31:37 PM
      - That's because... - Eri - 3/21/2011 8:29:52 PM

How many countries are seeing unrest? - robvg - 3/21/2011 8:22:56 PM

New radiation dose chart - TB - 3/20/2011 9:43:28 PM
- Re: New radiation dose chart - TB - 3/20/2011 9:52:54 PM
  - Re: Re: New radiation dose chart - TB - 3/21/2011 4:31:31 AM

Environmentalism in Germany - TB - 3/20/2011 3:53:49 AM

Again, who are the rebels? - robvg - 3/19/2011 8:50:21 PM
- Damn good question - podrock - 3/19/2011 9:28:16 PM
  - Re: Damn good question - TB - 3/19/2011 10:26:20 PM
    - Abdicate is probably the smartest thing we could do. - robvg - 3/19/2011 11:16:01 PM
      - Hear! Hear! - Eri - 3/20/2011 2:41:24 AM

112 Tomahawk missiles launched into Libya - Jody - 3/19/2011 10:14:08 PM
- Exactly eight years after Bush launched the war in Iraq. - TB - 3/19/2011 10:54:00 PM

A letter from Sendai - Jody - 3/18/2011 9:32:56 PM

More photos from Japan - TB - 3/18/2011 2:35:40 AM

Detailed update on reactors in Japan - TB - 3/17/2011 5:05:12 PM
- Why couldn't they bury the reactors in sand with dredges like they used to build the islands in Dubai? nt - robvg - 3/18/2011 1:09:19 AM
- Re: Detailed update on reactors in Japan - SteveS - 3/17/2011 8:46:53 PM
- On the other end of the radiation scale... - TB - 3/17/2011 5:15:36 PM

Ishinomaki, Japan - TB - 3/17/2011 10:29:03 PM

New York Times putting up a subscription wall - TB - 3/17/2011 4:48:15 PM
- Re: New York Times putting up a subscription wall - SteveS - 3/17/2011 8:57:48 PM
- Tough to say - mcfly - 3/17/2011 5:06:30 PM

The dumbing down of the USA - SteveS - 3/16/2011 8:14:35 PM
- Which is why immigration policy should be linked with national security. - Lee - 3/17/2011 3:51:24 AM
  - Re: Which is why immigration policy should be linked with national security. - SteveS - 3/17/2011 1:53:51 PM
    - I'm talking about the population in general. - Lee - 3/17/2011 4:16:39 PM
      - I get it - SteveS - 3/17/2011 8:30:56 PM
      - Intelligence - TB - 3/17/2011 4:41:08 PM
    - "uneducated" - TB - 3/17/2011 4:10:49 PM
      - Very true n/t - SteveS - 3/17/2011 8:33:05 PM

"Chernobyl's Hot Zone Holds Some Surprises" - mcfly - 3/17/2011 5:38:08 PM
- More on Chernobyl - TB - 3/17/2011 6:33:05 PM
- Re: Surprises - TB - 3/17/2011 6:02:28 PM

8.8 quake hits Japan - podrock - 3/11/2011 6:46:32 AM
- Re: 8.9 quake hits Japan - johannes - 3/12/2011 8:05:11 PM
  - Don't worry - podrock - 3/13/2011 5:28:51 AM
    - Re: Don't worry yet - johannes - 3/13/2011 9:27:50 PM
      - Re: Re: Update from: - johannes - 3/17/2011 5:30:32 PM
    - Me too - Eri - 3/13/2011 1:06:35 PM
- Next worry: The reactors - VelociraptorBlade - 3/12/2011 12:30:14 AM
  - The ultimate test - podrock - 3/13/2011 5:58:20 AM
    - Re: The ultimate test - Eri - 3/15/2011 2:09:00 PM
- Re: 8.8 quake hits Japan - TB - 3/11/2011 4:52:15 PM
  - Beaches - SteveS - 3/11/2011 8:30:32 PM
    - Nice link, Steve, here's the embedded vid: - podrock - 3/11/2011 9:12:42 PM
      - Thanks - SteveS - 3/11/2011 10:28:44 PM
        
        An idiot in Oregon - Eri - 3/12/2011 1:25:06 PM
        
        ................ - VelociraptorBlade - 3/12/2011 7:46:37 PM
        
        Ah VB... - Eri - 3/12/2011 7:52:24 PM
- Al Jazeera LIVE - VelociraptorBlade - 3/11/2011 8:50:08 AM
- Serious tsunami hitting Japan. - podrock - 3/11/2011 7:20:03 AM
  - Really bad. - Eri - 3/11/2011 1:21:23 PM
    - It is! iT'S The Big One for Japan; California's Big One is coming next. - Jeff-Wash - 3/11/2011 8:19:14 PM
    - Tsunami - SteveS - 3/11/2011 1:46:59 PM

Where the heck are the robots in Japan? - TB - 3/16/2011 9:12:55 PM
- Another article on Japanese robots - TB - 3/17/2011 4:44:16 PM

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