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ABC gets it right on radiation. - Lee - 3/17/2011 3:47:55 AM

Run on iodide pills. In California - TB - 3/15/2011 9:41:16 PM
- I'm with the guy who wants them for free - SteveS - 3/16/2011 12:39:03 AM
- Alternatively... - alcaray - 3/15/2011 9:49:59 PM
  - Re: Alternatively... - TB - 3/15/2011 10:19:01 PM
    - P.S. - TB - 3/15/2011 10:20:30 PM
      - Not me. I'm irresponsible. - alcaray - 3/15/2011 11:29:20 PM
        
        Or, alternatively, and for purely satirical value... - alcaray - 3/15/2011 11:42:49 PM
        
        Snort! - Eri - 3/16/2011 12:24:20 AM
        
        Well said Eri. - Jody - 3/16/2011 3:43:17 PM
        
        Re: Snort! - TB - 3/16/2011 1:21:19 AM
        
        A very few years ago... - alcaray - 3/16/2011 6:36:37 AM
        
        Re: A very few years ago... - TB - 3/16/2011 3:20:05 PM
        
        I'm done, but a side-note. - alcaray - 3/16/2011 10:15:03 PM
        
        Well said (n/t) - Eri - 3/16/2011 11:30:42 AM

Cool vid captured during the quake. - alcaray - 3/15/2011 9:40:41 PM
- Very cool vid - SteveS - 3/16/2011 2:23:04 PM
- Great vid, thanks, embedded here. - podrock - 3/15/2011 9:52:19 PM
- Re: Cool vid - TB - 3/15/2011 9:45:25 PM
  - Reclaimed land - SteveS - 3/16/2011 2:19:03 PM

Meanwhile, in Libya - TB - 3/15/2011 5:10:18 PM
- We missed a excellent oppertunity - SteveS - 3/15/2011 6:14:09 PM
  - "Protesters" - RobVG - 3/15/2011 6:55:20 PM
    - Re: "Protesters" - SteveS - 3/15/2011 7:24:55 PM
  - Opportunity to do what? - TB - 3/15/2011 6:23:10 PM
    - Re: Opportunity to do what? - SteveS - 3/15/2011 6:55:56 PM
      - "then we go in" - mcfly - 3/15/2011 8:32:19 PM
        
        Re: "then we go in" - SteveS - 3/16/2011 12:25:00 AM
- So why is the Arab League sitting on its hands? - mcfly - 3/15/2011 5:17:16 PM

Media meltdown - TB - 3/15/2011 4:42:14 PM
- Media meltdown - Japanese lives at risk - TB - 3/15/2011 9:00:33 PM
- Re: Media meltdown - SteveS - 3/15/2011 6:04:00 PM
  - Re: Re: Media meltdown - TB - 3/15/2011 6:15:28 PM
- Re: Media meltdown - mcfly - 3/15/2011 5:06:14 PM
  - Re: Re: Media meltdown - TB - 3/15/2011 5:42:36 PM
    - Granted - mcfly - 3/15/2011 5:55:26 PM
      - Re: Experts - TB - 3/15/2011 6:01:44 PM

Baby girl rescued from rubble in Japan - TB - 3/15/2011 6:12:21 PM

Measuring radiation levels - TB - 3/15/2011 4:24:46 PM

Details on Japanese nuclear reactors - TB - 3/14/2011 4:52:34 PM
- Re: Japanese nuclear reactors - TB - 3/15/2011 3:49:52 PM
- Really? - robvg - 3/15/2011 12:37:34 AM
  - Re: Really? - TB - 3/15/2011 3:02:35 AM
    - Latest info from the horses mouth - alcaray - 3/15/2011 8:47:56 AM
      - yea I expected that, let me try something else... - alcaray - 3/15/2011 8:53:27 AM
  - Worrying about it will get me nowhere - Jody - 3/15/2011 12:51:00 AM

Nuclear reactors - Eri - 3/12/2011 1:35:06 PM
- I blame Homer - VelociraptorBlade - 3/12/2011 7:44:10 PM
  - Well, pay attention when the next disaster hits. - Eri - 3/12/2011 7:48:06 PM
    - Meh, - VelociraptorBlade - 3/13/2011 12:11:05 AM
- Re: Nuclear reactors - TB - 3/12/2011 5:58:41 PM
  - They are evacuating those within 20 k of the offending plant. - alcaray - 3/15/2011 8:58:39 AM
    - And the media is business after all... - mcfly - 3/15/2011 11:44:19 AM
      - I agree. - Eri - 3/15/2011 2:14:37 PM
  - I'll tell you what, TB - Eri - 3/13/2011 1:12:31 PM
    - Re: I'll tell you what - TB - 3/13/2011 5:01:03 PM
      - What I'm telling you... - Eri - 3/13/2011 6:05:42 PM
  - Jackhole example - TB - 3/12/2011 9:06:56 PM
    - Meanwhile, from somewhere in the back pages... - TB - 3/12/2011 9:10:58 PM
      - Meanwhile.... - Jody - 3/12/2011 9:26:32 PM
        
        Okay, so I am the Norm Crosby of analogies... - Jody - 3/13/2011 2:06:42 PM
        
        Nah...that stinks too - Jody - 3/13/2011 2:08:26 PM
        
        How about it's a natural disaster in which a lot of people lost their lives. - Eri - 3/13/2011 6:11:53 PM
        
        Thank you Eri. - Jody - 3/13/2011 7:13:50 PM
        
        and that means? - Eri - 3/14/2011 2:11:43 AM
        
        Re:It means whatever you want it to mean... - Jody - 3/14/2011 5:32:56 PM
        
        If it's arrogance, it's not my arrogance. - Eri - 3/14/2011 11:27:40 PM
        
        You choose it...therefore you own your arrogance. - Jody - 3/15/2011 12:21:39 AM
        
        Re: means whatever you want it to mean - TB - 3/14/2011 6:01:26 PM
        
        Well said Tom.... - Jody - 3/14/2011 6:32:43 PM
  - You forgot Natural Gas - robvg - 3/12/2011 7:47:48 PM
    - Or revolutionaries. - Lee - 3/13/2011 12:40:23 AM
  - Plow horses? - Eri - 3/12/2011 7:44:52 PM
    - Re: Plow horses - TB - 3/12/2011 8:31:01 PM
    - That pretty much sums it up. n/t - robvg - 3/12/2011 7:56:26 PM
  - Re: Re: Nuclear reactors - Jeff-Wash - 3/12/2011 7:34:07 PM
    - Worldwide - robvg - 3/12/2011 7:52:31 PM
      - what's with you apocalyptic righties? - mcfly - 3/13/2011 7:37:50 AM
        
        Re: apocalyptic righties - TB - 3/13/2011 5:12:19 PM
        
        And... - mcfly - 3/13/2011 9:04:04 PM
        
        Engineering solutions - TB - 3/14/2011 2:44:19 PM
        
        I was out of line, TB - mcfly - 3/14/2011 4:35:08 PM
        
        No problem. - TB - 3/14/2011 4:47:23 PM
        
        Negative Nellie - mcfly - 3/13/2011 6:10:10 PM
        
        Re: what's with you apocalyptic righties? - SteveS - 3/13/2011 3:00:54 PM
      - Re: Worldwide - TB - 3/12/2011 8:04:37 PM
        
        Re: Re: Worldwide - johannes - 3/12/2011 8:56:24 PM
      - Yeah, but that side of the planet is always pissed at us. (n/t) - Eri - 3/12/2011 8:03:06 PM

Tsunami video - TB - 3/15/2011 4:29:32 AM

Shinmoedake Volcano Erupts - podrock - 3/13/2011 8:57:21 PM
- It is the Catfish........ - VelociraptorBlade - 3/14/2011 9:33:54 AM
- It is God...he is mad at all the homosexuals. - Jody - 3/13/2011 9:37:45 PM

Check my math - robvg - 3/11/2011 2:44:06 AM
- "Democrats embarrass themselves at Islamic radicalization hearing" - robvg - 3/11/2011 5:28:29 PM
  - Re: "Democrats embarrass themselves at Islamic radicalization hearing" - SteveS - 3/11/2011 6:32:14 PM
    - "Dishonest tactics" - TB - 3/11/2011 7:26:47 PM
      - You all miss the point - buckgalaxy - 3/12/2011 1:28:46 AM
        
        It's not just a law enforcement issue. - RobVG - 3/12/2011 2:42:22 AM

Anybody watching Wisconsin? - TB - 3/10/2011 5:20:52 AM
- Re: watching Wisconsin - TB - 3/10/2011 10:34:04 PM
- Republicans do whatever they want - Eri - 3/10/2011 3:33:45 PM
  - Re: Republicans - TB - 3/10/2011 4:36:45 PM
    - The Left's war on democracy - TB - 3/10/2011 5:11:08 PM
      - Well, not all of the Left - SteveS - 3/10/2011 11:44:02 PM
        
        Re: Well, not all of the Left - TB - 3/10/2011 11:52:37 PM

Headscarves make women beautiful - SteveS - 3/10/2011 10:26:16 PM

Affordable Care Act and rising premiums - SteveS - 3/3/2011 6:06:49 PM
- Obviously too stupid and biased a comment to merit a response - buckgalaxy - 3/5/2011 10:05:39 AM
  - Clueless - SteveS - 3/7/2011 3:21:42 PM
    - Moved - TB - 3/8/2011 5:22:53 PM
      - HEY!!!! - Jody - 3/8/2011 5:34:29 PM
    - If you believe that - buckgalaxy - 3/8/2011 7:28:15 AM
      - You're wandering - SteveS - 3/8/2011 6:02:15 PM
        
        How to spot bullsh!t in a post - BuckGalaxy - 3/9/2011 7:37:18 AM
        
        Government takeover - TB - 3/9/2011 5:02:38 PM
        
        Re: How to spot bullsh!t in a post - SteveS - 3/9/2011 3:08:07 PM
        
        Re: Re: How to spot bullsh!t in a post - buckgalaxy - 3/9/2011 4:52:47 PM
        
        Wrong, It is all there - SteveS - 3/9/2011 11:47:56 PM
        
        Re: Sorry, but... - TB - 3/10/2011 12:08:52 AM
        
        How it works. - TB - 3/9/2011 5:31:26 PM
        
        Re: How to spot bullsh!t in a post - Eri - 3/9/2011 2:06:03 PM
        
        Re: Motivation - TB - 3/8/2011 6:45:35 PM
      - Some clues - TB - 3/8/2011 5:27:20 PM
  - Gee Buck....that's about a ten on the old tension scale. n/t - Jody - 3/6/2011 1:19:27 AM
    - Typical bully hurling baseless insults n/t - SteveS - 3/7/2011 3:27:48 PM
  - Re: stupid and biased - TB - 3/5/2011 4:39:33 PM
    - Re: Re: stupid and biased - buckgalaxy - 3/6/2011 2:19:09 AM
      - Math is hard! - TB - 3/6/2011 4:03:47 AM
        
        I've responded to this so many times - BuckGalaxy - 3/7/2011 4:12:58 AM
        
        So have I. - TB - 3/7/2011 4:56:03 AM
        
        And... - TB - 3/7/2011 5:33:59 AM

What We're Talking About When We Talk About Big Government - TB - 3/8/2011 5:01:21 AM
- Re: "Save the cowboy poets!" - TB - 3/8/2011 8:17:09 PM
  - Cowboy poets - Jody - 3/9/2011 2:27:17 AM
    - Re: Cowboy poets - TB - 3/9/2011 3:45:03 AM

The coming age of control - TB - 3/8/2011 4:52:04 AM
- Lileks comments - TB - 3/8/2011 8:42:48 PM
- "Never been about the climate".... - Jody - 3/8/2011 3:21:13 PM
- Where you see control - podrock - 3/8/2011 5:27:36 AM
  - I refused the utility company's offer to take over my thermostat. - Eri - 3/8/2011 7:04:34 AM
    - It is not, in this case, - podrock - 3/8/2011 7:18:20 AM
      - It is government regulated in England... - Jody - 3/8/2011 3:14:18 PM
      - Re: It is not, in this case, - TB - 3/8/2011 3:12:40 PM

"Nitrogen pollution" - TB - 3/7/2011 9:23:17 PM
- Eutrphication - podrock - 3/7/2011 9:39:42 PM
  - Re: Eutrophication - TB - 3/7/2011 11:01:29 PM
    - Tadpoles? NO!!! - robvg - 3/8/2011 1:20:46 AM
      - I like that noise. - TB - 3/8/2011 1:33:31 AM
        
        I don't live close to any major sources, thank goodness - VelociraptorBlade - 3/8/2011 3:40:59 AM
    - the pond - podrock - 3/7/2011 11:53:03 PM
      - Impressive - TB - 3/8/2011 12:07:38 AM
        
        thanks - podrock - 3/8/2011 12:15:49 AM
        
        Re: fish - TB - 3/8/2011 12:28:02 AM
- Nope. Not a joke. - TB - 3/7/2011 9:29:53 PM
  - I know TB - Jody - 3/7/2011 11:34:23 PM

Here's a rather silly proposed law: - podrock - 3/8/2011 12:02:43 AM

Well, when someone you love gets sick from the food... - Eri - 3/7/2011 1:21:19 PM
- Budget cuts (with link) - TB - 3/7/2011 5:28:29 PM
  - Isn't that what I said? - Jody - 3/7/2011 5:55:45 PM
- I believe - Jody - 3/7/2011 3:07:21 PM

Waste in medical spending - TB - 3/7/2011 5:40:09 AM

Dick Durbin - TB - 3/6/2011 7:34:45 PM
- We'll take care of another billion. - Eri - 3/6/2011 9:04:05 PM
  - Sorry, but... - TB - 3/6/2011 9:32:10 PM
    - But your leg is so much fun to pull. - Eri - 3/6/2011 9:48:38 PM
    - Double post. Double leg pull. - Eri - 3/6/2011 9:48:32 PM

Interesting where both parties get their funds. - Eri - 3/6/2011 1:07:17 PM
- Re: funds. - TB - 3/6/2011 4:36:32 PM
  - I carry my own load. - Eri - 3/6/2011 7:58:01 PM
    - Re: I carry my own load. - TB - 3/6/2011 9:29:03 PM

Jobs comig back - BuckGalaxy - 3/4/2011 4:29:30 PM
- Re: Jobs coming back - TB - 3/4/2011 5:02:53 PM
  - Re: Re: Jobs coming back - BuckGalaxy - 3/5/2011 4:44:28 AM
    - Re: Re: Re: Jobs coming back - TB - 3/5/2011 5:11:34 PM
      - Moved (n/t) - TB - 3/6/2011 4:46:07 AM
      - Oh yeah things were just so great under Bush LMAO - buckgalaxy - 3/6/2011 1:30:44 AM
        
        Re: things were just so great - TB - 3/6/2011 4:48:19 AM
        
        I love Bush!!!! - Jody - 3/6/2011 5:46:41 PM
        
        Not me - velociraptorblade - 3/6/2011 6:50:01 PM
  - P.S. - TB - 3/4/2011 5:17:13 PM

Oh, crap. "FAA Wants To Ramp Up Commercial Space Office" - TB - 3/5/2011 9:33:33 PM
- Hmmm..... - velociraptorblade - 3/6/2011 4:22:38 AM

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