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Who makes the money and who pays the taxes - TB - 6/29/2010 5:30:58 PM

Mapping the oil spill to more familiar geographies - mcfly - 6/29/2010 1:32:49 PM
- Re: more familiar geographies - TB - 6/29/2010 3:05:09 PM

Current events - TB - 6/28/2010 4:40:34 PM
- Heh...you must be a parent... - Jody - 6/28/2010 6:45:23 PM
  - Right now, "parent" of a novel. - TB - 6/28/2010 7:13:41 PM
    - Ap*parent*ly - Jody - 6/29/2010 12:04:46 AM
      - extracurricular - Eri - 6/29/2010 4:25:47 AM
- You'll get more points if you show your work... n/t - mcfly - 6/28/2010 6:35:56 PM

Lets prove tea partiers are racists - robvg - 6/17/2010 4:53:35 AM
- Selective outrage - robert - 6/18/2010 2:50:00 PM
  - A little diversity? That would offend Alan Keyes. - Jeff-Wash - 6/26/2010 10:06:06 PM
  - Re: Selective outrage - TB - 6/18/2010 4:49:18 PM
    - Why it is called a "Bourgeois Revolution" - er - 6/18/2010 5:58:34 PM
      - More Tea Party History - er - 6/18/2010 8:01:07 PM
        
        Funny... - TB - 6/18/2010 8:49:40 PM
        
        raga, mama, raga - er - 6/18/2010 9:23:31 PM
        
        Different planets - TB - 6/18/2010 9:59:18 PM
        
        A Dialogue of the Two World Systems - er - 6/18/2010 10:30:37 PM
  - Re: Selective outrage - er - 6/18/2010 4:27:43 PM
    - The CEO stole my girlfriend - er - 6/18/2010 8:14:47 PM
    - Nativists vs Cosmopolitans - er - 6/18/2010 6:15:02 PM
    - Re: Re: Selective outrage - TB - 6/18/2010 5:04:10 PM
      - Polls don't mean squat. - er - 6/18/2010 6:04:44 PM
        
        Elections do. - TB - 6/18/2010 6:23:09 PM
        
        Re: Elections do. - er - 6/18/2010 6:34:28 PM
        
        Re: Re: Elections do. - TB - 6/18/2010 7:44:03 PM
  - You are so full of crap. (how's that for outrage) - robvg - 6/18/2010 4:21:25 PM
    - "True Skeptic" - TB - 6/18/2010 4:55:44 PM
- Heh - TB - 6/17/2010 2:38:13 PM
  - This coming from the party that is made up of numerous race based organizations. - Lee - 6/17/2010 3:03:25 PM

Oil on troubled waters - er - 6/24/2010 11:36:13 PM
- Re: Oil on troubled waters - Marcia - 6/26/2010 5:50:02 AM
- I may cross my toes and eyes, too. - Eri - 6/25/2010 8:17:37 PM

Federal government halts construction of sand berm. - RobVG - 6/24/2010 1:25:40 AM

General "Betray-Us" chosen by Obama to run war - TB - 6/23/2010 9:13:33 PM
- See below. - Eri - 6/23/2010 9:37:05 PM

Mexico Joins Suit Against Arizona's Illegal Immigration Law. - Lee - 6/23/2010 6:53:17 PM

Judge blocks drilling moratorium - robvg - 6/23/2010 5:55:15 AM

So how about that Dow, eh? - er - 6/22/2010 7:59:05 PM
- Tao of the Dow (updated) - podrock - 6/23/2010 1:08:28 AM
- The market performed in a similar manner prior to the Great Depression. - Lee - 6/22/2010 8:42:41 PM
- Re: "Fractal noise" - TB - 6/22/2010 8:08:09 PM

North Korea lifts ban on private markets to prevent famine - TB - 6/19/2010 5:08:06 AM
- Then there's Russia... - TB - 6/20/2010 12:47:55 AM
  - Re: Then there's Russia... - er - 6/20/2010 1:47:37 AM
    - And the power to send you to the gulag. - Lee - 6/20/2010 4:26:53 AM
      - Re: And the power to send you to the gulag. - er - 6/20/2010 12:19:59 PM
        
        "Ruthless merchant princes?" - TB - 6/22/2010 4:28:52 PM
        
        They're ain't one commie among them. - er - 6/22/2010 5:42:31 PM
        
        Sidebar... - TB - 6/22/2010 5:14:59 PM
        
        Re: Sidebar... - er - 6/22/2010 5:47:00 PM
        
        Oops. Sorry! - TB - 6/22/2010 8:47:27 PM
        
        No problem, honest mistake. - er - 6/22/2010 8:52:08 PM

Media afraid to Interrogate Tea Partiers? - Eri - 6/22/2010 2:33:10 PM
- Re: Media afraid to Interrogate Tea Partiers? - TB - 6/22/2010 4:08:39 PM
- The article starts off with a lie. - Lee - 6/22/2010 3:50:49 PM
  - Better look that one up. - robvg - 6/22/2010 3:54:44 PM
    - Re: Better look that one up. - Lee - 6/22/2010 4:18:56 PM
- Interrogate? Isn't that what you do to criminals? - Lee - 6/22/2010 3:44:58 PM
  - You said it; I didn't. - Eri - 6/22/2010 4:31:59 PM

"Cumulative voting" - TB - 6/16/2010 2:34:44 PM
- Yeah, what's wrong with the tyranny of the majority, huh bub? - robert - 6/16/2010 6:41:33 PM
  - Re: Yeah, what's wrong with the tyranny of the majority, huh bub? - ER - 6/16/2010 10:08:00 PM
  - Re: tyranny of the majority - TB - 6/16/2010 8:17:28 PM
    - That's just silly. - Eri - 6/16/2010 8:47:10 PM
      - Is it? - TB - 6/16/2010 11:08:52 PM
        
        Re: Is it? - er - 6/17/2010 12:44:27 AM
        
        Re: Re: Is it? - TB - 6/17/2010 2:51:49 AM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Is it? - ER - 6/17/2010 3:34:31 AM
        
        Triangulation - TB - 6/17/2010 3:51:57 AM
  - I understand the principle behind it now. - Eri - 6/16/2010 7:05:57 PM
    - If they want representation. - Lee - 6/17/2010 1:27:51 AM
    - and pragmatism - robert - 6/17/2010 12:49:07 AM
      - Re: and pragmatism - TB - 6/17/2010 2:58:27 AM
- That just is not right. - Eri - 6/16/2010 6:30:27 PM

In Japan, the Execs would have just committed Harakiri - Eri - 6/16/2010 7:31:11 PM

It's good to be boss. - ER - 6/16/2010 11:59:41 AM

Smartypants takes on a whole new meaning. - Eri - 6/15/2010 6:26:36 PM
- Better topic for Geek or Offtopic n/t - RobVG - 6/15/2010 11:27:27 PM
  - It's new technology, so I posted it here. - Eri - 6/15/2010 11:41:39 PM

Economic game changer in Afghanistan? - TB - 6/14/2010 4:17:41 AM
- From the USGS: - podrock - 6/14/2010 6:53:10 PM
  - Much more from the USGS: - podrock - 6/14/2010 7:51:13 PM
- Someone went quail hunting in Afghanistan a long time ago - Jody - 6/14/2010 3:45:20 PM
- Good news, bad news. - Eri - 6/14/2010 1:32:43 PM
- Holy crap - Jody - 6/14/2010 12:09:49 PM
- Re: Economic game changer in Afghanistan? - ER - 6/14/2010 12:06:23 PM
  - Oil in Afghanistan? - podrock - 6/14/2010 7:49:00 PM
    - I figured it was there. - Eri - 6/14/2010 8:46:49 PM
      - Getting it out is the problem. - podrock - 6/14/2010 11:34:32 PM
        
        Every permit requires a bribe - Lindy - 6/15/2010 12:49:09 AM
        
        Re: Every permit requires a bribe - TB - 6/15/2010 1:22:03 AM
  - Re: Re: Economic game changer in Afghanistan - TB - 6/14/2010 2:27:59 PM
    - Afghanistan is rich in gems. - Lee - 6/14/2010 3:12:51 PM
      - the goldwater solutions - er - 6/14/2010 3:37:25 PM
        
        Re: the goldwater solutions - Lindy - 6/14/2010 11:22:45 PM
        
        I'm curious... - podrock - 6/14/2010 6:57:19 PM
        
        Re: I'm curious... - ER - 6/14/2010 8:09:12 PM
        
        Re: Re: I'm curious... - podrock - 6/14/2010 8:15:48 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: I'm curious... - ER - 6/14/2010 8:36:33 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: I'm curious... - podrock - 6/14/2010 8:54:33 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: I'm curious... - ER - 6/14/2010 9:10:24 PM
        
        All too common a tale - podrock - 6/14/2010 10:54:27 PM
        
        Gems are made of minerals - Lee - 6/14/2010 4:10:16 PM
        
        Gems are Minerals - podrock - 6/14/2010 7:08:04 PM
        
        What I'm getting at. - Lee - 6/14/2010 9:07:32 PM
        
        Pathfinder minerals and elements - podrock - 6/14/2010 10:39:57 PM
        
        Re: the goldwater solutions - TB - 6/14/2010 3:47:42 PM
    - Take two lithiums and call me in the morning - er - 6/14/2010 3:07:26 PM
      - Do you have a laptop, cellphone, Ipod, etc.? - Jeff-Wash - 6/15/2010 5:54:50 PM
      - Re: The Great Game - TB - 6/14/2010 3:56:01 PM
        
        Re: Re: The Great Game - and a reality show for Sailboat Abby - ER - 6/14/2010 5:44:50 PM
        
        Re: Sailboat Abby - TB - 6/14/2010 7:06:19 PM
        
        Re: Re: Sailboat Abby - ER - 6/14/2010 8:20:54 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Sailboat Abby - TB - 6/15/2010 12:16:05 AM
      - Re: Take two lithiums - TB - 6/14/2010 3:34:06 PM
        
        So would I. - er - 6/14/2010 3:43:20 PM
        
        Re: Big Winners - TB - 6/14/2010 3:51:43 PM
        
        Not uniquely "Western Anglo Saxon" - ER - 6/14/2010 5:06:24 PM
        
        "Uniquely Western Anglo Saxon" - TB - 6/14/2010 7:22:35 PM
        
        Re: "Uniquely Western Anglo Saxon" - ER - 6/14/2010 8:51:05 PM
        
        Awright now John Wayne and Errol Flynn - Jody - 6/15/2010 4:52:45 PM
        
        Misplaced Post (n/t) - TB - 6/15/2010 4:05:30 AM
        
        Cultural suicide - TB - 6/15/2010 1:19:02 AM
        
        Cultural suicide/True Patriotism - er - 6/15/2010 3:03:50 AM
        
        Outstanding ER n/t (n/t) - mcfly - 6/15/2010 5:25:39 PM
        
        Re: Cultural suicide - TB - 6/15/2010 4:08:03 AM
        
        It sure smells like a duck to me. - ER - 6/15/2010 11:08:13 AM
        
        Re: It sure smells - TB - 6/15/2010 4:23:52 PM
        
        Paraphrase - Eri - 6/15/2010 6:12:19 PM
        
        Re: Paraphrase - TB - 6/15/2010 6:42:14 PM
        
        BTW, happy Flag Day (n/t) - TB - 6/15/2010 4:37:16 AM
        
        Post Removed - Eri - 6/15/2010 12:49:11 PM
        
        Well Afghanistan is a country in name only. - Lee - 6/14/2010 3:42:22 PM
        
        Re: Well Afghanistan is a country in name only. - er - 6/14/2010 3:49:42 PM

Armed pair arrested at gate of MacDill AFB - TB - 6/15/2010 4:30:05 AM

Toxic Oil Spill Rains Could Destroy North America - RobVG - 6/10/2010 1:49:20 AM
- Re: Toxic Oil Spill Rains Could Destroy North America - Eri - 6/10/2010 3:26:27 AM
  - Good Lord, people. - TB - 6/10/2010 3:48:10 AM
    - Re: Good Lord, people. - Lindy - 6/14/2010 12:33:14 AM
      - Re: Re: Good Lord, people. - TB - 6/14/2010 1:20:29 AM
    - Post removed? - Lindy - 6/14/2010 12:30:56 AM
      - Hi Lindy!!!!!!! - Jody - 6/14/2010 12:40:50 AM
        
        Hey Jody - Lindy - 6/14/2010 12:47:33 AM
        
        I'm so sorry about your father, Lindy. - Eri - 6/14/2010 3:25:35 AM
        
        Marcia - Jody - 6/14/2010 3:03:35 AM
        
        Gusto - Lindy - 6/14/2010 11:29:48 PM
        
        Re: Hey Lindy - podrock - 6/14/2010 2:59:48 AM
        
        Re: Re: Hey Lindy - Lindy - 6/15/2010 12:40:22 AM
        
        Heh - Jody - 6/15/2010 12:54:50 AM
    - Dispersant - Eri - 6/10/2010 4:56:12 AM
      - Re: Dispersant - TB - 6/10/2010 5:14:59 AM
        
        Well, there you go. - Eri - 6/10/2010 12:05:46 PM
        
        post removed - ER - 6/10/2010 12:13:52 PM

"Scientist Awed by Size, Density of Undersea Oil Plume in Gulf " - mcfly - 6/9/2010 5:18:32 PM
- Re: "Scientist Awed by Size, Density of Undersea Oil Plume in Gulf " - ER - 6/9/2010 6:22:51 PM
  - Re: Re: "Scientist Awed by Size, Density of Undersea Oil Plume in Gulf " - Lindy - 6/15/2010 12:30:08 AM

Pentagon rushes to block release of classified files on Wikileaks - er - 6/14/2010 1:11:55 PM
- Re: classified files - TB - 6/14/2010 2:51:14 PM
  - Nothing should be classified... - er - 6/14/2010 11:59:04 PM
    - A valid point - TB - 6/15/2010 12:05:24 AM
  - Re: Re: classified files - Lindy - 6/14/2010 11:26:46 PM
- So, it's business as usual. - Eri - 6/14/2010 1:30:36 PM

On the ruination of our oceans by oil - TB - 6/8/2010 5:45:10 PM
- Oil good for fish. - RobVG - 6/9/2010 4:05:57 PM
  - The "Chernobyl Effect" - TB - 6/9/2010 5:02:58 PM
    - The Sarah Palin Effect - Eri - 6/9/2010 6:04:39 PM
- Self-serving crap. - er - 6/8/2010 6:29:56 PM
  - I hear... - Lindy - 6/15/2010 12:01:20 AM
  - Zero's onto the ends of judgement amounts?? - Lindy - 6/14/2010 11:52:52 PM
  - Re: Self-serving crap. - RobVG - 6/9/2010 4:11:58 PM
  - Okay, let's talk economics. - TB - 6/9/2010 3:42:18 PM
    - Okay, let's talk economics: hidden costs. - ER - 6/9/2010 5:22:20 PM
      - Re: Re: Okay, let's talk economics. - TB - 6/9/2010 5:45:50 PM

Politicans cannot deal with surprises - Eri - 6/11/2010 1:15:02 PM
- Remember Rosie Ruiz? - er - 6/11/2010 1:51:24 PM
  - A glimpse into the conservative mind. - Lee - 6/13/2010 3:04:25 PM
    - A glimpse into the liberal mind. - ER - 6/13/2010 3:50:24 PM
      - Re: A glimpse into the liberal mind. - TB - 6/13/2010 4:13:44 PM
        
        Re: Re: A glimpse into the liberal mind. - ER - 6/13/2010 4:29:37 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: A glimpse into the liberal mind. - TB - 6/13/2010 4:42:00 PM
        
        "My list is bigger than yours?" - ER - 6/13/2010 6:21:54 PM
        
        There are worse things than Stalinism - Lee - 6/14/2010 3:06:56 AM
        
        Balls in a vice is worse than Stalin... - Jody - 6/14/2010 3:26:13 AM
        
        Oh good grief, get a grip! - Eri - 6/14/2010 3:21:52 AM
        
        "We wouldn't be having this argument." - TB - 6/13/2010 6:58:23 PM
        
        Creationists have lists too. - ER - 6/13/2010 7:57:44 PM
        
        Aww, Jeez, TB - Eri - 6/13/2010 5:46:18 PM
        
        Re: Jeez - TB - 6/13/2010 5:54:07 PM
        
        That's an easy one. - Eri - 6/13/2010 8:46:56 PM
  - Policitical Practice - Eri - 6/11/2010 2:10:39 PM
    - Re: Policitical Practice - ER - 6/13/2010 4:43:55 PM
      - Re: Re: Political Practice - TB - 6/13/2010 5:00:10 PM
        
        But then... - Eri - 6/13/2010 5:35:55 PM
        
        I wasn't recommending the system - TB - 6/13/2010 6:00:16 PM
        
        If we had weak government... - Eri - 6/13/2010 6:12:04 PM
        
        Re: If we had weak government... - TB - 6/13/2010 6:29:27 PM
    - Who writes the test? (n/t) - TB - 6/13/2010 3:35:26 PM
      - Puts hand up. I will! I will! - Eri - 6/13/2010 5:39:27 PM
        
        I love all animals - Jody - 6/13/2010 6:16:27 PM
        
        an added question - Jody - 6/13/2010 6:18:02 PM
- Good Night Irene... - Jody - 6/11/2010 1:32:30 PM
  - That gives a nightmare vision... - Eri - 6/11/2010 2:12:04 PM

May employment report - TB - 6/4/2010 4:25:00 PM
- yeah..I was born yesterday Obama Wan... - Jody - 6/5/2010 2:54:44 PM
  - What's instructive about all this... - TB - 6/5/2010 3:56:13 PM
    - Bush Nostalgia Time.! - ER - 6/5/2010 5:55:36 PM
      - Oh, wait... - TB - 6/5/2010 6:45:27 PM
      - And a bit on "blame" - TB - 6/5/2010 6:37:27 PM
        
        Re-arranging the American debt to dollar ratio - Lindy - 6/14/2010 12:38:23 AM
      - Hello? The press? - TB - 6/5/2010 6:23:15 PM
        
        Politicians and poitics - Lindy - 6/14/2010 1:12:49 AM
- What's amazing to me... - Eri - 6/5/2010 4:28:50 AM

In the Swash - ER - 6/12/2010 11:21:04 PM
- Re: In the Swash - TB - 6/12/2010 11:49:35 PM

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