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Oil leak update - TB - 6/12/2010 8:16:18 PM
- More info - TB - 6/12/2010 8:24:09 PM

Seems like there ought to be a way... - Eri - 6/12/2010 4:19:10 PM

Canadian Forces in Afghanistan (aka, what the neighbor's kids are doing) - mcfly - 6/10/2010 5:31:00 PM
- Lifers and Short-timers - er - 6/11/2010 1:24:27 AM
  - I've met one who has gone over. - Jeff-Wash - 6/11/2010 7:59:43 PM
    - The Canadians are our friends. - Eri - 6/12/2010 12:37:07 AM
- Re: Canada has really stepped up through this whole war. (n/t) - TB - 6/10/2010 9:30:23 PM
  - Re: Re: Canada has really stepped up through this whole war. (n/t) - Jeff-Wash - 6/11/2010 8:03:43 PM

California overhauls voting system. - Eri - 6/10/2010 12:08:42 PM
- Re: California overhauls voting system. - TB - 6/10/2010 5:11:54 PM
  - Now, TB, you know damn well... - Eri - 6/10/2010 5:45:06 PM
    - Re: you know damn well... - TB - 6/10/2010 8:12:29 PM
      - The Persistance of Memory... - er - 6/10/2010 8:30:26 PM
      - It would cause some shifts. - Eri - 6/10/2010 8:25:45 PM
        
        Re: some shifts. - TB - 6/10/2010 8:58:52 PM
        
        I hope so Tom - Jody - 6/11/2010 12:52:48 PM
        
        About this fall. - Eri - 6/11/2010 2:32:10 AM
        
        These elections were primaries. - TB - 6/11/2010 2:58:19 AM
        
        Supposedly, the anti-encumbant fever... - Eri - 6/11/2010 1:12:53 PM

New Scientist article on oil spill recovery - TB - 6/10/2010 9:14:08 PM

Lawmakers seek to gut ethics office - TB - 6/10/2010 5:08:41 PM
- I guess both parties... - Eri - 6/10/2010 8:29:09 PM

Obamacare update - TB - 6/8/2010 5:16:22 PM

Republican House, Democratic President - TB - 6/7/2010 6:01:50 PM
- It didn't suck? - Eri - 6/7/2010 7:03:33 PM
  - Re: didn't suck - TB - 6/7/2010 8:55:28 PM

There is justice in the world. - Eri - 6/7/2010 7:10:46 PM

From the "it's not all that bad" dept. - RobVG - 6/7/2010 5:10:09 PM

Informative article on the oil disaster - TB - 6/7/2010 4:03:15 AM

What if? - Eri - 6/2/2010 11:11:35 PM
- Sitting on the dock of the bay. - er - 6/3/2010 2:34:30 AM
  - Re: Sitting on the dock of the bay. - RobVG - 6/4/2010 11:34:11 PM
    - Re: Re: Sitting on the dock of the bay. - ER - 6/5/2010 12:51:49 AM
      - Strawman...n/t - RobVG - 6/5/2010 4:16:12 AM
      - Not constructive at all. - TB - 6/5/2010 1:16:06 AM
    - Well, excussseeeeee meeeeeeeee.... - Eri - 6/5/2010 12:31:31 AM
      - I meant to criticize your opinion. - RobVG - 6/5/2010 3:16:19 AM
        
        Re: I meant to criticize your opinion. - Eri - 6/5/2010 3:51:54 AM
        
        What those people are thinking... - er - 6/5/2010 11:43:44 AM
        
        Responsibility - RobVG - 6/5/2010 4:52:38 PM
        
        He comes in colors everywhere...like a rainnnnnnbooooow. - ER - 6/5/2010 5:29:36 PM
        
        Do you think that just maybe... - RobVG - 6/5/2010 6:17:55 PM
        
        Fat Freddy says Hi. - ER - 6/5/2010 7:31:58 PM
        
        Old one eye left you a present...n/t - RobVG - 6/5/2010 8:05:51 PM
        
        ('Marmots' come out of the sky...) - RobVG - 6/5/2010 8:12:46 PM
        
        Re: Do you think that just maybe... - ER - 6/5/2010 7:20:30 PM
        
        "starting to look more like TMI every day" - TB - 6/5/2010 6:14:05 PM
        
        "...corporate and regulator negligence..." - ER - 6/5/2010 7:15:17 PM
        
        Profit and loss - TB - 6/5/2010 8:44:30 PM
        
        Re: Profit and loss - er - 6/5/2010 10:12:21 PM
        
        Competitive regulation - TB - 6/6/2010 2:52:37 AM
        
        Re: Competitive regulation - ER - 6/6/2010 4:31:22 AM
        
        Re: Re: Competitive regulation - TB - 6/7/2010 3:15:41 AM
  - Moved! - TB - 6/3/2010 4:14:15 AM
    - Then there's Exxon Valdez in 1989 - Eri - 6/3/2010 4:18:42 AM
      - Re: Exxon Valdez - TB - 6/3/2010 4:24:46 AM
  - Re: Sitting on the dock of the bay. - TB - 6/3/2010 2:52:56 AM
    - Re: Re: Sitting on the dock of the bay. - er - 6/3/2010 3:41:17 AM
      - Re: dock of the bay. - TB - 6/3/2010 4:43:19 AM
      - Take a deep breath, my friend. - Eri - 6/3/2010 4:31:35 AM
- Re: What if? - TB - 6/2/2010 11:31:02 PM
  - A few numbers - TB - 6/2/2010 11:42:03 PM
    - I wonder how much oil went into the ocean 65 million years ago. - Lee - 6/3/2010 8:07:25 AM
    - The oil floats mostly. - Eri - 6/3/2010 4:33:56 AM

Meanwhile, in Brazil - TB - 6/6/2010 5:58:12 AM

Drilling moratorium - RobVG - 6/5/2010 5:48:40 PM

Big link to ALL the undersea robot cameras! - TB - 6/4/2010 4:17:05 AM

Pirates preying on Texans - Eri - 5/30/2010 11:56:57 AM
- Re: Pirates preying on Texans - REB - 6/2/2010 7:46:46 PM
  - That 's kinda what I thought. - Eri - 6/2/2010 8:21:52 PM
    - There's always the "Dread Pirate Roberts" solution. - TB - 6/2/2010 9:11:56 PM
      - Re: There's always the "Dread Pirate Roberts" solution. - Eri - 6/3/2010 4:38:51 AM

Put the oil spill at your house! - TB - 6/2/2010 10:22:25 PM

Ten Biggest Oil Spills in History - TB - 6/2/2010 9:35:24 PM

Oil leak video link - TB - 5/29/2010 1:35:58 AM
- Cutting the top off the well head - TB - 6/2/2010 1:42:25 AM
- Cutting the pipe bundle - TB - 6/1/2010 4:39:21 PM
- More robot action - TB - 5/30/2010 9:55:32 PM
- Re: Oil leak video - TB - 5/30/2010 5:53:09 PM
- Re: Oil leak video link - TB - 5/29/2010 1:39:31 AM

Supreme Court ruling on Miranda - TB - 6/1/2010 5:07:32 PM
- It does. - Eri - 6/1/2010 6:24:41 PM
  - Re: It does. - TB - 6/2/2010 1:09:56 AM

Update on Canadian health care - TB - 5/31/2010 10:43:12 PM

The top kill was a failure so it's back to the drawing board. - Eri - 5/30/2010 4:27:40 AM
- Re: Diagrams and explanations of the next attempt - TB - 5/30/2010 9:12:53 PM
- Re: top kill - TB - 5/30/2010 3:40:59 PM
  - A couple of questions to anyone with expertise. - Jeff-Wash - 5/31/2010 8:03:43 PM
    - I've been wondering myself about #4. - Eri - 5/31/2010 9:08:08 PM

On Memorial Day - TB - 5/31/2010 4:22:46 PM

A short review of the Ixtoc oil disaster - TB - 5/30/2010 9:33:49 PM

Let me tell you about my operation. - er - 5/27/2010 12:36:16 PM
- Re: Let me tell you about my operation. - Eri - 5/27/2010 3:10:21 PM
  - Re: Re: Let me tell you about my operation. - er - 5/27/2010 3:34:34 PM
    - I recently had my 2nd - FrankC - 5/27/2010 11:17:52 PM
    - Do they put you under anesthesia? - Eri - 5/27/2010 10:12:15 PM
      - Not really. - TB - 5/28/2010 12:07:04 AM
    - Just had mine a week and a half ago. - TB - 5/27/2010 6:00:57 PM
      - Yikes! - Eri - 5/27/2010 10:14:39 PM

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