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Obama nominates Elena Kagan for SCOTUS...and so it begins. - robert - 5/10/2010 10:11:01 PM
- Re: Obama nominates Elena Kagan for SCOTUS...and so it begins. - ER - 5/11/2010 1:01:19 AM
  - Perfected over many years - robert - 5/11/2010 3:41:54 AM
    - Re: Perfected over many years - er - 5/11/2010 1:34:38 PM
      - Defining conservatism - RobVG - 5/11/2010 3:45:14 PM
        
        Re: Defining conservatism - TB - 5/11/2010 5:49:59 PM
        
        That, and... - TB - 5/11/2010 6:48:05 PM
        
        Re: Defining Conservatism - er - 5/11/2010 5:31:31 PM
        
        And so... - TB - 5/11/2010 6:57:46 PM
        
        Re: Defining conservatism - robert - 5/11/2010 5:25:41 PM
        
        Defining Decoherence - er - 5/11/2010 6:51:25 PM
        
        I hear you - robert - 5/11/2010 7:23:00 PM
        
        Bad Moon Rising - er - 5/11/2010 8:00:08 PM
        
        First they came for the Commies.... - robert - 5/12/2010 5:50:13 AM
        
        Re: commies - TB - 5/12/2010 4:56:23 PM
        
        Re: Bad Moon Rising - TB - 5/11/2010 8:04:57 PM
        
        A few touches of reality... - TB - 5/11/2010 7:50:18 PM
        
        You're being obtuse - robert - 5/12/2010 5:42:25 AM
        
        "Pathological literalism" - TB - 5/12/2010 5:12:49 PM
    - The self-congratulation is getting a bit thick... - TB - 5/11/2010 5:56:03 AM
- Looks like we dodged a bullet. - robvg - 5/11/2010 12:46:49 AM
- Re: ..and so it begins. - TB - 5/10/2010 10:34:44 PM
  - "Socialism and Re-distribution of Wealth" - Lindy - 5/11/2010 3:13:14 AM
    - Re: "Socialism and Re-distribution of Wealth" - TB - 5/11/2010 6:26:05 AM
  - He's disavowing judicial activism - robert - 5/10/2010 10:51:51 PM
    - Not really. - TB - 5/10/2010 11:54:02 PM
      - the New Right - robert - 5/11/2010 4:01:53 AM
        
        Re: the New Right - TB - 5/11/2010 6:21:16 AM
        
        Decoherence - robert - 5/11/2010 5:42:08 PM
        
        Re: Decoherence - TB - 5/11/2010 6:06:30 PM
    - Or: "What is this 'tea party movement' of which you speak?" - robert - 5/10/2010 11:36:57 PM
  - Just noticed again... - TB - 5/10/2010 10:38:23 PM

More Democratic spending coming down the pike - TB - 5/11/2010 11:47:04 PM

What we owe - TB - 5/11/2010 7:10:06 PM
- No, it's what YOU owe. - ER - 5/11/2010 7:24:33 PM
  - Wait a minute... - TB - 5/11/2010 7:43:43 PM
    - Re: Wait a minute... - er - 5/11/2010 8:33:07 PM
      - Re: Re: Wait a minute... - TB - 5/11/2010 9:23:06 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Wait a minute... - ER - 5/11/2010 9:42:01 PM

Gordon Brown resigns as PM - TB - 5/11/2010 8:03:13 PM

An investigation of blowout preventers - TB - 5/8/2010 4:31:52 PM
- Re: An investigation of blowout preventers - BuckGalaxy - 5/10/2010 10:08:15 PM
  - Not "impossible." Very difficult. - TB - 5/10/2010 10:51:25 PM

Newsweek is up for sale. - Lee - 5/6/2010 7:39:15 PM
- "Why did Newsweek fail?" - TB - 5/8/2010 3:42:00 AM
  - On a slightly related note... - TB - 5/8/2010 3:44:21 AM
    - Actually more germane - robert - 5/9/2010 9:46:11 PM
      - And yet... - TB - 5/9/2010 10:34:34 PM
        
        Re: And yet... - TB - 5/9/2010 11:23:54 PM
        
        Are you sure you read my post before replying? - robert - 5/9/2010 11:08:21 PM
        
        Upward hierarchical abstraction - er - 5/10/2010 12:17:10 AM
        
        Real: Upward hierarchical abstraction - robert - 5/10/2010 8:56:16 PM
        
        "Monopolize information?" - TB - 5/10/2010 12:56:45 AM
        
        Re: "Monopolize information?" - er - 5/10/2010 2:23:59 AM
        
        Re: information - TB - 5/10/2010 3:06:45 AM
        
        You want real world information? - TB - 5/10/2010 3:49:39 AM
        
        Re: You want real world information? - ER - 5/10/2010 11:09:30 AM
        
        Now who's "binary?" - TB - 5/10/2010 4:18:45 PM
      - Re: Actually more germane - ER - 5/9/2010 10:31:51 PM
        
        meow (n/t) - robert - 5/9/2010 10:56:44 PM
        
        More accurately... - TB - 5/9/2010 10:38:13 PM
        
        Did you hear the blowout preventers...didn't? - ER - 5/9/2010 11:05:11 PM
        
        Re: Did you hear the blowout preventers...didn't? - TB - 5/9/2010 11:08:43 PM
        
        Re: Re: Did you hear the blowout preventers...didn't? - ER - 5/9/2010 11:35:19 PM

The plan to rescue Greece - TB - 5/10/2010 4:40:08 PM
- First it's Iceland, then Greece, then Portugal, then California.... - Jeff-Wash - 5/10/2010 8:29:22 PM

Spill, Baby, Spill - ER - 5/9/2010 10:45:34 PM

Seems the same people who dislike the Arizona law, also dislike the American flag. - Lee - 5/6/2010 5:03:06 PM
- "This coming war"? - robert - 5/6/2010 5:40:25 PM
  - You must really hate Uncle Sam. - Lee - 5/6/2010 7:16:52 PM
    - You must really be an idiot - robert - 5/6/2010 8:06:22 PM
  - Re: Flags - TB - 5/6/2010 6:29:28 PM
    - C) - robert - 5/6/2010 7:03:44 PM
      - Re: C) - Lindy - 5/6/2010 11:35:23 PM
      - Exception - TB - 5/6/2010 10:31:10 PM
        
        A less visible problem perhaps - robert - 5/6/2010 10:55:29 PM
        
        Re: A less visible problem perhaps - er - 5/7/2010 12:16:02 AM
        
        So, where does that leave Asians? - TB - 5/7/2010 1:15:25 AM
        
        Re: So, where does that leave Asians? - ER - 5/7/2010 1:46:21 AM
        
        "Easy to oversimplify" - TB - 5/7/2010 3:05:13 AM
        
        Mexicans and Irishmen - TB - 5/6/2010 11:29:27 PM
        
        Re: Mexicans and Irishmen - er - 5/7/2010 12:38:39 AM
        
        No, we don't just let it play out. - Lee - 5/7/2010 4:05:32 AM
        
        Again with the threats - robert - 5/7/2010 5:51:11 PM
        
        Mexico is not a younger and more dynamic society. - Lee - 5/7/2010 7:53:44 PM
        
        Re: A few comments - TB - 5/7/2010 6:34:17 PM
        
        More polls - TB - 5/8/2010 3:34:09 AM
        
        Statistics - TB - 5/6/2010 11:36:06 PM
        
        (moved) - TB - 5/7/2010 4:33:00 PM
        
        not a lot, but some - robert - 5/7/2010 4:00:23 PM
        
        "a rough correlation with distance" - TB - 5/7/2010 4:33:42 PM
      - Re: C) - ER - 5/6/2010 9:40:12 PM
        
        ouch, that cuts like a knife! (n/t) - robert - 5/6/2010 10:56:34 PM
      - Visual irony - robert - 5/6/2010 8:18:11 PM
        
        Ireland doesn't share a 2,000 mile border with us. - Lee - 5/6/2010 9:43:54 PM
        
        I don't know why I waste my time - robert - 5/6/2010 11:10:59 PM
        
        To coin a phrase, "time has not stood still." - TB - 5/7/2010 1:33:38 AM
        
        Re: To coin a phrase, "time has not stood still." - robert - 5/7/2010 5:33:22 PM
        
        Re: 14th amendment - TB - 5/7/2010 6:45:44 PM
        
        America may be different, but is Mexico? - Lee - 5/7/2010 12:27:04 AM
        
        Gangs of New York - ER - 5/6/2010 9:17:55 PM

Greece: the canary in Europe's coal mine - TB - 5/7/2010 10:38:10 PM
- Greece's "austerity measures" - TB - 5/8/2010 3:24:24 AM

"Pass the bill to find out what's in it" - TB - 5/7/2010 1:48:24 AM
- The time bomb - TB - 5/7/2010 7:20:05 PM

The Anole Wars - ER - 5/7/2010 1:29:20 AM
- Just until we have enough. - Lee - 5/7/2010 3:50:33 AM
  - Great. Then there'll be nothing left in North America but mutant anoles. (n/t) - TB - 5/7/2010 4:08:09 AM
    - What?...Oh wait, that's an "n", not an "h" (n/t) - robert - 5/7/2010 5:35:58 PM
- Re: The Anole Wars - TB - 5/7/2010 1:40:57 AM
  - Re: Re: The Anole Wars - ER - 5/7/2010 2:22:31 AM
    - One small point... - TB - 5/7/2010 2:59:48 AM
  - "The Limits of Policy" - TB - 5/7/2010 1:54:34 AM

Stock market crashing - TB - 5/6/2010 6:51:47 PM
- Thursday drops - robert - 5/6/2010 7:57:46 PM
  - Re: Thursday drops - TB - 5/6/2010 10:13:02 PM
    - ouch (n/t) (n/t) - robert - 5/6/2010 10:47:07 PM
      - Re: ouch indeed - TB - 5/7/2010 4:06:56 AM

Car bomber update - TB - 5/4/2010 4:24:07 PM
- Media, liberals disappointed - TB - 5/4/2010 6:19:58 PM
  - Sympathy, empathy or understanding. - robvg - 5/5/2010 4:56:52 AM
  - Not cool Tom - robvg - 5/5/2010 4:32:37 AM
    - Re: Not cool - TB - 5/5/2010 4:57:10 AM
      - Get a hold of yourself- You're going off on tangents n/t - robvg - 5/5/2010 4:59:53 AM
        
        Re: tangents - TB - 5/5/2010 5:24:10 AM
        
        Re: Re: tangents - RobVG - 5/5/2010 3:10:19 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: tangents - TB - 5/5/2010 7:22:11 PM
        
        Pull my finger - ER - 5/5/2010 8:01:37 PM
  - I guess the truce is over. - ER - 5/4/2010 7:21:03 PM
    - Clarification - robert - 5/5/2010 3:44:11 AM
      - Re: Clarification - ER - 5/5/2010 1:27:34 PM
      - Misplaced post.n/t - ER - 5/5/2010 1:08:10 PM
    - That's just the "Genuine TB Inside" seal of authenticity - robert - 5/4/2010 9:44:07 PM
      - You guys know that Tom is telling the truth. - Lee - 5/5/2010 12:34:19 AM
        
        You're delusional - robert - 5/5/2010 4:09:09 AM
        
        Re: delusional - TB - 5/5/2010 4:38:19 AM
        
        Re: Re: delusional - ER - 5/5/2010 1:21:48 PM
        
        Michigan "terrorists" - TB - 5/5/2010 6:50:16 PM
        
        I stand corrected, Rob. - er - 5/5/2010 3:33:00 PM
        
        Domestic terrorists - RobVG - 5/5/2010 4:19:00 PM
        
        Re: Domestic terrorists - ER - 5/5/2010 5:25:18 PM
        
        They're not revolutionaries - RobVG - 5/5/2010 6:18:11 PM
        
        Re: There not revolutionaries - er - 5/5/2010 7:07:11 PM
        
        Self indulgent- perhaps. - RobVG - 5/5/2010 11:15:16 PM
        
        Time has not stood still - robert - 5/6/2010 4:16:50 AM
        
        Good exercise, I think we all do it. - RobVG - 5/6/2010 2:41:24 PM
        
        We all do it - robert - 5/6/2010 5:50:22 PM
        
        Re: Self indulgent- perhaps. - ER - 5/5/2010 11:59:46 PM
        
        Two hundred years ago, think about that. - robvg - 5/6/2010 2:25:22 AM
        
        "I don't like the idea of private citizen battalions" - robvg - 5/6/2010 12:28:13 AM
        
        I really don't like the idea of private citizen battalions. - er - 5/6/2010 2:05:25 AM
        
        That wasn't a militia. n/t (n/t) - RobVG - 5/5/2010 3:06:41 PM
        
        delusional - robert - 5/5/2010 5:11:59 AM
        
        May Day violence - TB - 5/5/2010 5:46:11 AM
        
        Anarchy in Santa Cruze, Right Arm! - robert - 5/5/2010 5:55:51 PM
      - How about a courtesy flush? - ER - 5/4/2010 9:51:48 PM
        
        Interesting. - TB - 5/4/2010 10:08:12 PM
        
        Re: Interesting. - ER - 5/4/2010 10:30:44 PM
        
        From the Huffington Post - TB - 5/4/2010 10:18:02 PM
    - F. F. mode - TB - 5/4/2010 7:49:33 PM
    - Re: I guess the truce is over. - TB - 5/4/2010 7:46:18 PM

Smoke on the water, fire in the sky - er - 5/1/2010 6:41:16 PM
- Re: Smoke on the water, fire in the sky - Lindy - 5/6/2010 4:25:19 PM
- Re: Smoke on the water, fire in the sky - SDAI-Tech - 5/2/2010 8:59:34 PM
  - Re: Re: Smoke on the water, fire in the sky - Nick_H - 5/5/2010 4:27:09 AM
  - Natural oil leak - RobVG - 5/2/2010 9:54:38 PM
    - Re: Natural oil leak - TB - 5/2/2010 11:27:30 PM
- (Moved) - TB - 5/1/2010 9:04:48 PM
- Re: Smoke - TB - 5/1/2010 7:10:00 PM
  - Up in Smoke - ER - 5/1/2010 7:45:27 PM
    - Re: More smoke - TB - 5/1/2010 9:05:35 PM
      - Even More smoke - ER - 5/1/2010 9:44:21 PM
        
        Re: Even More smoke - TB - 5/1/2010 10:09:46 PM
        
        Re: Re: Even More smoke - ER - 5/2/2010 12:55:44 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Even More smoke - TB - 5/2/2010 6:25:13 PM

"Rule change helped BP on Gulf project" - ER - 5/6/2010 2:54:50 AM
- It's worse than that - Lindy - 5/6/2010 3:35:10 PM

Michael Steele's unbelievable BS on CNN - BuckGalaxy - 5/2/2010 7:25:56 AM
- Re: Michael Steele's unbelievable BS on CNN - ER - 5/2/2010 12:03:54 PM
- Yes, conning people out of their money is bad. - TheSilentMajority - 5/2/2010 8:37:16 AM
  - That's idiocy - Eri - 5/2/2010 4:41:32 PM
    - Check the numbers. - TB - 5/2/2010 6:16:25 PM
      - Oh yeah. - Eri - 5/5/2010 8:29:28 PM
        
        "did something about it?" - TB - 5/6/2010 12:26:28 AM
        
        The party of No - Eri - 5/6/2010 3:43:08 AM

Extra Innings - ER - 5/5/2010 11:11:30 AM

Why Arizona drew a line - TB - 4/30/2010 12:35:03 AM
- Re: Why Arizona drew a line - Marcia - 5/5/2010 3:39:45 AM

Further down the road from where we are - TB - 5/4/2010 4:29:10 PM

Alert citizen helps prevent car bomb attack in New York - TB - 5/2/2010 6:45:45 PM

An idea for deepwater oil spills - TB - 4/30/2010 7:27:34 PM
- From NOAA - podrock - 5/2/2010 12:34:13 AM
  - Other ideas - TB - 5/2/2010 2:12:31 AM
    - A shaped charge might do the trick. - podrock - 5/2/2010 3:27:59 AM
      - Re: A shaped charge might do the trick. - TB - 5/2/2010 5:43:18 AM
        
        The spigot's broken... - podrock - 5/2/2010 6:29:41 AM
- Creative idea/solution. (n/t) - Eri - 5/1/2010 5:08:11 AM

Drill baby, drill. - er - 4/30/2010 1:13:00 AM
- An expert opinion on this - TB - 4/30/2010 6:13:19 PM
  - Check your link n/t - RobVG - 4/30/2010 10:46:26 PM
    - Dang. I think I fixed the link. Try it now. (n/t) - TB - 5/1/2010 12:08:59 AM
      - Who cares if she's an airhead? n/t - RobVG - 5/1/2010 1:02:54 AM
        
        That's how they keep the ratings up! (n/t) - TB - 5/1/2010 4:57:33 AM
        
        Why do you think they call it "Fox" n/t - RobVG - 5/1/2010 5:01:08 AM
        
        Re: Why do you think they call it "Fox" - TB - 5/1/2010 5:03:16 AM
        
        Here ya go - RobVG - 5/1/2010 5:58:45 AM
- Spill baby spill - BuckGalaxy - 4/30/2010 4:20:06 PM
  - flamish - robert - 4/30/2010 4:32:06 PM
    - Re: flamish - BuckGalaxy - 5/1/2010 6:49:41 AM
      - flambe - robert - 5/1/2010 6:20:58 PM
        
        Re: flambe - TB - 5/1/2010 7:44:33 PM
        
        Out of the woodwork? - robert - 5/1/2010 8:58:34 PM
        
        Re: Out of the woodwork? - TB - 5/1/2010 9:42:15 PM
        
        Ah, yes... - TB - 5/1/2010 9:58:21 PM
      - Actually... - TB - 5/1/2010 4:30:27 PM
    - You guys can go hitch up your horse and buggy. - RobVG - 4/30/2010 4:53:43 PM
      - What? - robert - 5/1/2010 3:36:29 AM
        
        My bad- misread. n/t - RobVG - 5/1/2010 3:42:40 AM
      - Re: You guys can go hitch up your horse and buggy. - er - 4/30/2010 5:50:46 PM
        
        Touched by a bit of the NIMBY? - RobVG - 4/30/2010 7:14:26 PM
        
        Not intentional - RobVG - 4/30/2010 7:07:38 PM
        
        You're not that dumb, either. - er - 4/30/2010 7:39:41 PM
        
        Re: horse and buggy. - TB - 4/30/2010 6:05:30 PM
        
        Don't insult our intelligence, TB - ER - 4/30/2010 6:22:33 PM
        
        Then demonstrate it. - TB - 4/30/2010 7:01:06 PM
        
        Events have just demonstrated it. - er - 4/30/2010 7:11:01 PM
        
        Never mind. (n/t) - TB - 4/30/2010 7:29:40 PM
    - Great minds think alike - ER - 4/30/2010 4:53:02 PM
      - "US Orders Blackout Over North Korean Torpedoing Of Gulf Of Mexico Oil Rig" - robert - 5/1/2010 3:29:34 AM
        
        Could be eco-terrorists. - Lee - 5/1/2010 6:22:39 PM
        
        Could be teabaggers. - ER - 5/1/2010 6:56:55 PM
        
        No. - TB - 5/1/2010 6:52:44 PM
        
        Cool boat? - RobVG - 5/1/2010 8:52:55 PM
        
        "mechanical failure" does NOT equal "accident" - robert - 5/1/2010 8:44:49 PM
        
        New tech - podrock - 5/2/2010 1:05:03 AM
        
        Mishaps perhaps? n/t - robvg - 5/2/2010 3:51:03 AM
        
        Mistake is my take. (n/t) - podrock - 5/2/2010 5:28:29 AM
        
        Thanks! Good info. - TB - 5/2/2010 2:18:05 AM
        
        Been working on my own leaks. - podrock - 5/2/2010 3:24:07 AM
        
        Hah! HAH! HAHA! - robvg - 5/2/2010 3:59:31 AM
        
        Of course it does. Many times. - TB - 5/1/2010 10:19:06 PM
        
        Don't worry, just becuse it's an accident doesn't mean there's no one to blame. n/t - RobVG - 5/1/2010 9:05:39 PM
        
        C'mon, Rob - robert - 5/1/2010 9:40:45 PM
        
        It's not me this time. - RobVG - 5/1/2010 9:55:28 PM
        
        Re: Blackout - TB - 5/1/2010 5:01:26 AM
        
        Anyway... - TB - 5/1/2010 5:15:02 AM
- Re: The timing couldn't have been more...convenient - Lee - 4/30/2010 7:24:06 AM
  - Re: Re: The timing couldn't have been more...convenient - ER - 4/30/2010 11:04:45 AM
    - Same goes for the West Virginia coal mine "accident". (N/A) - Lee - 4/30/2010 3:01:59 PM
      - Re: Same goes for the West Virginia coal mine "accident". - ER - 4/30/2010 3:30:10 PM
- You do good smug. - TB - 4/30/2010 3:41:20 AM
  - Re: You do good smug. - ER - 4/30/2010 11:02:55 AM
    - "You guys?" - TB - 4/30/2010 6:18:11 PM
      - That's why they call them "accidents". - ER - 4/30/2010 6:31:18 PM

Radio interview with oil rigger who was on the wrecked rig - TB - 5/1/2010 4:38:53 PM

More background on the Arizona immigration law - TB - 4/27/2010 3:03:07 PM
- msnbc - RobVG - 4/28/2010 4:26:56 PM
  - not difficult to read - robert - 4/29/2010 10:42:34 PM
    - And who is being protected? - RobVG - 4/30/2010 12:59:10 AM
    - 14th - RobVG - 4/29/2010 11:47:45 PM
      - You noticed that too. - TB - 4/30/2010 12:07:43 AM
- Think about it. - RobVG - 4/28/2010 12:40:15 AM
  - Re: Think about it. - TB - 4/28/2010 1:17:08 AM
    - I think everyone understands the reality. - RobVG - 4/28/2010 2:00:10 AM
      - Re: I think everyone understands the reality. - TB - 4/28/2010 2:12:16 AM
        
        Just a small aside... (added link) - TB - 4/28/2010 2:48:47 PM

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