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And another thing. Bush isn't Roman Catholic. - Bowser - 4/15/2008 11:06:49 PM
- Neither is Billy Graham. - Jacob - 4/17/2008 9:34:48 PM
- Yeah, nobody's ever taken a shot at a Pope before. (n/t) - TB - 4/16/2008 1:48:00 AM
  - Not in the US. Now if one goes to a battleground - - - . (n/t) - Bowser - 4/16/2008 2:23:04 AM
    - Battleground? - TB - 4/16/2008 3:13:31 AM
      - Some places are more volatile than others. (n/t) - Bowser - 4/16/2008 3:41:01 AM
    - The Muslims got it in for him! - Eri - 4/16/2008 2:34:26 AM
      - It's all a farce, Eric. - Jacob - 4/18/2008 5:42:50 PM
        
        Sorry, I mean Eri. (n/t) - Jacob - 4/18/2008 5:43:39 PM
        
        Did you read her post, at all? (n/t) - alcaray - 4/19/2008 7:32:25 AM
        
        It's not news to me; I knew about those things from an ex-Jesuit, Roberto Riviera. - Jacob - 4/19/2008 8:16:48 PM
        
        Then why did you lecture her on the links between Islam and Christianity? - alcaray - 4/19/2008 8:43:51 PM
        
        No! I reaffirmed her distrust of that religious megolith. That's all! ...I sympathize with her plight. (n/t) - Jacob - 4/20/2008 12:33:51 AM
      - I'm going to sue my local diocese! - Bowser - 4/16/2008 2:38:45 AM
        
        In that case - Eri - 4/17/2008 12:07:42 AM

And the godster totally rocks! Another proud moment for our president - ARRELL - 4/19/2008 4:41:41 PM
- That all you got? - TB - 4/19/2008 5:52:36 PM
- oh the horror, a vernacular... - RobVG - 4/19/2008 5:49:33 PM
  - Good one Arrell - James Brown - 4/19/2008 6:34:49 PM

Obama feels the pain of the Flyover People - TB - 4/12/2008 12:38:54 AM
- Well, *I* was insulted... - Mary Anne - 4/12/2008 10:08:52 PM
  - Well, you're dead wrong - azstrummer - 4/15/2008 3:44:53 AM
    - I'm with you on this one, Art - McFly - 4/17/2008 11:13:59 PM
      - re: I'm with you on this one, Art - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/18/2008 6:20:41 AM
        
        This from someone who just equated Roosevelt, Hitler & Stalin. - Mary Anne - 4/18/2008 2:59:16 PM
        
        Amazing what propaganda does. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/18/2008 10:31:33 PM
      - There's some truth to a lot of things. - Mary Anne - 4/18/2008 2:53:00 AM
    - It's too much to expect people running for office to make intelligent statements. - Mary Anne - 4/17/2008 6:06:06 PM
      - Intelligent statements - azstrummer - 4/17/2008 10:01:33 PM
        
        I was actually leaning toward Obama before, oh, 3 months ago. - Mary Anne - 4/18/2008 2:39:04 AM
        
        re: I was actually leaning toward Obama before, oh, 3 months ago. - TB - 4/18/2008 3:20:42 PM
        
        Ideas and principles v. ideology, my take. - Mary Anne - 4/18/2008 10:20:02 PM
        
        Interesting. - TB - 4/19/2008 12:53:56 AM
        
        Boy, you're fun to debate - azstrummer - 4/18/2008 2:48:46 PM
      - Now I'm insulted - Robert - 4/17/2008 8:50:07 PM
        
        Ah, but I'm not running for office. - Mary Anne - 4/18/2008 2:46:43 AM
        
        Lord love a duck, you should hear the people who DO run for local office in SF. - TB - 4/18/2008 4:20:45 AM
        
        You should see some of the people who have run for local office here. - Mary Anne - 4/18/2008 12:29:19 PM
        
        True, but you know what? - TB - 4/18/2008 3:29:00 PM
        
        re: True, but you know what? - Mary Anne - 4/18/2008 10:28:04 PM
        
        re: You should see some of the people who have run for local office here. - azstrummer - 4/18/2008 2:51:12 PM
  - re: Well, *I* was insulted... - Robert - 4/13/2008 2:43:01 AM
    - "Red state" attitudes? - TB - 4/13/2008 5:23:43 AM
    - I was watching MSNBC, and heard the tape played. - Mary Anne - 4/13/2008 4:04:04 AM
      - I believe you - Robert - 4/13/2008 4:17:33 PM
        
        I know. - Mary Anne - 4/13/2008 5:07:22 PM
        
        So when does the epiphany arrive? - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/13/2008 9:32:52 PM
        
        re: So when does the epiphany arrive? - gbaikie - 4/14/2008 4:15:24 AM
        
        Along with the Magi. - Mary Anne - 4/13/2008 11:41:02 PM
        
        It occurs to me... - TB - 4/14/2008 4:17:50 AM
        
        re: Along with the Magi. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/14/2008 1:45:48 AM
        
        "A government minimum wage increase generates NO wealth and simply depreciates the value of currency." (n/t) - And it's People - 4/14/2008 6:19:55 PM
        
        Boy, you really hate FDR. - Mary Anne - 4/14/2008 1:59:01 AM
        
        re: Boy, you really hate FDR. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/14/2008 7:38:12 PM
        
        Your reference to a so-called "real" education is duly noted and given the conscientious merit it warrants. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 4/14/2008 10:45:46 PM
        
        Ah...tit for tat. ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/15/2008 12:01:11 AM
        
        ah, MaryAnne - Tony - 4/14/2008 4:01:06 PM
      - Video of a similar statement from a few years ago. - alcaray - 4/13/2008 7:37:20 AM
        
        I don't like the implication that people necessarily do stuff he doesn't identify with because they're compensating for something else. - Mary Anne - 4/13/2008 2:52:58 PM
        
        re: Video of a similar statement from a few years ago. - gbaikie - 4/13/2008 9:15:32 AM
      - Fuuny how he plays along and uses that "bitterness". - Lee - 4/13/2008 5:19:18 AM
        
        You know why I'm not voting for John McCain? - Mary Anne - 4/13/2008 2:13:01 PM
        
        Bossyboots versus the Dark Side - Robert - 4/13/2008 5:34:36 PM
        
        How about this. - Lee - 4/13/2008 8:32:43 PM
        
        The opposite of wolf - Mary Anne - 4/13/2008 8:11:13 PM
        
        Thanks - Robert - 4/13/2008 9:50:21 PM
        
        I feel your pain. - Lee - 4/13/2008 5:11:57 PM
        
        A small but crucial difference - Robert - 4/13/2008 5:46:05 PM
        
        re: A small but crucial difference - gbaikie - 4/15/2008 8:17:49 AM
        
        I don't see them as THE problem. - Lee - 4/13/2008 8:16:48 PM
        
        Me neither (clarification) - Robert - 4/13/2008 11:06:12 PM
        
        Re: evangelical Conservatives - Yeti - 4/15/2008 3:13:33 AM
        
        Republican Jihad - Robert - 4/15/2008 4:02:13 PM
        
        Being a Conservative - REB - 4/16/2008 1:59:03 PM
        
        re: Being a Conservative - Robert - 4/16/2008 8:33:57 PM
      - re: I was watching MSNBC, and heard the tape played. - gbaikie - 4/13/2008 4:54:16 AM
  - Counterpoint. - Bowser - 4/12/2008 11:26:50 PM
    - I know some of the people you describe too. - Mary Anne - 4/13/2008 12:46:55 AM
    - re: Counterpoint. - TB - 4/13/2008 12:40:40 AM
      - The collective, conservative you really believes that. - Bowser - 4/13/2008 1:58:46 AM
        
        Like others, you keep retreating to that delusion. - TB - 4/13/2008 2:48:35 AM
        
        The Eagles said it best. - Lee - 4/13/2008 5:20:44 PM
        
        You've trained me well. (n/t) - Bowser - 4/13/2008 4:07:19 AM
  - Great post - TB - 4/12/2008 10:42:14 PM
- Sure does - Robert - 4/12/2008 4:45:30 PM
  - So - Lee - 4/12/2008 11:26:08 PM
    - What's really funny... - TB - 4/13/2008 12:57:48 AM
  - You realize that the fact that you feel the same way he does really doesn't change the basic issue. (n/t) - TB - 4/12/2008 8:34:13 PM
- And the point you are trying to get across by cut and pasting Yet Another Blog is....? - ARRELL - 4/12/2008 1:18:38 AM
  - Please use the internet or something and look up the word "transcript." - TB - 4/12/2008 1:59:14 AM
    - I read the transcript, please look up "making your point" - ARRELL - 4/12/2008 2:03:49 AM
      - Odd... - TB - 4/12/2008 4:16:32 AM
        
        And hey, you want to see something from a blog? - TB - 4/12/2008 4:25:57 AM
        
        Pretty much all your links were to blogs... - ARRELL - 4/12/2008 6:59:56 AM
        
        Right. - TB - 4/12/2008 8:32:48 PM
- I thought that was one of the more rational things a politician has said. - Bowser - 4/12/2008 1:17:12 AM
  - Unfortunately - azstrummer - 4/15/2008 1:02:27 AM

Another story MSM avoids: Bill Clinton, John Travolta, and scientology - E.P. - 4/16/2008 8:43:45 PM
- Going to tell us the one about Stephen King and John Lennon next? - TB - 4/16/2008 10:42:34 PM
  - That afraid of Obama, TB? - E.P. - 4/18/2008 7:54:53 PM

Does this scare the crap out of you? - James Brown - 4/18/2008 4:04:03 PM
- ...and now the link - James Brown - 4/18/2008 4:06:20 PM

Election update - TB - 4/18/2008 3:53:33 AM
- Don't shatter the illusion... - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/18/2008 6:07:36 AM
  - It looks like you guys are covered no matter what happens. - ER - 4/18/2008 11:16:43 AM
    - re:We are getting a lot of helpâ€¦ - SteveS - 4/18/2008 1:37:14 PM
      - Yep, we need Bill Clinton back in the cockpit. (n/t) - ER - 4/18/2008 2:14:02 PM
        
        Whoa...somebody say "cockpit?" (n/t) - Bill Clinton - 4/18/2008 2:47:29 PM
        
        I'm glad someone's paying attention! - ER - 4/18/2008 2:53:15 PM

Youngest survivour OF TITANIC is only 96 - carl - 4/15/2008 8:53:42 PM
- Titanic In the news this morning. - REB - 4/18/2008 1:30:50 PM
  - Dad was 6 WEEKS OLD when she sank - carl - 4/18/2008 2:32:55 PM
- The Titanic - REB - 4/16/2008 1:15:32 PM
  - She had a beautiful rear end. - Lee - 4/16/2008 5:37:45 PM
  - End of an ERA - carl - 4/16/2008 3:31:02 PM

Put a target on your back if you develop new fuel technologies - Lindy - 6/5/2006 1:55:26 PM
- This smells a little funny but the video is still interesting. - RobVG - 7/1/2006 6:20:47 PM
- Add water to gas....get more RPMS? - Lindy - 6/16/2006 5:37:20 PM
- re: Put a target on your back if you develop new fuel technologies - Joey - 6/12/2006 11:12:54 PM
- Corporate skulduggery - ER - 6/10/2006 12:32:37 PM
- Take the case of Stan Meyers, for instance - Lindy - 6/7/2006 9:40:52 AM
  - re: Take the case of Stan Meyers, for instance - Paul - 4/17/2008 2:22:25 PM
    - Good luck with that.... - M.I.B. - 4/17/2008 9:08:45 PM
  - re: Take the case of Stan Meyers, for instance - jim - 6/19/2007 3:23:44 PM
  - No energy can be gained by electrolysis and recombination. - David F Mayer - 6/8/2006 9:39:10 AM
    - re: No energy can be gained by electrolysis and recombination. - Pablo - 6/15/2006 1:11:27 AM
      - Thermodynamics is on a very solid experimental basis - David F Mayer - 6/15/2006 1:56:51 AM
  - You're so good at researching.... - Tony - 6/7/2006 6:55:15 PM
    - Pick, pick, pick - Lindy - 6/7/2006 8:24:51 PM
      - More picking - Tony - 6/7/2006 9:28:14 PM
      - Then you are plagiarizing - Tony - 6/7/2006 9:26:21 PM
        
        re: Then you are plagiarizing - Tom Brosz - 6/8/2006 12:01:06 AM
        
        An opinion is always better than a one word post - tony - 6/8/2006 3:15:50 AM
        
        re: An opinion is always better than a one word post - Tom Brosz - 6/8/2006 4:20:21 AM
        
        Fair Enough - Tony - 6/8/2006 3:39:56 PM
        
        I see your point Tony - Lindy - 6/9/2006 1:50:31 AM
        
        you dont have to make any comment at all - tony - 6/9/2006 3:55:52 AM
  - God, this is like trying to teach a ball of neutronium to swim. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/7/2006 5:18:03 PM
    - The difference being.... - R.L. - 6/11/2006 1:15:44 AM
- More absurdity. - David F Mayer - 6/6/2006 5:04:41 PM
- I made a comment over on the "Villiage Idiot" Flame thread appropriate here - Buck Galaxy - 6/5/2006 9:31:09 PM
  - Who said I believed it? - Lindy - 6/5/2006 10:42:21 PM
    - You did - Tony - 6/7/2006 6:37:58 PM
      - She does that a lot... - R.L. - 6/11/2006 7:29:54 AM
      - Leading edge inventors - Lindy - 6/7/2006 8:30:28 PM
        
        One more try - Tom Brosz - 6/7/2006 9:23:04 PM
- re: Put a target on your back if you develop new fuel technologies - ER - 6/5/2006 2:44:19 PM
  - re: Put a target on your back if you develop new fuel technologies - azstrummer - 6/5/2006 5:29:32 PM
    - To Lindy - ER - 6/5/2006 6:06:46 PM
      - re: To Lindy - azstrummer - 6/5/2006 6:19:10 PM
        
        Well Art..... - Lindy - 6/5/2006 7:25:55 PM
        
        re: To Lindy - ER - 6/5/2006 7:11:09 PM
        
        "Trusting instincts" - Lindy - 6/5/2006 7:33:21 PM
  - Why would you find it hard to believe? (n/t) - Lindy - 6/5/2006 3:29:10 PM
    - Another urban myth? - ER - 6/5/2006 5:50:15 PM
    - re: Let me list the ways... - Tom Brosz - 6/5/2006 5:45:29 PM
      - Whatever happened to the Dean Drive?. (n/t) - ER - 6/5/2006 6:09:01 PM
        
        Derailed when Dean made a loud strange noise at a rally... never recovered. (n/t) - Fox - 6/6/2006 3:09:18 AM
        
        re: Whatever happened to the Dean Drive?. - Tom Brosz - 6/5/2006 10:15:12 PM
        
        Follow the way of the prophet and you shall see such great things! - Amidilliah al Ridijadijih - 6/5/2006 10:22:13 PM
      - re: Let me list the ways... - ER - 6/5/2006 5:51:44 PM
        
        This Week on NOW: "Who Killed the Electric Car?" - ljk - 6/9/2006 3:04:23 AM
        
        Corporate Skulduggery - ER - 6/10/2006 12:24:40 PM
        
        re: Corporate Skulduggery - Tom Brosz - 6/10/2006 2:54:54 PM
        
        The spice must flow. - ER - 6/10/2006 3:53:22 PM
        
        Oil companies - Tom Brosz - 6/10/2006 7:24:59 PM
        
        Der Tag - ER - 6/10/2006 8:10:02 PM
        
        re: Der Tag - Tom Brosz - 6/10/2006 9:08:30 PM
        
        re: Der Tag - ER - 6/10/2006 9:15:33 PM
        
        re: Der Tag - Tom Brosz - 6/10/2006 10:55:26 PM
        
        Thirty years is nothing. (n/t) - ER - 6/11/2006 1:10:42 AM
        
        re: The spice must flow. - Lindy - 6/10/2006 6:31:25 PM
        
        bend over Hummer, fill 'er up - ER - 6/10/2006 7:30:03 PM
        
        Cars - Tom Brosz - 6/10/2006 8:16:36 PM
        
        Beep, Beep, Um Beep Beep, yeah. - ER - 6/10/2006 9:12:28 PM
        
        "Who Killed the Electric Car?" - Lindy - 6/9/2006 3:43:05 AM
        
        Crude Awakening on NOW - ljk - 6/16/2006 4:38:06 AM

EU and biofuels - TB - 4/16/2008 10:46:24 PM
- Time to do some drilling - TB - 4/17/2008 5:37:55 PM

Small update on the undersea cable cutting incident - TB - 4/16/2008 4:04:23 AM
- "Jerks," indeed - McFly - 4/16/2008 2:29:19 PM
  - re: "Jerks," indeed - ER - 4/16/2008 6:23:34 PM
    - re: Cable cut fever - SteveS - 4/17/2008 12:15:05 AM
    - Maybe I spoke too soon. - ER - 4/16/2008 8:20:53 PM
    - Yup. - Bowser - 4/16/2008 7:37:36 PM

"Behind the Scenes: Watch for political fallout from pope's visit" - Bowser - 4/16/2008 8:02:37 PM

"McCain calls for a summer 'gas-tax holiday'" - Bowser - 4/15/2008 4:13:57 PM
- And what about all the other tax and other proposals? - TB - 4/15/2008 9:26:59 PM
  - More on the Strategic Oil Reserve, - Bowser - 4/16/2008 2:41:56 AM
    - re: More on the Strategic Oil Reserve, - TB - 4/16/2008 3:16:40 AM
      - That is illogical. At best. Makes no sense at all. (n/t) - Bowser - 4/16/2008 3:42:42 AM
        
        Look at it this way: - podrock - 4/16/2008 4:20:49 AM
        
        "- - - divert 125,000 barrels a day of crude oil from the open market - - - " - Bowser - 4/16/2008 5:13:00 AM
        
        Sorry, your premise was "subsidy." - TB - 4/16/2008 3:41:11 PM
        
        An overstatement. Now, about that $30/barrel average. - Bowser - 4/16/2008 7:43:52 PM
        
        Anybody else who couldn't follow that? - TB - 4/16/2008 4:01:53 AM
  - Strategic Oil Reserve - Bowser - 4/15/2008 10:45:41 PM
    - Not true - TB - 4/16/2008 3:03:41 AM
- Please explain... - Robert - 4/15/2008 6:24:51 PM
  - That's partially it. - Bowser - 4/15/2008 7:52:21 PM
    - About this point... - TB - 4/15/2008 8:16:43 PM
      - Have you driven in California lately? I have. - Bowser - 4/15/2008 9:19:54 PM
        
        Hey, I live there. - TB - 4/15/2008 9:43:04 PM
        
        Good for CA (Oregon still needs help) - dtb - 4/16/2008 1:21:32 AM
        
        Transit in Oregon. - Bowser - 4/16/2008 2:35:27 AM
        
        Light rail limitations - dtb - 4/16/2008 1:56:17 PM
        
        Portal-to-portal buses for the elderly and infirm in PDX. - Bowser - 4/16/2008 2:59:58 PM
        
        re: Portal-to-portal buses for the elderly and infirm in PDX. - dtb - 4/16/2008 5:23:36 PM
        
        Absolutely correct. - Bowser - 4/16/2008 5:36:06 PM
      - For the record, I agree that this is just another stunt. Like the rebate checks. (n/t) - TB - 4/15/2008 9:07:29 PM
        
        Yep, I'm afraid so. This one is a bit more dangerous, maybe. (n/t) - Bowser - 4/15/2008 9:20:58 PM
- Please explain... - TB - 4/15/2008 5:48:40 PM
  - Gas touches EVRYTHING - carl - 4/15/2008 8:57:32 PM

Berlusconi's back in Italy - TB - 4/15/2008 2:45:59 AM
- Meanwhile, in the other countries - TB - 4/16/2008 4:58:23 AM
- I wonder what that cost us? - Bowser - 4/15/2008 3:41:42 PM
- Spain: the new government - Raoul - 4/15/2008 5:28:15 AM

In the state of Denmark... - TB - 4/14/2008 6:19:08 PM
- And in France, Brigitte Bardot up on charges - TB - 4/16/2008 4:33:45 AM
- Where's Grendel when you need him? - Lee - 4/15/2008 2:51:49 AM
- Encapsulated in a line. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/14/2008 8:13:18 PM
- I do not think that word means what you think it means. (n/t) - Tony - 4/14/2008 6:39:38 PM
  - Can you elaborate? - TB - 4/14/2008 6:42:39 PM
    - I think "adopt a policy of engagement" would be closer to the truth - Tony - 4/14/2008 6:47:52 PM
      - There's any number of euphemisms, aren't there? - TB - 4/14/2008 8:25:15 PM
        
        Lee's answer deleted (n/t) - Raoul moderating - 4/15/2008 5:11:14 PM
        
        Thank you, Raoul - Robert - 4/15/2008 6:31:01 PM
        
        I object. - Lee - 4/15/2008 5:39:33 PM
        
        I object. - Robert - 4/15/2008 7:28:55 PM
        
        Insult is one thing. - Lee - 4/15/2008 7:44:12 PM
        
        Your point is a valid one... - TB - 4/15/2008 8:18:35 PM
        
        As the "artist" in the article said, Tom - Lee - 4/15/2008 8:48:29 PM
        
        It's not your board, Lee. - TB - 4/15/2008 5:50:52 PM
        
        Ohhhh gawd! - Robert - 4/15/2008 6:29:40 PM
        
        So basically, Robert. - Lee - 4/15/2008 7:01:00 PM
        
        Nope - Robert - 4/15/2008 7:30:23 PM
        
        No thanks. - TB - 4/15/2008 6:38:15 PM
        
        Thanks (n/t) - Robert - 4/15/2008 7:31:58 PM
      - A policy of engagement. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/14/2008 8:25:07 PM

Update on Basra - TB - 4/13/2008 1:47:08 AM
- Another update - TB - 4/15/2008 5:56:48 PM
  - But but but, I thought it was a disaster? - Lee - 4/15/2008 9:31:13 PM

New solar power legislation in California - TB - 4/14/2008 8:34:50 PM
- I think you are refering to net metering? - TAFKASE - 4/15/2008 3:09:31 AM
  - re: net metering - TB - 4/15/2008 3:37:47 PM

Grain prices up 120%.... - carl - 4/14/2008 10:00:02 PM
- It just goes to show: A shortage of one commodity can lead to a shortage of another. - TAFKASE - 4/15/2008 3:17:20 AM
  - I heard on TV the other day that Egypt imports more food than any other nation. - alcaray - 4/15/2008 9:33:30 AM
    - re: I heard on TV the other day that Egypt imports more food than any other nation. - gbaikie - 4/15/2008 9:44:55 AM
      - How stupid is Brazil? (n/t) - alcaray - 4/15/2008 9:54:16 AM
        
        re: How stupid is Brazil? - gbaikie - 4/15/2008 11:55:28 AM

What Clinton wishes she could say - gbaikie - 4/14/2008 1:15:25 AM
- DRAFT GORE? - carl - 4/14/2008 10:01:26 PM
  - McCain will be fine... He just needs a solid running mate who could win the election on his/her own - TAFKASE - 4/15/2008 3:13:10 AM
  - re: DRAFT GORE? - Marcia - 4/15/2008 2:14:29 AM

How the BBC writes climate stories - TB - 4/13/2008 2:31:00 AM
- re: How the BBC writes climate stories... And how TB gets his talking points spoon-fed to him.... - ARRELL - 4/13/2008 11:20:23 AM
  - BTW... - TB - 4/13/2008 5:02:26 PM
    - re: BTW... - ARRELL - 4/13/2008 6:21:53 PM
      - re: BTW... - TB - 4/13/2008 7:09:17 PM
        
        BBC's "Nature" link is bad. - TB - 4/13/2008 10:33:26 PM
        
        The original article I was referring to is the BBC article that started the exchange... - ARRELL - 4/13/2008 9:59:44 PM
        
        re: The original article - TB - 4/13/2008 10:18:37 PM
        
        Simple as it gets - ARRELL - 4/13/2008 11:57:58 PM
        
        Give it up. - TB - 4/14/2008 1:53:13 AM
        
        IF you would actually read the article you would see the changes that she requested were not made! - ARRELL - 4/14/2008 4:01:10 AM
        
        Actually... - TB - 4/14/2008 4:15:05 AM
        
        re: Simple as it gets - gbaikie - 4/14/2008 1:05:10 AM
        
        re: The original article - gbaikie - 4/13/2008 11:35:11 PM
    - Sputter Much? - Yeti - 4/13/2008 5:25:16 PM
  - Like the other post you "didn't get," it stands on its own. - TB - 4/13/2008 4:41:01 PM
    - It pretty much HAS to stand on its own, any facts on the issue tend to make the spin fall flat... - ARRELL - 4/13/2008 8:54:14 PM
    - Not really. - Yeti - 4/13/2008 5:13:55 PM
    - Meanwhile, back at those "ocean temperatures" she was talking about... - TB - 4/13/2008 4:44:35 PM
      - The NPR information is out of date - Laurie Street - 4/14/2008 5:17:31 AM
        
        Thanks! That's an important piece of info. - TB - 4/14/2008 6:58:16 AM
  - Save your breath. - ER - 4/13/2008 1:10:47 PM
    - Pass the ammo. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/13/2008 8:29:25 PM
      - Maybe "predators" was too strong a word. - ER - 4/13/2008 8:44:17 PM
        
        Parasites or predators. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/13/2008 9:06:29 PM
- re: How the BBC writes climate stories - pb - 4/13/2008 10:19:27 AM
  - "emerging truth" - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/13/2008 8:41:46 PM
- Jo Abbess - gbaikie - 4/13/2008 4:44:11 AM

China - TB - 4/13/2008 6:08:39 PM
- We've been talking about this for years. India, too. Maybe Russia in a few decades. (n/t) - alcaray - 4/13/2008 10:30:25 PM
  - To keep it in perspective... - TB - 4/13/2008 10:57:42 PM
    - OK. Japan is slightly smaller than California and has an advantage China does. - Bowser - 4/14/2008 12:33:59 AM
      - And then, as now... - TB - 4/14/2008 1:39:34 AM
        
        re: And then, as now... - gbaikie - 4/14/2008 3:42:18 AM
        
        America does not have to be the biggest. - Bowser - 4/14/2008 4:47:20 AM
        
        "There were plenty of people eager to trumpet the Doom of America." - Bowser - 4/14/2008 2:18:05 AM
    - re: To keep it in perspective... - gbaikie - 4/14/2008 12:03:54 AM
    - I don't recall that one. (n/t) - alcaray - 4/13/2008 11:12:37 PM

On hurricanes and climate - TB - 4/13/2008 10:55:43 PM
- re: On hurricanes and climate - SteveS - 4/14/2008 2:34:24 AM
- re: On hurricanes and climate - gbaikie - 4/13/2008 11:45:59 PM

Climate change: witches hardest hit! - TB - 4/13/2008 9:11:09 PM
- Damn, they really are blaming everything on global warming. - Lee - 4/14/2008 1:29:50 AM
- Whoops. Wrong link. - TB - 4/13/2008 9:14:30 PM
  - Must have been a spell of some sort. (n/t) - podrock - 4/14/2008 12:18:42 AM
    - Yeah, a hot spell (n/t) - Robert - 4/14/2008 12:32:58 AM
      - A hot spell? More like 'colder than a witch's ....' - :) - 4/14/2008 1:46:04 AM
      - Who are you who are so wise in the ways of science? (n/t) - TB - 4/14/2008 1:37:32 AM

Greatest sport in history invented in Japan - gbaikie - 4/13/2008 11:50:44 AM
- OMG what fun! (n/t) - Eri - 4/13/2008 8:43:42 PM
- Ninja Warrior? - Lee - 4/13/2008 4:37:51 PM

Wayward ARTILLARY ROUND Hits NJ HOme - carl - 4/12/2008 2:54:04 PM
- re: Wayward ARTILLARY ROUND Hits NJ HOme - gbaikie - 4/13/2008 12:52:32 PM
- I'm surprised the DoD doesn't claim "6 militants killed". (n/t) - Bowser - 4/12/2008 8:33:17 PM

Popular Mechanics on oil supplies - TB - 4/12/2008 9:25:03 PM

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