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I'm not worried about terrorism. - ER - 12/22/2015 2:01:44 PM
- You are 9 times more likely to be killed by police than by a terrorist.. - RL - 12/22/2015 3:14:15 PM
  - You don't think those odds are going up? - RobVG - 12/23/2015 12:12:12 AM
    - No one is saying we should do nothing - RL - 12/23/2015 2:13:13 AM
      - I never said that. - RobVG - 12/23/2015 3:03:08 AM
        
        Bombing while Obama. - ER - 12/23/2015 4:34:55 AM
    - Take a deep breath, Rob. - Robert - 12/23/2015 1:46:20 AM
      - Odds are going up. - RobVG - 12/23/2015 3:07:54 AM
    - It really appears that you are TRYING to scare yourself into irrationality... - RL - 12/23/2015 1:17:55 AM

Thank you for your service... - ER - 12/23/2015 1:47:01 AM

The Road to Mordor - ER - 12/21/2015 3:30:01 PM
- geologic metaphor - podrock - 12/21/2015 8:34:30 PM
  - Wow. - ER - 12/21/2015 11:28:25 PM
    - Yup. - podrock - 12/21/2015 11:52:21 PM
      - I guess that's why Mr Bush is no longer invited to GOP love-ins. - ER - 12/22/2015 1:22:11 AM
  - Sorry if I got it wrong. - ER - 12/21/2015 10:23:51 PM
    - Agreed - podrock - 12/22/2015 2:57:07 AM
    - you didn't - podrock - 12/21/2015 10:40:13 PM
      - PS - podrock - 12/21/2015 10:55:32 PM
    - He didn't say that. - TB - 12/21/2015 10:37:28 PM
- Stealthy!! ;-) - mcfly - 12/21/2015 3:46:09 PM

My British friends' take on the Donald. - bowser - 12/17/2015 12:14:06 AM
- Odd... - Jody - 12/17/2015 10:31:46 PM
  - no go gone? - Robert - 12/17/2015 11:00:57 PM
- Every town has rough neighborhoods. - ER - 12/17/2015 5:12:11 PM
- Larry the Cable Guy Nation. - ER - 12/17/2015 2:48:53 PM
  - I can't help but think of the movie "Idiocracy" - Robert - 12/17/2015 11:07:47 PM
    - Where a professional wrestler is president? - RL - 12/18/2015 11:03:45 PM
      - I've always thought the producers of "Idiocracy" were cowards to set it 500 years in the future. - Robert - 12/19/2015 12:23:57 AM
  - I can't help but think of Ross Perot. - bowser - 12/17/2015 4:35:38 PM

Where are the birthers, now that we really need them? - ER - 12/14/2015 11:25:54 PM
- The GOP has given up all pretense of not being racist... - RL - 12/14/2015 11:49:23 PM

The Conservative Agenda - ER - 12/11/2015 4:58:39 AM
- Why do Conservatives want what this brings? Anyone can see the outcome. - bowser - 12/13/2015 4:36:38 AM
  - They actually don't - Robert - 12/13/2015 8:03:38 PM
  - An old, but still relevant, essay addressing that very question. - ER - 12/13/2015 4:53:33 PM
- the future - JEKing - 12/11/2015 9:06:37 PM
  - What you say is true. - ER - 12/11/2015 10:03:12 PM
- Jeez, who's peeing their pants now. n/t - RobVG - 12/11/2015 6:56:40 AM
  - Depends - ER - 12/11/2015 4:01:39 PM
    - Heh... - Jody - 12/11/2015 4:20:58 PM
  - You're equating Conservatism with terrorism? n/t - Robert - 12/11/2015 6:58:20 AM
    - That is definitely how it seems with Liberals. n/t - Jody - 12/11/2015 4:15:16 PM
    - Not bad - RobVG - 12/11/2015 3:20:40 PM

B-52 carpet bombing has been a war crime since 1977 - bowser - 12/12/2015 11:12:55 PM
- Illegal, an affront to humanity... - mcfly - 12/13/2015 12:39:58 AM

A congressman more honest than TB - RL - 12/12/2015 4:37:35 AM
- OOOH!..I will enjoy making a *parody* of you!!! - Jody - 12/13/2015 12:26:05 AM
- TB's response - RL - 12/12/2015 4:52:56 AM
  - Eerily perfect - mcfly - 12/12/2015 8:12:42 PM
  - You had me fooled. - ER - 12/12/2015 2:49:52 PM

The Absolute Luminosity Function - ER - 12/12/2015 6:32:37 PM
- So the take-away from that is... - RL - 12/12/2015 7:40:19 PM

The first time I ever heard of Ted Cruz - ER - 12/10/2015 7:48:33 PM
- LOL, intellectual ammo - mcfly - 12/10/2015 11:16:57 PM
- Yes, that thread is very educational. - TB - 12/10/2015 8:45:49 PM
  - Funny how we have such different interpretations of the same text. - ER - 12/10/2015 9:27:46 PM
    - Yeah, funny. - TB - 12/10/2015 10:26:54 PM
      - Cruz is a cynical opportunist and a demagogue. He is indeed a fascist. - ER - 12/10/2015 11:24:09 PM
        
        So tell me... - TB - 12/11/2015 12:19:56 AM
        
        We knew you were lurking. - ER - 12/11/2015 12:27:51 AM

Trump is not a bigot. - ER - 12/9/2015 12:31:47 AM
- ‘This Will Be The End Of Trump’s Campaign’ - Robert - 12/9/2015 11:43:26 PM
  - The Right has no one to blame but themselves. - ER - 12/10/2015 1:17:05 AM
    - Da, comrade! - Robert - 12/10/2015 1:42:21 AM
- Y'know, you guys are the only people I know who take him seriously. - bowser - 12/9/2015 10:03:29 AM
  - I have never taken him seriously. - Jody - 12/9/2015 4:27:58 PM
  - Trump is a fool, and not to be taken seriously. - ER - 12/9/2015 1:41:51 PM
- Agreed - RL - 12/9/2015 12:41:07 AM
  - Insurance - ER - 12/9/2015 2:41:01 AM

"can you parody someone who was a parody in the first place?" - Robert - 12/9/2015 3:17:56 AM
- Please, please, please, please - ER - 12/9/2015 4:32:46 AM
  - Eatin goober peas - Robert - 12/9/2015 7:37:33 AM
    - I first noticed it in 1963 - ER - 12/9/2015 1:36:22 PM

Meanwhile-On Fox News - RL - 12/7/2015 2:43:05 AM
- Holy jumping-up-and-down Martha!! - bowser - 12/7/2015 10:28:11 PM
  - But not surprising. - ER - 12/7/2015 10:34:50 PM
- Whenever we hear of a new shooting on the news... - ER - 12/7/2015 3:28:38 AM
- Once and for all, the only scary thing is the lack of leadership. N/t - RobVG - 12/7/2015 3:11:19 AM
  - An example... - RobVG - 12/7/2015 3:35:02 AM
    - Geez, Rob, it's just so obvious. - bowser - 12/8/2015 4:54:29 AM
  - Oh, you are being led quite well - RL - 12/7/2015 3:24:36 AM
    - You stupid mother fucker. I don't watch fox news. - RobVG - 12/7/2015 3:36:21 AM
      - Yet every single talking point of yours - RL - 12/7/2015 4:00:42 AM
        
        I apologize for the outburst and profanity. - RobVG - 12/7/2015 6:26:29 PM
        
        This is Flame, after all - Robert - 12/7/2015 9:23:32 PM
        
        NBC nightly new is saying the same thing I said. Other than the cease fire- there is nothing new n/t - RobVG - 12/8/2015 3:54:30 AM
        
        What was it, 50 special forces? - RobVG - 12/8/2015 1:28:19 AM
        
        Why do you think there's such a stark partisan divide on these issues? - Robert - 12/8/2015 4:35:08 AM
        
        I'll make a good little soldier. n/t - RobVG - 12/8/2015 5:04:35 AM
        
        That's sad. - Robert - 12/8/2015 6:35:52 AM
        
        No, you won't, but a lot of American kids will - mcfly - 12/8/2015 5:15:04 AM
        
        Chicken-Hawks unite... - RL - 12/8/2015 2:37:34 PM
        
        Re: What was it, 50 special forces? - RL - 12/8/2015 3:04:50 AM
        
        Trump, the GOP front-runner, just made 'Hate Muslims' his platform... - RL - 12/8/2015 3:14:01 AM
        
        Why don't we take a look at incidents instead of trying to gauge attitudes. - RobVG - 12/8/2015 3:45:37 AM
        
        That is what you have? - RL - 12/8/2015 4:13:33 AM
        
        Take a listen to this... - RL - 12/8/2015 3:21:50 AM
        
        Actually, no - Robert - 12/7/2015 4:56:52 AM
        
        Nice and paternalistic. - TB - 12/7/2015 5:48:29 AM
        
        Thanks - Robert - 12/7/2015 5:41:52 PM
        
        You're really good at pasting labels on people. - TB - 12/7/2015 4:53:38 AM
        
        OUR narrative is taking bad hits? - ER - 12/7/2015 2:08:20 PM
        
        Well, TB, - - - - bowser - 12/7/2015 6:48:59 AM

Could we have gone to Mars for what Iraq cost us? - bowser - 12/8/2015 5:21:34 AM
- The Sicilian Expedition - ER - 12/8/2015 5:58:15 AM

A Conservative's wet dream! - bowser - 12/8/2015 4:47:33 AM
- Gun Porn. - ER - 12/8/2015 4:59:54 AM
  - The damned things are REAL! - bowser - 12/8/2015 5:23:35 AM
    - The Apartheit police used something similar in South Africa. - ER - 12/8/2015 5:37:53 AM

Bad time to talk about restricting guns. Really bad. (n/t) - bowser - 12/3/2015 4:52:34 AM
- Bowser, it's "too soon"... - RL - 12/6/2015 6:08:06 AM
- Obama was quick to call for gun control. How long will it take for him to say we were attacked by Isis. N/T - RobVG - 12/5/2015 1:54:27 AM
  - Rob, we weren't attacked by ISIS - Robert - 12/5/2015 7:03:29 AM
    - The only thing that scares me is your attitude towards this. There's really no point in elaborating. n/t - RobVG - 12/5/2015 5:29:05 PM
      - Then you're an idiot and I refuse to elaborate further - Robert - 12/5/2015 6:30:10 PM
        
        Just what do you think Isis "is"? n/t - RobVG - 12/5/2015 7:53:11 PM
        
        A wannabe "Caliphate" - Robert - 12/5/2015 9:13:17 PM
        
        So are you backing away from your assertion that it was "domestic terrorism"? n/t - RobVG - 12/5/2015 10:31:00 PM
        
        No Indication San Bernardino Attackers Were Part Of Larger Terror Group - RL - 12/6/2015 6:04:28 AM
        
        "No indication" - RobVG - 12/6/2015 6:09:25 PM
        
        "They destroyed their cell phones and their hard drives." - Robert - 12/6/2015 6:31:00 PM
        
        Look where you just arrived. You sure you want to be there? - TB - 12/6/2015 8:00:41 PM
        
        Where did I arrive, Tom? - Robert - 12/7/2015 12:01:45 AM
        
        They just want to hate with a clear conscience. - ER - 12/7/2015 12:17:01 AM
        
        Not sure that's where Tom thinks I ended up - Robert - 12/7/2015 1:14:26 AM
        
        The spice must flow. - ER - 12/7/2015 2:20:03 AM
        
        Still working on a reply n/t - RobVG - 12/6/2015 7:44:55 PM
        
        There is no hurry n/t - Robert - 12/6/2015 7:59:07 PM
        
        No, I'm highlighting the ambiguity - Robert - 12/6/2015 12:28:23 AM
        
        So what if it IS ISIS Terrorism? - ER - 12/6/2015 12:17:07 AM
        
        No. It's not Rob. - TB - 12/5/2015 7:39:46 PM
  - Why does that matter more to you... - RL - 12/5/2015 2:35:22 AM
    - same comment to you as I made to browser - RobVG - 12/5/2015 3:08:02 AM
      - You mean impotent rage? - RL - 12/5/2015 4:06:26 AM
        
        I commented to bowser that he was off topic by focusing attention on gun control instead of acknowledging we've suffered a terrorist attack- by Isis. - RobVG - 12/5/2015 4:28:02 AM
- Why choose between "gun violence" and "Islamic terrorism"? - Robert - 12/4/2015 7:50:47 PM
  - The RWA mentality needs to fear and loathe somebody; - ER - 12/4/2015 8:47:24 PM
- Yemen has less than half the rate of gun violence as does the US. There has to be a way to work together to lessen it. - bowser - 12/4/2015 5:21:02 AM
  - Where did you get that number? - TB - 12/4/2015 5:31:08 AM
    - Here. - bowser - 12/4/2015 5:39:57 AM
      - Ah. That's for gun ownership. - TB - 12/4/2015 5:52:35 AM
        
        of course it wouldn't work here. - bowser - 12/4/2015 6:41:32 AM
- It was radical fucking Islamic terrorism. I so "wanted to see that". You ass...I - RobVG - 12/4/2015 2:14:25 AM
  - As for you, - - - - bowser - 12/4/2015 5:22:46 AM
    - Thanks for that - RobVG - 12/4/2015 4:03:23 PM
      - But such a cute cranium you have m'dear. n/t - Jody - 12/4/2015 4:07:45 PM
  - Someone get the wet mop... - mcfly - 12/4/2015 3:56:07 AM
    - "CLEAN UP ON AISLE ONE" - Jody - 12/4/2015 4:08:38 PM
    - Please elaborate. What's your take on it Mcfly - RobVG - 12/4/2015 3:57:58 AM
      - In the meantime, you liberals keep flogging your dolphins blaming it on guns. n/t - RobVG - 12/4/2015 4:03:14 AM
        
        Another outburst like that... - ER - 12/4/2015 4:20:27 AM
        
        And leave my dolphin out of this. - ER - 12/4/2015 4:32:29 AM
  - That was supposed to be in reply to ER n/t - RobVG - 12/4/2015 3:47:19 AM
    - Another outburst like that and... - ER - 12/4/2015 4:21:56 AM
- Conservatives would rather see recent events as "Islamic Terror" rather than "Gun Violence." - ER - 12/3/2015 10:51:48 PM
  - And liberals would much rather this be about guns than the shooters. - TB - 12/4/2015 4:46:00 AM
    - Liberals hate guns more than they hate Muslims. Yes, it really is that simple. - ER - 12/4/2015 1:48:40 PM
      - Well there you have it. - Jody - 12/4/2015 3:02:25 PM
    - Huh. "Comfort zone." I just figured it out. - TB - 12/4/2015 6:04:14 AM
      - TB...I may be mistaken... - Jody - 12/4/2015 4:39:55 PM
- "the U.S. gun-related murder rate is almost 20 times that of the other 22." - bowser - 12/3/2015 8:19:13 PM
- It appears that everyone is circling the wagons. n/t - RobVG - 12/3/2015 5:25:03 AM
  - They sure are... - RL - 12/4/2015 2:37:59 AM
  - Not sure what you mean - Robert - 12/3/2015 6:44:14 AM
    - Clash of Civilizations - ER - 12/3/2015 4:35:36 PM
      - Or... - Jody - 12/3/2015 4:57:44 PM
        
        Everything has always seemed to be going into the crapper. - ER - 12/3/2015 6:34:00 PM
        
        I mindfully refused to name either party. I think it is stoopid to do so. - Jody - 12/3/2015 8:01:40 PM
        
        It's stupid not to, Jody. - bowser - 12/4/2015 6:44:39 AM
        
        Well my pious profiler - Jody - 12/4/2015 2:18:18 PM
        
        You never know who might be listening. - ER - 12/3/2015 8:17:10 PM
    - Waiting for facts before comment - RobVG - 12/3/2015 3:13:29 PM
    - From news briefings tonight: - TB - 12/3/2015 7:03:30 AM
      - Update this morning: "workplace violence" is starting to look pretty weak. - TB - 12/3/2015 5:58:14 PM
        
        It could be a combination of the two. - ER - 12/3/2015 6:49:40 PM
      - I agree Tom. 100% n/t - Jody - 12/3/2015 3:18:25 PM
  - Perspective: Of the world's 23 "rich" countries, the U.S. gun-related murder rate - - - - bowser - 12/3/2015 6:03:19 AM
    - Its a BUSINESS, Bowz. Its a highly profitable and rapidly growing business. - ER - 12/3/2015 3:14:08 PM
      - I agree that's the largest part of it - mcfly - 12/3/2015 7:13:32 PM
        
        I'm not sure I like the idea of smart guns. - ER - 12/3/2015 9:41:37 PM
        
        Appreciate your insights - mcfly - 12/4/2015 1:55:48 AM

Droogs in the Hood - ER - 12/6/2015 3:12:13 PM
- Another idea - Robert - 12/6/2015 6:13:54 PM
  - Yes, we do need a sarcasm font. - ER - 12/6/2015 6:36:59 PM
- A Modest Proposal - RL - 12/6/2015 4:40:36 PM
  - You get extra credit. - ER - 12/6/2015 6:17:23 PM

It appears that everything is in place. - ER - 12/5/2015 8:17:47 PM
- Every 20 years. - bowser - 12/5/2015 11:39:06 PM

Second Amendment Jihadi - ER - 12/5/2015 3:16:25 PM
- "A well regulated militia" no longer needed,, the 2nd Amendment is no longer needed, either. - bowser - 12/5/2015 6:47:19 PM
  - "Well regulated militias" - ER - 12/5/2015 7:51:56 PM

How will history judge those who enable and promote butchery? - bowser - 12/5/2015 2:28:01 AM
- I don't know bud, I think you're off topic.......:/ - RobVG - 12/5/2015 2:34:51 AM
  - Raise your hand, gun owners! - TB - 12/5/2015 3:08:07 AM

Its not just guns - ER - 12/4/2015 2:17:16 PM
- Amazing. Get rid of Republicans and you're rid of most of those. - bowser - 12/5/2015 12:48:32 AM
- "We Didn't Start the Fire" - Robert - 12/4/2015 9:26:34 PM
- Pish posh. - Jody - 12/4/2015 2:58:59 PM
  - Do you disagree with any of those points? - ER - 12/4/2015 3:04:57 PM
    - She's just taunting you for fun, ER - mcfly - 12/4/2015 11:01:25 PM
    - I am Flame Retardant today. - Jody - 12/4/2015 3:28:11 PM

Mosquitoes do not cause malaria. - bowser - 12/4/2015 5:33:44 AM
- Excellent Analogy!! Lets form an organization called the MRA... - RL - 12/4/2015 11:40:01 PM
- If there were no such things as guns, then it wouldn't be a problem. - RobVG - 12/4/2015 4:05:17 PM
- Ummmm....I would like to bring up a little tidbit I just found... - Jody - 12/4/2015 3:32:49 PM
- Well - Jody - 12/4/2015 3:30:45 PM
- Mosquitoes aren't a business. - ER - 12/4/2015 2:40:12 PM

Enter the Mucker - ER - 12/3/2015 7:44:31 PM
- I'm a John Brunner fan - Robert - 12/4/2015 2:34:05 AM
- Universe 25 - podrock - 12/3/2015 9:28:17 PM
  - Human beings are highly adaptable. - ER - 12/3/2015 10:09:27 PM
    - So are rats. - podrock - 12/4/2015 1:23:22 AM
      - Thanks for the tip - Robert - 12/4/2015 2:16:51 AM
      - "...and there is no more want." - ER - 12/4/2015 1:45:29 AM

Church readerboard. - bowser - 11/25/2015 1:38:24 AM
- The bible is a story told by men. n/t - RobVG - 11/25/2015 4:16:44 AM
  - I think the account of the Gospels is essentially correct. - ER - 11/25/2015 5:49:10 AM
    - There are no contemporaneous accounts of Jesus outside the Bible. - bowser - 12/3/2015 4:51:12 AM
- Not going there. - Jody - 11/25/2015 2:50:28 AM
  - It's okay now to have giant statues of Jesus in Poland. - TB - 11/25/2015 4:09:52 AM
    - Ah, but Jesus was a communist. - bowser - 11/25/2015 4:46:07 AM
    - "Might want to ask the Poles." - RL - 11/25/2015 4:18:01 AM
      - There's a ring to it. - bowser - 11/25/2015 4:47:57 AM
    - That's right. Jesus invented Communism. - ER - 11/25/2015 4:12:30 AM
- What they mean - podrock - 11/25/2015 2:43:09 AM
  - And Jesus is not contemporaneously referenced outside the Bible. - bowser - 11/25/2015 4:43:21 AM
    - Well, that's true... - podrock - 11/25/2015 4:55:52 AM
      - The red print in the Bible. - bowser - 11/25/2015 5:15:58 AM
  - Irish, Catholic, atheist. - bowser - 11/25/2015 4:37:09 AM
    - Yeah, that whole Irish Catholic thing. - podrock - 11/25/2015 4:46:17 AM
- "King of what"? - RL - 11/25/2015 2:25:37 AM
  - Has anyone here read George R.R. Martin's "The Sand Kings"? - ER - 11/25/2015 2:58:12 AM
    - Outer Limits did a TV version in the 90s - FrankC - 11/25/2015 5:04:15 AM
    - Good story. Creeped me out good years ago. - TB - 11/25/2015 3:05:17 AM
      - I remember reading it in "Omni" magazine when I lived in Mountain View. - ER - 11/25/2015 3:23:10 AM
        
        That's where I read it as well - mcfly - 11/25/2015 5:52:33 PM
        
        "Omni", that brings back memories n/t - RobVG - 11/25/2015 4:17:42 AM
    - Wich kings are those? - RL - 11/25/2015 2:59:35 AM
      - Its an SF novella by the author of "Game of Thrones".. - ER - 11/25/2015 3:20:59 AM
        
        Never read it... - RL - 11/25/2015 3:43:36 AM

“He says that as long as he believes he will be saved, he can do whatever he pleases. He is obsessed with the world coming to an end.” - podrock - 12/1/2015 7:30:55 AM
- Just another disciple of the 'religion of peace' - RL - 12/2/2015 1:15:11 AM
  - original source - podrock - 12/2/2015 1:21:36 AM
- At least the Muslims get virgins. - ER - 12/1/2015 6:16:42 PM
  - "Heaven is a place where nothing ever happens" - podrock - 12/2/2015 1:26:11 AM
    - Thanks, I needed that. - ER - 12/2/2015 3:21:19 AM
      - So did I. - podrock - 12/2/2015 11:00:13 PM
- No sir. It does not matter which "holy book". - Jody - 12/1/2015 4:42:34 PM

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