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Angels and Demons - ER - 5/25/2009 12:40:50 PM
- The Catholic Church has also been quite competent at covering up its crimes - z - 5/25/2009 3:08:05 PM
  - I never said I endorsed their product. - ER - 5/25/2009 3:39:53 PM
    - Another secret of the Catholic Church: Jesus was actually black - z - 5/25/2009 9:55:00 PM
      - Did you ever read Tom Robbins' "Another Roadside Attraction" - ER - 5/26/2009 3:00:50 AM
        
        Or Michael Moorcock's novella Behold the Man - Socrates II - 5/27/2009 1:18:21 PM
    - There are many levels to consider. - Bowser - 5/25/2009 4:08:31 PM
      - Now that I've got you all paying attention... - ER - 5/25/2009 7:19:53 PM
        
        More and more non-Italian Cardinals. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/25/2009 10:12:38 PM
        
        Because - Eri - 5/25/2009 9:28:10 PM
        
        I'm not trying to put you on the spot, but - ER - 5/25/2009 9:54:11 PM
        
        The first - Eri - 5/25/2009 10:01:32 PM

Missing Link no longer missing? - Socrates II - 5/20/2009 4:05:07 PM
- Odd. - TB - 5/20/2009 7:33:52 PM
  - There is no specific "missing link" anywhere, - ER - 5/20/2009 7:47:02 PM
    - Small evolutionary shifts make big impacts -- like developing night vision - Socrates II - 5/21/2009 2:15:30 PM
      - A thermodynamic limit on brain size - Socrates II - 5/27/2009 1:35:27 AM
- Fossils are REAL tangivle evidence. If there were such evidence of UFOs, I would believe in their existence. There isn't. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/20/2009 4:56:04 PM
  - All you have to believe David............ - Lindy - 5/20/2009 11:04:11 PM
  - All you have to believe David............ - Lindy - 5/20/2009 11:04:08 PM

And on the lighter side.... - Eri - 5/26/2009 6:18:31 PM
- From Trevor, the sports car mechanic, (of the spotless white jumpsuit and British accent) - ER - 5/26/2009 6:28:52 PM

Interesting new idea on wind power generation - azstrummer - 5/22/2009 12:26:45 PM
- I would still think that a proper wind turbine would harvest - David F Mayer - 5/25/2009 1:25:39 AM
  - Oh no doubt - azstrummer - 5/25/2009 6:25:51 AM
- Sounds like the beginning of great things! - Eri - 5/22/2009 5:20:18 PM
- Brilliant! - TB - 5/22/2009 2:44:22 PM
  - More info - TB - 5/22/2009 2:51:06 PM
    - Wow! What a great idea - Buck Galaxy - 5/23/2009 9:46:18 PM
      - I think they'll find they want to keep them small. - TB - 5/23/2009 10:32:34 PM
        
        No doubt - Buck Galaxy - 5/23/2009 11:56:09 PM
        
        Of course, there's the noise... - TB - 5/24/2009 2:34:00 AM
        
        Suicide anyone? - Eri - 5/24/2009 1:52:49 PM
        
        LOL!..me too Eri (n/t) - Jody - 5/24/2009 7:30:00 PM
        
        Maybe the generators will end up creating soothing "white noise." - TB - 5/24/2009 7:26:23 PM
        
        Or we could just build a few hundred nuclear reactors and not worry about it. - Lee - 5/25/2009 1:44:28 PM
        
        Sure. Let's give terroriest a few more things to target. (n/t) - Eri - 5/26/2009 2:54:34 AM
        
        If you want to live like that, be my guest. - Lee - 5/26/2009 11:55:33 AM
        
        Well, sure. - TB - 5/25/2009 3:00:35 PM
        
        Windmills - Eri - 5/24/2009 7:54:52 PM
        
        Goats - podrock - 5/24/2009 9:33:43 PM
        
        Doesn't surprise me. - Eri - 5/24/2009 10:47:30 PM
        
        It's just a really inefficient vertical axis turbine - mip - 5/24/2009 11:29:39 AM
        
        Efficiency isn't the primary goal - TB - 5/24/2009 7:24:45 PM
- Twang your magic twanger, froggy. (n/t) - ER - 5/22/2009 12:35:35 PM
  - Plunk your magic twanger, Froggy. Great find, Art. - Buster Bowser - 5/22/2009 1:45:13 PM
    - This little finger's for you. And this little finger's for me. - ER - 5/22/2009 3:15:16 PM

St. George, pick up your phone - TB - 5/25/2009 8:26:39 PM
- re: St. George, pick up your phone - Brian Gyles - 5/25/2009 11:07:52 PM
  - I have his # and it's up. (n/t) - Eri - 5/26/2009 2:43:37 AM

State of Washington allows the first assisted suicide... - Jody - 5/24/2009 10:54:14 PM
- DNR is NOT assisted suicide. - Eri - 5/24/2009 11:37:09 PM

Why does there appear to be so much hatred for the Jews? - Jody - 5/1/2009 2:15:10 PM
- Possibly an echo of the Jewish War circa 120 AD - sdfss - 5/22/2009 4:55:36 PM
- re: Why does there appear to be so much hatred for the Jews? - him - 5/22/2009 1:19:39 PM
- Oy, vey! Why us? - ER - 5/13/2009 3:40:15 PM
- Fundamentally, it is their typical minority status almost everywhere. - David F Mayer - 5/13/2009 1:02:57 AM
- This question makes me uncomfortable but... - Jody - 5/2/2009 12:25:14 AM
  - America did. And the Vatican, too. - Bowser - 5/2/2009 4:13:26 AM
    - Actually, the Vatican's reasons weren't anti-Semitic in origin. - Bowser - 5/2/2009 4:54:27 AM
      - The Catholic church acted disgracefully during WWII - Buck Galaxy - 5/2/2009 6:54:51 AM
        
        re: The Catholic church acted disgracefully during WWII - Samantha - 5/12/2009 10:08:20 PM
  - There wasn't really a "during" the holocaust for the ROW - FrankC - 5/2/2009 2:01:59 AM
    - Who helped put Hitler in power in the 30's... - Jody - 5/2/2009 4:20:38 AM
      - Volumes have been written... - FrankC - 5/2/2009 5:29:15 AM
        
        Actually, I read yesterday he was never elected - azstrummer - 5/13/2009 1:43:24 PM
- May not be as much as it seems. - Bowser - 5/1/2009 10:56:29 PM
  - " there have been other, worse slaughters during and after WWII. We don't hear about them." - Buck Galaxy - 5/1/2009 11:07:49 PM
    - You're being silly. - Bowser - 5/2/2009 12:02:19 AM
      - Your premise - Buck Galaxy - 5/2/2009 2:54:58 AM
        
        Gypsies were persecuted along with Jews. Because of race. Do we hear about that? - Bowser - 5/2/2009 4:58:41 AM
        
        I have heard about gypsies sent to gas chambers with the Jews. - Buck Galaxy - 5/2/2009 6:46:30 AM
- diaspora - FrankC - 5/1/2009 6:29:21 PM
  - In the begining - Buck Galaxy - 5/1/2009 8:48:10 PM
    - Interesting case of blaming Jews for the plague, or "black death" - z - 5/1/2009 10:34:22 PM
- Who told you that there is? (n/t) - S - 5/1/2009 4:00:55 PM
  - No one...observation (n/t) - Jody - 5/1/2009 4:15:54 PM

Debuking the 09/11/2001 myths - David F Mayer - 5/18/2009 3:04:45 AM
- A relevant quote on the subject of conspiracies and superstitions. - David F Mayer - 5/19/2009 3:56:32 AM
- My favorite clip on 911 conspiracy theories - z - 5/19/2009 2:06:34 AM
- I think it is in human nature to try to find some *personal* order - Jody - 5/18/2009 1:23:06 PM
  - Surely there WAS a conspiracy. Al Qaeda conspired to destroy American property & lives. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/18/2009 8:39:58 PM
    - ...and we are doing what we need to do...and so am I. (n/t) - Jody - 5/19/2009 12:00:34 AM
  - There is a special kind of conspiracy, the most common kind. - ER - 5/18/2009 4:03:19 PM
    - Kings X - Jody - 5/19/2009 3:46:46 PM
      - I look at it this way.... - ER - 5/19/2009 6:36:36 PM
        
        Cynic's Assumption - S - 5/21/2009 4:15:25 PM
        
        re: Cynic's Assumption - ER - 5/21/2009 6:24:25 PM
        
        I wish I could. (n/t) - Jody - 5/19/2009 9:55:56 PM
        
        Life is like a very good movie with a very sad ending. - ER - 5/20/2009 1:31:22 AM
        
        Well this oughta tell you something about me... - Jody - 5/20/2009 2:07:24 AM
    - re: There is a special kind of conspiracy, the most common kind. - Lindy - 5/19/2009 3:53:22 AM

More Amusing UFO Idiocy: "Disclosure Project" - David F Mayer - 5/20/2009 7:15:49 AM
- It's amazing. A complete alternative universe. - ER - 5/20/2009 3:29:08 PM

Graduation surprise - TB - 5/18/2009 5:13:03 PM
- Awwww - Jody - 5/18/2009 9:30:43 PM
  - Many of the graduates at my daughter's college wore military garb. - TB - 5/18/2009 10:08:34 PM
    - I am so proud of our military...so very very proud. (n/t) - Jody - 5/19/2009 12:05:04 AM
- I will admit this is a great story, and fun. - Bowser - 5/18/2009 5:30:12 PM
  - Anyone who can find disrespect for military personnel here is perverted. - Bowser - 5/19/2009 3:30:55 AM
    - Hey Bowser - RobVG - 5/19/2009 6:51:49 PM
      - Offer accepted. While I think I am honest and accurate, I was over the top. - Bowser - 5/20/2009 2:46:12 AM
        
        Whoa, back up a little bit. - RobVG - 5/20/2009 3:34:23 AM
        
        At the risk of opening up old woiunds, - ER - 5/20/2009 12:42:56 PM
        
        What did you mean it didn't work? - Lindy - 5/20/2009 3:23:07 PM
    - Hey Bowser - RobVG - 5/19/2009 6:51:45 PM
    - Thanks for proving my point. - RobVG - 5/19/2009 4:25:54 AM
  - ?? (n/t) - Jody - 5/19/2009 12:06:36 AM
  - Man, you walked right into that ambush. (n/t) - ER - 5/18/2009 10:11:41 PM
    - Ambush? - RobVG - 5/19/2009 12:28:29 AM
      - Disrespect for military peronel? I have no idea where you got that. (n/t) - RobVG - 5/19/2009 4:16:15 AM
      - I can't speak for Bowser. - ER - 5/19/2009 1:07:32 AM
        
        Of course not. - RobVG - 5/19/2009 1:30:56 AM
        
        Not at all, Maybe everybody's just a little on edge. - ER - 5/19/2009 1:51:35 AM
        
        Absolutely. - RobVG - 5/19/2009 2:07:15 AM
    - ?? (n/t) - Jody - 5/19/2009 12:07:07 AM
    - Sometimes a story is just a story. - TB - 5/18/2009 10:26:19 PM
  - No hidden agenda - RobVG - 5/18/2009 7:47:15 PM

wonderful art - SDG - 5/19/2009 7:16:01 PM
- Yeehah!...Those are great! - Jody - 5/19/2009 9:54:51 PM
- re: wonderful art - REB - 5/19/2009 8:48:33 PM

My latest secret vice... - TB - 5/19/2009 5:23:05 AM

This lady is no tramp! - Eri - 5/16/2009 11:13:54 PM
- re: This lady is no tramp! - A point: Same jockey in both winning races. - Marcia - 5/18/2009 10:05:17 PM
- The social life of horses and mules. - Bowser - 5/18/2009 12:05:12 AM
- I know nothing of horse racing but I do love horses. - Jody - 5/17/2009 4:46:21 PM
  - Not unless they just crossed the finish line in a million dollar race! - Eri - 5/18/2009 3:49:34 AM
- Sounds like someone knows her way around the ponies... (n/t) - ER - 5/17/2009 12:14:29 AM

A short-field take-off and landing - amazing. - Bowser - 5/17/2009 7:14:48 AM
- Looks somewhat like a storch. (n/t) - Lee - 5/18/2009 4:40:22 AM
  - Fieseler Storch. - Bowser - 5/18/2009 5:20:37 PM
- YC-14 - TB - 5/17/2009 8:12:11 PM
  - There are many aircraft which work perfectly well but never enter production, or are removed from production early. - David F Mayer - 5/18/2009 3:08:41 AM
    - And unfortunately, for military aircraft, politics. - TB - 5/18/2009 3:28:23 AM
      - I always like amphibious aircraft like the Martin Seamaster. - David F Mayer - 5/18/2009 8:44:34 PM
  - Headwind maybe. More likely Horsepower. (n/t) - RobVG - 5/18/2009 1:19:30 AM
  - Wow. - Bowser - 5/17/2009 9:38:10 PM
- re: A short-field take-off and landing - no big deal - ER - 5/17/2009 11:52:09 AM
  - There are helicopters, too. But the auto-gyro isn't dead. - Bowser - 5/17/2009 5:51:34 PM
    - I flew one. - RobVG - 5/18/2009 2:00:23 AM
      - Oh, how cute! I want one. - Eri - 5/18/2009 6:10:39 PM
      - What a hoot! I'm envious. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/18/2009 7:15:11 AM

Anyone know how closing dealerships saves car makers money? (n/t) - Bowser - 5/15/2009 5:04:27 PM
- Simple: Closing dealerships means that the automaker will not be bothered with any troublesome orders - David F Mayer - 5/18/2009 3:12:02 AM
  - Saw Foreigners at Chevy dealers this morn - carl - 5/18/2009 6:29:22 PM
- Dealers are wondering that themselves. - TB - 5/15/2009 6:18:41 PM
  - Location, location, location - z - 5/15/2009 7:23:25 PM
    - Maybe it is time for other means of transportation - Socrates II - 5/15/2009 7:34:50 PM
      - That's probably part of this whole thing - TB - 5/15/2009 8:39:22 PM
        
        Inter-Urban mass transit works only where population density is high. - David F Mayer - 5/18/2009 12:29:07 PM
        
        I don't necessarily want to give up my vehicles - Socrates II - 5/15/2009 8:59:02 PM
        
        Its not a baby vs bathwater choice. - ER - 5/16/2009 3:06:37 PM
        
        Key word being "choice." - TB - 5/16/2009 4:34:04 PM
        
        Subsidies come in many colors. - ER - 5/16/2009 11:02:51 PM

Friday. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/13/2009 9:50:25 AM
- For real, or just a story? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/18/2009 12:32:21 PM
- Woman vs. Car - Lindy - 5/14/2009 2:46:54 PM
  - Thanks Lindy. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/14/2009 9:22:42 PM
    - In the real world - Lindy - 5/14/2009 11:01:19 PM
      - re: In the real world - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/15/2009 12:14:39 AM
- Hmmmm.... - TB - 5/13/2009 4:36:29 PM
  - re: Hmmmm.... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/13/2009 6:01:55 PM
    - Don't pigeon-hole my stuff! Let's pigeon-hole those guys. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/13/2009 8:12:39 PM
      - Geez..lighten up. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/13/2009 9:50:24 PM
        
        I have absolutely no idea how my post moved you to talk politics. - alcaray - 5/13/2009 10:22:30 PM
        
        You've come to the right place for contradicting positions. (n/t) - ER - 5/14/2009 12:41:21 AM

Each of us on this planet has a talent - for something - z - 5/16/2009 2:48:20 AM
- "Fartman." No, not him. The guy from National Lampoon - TB - 5/16/2009 7:29:31 AM
- I've heard of that guy. I saw his website a couple of years ago. - TB - 5/16/2009 4:42:47 AM
- Would have been more impressive- . - RobVG - 5/16/2009 3:39:54 AM
  - Ya mean sorta like this? - Jody - 5/17/2009 3:52:55 AM
- Too bad he never had a chance to meet Kubrick - ER - 5/16/2009 3:05:54 AM
- ICK... - Jody - 5/16/2009 3:03:02 AM
  - You just don't get it, do you? - ER - 5/16/2009 3:07:54 AM
    - One time...at band camp... - Jody - 5/16/2009 2:57:00 PM
    - I was raised that farting and belching were both extremely impolite and just gross. (n/t) - Eri - 5/16/2009 3:36:09 AM
      - In some cultures belching is perfectly fine, and acknowledgement that one has eaten well - z - 5/16/2009 4:27:06 AM
        
        The Miller's Tale - ER - 5/16/2009 1:01:22 PM
        
        Sorry, but I don't laugh at farting -- ever. - Eri - 5/16/2009 11:02:19 PM
        
        re: The Miller's Tale - TB - 5/16/2009 4:23:25 PM
        
        Shelton is a genius--a real national treasure. - ER - 5/16/2009 7:12:41 PM
        
        re: Shelton is a genius--a real national treasure. - TB - 5/16/2009 8:05:44 PM
        
        And one begets the other and so on ... - Jody - 5/16/2009 2:53:44 PM

Anyone watch SNL last night? - RobVG - 5/11/2009 4:05:31 AM
- The link didn't go where I think you intended. - Eri - 5/12/2009 3:49:33 AM
  - Pulled for copyright??? - RobVG - 5/14/2009 3:24:58 AM
    - OMG! - Eri - 5/16/2009 3:49:11 AM
- TWO SPOCKS - carl - 5/11/2009 5:22:28 PM
- JT was the only bright point of the premiere of the revamped Late Night program on NBC - Socrates II - 5/11/2009 2:48:41 PM
  - Fallon is young and still inexperienced - Eri - 5/12/2009 3:46:59 AM
    - So why is OJT necessary? - azstrummer - 5/15/2009 3:40:48 PM
    - re: Fallon is young and still inexperienced - Lindy - 5/15/2009 1:44:31 AM
    - I don't know - Socrates II - 5/12/2009 12:55:22 PM
      - Seth Myers would have been better than Jimmy Fallon. - Eri - 5/13/2009 2:16:07 AM
        
        Myers is okay - Socrates II - 5/13/2009 1:00:34 PM
        
        Bill Murray, Gilda Radner, Dan Ackroyd, John Belushi, Steve Martin... - Jody - 5/14/2009 2:16:48 AM
        
        Oh yeah! They broke the mold after those guys graduated from SNL. (n/t) - Eri - 5/16/2009 3:51:15 AM
        
        Don't forget Jane Curtin, Garrett Morris, and Father Guido Sarducci. (n/t) - RobVG - 5/16/2009 4:38:21 AM
        
        Curtin was great. Garrett Morriss & Father Guido Sarducci? Priceless. (n/t) - Eri - 5/16/2009 11:06:57 PM
        
        Tina Fey was de Rock! Now she's 30 Rock. Dayam. (n/t) - Eri - 5/14/2009 1:19:33 AM

Hey, Macy's, thanks for the coupon. - TB - 5/15/2009 12:34:10 AM
- And you bought it anyway? I would have told them to put it where the sun don't shine on the coffee grounds. (n/t) - Eri - 5/16/2009 3:38:03 AM
  - You might not believe it to read my stuff here... - TB - 5/16/2009 4:47:40 AM
    - re: You might not believe it to read my stuff here... - Jody - 5/16/2009 6:57:46 AM
      - Oh Gaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwd! - RNE - 5/16/2009 5:59:54 PM
        
        You're welcome...jes' for you! *wink* (n/t) - Jody - 5/16/2009 6:14:13 PM
      - Coffeemakers - TB - 5/16/2009 7:24:00 AM
        
        I was wondering about those... - Jody - 5/16/2009 3:03:08 PM
- I hate that! - Bowser - 5/15/2009 4:41:05 AM
  - It wasn't that big a deal... - TB - 5/15/2009 5:27:21 AM

Helicopter hotel - TB - 5/16/2009 4:35:04 PM

And now for your viewing pleasure. - Lee - 5/16/2009 1:35:47 PM

Prank in space. - REB - 5/14/2009 6:12:52 PM
- re: Prank in space. - Doug Ellison - 5/15/2009 7:20:09 AM
- Shepards Golf Shot Comes to Mind - carl - 5/14/2009 6:59:47 PM
  - Schmitt's rock hammer toss? - podrock - 5/14/2009 11:06:58 PM
    - The Hammer and Feather drop was better, imho - nick hoffman - 5/15/2009 11:31:57 AM
      - video - podrock - 5/15/2009 8:09:05 PM
        
        That wasn't a prank, though - Socrates II - 5/15/2009 9:02:00 PM
    - the video - podrock - 5/14/2009 11:10:15 PM
      - re: the video - TB - 5/15/2009 5:49:10 AM
      - I hope they didn't need that later. :-) (n/t) - Eri - 5/15/2009 12:00:00 AM
        
        It happened less than 10 seconds before climbing back in the LM! (n/t) - Raoul - 5/15/2009 5:21:30 AM
        
        On Apollo 12 - Socrates II - 5/15/2009 2:01:54 PM

Mercury's in Retrograde. How's tricks? - Eri - 5/14/2009 3:50:49 PM
- Hmmmm, why didn't that embed work? Preview showed it did. - Eri - 5/14/2009 3:54:02 PM
  - Paranoia will destroya - ER - 5/14/2009 5:30:06 PM

"What the public was told was usually just the opposite of what was happening." - Bowser - 5/14/2009 2:51:12 PM
- Thanks! That looks interesting. (n/t) - TB - 5/14/2009 4:40:22 PM

New Star Trek - Buck Galaxy - 5/12/2009 3:59:58 PM
- re: New Star Trek - TB - 5/12/2009 6:43:54 PM
  - re: New Star Trek - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/12/2009 7:05:24 PM
    - Forget this summer popcorn flick - Socrates II - 5/12/2009 8:32:51 PM
      - Cool! Thanks! - TB - 5/13/2009 12:00:30 AM
        
        Tom, all you have to do... - Socrates II - 5/13/2009 2:05:49 PM
        
        Don't forget... - SDAi-Tech1 - 5/13/2009 6:12:41 PM
        
        Red Matter - TB - 5/13/2009 4:40:07 PM
        
        In between HazMat Ships? (n/t) - Eri - 5/14/2009 3:59:06 PM
        
        Like most of that film... - Socrates II - 5/13/2009 5:22:49 PM

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