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Does loneliness explain George W. Bush? - Socrates II - 12/14/2008 4:01:40 AM
- Alcoholism is called "the lonely disease". - Bowser - 12/14/2008 4:45:12 AM
  - Holy Cow guys... thought provoking thread. - Jody - 12/14/2008 4:22:06 PM

The Forbidden SNL skit - Jody - 12/13/2008 2:58:21 PM
- Outrageously - Lindy - 12/13/2008 8:55:14 PM
- I remember watching that. (I'm a huge Ann Hathaway fan). - ER - 12/13/2008 6:21:05 PM
  - I dunno what the problem was... - Jody - 12/13/2008 7:59:41 PM
- That does have one leg over the top. (Here's a link.) - Bowser - 12/13/2008 3:27:46 PM

Weeweechu - Johannes - 12/12/2008 6:10:55 PM
- Some Tampa Cuban automotive slang + 1 - ER - 12/13/2008 1:13:18 PM
- Hemi brrr - Jody's granddaughter - 12/12/2008 10:51:21 PM
  - Yeah yo - Jody @ 5 yrs. old - 12/12/2008 11:42:31 PM
    - Babdist - Jody does Texas slang - 12/13/2008 7:57:55 PM

Doesn't the difference between a Bush press conference and an Obama press conference - z - 12/11/2008 6:51:54 PM
- You're still twitterpated. I hope it wears off soon. - TB - 12/11/2008 10:03:59 PM
  - Thanks for one of the most illustrative posts ever. - Bowser - 12/11/2008 10:51:24 PM
    - Drama Queen (n/t) - RobVG - 12/12/2008 1:38:01 AM
      - Sorry Bowser (n/t) - RobVG - 12/13/2008 12:35:33 AM
    - Do you realize... - TB - 12/12/2008 12:08:43 AM
      - If you're going to get out of this you have a bit of work to do. - Bowser - 12/12/2008 3:43:14 AM
      - Let's go back to the beginning of their first days....take GW for instance - Lindy (my pleasure) - 12/12/2008 12:42:59 AM
        
        Sorry, I can't help myself.... - Lindy (LMAO) - 12/12/2008 12:48:56 AM
        
        LOL!!!..You are so cute girlfriend! (n/t) - Jody - 12/12/2008 11:37:28 AM
        
        Oh dear lord - McFly - 12/12/2008 2:50:34 AM
        
        *knocked the wind right out of you?* - Jody - 12/12/2008 11:39:08 AM
        
        I think the point I was trying to make... - TB - 12/12/2008 1:56:19 AM
        
        Ah, I, Claudius - proof that... - Socrates II - 12/12/2008 3:12:23 PM
        
        Romans - TB - 12/12/2008 5:24:23 PM
        
        re: Sorry, I can't help myself.... - gbaikie - 12/12/2008 1:36:58 AM
- Speaking of interviewing Bush... - Socrates II - 12/11/2008 9:24:15 PM

prediction - Lindy - 12/10/2008 12:38:48 AM
- re: You may be right - Johannes - 12/11/2008 3:37:01 AM
- re: prediction - mobility - 12/11/2008 12:47:39 AM
  - The planets are too far away - Socrates II - 12/11/2008 2:39:54 PM
    - Check the Farmer's Almanac (n/t) - Lindy - 12/11/2008 5:41:06 PM
      - For what? - Socrates II - 12/11/2008 6:19:52 PM
        
        Ever farmed? - Lindy - 12/12/2008 12:27:19 AM
        
        I grew up in a farming community - Socrates II - 12/12/2008 4:24:07 AM
        
        re:The Big Moon - Johannes - 12/12/2008 6:40:06 PM
        
        Shooting the moon - ER - 12/12/2008 7:55:19 PM
        
        re: Aren't you glad we have GPS now? - Johannes - 12/13/2008 12:29:47 AM

A piece of prose - Lindy - 12/12/2008 3:06:38 AM
- Evocative. - Bowser - 12/12/2008 4:06:31 PM
  - Night shift - TB - 12/12/2008 6:12:19 PM
    - Morning watch - ER - 12/12/2008 11:31:08 PM
- Thanks for the morning contemplation. - azstrummer - 12/12/2008 2:49:54 PM
  - Pause and enjoy - Lindy - 12/12/2008 5:32:11 PM
    - Actually.... - Lindy - 12/12/2008 5:49:04 PM
- How lovely Lindy. - Jody - 12/12/2008 11:35:40 AM
  - Savoring our souls - Lindy - 12/12/2008 5:36:53 PM
    - re: Savoring our souls - brian gyles - 12/12/2008 5:54:03 PM
      - re: Savoring our souls - Lindy - 12/12/2008 6:16:51 PM
  - re: How lovely Lindy. - brian gyles - 12/12/2008 2:10:05 PM
    - A process. - Bowser - 12/12/2008 4:30:27 PM
      - re: A process. - Lindy - 12/12/2008 5:42:23 PM
    - You Brian Gyles are a romantic!!! - Jody - 12/12/2008 2:57:05 PM
      - welll - brian gyles - 12/12/2008 5:28:45 PM
      - welll - brian gyles - 12/12/2008 5:28:41 PM

What makes this little video hilarious... - z - 12/12/2008 12:58:45 PM
- Good Lord! - Bowser - 12/12/2008 4:17:17 PM
- LOL!! True enough z!!! (n/t) - Jody - 12/12/2008 2:59:32 PM

Bumper sticker - struck me funny. - Bowser - 12/11/2008 11:27:29 PM
- re: Bumper sticker - struck me funny. - RNE - 12/12/2008 3:15:09 PM
- Cool! - Eri - 12/12/2008 4:28:12 AM

On government running the economy... - TB - 12/10/2008 1:37:03 AM
- Well, the capitalists botched it badly. And the cause is built in to capitalism. - Bowser - 12/12/2008 3:45:41 AM
- Couldn't run a ____house - Nick Hoffman - 12/12/2008 12:59:46 AM
  - Only case on record where both employees and clients got laid off (n/t) - z - 12/12/2008 1:31:50 AM
- And there's plenty in the private sector who apparently can't run businesses well either - z - 12/10/2008 4:33:16 PM
  - And even simpler idea - TB - 12/10/2008 4:55:16 PM
    - It's greedy business owners who burn down their property for the insurance, not the public servants - z - 12/11/2008 1:49:34 AM
    - More on labor costs - TB - 12/10/2008 5:04:40 PM

"Top" 10 error in SF movies - et - 12/7/2008 10:54:53 PM
- Bowman/Poole EVA's on 2001 - carl - 12/10/2008 6:31:20 PM
  - When they tested the MMU with the Space Shuttle in 1984 - Socrates II - 12/11/2008 4:50:25 PM
    - Bruce and the MMU - carl - 12/11/2008 8:19:00 PM
- Even in space, a bright sun makes stars difficult to see or photograph. - Jacob - 12/9/2008 5:56:29 PM
  - It should make no difference. - ER - 12/10/2008 6:22:32 PM
    - In the Soyuz or outside - Raoul - 12/10/2008 6:51:47 PM
      - Earth gazing is a popular sport - Socrates II - 12/11/2008 2:37:05 PM
      - A 3-D Milky Way. I've seen it, and it is devastating. - ER - 12/11/2008 1:36:50 AM
- Question - Eri - 12/7/2008 11:55:14 PM
  - re: Question - gbaikie - 12/8/2008 7:00:34 AM
  - re: Question - brian gyles - 12/8/2008 1:30:17 AM
    - re: Question - Marcia - 12/9/2008 5:09:28 AM
    - According to Star Trek 6 - Socrates II - 12/8/2008 6:14:37 AM
      - The Klingon differences. - Jacob - 12/9/2008 6:10:44 PM
      - re: 2001...but even there - Raoul - 12/8/2008 6:37:16 AM
        
        Two more 2001 mistakes - Socrates II - 12/8/2008 3:08:16 PM
        
        re: Two more 2001 mistakes. - The 'thing' that made ST possible and popular: - Marcia - 12/9/2008 3:53:48 AM
  - re: Question - RobVG - 12/8/2008 1:25:38 AM
    - Yeah. Sound is the vibration of matter larger than a proton. - Bowser - 12/9/2008 3:46:42 AM
    - HEY! - RobVG - 12/9/2008 1:26:12 AM
      - Listen up, Eri. - ER - 12/9/2008 3:27:35 AM
        
        Aha! - Eri - 12/10/2008 4:32:56 AM

When Will INFLATION Rear it's UGLY HEAD??? - carl - 12/9/2008 8:32:04 PM
- I give it another year - Lindy - 12/9/2008 11:57:31 PM
  - The real problem will be when the effect of the printed money hits the street. - Bowser - 12/10/2008 12:29:08 AM
    - Printing money - ER - 12/10/2008 9:44:35 PM
      - Interesting. Some superb distinctions. - Bowser - 12/11/2008 5:32:59 AM
        
        "For everything else, there's MasterCard" (n/t) - Lindy - 12/11/2008 5:42:15 PM
- It's been reported in the news. - ER - 12/9/2008 9:36:56 PM
  - Interesting Observation, Cry SHORTAGE - carl - 12/10/2008 4:51:44 PM
  - Markets - Lindy - 12/10/2008 12:01:35 AM

From the man who lost his family in the fighter jet crash... - TB - 12/11/2008 3:41:15 PM
- re: From the man who lost his family in the fighter jet crash... - brian gyles - 12/11/2008 3:55:09 PM

Stalin and the Soviet Science Wars - Socrates II - 12/10/2008 4:08:59 AM
- Tangential - Bowser - 12/11/2008 2:49:09 AM

Popular Mechanics archives online - TB - 12/10/2008 5:16:06 PM
- Now thatâ€™s cool - SteveS - 12/10/2008 11:37:32 PM

Anybody TRACKING the SHIFT of Wealth and Buying Power? - carl - 12/10/2008 6:28:29 PM

Vancouver, BC coroner finds two of the feet are mirror images! - Bowser - 12/9/2008 9:08:04 AM
- Reply by Lee deleted due to ban of Lee for remainder of the week. (n/t) - Mary Anne, moderating - 12/10/2008 1:00:53 AM

NOTICE How Gas went Down ............ - carl - 12/6/2008 4:00:08 PM
- A few small holes in the theory - TB - 12/6/2008 9:29:20 PM
  - re: A few small holes in the theory - Lindy - 12/8/2008 12:04:57 AM
    - Like it would make any difference if I did. - TB - 12/8/2008 5:17:29 AM
      - Thanks for that, I knew you'd find it. - Lindy - 12/8/2008 5:26:27 PM
  - The world according to banks and oil companies - McFly - 12/7/2008 4:16:19 AM
    - Why do I even bother? - TB - 12/7/2008 6:13:40 AM
      - Bowser speaks not in tongues, but in parables. - Mary Anne - 12/7/2008 4:52:48 PM
        
        Mary Anne speaks not in parables, but in fables. - gbaikie - 12/8/2008 5:02:35 PM
        
        You got me, but it was Sunday. You can do worse than Aesop, though. - Mary Anne - 12/8/2008 5:36:33 PM
        
        re: You got me, but it was Sunday. You can do worse than Aesop, though. - gbaikie - 12/8/2008 6:08:29 PM
        
        Live is lived forward, but understood backward. - Bowser - 12/8/2008 5:30:17 PM
        
        re: Live is lived forward, but understood backward. - gbaikie - 12/8/2008 5:52:48 PM
        
        Absolutely nothing which counters my premise. (n/t) - Bowser - 12/8/2008 10:10:45 PM
        
        re: Absolutely nothing which counters my premise. - gbaikie - 12/8/2008 11:55:13 PM
        
        Cherished beliefs - Lindy - 12/8/2008 7:03:14 PM
        
        re: Cherished beliefs - gbaikie - 12/8/2008 9:07:09 PM
        
        At least his humor is not wasted on me - Lindy - 12/10/2008 12:33:47 AM
        
        I can't fight mythology. - TB - 12/8/2008 5:14:53 AM
        
        Quit whining - McFly - 12/8/2008 11:40:21 AM
  - Without building any more refinery capacity, all at once there's plenty. - Bowser - 12/7/2008 1:07:26 AM
    - How True, and Plant Shutdowns NO EFFECT - carl - 12/9/2008 8:36:53 PM
  - How cute, TB. But also how naive. - Eri - 12/7/2008 12:46:33 AM
- It was due to the "speculators" - Lindy - 12/6/2008 5:59:27 PM
  - True, we were BUSH-WHACKED - carl - 12/6/2008 6:42:06 PM

Have we created a myth regarding high taxes retarding economic growth. - Bowser - 12/9/2008 3:34:40 AM
- Lowering taxes CAN generate economic growth... - ER - 12/9/2008 4:01:27 AM
  - And if the proceeds are used to purchase leveraged deriatives? - Bowser - 12/9/2008 6:14:39 AM
    - Big Brother and the Holding Company. - ER - 12/9/2008 5:00:46 PM

"State of War", James Risen - Bowser - 12/9/2008 8:52:20 AM

Star Trek vs. Star Wars - TB - 12/3/2008 5:21:33 AM
- re: Star Trek vs. Star Wars - Doug Ellison - 12/4/2008 1:32:30 PM
  - re: Star Trek vs. Star Wars - Marcia - 12/8/2008 8:20:37 PM
    - re: Star Trek vs. Star Wars. - Addend.: - Marcia - 12/8/2008 8:24:31 PM
  - You're just a kid... ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/6/2008 6:14:09 AM
  - re: Star Trek vs. Star Wars - gbaikie - 12/5/2008 7:56:41 PM
  - It's a matter of taste, I suppose. - TB - 12/4/2008 4:07:44 PM
    - One early exception to the Mars Monsters rule - Socrates II - 12/4/2008 5:21:14 PM
  - It may be a cultural/generational thing - Socrates II - 12/4/2008 2:56:53 PM
    - re: It may be a cultural/generational thing - Doug Ellison - 12/4/2008 10:44:25 PM
      - What about Red Dwarf? - Socrates II - 12/5/2008 1:45:47 AM
        
        re: What about Red Dwarf? - Doug Ellison - 12/5/2008 12:57:08 PM
        
        One of my favorites! (n/t) - TB - 12/5/2008 6:17:01 AM
    - Can't...hold...BACK! - McFly - 12/4/2008 6:29:48 PM
      - The Doctor can only regenerate so many times, right? - Socrates II - 12/4/2008 7:28:27 PM
        
        IIRC, He ran out after Sylvester McCoy - Tony - 12/4/2008 7:50:31 PM
        
        re: IIRC, He ran out after Sylvester McCoy - Marcia - 12/8/2008 8:27:39 PM
- re: Star Trek vs. Star Wars. - LOL, TB.. ya-ah, it was cool!!! - Marcia - 12/3/2008 9:04:22 PM
- And Kirk vs. Picard - Socrates II - 12/3/2008 2:27:43 PM

Movie recommendation - azstrummer - 12/8/2008 4:28:48 PM

Best SF movies ever? - Eri - 12/5/2008 2:20:36 AM
- Oh. And finally, Contact! (n/t) - et - 12/7/2008 10:52:59 PM
  - Good film, but the novel was better - Socrates II - 12/8/2008 4:02:06 PM
- That list is about ten years due for an update. - et - 12/7/2008 7:16:07 AM
  - And add Enemy Mine and Ironman(2008)... (n/t) - et - 12/7/2008 9:05:22 AM
  - I'll see your Fifth Element and raise you one Solaris (n/t) - RobVG - 12/7/2008 8:03:50 AM
    - Alright but just because that actress is beautiful in it.... (n/t) - et - 12/7/2008 8:32:48 AM
      - They should have stuck more closely to the novel with Solaris - Socrates II - 12/8/2008 4:09:05 PM
- The Last Starfighter should be on the list. - Lee - 12/6/2008 6:41:12 PM
- LATHE of HEAVEN - carl - 12/6/2008 3:05:57 PM
- Did anyone mention Stepford Wives? - Eri - 12/6/2008 4:26:36 AM
  - They Live - zed - 12/6/2008 5:01:53 AM
- missed a few - zed - 12/6/2008 2:59:13 AM
  - Andromeda Strain-'71, Fantastic Voyage- '66 (n/t) - RobVG - 12/6/2008 3:35:21 AM
    - SILENT RUNNING - carl - 12/6/2008 3:07:35 PM
- My Additions:- - nick hoffman - 12/6/2008 2:06:18 AM
  - re: My Additions:- (better formatting) - nick hoffman - 12/6/2008 2:18:36 AM
    - Zardoz?!? - et - 12/7/2008 7:05:07 AM
    - Good list - RobVG - 12/6/2008 2:34:01 AM
      - Logan's Run and Westworld - and don't forget the original Rollerball - Socrates II - 12/8/2008 4:15:36 PM
      - Adding: "Them", "The Deadly Mantis" and for cryin' out loud, "War of the Worlds"! - the original. (n/t) - RobVG - 12/6/2008 2:48:23 AM
- Violence better than awe ? - Raoul - 12/5/2008 8:46:35 PM
- I've seen all of them - FrankC - 12/5/2008 8:32:50 PM
  - re: I've seen all of them - gbaikie - 12/6/2008 4:14:47 AM
- I can't go along with any list that doesn't have 2001 in the top 5 at least. - Laurie Street - 12/5/2008 5:08:24 PM
- Agree with #1. - podrock - 12/5/2008 3:11:15 AM
  - Oh yeah, I liked SR! (n/t) - Eri - 12/5/2008 4:10:55 AM
    - Dark Star, A Boy and His Dog, and The Forbin Project - Socrates II - 12/7/2008 12:27:11 AM
      - And one more... - Socrates II - 12/8/2008 6:27:53 AM

Obama birth document from Kenya surfaces. - et - 12/7/2008 8:38:10 AM
- Think Dan Rather would be interested in it? (n/t) - Lee - 12/7/2008 6:24:59 PM
  - re: Think Clarence Thomas would be interested in it? (n/t) - Mary Anne - 12/7/2008 6:40:39 PM
    - The full Court just turned that one down. - Bowser - 12/8/2008 4:00:50 PM
    - He IS. He accepted one of the suits for the Supreme Court. - Bowser - 12/8/2008 2:09:18 AM
      - "it gained undue importance for people unschooled in how the court works." I can see that. - TB - 12/8/2008 5:50:17 AM
        
        There was a subtle distinction there which I will explain. - Bowser - 12/8/2008 7:35:06 AM
- LOLOL... oh, is this yours? - Mary Anne - 12/7/2008 2:47:24 PM
  - Not mine, but likey public and fair use.... (n/t) - et - 12/7/2008 5:52:45 PM
- Does this void the election completely? Will Biden will take the presidency? - Bowser - 12/7/2008 1:37:21 PM
  - The Electoral College doesn't meet until Dec. 15 - Eri - 12/7/2008 9:32:52 PM
    - You know, in the first scenario, Hillary could still be President. (n/t) - Eri - 12/7/2008 9:34:11 PM

Where the Money Goes - Andrew - 12/7/2008 2:27:37 AM

Mosquitoes - Bowser - 12/5/2008 11:46:18 PM
- re: Mosquitoes. Cool thing about the snow. Thanks B.! - Marcia - 12/6/2008 7:04:22 PM
- re: Mosquitoes - S - 12/6/2008 6:45:06 PM
- re: Mosquitoes - TB - 12/6/2008 1:36:31 AM
- They do make mosquito traps that emit CO2. - Lee - 12/6/2008 12:21:32 AM
  - Mosquito magnet - S - 12/6/2008 6:57:57 PM

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