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What do you think of this 9/11 video? - Laurie Street - 11/23/2007 7:46:05 PM
- Analysis re: fires and structural columns - Laurie Street - 11/26/2007 4:59:26 AM
  - Oh, Lord... - TB - 11/27/2007 8:02:19 AM
    - You're right, of course - Laurie Street - 11/27/2007 5:06:07 PM
- A Good 911 Conspiracies Debunking Resource - Peter Bruener - 11/24/2007 5:13:02 AM
- Edifice Wrecks - ER - 11/23/2007 10:49:13 PM
  - On the other hand, I am a structural engineer. - TB - 11/24/2007 3:36:03 AM
    - re: On the other hand, I am a structural engineer. - Laurie Street - 11/25/2007 5:03:30 AM
      - re: I am a structural engineer. - TB - 11/25/2007 5:11:50 PM
        
        re: I am a structural engineer. - Laurie Street - 11/25/2007 11:48:06 PM
        
        There are still a lot of unanswered questions - Lindy - 11/26/2007 2:12:12 PM
  - The only point you granted... - alcaray - 11/23/2007 11:31:18 PM
    - re: The only point you granted... - ER - 11/24/2007 1:11:44 AM
      - re: The only point you granted... - Laurie Street - 11/25/2007 5:11:09 AM
      - Your proposed novel - Lindy - 11/24/2007 1:23:38 AM
- I listened to the first few minutes - Eri - 11/23/2007 8:09:43 PM

Am I a figment of my own imagination? - Eri-go-lightly - 11/24/2007 12:13:09 AM
- ..."It still wouldn't change the fact I don't own a car..." (n/t) - Ferris Bueller - 11/26/2007 4:12:26 PM
- re: Am I a figment of my own imagination? - Marcia - 11/25/2007 4:56:25 AM
- If you're a headbanger, you wouldn't ask that question...OUCH!!! (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 11/24/2007 11:47:20 PM
- re: What is imagination? - Johannes - 11/24/2007 7:17:19 PM
  - But...but...but... - Eri - 11/24/2007 9:56:50 PM
    - re: But...but...but... - Johannes - 11/25/2007 4:08:06 AM
    - Why a creator? - Raoul - 11/24/2007 11:35:18 PM
      - re: Why not? - Johannes - 11/25/2007 4:20:43 AM
        
        Because who then created the creator? - Raoul - 11/25/2007 9:27:29 AM
        
        re: The creator? - Johannes - 11/25/2007 10:34:12 PM
        
        Energy and mass - Raoul - 11/26/2007 10:02:26 PM
        
        re: Energy and mass - Johannes - 11/27/2007 2:28:23 AM
- Humans and stars are born and die; they are part of the universe - Raoul - 11/24/2007 2:33:56 PM
  - I'm awed by it, not frightened. - Eri - 11/24/2007 10:01:49 PM
- A few points. - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/24/2007 6:41:51 AM
  - I asked myself a question a few moments ago. - Eri - 11/24/2007 10:10:21 PM
    - re: I asked myself a question a few moments ago. - Unfortunately, - Marcia - 11/25/2007 5:03:46 AM
- The most important thing... - TB - 11/24/2007 6:13:00 AM
  - I used to ask these types of questions, too, Eri.... - Jody - 11/26/2007 4:15:20 PM
    - True but also not true - Eri - 11/27/2007 4:16:03 AM
      - Agreed - Jody - 11/27/2007 2:14:00 PM
  - LOL - Eri - 11/24/2007 10:35:43 PM
- Multiverses etc. - Robert - 11/24/2007 5:11:16 AM
  - re: Multiverses etc. - Agree to all, Robert! - Marcia - A multiuniverse fan. - 11/25/2007 5:16:04 AM
  - The Universe Rocks! - Eri - 11/24/2007 10:42:13 PM
- re: Am I a figment of my own imagination? - ER - 11/24/2007 1:33:57 AM
  - Acceptable vs... - Eri - 11/24/2007 10:52:52 PM
    - re: Acceptable vs...Yes, and physically, no! - Marcia - 11/25/2007 5:27:21 AM
  - re: Am I a figment of my own imagination? - Bowser - 11/24/2007 2:27:42 AM
    - LOL. A sobering thought, indeed! (n/t) - Eri - 11/24/2007 10:53:53 PM
  - Thinking it through - Eri - 11/24/2007 1:53:05 AM
    - Thinking itall the way through - ER - 11/24/2007 2:54:11 AM
      - But you began and I began - Eri - 11/24/2007 10:56:25 PM
      - re: Thinking itall the way through - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/24/2007 6:50:27 AM
      - and that is the conundrum - Eri-go-lightly - 11/24/2007 4:54:05 AM
        
        Don't let it get you down. - ER - 11/24/2007 5:26:51 AM
        
        "... it's only castles burning..." (n/t) - Fox - 11/27/2007 12:37:42 AM
        
        Oh, I love the mystery! - Eri - 11/24/2007 10:59:57 PM
- Largely. - Bowser - 11/24/2007 12:17:38 AM
  - We certainly each create our own reality - Eri - 11/24/2007 1:54:42 AM
    - The Mathematical Universe and the External Reality Hypothesis (ERH) - Socrates II - 11/27/2007 4:58:37 AM

Unmanned Sky Drones to Monitor your Speed.....give tickets - Lindy - 11/24/2007 9:00:56 PM
- Soon you won't have to worry about it - Laurie Street - 11/27/2007 6:31:21 AM
- So what's the problem? - ER - 11/25/2007 4:41:46 AM
  - re: So what's the problem? - Lindy - 11/25/2007 6:29:41 AM
    - Let me talk to the manager - ER - 11/25/2007 1:19:42 PM
      - Because they're making personal calls on the mobiles so can't take business calls. (n/t) - Eri - 11/25/2007 4:06:45 PM
- Yet another argument for eternal vigilance - McFly - 11/25/2007 2:59:35 AM
  - OnStar to shut your car down. - RobVG - 11/26/2007 1:15:09 AM
    - re: OnStar to shut your car down. - Lindy - 11/26/2007 3:52:29 AM
      - Just a little more imagination... - RobVG - 11/26/2007 5:02:12 AM
        
        Gee....... - Lindy - 11/26/2007 1:58:17 PM

The lighter side of driving! - Eri - 11/27/2007 5:11:17 AM

Saving the Smithsonian - Eri - 11/26/2007 1:12:48 AM
- re: Saving the Smithsonian - Lindy - 11/26/2007 2:06:38 PM
  - Allotment - Eri - 11/27/2007 4:00:08 AM
- Correction: Click on Nightly News and then Saving the Smithsonian - Eri - 11/26/2007 1:15:23 AM

Cool optical illusion - Laurie Street - 11/26/2007 7:04:48 PM
- Three more - Laurie Street - 11/26/2007 7:08:43 PM

The True but Strange Story of the Gulf Breeze UFO - Socrates II - 11/25/2007 4:33:43 AM
- Good article on "orbs" in that issue, too. - ER - 11/25/2007 4:54:38 AM
  - re: Good article on "orbs" in that issue, too. - Johannes - 11/25/2007 9:33:58 PM
    - While there are skeptics and camera experts out there - Lindy - 11/25/2007 10:19:43 PM

For the environmentally minded - Johannes - 11/25/2007 9:57:52 PM

Squirrel terrorism increasing! - TB - 11/20/2007 6:25:31 PM
- Shoot them in the nuts! (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 11/24/2007 11:45:36 PM
- I was afraid of this - Boris - 11/24/2007 6:00:57 AM
  - "Nice rack!" (n/t) - Bullwinkle - 11/25/2007 3:21:32 PM
- Only one thing to do when Suicidal Squirrels atack our nation - Yeti - 11/21/2007 5:07:13 PM
  - ..and I understand they work for peanuts. (n/t) - Jody - 11/23/2007 2:28:31 PM
- Squirrel civil war imminent? - TB - 11/21/2007 3:18:10 AM
  - Oh nuts!!! (n/t) - Jody - 11/23/2007 2:27:02 PM
- The Squirrel had help. - REB - 11/20/2007 7:50:31 PM
- Ain't funny! - Bowser - 11/20/2007 6:51:39 PM
- OK, where's the graphic from? (n/t) - Fox - 11/20/2007 6:31:15 PM
  - ;) (n/t) - Jody - 11/20/2007 6:39:09 PM
    - "Bring 'em on!" (n/t) - Fox - 11/21/2007 1:07:20 AM
      - I Love squirrels ;) (n/t) - Jody - 11/21/2007 1:49:41 AM
        
        You *must* listen to this: - Mary Anne - 11/21/2007 4:43:04 AM
        
        LMAO!!! (n/t) - Jody - 11/22/2007 2:11:30 PM
        
        ...with some fava beans and a nice chianti. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 11/21/2007 3:29:07 AM
        
        An Ancestor of mine - Oklahoma Territory Yeti - 11/21/2007 5:25:08 PM
        
        Dalton Gang - Eri - 11/21/2007 8:09:26 PM
  - One of the infamous "Conker" video games. (n/t) - TB - 11/20/2007 6:33:28 PM

Uh oh, now we've done it. - TB - 11/22/2007 7:23:48 PM
- Quantum mechanics and interpretation - ARRELL - 11/24/2007 1:05:39 AM
- "The energy shift from the decay would destroy everything in the universe, "wiping the slate clean", says Lawrence Krauss of Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio." - ARRELL - 11/23/2007 6:44:06 AM
- Reminds me of... - Laurie Street - 11/23/2007 12:08:57 AM
  - It sounds like Kurt Vonnegut's novel, Cat's Cradle. (Hugo Award, 1964) - ER - 11/23/2007 2:07:20 AM
- re: Uh oh, now we've done it. - Oh, good grief... - Marcia - 11/22/2007 10:00:58 PM
- Enter the Gorgon - ER - 11/22/2007 9:23:20 PM
  - re: Enter the Gorgon - TB - 11/22/2007 10:09:58 PM
    - Ah yes, but you have yet to apply vortical frequency analysis. (n/t) - ER - 11/22/2007 10:58:59 PM
    - Ah yes, but you have yet to apply vortical frequency analysis. (n/t) - ER - 11/22/2007 10:58:56 PM
      - Zoot Alors! A reincarnated post! (n/t) - ER - 11/22/2007 11:00:30 PM
        
        laugh it up fuzzballs - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/24/2007 6:25:24 AM
        
        re: laugh it up fuzzballs - Marcia - 11/25/2007 2:49:16 AM
        
        Great, you've already forked us into two parallel universes. (n/t) - TB - 11/22/2007 11:11:21 PM
        
        You quack me up, said the duck! (n/t) - Eri - 11/23/2007 5:02:42 AM
- That's the big rip, isn't it? (n/t) - Raoul - 11/22/2007 8:37:58 PM
- Would it help if I closed my eyes and pretended NOT to look? (n/t) - Eri - 11/22/2007 8:19:04 PM
  - If you kind of squint, and peek, you can fake the Universe out. (n/t) - TB - 11/22/2007 8:23:24 PM
    - Whew! We're saved, then! (n/t) - Eri - 11/22/2007 8:24:14 PM
      - Not if Arrell keeps shooting those frickin' laser beams out there! (n/t) - TB - 11/22/2007 8:59:12 PM
      - I am not taking any chances!!!! - Jody - 11/22/2007 8:49:10 PM
        
        re: I am not taking any chances!!!! - LOL, Jody. (n/t) - Marcia - 11/22/2007 10:02:23 PM

Lileks and the geese - TB - 11/24/2007 6:40:49 AM
- A hazy shade of winter - ER - 11/24/2007 3:07:08 PM

The Royal Society on climate change - McFly - 11/21/2007 6:44:22 PM
- Just the first paragraph is a lie: - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/24/2007 4:47:31 AM
- U.N. climate change update - TB - 11/22/2007 7:56:54 PM
- TB should look at point 3 - ARRELL - 11/22/2007 6:04:49 AM
  - I noticed that. - TB - 11/22/2007 5:32:59 PM
    - re: I noticed that. - gbaikie - 11/22/2007 11:26:54 PM
      - re: I noticed that. - gbaikie - 11/22/2007 11:58:24 PM
  - re: TB should look at point 3 - gbaikie - 11/22/2007 10:13:17 AM
    - Btw - gbaikie - 11/23/2007 1:06:38 PM
- Now THAT is fascinating. Thanks a lot. (n/t) - Bowser - 11/21/2007 10:56:31 PM
- Great artlicle! Thanks for posting. (n/t) - Eri - 11/21/2007 7:49:34 PM
- It looks like the R.S. has been reading GBaike's mail. (n/t) - ER - 11/21/2007 7:09:03 PM
  - re: It looks like the R.S. has been reading GBaike's mail. - gbaikie - 11/22/2007 3:47:12 AM
    - Face it, GBaike. They got a hold of your playbook. - ER - 11/22/2007 4:24:55 AM
      - re: Face it, GBaike. They got a hold of your playbook. - gbaikie - 11/22/2007 6:58:50 AM
        
        Oh - gbaikie - 11/22/2007 7:05:04 AM
  - Plows, Plagues, and Petroleum: How Humans Took Control of Climate - Socrates II - 11/21/2007 9:37:05 PM
    - Affect yes, but not control. - ER - 11/22/2007 1:10:34 PM

Damanhur...Eighth Wonder of the World - Lindy - 11/24/2007 3:26:22 AM

Bird flu is still out there - Laurie Street - 11/21/2007 10:10:39 PM
- re: Bird flu is still out there - fumblefinger HTML corrected - Laurie Street - 11/21/2007 10:12:49 PM
  - What do you recommend for the flu? - Lindy - 11/23/2007 3:40:37 PM
    - Sambucol - Eri - 11/23/2007 7:52:04 PM
      - Left out the word Army - Israeli Army takes it. (n/t) - Eri - 11/23/2007 7:54:07 PM
  - Let's hope if it does jump to humans and domestic animals... - Eri - 11/22/2007 4:32:10 AM
    - I hope not - Laurie Street - 11/22/2007 4:46:42 PM
      - Actually... - TB - 11/22/2007 5:49:26 PM
      - Some things are just too horrific to imagine. - Bowser - 11/22/2007 5:28:44 PM
        
        Looking on the bright side of the Black Death - ER - 11/22/2007 6:31:25 PM
        
        re: Looking on the bright side of the Black Death - TB - 11/22/2007 7:27:49 PM

HDR (High Dynamic Range) photography - TB - 11/23/2007 12:28:21 AM
- There's nothing really new here. - ER - 11/23/2007 5:42:14 PM

A new report shows nearly a half-million veterans were homeless last year. - Lindy - 11/23/2007 3:51:46 PM

Nuts! Stocks going back up again. - TB - 11/20/2007 4:36:35 PM
- Yeah! Dollar at record low. Whoopee! Yippy - Skippy! - Bowser - 11/20/2007 6:35:13 PM
  - I try to buy low, then sit on the mutual funds for a while. - TB - 11/20/2007 7:27:44 PM
    - There are big players out there not in for the long haul. - Eri - 11/21/2007 2:19:30 AM
      - True, and because of them this is going to be a crappy Xmas for many others (n/t) - DJL - 11/21/2007 4:52:05 PM
        
        Yep! (n/t) - Eri - 11/21/2007 8:16:07 PM
        
        Who? - TB - 11/21/2007 6:21:14 PM
        
        You're generalizing again - Eri - 11/21/2007 8:15:29 PM
        
        Where do you have a retirement plan that gives you NO choice? - TB - 11/21/2007 9:22:49 PM
        
        Your Question - Eri - 11/22/2007 6:43:57 AM
        
        re: Your Question - TB - 11/22/2007 5:45:06 PM
        
        Actually, I am - Eri - 11/22/2007 8:23:22 PM
        
        Let me know if you need agent advice - TB - 11/22/2007 8:25:32 PM
        
        Thanks! I might just take you up on that. - Eri - 11/23/2007 5:12:21 AM

A collection of Thanksgiving Day proclamations - TB - 11/23/2007 12:07:51 AM
- I guess I should have put my glasses on - Eri - 11/23/2007 4:58:30 AM

"From the Earth to the Moon" DVD set--fifteen bucks! - TB - 11/23/2007 2:53:08 AM

A good news roundup - TB - 11/22/2007 6:23:38 PM

A typical Thomas Sowell column for Lindy - TB - 11/21/2007 9:29:06 PM
- "- - - by those who cite statistics on earnings or income." - Bowser - 11/21/2007 11:47:46 PM
  - re: "- - - by those who cite statistics on earnings or income." - Lindy - 11/22/2007 1:38:07 AM
  - Right on, Bows! (n/t) - Eri - 11/22/2007 12:58:42 AM
  - Response on Flame. (n/t) - ER - 11/22/2007 12:50:25 AM

Happy Thanksgiving - Jody - 11/21/2007 1:14:15 PM
- Beautiful! - Eri - 11/21/2007 4:16:51 PM

Another of those chain reaction ads - Tony - 11/20/2007 2:42:30 PM
- Love it!! (n/t) - Jody - 11/20/2007 6:30:30 PM
- A different kind of chain reaction - Laurie Street - 11/20/2007 5:56:15 PM
  - I HARDly know what to say;) (n/t) - Jody - 11/20/2007 6:32:41 PM
    - Causes a shift in perception, doesn't it? (n/t) - Laurie Street - 11/20/2007 8:14:06 PM
      - What you call "getting on the stick" - Fox - 11/21/2007 1:02:31 AM
        
        Well, I geared up to speed and joined. (n/t) - Eri - 11/21/2007 2:27:49 AM
  - You've probably seen this one - Laurie Street - 11/20/2007 5:59:40 PM
    - No sheet! Crack me up. (n/t) - Eri - 11/21/2007 2:29:48 AM
    - LOL!!!! (n/t) - Jody - 11/20/2007 6:29:29 PM

New North Korea video game! - TB - 11/19/2007 4:58:49 PM
- It's nice to see... - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/20/2007 1:20:29 AM
  - re: It's nice to see... - Acckkkk is right! - Marcia - 11/20/2007 2:48:35 AM
- Acckkk! - Eri - 11/19/2007 8:19:28 PM
  - re: Acckkk! - TB - 11/19/2007 8:43:41 PM
    - Latest report on the tiny helpless chick in Iraq - alcaray - 11/20/2007 12:47:22 AM
      - Actually, I was talking about Iran. - TB - 11/20/2007 3:59:57 AM
        
        If you apply the same standards, then we suck at peacekeeping too. - alcaray - 11/20/2007 4:42:36 AM
        
        What standards? Actually fighting a terrorist? - TB - 11/20/2007 4:50:38 AM
        
        You claimed that some soldiers behaving badly mad the UN bad at peacekeeping. - alcaray - 11/20/2007 4:55:03 AM
        
        No, I claimed that the U.N. failed in every single category of military activity. - TB - 11/20/2007 6:05:01 AM
        
        corrections - alcaray - 11/20/2007 7:06:18 AM
        
        re: corrections - TB - 11/20/2007 4:30:50 PM
        
        Sometimes, even in cases where guns are involved, there are peaceful solutions. - alcaray - 11/21/2007 12:56:08 AM

Could the US become a major oil exporter? - gbaikie - 11/15/2007 12:15:33 PM
- Moved from space (n/t) - Raoul moderating - 11/20/2007 9:14:07 AM
- Frederick Seitz the tobacco lobby's pet physicist? Good grief! (n/t) - alcaray - 11/20/2007 3:11:17 AM
  - re: Frederick Seitz - TB - 11/20/2007 6:19:30 AM
    - My understanding... - alcaray - 11/20/2007 6:57:15 AM
      - Where did you get your information? - TB - 11/20/2007 4:27:31 PM
        
        It came from memory, but I can look some up for you if you want? - alcaray - 11/20/2007 9:55:18 PM
        
        True or not - TB - 11/20/2007 11:05:10 PM
        
        My memory is back from the tobacco denialist days... - alcaray - 11/21/2007 12:50:54 AM
    - alcaray's poor judgement in all matters is the commonplace (n/t) - gbaikie - 11/20/2007 6:53:53 AM
- I'm not sure which topic you're tackling. - Jacob Samorodin - 11/18/2007 11:31:30 PM
  - re: I'm not sure which topic you're tackling. - gbaikie - 11/19/2007 1:49:27 AM
  - Me either. - TB - 11/18/2007 11:53:23 PM
    - re: Me either. - gbaikie - 11/19/2007 1:57:42 AM

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