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• What if there were another advanced species?

  Sat Jan 21, 2012
  • "Do you know what the last Xon said, just before he died? 'AAAAUUUUGHHHHH....'" - Collected Sayings of Emperor Mollari II

• Evangelical leaders back Santorum

  Sat Jan 14, 2012
  • Egibman: I totally support your right to support and vote for the candidate of his choice. I think that Mr. Paul is either a racist, or too incompetent to keep track of what people claim he's saying. Either way, I don't think he's qualified to be President, and I hope he doesn't end up there.

• Evangelical leaders back Santorum

  Sat Jan 14, 2012
  • "Silence! I keel you!"

• Woman says her fake penis got her fired

  Fri Jan 13, 2012
  • @Robert: Best comment of the day. (So far.) Thanks for the laugh!

• S&P cuts France’s credit rating; more downgrades expected

  Fri Jan 13, 2012
  • Why wait? Start now and avoid the rush. :) Not to mention the legal holiday, during which I don't believe the markets will be open.

• S&P cuts France’s credit rating; more downgrades expected

  Fri Jan 13, 2012
  • And before the day is over, the Republicans will be attempting to blame President Obama for this. And the Republicans on this board will be claiming that the Dems would blame Bush for it.

• Skipper chosen for starship effort

  Sat Jan 7, 2012
  • @Backcountry: Hong Kong is a "Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China," last I looked. Here's a citation for you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong_Kong Not exactly a "capitalist" nation.

• Lawmaker targets TSA's big chunk of change

  Fri Jan 6, 2012
  • The money should go to *anyplace* but the TSA. Part of me is tempted to say, "put it toward the deficit." But it would be a tiny, tiny drop in a huge bucket there. Perhaps the USO *is* one of the better places for it; I don't know. It'll do more good there than either for the TSA or the deficit.

• First Thoughts: Why not Santorum?

  Thu Dec 29, 2011
  • Somehow, the phrase "Santorum surge" brings up a very unappealing visual. But then, I know what the result is when you google "Santorum." Then again, given what the various Republican candidates have been spewing, perhaps "Santorum surge" is apropos after all...:)

• Butt injections, angry 92-year-olds, free breast exams: Florida's strange 2011

  Fri Dec 30, 2011
  • Not to mention the woman who was pulled over in Cudjoe Key for shaving her privates while driving.