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Ah, the good old days, 1965 - when you could leave your doors unlocked, the temperature was a balmy 80 degrees, and your new...

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Welcome folks to another Weekend Music Thread! Since we've recently been discussing the animals in the world around us, I thought a music thread...

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I don't believe we should commit our military to war without first giving a lot of thought and research into why we should or shouldn't put them in harm's way.

The warming we've seen is setting feedback loops that guarantee higher levels of warming. The melting of the Siberian permafrost means thousands of gigatons of methane (more damaging as greenhouse effect than carbon dioxide) released into the atmosphere.

Since it is Republican policy to do nothing for America and since Obama is doing something for America...which contradicts their policy, they are seeking to sue him. I believe the charge is "Driving Policy While Democrat...and Black".

McDaniel warned that this is a war, and they will not "surrender". He promised that they (conservatives) will eventually win control of the Republican party and the country. Paraphrasing what the late Maya Angelou once said “ when someone shows you who he is…believe him.”

GOP strategists, studying the demographics, know that their future lies with moderate GOPers, independents, and Blue Dog Democrats who aren't anti-gay but a lot of their base definitely is.

Comparisons between Iraq and Vietnam, between Baghdad and Saigon, are ubiquitous...and largely on the mark.