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05-21-2013, 05:22 PM

L.W. Baxter replied to a thread There's no disaster too big to not take political advantage of in The Bilge

I've had my say and then some on this forum regarding climate change, and I do my best to not engage any more. But connecting climate change to this...

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05-13-2013, 11:22 AM

L.W. Baxter replied to a thread Dave Hadfield your brother is my hero. in The Bilge

You can't be an astronaut and an artist. I was told it was an either/or proposition. So unfair they change the rules now.

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05-12-2013, 11:32 PM

L.W. Baxter replied to a thread The Player Championship in The Bilge

I watched the first half of coverage but got pulled away from the drama. I can understand antipathy towards Tiger, but I can't understand rooting...

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05-12-2013, 11:29 PM

L.W. Baxter replied to a thread Highest Paid Public Employees in The Bilge

Hockey coach? Really? LOL.

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05-12-2013, 11:14 AM

L.W. Baxter replied to a thread Kaa - your new avatar? in The Bilge

Looks like the Geico lizard got his bloody neck run over. About time.

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05-10-2013, 01:42 PM

L.W. Baxter replied to a thread The Passive-Aggressive Olympics in The Bilge

Well, there is a bit of a scandal involving a corrupt judge, but we have the medalists: Gold: Mrleft8, "I don't dislike Ian at all." Silver:...

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05-08-2013, 08:47 PM

L.W. Baxter replied to a thread What has Hillary Clinton accomplished? in The Bilge

Good idea!

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05-08-2013, 08:27 PM

L.W. Baxter replied to a thread The Passive-Aggressive Olympics in The Bilge

You mean after you hit him in the knee with a pipe? Then he was all like, "they tied my shoelaces together!!!Can I start over, please?"

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05-08-2013, 06:43 PM

L.W. Baxter replied to a thread What has Hillary Clinton accomplished? in The Bilge

Hillary's accomplishments, the Alvins version: Graduated from skool Married a then-future Governor and President of the United States of...

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05-08-2013, 05:26 PM

L.W. Baxter replied to a thread The Passive-Aggressive Olympics in The Bilge

"Remember, now, Julie, what the judges are looking for: A clean mount with a deftly camouflaged subtext, tight rotations of on-topic rhetoric tinged...

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05-08-2013, 03:53 PM

L.W. Baxter started a thread The Passive-Aggressive Olympics in The Bilge

It's like the Paralympics, but the disabilities are emotional.

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05-07-2013, 12:11 AM

L.W. Baxter replied to a thread When did the Bilge become the Keynes/Krugman debating society? in The Bilge

Come to Oregon, we'll go fishing, no painting.

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05-06-2013, 11:53 PM

L.W. Baxter replied to a thread When did the Bilge become the Keynes/Krugman debating society? in The Bilge

You mean because you posted a thread about it once, five years ago? I had to go searching, found some pictures from threads I missed in '07 and...

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05-06-2013, 09:30 PM

L.W. Baxter replied to a thread How's that austerity thing workin' out for ya? in The Bilge

Oh good, Girouard is here. Now I can debate economics with somebody who knows as much about it as I do!

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05-06-2013, 08:33 PM

L.W. Baxter replied to a thread The Krugman infallibility doctrine in The Bilge

You guys aren't all that good with analogies. If the economy is an old growth tree, then austerity is like chopping it down, and fiscal stimulus...

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05-06-2013, 08:13 PM

L.W. Baxter replied to a thread How's that austerity thing workin' out for ya? in The Bilge

Exactly. And look at the Dow. Record highs. Weird.

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05-06-2013, 08:11 PM

L.W. Baxter replied to a thread The Krugman infallibility doctrine in The Bilge

But if bad government policy can make a business cycle worse, then good policy, it follows, can alleviate the worst possibilities. Krugman...

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05-06-2013, 08:04 PM

L.W. Baxter replied to a poll Poll. Do you personally know a Murderer? in The Bilge

I went to school with this guy. He seemed like a normal kid for Montana at the time. I remember one time he shot himself in the hand with a...

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05-06-2013, 07:53 PM

L.W. Baxter replied to a thread The Krugman infallibility doctrine in The Bilge

Do you agree that a government, through its tinkering, could create a recession, or stymie long-term growth? Say, for instance, by running wars on...

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05-06-2013, 07:16 PM

L.W. Baxter replied to a thread Can humans survive? in The Bilge

*double snort*

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05-06-2013, 07:16 PM

L.W. Baxter replied to a thread Can humans survive? in The Bilge

*snort*

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05-06-2013, 07:14 PM

L.W. Baxter started a thread The new sources of hydrocarbons in The Bilge

Charles C. Mann has a fascinating piece I highly recommend in the May Atlantic. In my estimation, the global explosion in hydrocarbon energy...

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05-06-2013, 06:49 PM

L.W. Baxter replied to a thread Bi-Partisan Foursome in The Bilge

:D. I witnessed a hole-in-one at a blind par 3. It was blind because the green was under repair, and the temporary hole was cut close to the base...

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05-06-2013, 06:44 PM

L.W. Baxter replied to a thread Can humans survive? in The Bilge

Weeeeelllll. You are awfully certain of the future. Extrapolations tend to be wildly inaccurate, speaking, as you like, of historical precedents....

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05-03-2013, 09:03 AM

L.W. Baxter replied to a thread Female Hair-Long or Short. Why? in The Bilge

My girls and their fabulous hair!

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05-03-2013, 08:47 AM

L.W. Baxter replied to a poll BROTM for May, VOTE HERE..... in The Bilge

Trouble is, Adams, you are one of the One-Pointers club: regularly active members who average 1-point-something posts/day. (Post/day average is...

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05-02-2013, 09:11 PM

L.W. Baxter replied to a thread Avatar - how to? in The Bilge

go to "forum actions" menu in the bar near top of screen, select "edit profile". Edit avatar will be in a menu on the left under "my settings".

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05-02-2013, 08:46 PM

L.W. Baxter replied to a poll BROTM for May, VOTE HERE..... in The Bilge

I voted for you Adams, but if you really want it, I need you out there kissing hands and shaking babies starting yesterday. Seriously though, I'm...

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04-29-2013, 09:03 PM

L.W. Baxter replied to a thread the USA's most "livable" state in The Bilge

Man. Where do you get off?

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