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  1. A strange scenario... Ostrich permanence... and start the open mike forum!
  2. Misc Items and Strangeness
  3. Hypocrisy in ALL directions.
  4. We May Be Rescued By The Victims
  5. A Brin-Surge on Kos
  6. Scary Stories for a Saturday Night (with the p-lamp lit)
  7. Listen to Me Live on Air America
  8. Non-Political Marvels!
  9. Gingrich, Denial, and more on the decline of professionalism
  10. Are We Giving Birth to ...well... "Gaia"?
  11. Does Being Right Ever Count For Much?
  12. Request for Ostrich zingers...
  13. The Ostrich Papers (v2.0)
  14. Economic falsehoods...
  15. A Movement Based on Hate
  16. Scooter’s partial pardon... and so begins the “Pardon Tsunami”
  17. Varied News From the (Onrushing) Future...
  18. Perspectives on Climate Change - and Denial
  19. Refuting Lies About Climate Change
  20. A Crisis in Transparency... and the finale on "Trends in Violence"
  21. Big News About a Great SciFi Writer... plus more on trends in violence
  22. Trends in Violence: Is the “Worst” Civilization Ironically the Best?
  23. A strange scenario... Ostrich permanence... and start the open mike forum!
  24. Non-Political Marvels!
  25. The Officer Corps Stands Up! ... (Part 20 of a continuing series)
  26. Misc Items and Strangeness
  27. Hypocrisy in ALL directions.
  28. Are We Giving Birth to ...well... "Gaia"?
  29. Does Being Right Ever Count For Much?
  30. Request for Ostrich zingers...
  31. The Ostrich Papers (v2.0)
  32. Economic falsehoods...
  33. Gingrich, Denial, and more on the decline of professionalism
  34. Listen to Me Live on Air America
  35. Scary Stories for a Saturday Night (with the p-lamp lit)
  36. A Brin-Surge on Kos
  37. We May Be Rescued By The Victims
  38. An Asian Journey - part one
  39. Gloomy ruminations on an anniversary...
  40. SCIENCE & SUCH: still catching up...
  41. A Top Capitalist Speaks About War and America
  42. The Real War of G.W. Bush -- Against the U.S. Military
  43. The Real Bush War -- Neocons vs. the U.S. Military
  44. GOP vs. the U.S. Military: Part Three - "Readiness" and the Great Purge
  45. The GOP vs. the U.S. Military: Part Three - Destroying Readiness
  46. The GOP vs. the U.S. Military: Part Four - Botching Both Kinds of War
  47. The GOP vs. the U.S. Military: Part Five - Let The Excuses Roll!
  48. The GOP vs. the U.S. Military: Part Six- Purging the Officer Corps, Indoctrinating th
  49. 9/11, 9/12 and the "stupid" decade.
  50. REBUILDING EVERYTHING! A proposed reality show.
  51. Catching Up on Non-Political Marvels
  52. The GOP vs. the U.S. Military: Part Seven - Privatization
  53. A Long "Ostrich" Post coming --
  54. OSTRICH HUNTING: The Bill Clinton Gambit
  55. The Ostrich Papers: "What if Clinton had..." (Part II)
  56. The Ostrich Papers: "What if Clinton had..." (Part III)
  57. The Ostrich Papers: "What if Clinton had..." (Part IV - finale)
  58. Back to (non-political!) cool stuff!
  59. The GOP vs. the U.S. Military: Part Eight - The Generals Speak
  60. A Halloween grab bag of coolstuff
  61. Guest List: Traits of Fascism
  62. Techno-misc!
  63. Capitalism Give Its Impartial Judgement on the Iraq War
  64. Science n' Stuff
  65. Rabid Lemmings, desertions & distractions
  66. Science, transparency and some hope
  67. Credible defectors... and war with Iran?
  68. Proof of "Uplift"... or at least intelligence...
  69. World Cultures Compete (as memes) Over Human Destiny
  70. Misc Fun With Science... While there's still an Enlightenment...
  71. Earth's "foreign policy"
  72. This blog "blacklisted"... for demanding we respect the professionals...
  73. Your Little Holiday Assignment
  74. The Relevance of an Old Nemesis - as Even Older Ones Return
  75. Good/bad media... BrinRelevance... and the ten-year anniversary of a disappointment
  76. Cool challenges, possibilities and dangers.
  77. Obama Nation?
  78. Disparities of taxation and wealth? Top conservative minds call the GOP candidates lo
  79. CRACKPOT POLITICAL RANTS: Enter at your own risk
  80. Tune into “LIFE AFTER PEOPLE” Monday at 9pm!
  81. Ostriches, Huckabee, Colin Powell... and the "new Republican flip"
  82. The New Republican Flip
  83. News From Science 'n Stuff
  84. Election recommendations, anyone?
  85. Russ D. Appraises Super Tuesday
  86. Civilization forges on... and remains under threat. (Misc cool...and not)
  87. A pair of important suggestions, for the coming months.
  88. Why The Candidates Should "Stipulate"
  89. Science & Civilization March On! (Non-political)
  90. Issues that Obama can’t ignore - National Security, Science and the Plight of the Pro
  91. Turning The “Patriotism Disadvantage” On Its Head
  92. Farewell Admiral Fallon: Now it's time to worry.
  93. Science, technology, transparency, games and all that (non-political)
  94. A Tribute To Arthur Clarke
  95. Seizing the Symbolic High Ground - in a number of ways...
  96. Causes for optimism (and care) on the frontiers of art, science and the future
  97. Change Congress... Local races and political flux!
  98. The “October Surprise” Bush Doesn’t Want... plus Preparing the Next Big Scam.
  99. Airline deterioration, the new elite, levees and clkimate deniers
  100. A NEW NOSTRADAMUS? The Art (And Pitfalls) of Forecasting
  101. The GOP version of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell..." (the truth)
  102. Last Chance to See The Architechs
  103. Correction for recording "The Architechs." Plus shocking items!
  104. Signs of Life Still in the Enlightenment
  105. Announcements, articles and clearing out the misc-box
  106. Corn, Ethanol, Farms, Food and the Logic of the Granary
  107. Good & bad companies... and VP choices.
  108. All right, then, how can we help?
  109. Cool Signs of an Ongoing Enlightenment
  110. The (far) Future We Are Fighting For
  111. So Many Ways Obama Could Use Jiu Jitsu...
  112. Four Reflections On Patriotism
  113. A Potpourri of Science, technology and Whiz-Bang Stuff
  114. Win Over Those Conservatives Who Still Think
  115. poli-miscellany
  116. Some coolstuff... then Daggatt Compares the Tax and Economics Plans!
  117. A (completely!) non-political potpourri!
  118. An important new blog... and news from Worldcon and the high plains...
  119. Unusual Perspectives... Uplifting Dogs... and science stuff
  120. The Speech... and our prospects... from many angles
  121. Some Things Palin Comparison
  122. The Under-Appreciated Issues that Nobody Talks About
  123. Nonpolitical (!) News, Wonders and Marvels...
  124. Scary Stuff -- (the political lamp is lit!)
  125. Who is credible to fix the mess? It's time for grownups.
  126. Elon's Launch, the other SPORE, put Buffet in charge... and a potpourri
  127. Debates (what was missing) - plus vital demographic changes
  128. Things to watch for in the debate... plus many paranoias!
  129. What-ifs to Watch For: A Bouquet of October Surprises
  130. Cheer up! There's still science! (non-political)
  131. “Yes, Virginia” the South is a-changing...
  132. Final Arguments?
  133. Optimism... as we approach the rise of the McVeighs...
  134. Penultimate Ammo (an interim/misc posting)
  135. And now the (good or bad) aftermath....
  136. Not Perfect?
  137. Michael Crichton, dream on
  138. Joe & Jill, be careful!
  139. Catching up on cool stuff... plus why we should ban the undergraduate business major.
  140. Announcements: A terrific novella... and a TV show about "prediction"
  141. Soros Examines the Causes.
  142. Epochal media events: 200 years ago... and next week
  143. Unusual Suggestions for an America Undergoing Change (An ongoing series)
  144. Suggestions for America... a Foreign Policy Item: Somalia
  145. Unusual Suggestions: Radical Transparency
  146. Suggestion 4: Watch out for a supra-national aristocracy
  147. Suggestion #5: Avoid a crisis caused by "just-in-time"
  148. Suggestion#6: Repair the U.S. Civil Service
  149. Suggestion 7: Free The Inspectors General!
  150. #8: Micro-Suggestions about the economic crisis
  151. Suggestion #9: Act swiftly to restore the Army, the Reserves and National Guard.
  152. Suggestion #10: Enhance our nation's (and civilization's) overall resilience
  153. Suggestion #11: Control the borders
  154. What our Eyes and souls can see: reflections on Christmas at the Moon
  155. Suggestion 12: Investigate wartime contracts that were allocated under “emergency” ov
  156. Suggestion 13: Restore independent advisory agencies for science, technology and oth
  157. Suggestion #14: Insure the kids.
  158. Suggestion 15: “Truth and Reconciliation?”
  159. Suggestion 16: More Truth and Reconciliation - Will President Obama soft pedal bringi
  160. Truth & Reconciliation Addendum: How radical might it all get?
  161. Suggestion 17: POLITICAL MATTERS
  162. Suggestion #18: Time to do something about gerrymandering
  163. Suggestion #19: Consider a few CRACKPOT ITEMS
  164. Suggestion #20: Seek ways to end Culture War
  165. On TV again... and a sweep of "stuff"
  166. A must see article
  167. "Suggestions" posted...
  168. Secret (and telling) words in the Inaugural Address
  169. Now is the winter of our discontent... made glorious summer by “that one” Barack....
  170. Invite the Fillibuster!
  171. Science fiction, science fact, and misc wonders
  172. A “track record” predicting the future...?
  173. Uplift, Deep Cheating, and the CEO Cartel
  174. Ratchet up my prediction score... by a mosquito zap!
  175. Jokes, predictions and serious prospects for a changed world
  176. Laughing at Laffer
  177. Is "Overseas Contingency Operations" a case of doublespeak?
  178. Blame the corporate boards... and change them.
  179. Irony #1: billionaire-subsidized "populists"
  180. Cool Stuff, brittleness and culture war
  181. The old and new versions of "culture war"
  182. Why Obama is Upping the Border Patrol
  183. Announcements... Coolstuff... and Halliburton
  184. GM, Health Care, Transparency & Prisoners of War
  185. Yin vs Yang on Health Care: conservatives make a few points
  186. The World Moves Ahead to More Cool Stuff
  187. More Science
  188. Does the Moon Beckon Us Back?
  189. Online events and other coolstuff
  190. The notion of disputation arenas
  191. The Real Way to Feel Safe with Artificial Intelligence
  192. Land of the Lost
  193. Madness of the Right and Left: Part One
  194. Judo Politics: a way to get all kids insured
  195. And now... loons of the left prove that it isn't a monopoly
  196. Scientific Failures and Wonders
  197. A rant about stupidity... and the coming civil war...
  198. Cool Science Reminders We're Living in The Great Renaissance
  199. Jiu Jitsu in Afghanistan
  200. Surrogates -- substituting for good story
  201. Contempt for the Masses - a modern curse?
  202. Contemptuous Memes Part II: "Cycles of History"
  203. Name The Decade (of miserable whiners)?
  204. Well, at least science pushes on...
  205. Re-allocating energy research... a lesson in capitalism
  206. How Americans spent themselves into ruin... but saved the world
  207. Democrats and Republicans -- two very different kinds of internal party struggle
  208. Miscellaneous wonders.....
  209. Health Care. Again... Insure the kids first!
  210. The betrayal of the smart sons
  211. A Cornucopia of Wonders?
  212. Urban Planning from the Ruins
  213. Followup on Haiti, Science, Brinstuff and the Enlightenment!
  214. Treason Against Conservatism
  215. The Admiral as Hero
  216. The Real Struggle Behind Climate Change - A War on Expertise
  217. Distinguishing Climate "Deniers" From "Skeptics"
  218. An addendum on "The Fall of Civilizations"
  219. A Primer on Supply-Side vs Demand-Side Economics
  220. Predictions, Podcasts and the Future
  221. Water and Wrenches, Belts and Suspenders: A rational approach to exploring Mars & Bey
  222. Space Exploration, Methane Blurps and Podcast Rants
  223. Podcasting outer space, breaking filibusters and... science!
  224. A Sensible - if Radical - Solution for Greece.
  225. A historic victory for the manic side.
  226. General Insights into the Future
  227. More Insights into the Future
  228. Concerning Robert Heinlein... and more science
  229. Here comes the debate over the other kind of aliens...
  230. Perspectives on SETI and Aliens... and more science
  231. When conservatives are right
  232. Saving Capitalism from Neo-Feudalism
  233. Many Cultural & Scientific Wonders
  234. Ruminations on LOST (before the finale)
  235. Science Rocks!
  236. "Blowback" from progress -- and more science
  237. Can Libertarian Conservatism Find Its Way?
  238. A secret of college life... plus controversies and science!
  239. What General McChrystal May Have Planned All Along
  240. Defending enterprise from its "defenders"
  241. Podcasts, birthdays, science(!) & looking back at authority
  242. Clarifications re Climate Skeptics and Deniers
  243. Advice to New Writers - plus interesting films & science
  244. If Corporations are Persons...
  245. New on Kindle...plus science and more...
  246. Inception... then science and pragmatic politics