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Thread: Have you ever met a President?
Post: Have you ever met a President?
| I live just outside of Allen, actually, and I like beer.
Carter's book signing was really interesting. I went with a devout Republican friend of mine, and a rumor was going through the line that Cart... |
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April 17th, 2013, 09:18 AM |
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Thread: Estate tax
Post: Estate tax
| The idea is to prevent dynasties of the super-wealthy who contribute little to society. I plan to die broke, myself. :) |
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Randy Ray |
Politics
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April 17th, 2013, 09:13 AM |
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Thread: Left vs. Right
Post: Left vs. Right
| It seems like both sides have conflicting ideas about freedom. In the United States, anyway, the Left believes strongly in personal freedom--the freedom to have an abortion, the freedom of expression,... |
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Randy Ray |
Politics
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April 17th, 2013, 09:10 AM |
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Thread: Robert Charles Wilson's Spin
Post: Robert Charles Wilson's Spin
| Has anyone here read Spin by Robert Charles Wilson?
It's the most recent science fiction novel I've read, and I loved every minute of it. It had a great premise, interesting and relatable characters,... |
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Randy Ray |
Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors
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April 13th, 2013, 09:57 AM |
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Thread: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Post: Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
| I somehow had never gotten around to seeing Close Encounters of the Third Kind until last night. We watched it for family movie night, but 3 of the 5 of us gave up on it and left to go to bed before i... |
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Randy Ray |
General Movies
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April 13th, 2013, 09:52 AM |
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Thread: Have you ever met a President?
Post: Have you ever met a President?
| I've met two Presidents in my lifetime, and I came within 100 feet of meeting a third.
The first President I met was George W. Bush. I met him and spoke to him briefly when I was visiting Austin, Tex... |
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Randy Ray |
Politics
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April 13th, 2013, 09:47 AM |
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Thread: Torture, or meanness?
Post: Torture, or meanness?
| Waterboarding, hypothermia, and stress positions would all constitute torture, IMO. Torture has a couple of practical problems, I think. For one thing, it's notoriously unreliable as a means of gettin... |
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Randy Ray |
Politics
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April 13th, 2013, 09:38 AM |
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Thread: Same sex marriage
Post: Same sex marriage
| I'm of two minds on same sex marriage, because there are two kinds of marriage. One is a religious sacrament, and the other is a government-recognized partnership of two people.
One way that the gove... |
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Randy Ray |
Politics
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April 13th, 2013, 09:29 AM |
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Thread: Best Vernor Vinge Novels?
Post: Best Vernor Vinge Novels?
| I read Rainbows End, and I was disappointed. The first half of the book, about a man recovering from Alzheimers in the early 21st century, was really interesting, but the author felt the need to inclu... |
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Randy Ray |
Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors
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May 1st, 2012, 09:23 AM |
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Thread: Eliza Dushku joins the Marvel Universe as...... ?
Post: Eliza Dushku joins the Marvel Universe as...... ?
| I used to own stock in Marvel Comics before they were acquired by Disney. That turned out to be a good investment. |
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Randy Ray |
Super Hero Movies
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May 1st, 2012, 09:20 AM |
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Thread: If The Avengers movie had been filmed in 1978...
Post: If The Avengers movie had been filmed in 1978...
| I thought this video was terrific. |
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Randy Ray |
Super Hero Movies
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May 1st, 2012, 09:19 AM |
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Thread: Sequel to Abrams Star Trek on the way?
Post: Sequel to Abrams Star Trek on the way?
| I saw another related rumor about who Cumberbatch is playing, but I don't know how to post it in invisotext? |
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Randy Ray |
Star Trek
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May 1st, 2012, 09:14 AM |
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Thread: BBC Mini series Jekyll. New look at a old Tale
Post: BBC Mini series Jekyll. New look at a old Tale
| My wife and I just started this series last night, and so far, we love it. Jekyll is a more-or-less direct sequel to the original novel, which is a nice touch. James Nesbitt's performance is delicious... |
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Randy Ray |
Vampire Movies and TV Shows
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March 21st, 2012, 07:36 PM |
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Thread: Best Vernor Vinge Novels?
Post: Best Vernor Vinge Novels?
| I read an interesting interview with Vernor Vinge today, and I also read a review of one of his books in a recent issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, so I'm thinking about giving his... |
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Randy Ray |
Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors
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March 21st, 2012, 07:33 PM |
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Thread: Dejah Thoris before John Carter
Post: Dejah Thoris before John Carter
| The Arthur Adams cover is my favorite in some ways because I just really dig his style. But I'm also really fond of the racier covers, for the obvious salacious reasons. |
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Randy Ray |
Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors
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March 21st, 2012, 07:30 PM |
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Thread: Happy birthday, William Shatner
Post: Happy birthday, William Shatner
| You know what's amazing is that William Shatner LOOKS like he's only 50 years old. I think I look older than the Shat, and I'm only 42. |
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Randy Ray |
Star Trek
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March 21st, 2012, 07:27 PM |
