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Senate reveals China's attempt to influence elections - phil - 8/14/2001 12:36:38 PM
- I think we've grown jaded to ALL attempts to buy elections - (foreign and domestic) - Matt - 8/14/2001 1:39:30 PM

Bush's Stand Against UN's Zionism is Racism - phil - 8/2/2001 3:37:28 PM
- Re: Bush's Stand Against UN's Zionism is Racism - Tom Brosz - 8/2/2001 6:39:39 PM
- Bottom line: Arab states' charges that Israel - Matt - 8/2/2001 5:14:54 PM
  - If the kettle is black... - E'telekeli - 8/2/2001 6:18:04 PM
    - Of course everyone should concentrate on fixing problems - Matt - 8/3/2001 1:57:38 PM
      - Due process - Mary Anne - 8/3/2001 7:32:59 PM
        
        Can't have due process if the PA won't arrest anybody - Matt - 8/6/2001 3:44:35 PM
        
        Some poll results - Mary Anne - 8/7/2001 4:42:20 PM
        
        Oops - Mary Anne - 8/7/2001 4:50:33 PM
        
        thank you Marryanne - Justin Kelly - 8/8/2001 10:15:37 AM
      - Re: Of course Arabs are interesting - Gary - 8/3/2001 6:33:59 PM
        
        Reformation and Enlightenment - Matt - 8/5/2001 11:25:53 AM
      - Good points. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/3/2001 6:18:57 PM
      - Re: everyone should concentrate on fixing - E'telekeli - 8/3/2001 5:18:44 PM
      - Re: The middle east. - Raoul - 8/3/2001 4:43:00 PM
    - Re: If the kettle is black... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/2/2001 8:58:08 AM

So where's that stock market crash? - Matt - 8/7/2001 2:04:47 PM
- Re: 4 $ a gallon - Raoul - 8/7/2001 4:38:58 PM
  - Big Brother lives - FrankC - 8/7/2001 10:49:34 AM

Russia Says NATO Surveying Kursk Operation . . . - D. Spires - 8/4/2001 6:38:34 PM
- And my response to the Russkies - ebnelson - 8/4/2001 4:10:54 PM
  - Re: Not so, if it was a US sub . . . - D. Spires - 8/6/2001 1:11:08 PM
    - Well of course.... - ebnelson - 8/6/2001 12:49:54 PM

Severe blow to Econazis... - Tom Brosz - 8/1/2001 1:49:47 PM
- Population bomb - Gary - 8/4/2001 4:31:36 PM
- Population trends - Matt - 8/2/2001 3:28:26 PM
- Re: and supporters of expansion in space - Raoul - 8/1/2001 5:55:31 PM
  - Re: and supporters of expansion in space - Tom Brosz - 8/1/2001 6:54:43 PM
    - Re: and supporters of expansion in space - phil - 8/2/2001 12:58:55 PM
      - Re: and supporters of expansion in space - Tom Brosz - 8/2/2001 6:50:13 PM
        
        Justin's missing education - phil - 8/2/2001 7:40:49 PM
        
        I am slowly catching up on my scifi - Justin Kelly - 8/2/2001 8:35:08 AM
  - Yes, but that's different :) - FrankC - 8/1/2001 6:10:07 PM

Israel: Threat To Invade Palestinian Territories Is Real . . . - D. Spires - 8/1/2001 12:52:52 PM
- Situation deteriorates because Bush is a wimp - Buck Galaxy - 8/1/2001 3:36:23 PM
  - Is it worse than Clinton's harmful grandstanding? - Matt - 8/1/2001 5:12:53 PM
    - Re: Is it worse than Clinton's harmful grandstanding? - Buck Galaxy - 8/1/2001 3:30:09 PM
  - ad hominem spin hypocrisy. . . - Justin Kelly - 8/1/2001 11:28:24 AM
    - Minor but important point - Matt - 8/2/2001 1:46:52 PM
      - Re: Minor but important point - Tom Brosz - 8/2/2001 6:54:32 PM
    - Re: ad hominem spin hypocrisy. . . - Buck Galaxy - 8/1/2001 2:27:19 PM
  - Sorry...I thought liberals didn't want us to be World Cop - Tom Brosz - 8/1/2001 10:22:32 AM
    - Your solution - Buck Galaxy - 8/1/2001 3:09:36 PM
      - Re: Your solution - Tom Brosz - 8/1/2001 6:52:49 PM
        
        Re: Cops of the world - E'telekeli - 8/2/2001 6:01:05 PM
        
        Re: Cops of the world - Buck Galaxy - 8/3/2001 2:31:06 PM
        
        Clarifying - E'telekeli - 8/3/2001 6:05:47 PM
        
        My rock - Tom Brosz - 8/2/2001 7:03:49 PM
        
        picking nots - SDG - 8/2/2001 10:31:50 AM
        
        Ya did good, Steve! - E'telekeli - 8/3/2001 6:24:04 PM
        
        your right of course. - SDG - 8/3/2001 7:25:54 PM
        
        Re: picking nots - Tom Brosz - 8/2/2001 4:44:15 PM

Energy and CAFE (continued from Space Board) - Tom Brosz - 8/1/2001 11:10:12 AM
- Thank you Tom - Justin Kelly - 8/1/2001 11:31:00 AM
  - Arrgggghhh.... - Tom Brosz - 8/1/2001 1:39:24 PM
    - That's all CAR folks.... - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/1/2001 5:23:54 PM
      - Re: That's all CAR folks.... - Tom Brosz - 8/2/2001 7:53:30 PM
        
        AC - SDG - 8/2/2001 3:56:36 PM
        
        Re: AC - Tom Brosz - 8/2/2001 6:53:16 PM
    - Holy backspace, Brosz-man! - Robert - 8/1/2001 2:42:38 PM
      - Re: Holy backspace, Brosz-man! - Tom Brosz - 8/1/2001 3:36:22 PM

Macedonia Accuses NATO of Siding With Militants . . . - D. Spires - 7/31/2001 4:00:48 PM
- There's plenty of blame to go around. - Slick - 8/1/2001 1:11:10 PM
- Not Just NATO - Lindy - 7/31/2001 4:53:14 PM
  - Re: - Marcia - 7/31/2001 7:38:53 PM
    - Re: Interesting prediction... Thanks, Lindy! nt (n/t) - Marcia - 7/31/2001 7:50:31 PM
    - Like Little Kids..... - Lindy - 7/31/2001 12:13:32 PM
      - But there's little collateral damage from a fistfight - Robert - 8/1/2001 6:24:36 PM
        
        Re: But there's little collateral damage from a fistfight - Lindy - 8/1/2001 7:18:12 PM
        
        Re: But there's little collateral damage from a fistfight - Robert - 8/1/2001 9:27:23 AM

Kennedys dissapointed that alleged rapist will not run for congress - phil - 8/1/2001 1:44:32 PM

Rep Boehlert and energy - E.P. Grondine - 8/1/2001 9:16:25 AM
- Will respond over in "Current Events" (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 8/1/2001 10:24:37 AM

Allright, here's one for Buck's amusement... - Matt - 8/1/2001 8:38:26 AM
- Re: Allright, here's one for Buck's amusement... - Tom Brosz - 8/1/2001 9:52:44 AM
  - Re: I should have known. - Marcia - 8/1/2001 10:13:20 AM
- Re: Cool! I'm not surprised, but I am impressed. - Marcia - 8/1/2001 9:46:53 AM

The Microchip is Here! - Lindy - 7/22/2001 5:02:29 PM
- And, look who is doing it - FrankC - 7/23/2001 1:48:29 PM
- Re: The Microchip is Here! - Tom Brosz - 7/22/2001 6:43:54 PM
- Re: The Microchip is Here! - Justin Kelly - 7/22/2001 5:25:18 PM
  - Mark of the Beast?? - Lindy - 7/24/2001 12:28:39 PM
    - Beastly, perhaps, but: - E'telekeli - 7/27/2001 9:08:42 AM
      - religious fundies & worse dangers - phil - 7/30/2001 7:29:00 PM
      - Re: Beastly, perhaps, but: - Lindy, the Stepford wife.... - 7/30/2001 8:08:40 AM
      - Microchips? MicroWAVES!! - Lindy - 7/27/2001 2:08:47 PM
        
        Re: chips? waves? - E'telekeli - 7/27/2001 6:10:10 PM
        
        HELP, I am being sputnik mind-controlled - SDG - 7/30/2001 7:36:47 PM
        
        Re: chips? waves? - Lindy - 7/30/2001 8:49:31 AM
      - Re: Beastly, perhaps, but: - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2001 9:45:44 AM
        
        Fast Trackers - Lindy - 7/30/2001 9:04:26 AM
        
        Re: Fast Trackers - phil - 7/30/2001 9:18:59 AM
        
        Oh Phil.......you're so...... - Lindy - 7/31/2001 1:31:01 PM
    - Interesting outsider comment - FrankC - 7/24/2001 4:53:49 PM

Congress to Audit Pentagon - Lindy - 7/31/2001 1:20:07 PM

United States Weighs Strike on Iraq . . . - D. Spires - 7/28/2001 7:29:15 PM
- US military should thank Iraq for all the target practice - Matt - 7/28/2001 1:42:13 PM
  - Re: Target Practice is Always Good . . . - D. Spires - 7/28/2001 1:47:52 PM
    - It also Gives US military a presence in the gulf - SDG - 7/30/2001 7:22:14 PM
      - Israel as the cop - Justin Kelly - 7/31/2001 8:11:24 AM
        
        Re: Israel as the cop - SDG - 7/31/2001 9:09:48 AM

40 Billion gallons released from Clamath Lake, Environmentalists livid. - Justin Kelly - 7/24/2001 9:46:58 AM
- Species (animals, not the sexy monster lady) - Tom Brosz - 7/25/2001 6:05:52 PM
- Re: 40 Billion gallons released from Clamath Lake, Environmentalists livid. - Larry J - 7/25/2001 1:43:40 PM
- Re: 40 Billion gallons released frIronic?om Clamath Lake, Environmentalists livid. - Buck Galaxy - 7/24/2001 6:13:50 PM
  - confusing the issue: Environmentalism versus Endangered species protection - Justin Kelly - 7/25/2001 7:08:39 PM
    - Re: confusing the issue: Environmentalism versus Endangered species protection - Buck Galaxy - 7/25/2001 3:33:16 PM
      - Re: confusing the issue: Environmentalism versus Endangered species protection - Justin Kelly - 7/25/2001 3:30:32 PM
  - Re: 40 Billion gallons released frIronic?om Clamath Lake, Environmentalists livid. - Mike F. - 7/25/2001 3:03:57 PM
  - Farms - Tom Brosz - 7/24/2001 6:34:47 PM
    - Re: Farms - Justin Kelly - 7/25/2001 7:19:31 PM
    - Re: Farms - Buck Galaxy - 7/24/2001 6:52:12 PM
      - Re: Farms - Justin Kelly - 7/25/2001 7:57:54 PM
        
        Re: Farms - Buck Galaxy - 7/25/2001 3:06:37 PM
        
        Re: Farms - Justin Kelly - 7/25/2001 4:54:03 PM
        
        Re: Farms - Buck Galaxy - 7/25/2001 6:55:08 PM
        
        Re: Farms - Justin Kelly - 7/26/2001 8:04:23 AM
        
        Re: Farms - Buck Galaxy - 7/26/2001 3:19:06 PM
        
        Re: Farms - phil - 7/27/2001 12:46:36 PM
- Re: 40 Billion gallons released from Clamath Lake, Environmentalists livid. - Lindy - 7/24/2001 3:57:43 PM
- The only good sucker fish is a dead sucker fish - phil - 7/24/2001 9:55:55 AM

Stem Cell Research - Buck Galaxy - 7/23/2001 4:04:38 PM
- Don't blame Catholics, blame the Pope - Matt - 7/24/2001 12:27:56 PM

Non-lethal methods - FrankC - 7/20/2001 5:08:28 PM
- The Army and some national labs have experimented - Larry J - 7/20/2001 7:40:52 PM
- Re: Non-lethal methods - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2001 7:15:20 PM
  - Re: Non-lethal methods - Raoul - 7/20/2001 7:46:41 PM
    - How can "New National Socialists" be right wingers? n/t - Justin Kelly - 7/21/2001 6:17:25 PM
      - Re:Surprised ! - Raoul - 7/21/2001 7:41:45 PM
        
        NAZI = NAtionaler soZIalist - Justin Kelly - 7/23/2001 7:13:58 PM
        
        A possible distinction - FrankC - 7/23/2001 2:01:07 PM
      - NAZI - FrankC - 7/21/2001 7:05:51 PM
    - Because that's what they are. - Tom Brosz - 7/20/2001 1:06:26 PM
      - Re: Wombles - Raoul - 7/21/2001 1:22:43 PM
        
        Euro 'right wingers' - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/23/2001 8:19:34 AM
        
        Re: Wombles - phil - 7/21/2001 2:42:57 PM
        
        Cut through the crap - Tom Brosz - 7/21/2001 7:59:53 PM
        
        Re: Middle ground - Raoul - 7/21/2001 8:57:39 AM
        
        Re: Middle ground - Tom Brosz - 7/21/2001 11:14:13 AM
        
        Dealing with dictators - Raoul - 7/22/2001 9:53:43 AM
        
        Re: Middle ground - phil - 7/21/2001 9:12:31 AM
  - Re: Non-lethal methods - Raoul - 7/20/2001 7:46:16 PM
  - Re: Non-lethal methods - Raoul - 7/20/2001 7:45:52 PM

Bush Putin Nuclear Arms Reduction - phil - 7/23/2001 1:12:22 PM
- Don't be surprised - Buck Galaxy - 7/23/2001 3:10:44 PM
  - Cock-a-doodle-doo! See? I made the sun come up. - Tom Brosz - 7/23/2001 5:10:17 PM
  - Re: Don't be surprised - phil - 7/23/2001 3:28:59 PM

Lance Armstrong makes his move in the Tour - de Frog, er, France - Matt - 7/17/2001 6:53:02 PM
- Re: Lance Armstrong makes his move in the Tour - Raoul - 7/21/2001 2:29:49 PM
  - Armstrong appears to have it won - Matt - 7/22/2001 5:52:42 PM
    - Re: Armstrong appears to have it won - Raoul - 7/22/2001 6:31:55 PM
- The first stages of the Tour are deceptive - Matt - 7/17/2001 9:32:59 AM
  - Re: The first stages of the Tour are deceptive - Raoul - 7/17/2001 9:48:13 AM
    - Armstrong wins another stage - Matt - 7/18/2001 4:48:06 PM
      - Re: Armstrong wins another stage - Raoul - 7/18/2001 7:23:16 PM
- Re: Lance Armstrong makes his move in the Tour - Raoul - 7/17/2001 9:14:15 AM

Bipartisanship Foreign Policy - PhilW - 7/19/2001 3:43:46 PM
- Re: Bipartisanship Foreign Policy - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2001 7:40:12 PM
- Complaints out of context - Buck Galaxy - 7/19/2001 2:23:47 PM
  - Re: Complaints out of context - phil - 7/20/2001 1:31:11 PM
    - Re: Complaints out of context - Buck Galaxy - 7/20/2001 3:39:37 PM
      - Re: Complaints out of context - phil - 7/21/2001 2:45:49 PM
        
        Phil's blurry memory of history - Buck Galaxy - 7/21/2001 4:17:46 PM
        
        Re: Phil's blurry memory of history - phil - 7/21/2001 5:00:57 PM
  - Re: Complaints out of context - Tom Brosz - 7/19/2001 5:29:04 PM

MASS Targeted for Punishment Again - phil - 7/21/2001 4:38:21 PM

Civil Disobedience - Mike F. - 7/16/2001 9:07:59 AM
- (Oops - try again) Hey, Mike! - E'telekeli - 7/20/2001 7:49:37 PM
- Re: Civil Disobedience (n/t) - E - 7/20/2001 7:44:23 PM
- signed it - SDG - 7/18/2001 9:02:13 AM

McAuliffe Finally Concedes Bush Won - Larry J - 7/20/2001 7:37:41 PM
- Re: McAuliffe Finally Concedes Bush Won - phil - 7/20/2001 11:29:43 AM

European tidbit - FrankC - 7/20/2001 2:39:05 PM

Table of contents - Raoul - 7/16/2001 7:24:16 PM
- Re: Table of contents - Justin Kelly - 7/16/2001 8:02:48 AM
  - I am such a fashion-conscious geek - Beth - 7/18/2001 2:36:13 PM
  - Purple on black - Mary Anne - 7/16/2001 11:24:58 AM
  - Re: Table of contents - Raoul - 7/16/2001 8:36:43 AM

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