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"Pentagon: Mistakes led to deadly Pakistan airstrike." The US acknowledges it's mistake. - bowser - 12/22/2011 4:42:31 PM
- "Obama, the appeaser, apologizes to terrorists." - ER - 12/22/2011 4:47:21 PM
  - Being witty again I see n/t (n/t) - RobVG - 12/22/2011 5:06:08 PM
    - Re: Being witty again I see n/t - ER - 12/22/2011 5:11:34 PM

Chevy Volt subsidies - TB - 12/22/2011 2:25:37 AM
- Re: Chevy Volt subsidies - RobVG - 12/22/2011 3:13:53 AM

Il dead. - podrock - 12/19/2011 3:27:05 AM
- Re: Il dead. - bowser - 12/20/2011 8:03:46 PM
  - Re: Il dead. - VelociraptorBlade - 12/21/2011 9:28:56 PM
  - Re: Il dead. - ER - 12/20/2011 8:39:07 PM
- The Glorious Successor looks dangerously unstable. - ER - 12/20/2011 2:17:43 AM
  - Re: The Glorious Successor looks dangerously unstable. - TB - 12/20/2011 6:00:30 AM
    - Re: The Glorious Successor looks dangerously unstable. - FrankC - 12/21/2011 7:39:17 AM
    - Re: The Glorious Successor looks dangerously unstable. - bowser - 12/20/2011 7:34:17 AM
      - What good have those leaders done for their own people - RobVG - 12/20/2011 5:09:40 PM
        
        Re: What good have those leaders done for their own people - VelociraptorBlade - 12/21/2011 3:21:55 AM
        
        Re: What good have those leaders done for their own people - bowser - 12/20/2011 5:16:45 PM
        
        That’s the biggest sidestep I’ve ever seen on the Zone - RobVG - 12/21/2011 2:50:05 AM
        
        Re: That’s the biggest sidestep I’ve ever seen on the Zone - bowser - 12/21/2011 10:12:25 AM
        
        It's pretty obvious a lot of people know more about Libya than you care to. - TB - 12/21/2011 5:25:01 PM
        
        Re: That’s the biggest sidestep I’ve ever seen on the Zone - RobVG - 12/21/2011 5:05:32 PM
        
        Re: That’s the biggest sidestep I’ve ever seen on the Zone - bowser - 12/21/2011 7:00:01 PM
        
        I feel I was entitled to that. - RobVG - 12/22/2011 2:22:31 AM
        
        Everything you don't want to believe is the Work of the Devil. - TB - 12/21/2011 7:41:01 PM
        
        Re: What good have those leaders done for their own people - ER - 12/20/2011 6:03:01 PM
        
        Re: What good have those leaders done for their own people - bowser - 12/20/2011 7:30:55 PM
        
        Re: What good have those leaders done for their own people - bowser - 12/20/2011 7:29:47 PM
        
        The Soviets gladly stepped in to fill Cuba's needs - RobVG - 12/21/2011 3:00:55 AM
      - Re: The Glorious Successor looks dangerously unstable. - ER - 12/20/2011 12:56:53 PM
        
        Re: The Glorious Successor looks dangerously unstable. - bowser - 12/20/2011 5:22:12 PM
        
        Re: The Glorious Successor looks dangerously unstable. - ER - 12/20/2011 6:24:41 PM
        
        Re: The Glorious Successor looks dangerously unstable. - TB - 12/20/2011 5:06:06 PM
        
        Re: The Glorious Successor looks dangerously unstable. - ER - 12/20/2011 5:58:16 PM
        
        Re: The Glorious Successor looks dangerously unstable. - bowser - 12/20/2011 5:20:45 PM
        
        All right. - TB - 12/20/2011 5:30:33 PM
        
        Re: All right. - ER - 12/20/2011 7:03:39 PM
        
        Re: All right. - TB - 12/20/2011 7:17:38 PM
        
        Re: All right. - ER - 12/20/2011 8:27:20 PM
        
        Sorry about getting "technical." - TB - 12/20/2011 8:46:46 PM
        
        Re: Sorry about getting "technical." - ER - 12/20/2011 9:31:37 PM
        
        Re: All right. - bowser - 12/20/2011 6:31:53 PM
    - Re: The Glorious Successor looks dangerously unstable. - ER - 12/20/2011 6:09:34 AM
  - Re: The Glorious Successor looks dangerously unstable. - bowser - 12/20/2011 3:40:30 AM
- Re: Il dead. - bowser - 12/19/2011 6:06:48 AM
- Re: Il dead. - VelociraptorBlade - 12/19/2011 5:49:53 AM

Penn Jillette: Why I am a Libertarian... - Jody - 12/18/2011 11:23:23 PM
- Re: Penn Jillette: Why I am a Libertarian... - VelociraptorBlade - 12/21/2011 4:26:19 AM

Ron Paul surging in Iowa - BuckGalaxy - 12/17/2011 10:48:25 PM
- EDITED: Placement error (Belongs Below) - ER - 12/20/2011 5:20:31 AM
  - The "cover charge" at a middle-ground state school has quadrupled over the cost of living index. - TB - 12/20/2011 5:34:30 AM
  - Re: EDITED: Placement error (Belongs Below) - TB - 12/20/2011 5:31:16 AM
- Ya gotta just close your eyes and believe real hard in Tinkerpaul, Buck - Robert - 12/18/2011 8:08:14 PM
  - Re: Ya gotta just close your eyes and believe real hard in Tinkerpaul, Buck - ER - 12/18/2011 10:12:32 PM
    - One man's utopia, etc. - Robert - 12/20/2011 1:06:46 AM
      - Amazing how that "let him die" story has evolved in the liberal imagination. - TB - 12/20/2011 3:12:22 AM
        
        Re: Amazing how that "let him die" story has evolved in the liberal imagination. - ER - 12/20/2011 3:30:19 AM
        
        That didn't happen the way you think it did either. - TB - 12/20/2011 4:27:41 AM
        
        Re: That didn't happen the way you think it did either. - ER - 12/20/2011 5:04:06 AM
        
        It was like two people. - TB - 12/20/2011 5:27:26 AM
      - Re: One man's utopia, etc. - ER - 12/20/2011 2:06:54 AM
        
        In December of 1979, Gallup had Carter leading Reagan by 24 points. - TB - 12/20/2011 3:21:31 AM
        
        Re: In December of 1979, Gallup had Carter leading Reagan by 24 points. - ER - 12/20/2011 3:37:25 AM
    - You don't know the half of it. - TB - 12/19/2011 4:58:44 PM
      - Re: You don't know the half of it. - Jody - 12/19/2011 7:33:07 PM
        
        Re: You don't know the half of it. - ER - 12/20/2011 2:15:58 AM
        
        Re: You don't know the half of it. - Jody - 12/20/2011 3:21:05 AM
        
        Re: You don't know the half of it. - ER - 12/20/2011 3:40:34 AM
        
        Re: You don't know the half of it. - TB - 12/20/2011 4:24:04 AM
        
        Re: You don't know the half of it. - ER - 12/20/2011 4:49:01 AM
        
        Re: You don't know the half of it. - TB - 12/20/2011 4:51:33 AM
        
        Re: You don't know the half of it. - TB - 12/20/2011 5:08:09 AM
        
        EDITED: Posting artifact - ER - 12/20/2011 5:41:52 AM
        
        Re: You don't know the half of it. - Jody - 12/20/2011 4:01:18 AM
        
        Re: You don't know the half of it. - ER - 12/20/2011 4:42:39 AM
        
        Re: You don't know the half of it. - TB - 12/20/2011 3:22:38 AM
        
        Re: You don't know the half of it. - ER - 12/20/2011 3:47:58 AM
        
        That's been a pretty common response, too. - TB - 12/20/2011 4:13:38 AM
        
        Re: That's been a pretty common response, too. - ER - 12/20/2011 5:23:12 AM
      - Re: You don't know the half of it. - Jody - 12/19/2011 7:26:29 PM

"Why young evangelicals are leaving church" - bowser - 12/19/2011 3:05:50 AM

Vaclav Havel, RIP - TB - 12/19/2011 1:24:28 AM

Christopher Hitchens gone at 62 - Jody - 12/16/2011 9:51:11 PM
- Yes, there are atheists in foxholes. - ER - 12/17/2011 9:28:58 PM
  - Re: Yes, there are atheists in foxholes. - bowser - 12/17/2011 10:29:13 PM
  - It was Thomas Paine, definitely not an atheist, but also definitely not a Christian. - TB - 12/17/2011 9:48:49 PM
    - Re: It was Thomas Paine, definitely not an atheist, but also definitely not a Christian. - ER - 12/17/2011 10:09:19 PM
      - Re: It was Thomas Paine, definitely not an atheist, but also definitely not a Christian. - TB - 12/18/2011 4:33:35 AM
        
        Re: It was Thomas Paine, definitely not an atheist, but also definitely not a Christian. - ER - 12/18/2011 2:14:52 PM
        
        Re: It was Thomas Paine, definitely not an atheist, but also definitely not a Christian. - Jody - 12/18/2011 3:28:02 PM

Heavy metal is back - TB - 12/17/2011 2:25:33 AM

A bit more on that pesky drone. - bowser - 12/13/2011 1:55:25 AM
- US asks Iran to return it. Iran says no. Nuff said. (n/t) - RobVG - 12/14/2011 12:27:23 AM
  - Re: US asks Iran to return it. Iran says no. Nuff said. - ER - 12/14/2011 8:29:53 PM
    - Re: US asks Iran to return it. Iran says no. Nuff said. - bowser - 12/15/2011 6:43:28 AM
  - Re: US asks Iran to return it. Iran says no. Nuff said. - TB - 12/14/2011 2:58:34 AM
    - Re: US asks Iran to return it. Iran says no. Nuff said. - bowser - 12/14/2011 8:23:15 AM
- Re: A bit more on that pesky drone. - FrankC - 12/13/2011 10:43:45 PM
- Re: A bit more on that pesky drone. - ER - 12/13/2011 4:49:03 AM
  - Re: A bit more on that pesky drone. - bowser - 12/13/2011 11:41:20 AM
- Re: A bit more on that pesky drone. - TB - 12/13/2011 2:51:50 AM
- Re: A bit more on that pesky drone. - ER - 12/13/2011 2:11:45 AM
  - Re: A bit more on that pesky drone. - RobVG - 12/13/2011 3:24:43 AM
    - Re: A bit more on that pesky drone. - ER - 12/13/2011 3:37:04 AM
      - Re: A bit more on that pesky drone. - RobVG - 12/13/2011 3:54:19 AM
        
        Re: A bit more on that pesky drone. - ER - 12/13/2011 5:11:20 AM
  - Re: A bit more on that pesky drone. - bowser - 12/13/2011 2:21:12 AM
    - Re: A bit more on that pesky drone. - ER - 12/13/2011 2:25:11 AM

Retirement age under scrutiny - Jody - 12/12/2011 8:09:50 PM
- Re: Retirement age under scrutiny - ER - 12/12/2011 8:38:06 PM

A plot to undermine the Right To Bear Arms. - Jody - 12/9/2011 2:20:38 PM
- Re: A plot to undermine the Right To Bear Arms. - BuckGalaxy - 12/10/2011 10:33:44 AM
- Re: A plot to undermine the Right To Bear Arms. - bowser - 12/10/2011 1:19:08 AM
- Re: A plot to undermine the Right To Bear Arms. - ER - 12/9/2011 11:27:33 PM
- cold dead hands, etc, etc. - FrankC - 12/9/2011 11:04:32 PM
- Re: A plot to undermine the Right To Bear Arms. - bowser - 12/9/2011 10:10:03 PM
  - Re: A plot to undermine the Right To Bear Arms. - TB - 12/9/2011 10:15:32 PM
    - Re: A plot to undermine the Right To Bear Arms. - bowser - 12/9/2011 10:34:53 PM
      - Re: A plot to undermine the Right To Bear Arms. - TB - 12/9/2011 10:41:57 PM
        
        Re: A plot to undermine the Right To Bear Arms. - bowser - 12/10/2011 12:54:14 AM
        
        Re: A plot to undermine the Right To Bear Arms. - Robert - 12/11/2011 9:11:13 PM
        
        Beautifully articulated! - ER - 12/12/2011 4:05:45 PM
        
        Re: Beautifully articulated! - Robert - 12/12/2011 5:34:27 PM
        
        Re: Beautifully articulated! - Jody - 12/12/2011 4:53:24 PM
        
        Thanks Jody (n/t) (n/t) - Robert - 12/12/2011 5:36:46 PM
        
        Not sure why. - TB - 12/12/2011 5:10:07 PM
        
        Re: Not sure why. - Robert - 12/12/2011 5:36:19 PM
        
        Re: Not sure why. - ER - 12/12/2011 6:16:32 PM
        
        Re: Not sure why. - Robert - 12/12/2011 7:16:43 PM
        
        Re: Not sure why. - TB - 12/12/2011 7:01:10 PM
        
        Re: Not sure why. - Robert - 12/12/2011 7:13:02 PM
- Re: A plot to undermine the Right To Bear Arms. - ER - 12/9/2011 3:15:21 PM
  - Of course you know nothing about it. - TB - 12/9/2011 7:41:29 PM
    - Re: Of course you know nothing about it. - ER - 12/9/2011 8:42:35 PM
      - You mean, why don't I carry on the discussion from the side track you've put it on? - TB - 12/9/2011 9:31:23 PM
        
        Absolutely. - ER - 12/9/2011 10:14:55 PM
        
        Re: Absolutely. - TB - 12/9/2011 10:25:19 PM
        
        Re: Absolutely. - ER - 12/9/2011 11:03:38 PM

Back to that drone. On BBC Iran says it electronically hijacked and landed it. - bowser - 12/10/2011 3:15:31 AM
- Re: Back to that drone. On BBC Iran says it electronically hijacked and landed it. - ER - 12/10/2011 3:37:00 AM
  - Re: Back to that drone. On BBC Iran says it electronically hijacked and landed it. - TB - 12/10/2011 3:46:51 AM
    - Re: Back to that drone. On BBC Iran says it electronically hijacked and landed it. - ER - 12/10/2011 12:39:59 PM
    - Re: Back to that drone. On BBC Iran says it electronically hijacked and landed it. - bowser - 12/10/2011 9:30:05 AM
      - Re: Back to that drone. On BBC Iran says it electronically hijacked and landed it. - ER - 12/10/2011 12:48:08 PM
        
        Re: Back to that drone. On BBC Iran says it electronically hijacked and landed it. - bowser - 12/10/2011 2:05:14 PM
        
        Re: Back to that drone. On BBC Iran says it electronically hijacked and landed it. - Lee - 12/11/2011 11:56:21 PM
        
        You obviously haven't thought this through. - ER - 12/12/2011 4:19:20 PM
        
        Re: You obviously haven't thought this through. - TB - 12/12/2011 5:06:49 PM
        
        Re: You obviously haven't thought this through. - ER - 12/12/2011 5:22:00 PM
        
        Re: Back to that drone. On BBC Iran says it electronically hijacked and landed it. - ER - 12/10/2011 2:50:25 PM

I stand corrected - Jody - 12/10/2011 6:24:37 PM
- Re: I stand corrected - bowser - 12/12/2011 3:16:50 AM

Captured drone in Iran - TB - 12/9/2011 5:35:43 AM
- Re: Captured drone in Iran - bowser - 12/9/2011 9:17:04 AM
  - Re: Captured drone in Iran - ER - 12/9/2011 1:14:23 PM
    - There are actually a lot more alternative explanations floating around. - TB - 12/9/2011 5:09:56 PM
      - Re: There are actually a lot more alternative explanations floating around. - ER - 12/9/2011 5:35:46 PM

Government smothering private sector - TB - 12/8/2011 5:44:09 PM
- Re: Government smothering private sector - bowser - 12/8/2011 9:44:39 PM
- Re: Government smothering private sector - ER - 12/8/2011 7:30:50 PM

Brilliant reelection strategy, and GOOD POLICY for America - BuckGalaxy - 12/7/2011 7:45:19 AM
- Re: Brilliant reelection strategy, and GOOD POLICY for America - bowser - 12/7/2011 7:57:49 PM

70th anniversary of attack on Pearl Harbor - TB - 12/7/2011 4:55:51 PM
- It was a dark day for the US, but already, a new day was dawning in the East. - ER - 12/7/2011 6:03:21 PM
  - Re: It was a dark day for the US, but already, a new day was dawning in the East. - bowser - 12/7/2011 7:43:13 PM

Obamacare time bomb triggered - BuckGalaxy - 12/5/2011 6:17:01 PM

Meanwhile, in Russia... - TB - 12/3/2011 5:42:09 AM
- Oops. - TB - 12/4/2011 10:59:03 PM
  - Re: Oops. - BuckGalaxy - 12/5/2011 6:10:21 PM

Massachusetts Sues 5 Major Banks Over Foreclosure Practices - RobVG - 12/4/2011 1:53:53 AM
- Maybe it's moral. - Robert - 12/4/2011 2:02:43 AM
  - Re: Maybe it's moral. - ER - 12/4/2011 2:14:45 AM

Merkel urges stronger fiscal ties for EU. Meantime Conservatives oppose EU. - bowser - 12/3/2011 2:14:12 AM
- Re: Merkel urges stronger fiscal ties for EU. Meantime Conservatives oppose EU. - ER - 12/3/2011 3:45:57 AM
  - Re: Merkel urges stronger fiscal ties for EU. Meantime Conservatives oppose EU. - bowser - 12/3/2011 4:28:05 AM
  - What did you think of both articles Bowser linked to? - TB - 12/3/2011 4:16:10 AM
    - Re: What did you think of both articles Bowser linked to? - ER - 12/3/2011 5:17:10 AM
      - Re: What did you think of both articles Bowser linked to? - TB - 12/3/2011 5:20:09 AM
        
        Re: What did you think of both articles Bowser linked to? - ER - 12/3/2011 5:53:25 AM

The "Friday Night Document Dump" - TB - 12/3/2011 12:56:26 AM

Brandy and cigar anyone? - Jody - 12/2/2011 1:34:51 AM
- Re: Brandy and cigar anyone? - FrankC - 12/2/2011 6:56:33 PM
  - Re: Brandy and cigar anyone? - Jody - 12/2/2011 6:57:26 PM
- Re: Brandy and cigar anyone? - TB - 12/2/2011 2:24:46 AM
- Re: Brandy and cigar anyone? - ER - 12/2/2011 2:08:36 AM

Where's the fleet? - TB - 12/1/2011 10:15:39 PM
- Re: Where's the fleet? - bowser - 12/2/2011 3:31:05 AM
- Re: Where's the fleet? - bowser - 12/1/2011 11:13:44 PM
  - Re: Where's the fleet? - TB - 12/1/2011 11:19:25 PM
    - Re: Where's the fleet? - bowser - 12/1/2011 11:28:39 PM
      - Re: Where's the fleet? - TB - 12/1/2011 11:30:07 PM
        
        Re: Where's the fleet? - ER - 12/2/2011 12:08:53 AM
        
        Re: Where's the fleet? - bowser - 12/2/2011 12:36:44 AM
        
        Re: Where's the fleet? - ER - 12/2/2011 1:07:06 AM
        
        Re: Where's the fleet? - TB - 12/2/2011 1:56:06 AM
        
        Re: Where's the fleet? - ER - 12/2/2011 2:05:08 AM
        
        Re: Where's the fleet? - bowser - 12/2/2011 3:27:48 AM
        
        The leadership of Iran thinks the Apocalypse will raise a great Imam for his people. - TB - 12/2/2011 2:23:55 AM
        
        Re: The leadership of Iran thinks the Apocalypse will raise a great Imam for his people. - bowser - 12/2/2011 2:43:06 AM

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