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Now it has hit Israel - Eri - 8/12/2011 5:15:05 PM

Mitt Heckled - Eri - 8/12/2011 4:42:41 AM

This left her speechless - Eri - 8/12/2011 4:40:30 AM

Can you believe this? - Eri - 8/12/2011 4:35:56 AM

S&P downgrades the US's credit rating...due to the SIZE of the debt. - Lee - 8/6/2011 7:12:07 AM
- Re: S&P downgrades the US's credit rating...due to the SIZE of the debt. - BuckGalaxy - 8/10/2011 8:45:18 AM
  - Re: S&P downgrades the US's credit rating...due to the SIZE of the debt. - Jody - 8/10/2011 10:36:19 PM
    - Re: S&P downgrades the US's credit rating...due to the SIZE of the debt. - BuckGalaxy - 8/11/2011 7:56:47 AM
      - Re: S&P downgrades the US's credit rating...due to the SIZE of the debt. - Jody - 8/11/2011 4:53:33 PM
    - Re: S&P downgrades the US's credit rating...due to the SIZE of the debt. - FrankC - 8/11/2011 12:37:19 AM
  - Re: S&P downgrades the US's credit rating...due to the SIZE of the debt. - Lee - 8/10/2011 11:25:45 AM
    - Re: S&P downgrades the US's credit rating...due to the SIZE of the debt. - BuckGalaxy - 8/10/2011 4:02:16 PM
      - Re: S&P downgrades the US's credit rating...due to the SIZE of the debt. - Jody - 8/10/2011 10:37:17 PM
        
        Re: S&P downgrades the US's credit rating...due to the SIZE of the debt. - Lee - 8/11/2011 12:34:55 AM
        
        Re: S&P downgrades the US's credit rating...due to the SIZE of the debt. - BuckGalaxy - 8/11/2011 8:48:47 AM
        
        Re: S&P downgrades the US's credit rating...due to the SIZE of the debt. - Jody - 8/11/2011 4:53:02 PM
        
        Re: S&P downgrades the US's credit rating...due to the SIZE of the debt. - BuckGalaxy - 8/11/2011 7:53:30 AM
        
        Re: S&P downgrades the US's credit rating...due to the SIZE of the debt. - Jody - 8/11/2011 1:25:49 AM
        
        Re: S&P downgrades the US's credit rating...due to the SIZE of the debt. - Lee - 8/11/2011 1:39:33 AM
- Re: S&P downgrades the US's credit rating...due to the SIZE of the debt. - Eri - 8/7/2011 2:32:00 PM
- Re: S&P downgrades the US's credit rating...due to the SIZE of the debt. - Eri - 8/6/2011 4:15:33 PM
  - Re: S&P downgrades the US's credit rating...due to the SIZE of the debt. - Lee - 8/7/2011 9:41:15 PM
- Re: S&P downgrades the US's credit rating...due to the SIZE of the debt. - cjb - 8/6/2011 1:34:06 PM
  - Re: S&P downgrades the US's credit rating...due to the SIZE of the debt. - Lee - 8/7/2011 9:50:01 PM
    - Re: S&P downgrades the US's credit rating...due to the SIZE of the debt. - CJB - 8/7/2011 10:29:15 PM

Violence in UK Spreads. Is US next? - Eri - 8/9/2011 12:06:21 PM
- Update on the UK Riots. - Eri - 8/10/2011 12:42:59 PM
  - Re: Update on the UK Riots. - Jody - 8/10/2011 5:03:17 PM
    - Re: Update on the UK Riots. - Eri - 8/10/2011 7:05:53 PM
      - Re: Update on the UK Riots. - Jody - 8/10/2011 10:07:05 PM
        
        Re: Update on the UK Riots. - Eri - 8/11/2011 5:20:22 AM
        
        Re: Update on the UK Riots. - Jody - 8/11/2011 5:36:48 AM
        
        Re: Update on the UK Riots. - Eri - 8/11/2011 7:40:39 AM
        
        Re: Update on the UK Riots. - Jody - 8/10/2011 10:21:32 PM
        
        Re: Update on the UK Riots. - FrankC - 8/11/2011 12:10:52 AM
        
        Re: Update on the UK Riots. - Eri - 8/11/2011 5:23:03 AM
        
        Re: Update on the UK Riots. - Jody - 8/11/2011 5:44:45 AM
        
        Re: Update on the UK Riots. - FrankC - 8/11/2011 7:15:19 AM
        
        Re: Update on the UK Riots. - Eri - 8/11/2011 7:51:05 AM
        
        Re: Update on the UK Riots. - CJB - 8/10/2011 10:40:52 PM
        
        Re: Update on the UK Riots. - Jody - 8/11/2011 2:37:10 AM
        
        Re: Update on the UK Riots. - CJB - 8/11/2011 4:18:55 AM
        
        Re: Update on the UK Riots. - FrankC - 8/11/2011 5:44:44 AM
        
        Re: Update on the UK Riots. - CJB - 8/11/2011 11:06:59 AM
        
        Re: Update on the UK Riots. - Jody - 8/11/2011 4:51:45 PM
        
        Re: Update on the UK Riots. - Eri - 8/11/2011 5:26:27 AM
        
        Re: Update on the UK Riots. - Jody - 8/11/2011 4:40:47 AM
- Re: Violence in UK Spreads. Is US next? - CJB - 8/10/2011 1:02:38 AM
  - On the other hand, - podrock - 8/10/2011 11:44:15 PM
  - Re: Violence in UK Spreads. Is US next? - VelociraptorBlade - 8/10/2011 5:39:59 PM
    - Re: Violence in UK Spreads. Is US next? - Eri - 8/10/2011 7:07:31 PM
  - Re: Violence in UK Spreads. Is US next? - Eri - 8/10/2011 6:50:01 AM

Lord of the Flies - CJB - 8/11/2011 2:58:16 AM
- Re: Lord of the Flies - Jody - 8/11/2011 3:38:08 AM
  - Re: Lord of the Flies - CJB - 8/11/2011 3:32:18 PM
- Re: Lord of the Flies - Lee - 8/11/2011 3:12:30 AM

This is just wrong! - Eri - 8/10/2011 12:24:27 PM

...and today's quote comes from: - Jody - 8/9/2011 3:01:24 AM

Perspective... - Jody - 8/8/2011 11:19:20 PM

Enoch Powell said there'd be days like this. - Lee - 8/8/2011 11:06:50 PM

North and South California (another innocuous CE post) - FrankC - 8/6/2011 4:22:42 AM
- Re: North and South California (another innocuous CE post) - Eri - 8/6/2011 4:20:42 PM
  - Re: North and South California (another innocuous CE post) - FrankC - 8/6/2011 7:21:11 PM
    - It's a perennial favorite. - Robert - 8/8/2011 6:07:40 PM
      - Saw this interesting map recently, which defines areas where people call each other the most. - podrock - 8/8/2011 10:35:29 PM
    - Re: North and South California (another innocuous CE post) - Eri - 8/6/2011 8:31:16 PM
      - Re: North and South California (another innocuous CE post) - FrankC - 8/6/2011 11:43:30 PM
        
        Re: North and South California (another innocuous CE post) - Eri - 8/7/2011 5:11:40 AM
        
        Re: North and South California (another innocuous CE post) - FrankC - 8/7/2011 6:35:45 AM
        
        Re: North and South California (another innocuous CE post) - Eri - 8/7/2011 2:29:31 PM
        
        Re: North and South California (another innocuous CE post) - Eri - 8/7/2011 4:55:39 AM

Crisis of Competence - CJB - 8/7/2011 10:14:02 PM
- Re: Crisis of Competence - VelociraptorBlade - 8/8/2011 3:02:13 AM
  - Re: Crisis of Competence - CJB - 8/8/2011 4:13:29 AM
    - Re: Crisis of Competence - VelociraptorBlade - 8/8/2011 4:43:33 AM
- Re: Crisis of Competence - Eri - 8/8/2011 1:00:35 AM
  - Re: Crisis of Competence - Jody - 8/8/2011 1:47:57 AM
- Re: Crisis of Competence - Lee - 8/7/2011 10:42:36 PM
  - Re: Crisis of Competence - CJB - 8/7/2011 10:59:37 PM
    - Re: Crisis of Competence - Lee - 8/8/2011 1:19:22 AM
    - Re: Crisis of Competence - Eri - 8/8/2011 12:54:14 AM

Wisconsin State Fair. - Lee - 8/8/2011 3:15:23 AM

I think this is a moderate political post... - FrankC - 8/4/2011 11:52:33 PM
- Re: I think this is a moderate political post... - Robert - 8/5/2011 5:36:58 PM
- Re: I think this is a moderate political post... - Eri - 8/5/2011 1:02:34 PM

Spending bill passes the House - TB - 8/1/2011 11:28:30 PM
- Re: Spending bill passes the House - Tony - 8/2/2011 3:16:33 PM
  - Don't worry, Tony, America has unproductive blather and childishness to burn. We'll never run out. (n/t) - Robert - 8/4/2011 12:17:59 AM
    - Re: Don't worry, Tony, America has unproductive blather and childishness to burn. We'll never run out. - Tony - 8/4/2011 9:35:37 PM
  - Re: Spending bill passes the House - TB - 8/2/2011 3:23:52 PM
    - Re: Spending bill passes the House - mcfly - 8/3/2011 5:46:35 PM
    - Re: Spending bill passes the House - Lee - 8/2/2011 10:37:07 PM
- Re: Spending bill passes the House - Lee - 8/2/2011 12:07:26 AM
  - Re: Spending bill passes the House - TB - 8/2/2011 4:04:52 AM
    - Re: Spending bill passes the House - mcfly - 8/3/2011 5:45:10 PM
      - Re: Spending bill passes the House - TB - 8/3/2011 6:35:09 PM
        
        Re: Spending bill passes the House - mcfly - 8/4/2011 1:15:51 AM
        
        Re: Spending bill passes the House - TB - 8/4/2011 2:25:39 AM
        
        Re: Spending bill passes the House - mcfly - 8/4/2011 12:07:06 PM
        
        Re: Spending bill passes the House - TB - 8/4/2011 2:48:41 PM
        
        Re: Spending bill passes the House - mcfly - 8/4/2011 5:15:30 PM
        
        Re: Spending bill passes the House - TB - 8/4/2011 5:29:05 PM
        
        Re: Spending bill passes the House - TB - 8/4/2011 2:52:25 AM
- Re: Spending bill passes the House - TB - 8/1/2011 11:32:46 PM

Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending - Eri - 8/1/2011 10:39:09 AM
- Re: Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending - Jody - 8/1/2011 8:03:25 PM
  - Re: Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending - mcfly - 8/3/2011 6:23:02 PM
    - Re: Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending - mcfly - 8/4/2011 1:45:43 AM
      - Re: Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending - TB - 8/4/2011 2:38:01 AM
        
        Re: Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending - mcfly - 8/4/2011 12:13:32 PM
        
        Re: Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending - TB - 8/4/2011 1:40:02 PM
        
        Re: Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending - mcfly - 8/4/2011 5:39:56 PM
        
        Re: Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending - TB - 8/4/2011 6:02:21 PM
    - Re: Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending - TB - 8/3/2011 6:43:50 PM
  - Re: Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending - Eri - 8/1/2011 10:12:15 PM
    - Re: Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending - mcfly - 8/3/2011 6:15:06 PM
      - Re: Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending - TB - 8/3/2011 6:26:53 PM
        
        Re: Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending - mcfly - 8/4/2011 12:18:55 PM
    - Re: Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending - Jody - 8/1/2011 11:05:33 PM
      - Re: Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending - TB - 8/1/2011 11:22:45 PM
    - Re: Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending - TB - 8/1/2011 10:48:15 PM
    - Re: Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending - TB - 8/1/2011 10:21:17 PM
  - Re: Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending - TB - 8/1/2011 8:57:02 PM
    - Re: Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending - Eri - 8/1/2011 10:19:47 PM
      - Re: Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending - TB - 8/1/2011 10:27:34 PM
        
        Re: Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending - Eri - 8/2/2011 5:46:46 AM
        
        Re: Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending - TB - 8/2/2011 1:24:21 PM
- Re: Economists warn this is not the time to cut spending - TB - 8/1/2011 5:00:37 PM

Meanwhile, in Syria - TB - 8/3/2011 5:08:37 PM

Details of the Bin Laden raid - TB - 8/2/2011 12:14:22 AM

Debt limit perspective - TB - 8/1/2011 10:34:26 PM

Tell me it ain't so! - Jody - 8/1/2011 3:45:53 AM
- Re: Tell me it ain't so! - FrankC - 8/1/2011 6:32:53 AM
- Re: Tell me it ain't so! - Jody - 8/1/2011 3:49:13 AM
  - Re: Tell me it ain't so! - TB - 8/1/2011 4:54:10 AM
    - Re: Tell me it ain't so! - Jody - 8/1/2011 5:07:45 AM
      - Re: Tell me it ain't so! - Eri - 8/1/2011 7:12:12 AM
        
        Re: Tell me it ain't so! - TB - 8/1/2011 4:25:53 PM
        
        Re: Tell me it ain't so! - Jody - 8/1/2011 12:16:50 PM
        
        Re: Tell me it ain't so! - Eri - 8/1/2011 1:05:37 PM

This is the Senate's Minority Leader - Eri - 7/30/2011 8:23:42 AM
- Re: This is the Senate's Minority Leader - TB - 7/30/2011 5:15:23 PM
- Tea Party Caucus uniform of the day. - Robert - 7/30/2011 4:56:11 PM
  - And speaking of the Tea Party: - Eri - 7/31/2011 4:20:08 AM
  - Re: Tea Party Caucus uniform of the day. - TB - 7/30/2011 5:22:05 PM

What the GOP's position on raising the debt ceiling should be... - mcfly - 7/29/2011 5:56:02 PM
- Re: What the GOP's position on raising the debt ceiling should be... - TB - 7/29/2011 6:29:55 PM
  - Re: What the GOP's position on raising the debt ceiling should be... - mcfly - 7/29/2011 8:41:36 PM
    - Re: What the GOP's position on raising the debt ceiling should be... - Lee - 7/30/2011 12:00:22 AM
      - Re: What the GOP's position on raising the debt ceiling should be... - TB - 7/30/2011 1:25:48 AM
    - Re: What the GOP's position on raising the debt ceiling should be... - TB - 7/29/2011 10:00:32 PM
      - Re: What the GOP's position on raising the debt ceiling should be... - mcfly - 7/30/2011 3:15:10 AM

GOP Candidates "all equally unacceptable." - mcfly - 7/29/2011 12:19:01 PM
- Re: GOP Candidates "all equally unacceptable." - podrock - 7/30/2011 12:19:03 AM

The Debt Problem - TB - 7/29/2011 7:50:57 PM

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