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Iconic stone arch collapses in southern Utah park. - Lee - 8/10/2008 9:07:55 PM
- It's a miracle that any of them survived millions of years. - Jacob - 8/11/2008 1:51:00 PM
- It was because of global warming... - Jody - 8/11/2008 11:35:29 AM
- Maybe acid rain. - alcaray - 8/11/2008 12:25:04 AM
  - But the most important question. - Lee - 8/11/2008 12:58:33 AM

Mexican Army incursions into USA - Buck Galaxy - 8/9/2008 5:30:14 AM
- re: Mexican Army incursions into USA - FrankC - 8/9/2008 6:41:53 PM

Energy from Algae - Eric - 8/9/2008 4:14:41 PM

Georgia on my mind... info on the Georgian conflict - ARRELL - 8/9/2008 3:03:28 PM

Olympic Games Opening ceremony - Raoul - 8/8/2008 6:36:19 PM
- Magnificent! - Eri - 8/9/2008 4:27:33 AM

"Emmons wins first gold of Games" in 'air rifle'. - Bowser - 8/9/2008 4:08:48 AM

"Wind Power Puffery" - Bowser - 8/9/2008 12:05:42 AM

Solzhenitsyn dead at 89 - JEKing - 8/4/2008 4:37:05 AM
- After reading that lecture...I gotta wonder... - z - 8/4/2008 9:45:32 PM
  - People who are able to write what they do are talented, and troubled. - Bowser - 8/6/2008 4:42:53 AM
  - Try reading Anton Chekhov's "In Exile" - Lee - 8/5/2008 2:51:49 AM
  - Latitude - Mary Anne - 8/5/2008 2:04:09 AM
    - I'll bet that guy Solzhenitsyn wasn't a whole lot of fun at parties (n/t) - z - 8/5/2008 1:06:03 PM
      - Did he ever speak english? (n/t) - Raoul - 8/6/2008 8:37:36 PM
        
        re: Did he ever speak english? - JEKing - 8/7/2008 3:20:36 AM
    - Alexander S. and Russians - JEKing - 8/5/2008 3:43:09 AM
      - Great insights! - McFly - 8/5/2008 5:16:35 PM
        
        re: Great insights! - JEKing - 8/5/2008 9:27:15 PM
    - Norwegians, too - Nick Hoffman - 8/5/2008 3:34:09 AM

And the "D'uh" department. - Bowser - 8/6/2008 7:21:01 PM
- The real "D'uh" - E.P. - 8/6/2008 10:26:04 PM

"Vietnam with Sand" @2002 E.P. Grondine still available for licensed use - E.P. - 7/30/2008 11:47:16 PM
- You should lay off the posts that only you are capable of understanding. - alcaray - 7/31/2008 1:57:04 AM
  - A trivial internet search busts your claim to priority - nick hoffman - 7/31/2008 11:46:19 AM
    - Thanks Nick - E.P. - 8/6/2008 10:07:21 PM
    - That was supposed to go under EP, right? (n/t) - alcaray - 7/31/2008 6:20:38 PM
    - " A humble attitude helps avoid friction" - Lindy - 7/31/2008 12:06:35 PM

"Bush: China must end detentions, ensure rights." - Bowser - 8/6/2008 6:50:44 PM

Energy crisis solved by Paris Hilton - Eric - 8/6/2008 12:09:39 AM
- BWAH HAH AHAH AHAH!!!!! ..... - Jacob - 8/6/2008 4:58:57 PM
- re: YouTube link unavailable - Eric - 8/6/2008 12:47:08 AM
  - Totally cool, dude! - Eri - 8/6/2008 2:44:06 AM

Book says White House ordered forgery - Jack Herer - 8/5/2008 12:12:00 PM

"Saddam loyalists get old security jobs back." - Bowser - 8/4/2008 4:54:03 AM

Anthrax, suicide, and the FBI,-stranger than ficiton - Andrew - 8/1/2008 4:18:12 PM
- "In 2003, Dr Ivins was awarded the highest honour for defence department civilian staff for his anthrax vaccine work. " - Lindy - 8/3/2008 3:59:25 AM
  - "Ivins "has been forensically diagnosed by several top psychiatrists as a sociopathic, homicidal killer." - Lindy - 8/3/2008 5:21:32 AM
- You have to wonder how they missed this guy early on. - Bowser - 8/3/2008 2:45:59 AM
- He'd made several homicidal threats over the years - Lindy - 8/2/2008 8:09:05 PM
- FED STOOGE Takes the FALL - carl - 8/1/2008 5:16:28 PM
  - If they could just find two accomplices... - Mcfly - 8/2/2008 6:19:41 PM

Home energy system - JEKing - 8/2/2008 8:40:10 PM
- re: Interesting - Johannes - 8/2/2008 11:48:54 PM

Wave of the future. - Eri - 8/2/2008 6:39:44 PM

So Obama isn't a street thug. - Lee - 8/1/2008 2:51:19 PM
- Yeah, like all those nasty street thugs who teach at the Univ of Chicago Law School (n/t) - z - 8/1/2008 11:14:28 PM
- This is Flame material - Lindy - 8/1/2008 4:50:12 PM
  - The story is from today....that makes it current. - Lee - 8/1/2008 4:57:45 PM
    - I could get this moved to flame real quickly. - Eri - 8/1/2008 7:41:32 PM
      - YEah, some people get really sore when their messiah isn't kowtowed to. - Lee - 8/2/2008 12:14:19 AM

Anybody FIGGER out Y OBAMA Went OVERSEAS? - carl - 7/25/2008 5:26:31 PM
- Yeah, to become the acting President - z - 7/28/2008 5:18:27 AM
  - A very biting analysis - Lindy - 7/28/2008 11:18:29 PM
    - NOTICE How Early the Prez Election Started? - carl - 8/1/2008 5:28:58 PM
- re: Anybody FIGGER out Y OBAMA Went OVERSEAS? - Marcia - 7/27/2008 3:47:23 AM
- McCain is already getting dirty. I believe he's panicked. - Bowser - 7/27/2008 3:13:19 AM
- Straight talker alert!!! - alcaray - 7/26/2008 9:04:33 PM
- Because McCain challenged his foreign policy credentials. - Mary Anne - 7/26/2008 8:41:59 PM
  - ERRR-ahhhh Watch his patterns of Speech+Accents - carl - 7/28/2008 5:01:21 PM
    - Speech patterns - Mary Anne - 7/28/2008 10:09:07 PM
      - Politics is ACTING - carl - 7/29/2008 5:41:42 PM
        
        "Regan PLAYED the Part well,..." - Lindy - 7/30/2008 2:51:33 AM
        
        Reagan had the advantage of many years of professional training. - Mary Anne - 7/30/2008 2:35:56 AM
        
        Yeah, BONZO was a GOOD CHARACTER ACTOR - carl - 8/1/2008 5:23:43 PM
      - Politics is ACTING - carl - 7/29/2008 5:41:39 PM
      - Politics is ACTING - carl - 7/29/2008 5:41:32 PM
  - Yes, it's great to hear someone speak who actually CAN - Eri - 7/27/2008 12:54:43 PM
- For this - Raoul - 7/26/2008 10:26:54 AM
  - Getting it - Robert - 7/26/2008 5:36:59 PM
    - Who was it the crowd? - Lee - 7/26/2008 9:04:02 PM
      - Germans. - Mary Anne - 7/26/2008 9:39:26 PM
        
        BORN in the USA - carl - 7/29/2008 6:38:05 PM
      - Good grief (n/t) - alcaray - 7/26/2008 9:05:27 PM
        
        It's a valid question - Lee - 7/27/2008 3:38:33 AM
        
        Tone it down a bit Bud - Lindy - 7/27/2008 1:53:48 PM
        
        If you believe that. - Lee - 7/27/2008 6:39:05 PM
        
        Rock concerts don't organize themselves, either. - Mary Anne - 7/27/2008 12:10:31 PM
        
        May we live in interesting times. (n/t) - Lee - 7/27/2008 6:41:53 PM
        
        Hey, GERMANS WORSHIP David HASSLEHOFF - carl - 7/29/2008 6:39:16 PM
        
        Don't talk bad about The Hoff. =)~ (n/t) - Lee - 7/30/2008 12:18:35 AM
        
        OK ,How ABOUT HITLER? - carl - 8/1/2008 5:21:34 PM
        
        He should've died in 1941. (n/t) - Lee - 8/1/2008 5:34:33 PM
        
        Yea, I heard Reagan's crowd at the Brandenburg gate was just a bunch of skinheads. - alcaray - 7/27/2008 7:58:47 AM
        
        MTV BlueJeans , VCR's Brought Down COMMIES - carl - 8/1/2008 5:32:05 PM
      - it should be in (n/t) - Lee - 7/26/2008 9:05:16 PM
    - In the mid-east... - alcaray - 7/26/2008 8:32:35 PM
- To present Chuck Hagel to the world? - Raoul - 7/25/2008 7:11:08 PM
  - That would be nice, but... - Mary Anne - 7/26/2008 9:07:49 PM

Exxxon's Profits 2Q fall below Wall Streets - carl - 7/31/2008 6:04:50 PM
- Go look back at what happened in the late 80's and 90's - nick hoffman - 8/1/2008 4:59:05 PM
- They already did. Exploration. - Eri - 8/1/2008 1:01:26 PM

HUGE medical science breakthrough- Alzheimers may soon be a manageable disease!!!! - ARRELL - 7/30/2008 3:50:15 PM
- A Rember and Viagra cocktail - what more could an old guy want??!! - Bowser - 7/31/2008 11:10:09 PM
- re: HUGE medical science breakthrough- Alzheimers may soon be a manageable disease!!!! - Andrew - 7/31/2008 3:36:14 PM
  - So it's good for treating Ick, too? (n/t) - alcaray - 7/31/2008 7:38:11 PM
- Great news! I hate to say it... - Buck Galaxy - 7/31/2008 7:34:31 AM
- The key statement: "Those on rember did not experience a significant decline in their mental function over 19 months, while those on placebo got worse." - ARRELL - 7/30/2008 4:19:35 PM
- Just a few comments - Yeti - 7/30/2008 4:13:04 PM
  - You have a good point - Eri - 8/1/2008 1:10:47 PM
  - This is just the first drug that takes advantage of a new approach to the disease. - alcaray - 7/30/2008 7:08:59 PM
  - A comment on the comment. - Bowser - 7/30/2008 5:06:14 PM

"McCain crew finds Obama's big flaw: He's way too popular." - Bowser - 7/30/2008 11:40:54 PM

News for non US citizens ONLY - Eric - 7/28/2008 12:16:42 PM
- Is it the implantable "verichip"? - Jacob - 7/30/2008 1:39:36 PM
- The worst idea I have ever heard. - Yeti - 7/28/2008 7:58:19 PM

They don't go after someone as powerful as Stevens unless they have him. - Bowser - 7/29/2008 7:54:31 PM
- re: They don't go after someone as powerful as Stevens unless they have him. - Jack Herer - 7/29/2008 8:16:05 PM

$482,000,000,000 deficit +$100,000,000,000 in war costs for remainder of fiscal year - Yeti - 7/28/2008 8:16:17 PM
- Yeah, but look what we've gotten for it! - Bowser - 7/29/2008 6:02:27 AM

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