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Musharraf: Pakistan isnâ€™t hunting bin Laden - US: Increasing aid to Pakistan. - Bowser - 1/24/2008 5:51:03 AM

Feds cut PRIME 3/4 Percent, what does that DO to the DOLLAR? - carl - 1/23/2008 5:13:49 PM
- A quick fix, a bit like a morning-after drink for a hangover. - Bowser - 1/23/2008 6:09:53 PM
  - Yeah, like USA 4 SALE - carl - 1/23/2008 7:58:45 PM
    - They better move fast. - TAFKASE - 1/24/2008 5:02:10 AM

Oil from algae? - McFly - 1/16/2008 7:03:05 PM
- Interesting if true. - TAFKASE - 1/16/2008 8:47:15 PM
  - Who has the oil - Socrates II - 1/22/2008 5:59:02 PM
    - Rain Power - Socrates II - 1/23/2008 2:49:02 PM

Al Qaeda's employment records - TB - 1/23/2008 1:20:26 AM
- If the CIA is competent... - TAFKASE - 1/23/2008 1:34:50 PM

Iraq parliament approves new flag - Bowser - 1/22/2008 10:15:26 PM

The next big global threatening problem? - TAFKASE - 1/22/2008 2:32:07 PM
- I don't think you have it right - Yeti - 1/22/2008 7:33:22 PM

France's oldest man dies, one WWI survivor left - Socrates II - 1/22/2008 1:48:05 PM

Mac is back. Huck is a schmuck. Mitt is not the sh!t. Fred is dead. - Buck Galaxy - 1/20/2008 7:29:57 PM
- Where I'm at - TB - 1/20/2008 10:09:40 PM
  - Better get ready... - Donald - 1/21/2008 3:16:15 PM
  - Iraq - Robert - 1/21/2008 2:37:13 AM
    - re: Iraq - TB - 1/21/2008 4:34:10 AM
      - re: Iraq - Robert - 1/21/2008 6:55:27 PM
        
        I agree. - Lee - 1/22/2008 12:52:17 AM
        
        Overseas respect - TB - 1/21/2008 9:21:10 PM
        
        re: Earning overseas respect - Robert - 1/21/2008 9:37:27 PM
        
        re: Earning overseas respect - TB - 1/22/2008 2:17:19 AM
        
        Yeah, I guess "blah blah blah" would cover the current Democratic positions on Iraq. - TB - 1/21/2008 9:14:04 PM
        
        And this administration, like Nero, is fiddling - Eri - 1/21/2008 9:53:34 PM
      - Iraq - Eri - 1/21/2008 6:31:24 AM
  - Who do you want giving us Socialized medicine... - TAFKASE - 1/20/2008 11:07:39 PM
- 365 days and counting - Robert - 1/20/2008 8:13:24 PM
  - Is it too early to start celebrating? - Eri - 1/20/2008 9:06:21 PM
- Can answer for the right wings but... - James Brown - 1/20/2008 8:08:42 PM
  - I think you aren't married. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/20/2008 8:40:15 PM
    - She puts up with me (don't know why) (n/t) - James Brown - 1/20/2008 8:55:59 PM
      - re: She puts up with me (don't know why) - alcaray - 1/21/2008 12:18:30 AM
        
        Well its true. - James Brown - 1/21/2008 2:09:22 AM

How ill U spend your Tax Rebate 2 Jump Start ECONOMY? - carl - 1/18/2008 5:36:14 PM
- re: I'll buy one of those Giant HDTV's (Made in China) - TAFKASE - 1/19/2008 2:37:30 AM
  - Just one problem with modern Keynesianism - TB - 1/19/2008 5:05:12 AM
- Dinner and a movie - Eri - 1/19/2008 1:56:33 AM
- How do you like the Democratic "stimulus plans?" (n/t) - TB - 1/18/2008 6:07:26 PM
  - Stimulate THIS... - carl - 1/18/2008 7:00:18 PM
    - You've noticed the parallels to 1992? - TB - 1/19/2008 12:33:07 AM
      - Is odd, isn't it? - Lee - 1/19/2008 1:46:38 AM
    - Don't look for Clinton to fix the problem - TAFKASE - 1/18/2008 7:28:43 PM
      - Hillary HOMEWRECKER? - carl - 1/18/2008 8:35:20 PM
        
        No. Just ECONOMY WRECKER - TAFKASE - 1/19/2008 2:34:54 AM
        
        Bush is the Economy Wrecker - Eri - 1/19/2008 6:10:31 PM
        
        You sure it's not the Democratic congress? ;) - TB - 1/19/2008 6:49:55 PM
        
        I don't buy it. - Lee - 1/22/2008 1:32:05 AM
        
        re: You sure it's not the Democratic congress? ;) - James Brown - 1/21/2008 10:41:59 PM
        
        I'm quite sure it's the President & his policies - Eri - 1/21/2008 9:50:06 PM
        
        More on recessions and recession myths - TB - 1/20/2008 2:34:54 AM

Socialist Paradise update - TB - 1/21/2008 4:40:08 AM
- How do US and more socialist 1st world countries compare in standard of living? - Bowser - 1/21/2008 4:34:14 PM
  - Short answer - TB - 1/21/2008 9:10:19 PM
    - In another 20 years, when the immigration balances do not look like they do today... - alcaray - 1/21/2008 10:08:13 PM
  - Long answer - TB - 1/21/2008 9:09:36 PM
    - Fer crissake! - Bowser - 1/21/2008 11:33:24 PM
      - If the more socialized economies are better for the Middle class... - TAFKASE - 1/22/2008 1:29:38 AM

Microsoft "spy" software patent. - TAFKASE - 1/16/2008 8:38:27 PM
- Hook it up to a device that delivers an electric shock and you've got something. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/17/2008 2:36:32 AM
- I knew Microsoft was Evit! (n/t) - Eri - 1/17/2008 1:59:49 AM
  - What would be *truly* evit... - McFly - 1/17/2008 2:42:58 PM
- Not the first, possibly not the worst - Robert - 1/17/2008 1:01:49 AM
  - Speaking of online project listings - Robert - 1/17/2008 7:07:56 PM
    - I'm in... - Lindy - 1/18/2008 12:33:23 AM
      - Not up to me, you need to respond to the ad - Robert - 1/18/2008 4:06:38 AM
        
        Sounds like a flake - Lindy - 1/18/2008 5:41:14 AM
  - Sounds like the Feds in Snowcrash, only taken further.... (n/t) - tony - 1/17/2008 5:53:00 PM
    - I wonder if that was the inspiration? - Robert - 1/17/2008 7:09:50 PM
      - Turn that around... - Fox - 1/17/2008 10:32:16 PM
        
        Oh I know - Robert - 1/18/2008 12:25:56 AM
        
        Utopians are boring - SDG - 1/18/2008 4:02:18 PM
        
        Apparently sci-fi readers agree - Robert - 1/18/2008 7:15:57 PM
        
        "Moon is a Harsh Mistress" - TB - 1/19/2008 1:40:27 AM
        
        re: Utopian SF - Fox - 1/19/2008 1:37:39 AM
        
        Oath of Fealty - REB - 1/21/2008 8:28:04 PM
        
        re: Utopian SF - Robert - 1/19/2008 3:12:14 AM
        
        Another aspect - Fox - 1/20/2008 4:49:02 PM
        
        Persistance of Vision - J. Varley. - podrock - 1/19/2008 2:58:07 AM
        
        I thought of Varley, too. - Fox - 1/19/2008 10:25:13 PM
        
        Varley - Robert - 1/19/2008 3:20:41 AM
        
        www.varley.net - podrock - 1/19/2008 4:36:08 AM
        
        ASAIK, me too. - podrock - 1/19/2008 4:04:47 AM
        
        Coincidently... - alcaray - 1/21/2008 3:07:20 AM
        
        Sometime after March 4th, 2008, I'll be reading... - podrock - 1/21/2008 4:07:33 AM
        
        What I meant was: "AFAIK". - podrock - 1/19/2008 4:14:52 AM
        
        The Time Machine - Tony - 1/18/2008 9:17:32 PM
        
        "other than that, Mrs. Lincoln..." - Robert - 1/18/2008 9:47:45 PM
        
        It was Utopic only on the surface :) (n/t) - SDG - 1/18/2008 10:02:15 PM
        
        Nah, the utopia was down under. - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/19/2008 4:55:52 AM
        
        What Fox said! (n/t) - Robert - 1/19/2008 2:55:47 AM
        
        ~groan~ (n/t) - Fox - 1/19/2008 12:59:56 AM
        
        How about STTNG? - SDG - 1/18/2008 8:13:55 PM
        
        Good question - Robert - 1/18/2008 9:29:10 PM
        
        Nice analysis (n/t) - Fox - 1/19/2008 1:04:49 AM
        
        I'm so vain... - Robert - 1/19/2008 2:55:04 AM
        
        I bet you thought this post was about you ;) (n/t) - Jody - 1/19/2008 3:46:30 PM
        
        :-) (n/t) - Robert - 1/19/2008 5:27:19 PM
  - I blame it all on "Human Resources". - TAFKASE - 1/17/2008 2:34:22 PM
    - re: I blame it all on "Human Resources". - Robert - 1/17/2008 4:55:05 PM
      - re: I blame it all on "Human Resources". - Lindy - 1/17/2008 5:32:29 PM
  - re: Not the first, possibly not the worst - TB - 1/17/2008 4:46:46 AM
    - re: Not the first, possibly not the worst - Robert - 1/17/2008 5:07:00 PM
      - re: Not the first, possibly not the worst - TB - 1/17/2008 7:27:42 PM
        
        The joys of synopticon living - Robert - 1/17/2008 10:37:27 PM
        
        "Your comments about surveillance societies and the attempt to blame them on Liberal values is a bit of a hoot" - Lindy - 1/18/2008 12:43:28 AM
        
        Called that one, didn't I? - Robert - 1/18/2008 5:28:59 AM
        
        And yet... - TB - 1/18/2008 5:54:40 AM
        
        He was wrong, but what the hell. (n/t) - TB - 1/18/2008 1:32:27 AM
        
        re: synopticon living - TB - 1/18/2008 12:30:24 AM
        
        "The 2007 International Privacy Ranking" - Robert - 1/18/2008 5:16:00 AM
        
        Well, I asked for it! - TB - 1/18/2008 5:48:35 AM
        
        And now you'll find a way to shunt it aside - Yeti - 1/18/2008 8:43:30 PM
        
        U.S. = Russia = Red China? - TB - 1/19/2008 12:59:24 AM
        
        The mote in your eye - Robert - 1/18/2008 7:58:58 PM
        
        You know, I must have made this point fifty times... - TB - 1/19/2008 12:45:31 AM
        
        quantity versus quality - Robert - 1/19/2008 5:51:31 PM
        
        Geez. - TB - 1/19/2008 8:00:10 PM
        
        abstractions - Robert - 1/20/2008 6:43:47 PM
        
        re: abstractions - TB - 1/20/2008 7:14:38 PM
        
        And let us not forget... - Robert - 1/18/2008 8:11:51 PM
        
        Okay, now that was just lame. - TB - 1/19/2008 12:46:54 AM
        
        Hmmm...I note a small blind spot. - TB - 1/18/2008 6:28:31 AM
        
        IRS - Yeti - 1/18/2008 8:45:49 PM
        
        Again... - TB - 1/19/2008 1:37:44 AM
        
        A veritable chasm... - Robert - 1/18/2008 4:52:54 AM
        
        re: A veritable chasm... - TB - 1/18/2008 6:10:17 AM
        
        Found it - Robert - 1/18/2008 7:38:06 PM
        
        Appreciate it! Thanks! (n/t) - TB - 1/19/2008 12:51:46 AM
  - Freekin BS - Lindy - 1/17/2008 4:11:50 AM
- Text of the application - TB - 1/17/2008 12:34:40 AM
  - Images require TIFF plug in. - RobVG - 1/17/2008 1:07:06 AM
- Big Brother wants to know if you are telling the truth! (n/t) - Watching you right now - 1/16/2008 9:20:14 PM
- There goes "fake it 'till yah make it". - RobVG - 1/16/2008 8:55:11 PM
  - Goin postal - Lindy - 1/17/2008 4:16:44 AM

Being disowned would be the least of my worries.... - ARRELL - 1/21/2008 9:06:55 AM

Iraq update - TB - 1/19/2008 6:38:04 AM
- How Many Al Qaeda? - James Brown - 1/20/2008 4:52:09 PM
  - re: How Many Al Qaeda? - TB - 1/20/2008 5:24:33 PM
    - re: How Many Al Qaeda? - James Brown - 1/20/2008 7:49:01 PM
      - "Still don't have an idea how many we are fighting..." - TB - 1/20/2008 10:11:00 PM

Bobby dead at 64 - FrankC - 1/19/2008 12:17:32 AM
- "Undisclosed serious illness" - Fox - 1/19/2008 12:50:37 AM
  - "kidney failure". - Bowser - 1/20/2008 1:15:54 AM

Another prediction/warning - Yeti - 1/18/2008 9:26:31 PM
- You may be correct...And we know how rare that is... - TAFKASE - 1/19/2008 2:33:12 AM
  - "Why are you forced forced to pay for PMI insurance when it doesn't insure you?". - Lindy - 1/19/2008 5:29:21 PM
    - My guess... The insurance company annuitizes it... - TAFKASE - 1/19/2008 11:48:34 PM

Go Huck! Go! - alcaray - 1/17/2008 11:57:16 PM
- Doesn't President Huckabee have a nice ring to it? - Jody - 1/19/2008 4:02:15 PM
  - I'd rather vote for Huckleberry Hound. - TB - 1/19/2008 4:25:05 PM
    - not only "could do" worse: have done (n/t) - Fox - 1/19/2008 8:14:23 PM
    - My Candidate for President - Jody - 1/19/2008 5:13:17 PM
- The Huckabee Diet - TB - 1/19/2008 6:18:59 AM
  - Hmmmm - Jody - 1/19/2008 3:53:41 PM
    - I'm huntin' wascally wabbits instead. - Jody - 1/19/2008 5:21:59 PM
- Here's why - Robert - 1/18/2008 12:31:22 AM
  - "Misquoting Jesus" - Bowser - 1/18/2008 2:26:52 AM
    - re: "Misquoting Jesus" - alcaray - 1/18/2008 3:37:39 AM
      - Fun, but doesn't account for translations, scribes, and personalities. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/18/2008 4:13:09 AM
        
        Then the translators, scribes, and personalities should beware. - alcaray - 1/18/2008 4:38:24 AM
        
        Aya...Praise God...and pass the ammunition... (n/t) - Jody - 1/19/2008 4:03:21 PM
        
        Damn straight! They're all dead, or will be. "Vengenance is mine, etc." (n/t) - Bowser - 1/18/2008 4:50:00 AM
        
        Recommended: "Asimov's Guide to the Bible" - TB - 1/18/2008 4:22:46 AM
        
        Sounds like a fun read. - Bowser - 1/18/2008 4:52:50 AM
        
        I don't know about "fun..." - TB - 1/18/2008 5:19:24 AM
        
        re: the science articles - Fox - 1/19/2008 12:57:01 AM
        
        re: the science articles - TB - 1/19/2008 1:28:14 AM
  - Very scary... - ARRELL - 1/18/2008 2:00:31 AM

Coming to an internet provider near you: Pay per packet... - TAFKASE - 1/17/2008 10:56:47 PM
- Or they could ... - James Brown - 1/19/2008 12:20:28 AM

Pure state-sponsored terrorism. - Bowser - 1/17/2008 9:43:12 PM
- LOL! - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/18/2008 7:43:02 PM
- "To know without the knowing"........ - Lindy - 1/18/2008 12:20:57 AM
  - This will be one of the reasons why remote engagement - Lindy - 1/18/2008 1:05:48 AM
    - You're almost as bad as Bowser. - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/18/2008 7:58:18 PM
- What happens before the air strikes - TB - 1/17/2008 10:32:23 PM

Anti-war groups redeploy - TB - 1/18/2008 6:53:42 AM
- re: Anti-war pic - Jack Herer - 1/18/2008 1:48:34 PM

"Dow down 300-plus after manufacturing report, bond insurer downgrades" - Bowser - 1/17/2008 9:35:52 PM
- Why Philadelphia? - TB - 1/17/2008 9:59:48 PM
  - More from the Fed - TB - 1/18/2008 4:28:02 AM

Romney beats McCain in Michigan - TB - 1/16/2008 5:02:37 AM
- The Republican smear campaigns multiply - Robert - 1/17/2008 3:08:17 AM
  - McCain - TB - 1/17/2008 4:00:35 AM
    - The RINO pathology - Robert - 1/17/2008 11:39:44 PM
      - You slid over the fifth paragraph. - TB - 1/18/2008 1:27:11 AM
        
        Errr, Lieberman is campaigning for a Republican. - alcaray - 1/18/2008 3:41:04 AM
- if Romney becomes the next president of the US, I am moving to Canada! (n/t) - DJL - 1/16/2008 10:08:27 PM
- Wide open until Feb. - carl - 1/16/2008 5:38:34 PM
  - I can't remember a time when we've had this much unity at this time of the season. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/17/2008 2:42:31 AM
  - Other than style points, you'd be hard pressed to find that much difference between the 3 Dems - tony - 1/16/2008 5:58:19 PM
- re: Romney beats McCain in Michigan - Yeti - 1/16/2008 1:58:57 PM
  - Dunno man. Paul has said some pretty stupid things. (n/t) - alcaray - 1/17/2008 2:38:09 AM
  - I think that nod should go to Huckabee (n/t) - Tony - 1/16/2008 5:20:42 PM
  - Really? Who told you that? (n/t) - TB - 1/16/2008 4:59:19 PM
    - re: Really? Who told you that?... Common sense and an ability to listen. - Yeti - 1/16/2008 8:41:16 PM
      - That's what I thought. - TB - 1/16/2008 11:49:45 PM
        
        Oh! Cute comeback in the title. Did you think of that all by yourself? - Yeti - 1/17/2008 1:03:11 AM
        
        As an aside... - TB - 1/17/2008 4:40:22 AM
        
        re: As an aside... - Yeti - 1/17/2008 6:07:30 AM
        
        re: comeback - TB - 1/17/2008 4:02:31 AM
        
        re: comeback - Yet - 1/17/2008 6:02:50 AM
        
        Character - TB - 1/17/2008 6:14:05 PM
        
        re: Character - Yeti - 1/17/2008 7:19:21 PM
        
        A couple of questions - TB - 1/17/2008 7:53:16 PM
        
        P.S. your definition of "morality" is still too narrow. - TB - 1/17/2008 7:57:55 PM
      - No no no no no - Tony - 1/16/2008 9:36:16 PM
        
        re: No no no no no - yeti - 1/16/2008 10:25:06 PM

Planned al Qaeda attack on Queen? - TB - 1/14/2008 10:13:35 PM
- That would have been devastating to the U.K. - Eri - 1/15/2008 4:19:50 AM
  - Considering what Britain has done to Islamic countries - - - - Bowser - 1/15/2008 5:41:08 AM
    - You're taking a turn for the worse. - Buck Galaxy - 1/15/2008 8:25:55 AM
      - Look to Iraq, Afghanistan, civilian casualties. - Bowser - 1/15/2008 4:55:25 PM
      - Buck, I gotta agree with you on this one - azstrummer - 1/15/2008 2:47:44 PM
        
        "irony is lost to disgust." - Lindy - 1/15/2008 4:51:10 PM
        
        They missed the point, Lindy. - Bowser - 1/15/2008 5:02:54 PM
        
        Your point was not lost with me, Bowser. - Jody - 1/16/2008 7:26:56 AM
        
        In otherwords, I see tolerance in your uncomfortable truth. (n/t) - Jody - 1/16/2008 1:28:00 PM
        
        Nicely said Jody - Lindy - 1/16/2008 3:23:56 PM
        
        Just goading the "linear" thinkers (n/t) - Lindy - 1/16/2008 11:51:21 PM

Clones ok'd as food in the USA. - TAFKASE - 1/15/2008 10:06:46 PM
- Y need FOOD? - carl - 1/16/2008 5:40:18 PM
- ... and who else remembers Chicken Little from "Stand on Zanzibar"? (n/t) - Fox - 1/16/2008 12:23:24 AM
  - I did the minute you mentioned it! - TB - 1/16/2008 4:40:56 AM
    - They're working on it. - RobVG - 1/16/2008 8:25:55 PM
- Finnally I can eat all I want without feeling guilty for the starving populations! (n/t) - Hungry - 1/15/2008 11:04:48 PM

American Sharia - James Brown - 1/15/2008 4:14:18 PM
- Don't think you're going to get a lot of argument on Huckabee around here. - TB - 1/15/2008 5:53:03 PM
  - A bit more... - TB - 1/16/2008 6:02:24 AM
  - All in favor gimme an AMEN! - Tony - 1/15/2008 8:42:02 PM
    - I would love Huck as the nominee. - alcaray - 1/15/2008 9:44:04 PM
      - re: religion based - Yeti - 1/16/2008 1:56:54 PM
    - PTL. - Bowser - 1/15/2008 9:43:05 PM

World economic freedom ratings - TB - 1/15/2008 11:18:37 PM

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