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United Nations Settled Science update - TB - 11/20/2007 6:05:32 PM
- Wow, we agree again - azstrummer - 11/20/2007 8:51:49 PM
  - The worldwide global warming crusade? - Lee - 11/21/2007 12:08:18 AM
    - Just go away - azstrummer - 11/21/2007 4:25:56 AM
  - Probably not a conspiracy. - Bowser - 11/20/2007 10:52:57 PM
    - Oh I agree. Best intentions are likely. - azstrummer - 11/20/2007 11:09:22 PM
      - re: Oh I agree. Best intentions are likely. - gbaikie - 11/21/2007 8:34:29 PM
  - re: Wow, we agree again - TB - 11/20/2007 9:29:17 PM

Update from Pakistan - TB - 11/21/2007 5:15:58 AM

'Baby Grace' soon be identified? - REB - 11/20/2007 6:50:39 PM
- There are some sick bastards out there. - TAFKASE - 11/20/2007 7:55:07 PM
  - Restraint of pen and tongue is a mighty high ideal. - Bowser - 11/20/2007 10:55:56 PM
    - Sometimes pain is too deep for words (n/t) - Eri - 11/21/2007 2:41:52 AM
    - Thanks...I guess... (n/t) - TAFKASE - 11/20/2007 11:21:10 PM

voter re-registration funnies - alcaray - 11/20/2007 10:18:47 PM
- ER, since this is your neck of the woods... - alcaray - 11/21/2007 1:11:10 AM
  - Not a peep. - ER - 11/21/2007 1:51:13 AM

Iraq "civil war" update - TB - 11/19/2007 4:24:12 PM
- Encouraging - Buck Galaxy - 11/19/2007 11:54:33 PM
  - Maybe an election is in order again pretty soon - TB - 11/20/2007 4:46:19 AM
    - re: Maybe an election is in order again pretty soon - Buck Galaxy - 11/20/2007 8:22:14 AM
      - You voting for McCain? - TB - 11/20/2007 4:26:03 PM
        
        McCain is Clinton Light - TAFKASE - 11/20/2007 8:06:36 PM
        
        No - Buck Galaxy - 11/20/2007 6:14:11 PM
        
        Didn't say anything about "traitors." - TB - 11/20/2007 7:05:15 PM
        
        McCain's "I Told You So" page - TB - 11/20/2007 5:48:59 PM
        
        And a commentary on it... - TB - 11/20/2007 6:01:22 PM
        
        Some self-commentary... - alcaray - 11/21/2007 1:43:31 AM
        
        Misconceptions - Buck Galaxy - 11/20/2007 6:34:20 PM
        
        re: Misconceptions - TB - 11/20/2007 7:02:53 PM
        
        What a load of __________ - Buck Galaxy - 11/20/2007 10:35:18 PM
        
        More on the Left's flailing - TB - 11/20/2007 7:15:09 PM
- A positive thing, particularly killing Al Quaeda - Eri - 11/19/2007 9:39:27 PM

From Today's Headlines - Eri - 11/18/2007 4:03:27 PM
- Damn link! - Eri - 11/18/2007 4:07:41 PM
  - Police searches - Lindy - 11/19/2007 4:31:58 PM
    - Up next: Little Johnie's freinds kill Little Johnie's parents... - TAFKASE - 11/19/2007 4:53:17 PM
      - re: Up next: - Andrew - 11/19/2007 9:01:57 PM
        
        I love guns and second hand smoke. - TAFKASE - 11/19/2007 9:35:48 PM
        
        Guns are OK, 2nd hand smoke isn't - Eri - 11/19/2007 9:53:21 PM
        
        gunsmoke gives me an asthma attack (n/t) - alcaray - 11/20/2007 5:56:38 AM
        
        You had the hots for Miss Kitty? :) (n/t) - Laurie Street - 11/20/2007 5:50:24 PM
        
        re: You had the hots for Miss Kitty? :) - alcaray - 11/21/2007 1:09:24 AM

Stem cell update - TB - 11/20/2007 5:01:13 PM
- What's crazy is - azstrummer - 11/20/2007 8:56:31 PM
  - Wedge issues - TB - 11/20/2007 9:38:16 PM
  - I kind of agree...Well, sort of. - TAFKASE - 11/20/2007 9:10:43 PM
    - Now we can argue whether or not organs should or should not be harvested from the condemed. - TAFKASE - 11/20/2007 9:12:01 PM
- GREAT NEWS! - TAFKASE - 11/20/2007 7:51:58 PM

Thousands protest US torture training - Eric - 11/19/2007 5:31:42 PM
- Breaking news: Kooks protest outside a US Military base (n/t) - SEN NEWS - 11/19/2007 8:37:49 PM
  - The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act - ds - 11/20/2007 8:38:52 PM
    - Don't blame me... - TAFKASE - 11/20/2007 8:53:50 PM

CNN Democratic debate--ringer update - TB - 11/19/2007 10:54:53 PM
- On the other hand... - TB - 11/19/2007 11:03:07 PM
  - Undecided Democrat Party activists - TAFKASE - 11/20/2007 8:02:14 PM
  - Not only that but... - Eri - 11/19/2007 11:43:27 PM

NATO in Afghanistan - TB - 11/19/2007 4:45:19 PM
- re: NATO in Afghanistan - Eri - 11/19/2007 9:34:59 PM
  - Again, it definitely depends on which countries we're talking about. (n/t) - TB - 11/19/2007 10:17:24 PM
    - I don't remember for sure - Eri - 11/19/2007 11:46:26 PM
      - Hmmmm - Eri - 11/20/2007 1:17:55 AM
        
        re: Hmmmm - Raoul - 11/20/2007 4:17:31 PM

"Money, not ideology, drives some Iraqi fighters" - Bowser - 11/20/2007 3:02:00 PM
- MSNBC's really having to scrape lately. - TB - 11/20/2007 4:12:47 PM

Iraq's political progress. - Bowser - 11/20/2007 3:48:21 AM

"Climate: In praise of scepticism" - Bowser - 11/19/2007 5:53:38 AM
- Skepticism - TB - 11/19/2007 6:50:54 AM
  - But what if you're wrong? - Eri - 11/19/2007 8:32:13 PM
  - But what if you're wrong? - Eri - 11/19/2007 8:31:36 PM
    - re: But what if you're wrong? - gbaikie - 11/20/2007 12:02:41 AM

A couple of pieces of possible good news from the Middle East - TB - 11/19/2007 3:04:59 AM
- They'd be wise to address production of non-gas-burning vehicle - Eri - 11/19/2007 9:48:21 PM
- re: A couple of pieces of possible good news from the Middle East - gbaikie - 11/19/2007 3:34:30 AM
  - Good point. (n/t) - Eri - 11/19/2007 11:47:30 PM

Little violence, but a lot of political turmoil - TB - 11/18/2007 8:21:20 AM
- 40 to 45 percent is "low turnout"? - Fox - 11/18/2007 11:56:54 PM
  - re: 40 to 45 percent is "low turnout"? - TB - 11/19/2007 2:31:05 AM
- Clinton bungled the Balkan situation. - Lee - 11/18/2007 8:32:27 PM
  - The heroic Serbs and Russians, trying to save us from ourselves! - alcaray - 11/19/2007 8:36:39 PM
    - Well it was a civil war. - Lee - 11/19/2007 9:37:01 PM
      - I did give that advice. I was wrong. - alcaray - 11/19/2007 10:03:27 PM
- Sounds familiar, except for the lack of violence. (n/t) - ER - 11/18/2007 12:35:48 PM

Saudi's get tough on crime - Buck Galaxy - 11/17/2007 10:02:08 PM
- Th problem... - TAFKASE - 11/19/2007 4:44:20 PM
  - re: Th problem... - Buck Galaxy - 11/19/2007 9:11:40 PM
- Thee are a lot of degenerate and corrupt cultures in the world... - ER - 11/18/2007 12:21:56 AM
  - cultural relativism - Buck Galaxy - 11/18/2007 9:16:38 AM
    - re: cultural relativism - ER - 11/18/2007 12:30:00 PM
      - We're on the same page - Buck Galaxy - 11/19/2007 4:04:30 AM
  - Heh, heh! (n/t) - Bowser - 11/18/2007 7:17:57 AM
- Personally...... - Lindy - 11/17/2007 11:21:44 PM
  - Lindy's right (n/t) - McFly - 11/18/2007 5:17:45 AM
- "When are these misogynistic societies going to be overthrown?" - TB - 11/17/2007 10:24:52 PM
  - re: "When are these misogynistic societies going to be overthrown?" - Buck Galaxy - 11/18/2007 9:50:57 AM
  - We should arm the women - Eri - 11/17/2007 11:10:25 PM
    - re: We should arm the women - gbaikie - 11/17/2007 11:55:28 PM

Venezuela update... - TB - 11/17/2007 1:24:34 AM
- re: Venezuela update... - TB - 11/19/2007 3:52:21 PM
  - re: Venezuela update... - Not the first time... - Marcia - 11/19/2007 8:44:16 PM
    - re: Venezuela update... - Sad part is, that TB's article may be right... - Marcia - 11/19/2007 8:47:38 PM
  - And Chevez wants OPEC to utilize it's cartel to become a geo-political powerhouse... - TAFKASE - 11/19/2007 4:08:49 PM
    - re: OPEC - TB - 11/19/2007 4:56:26 PM
      - We can dream of a breakthrough in alternative tech can't we. - TAFKASE - 11/19/2007 4:59:34 PM
- I say Go For It - James Brown - 11/17/2007 5:42:32 AM
  - I saw something over the weekend that Chavez wants to build a Venezualan Nuclear program. - TAFKASE - 11/19/2007 2:43:00 PM
    - The whole region is going nuclear!!! - Adam Bomber - 11/19/2007 4:34:37 PM
      - Tom's got it! Chavez doesn't want to be upstaged by Brazil's nuclear program. - Adam Bomber - 11/19/2007 4:37:49 PM
    - Chavez is sweating bullets over Brazil's oil finds (n/t) - TB - 11/19/2007 3:36:56 PM
      - re: Brazil Oil - TAFKASE - 11/19/2007 4:26:34 PM
      - I would think that the Amazon Delta would be a huge source of oil, natural gas, etc... - TAFKASE - 11/19/2007 4:01:41 PM
  - You really think this is about money? - TB - 11/17/2007 6:01:35 AM
    - re: You really think this is about money? - James Brown - 11/18/2007 1:35:38 AM
      - A bit more recent than 150 years - TB - 11/18/2007 7:41:42 AM
    - "Karmic payback" - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/18/2007 12:51:21 AM
      - So you're saying we deserved 9/11? - ER - 11/18/2007 1:58:53 AM
        
        re: So you're saying we deserved 9/11? - SDAI-Tech1 - 11/18/2007 2:38:58 AM

Dolly creator Prof Ian Wilmut shuns cloning - gbaikie - 11/18/2007 3:41:51 AM

California Green Innovation Index - TB - 11/17/2007 9:34:14 PM

Update on the Chinese economy - TB - 11/17/2007 8:14:45 PM

IPCC releases most recent report summary - TB - 11/17/2007 5:42:49 PM
- Another recommended IPCC document on energy supply - TB - 11/17/2007 6:45:56 PM

Bush to veto NASA funding - Buck Galaxy - 11/16/2007 8:41:50 AM
- Just my opinion, but... - TB - 11/17/2007 5:36:13 PM
- Cry me a river. - TB - 11/16/2007 5:20:54 PM
  - Man rating a rocket - Raoul - 11/16/2007 9:56:46 PM
    - re: Man rating a rocket - TB - 11/16/2007 10:54:59 PM
      - A dumb question - Buck Galaxy - 11/17/2007 8:32:06 AM
        
        Not dumb at all - TB - 11/17/2007 5:34:50 PM
- But he had no problem giving $470 billion to the DoD - New Age Vapors - 11/16/2007 2:08:02 PM
  - re: Also vetoed an NIH bill - andrew - 11/16/2007 6:11:44 PM
    - I sincerely hope - Socrates II - 11/16/2007 6:15:22 PM
      - Ditto! (n/t) - Eri - 11/16/2007 6:43:48 PM

MYSPACE /Millitary AIRSPACE - carl - 11/16/2007 3:13:14 PM
- re: MYSPACE /Millitary AIRSPACE - Jack Herer - 11/16/2007 6:58:04 PM
  - Weather Factor, toooo - carl - 11/17/2007 3:24:55 PM

Something to think about on energy use and prices - TB - 11/15/2007 5:52:25 AM
- Moved from Flame - ER - 11/16/2007 9:43:04 PM
  - Resources - TB - 11/16/2007 10:53:59 PM
    - re: Resources - ER - 11/16/2007 11:32:55 PM
      - re: Resources - TB - 11/17/2007 1:08:27 AM
        
        The choices seem pretty clear to me. - ER - 11/17/2007 1:52:31 AM
        
        I don't think you understand the situation. - TB - 11/17/2007 2:08:44 AM
        
        I don't think YOU understand the situation. - ER - 11/17/2007 2:42:56 AM
        
        You first. - TB - 11/17/2007 3:42:22 AM
        
        I don't think we'll get the chance to choose. - ER - 11/17/2007 4:31:54 AM
        
        re: I don't think we'll get the chance to choose. - TB - 11/17/2007 5:04:28 AM
- Bush KNOWS he Ain't getting in AGAIN - carl - 11/16/2007 3:14:59 PM
- re: Something to think about on energy use and prices - Doug Ellison - 11/16/2007 12:39:07 AM
  - Per capita? - TB - 11/16/2007 1:07:54 AM
    - If we could convince the Chinese and Indians to go back to a stone-age life style and stay that way.,. - Ima Conservative - 11/17/2007 1:03:19 AM
    - re: Per capita? - Doug Ellison - 11/16/2007 9:37:05 AM
      - Nothing like an Englishman telling the US to be ashamed of itself - Socrates II - 11/16/2007 8:17:54 PM
        
        That's old news. - TB - 11/16/2007 9:25:35 PM
      - Didn't notice any judging - McFly - 11/16/2007 8:05:19 PM
      - Uh...no. It didn't escape my notice. - TB - 11/16/2007 5:22:54 PM
        
        re: Uh...no. It didn't escape my notice. - Doug Ellison - 11/16/2007 6:15:44 PM
    - A bit more on China (and India) - TB - 11/16/2007 2:06:07 AM
      - One more article - TB - 11/16/2007 7:15:12 PM
- the only answer is to nationalize the Oil Companies. (n/t) - Ted Kennedy - 11/15/2007 2:44:46 PM
  - Actually... here is an interesting article that touches on the difference between a privately run Corporation and a Government run one. - TAFKASE - 11/15/2007 3:03:17 PM

Global Nuclear Energy Partnership - TB - 11/17/2007 2:11:23 AM

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