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I wonder if "Wide Stance & Toe Tappin'" Craig avoids a door sign. - Bowser - 10/4/2007 10:12:15 PM

Following the money and evidence trails in Iraq - TB - 10/4/2007 7:55:52 PM

President Ahmadinejad's speech to the United Nations General Assembly - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/30/2007 8:54:03 AM
- "Monotheism" - Donald - 9/30/2007 3:20:55 PM
  - Not exactly. - ER - 9/30/2007 5:31:20 PM
    - According to Muslims, the list of "divine prophets" includes Jusus. - alcaray - 10/1/2007 1:42:25 AM
      - Errr... make that "Jesus". (n/t) - alcaray - 10/1/2007 1:43:05 AM
        
        Actually, I kinda like "Jusus". - ER - 10/1/2007 2:20:23 AM
    - Generally good analysis but - Buck Galaxy - 9/30/2007 9:04:02 PM
      - Yep, the Trinity has always baffled me... - ER - 9/30/2007 10:04:00 PM
        
        Martyrs - Buck Galaxy - 10/1/2007 3:15:17 AM
        
        Think of it this way. - Lee - 10/1/2007 2:56:13 AM
        
        I don't know how to play video games. - ER - 10/1/2007 3:43:23 AM
        
        Even today there are thousands of cultures - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 10/2/2007 5:44:20 AM
        
        re: Even today there are thousands of cultures - ER - 10/2/2007 11:43:43 AM
        
        It's all about co-option. - TB - 10/2/2007 7:15:33 PM
        
        You're missing something. - TB - 10/1/2007 5:48:52 AM
        
        Nothing against video gaming. - ER - 10/1/2007 11:04:56 AM
        
        re: Nothing against video gaming. - gbaikie - 10/3/2007 9:04:38 AM
        
        Thanks, but it's not quite the same. - ER - 10/3/2007 12:22:19 PM
        
        Best explanation yet! - Buck Galaxy - 10/1/2007 3:17:16 AM
    - They would exterminate them - Eri - 9/30/2007 5:49:22 PM
      - Good argument for a first strike. - Lee - 10/1/2007 3:00:40 AM
        
        Yes, it is, unfortunately - Eri - 10/4/2007 12:34:03 AM
        
        The oil will be fine. - Lee - 10/4/2007 11:19:59 AM

Obama is desparate... - TAFKASE - 10/2/2007 3:09:58 PM
- Yeah...eliminating nuclear weapons...what is he, psycho? (n/t) - McFly - 10/2/2007 4:55:51 PM
  - So why don't other brilliant polico's do it? - TAFKASE - 10/2/2007 5:37:25 PM
    - Or other countries! - Raoul - 10/2/2007 6:00:16 PM
      - Isreal doesn't have nuclear weapons... - TAFKASE - 10/2/2007 6:30:51 PM
        
        Yes, they do. - TB - 10/2/2007 7:12:09 PM
        
        Good analogy - Eri - 10/3/2007 2:13:32 AM
        
        Too often.. - Raoul - 10/2/2007 8:17:54 PM
        
        No. We don't. - TB - 10/2/2007 10:18:00 PM
        
        Heh, heh. - Bowser - 10/2/2007 7:26:51 PM
        
        And if Israel scrapped its military, what would happen? - TB - 10/2/2007 10:16:20 PM
        
        re: The US is biased - Raoul - 10/3/2007 8:52:14 AM
        
        re: The US is biased towards democracies that share our ideals and goals. - Lee - 10/4/2007 11:16:57 AM
        
        rThere you do, painting with a broad brush again. - Eri - 10/3/2007 2:18:55 AM
        
        Look at my sentence again. - TB - 10/3/2007 2:38:21 AM
        
        There I go, assuming again - Eri - 10/4/2007 2:51:30 AM
        
        re: And if Israel scrapped its military, what would happen? - n/t in agreement. (n/t) - Marcia - 10/3/2007 1:28:35 AM
        
        Read objective histories of the area, up through the current time. - Bowser - 10/2/2007 11:12:00 PM
        
        Bowser, you're falling into the trap - azstrummer - 10/3/2007 9:50:14 PM
        
        re: Read objective histories of the area, up through the current time. - Hans - 10/3/2007 4:31:03 AM
        
        If Israel wanted the Palestinians exterminated - Eri - 10/3/2007 2:24:41 AM
        
        Wanna bet? (n/t) - Bowser - 10/3/2007 2:56:56 AM
        
        re: Wanna bet? - ahh, religious bigotry. I'm not betting, anyone can practice their religion freely in Israel. - Marcia - 10/3/2007 3:35:39 AM
        
        re: If Israel wanted the Palestinians exterminated. - Best, straight to the point comment. (n/t) - Marcia - 10/3/2007 2:46:04 AM
        
        re: Read objective histories of the area, up through the current time. - Marcia - 10/3/2007 12:06:33 AM
        
        "Objective histories." - TB - 10/2/2007 11:56:22 PM

"Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations" - Bowser - 10/4/2007 4:42:00 AM

Vetoed - McFly - 10/3/2007 4:14:00 PM
- another nail in the coffin of the republican party (n/t) - Eric - 10/3/2007 11:25:18 PM
- Just as well - Fox - 10/3/2007 5:22:11 PM
  - Ted Kennedy would never support it. (n/t) - Lee - 10/3/2007 8:46:53 PM
  - I think you're correct on the funding. - Bowser - 10/3/2007 5:46:35 PM
    - Thanks, and... - Fox - 10/4/2007 1:01:40 AM
      - The Democrats are counting on people not looking at the details. (n/t) - TB - 10/4/2007 1:22:12 AM
        
        This bill is heavily backed by Republicans, too - Eri - 10/4/2007 2:49:22 AM
        
        re: This bill is heavily backed by Republicans, too - TB - 10/4/2007 3:13:45 AM
        
        P.S. - TB - 10/4/2007 1:27:30 AM

White House defends killing for sport. - Bowser - 10/3/2007 11:39:44 PM
- re: White House defends killing for sport. - Lindy - 10/4/2007 1:31:37 AM
- re: Killing - TB - 10/4/2007 1:11:53 AM
  - Trying one last time. - Bowser - 10/4/2007 2:23:43 AM
    - re: Trying one last time. - TB - 10/4/2007 3:12:16 AM
  - "You see, the enemy doesn't wear a uniform either..." - Lindy - 10/4/2007 1:34:31 AM
- OK, the subject line is over the top. - Bowser - 10/4/2007 12:05:48 AM

LA, like San Fran, does it's North Korea imitation. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/1/2007 2:30:10 AM
- You don't appreciate dark skies? (n/t) - Raoul - 10/1/2007 8:07:56 AM
  - If I thought such an effort would make stars visible... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/1/2007 10:44:11 PM
    - Accuracy patrol. - alcaray - 10/2/2007 8:03:22 PM
      - Hyperbole...Hy-Per-Bo-Le - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/2/2007 11:35:16 PM
        
        Your memories are full of hyperbole too (if that's your word for BS): - alcaray - 10/3/2007 6:04:17 AM
        
        No... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/3/2007 11:41:26 PM
        
        I must admit I have no direct knowledge of Long Beach. I thought we were talking about LA. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/4/2007 1:37:01 AM
        
        It's a big county ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/4/2007 2:53:57 AM
    - If you can see the North Star, the sky's not too bad. - ER - 10/2/2007 2:26:21 AM
- I've got a better idea. - ER - 10/1/2007 3:08:17 AM
  - Who gets to pick the "unnecessary" ones? (n/t) - TB - 10/1/2007 5:46:58 AM
    - Lighten up, TB. I was making a joke. - ER - 10/1/2007 10:59:38 AM
      - re: I was making a joke. - TB - 10/1/2007 4:45:34 PM

Israel asks U.S. foreign aid be paid in EUROS!! - Eric - 9/23/2007 6:34:34 PM
- re: Israel asks U.S. foreign aid be paid in EUROS!! - TC - 10/3/2007 8:56:20 PM
- Currency fluctuations - Buck Galaxy - 9/23/2007 11:58:49 PM
- And Egypt asked the same but was not granted it? - Raoul - 9/23/2007 7:35:21 PM
  - Why are Israel and Egypt receiving aid from the U.S. ? (n/t) - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/23/2007 7:49:37 PM

North Korea update - TB - 10/3/2007 6:32:23 AM

Does it make sense to ask Communisit China to make Burma's brutal military government behave? - Jacob Samorodin - 9/29/2007 5:10:25 PM
- What's the downside? (n/t) - alcaray - 9/30/2007 10:49:10 PM
  - China giving them a pat on the back. (n/t) - Lee - 10/1/2007 12:23:16 AM
    - Huh? Asking China to lean on them will cause China to praise them? - alcaray - 10/1/2007 1:45:13 AM
      - Tiananmen Square - Lee - 10/1/2007 3:08:15 AM
        
        Do you understand the single sentence in Jake's subject? - alcaray - 10/1/2007 4:26:18 AM
        
        Put it this way. - Lee - 10/1/2007 11:15:30 AM
        
        Put it the way it was: what's the downside to asking? (n/t) - alcaray - 10/1/2007 9:32:59 PM
        
        What's the point? - Lee - 10/2/2007 12:18:19 AM
        
        You are one of those wussies who are afraid to ask for a promotion, aren't you/ (n/t) - alcaray - 10/2/2007 2:40:52 AM
        
        And you're one of the idiots who appoints Libya to the UN Human Rights Commission. - Lee - 10/2/2007 9:29:52 PM
        
        There's a clear downside. And the two cases are not comparable. - alcaray - 10/3/2007 6:05:43 AM
- Think: OLYMPIC GAMES, think: DARFOUR - Raoul - 9/30/2007 7:34:49 AM
- As much sense as asking Syria and Iran to help Iraqi become a democracy (n/t) - TB - 9/29/2007 6:27:11 PM
  - What Syria and Iran want is stability in Iraq - Raoul - 9/30/2007 7:38:25 AM
    - No, what they want is a piece of the pie. - Lee - 10/1/2007 12:27:23 AM
    - People keep saying that like it's a fact. - TB - 9/30/2007 4:11:30 PM
      - It's that way because... - Raoul - 9/30/2007 5:00:35 PM
        
        Proof - TB - 9/30/2007 7:28:46 PM
        
        Blaming governments for terrorist acts is unproductive - Raoul - 9/30/2007 8:14:32 PM
  - Any country which supports Musharraf is capable of anything. - Bowser - 9/30/2007 12:18:48 AM
    - And your alternative? - TB - 9/30/2007 12:44:12 AM
      - Easy. - Bowser - 9/30/2007 2:01:47 AM
        
        You've missed one small detail. - TB - 9/30/2007 2:25:08 AM
        
        You missed a big detail. - Bowser - 9/30/2007 2:45:01 AM
        
        The demolition requirement is too much work. - TB - 9/30/2007 3:38:28 AM
        
        Bowser doesn't care. - Lee - 9/30/2007 3:47:01 AM
        
        Oh Lee....you could not be further from the truth. - Jody - 10/2/2007 7:17:16 PM
        
        I base truth on reality. - Lee - 10/2/2007 9:32:29 PM
        
        You might want to rephrase that. - TB - 9/30/2007 5:30:18 AM

Hersh on impending Bush, Cheney attack on Iran. - Bowser - 10/1/2007 5:27:57 PM
- "Not on my watch." - ER - 10/2/2007 3:14:25 PM
  - re: "Not on my watch." - TB - 10/3/2007 1:40:42 AM
- re: Hersh on impending Bush, Cheney attack on Iran. - TB - 10/1/2007 6:34:34 PM
  - So all the Bush bluster - - - - Bowser - 10/1/2007 7:56:24 PM
    - It isn't the U.S. Iran is worried about. - TB - 10/1/2007 8:03:34 PM
      - Puh-leeeeze! - Bowser - 10/2/2007 12:34:48 AM
        
        I was fairly precise in my wording. - TB - 10/2/2007 1:01:51 AM

Bush is now tasked with the appointment of 2 democrats to head-up the SEC - TAFKASE - 10/2/2007 9:15:41 PM

And this is astonishing - "Stocks surge as investors bet on rate cut" - Bowser - 10/1/2007 6:11:22 PM
- Weak dollar = Greater future exports - TAFKASE - 10/2/2007 3:20:43 PM
  - re: Weak dollar = Greater future exports - TAFKASE - 10/2/2007 3:21:55 PM
- "I truly don't know." Join the club. - TB - 10/1/2007 6:52:29 PM
  - re: "I truly don't know." Join the club. - Buck Galaxy - 10/2/2007 4:41:29 AM
    - re: Join the club. - TB - 10/2/2007 4:48:46 AM
  - A perspective - "The Crash is a Good Thing?" - Bowser - 10/2/2007 1:15:17 AM
  - Overinflated stocks - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/2/2007 12:29:47 AM
  - Once a Ponzi time - ER - 10/2/2007 12:02:06 AM
  - Computerized STOCK TRADING - carl - 10/1/2007 8:09:29 PM
    - We are in a recession. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/2/2007 12:35:48 AM
      - Take my word for it, Techmeister. - ER - 10/2/2007 2:07:27 AM
        
        Nah... - TAFKASE - 10/2/2007 3:27:56 PM
        
        re: Nah... - TAFKASE - 10/2/2007 3:30:23 PM
        
        It's all Clinton's fault. (n/t) - ER - 10/2/2007 5:03:40 PM
        
        No... Reagan started the Globalization plan. - TAFKASE - 10/2/2007 5:41:26 PM

Any confirmation or denial of this? - ER - 10/2/2007 2:47:46 AM
- re: Any confirmation or denial of this? - Bowser - 10/2/2007 3:21:54 AM
  - re: Any confirmation or denial of this? - Jacob Samorodin - 10/2/2007 5:14:09 PM

Christian Conservatives Consider Third-Party Effort - Bowser - 10/1/2007 1:47:39 AM
- I pray to god they do it! ;-) (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 10/1/2007 3:19:06 AM
  - If there is a god, they will. (n/t) - ER - 10/1/2007 9:55:39 PM

"Deaths among U.S. forces, Iraqi civilians drop" - Bowser - 10/1/2007 6:06:35 PM
- Spin away... - TB - 10/1/2007 6:44:21 PM
  - What's educational is to see how long it's going to take for the troops to get out of there unless - Raoul - 10/1/2007 9:11:26 PM
  - "You can bet they will be praying for a disaster in Iraq - - - " - Bowser - 10/1/2007 7:58:53 PM

Unintended consequences - Iraq destroyed as a nation. - Bowser - 9/30/2007 8:18:30 PM
- Funny, those don't look like Flintstone cars on Iraq's roads. (n/t) - Lee - 10/1/2007 12:21:55 AM
- "2 million" - TB - 9/30/2007 8:44:10 PM
  - Vast majority are post 2003 - dtb - 9/30/2007 9:24:22 PM
    - re: Vast majority are post 2003 - TB - 9/30/2007 10:17:19 PM
      - Obtuse. Now, how is Bush going to rebuild the country without these folks? - Bowser - 10/1/2007 12:20:18 AM
        
        They'll come back. - TB - 10/1/2007 1:00:39 AM
        
        Precisely. - Bowser - 10/1/2007 2:05:43 AM

Some smokers are more equal than others. - TB - 9/28/2007 12:28:57 AM
- Smokers, Arise! Become Moslem! - Eri - 9/28/2007 1:44:20 PM
  - Hooka's - Lindy - 9/28/2007 5:17:34 PM
    - Do Hooka's server Swiss Tea? - Eric - 9/28/2007 10:33:26 PM
      - Whatever happened to good old brownies? (n/t) - Bobby Crocker - 9/28/2007 10:35:36 PM
        
        Tom ate them all...there are none left ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/28/2007 11:12:36 PM
        
        Next day it was the Girl Scouts, with fava beans and a nice chianti... - TB - 9/29/2007 2:01:53 AM
        
        re: Next day it was the Girl Scouts, with fava beans and a nice chianti... - Eri - 9/29/2007 2:23:27 PM
        
        My fava bean is Columbian... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/29/2007 2:05:41 AM
- Pass the pipe around.... - Jody - 9/28/2007 4:41:43 AM
  - Quit Bogarting the doob willya! (n/t) - RNE - 9/29/2007 2:36:08 AM
  - the strummer in you? - azSTRUMMER - 9/28/2007 8:47:09 PM
    - Why is that Art? - Jody - 10/1/2007 1:55:00 AM
  - Roll me a joint, woman. (n/t) - ER - 9/28/2007 4:29:36 PM
    - ;) (n/t) - J - 9/28/2007 5:58:41 PM

Two senior al Qaeda leaders in Iraq killed this past month - TB - 9/29/2007 7:52:32 PM

First U.S. nuclear reactor application submitted since 1978 - TB - 9/27/2007 10:58:05 PM
- My only concern - Eri - 9/28/2007 1:50:14 PM
  - re: My only concern - TB - 9/28/2007 5:05:53 PM
    - OTOH - Eri - 9/29/2007 2:25:57 PM
- Another commentary on the possible nuclear renaissance. - TB - 9/28/2007 12:23:52 AM
- It's not just coal or nuclear. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/27/2007 11:52:53 PM
  - Alternatives - TB - 9/28/2007 12:04:39 AM

"My Dinner with Ahmadinejad" - TB - 9/28/2007 4:11:07 AM
- So the guy's a politician. What's your point? - azstrummer - 9/28/2007 8:31:59 PM
- This is worse... - TB - 9/28/2007 5:28:24 PM
  - So let me get this straight - azstrummer - 9/28/2007 8:44:35 PM
  - There is way, way too much propaganda. - Bowser - 9/28/2007 7:27:42 PM
    - Does this answer your question from Flame, alcaray? - Lee - 9/28/2007 9:42:06 PM
    - Take it up with Human Rights Watch, among many others. (n/t) - TB - 9/28/2007 7:34:26 PM
      - Tom, the king of the drive by revelation - azstrummer - 9/29/2007 4:40:28 AM

CFCs and the ozone hole. Oops? - TB - 9/27/2007 10:45:50 PM
- Never ask a chemist to do a physicists job. ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/28/2007 4:23:39 AM
- And 40% is in man's control. What's the issue? (n/t) - Bowser - 9/28/2007 2:33:55 AM
- Going off half-cocked again? - Robert - 9/28/2007 1:30:31 AM
  - re: Going off half-cocked again? - Lindy - 9/28/2007 3:48:51 AM
    - the full moon monty - Robert - 9/28/2007 4:31:53 AM
      - re: the full moon monty - Lindy - 9/28/2007 4:44:30 AM
  - The article cost me thirty bucks. - TB - 9/28/2007 2:27:25 AM
    - re: The article cost me thirty bucks. - Robert - 9/28/2007 3:31:14 AM
      - re: The article cost me thirty bucks. - TB - 9/28/2007 5:19:59 AM
        
        Oh great - Robert - 9/28/2007 5:36:37 AM
        
        Some excerpts - TB - 9/28/2007 4:37:34 PM
        
        Damn. How typical. - TB - 9/28/2007 5:02:18 PM
        
        Things found along the way... - TB - 9/28/2007 4:44:46 PM
        
        Thanks - Robert - 9/28/2007 7:18:21 PM
      - Tell ya what... - TB - 9/28/2007 5:05:09 AM
- You can barely contain your glee, can you? - ER - 9/28/2007 12:39:44 AM
  - re: You can barely contain your glee, can you? - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/28/2007 3:59:23 AM
    - PS.... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/28/2007 4:35:27 AM
      - re: PS....Do not underestimate the power in the nucleus. - Johannes - 9/28/2007 6:09:49 PM
        
        (said while holding hand in a "pinch" motion, and breathing heavily...) (n/t) - TB - 9/28/2007 11:16:11 PM
        
        It took me awhile to get that one... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/29/2007 2:51:21 AM
        
        I think you're working too hard on your theory. - TB - 9/29/2007 2:57:24 AM
  - ER........... - Lindy (Knob Creek girl) - 9/28/2007 3:55:09 AM
    - In case you're wondering...... - Lindy (liquid wisdom) - 9/28/2007 3:58:10 AM
      - LOL.... - Jody - 9/28/2007 12:48:58 PM
        
        "hide the computer from me while I am under the influence" - Lindy - 9/28/2007 5:32:51 PM
      - Talking about barely being able to contain your glee... ;) (n/t) - TB - 9/28/2007 5:12:35 AM
  - It isn't glee - TB - 9/28/2007 2:13:43 AM
    - So let me see if I have this straight... - ER - 9/28/2007 2:58:53 AM
      - Turn it around... - TB - 9/28/2007 5:10:41 AM
        
        re: Turn it around... - ER - 9/28/2007 10:55:18 AM
        
        "This discussion has nothing to do with the science" - TB - 9/28/2007 4:39:15 PM
        
        re: Turn it around... - McFly - 9/28/2007 2:00:49 PM
        
        re: Turn it around... - ER - 9/28/2007 2:41:55 PM
        
        You need to realize... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/28/2007 10:58:25 PM
        
        Dialectic Dude Demolishes Dueling Dogmas - ER - 9/28/2007 11:29:53 PM
    - Sure sounds like glee to me, - ER - 9/28/2007 2:18:44 AM
      - "If the science holds up." - TB - 9/28/2007 2:39:59 AM
        
        I thought it was temperature related - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/28/2007 2:54:06 AM
        
        Increased sunblock?? - Lindy (global warming's gonna get us all - 9/28/2007 4:03:07 AM

Instead of sending HUMANS to Mars 11 times, the USA sent them on a Mission to Iraq - E.P. - 9/28/2007 7:58:04 PM
- re: Instead of sending HUMANS to Mars 11 times, - Well... - Marcia - 9/29/2007 2:07:25 AM
- Yeah, right. - TB - 9/28/2007 10:31:04 PM
  - That $ was in your and my pockets - Eri - 9/29/2007 1:24:33 AM
- The GOP traded principle for power and ended up with neither. (n/t) - Eric - 9/28/2007 10:17:33 PM
- Message moved from space (politics more than science) (n/t) - Raoul moderating - 9/28/2007 9:26:07 PM

Afghanistan update - TB - 9/26/2007 11:31:36 PM
- You're right, it's very, very grim. - Bowser - 9/27/2007 12:37:12 AM
  - re: You're right, it's very, very grim.- You know what reality is... - Marcia - 9/29/2007 2:04:13 AM
  - It was interesting the way the writer worked that, wasn't it? - TB - 9/27/2007 12:56:23 AM
    - "What WOULD you do differently?" - Bowser - 9/27/2007 1:17:51 AM
      - Nice try. - TB - 9/27/2007 1:22:10 AM
        
        Your implication is that this is the best that could have been done? - Bowser - 9/27/2007 1:31:19 AM
        
        LOL! - TB - 9/27/2007 1:58:05 AM
        
        Candide Conservative - OBL forced us to lose these wars. - Bowser - 9/27/2007 2:35:39 AM
        
        You're side's got nothing to deal with this. For thirty years it never has. (n/t) - TB - 9/27/2007 5:03:06 AM
        
        "Your." - TB - 9/27/2007 6:05:11 AM
        
        What? The reality is that we are in total agreement. - Bowser - 9/27/2007 3:40:03 PM
        
        No. - TB - 9/27/2007 5:21:52 PM
        
        Well... - Jody - 9/28/2007 1:24:21 PM
        
        hah! Been there done that!;) (n/t) - Jody - 9/27/2007 1:34:13 PM
        
        I never would have caught it if you hadn't brought it up. (n/t) - ER - 9/27/2007 11:21:21 AM
        
        I'm a writer. I'm fussy about that sort of thing. - TB - 9/27/2007 5:23:16 PM

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