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Not political, but a current event. OJ Simson is busted again. YESSSSS!!! - Jacob Samorodin - 9/16/2007 10:32:12 PM
- re: Not political, but a current event. OJ Simson is busted again. YESSSSS!!! - quintin - 9/29/2007 12:01:50 AM
- It's sad when a poster has to preface a legit news item on CE with the label "Not Political". (n/t) - ER - 9/18/2007 3:33:33 PM
  - Sorry! (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/18/2007 4:21:56 PM
    - I wasn't slamming your post. - ER - 9/18/2007 9:09:38 PM
- And who were the two other guys helping him? - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/16/2007 11:35:29 PM
  - AUDIO of Raid on TMZ - carl - 9/17/2007 9:21:52 PM
- I still mute the radio the second anybody mentions OJ. (n/t) - TB - 9/16/2007 10:49:55 PM

Unconfirmed Bush solution to global warming. - Bowser - 9/27/2007 11:08:05 PM
- barf (n/t) - Eri - 9/28/2007 1:45:32 PM
- Unfortunately our leadership is neither our best or our brightest - Eric - 9/28/2007 9:34:25 AM

Chip Illegal ALIENS.from the mouth of BABES - carl - 9/27/2007 6:24:48 PM
- Why bother? - Lee - 9/28/2007 1:54:31 AM

Not just a huge solar flare....but - Raoul - 9/27/2007 8:46:29 PM

Early returns on Ahmadinejad - TB - 9/24/2007 7:27:04 PM
- I heard last night - azstrummer - 9/26/2007 3:42:34 PM
  - re: I heard last night - TB - 9/26/2007 6:12:38 PM
    - War and shouting - Raoul - 9/27/2007 5:52:19 PM
    - re: I heard last night - azstrummer - 9/26/2007 9:28:11 PM
      - re: I heard last night - TB - 9/26/2007 9:57:16 PM
        
        re: I heard last night - azstrummer - 9/26/2007 11:33:18 PM
    - "Down with [insert name]" - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/26/2007 7:00:31 PM
      - The word in the Arabic script is "death." - TB - 9/26/2007 7:05:34 PM
        
        How did you translate it? (n/t) - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/26/2007 7:10:40 PM
        
        Translation - TB - 9/26/2007 7:29:04 PM
        
        Arabic is not the dominant language in Iran - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/26/2007 7:52:45 PM
        
        I know that. - TB - 9/26/2007 9:10:03 PM
        
        Honestly I can't tell - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/26/2007 11:04:28 PM
  - I've heard the same (n/t) - McFly - 9/26/2007 5:09:27 PM
- Wasn't there for the event - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/25/2007 9:29:52 PM
  - Transcript of the Debate - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/26/2007 1:10:31 AM
    - The Bible - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/26/2007 2:58:46 AM
      - I have more questions about US foreign policy - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/26/2007 11:26:09 AM
- A remarkable opportunity... - Donald - 9/25/2007 5:33:32 AM
  - Columbia fed a monster. - Lee - 9/25/2007 8:54:57 PM
- Is this guy worse than the Shah? - Bowser - 9/24/2007 10:06:38 PM
  - Bowser, you are an idiot. - Lee - 9/24/2007 10:35:10 PM
    - Is this guy worse than the Shah? (n/t) - Bowser - 9/25/2007 6:12:08 PM
      - Let me see!...A guy who wants to wipe out the Jewish population of Israel....The Shah had no such desire. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 9/26/2007 5:35:55 PM
      - Not an unreasonable question by any stretch, imho (n/t) - McFly - 9/26/2007 5:06:03 PM
      - The Shah didn't preach global jihad. - Lee - 9/25/2007 9:10:57 PM
    - re: Bowser, you are an idiot. - And I'm a Moderate - 9/25/2007 1:34:37 AM
    - Who supplied the gas Iraq used on Iran? - Bowser - 9/25/2007 12:21:59 AM
      - Not the United States. - TB - 9/25/2007 5:31:53 AM
      - Iraq supplied its own gas. - Lee - 9/25/2007 1:48:18 AM
        
        You and Tom had a completely different view of dual-use chemicals when you justified an invasion of Iraq. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/26/2007 7:11:33 PM
        
        Are you aware of where this puts you? - TB - 9/26/2007 7:31:50 PM
        
        Err... it puts me pointing out hypocrisy? - alcaray - 9/26/2007 10:21:06 PM
- And a positive review on Bollinger - TB - 9/24/2007 9:50:39 PM
- Ahmadinejad has lots of guts! - Raoul - 9/24/2007 8:44:20 PM
  - The difference is that Bush would probably be killed. - TB - 9/24/2007 9:49:37 PM
    - Iran used to be a democracy. What do you suppose happened? - Bowser - 9/25/2007 1:17:39 AM
      - There's only one democratic nation in the Middle-East; guess which one? - Jacob Samorodin - 9/26/2007 5:32:25 PM
      - And tell me, what's preventing it from being a democracy now? - TB - 9/25/2007 5:34:36 AM
        
        As you may have noticed to what happens to a society under stress. - Bowser - 9/25/2007 6:20:10 PM
        
        Amazing. - TB - 9/25/2007 6:30:50 PM
        
        Still, if we grant your "stressed nation" theory... - TB - 9/25/2007 6:37:10 PM
  - Or NO BRAiNS!!!!! - carl - 9/24/2007 8:54:35 PM

Defense Secretary Gates will make appeal for $190 billion, a third more - Bowser - 9/26/2007 3:55:27 PM
- Those quotes were painful to read - Lindy - 9/26/2007 5:36:36 PM
  - This quagmire gets more and more expensive with less and less to show. - Bowser - 9/26/2007 10:35:25 PM

UAW strike over. - TB - 9/26/2007 10:06:34 PM

Dems start to implode early. - Bowser - 9/25/2007 10:25:27 PM
- Well, given how completely the Republicans have written off the Hispanic vote - z - 9/26/2007 2:49:26 AM
  - So not kowtowing to the illegal lobby is a bad thing? - Lee - 9/26/2007 5:44:55 AM

Meanwhile, "Musharraf details election terms" - Bowser - 9/26/2007 3:34:39 AM

On the frontline in Afghanistan - new Brit offensive. - Bowser - 9/26/2007 3:26:58 AM

General MOTORS Workers STRIKE! - carl - 9/24/2007 9:05:16 PM
- A plausible explanation. - Bowser - 9/25/2007 1:57:54 AM
  - Interesting you mention 3rd world countries - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/25/2007 2:39:18 AM
- The bad news - Eri - 9/25/2007 1:23:56 AM
  - The company would be nutz to give them top-flight Healthcare. - TAFKASE - 9/25/2007 3:00:39 PM
    - And they make a damn lot of money! - Eri - 9/25/2007 11:50:17 PM

What Defines a Killing as Sectarian? - Jody - 9/25/2007 1:15:45 PM
- A loyal Iraqi perhaps?? (n/t) - Confused - 9/25/2007 9:43:06 PM
- Very strange. - Bowser - 9/25/2007 4:10:52 PM
  - Vietnam had it's body counts... - ER - 9/25/2007 5:19:24 PM
    - Body counts, public and private. - Bowser - 9/25/2007 6:11:34 PM

Baghdad diary: Veneer of security - Bowser - 9/25/2007 8:45:51 PM

"A Bush family friend may be undermining Iraqi peace." - Bowser - 9/24/2007 3:24:28 PM
- re: "A Bush family friend" - TB - 9/24/2007 5:51:28 PM
  - By the numbers. - Bowser - 9/25/2007 12:34:06 AM
    - Let's see what happens then. - TB - 9/25/2007 5:39:18 AM
    - Hey! Iraq is a free country now.... - Lindy - 9/25/2007 1:54:40 AM
  - "Is that pretty much it? " - Lindy (being nice) - 9/24/2007 9:05:45 PM
    - Lindy... - TB - 9/24/2007 9:53:30 PM

Who is America going to war with next? - Jacob Samorodin - 9/24/2007 7:19:35 PM
- China, end of 2008 - Lindy - 9/24/2007 9:02:39 PM
  - Economic SUICIDE - carl - 9/24/2007 9:06:25 PM
- ITSELF? - carl - 9/24/2007 7:34:30 PM

As Clinton moves toward the middle, Rs have to shift to the right. - Bowser - 9/23/2007 2:51:06 PM
- Could Hillary become the first Clinton to be an American VP in 200 years? - Jacob Samorodin - 9/23/2007 7:53:08 PM
- Heh. - TB - 9/23/2007 5:05:07 PM
  - The DNC learned that lesson well. - Lee - 9/23/2007 5:15:22 PM
    - re: The DNC and Hillary - TB - 9/23/2007 5:27:35 PM
- The NRA is about as Middle America as it comes. - Lee - 9/23/2007 3:36:36 PM
  - Oh yeah, the NRA are "centrists" not right wingers - Buck Galaxy - 9/23/2007 4:12:28 PM
    - The NRA can't afford to approach the problem lightly. - RobVG - 9/23/2007 5:12:09 PM
    - Then why doesn't he carry that liberal NYC message to the rest of the country? - Lee - 9/23/2007 5:02:23 PM
      - "I prefer to vote for MEN with conviction and backbone." -Lee - Buck Galaxy - 9/24/2007 3:38:40 AM
        
        Not really - Lee - 9/24/2007 11:36:18 AM
- The NRA is about as Middle America as it comes. - Lee - 9/23/2007 3:35:20 PM

Hillary update - TB - 9/24/2007 12:45:45 AM
- Heh, heh. As noted, she's moving toward the center. - Bowser - 9/24/2007 1:20:34 AM
  - So, who's running for the Greens next year? (n/t) - TB - 9/24/2007 1:30:24 AM
    - Whoever the Rs can best fund, of course. - Bowser - 9/24/2007 1:36:49 AM
      - re: Whoever the Rs can best fund, of course. - TB - 9/24/2007 1:47:03 AM
        
        Obama as an Independent, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, etc. - Bowser - 9/24/2007 2:20:06 AM
        
        Didn't penetrate at all, did it? - TB - 9/24/2007 4:18:20 AM
        
        Swift Boat vets, Willy Horton, etc. - Bowser - 9/24/2007 4:39:52 AM

A silent tribute to the greatest pantomime: Marcel Marceau. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/23/2007 7:44:22 PM
- Outstanding! (n/t) - Jody - 9/24/2007 3:36:53 AM

Oil Depletion - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/24/2007 2:41:35 AM
- It's like standing beside a jet engine that just ran out of lubricant. - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/24/2007 2:45:02 AM

U.N. to head back to Iraq. - TB - 9/24/2007 12:21:53 AM

British video of what could be an Osprey operation. - Bowser - 9/23/2007 9:06:37 PM
- One big difference - TB - 9/23/2007 9:56:58 PM
  - How much good does that do in the danger zone? - Bowser - 9/23/2007 11:06:57 PM
    - re: How much good does that do in the danger zone? - TB - 9/23/2007 11:33:08 PM

Castro update - TB - 9/22/2007 11:48:18 PM
- Forget Castro, it's Chavez whose more dangerous. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/23/2007 8:07:17 PM
- I'm sure Bin ladin realizes that. - ER - 9/23/2007 1:04:38 AM
  - Bin Ladin - Eri - 9/23/2007 3:40:20 AM

Warning: Disturbing images! - Buck Galaxy - 9/23/2007 4:30:11 PM
- At least nobody is going to be fooled! (n/t) - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/23/2007 8:00:26 PM
- Can't we all just "move on?" ;) - TB - 9/23/2007 6:38:26 PM
- Damn disturbing! - Eri - 9/23/2007 5:54:30 PM

An interesting vote coming up in Ontario - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/23/2007 7:07:59 AM
- Does it matter? - ER - 9/23/2007 3:54:26 PM
  - I still like my "draft" idea. - TB - 9/23/2007 5:33:10 PM
    - I think we definitely could do worse than what we have now - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/23/2007 6:28:19 PM
      - re: worse - TB - 9/23/2007 6:46:52 PM
    - That's how the democratic government of ancient Athens did it. - ER - 9/23/2007 6:06:57 PM
      - Thanks! Didn't know that. - TB - 9/23/2007 6:51:26 PM
- The date is October 10th, 2007 - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/23/2007 7:49:17 AM

Oh Blackwater, keep on rolling - ER - 9/22/2007 10:17:45 AM
- "How Bush has created a moral vacuum in Iraq in which Americans can kill for free." - Bowser - 9/23/2007 1:08:21 AM
  - Typical commentary: Much foam, little information. - TB - 9/23/2007 5:22:27 PM
- The n-Water scandals - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/22/2007 5:05:41 PM
  - Dam if I know. Water ya think? (n/t) - ER - 9/22/2007 5:46:44 PM
    - It's the ol' Republican "tinkle down" economics at work. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/22/2007 7:32:52 PM
      - Yellow water? (n/t) - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/23/2007 7:42:59 AM
      - Grey water. Yep. That's next. (n/t) - Un_Epi_De_Mais - 9/23/2007 4:22:29 AM

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