Current Events

News and events, local to international. A place to discuss politics, policy and the state of the world. Discussions may be lively, even heated. Try to avoid being the poster who forces an entire thread to be moved to Flame. Moderators do keep track of such things.

How, why the Iraqi war is lost, spun out of control. - Bowser - 3/28/2007 1:41:11 PM
- "A Captainâ€™s Journey From Hope to Just Getting Her Unit Home" - Bowser - 3/28/2007 5:37:59 PM
- Still watching the war through your soda straw? - TB - 3/28/2007 2:19:48 PM
  - Still reading with your rose colored glasses on Tom? (n/t) - Lindy - 3/28/2007 7:47:01 PM
  - Have any idea what it means when police kill people based on religion? - Bowser - 3/28/2007 2:33:21 PM
    - You didnâ€™t seem to have a problem with Saddamâ€™s police force killing innocent people. Why the change now? (n/t) - REB - 3/28/2007 7:20:43 PM
      - Because the country was under control and operating just fine? - Lindy - 3/28/2007 7:46:20 PM
        
        Wow. (n/t) - TB - 3/28/2007 8:00:47 PM
        
        I still do not understand. - REB - 3/28/2007 7:56:15 PM
        
        That's true. But it's a US supported holocaust. - Bowser - 3/28/2007 8:15:20 PM
        
        The US is not supporting a holocaust. - REB - 3/28/2007 8:18:43 PM
        
        re: The US is responsible - Raoul - 3/28/2007 8:36:23 PM
        
        The US is responsible for removing a murderous dictator. - REB - 3/28/2007 8:47:32 PM
        
        re: That is also what the US does - Raoul - 3/29/2007 4:36:45 AM

Iran - Bowser - 3/29/2007 1:40:09 AM
- re: Russian Intelligence also said Iraq had WMD (n/t) - SteveS - 3/29/2007 1:43:04 AM

US Show of Force in PERSIAN GULF - carl - 3/27/2007 4:40:38 PM
- Normally I'd say this is just normal saber rattling... - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 3/28/2007 12:49:22 PM
  - re: Normally I'd say this is just normal saber rattling... - REB - 3/28/2007 1:18:27 PM
- re: US Show of Force in PERSIAN GULF - ER - 3/27/2007 5:57:46 PM
  - Parts of this are puzzling. - Bowser - 3/27/2007 6:13:48 PM
    - re: Parts of this are puzzling. - SteveS - 3/28/2007 12:36:30 AM
    - I've been asking the same questions. - ER - 3/27/2007 7:44:26 PM
      - Cheese for the RATS? - carl - 3/28/2007 4:02:14 PM
        
        Who cut the cheese? - ER - 3/28/2007 6:27:55 PM
        
        "Ahmedinawhatsisface"............ - Lindy - 3/28/2007 8:04:58 PM
        
        Yes, leader of the Turdish tribesmen of Isreallybad. (n/t) - ER - 3/28/2007 8:28:41 PM
      - Re: Pueblo - Bowser - 3/27/2007 10:29:52 PM
        
        re: Re: Pueblo - ER - 3/27/2007 11:15:39 PM
        
        Thanks. Didn't know if they needed LOS for anything or not. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/28/2007 2:06:23 PM

Ya have to admit Conservatives can be a source of amusement. - Bowser - 3/28/2007 6:36:14 PM
- Yeah, but sometimes Liberals can be a source of embarassment. (n/t) - ER - 3/28/2007 6:46:38 PM
  - You're right, I'm one. And "embarrassment" is not in the Conservative vocabulary. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/28/2007 7:09:44 PM

Democratic Unconditional Surrender Bill moves to Senate - TB - 3/27/2007 1:22:56 PM
- A wise commander will retreat when tactically outnumbered and beaten. - Bowser - 3/28/2007 3:27:08 AM
  - You can massage it all you want. - TB - 3/28/2007 4:26:41 AM
    - Surrender v. retreat. BIG difference for English-speakers. - Bowser - 3/28/2007 1:28:41 PM
      - Okay, let's get out the hand puppets. - TB - 3/28/2007 3:44:41 PM
        
        "The Democrats want the United States to be utterly defeated" - Bowser - 3/28/2007 4:27:12 PM
- Text excerpts - TB - 3/28/2007 12:32:19 AM
  - re: Didnâ€™t the democrats campaign against this sort of pork? - SteveS - 3/28/2007 1:07:04 AM
- Mmmm. I wonder who's side he's on. (n/t) - ER - 3/27/2007 4:02:54 PM
  - No army, no police, looting. And they're gonna move into the White House. - Bowser - 3/27/2007 4:46:28 PM
    - Definitions - TB - 3/27/2007 8:32:57 PM

From the "OH DEAR GOD, DID THEY REALLY SAY THAT?!!" files - ARRELL - 3/24/2007 10:37:35 AM
- Wow. Just..... Wow..... (n/t) - Yeti - 3/24/2007 4:34:11 PM
  - Wow, indeed. - TB - 3/24/2007 5:47:27 PM
    - The quote. Tom. The quote. Not Olberman. What Condi said. Sorry, your red herrings are belly up in your fish-bowl of strawmen - Yeti - 3/25/2007 3:20:34 AM
      - re: The quote. Tom. The quote. Not Olberman. - gbaikie - 3/25/2007 11:36:18 PM
      - You're actually trying to sound like him, aren't you? - TB - 3/25/2007 3:38:18 AM
        
        DID SHE SAY IT? (n/t) - R.L. - 3/28/2007 3:49:46 PM
        
        Lame.... Actually outright pathetic - Yeti - 3/25/2007 4:18:43 AM
        
        Take a stress pill and sit down for a moment. - TB - 3/25/2007 5:30:27 AM
        
        The context you point to does not alter the intent or content of the statements - Yeti - 3/25/2007 9:22:25 PM
        
        You know, you've done three posts responding to this now... - TB - 3/26/2007 12:54:07 AM
        
        re: You know, you've done three posts responding to this now... - Yeti - 3/27/2007 4:18:19 PM
        
        MSNBC is jealous... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/26/2007 7:20:44 PM
        
        Actually one fo the most annoying things about TB - Buck Galaxy - 3/25/2007 5:19:34 AM
      - Typo soup, but you know what I'm saying (n/t) - Yeti - 3/25/2007 3:22:03 AM
- Unrelated, but funny as heck... - ARRELL - 3/24/2007 10:40:27 AM
  - "Gay Republican Underground Railroad"? - ER - 3/24/2007 11:25:20 AM

Commentary on the British Navy - TB - 3/28/2007 1:24:24 PM
- Britannia waives the rules. - ER - 3/28/2007 2:49:05 PM

I honestly wish Tony Snow the best of luck - R.L. - 3/27/2007 8:56:38 PM

Conservative Culture of Corruption continues. - Bowser - 3/25/2007 5:18:05 PM
- Can you refrain from judgment until after the testimony? - RobVG - 3/25/2007 9:15:26 PM
  - GONZO Meter Says........... - Lindy - 3/27/2007 2:21:24 AM
  - re: Can you refrain from judgment until after the testimony? - Lindy - 3/26/2007 3:20:48 AM
  - The issue is the honesty of the AG, not WHY they were fired. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/25/2007 9:22:21 PM
    - That's what i said dipstick. (n/t) - RobVG - 3/25/2007 9:36:48 PM
      - Is that "dipstick" in the perjorative sense? (n/t) - Bowser - 3/26/2007 3:47:49 AM
        
        re: Is there a complimentary version of "dipstick?" - TB - 3/26/2007 3:38:12 PM
        
        Maybe not complimentary, but useful - Fox - 3/27/2007 4:31:54 PM
        
        Interchangeable with 'knucklehead'. :) (n/t) - RobVG - 3/26/2007 4:01:34 AM
        
        I suspected so. Just checking. :-) (n/t) - Bowser - 3/26/2007 4:14:01 AM
- Hagel, Specter and Graham against Bush? What else is new. - TB - 3/25/2007 7:24:02 PM

I'm sure he was busy with Katrina, Iraq, Afghanistan. Looking for OBL. Firing prosecutors. - Bowser - 3/26/2007 11:25:22 PM
- You're not going to get a lot of argument around here... - TB - 3/27/2007 12:57:41 AM
  - Down Mexico way.... - ER - 3/27/2007 12:47:01 PM
    - It shouldn't have been a surprise. - TB - 3/27/2007 1:08:21 PM
  - Bush is in Mexico's pocket when it comes to illegal immigration. (n/t) - Lee - 3/27/2007 4:31:37 AM

Taxes: who pays and who gets - TB - 3/27/2007 1:01:47 PM

Why it's working - SteveS - 3/27/2007 12:49:58 AM
- "On Scene: Assault on an Iraqi Village" - Bowser - 3/27/2007 1:05:04 AM
  - House by house, village by village......... - Lindy - 3/27/2007 2:26:23 AM
  - What's going on - TB - 3/27/2007 1:44:28 AM
    - As with Fallujah. - Bowser - 3/27/2007 3:08:23 AM
      - re: As with Fallujah. - TB - 3/27/2007 3:58:03 AM
        
        Missed the point. It's a big-time losing strategy. Has been, is, an will be. (n/t) - Bowser - 3/27/2007 4:43:37 AM
  - re: Well, let's keep an eye on Qubah and see what develops (n/t) - SteveS - 3/27/2007 1:42:26 AM

So Articulate, So Clean! - gbaikie - 3/26/2007 4:18:20 AM
- So obvious. - ER - 3/26/2007 9:56:18 AM
  - re: So obvious. - gbaikie - 3/26/2007 6:19:54 PM
  - Moral relativism - TB - 3/26/2007 3:36:59 PM
    - re: Moral relativism - ER - 3/26/2007 4:35:13 PM
      - You can see where that breaks down, right? - TB - 3/26/2007 6:46:32 PM
        
        No I can't. I don't see it at all. - ER - 3/26/2007 7:40:30 PM
        
        Action & Reaction, Morality & Cultures - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/26/2007 9:37:09 PM
        
        A question of degree. - ER - 3/26/2007 10:43:45 PM
        
        re:"providing them with a job was merciful" - SteveS - 3/27/2007 1:16:10 AM
        
        re: I don't see it at all. - TB - 3/26/2007 8:51:56 PM
        
        Rubbish - ER - 3/26/2007 10:15:51 PM
        
        Boy, was that ever a mouthful! - Lindy - 3/27/2007 2:37:16 AM
        
        Not sure why you're so hostile about this. - TB - 3/27/2007 12:54:06 AM
        
        Not hostile, annoyed. - ER - 3/27/2007 1:46:34 AM
        
        Hmmm. Something to think about. (n/t) - TB - 3/27/2007 4:00:57 AM

Need more oil? Global warming delivers - SteveS - 3/26/2007 1:41:01 AM
- What global warming? - ER - 3/26/2007 1:55:29 AM
  - re: The one not caused by humans of course (n/t) - Steves - 3/26/2007 2:14:58 AM
    - The Northwest Passage! (n/t) - ER - 3/26/2007 9:58:45 AM
      - re: Panama Canal spoiler - SteveS - 3/26/2007 11:47:30 PM
        
        re: Panama Canal spoiler - ER - 3/27/2007 1:53:52 AM

"- - - the method was "tried and tested". 655,000 Iraqis dead due to war. - Bowser - 3/26/2007 8:19:33 PM
- Nope. Still crap. - TB - 3/26/2007 8:42:10 PM
  - From the same source which says the US doesn't torture. - Bowser - 3/26/2007 10:48:39 PM
    - The U.N.? (n/t) - TB - 3/27/2007 12:55:48 AM

RAT POISON Culprit in PET FOOD Poisionings - carl - 3/23/2007 2:43:51 PM
- Nope, NATIONWIDE ALERT!! - carl - 3/24/2007 1:21:14 PM
  - Why is Canada and the US importing grain from China??? - Lee - 3/24/2007 7:34:14 PM
    - Not Grain, GLUTEN MIX............... - carl - 3/26/2007 3:10:27 PM
      - re: Not Grain, GLUTEN MIX............... - Lindy - 3/26/2007 10:35:11 PM
        
        GM foods are not body snatcher pods, Lindy. - Lee - 3/26/2007 10:42:54 PM
        
        Read some of the reports that AREN'T paid for by the GM manufacturers (n/t) - Lindy - 3/26/2007 10:52:42 PM
        
        You mean GMO producers don't advertise in Weekly World News? (n/t) - Lee - 3/27/2007 12:49:34 AM
  - FDA reccommends that all US pet owners cease feeding pets until further notice. - R.L. - 3/24/2007 6:42:27 PM
    - Thanks for your support - dtb - 3/24/2007 8:49:18 PM
      - Recall list - Lindy - 3/26/2007 5:34:31 AM
      - I am joking about the nature of the media coverage - R.L. - 3/24/2007 9:10:46 PM
    - CNN News special tonight: "Pet holocaust 2007; Is your pet already dead?" (n/t) - R.L. - 3/24/2007 6:45:03 PM
      - FOX News special: "Did democratic lack of support for Iraqi troops embolden Al-queda to poison pet food??" - R.L. - 3/24/2007 6:48:25 PM
- re: RAT POISON Culprit in PET FOOD Poisionings - Jack Herer - 3/23/2007 5:14:42 PM
  - re: RAT POISON Culprit in PET FOOD Poisionings - ER - 3/23/2007 5:28:42 PM

LANDWIND a more then complete SUV for half the money - gbaikie - 3/26/2007 6:13:06 AM
- The crash test. - Bowser - 3/26/2007 4:05:09 PM
  - re: The crash test. - gbaikie - 3/26/2007 6:26:38 PM
- Shoulda been called the BREAKWIND. (n/t) - ER - 3/26/2007 2:43:51 PM

GOPâ€™s Hagel calls Bush impeachment an option - Donald - 3/25/2007 7:47:27 PM
- re: Impeaching - Raoul - 3/25/2007 8:36:07 PM
  - No crime needed - azstrummer - 3/26/2007 6:02:28 PM
  - How about lying under oath? - Lindy - 3/25/2007 11:56:12 PM

Another Investigation in to Pat Tillmans Death. - Eric - 3/26/2007 11:40:02 AM

The headline is devastatingly true! - Bowser - 3/26/2007 1:10:40 AM

Naval warfare bulletin - ER - 3/23/2007 5:54:52 PM
- There are at least two major weak spots in the missile design. - TB - 3/24/2007 3:29:59 AM
  - 3rd weakness - SDF - 3/24/2007 6:28:59 PM
    - What about reactive armor? - Lee - 3/24/2007 6:39:11 PM
      - Maybe - SDF - 3/24/2007 6:57:15 PM
        
        No... - ARRELL - 3/24/2007 8:09:49 PM
        
        It all depends on how much momentum change is required to detonate the missile. - SDF - 3/24/2007 9:04:26 PM
        
        You missed my point by a mile. (n/t) - R.L. - 3/24/2007 9:12:36 PM
        
        Yeah. I guess I did. Still can't figure it out either. What IS your point? (n/t) - SDF - 3/24/2007 9:48:28 PM
        
        My point, and why Lasers may not be such a bad option - ARRELL - 3/24/2007 10:28:21 PM
        
        re: Lasers - TB - 3/24/2007 11:33:07 PM
        
        Oh, it would not be anything like the ABL system.... - R.L. - 3/25/2007 12:20:58 AM
        
        re: ABL system.... - TB - 3/25/2007 1:43:13 AM
        
        Take a good look at some pictures of CVN-76 Ronald Reagan - Lee - 3/25/2007 2:44:04 AM
        
        Ah, I did not say that - R.L. - 3/25/2007 10:06:50 AM
        
        I know - Lee - 3/25/2007 6:16:46 PM
        
        Look for domes at altitude - R.L. - 3/25/2007 6:45:28 PM
        
        The THEL is very nearly operational. - Lee - 3/25/2007 12:53:40 AM
        
        It may not be thel, but I saw demos... - R.L. - 3/25/2007 1:11:41 AM
        
        The advances are coming fast. - Lee - 3/25/2007 2:41:00 AM
        
        re: The advances are coming fast. - R.L. - 3/25/2007 10:19:41 AM
        
        Without going into anything you're working on that may be classified... - TB - 3/25/2007 4:54:12 PM
        
        BTW - R.L. - 3/25/2007 6:36:42 PM
        
        Excellent questions - R.L. - 3/25/2007 6:24:16 PM
        
        Ah an example... - R.L. - 3/25/2007 12:30:33 AM
        
        So they are thinking of this application already - R.L. - 3/25/2007 12:32:17 AM
        
        By the way, the CHINESE are also doing the same tech now... (n/t) - R.L. - 3/25/2007 12:34:41 AM
        
        Ultrasonic or microwave emitters might work. - Lee - 3/24/2007 7:08:57 PM
        
        Sure. - SDF - 3/24/2007 7:22:04 PM
  - re: There are at least two major weak spots in the missile design. - ER - 3/24/2007 12:29:14 PM
  - Kind of hard to get anything past a phalanx. - Lee - 3/24/2007 4:39:42 AM
    - Not really - ER - 3/24/2007 11:59:12 AM
      - ER's right. By the time the Sizzler is in Phalanx range, it's probably too late. - TB - 3/24/2007 4:44:26 PM
        
        Aside from lasers - Yeti - 3/24/2007 6:43:15 PM
        
        Good idea. - TB - 3/24/2007 11:34:42 PM
        
        I guess to be consistent with the nascent terminology for a large network of small widgets, it would be called: 'Brilliant Flak' - Yeti - 3/25/2007 4:26:39 AM
        
        Incidentally... - TB - 3/25/2007 5:01:33 PM
        
        Actually, "Brilliant Flak" is pretty much what this board generates. ;) (n/t) - TB - 3/25/2007 4:55:16 PM
        
        re: Aside from lasers - ER - 3/24/2007 7:32:10 PM
        
        re: Aside from lasers - Yeti - 3/24/2007 10:43:01 PM
        
        re: Aside from lasers - ER - 3/25/2007 1:36:32 AM
        
        Boost phase - TB - 3/24/2007 11:37:00 PM
        
        X-35 - Yeti - 3/25/2007 4:40:48 AM
        
        Don't forget electromagnetic weapons. - TB - 3/25/2007 4:58:54 PM
        
        re: Don't forget electromagnetic weapons. - Yeti - 3/26/2007 12:13:08 AM
        
        That's it! - Lee - 3/24/2007 6:56:01 PM
        
        Does make me wonder... - Lee - 3/24/2007 6:30:21 PM
- re: Naval warfare bulletin - Bowser - 3/23/2007 8:11:29 PM
  - re: Naval warfare bulletin - ER - 3/23/2007 10:53:27 PM
    - Aircraft carriers as targets. "Sizzler" as a missile. - Bowser - 3/24/2007 12:29:34 AM
      - re: Aircraft carriers as targets. "Sizzler" as a missile. - ER - 3/24/2007 1:30:55 AM
- We need a World Peace Accord - Stop the Madness - 3/23/2007 6:18:22 PM
  - No more "wars of aggression" but giving China the green light. - Lee - 3/24/2007 12:04:22 AM
    - Monkey SEE - Monkey DO - 3/24/2007 3:56:37 AM

Bush threatens to end all support for troops in Irag, Afghanistan. - Bowser - 3/24/2007 2:41:46 AM
- Nice try. - TB - 3/24/2007 2:49:56 AM
  - Believe it or not, it's true. Some CinC! (n/t) - Bowser - 3/24/2007 3:32:41 AM
    - Am I missing something or did neither of you two read this? - Buck Galaxy - 3/24/2007 4:18:39 AM
      - Wake up and smell the coffee. - TB - 3/24/2007 4:29:59 AM
        
        It needs a little sugar. - ER - 3/24/2007 1:26:05 PM
        
        re: It needs a little sugar. - SteveS - 3/24/2007 10:44:49 PM
        
        Let me try and explain... - TB - 3/24/2007 4:42:18 PM
        
        Well sed. The Ds are praying for a veto! (n/t) - Bowser - 3/24/2007 1:40:38 PM
        
        Another Roman analogue... - ER - 3/24/2007 2:20:04 PM
        
        Heh, heh. Yep, if Bush DIDN'T veto it, the Ds would be in a world of hurt! (n/t) - Bowser - 3/24/2007 11:51:24 PM
        
        re: But Christianity would save them - SteveS - 3/25/2007 1:22:33 PM

I want to see the new Grand Canyon overlook... - ARRELL - 3/21/2007 1:55:01 PM
- re: I want to see the new Grand Canyon overlook... - Marcia - 3/21/2007 7:32:23 PM
- re: I want to see the new Grand Canyon overlook... - TB - 3/21/2007 3:46:54 PM
  - re: I want to see the new Grand Canyon overlook... - the French connection. - Marcia - 3/21/2007 7:51:34 PM
    - Good coverage on NPR today, too. - Fox - 3/22/2007 1:09:45 AM
      - No way, no how, nuh uh - Tony - 3/22/2007 8:26:14 PM
        
        You have to learn to push through your fears - Lindy - 3/24/2007 2:30:00 PM
        
        Hey, it's easy. Just walk it with your eyes shut. (n/t) - TB - 3/22/2007 9:32:07 PM
        
        Oh okay. Guess I can practice right now :-) (n/t) - Tony - 3/23/2007 1:45:41 PM
      - What's with the albino condors? (n/t) - ER - 3/22/2007 3:33:24 AM
  - The controversy is one I dont get... - ARRELL - 3/21/2007 4:18:29 PM
    - It isn't a real controversy. - TB - 3/21/2007 5:08:31 PM
      - It's a variation on monument veneration. - Mary Anne - 3/22/2007 3:50:08 AM
        
        "Change" is an odd thing to be against in nature. - TB - 3/22/2007 5:14:27 AM

NM Toranado hits over 80 mile swath - carl - 3/24/2007 1:22:22 PM

The other Iraq - SteveS - 3/24/2007 12:06:27 PM

« newer topics · page 339 of 1030 · older topics »

Recent posts

On this day in Current Events

Current Events