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Weekend Warriors....standoff with Iran - Lindy - 3/23/2007 6:23:15 PM
- A very interesting occurrence... - TB - 3/24/2007 3:51:54 AM
- Fascinating situation with Iran. A strong odor to matter. - Bowser - 3/24/2007 1:03:29 AM

Michael Yon's latest post... - TB - 3/24/2007 3:36:29 AM

March 25 1957 - 2007 the European Union at 50 !! - Raoul - 3/23/2007 9:08:45 PM
- Happy Birthday! - Bowser - 3/24/2007 2:46:27 AM

The real front in the war on terror - gbaikie - 3/23/2007 9:50:44 PM

Supporting the troops - TB - 3/22/2007 5:10:20 AM
- We have some bad troops... - Eric - 3/23/2007 1:52:15 AM
- THAT, is seriously messed up (n/t) - SDF - 3/22/2007 5:10:43 PM
- ah yes, the Left - dtb - 3/22/2007 10:48:27 AM
  - "A few fringe actors" - TB - 3/22/2007 5:28:23 PM
    - There are 350 million people in the USA - Tony - 3/22/2007 6:50:40 PM
    - re: "A few fringe actors" - dtb - 3/22/2007 6:37:55 PM
    - Lessee - no WP, no 2000# bombs, no torture, didn't see a lie. - Bowser - 3/22/2007 6:04:57 PM
      - Gotta agree with Bowser on this one, Tom - McFly - 3/23/2007 1:44:10 AM
        
        Good points, McFly - Yeti - 3/23/2007 5:17:27 PM
  - Those were probably rightist provocateurs trying to discredit the left. (n/t) - ER - 3/22/2007 11:45:17 AM

Western Pakistan update. - TB - 3/22/2007 5:45:31 PM
- Short version of the situation... - TB - 3/23/2007 1:21:27 PM

Primaries continue toward the front end - TB - 3/22/2007 5:57:53 PM
- You have a recipe for a major Hillary win! - The Artist formerly known as Scott Evil - 3/23/2007 12:48:17 PM
- re: Primaries continue toward the front end - Fox - 3/23/2007 12:10:19 AM
  - re: Primaries continue toward the front end - TB - 3/23/2007 2:15:47 AM

Eco group warns of freshwater crisis - Johannes - 3/20/2007 5:08:37 PM
- Fear not, I had Taco Bell for lunch. - TB - 3/20/2007 6:02:58 PM
  - re: Where ?? - Johannes - 3/21/2007 2:52:03 AM
    - Amazing. - TB - 3/21/2007 3:24:11 AM
      - re: Amazing. - Johannes - 3/21/2007 3:32:01 AM
        
        No. - TB - 3/21/2007 3:53:45 AM
    - Simple Question: Why can't you post this stuff on Off Topic? (n/t) - Yeti - 3/21/2007 2:59:40 AM
      - re: Simple Question: Why can't you post this stuff on Off Topic? - Johannes - 3/21/2007 3:15:25 AM
- Simple question: Why can't you put this on Off Topic? (n/t) - Yeti - 3/20/2007 5:56:57 PM
  - re: Sure if - Johannes - 3/21/2007 3:04:42 AM
    - Green eggs and ham - Yeti - 3/21/2007 3:42:35 AM
- Freshwater crisis - yes. Lower air pressure - not so much - Tony - 3/20/2007 5:16:01 PM
  - re: How much is "not so much"? (n/t) - Johannes - 3/21/2007 2:59:48 AM
    - "not so much" exactly equal to "none at all" (n/t) - Tony - 3/21/2007 1:16:00 PM
      - re: "none at all" is not correct. - Johannes - 3/22/2007 1:32:18 AM
        
        Right, this is all old news. - Tony - 3/22/2007 12:02:43 PM

Congressional honeymoon over? - TB - 3/21/2007 5:08:05 AM
- I need to roll that one by a bit more slowly.... - TB - 3/22/2007 3:32:54 AM
- Update on the House bill on Iraq - TB - 3/21/2007 5:20:21 PM

Tony Snow. A True Believer practicing the art. Almost felt sorry for him. - Bowser - 3/21/2007 7:14:50 PM

Resilient tactics... - ER - 3/21/2007 2:36:09 AM
- This "tactic" sounds too much like pulling the plug on incubators. - Bowser - 3/21/2007 4:41:36 AM
  - Amazing. You don't believe this... - TB - 3/21/2007 4:58:24 AM
    - "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me, you can't get fooled again." - George W. Bush - 3/21/2007 12:10:08 PM
- re: Resilient tactics... - TB - 3/21/2007 3:22:00 AM
  - re: Resilient tactics... - ER - 3/21/2007 10:48:52 AM
    - Sources - TB - 3/21/2007 2:03:37 PM
      - Over a hundred journalists and almost half as many support personnel have died covering this war due to hostile action. - ER - 3/21/2007 2:56:53 PM
        
        Sources - TB - 3/21/2007 4:00:57 PM
  - "- - - people who don't want this war to succeed." - Bowser - 3/21/2007 4:38:12 AM
    - Wow. - TB - 3/21/2007 4:55:36 AM

Be afraid, be very afraid - Lindy - 3/21/2007 2:55:24 AM
- Bush had sought to avoid the â€œmedia spectacleâ€ - Lindy - 3/21/2007 3:25:14 PM
- Half-Dome in Yosemite - Bowser - 3/21/2007 4:54:55 AM
  - Gee Bowz.......... - Lindy - 3/21/2007 3:38:17 PM
  - re: Half-Dome in Yosemite - Raoul - 3/21/2007 5:39:09 AM
    - re: Half-Dome in Yosemite - TB - 3/21/2007 3:39:06 PM

Earth's 'sunscreen' is thinning, NASA says - Johannes - 3/19/2007 2:59:45 AM
- OK, SERIOUSLY - ARRELL - 3/19/2007 7:26:33 AM
  - Classic "Big Science" reasoning, Arrel - Yeti - 3/19/2007 2:50:31 PM
    - re: Classic "Big Science" reasoning, Arrel - Arrell - 3/19/2007 4:34:44 PM
    - Shooting - TB - 3/19/2007 3:03:52 PM
      - re: "The Ramans do everything in threes," - yeti - 3/19/2007 6:30:45 PM
        
        So did George Pal's Martians - ER - 3/20/2007 8:31:25 PM
        
        Incidentally, "Rosebud" was his sports car. (n/t) - TB - 3/19/2007 8:56:17 PM
        
        LOL (n/t) - R.L. - 3/21/2007 2:35:47 PM

Bush and the global warming issue - Jack Herer - 3/21/2007 12:14:20 PM
- Links - TB - 3/21/2007 2:06:27 PM

More on "training" Iraqis. - Bowser - 3/21/2007 5:01:24 AM

Newest "resilient" enemy tactic in Iraq - TB - 3/21/2007 12:29:24 AM
- As despicable as WP, 2000# bombs, torture, etc. - Bowser - 3/21/2007 12:53:15 AM
  - Don't even try it. (n/t) - TB - 3/21/2007 1:02:23 AM
    - 100,000 dead innocent people. - Bowser - 3/21/2007 1:41:53 AM

Smartest Woman in the World saves oil. - TB - 3/20/2007 10:16:12 PM
- We hold these truths to be self-evident. - Bowser - 3/21/2007 12:51:57 AM
  - re: We hold these truths to be self-evident. - TB - 3/21/2007 1:06:20 AM
- Lighten up, Tom. - ER - 3/20/2007 10:55:16 PM
  - re: Lighten up, Tom. - TB - 3/20/2007 11:15:59 PM
    - Democrats are no smarter than Republicans, - ER - 3/20/2007 11:30:32 PM
      - The key word being "believe." (n/t) - TB - 3/21/2007 12:28:09 AM

Coalition of the Bribed? - TB - 3/20/2007 3:08:09 PM
- re: Coalition of the Wise - Jack Herer - 3/20/2007 3:56:22 PM
  - More like removing the teacher. - TB - 3/20/2007 4:10:54 PM
    - Do you not value the opinon of the Iraqi people? - Alan G. Archer - 3/20/2007 8:02:09 PM
      - Opinion has little to do with it. - TB - 3/20/2007 10:04:51 PM
        
        re: Opinion has little to do with it. - Lindy - 3/20/2007 11:50:03 PM
    - re: That's arrogance! - Raoul - 3/20/2007 4:43:29 PM
  - Lessee - Who started the war? Who's fighting the war? - Bowser - 3/20/2007 4:06:07 PM

That Carol Lam timing-of-the-firing-recommendation thingy - Tony - 3/19/2007 12:40:52 AM
- Do we really need to do this again? - TB - 3/19/2007 4:01:35 AM
  - Got my years mixed up - Tony - 3/19/2007 12:32:57 PM
    - re: Got my years mixed up - TB - 3/19/2007 1:18:46 PM
      - Lam emails - dtb - 3/19/2007 3:17:49 PM
        
        re: Lam emails - TB - 3/19/2007 3:48:26 PM
        
        OK, here is the email. - dtb - 3/19/2007 4:21:17 PM
        
        re: OK, here is the email. - dtb - 3/19/2007 5:04:55 PM
        
        At least we've gotten to the meat of it. - TB - 3/19/2007 5:10:47 PM
        
        Oh please - dtb - 3/19/2007 6:13:08 PM
        
        re: Oh please - TB - 3/19/2007 6:20:34 PM
        
        re: Oh please - dtb - 3/19/2007 6:38:19 PM
        
        Oh please - dtb - 3/19/2007 6:13:05 PM
        
        Okay, now let's actually analyze this. - TB - 3/19/2007 4:49:23 PM
        
        Thats funny - Yeti - 3/19/2007 6:13:19 PM
        
        "Screw the facts, I have the Truth!" or "More ink!" - TB - 3/19/2007 6:27:30 PM
        
        re: "Screw the facts, I have the Truth!" or "More ink!" - Yeti - 3/19/2007 6:44:51 PM
        
        While you're at it... - TB - 3/19/2007 9:56:52 PM
        
        re: Clinton - Yeti - 3/20/2007 4:35:16 AM
        
        Be of good cheer. - TB - 3/20/2007 3:20:12 PM
        
        I read some. Kinda like watching sausage being made. (n/t) - Tony - 3/20/2007 5:13:54 PM
        
        re: Be of good cheer, Part 2 - TB - 3/20/2007 3:30:40 PM
        
        Hail, hail, the ganglias all here. - ER - 3/20/2007 8:06:44 PM
        
        re: "More ink!" - TB - 3/19/2007 9:30:12 PM
    - The difference between saying someone should be fired and firing them. - Bowser - 3/19/2007 12:54:03 PM
      - The trouble with Mr Clinton - ER - 3/19/2007 2:45:26 PM
        
        That's fascinating, and makes sense. - Bowser - 3/20/2007 4:34:14 AM
        
        Why Clinton is relevant - TB - 3/19/2007 3:34:46 PM
        
        Why Clinton is irrelevant - ER - 3/19/2007 4:28:10 PM

Cannabis: An apology - gbaikie - 3/20/2007 5:04:44 AM
- "A friend with weed is a friend indeed." (n/t) - freewheEling fRanklin - 3/20/2007 7:38:28 PM
- I must be getting old - Lindy - 3/20/2007 3:26:02 PM
  - It does mean I have to reinvestigate the origin of the name "Skunk Ape." (n/t) - TB - 3/20/2007 3:28:52 PM
- re: Cannabis - TB - 3/20/2007 2:56:06 PM

News reports say Boy Scout lost in NC has been found alive. (n/t) - TB - 3/20/2007 3:01:22 PM

Nuclear Attack on the US - folcwine - 3/20/2007 1:50:04 AM

Airbus 380s land in New York, Los Angeles - TB - 3/20/2007 1:21:57 AM

10 years for ordering 3 premeditated murders. - Bowser - 3/20/2007 1:16:43 AM

Boeing Fined 15 Million for Illegal Defense Microchip Installation - Lindy - 3/17/2007 11:52:09 PM
- Do you have like, a crackpot post quota? - TB - 3/18/2007 1:41:48 AM
  - Maybe I should have started drinking tonight myself? - Lindy - 3/18/2007 3:02:38 AM
    - A question, Lindy - McFly - 3/18/2007 5:53:25 PM
      - An answer? - Lindy - 3/19/2007 1:56:24 AM
        
        "it could be" - Alan G. Archer - 3/19/2007 7:42:14 PM
        
        Most likely a common HTML error, not plagiarism. - TB - 3/20/2007 1:12:02 AM
        
        *sigh* - TB - 3/19/2007 4:59:13 AM
        
        OK Mr. Link finder - Lindy - 3/19/2007 4:44:33 PM
        
        Read your own link. - TB - 3/19/2007 5:03:04 PM
        
        You could try reading your Fox News link as a start.... (n/t) - Tony - 3/19/2007 5:02:09 PM

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