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DOW breaks 12,000 mark. - TB - 10/19/2006 12:58:51 AM
- George Will on "economic hypochondria" - TB - 10/20/2006 3:12:53 AM
- I wonder how many presidents, in office for 6 years... - alcaray - 10/19/2006 6:29:47 PM
  - re: I wonder how many presidents, in office for 6 years... - gbaikie - 10/19/2006 10:44:38 PM
- buy low..... (n/t) - podrock - 10/19/2006 6:05:48 AM

Twelve Million Dollars to develop software to track dissent called "the Sentiment Analysis program" - Lindy - 10/18/2006 3:05:05 AM
- A bit less there than meets the eye... - Robert - 10/18/2006 5:17:52 PM
  - re: A lot less, apparently. - TB - 10/19/2006 6:49:07 PM
  - ..and much more. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/19/2006 5:30:57 AM
    - Can you say "authoritarian conservative"? - Robert - 10/19/2006 6:41:14 AM
      - Sorry, today I'm all out of subtlety. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/19/2006 7:07:46 AM
  - Here's a question - TB - 10/19/2006 2:30:34 AM
    - "would you be worried about it?" - Robert - 10/19/2006 6:09:26 AM
      - They're not using it on Americans. - TB - 10/19/2006 2:35:07 PM
        
        A wide-net search cannot exclude Americans (n/t) - alcaray - 10/19/2006 5:24:14 PM
        
        Of course it can. - TB - 10/19/2006 6:47:10 PM
        
        re: Of course it can. - alcaray - 10/19/2006 11:56:56 PM
        
        If Lindy is writing articles for a foreign news site, they'll probably see them. (n/t) - TB - 10/20/2006 2:48:15 AM
        
        For years now.... - Lindy - 10/20/2006 12:33:55 AM
      - "Are we getting close yet?" - Lindy - 10/19/2006 1:56:32 PM
        
        Define "close" (n/t) - Lindy - 10/19/2006 2:00:59 PM

9 U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq Bombings - Donald - 10/18/2006 12:54:17 PM
- Yeah right. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/19/2006 4:45:42 AM
  - Whose fault was the massacre of the Souix, do you think? - alcaray - 10/19/2006 5:48:51 PM
    - Responsibility - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/19/2006 6:19:27 PM
      - I admit that it is possible to invade a country, overthrow its government, and occupy it indefinitely even after installing an independent government... - alcaray - 10/19/2006 11:53:42 PM
  - Over the top - Donald - 10/19/2006 12:21:01 PM
- 2,782 - Donald - 10/18/2006 2:23:19 PM

Tell me this isn't a Fundamental Christian Crusade. - Bowser - 10/19/2006 5:23:51 AM
- If this is the worst you can come up with... - Lee - 10/19/2006 7:28:36 AM
- This isn't a Fundamental Christian Crusade. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/19/2006 5:39:02 AM
  - "MSNBC is the new Al Jazeerah. " - Lindy (will try and be nicer next time) - 10/19/2006 2:04:31 PM
    - So True, Fine Understanding? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/19/2006 6:05:31 PM
      - Don't thank me.... - Lindy (feeling better now) - 10/19/2006 9:35:41 PM

China Gives North Korea the Finger - David F Mayer - 10/19/2006 9:18:06 PM

11 more US troops killed on Wednesday alone. Just Wednesday. - Bowser - 10/19/2006 4:15:35 AM
- Is this what George Bush meant... - Donald - 10/19/2006 12:15:33 PM
  - from "Mission Accomplished" to "It's a Helluva Mess" - Lindy - 10/19/2006 2:08:45 PM

Earthquakes in Hawaii. R.L.? Check in. - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2006 9:21:53 PM
- re: Earthquakes in Hawaii. R.L.? Check in. - Longtime Lurker - 10/17/2006 8:43:09 AM
  - Take this crap to Flame, RL (n/t) - Lindy - 10/17/2006 9:18:19 PM
    - What makes it a flame? - R.L. - 10/17/2006 11:27:58 PM
      - Nothing does (n/t) - Fox (moderator) - 10/18/2006 2:34:23 AM
        
        A while back both of them were repeatedly warned not to bait each other. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/18/2006 9:58:35 PM
        
        And neither of them were much good at following the rule. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/18/2006 9:59:48 PM
        
        If I ever get banned - Lindy (no humor where rl is concerned) - 10/18/2006 2:35:57 PM
        
        I was asked to check in- - R.L. - 10/18/2006 9:25:07 PM
        
        Thanks...glad you're okay, and so are the telescopes. (n/t) - TB - 10/18/2006 10:04:58 PM
        
        re: Thanks...glad you're okay, and so are the telescopes. - R.L. - 10/19/2006 6:28:46 AM
- Shook 'EM, DAN-O - carl - 10/16/2006 4:17:14 PM
- R.L.'s stateside... - podrock - 10/15/2006 11:04:52 PM
  - I was nowhere near it - R.L. - 10/17/2006 9:06:41 AM
    - Keck status - RobVG - 10/18/2006 1:16:53 AM
      - Saw that - R.L. - 10/18/2006 1:37:26 AM
        
        More info - Buck Galaxy - 10/18/2006 8:20:02 AM
        
        re: More info - R.L. - 10/18/2006 9:37:09 PM
  - re: R.L.'s stateside... - Laurie Street - 10/15/2006 11:23:22 PM
    - more like... - podrock - 10/15/2006 11:29:49 PM
      - Recent NK underground test - Lindy - 10/16/2006 2:37:35 AM
        
        It depends on how near the chain was to the explosion (n/t) - FrankC - 10/16/2006 4:12:32 AM
        
        Your humor goes unappreciated Frank... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/17/2006 6:30:43 AM
        
        No. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/16/2006 2:39:10 AM
      - re: more like... - Tom Brosz - 10/16/2006 12:00:09 AM
  - "Mainland"...not "Stateside"... (n/t) - podrock - 10/15/2006 11:06:33 PM
- Thinking the same thing - Peter Bruener - 10/15/2006 9:40:30 PM

So who is going to an NFL game this Sunday? - Laurie Street - 10/18/2006 8:54:27 PM
- I haven't been to a pro game in over 10 years but... - FrankC - 10/19/2006 4:39:02 AM
- Not me, but... - Fox - 10/19/2006 3:35:13 AM
- The Texans are already a bomb- a dud, but still a bomb. - REB - 10/18/2006 9:42:02 PM
- You got tickets? (n/t) - Bowser - 10/18/2006 9:20:24 PM

United Nations keeps sinking. - TB - 10/16/2006 11:22:32 PM
- The US is re-arming Israel. The IDF keeps bombing Gaza. - Bowser - 10/17/2006 1:42:23 AM
  - One day Gaza will be returned to Israeli Jews who rightfully belong there. - Jacob Samorodin - 10/17/2006 10:35:13 PM
    - When you give your house back to the Native Canadians. - Bowser - 10/19/2006 2:26:13 AM
    - More religious thinking that, in the end, is the basic problem with the whole conflict - Yetis Eat Mainstream Anomalists Too - 10/18/2006 9:29:55 PM
    - One day the United States will be returned to the Native American tribes who rightfully belong there. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 10/18/2006 1:25:37 AM

ALL These WARNINGS we're giving N Korea - carl - 10/17/2006 8:03:38 PM
- GO Team ABL - carl - 10/18/2006 5:52:51 PM
  - We need to stop Laser defense now! - John "Frenchy" Kerry - 10/18/2006 9:35:05 PM
- Yes [sigh!] It appears Pyongyang will vanish in a fireball in the near future. - Jacob Samorodin - 10/17/2006 10:38:42 PM
  - It is unlikely that their nuclear missiles will be that accurate. - Scott Evil - 10/18/2006 1:34:03 PM

Talk about getting a foot in the door - SDF - 10/17/2006 2:25:54 AM
- Islam and freedom? - SDF - 10/17/2006 3:53:06 AM
  - re: Islam and freedom? - Hans - 10/18/2006 7:10:29 AM
    - Yeah right. Not that bad eh? - SDF - 10/18/2006 1:32:17 PM
      - So it would be a bad idea to invite a neo-nazi white-supreemist to Passover Supper? - Scott Evil - 10/18/2006 1:36:23 PM

"Disaffected" Web Surfers - Next major U.S. security threat - Eric - 10/18/2006 3:09:24 AM

And what have we here - more Republican corruption? Must be the culture. - Bowser - 10/17/2006 1:37:34 AM
- re: Must be the culture. - Fox - 10/18/2006 2:38:37 AM

Charlie Rangel prepping for power - TB - 10/16/2006 11:36:32 PM
- I had a horrific dream last night that the Democrats swept both houses of Congress! - Scott Evil - 10/17/2006 1:41:42 PM
  - May I remind you the Bears still won? ;-) (n/t) - Tony - 10/17/2006 1:53:01 PM
    - I know...I almost caught myself rooting for the Cards at the end. - Scott Evil - 10/17/2006 2:06:15 PM
      - P.S. If the Dems win that ugly on election day, then I'm not sure what they actually will win. (n/t) - Scott Evil - 10/17/2006 2:07:56 PM
        
        Not much left of the country? (n/t) - alcaray - 10/17/2006 4:15:43 PM
- Google "Abramoff" and get back to me. - Bowser - 10/17/2006 1:39:11 AM
  - Let me know when Abramoff sets U.S. tax policies. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/17/2006 3:48:32 AM
    - Getting tax breaks? Giving away tax dollars? - Bowser - 10/17/2006 5:53:00 AM
      - re: Giving away tax dollars - TB - 10/17/2006 6:03:15 PM
        
        Can't help but notice... - Tom Brosz - 10/17/2006 6:04:57 PM
- Abominable is a fairly rare first name. (n/t) - tony - 10/17/2006 12:00:09 AM
  - the perils of multiple tabbed browsing revealed (n/t) - tony - 10/17/2006 1:21:14 AM
  - Hey, whaddya mean by that- Its actually my first name (n/t) - Abominable Snowman (Yeti) - 10/17/2006 12:19:52 AM

Bringing the Iraq deaths topic back up - Laurie Street - 10/13/2006 2:05:43 AM
- Another analysis of the Lancet study - Laurie Street - 10/17/2006 4:40:30 PM
- A defense of the study - Tony - 10/13/2006 5:09:06 PM
  - re: A defense of the study - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2006 5:58:34 PM
- Just for you, Tom. - Laurie Street - 10/13/2006 4:41:47 PM
  - Thanks! - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2006 4:52:39 PM
- Something smells here... - ER - 10/13/2006 1:07:17 PM
  - re: Something smells here... - Laurie Street - 10/13/2006 4:26:33 PM
- Not by factors of ten. - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2006 3:53:18 AM
  - Factors of ten? - Laurie Street - 10/13/2006 4:17:42 PM
  - Your forgetting that war makes people smoke and eat high-fat foods. - Scott Evil - 10/13/2006 1:58:52 PM

A classic - E.P. - 10/17/2006 1:07:35 PM

Treason! - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/12/2006 2:26:01 AM
- "Hmmm." - Robert - 10/12/2006 4:15:45 PM
  - Oh I See The Pattern - Mark Eby - 10/17/2006 12:12:59 AM
  - At least it's nice to know there actually IS a bar up there somewhere. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/14/2006 4:31:38 PM
    - Be grateful the bar is high - Robert - 10/14/2006 11:43:35 PM
  - LOL! - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/13/2006 7:14:32 AM
- dangers of home-schooling (n/t) - alcaray - 10/12/2006 3:16:00 PM
- It's about time they nailed him (n/t) - Lindy - 10/12/2006 6:20:30 AM
  - Prosecutors must have found two or more witnesses... - Alan G. Archer - 10/12/2006 3:02:15 PM

Miscarriage of Justice. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/16/2006 10:59:02 PM

Some tests show North Korea test was nuclear in nature. - Tom Brosz - 10/14/2006 6:34:44 PM
- Don't worry. They will do much better next time. - David F Mayer - 10/16/2006 4:12:44 PM
- Not surprised. - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/14/2006 9:38:41 PM
  - You will be - Robert - 10/15/2006 2:38:41 AM
    - The truth! - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/15/2006 3:54:51 AM
      - Occam's Razor - Robert - 10/15/2006 4:47:04 AM
        
        Dang! - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/15/2006 5:49:21 AM
        
        All your qbits are belong to us! (n/t) - Robert - 10/15/2006 6:34:03 PM
      - Black leather flight suits? - Lindy - 10/15/2006 4:32:44 AM
        
        You people are SOOOO full of fewmets... - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2006 5:09:24 AM
    - "Not all of it, of course........" - Lindy - 10/15/2006 3:08:16 AM
  - And, naturally, you reported the NK contact to the FBI (n/t) - Alan G. Archer - 10/15/2006 12:16:20 AM
  - re: Not surprised. - Lindy - 10/14/2006 11:36:46 PM
  - The rule of three - ER - 10/14/2006 10:05:56 PM
- How many people can a 500-ton yield nuke kill? - Jacob Samorodin - 10/14/2006 7:31:31 PM
  - re: How many people can a 500-ton yield nuke kill? - ER - 10/15/2006 12:01:26 AM
    - My point was that a fizzled nuke can still kill 1000's....of human beings. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 10/15/2006 11:21:21 PM
    - Comrade Kim - Lindy - 10/15/2006 12:12:31 AM
      - Hitler was once a little piss-ant. - Scott Evil - 10/16/2006 8:59:56 PM
      - I don't know, Lindy, rice is a lot cheaper than U-235. (n/t) - ER - 10/15/2006 12:18:16 AM
        
        re: I don't know, Lindy, rice is a lot cheaper than U-235. - Lindy - 10/15/2006 12:42:52 AM

For Bowser, who does not believe in the perpetual famine of North Korea - David F Mayer - 10/16/2006 7:56:00 PM

Is Freedom of Speech in dander in the USA?/...If it is, be warned that Global Warming skeptics maybe risk legal action against them. - Jacob Samorodin - 10/14/2006 7:51:31 PM
- I cleaned out the fireplace this weekend. - Scott Evil - 10/16/2006 1:44:45 PM
- The quote - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2006 5:06:22 AM
  - The quote - Robert - 10/15/2006 6:32:09 PM
    - re: The quote - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2006 7:27:44 PM
      - re: Fraudulent research - Fox - 10/15/2006 9:17:19 PM
        
        Responded to Robert's post - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2006 9:23:48 PM
        
        Did you really see that in Robert's post? (n/t) - alcaray - 10/16/2006 5:47:52 PM
        
        "If it is, be warned that Global Warming skeptics maybe risk legal action against them." - Robert - 10/15/2006 11:34:50 PM
  - Found another commentary on this general subject - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2006 6:26:45 AM
- Why stop at legal action? - ER - 10/14/2006 9:58:48 PM
  - Is that kinda like...... - Publius - 10/15/2006 3:56:59 AM
    - THAT is FUNNY. (n/t) - Bowser - 10/15/2006 5:12:54 AM
- Typo alert: The word should be "danger". (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 10/14/2006 7:53:09 PM

Another blessing from the Religion of Peace - Islam - David F Mayer - 10/16/2006 3:30:27 PM
- Score: Muslims -2 Christians +1 - Scott Evil - 10/16/2006 4:26:42 PM

The mess that Bush built - Donald - 10/15/2006 7:21:56 PM
- And the Rs ask how Ds would put Humpty Dumpty back again! - Bowser - 10/16/2006 12:49:42 AM
- 2 GOP Senators Urge New Iraq Strategy - Donald - 10/15/2006 7:25:28 PM
  - Meanwhile: 2,763 - Donald - 10/15/2006 7:28:08 PM

Two from the military ordered NOT to speak to the press about Guantanamo - Lindy - 10/15/2006 2:20:52 PM
- Read the story. - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2006 7:29:37 PM
- re: Two from the military ordered NOT to speak to the press about Guantanamo - Eric - 10/15/2006 4:45:37 PM
  - Whistleblowers will soon be a thing of the past - Lindy - 10/15/2006 8:50:03 PM

Scandal has chased 4 Republican Congressmen out this year. - Bowser - 10/14/2006 8:00:18 PM
- The problem.... - Donald - 10/15/2006 2:49:59 AM
- Latest, but maybe not the last - Fox - 10/14/2006 11:43:50 PM

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