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Shark That Walks on Fins Found in Indonesian Waters - REB - 9/18/2006 5:27:16 PM

Israel made a real mess - alcaray - 9/13/2006 10:44:40 PM
- That's them saying it. - Bowser - 9/13/2006 11:41:04 PM
  - Diversionary tatic: what was going on in Gaza and the West Bank at the same time? (n/t) - E.P. - 9/18/2006 1:50:51 PM
  - re: That's them saying it. - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2006 1:39:49 AM
    - Had you read it - the quote was from alcaray's post. - Bowser - 9/14/2006 3:24:21 AM
      - Got it. My fault for skipping around. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2006 3:44:57 AM

Ties to GOP trumped skill on Iraq team - Donald - 9/17/2006 2:36:06 PM
- Meanwhile.... - Donald - 9/17/2006 2:38:42 PM
  - re: and the staggering cost - Eric - 9/18/2006 1:48:33 AM
    - and of course, according to the Israeli operatives, Iraq's oil was supposed to pay for it all (n/t) - E.P. - 9/18/2006 1:44:07 PM

Fill 'er up....Gas Prices, Please.....$2.41/gal - carl - 9/15/2006 6:53:03 PM
- happy for ya, but some of us are still being gouged. - SDG - 9/18/2006 5:57:18 AM
- Gas. Prices. Drop. Every. Fall. - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2006 1:15:07 AM
  - Election, ELECTION, ELECTION!!!!!!!! - carl - 9/16/2006 2:41:44 PM
  - The quiet hurricane season has helped, too. - Fox - 9/16/2006 2:47:02 AM

Arctic ice 'melting from below' - Eric - 9/16/2006 11:47:06 PM
- re: Arctic ice 'melting from below' - gbaikie - 9/17/2006 12:08:15 AM
  - You are the worst denialist idiot on this board - Buck Galaxy - 9/17/2006 5:34:50 AM

The Pope's speech - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2006 1:48:42 AM
- Terrorist Group Threatens Pope - David F Mayer - 9/17/2006 1:18:40 AM
  - Not to worry...The Pope is now groveling. - Lee - 9/17/2006 3:10:44 AM
  - Woops. Here is link - DFM - 9/17/2006 1:19:50 AM

Sun as cause of global warming dealt a blow - Laurie Street - 9/13/2006 8:52:57 PM
- re: Sun as cause of global warming dealt a blow - gbaikie - 9/16/2006 10:16:02 AM
- You are putting the cause of global warming in the wrong place! - Enrico Nocaro - 9/14/2006 3:08:55 PM
- Arctic Ice Melting Rapidly, Study Says - Jack Herer - 9/14/2006 12:47:40 PM
  - Holes in the Ozone layer are letting in UV (n/t) - E.P. - 9/15/2006 2:45:50 PM
    - Actually, a report I just saw show the hole getting smaller. - REB - 9/15/2006 6:54:35 PM
      - shuttle stopped flying - no SRBs (n/t) - E.P. - 9/16/2006 4:29:40 AM
      - PS - Laurie Street - 9/15/2006 9:47:00 PM
        
        :) - REB - 9/15/2006 9:51:12 PM
      - Side note on old air conditioners - Laurie Street - 9/15/2006 9:43:12 PM
        
        I think they have it for the old R22 for old home systems. - REB - 9/15/2006 9:50:24 PM
        
        Not Gore's fault. - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2006 1:32:45 AM
  - Thats good news. There is oil deep beneath the ice caps! - Scott Evil - 9/14/2006 3:06:44 PM
- re: Global warming of planet"s" (plural) - Eric - 9/13/2006 11:55:37 PM
  - re: Global warming of planet"s" (plural) - Marcia - 9/14/2006 12:46:01 AM
- re: Sun as cause of global warming dealt a blow - alcaray - 9/13/2006 11:04:58 PM
  - You can laugh... - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2006 1:32:24 AM
    - My theory... - alcaray - 9/14/2006 3:30:57 PM
  - I wonder if they can see China from those holes their heads are buried in? (n/t) - Laurie Street - 9/14/2006 12:51:51 AM
  - It's cows, damnit! And caribou. - Bowser - 9/14/2006 12:48:21 AM
- Swell. - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2006 9:45:15 PM
  - Dang you beat me to the punch. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/13/2006 10:47:09 PM
    - Its in the ice core data! You Dolt. - Dr. Frank N. Stien - 9/14/2006 3:00:03 PM
    - I can't call "bull" on the paper without reading it, either. - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2006 4:04:59 AM
  - re: Swell. - Marcia - 9/13/2006 10:44:22 PM

No torture! - Lindy - 9/14/2006 11:48:19 PM
- the issue isn't torture...It is why won't congress define exactly what torture IS? - Scott Evil - 9/15/2006 5:32:29 PM
  - re: the issue isn't torture...It is why won't congress define exactly what torture IS? - azstrummer - 9/15/2006 11:27:36 PM
  - TORTURE IS................ - carl - 9/15/2006 6:40:28 PM
- I would support torture in a heart beat. - Lee - 9/15/2006 9:38:22 AM
  - show me how it works - FrankC - 9/15/2006 7:31:17 PM
  - Do it for the right reasons. Revenge is not one of them. - REB - 9/15/2006 5:57:51 PM
    - re: Do it for the right reasons. Revenge is not one of them. - azstrummer - 9/15/2006 11:37:09 PM
      - re: Revenge - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2006 1:26:53 AM
      - So read what you said. - Lee - 9/16/2006 12:14:58 AM
        
        To both of you - azstrummer - 9/16/2006 3:35:53 AM
        
        Gee AZ......... - Lindy - 9/16/2006 4:37:59 AM
        
        re: To both of you - Tom Brosz - 9/16/2006 4:24:02 AM
  - I think we need to line up a few of them and run a few executions while the others are forced to watch... - Scott Evil - 9/15/2006 5:36:55 PM
  - Intolerable - Lindy - 9/15/2006 3:51:24 PM
    - re: Intolerable - Scott Evil - 9/15/2006 5:34:51 PM
    - Gitmo reality check - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2006 4:21:32 PM

Geeze, these Muslims really need some Anger Management therapy - sz - 9/16/2006 1:45:44 AM

Some quotes - Laurie Street - 9/15/2006 3:39:22 AM
- One more from Hitler - Jack Herer - 9/15/2006 7:57:30 PM
- Ministry of PROPAGANDA - carl - 9/15/2006 5:06:26 PM
- Incidentally... - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2006 5:01:18 AM
  - Don't forget to tally the Flame Board too. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2006 6:07:28 AM
- Good. Now do Karl Marx. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2006 4:58:08 AM
  - OK - Laurie Street - 9/15/2006 5:11:11 AM
  - OK - Laurie Street - 9/15/2006 5:11:08 AM
    - Maybe you didn't take me seriously. - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2006 5:59:32 AM
      - Nothing "obvious" about it. Laurie was ambiguous. You should ask for clarification before you go off. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/15/2006 5:20:32 PM
        
        re: obvious - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2006 5:25:25 PM
        
        Everything is always so obvious to you! - alcaray - 9/15/2006 5:36:10 PM
- Nice try. (n/t) - RobVG - 9/15/2006 4:52:13 AM

Maybe Mayor Nagan was dead on the money. - REB - 9/15/2006 2:57:56 PM
- Lawyers and Insurance companies - carl - 9/15/2006 3:43:27 PM
- When Nagan said what? (n/t) - alcaray - 9/15/2006 3:41:42 PM
  - "You guys in New York City can't get a hole in the ground fixed, and it's five years later." - REB - 9/15/2006 3:52:13 PM

Iranian leader preaches to the West on Diplomacy. - Scott Evil - 9/14/2006 2:54:45 PM
- Pay no attention to the words. Watch the actions. - Bowser - 9/14/2006 4:05:21 PM
  - That could apply to Saddam as well. - Lee - 9/15/2006 9:30:31 AM
  - Really good advice, imho - McFly - 9/14/2006 4:49:16 PM

Many Arab officials say al-Qaida is in a different category, one representing true terrorists. Al-Akwa agreed. - Bowser - 9/12/2006 11:45:00 PM
- Fine. Let Iran, Syria and North Korea tell you how to think about terrorism. - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2006 4:23:05 AM
  - "Either - or", for limited thinkers. "Both - and" for the more mature. - Bowser - 9/13/2006 4:31:56 AM
    - Interesting. - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2006 4:50:19 AM
      - Tom, Do you remember... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/14/2006 6:25:03 AM
      - re: Interesting. - azstrummer - 9/13/2006 5:51:37 PM
        
        Before your time Art. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/14/2006 6:16:04 AM
  - That one was supposed to go under "amoral" and "immoral." (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2006 4:24:02 AM
- As I pointed out in another post... - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2006 1:22:36 AM
  - Tom, I certainly agree with you........ - Publius - 9/13/2006 5:36:10 PM
  - See "amoral" and "immoral". By ANY definition it was state terrorism. - Bowser - 9/13/2006 3:48:49 AM
  - And now that I think about it... - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2006 1:27:27 AM
    - Take a look at the list of 115 member states - alcaray - 9/14/2006 10:26:17 PM
      - re: Take a look at who's calling the shots. - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2006 6:52:50 AM
    - re: And now that I think about it... - azstrummer - 9/13/2006 6:10:30 PM
      - Good Lord, not you too. - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2006 1:46:07 AM
        
        English a second language to you? - azstrummer - 9/14/2006 5:14:56 AM
        
        re: English - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2006 6:39:58 AM
        
        Right to lecture - azstrummer - 9/14/2006 7:30:07 PM
        
        And some history - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2006 1:58:22 AM
      - Amen. Well said. (n/t) - Bowser - 9/13/2006 7:17:14 PM

Bush. Dumb as two sticks. This guy has no insight, cause there's nothing in there to see. - Bowser - 9/14/2006 6:08:22 AM
- Hey Bowz...... - Lindy - 9/15/2006 3:46:49 AM
- I thought there was supposed to be a division between church and state - Lindy - 9/14/2006 2:23:35 PM
  - I think Pat Robertson is thinking the White House would make a nice place to preach. - Bowser - 9/14/2006 4:13:55 PM
    - re: I think Pat Robertson is thinking the White House would make a nice place to preach. - azstrummer - 9/14/2006 5:58:00 PM

Top soldier quits as blundering campaign turns into 'pointless' war - Jack Herer - 9/14/2006 5:26:22 PM
- " â€œItâ€™s completely barking mad. " - Lindy - 9/15/2006 1:07:03 AM

Humans causing stronger storms - Donald - 9/12/2006 1:47:57 AM
- It wasn't me..... (n/t) - azstrummer - 9/14/2006 7:30:47 PM
- These scientists must all be democrats conspiring against Bush! - Buck Galaxy - 9/12/2006 7:30:16 AM
  - Donald apparently just read the headline. - Tom Brosz - 9/12/2006 7:46:14 AM
    - Uh..Tom - Donald - 9/12/2006 1:29:32 PM
      - The most pathetic part of it all is - Buck Galaxy - 9/14/2006 5:18:45 AM

Bush at it again - "US Iran report branded dishonest" - Bowser - 9/14/2006 3:23:53 PM
- re: at it again - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2006 4:26:58 PM

Powell and McCain oppose Bush's torture plan - Bowser - 9/14/2006 4:18:31 PM

Poland to boost Nato Afghan force - Bowser - 9/14/2006 3:50:32 PM

Nonlethal weapons should be used on American citizens before they are used on the battlefield - Lindy - 9/14/2006 2:16:08 PM

Since the "war on terror" can't be won, we're talking giving up civil rights forever. - Bowser - 9/14/2006 5:47:00 AM

Now what? "Nato fails on Afghan troops plea" - Bowser - 9/13/2006 7:32:12 PM
- re: Now what? - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2006 9:26:49 PM
  - So Afghanistan wasn't a Bush operation? Best tell Woodward. - Bowser - 9/14/2006 1:03:41 AM
- re: Now what? "Nato fails on Afghan troops plea" - Marcia - 9/13/2006 8:21:19 PM
- re: Now what? "Nato fails on Afghan troops plea" - Marcia - 9/13/2006 8:17:07 PM
  - re: Now what? "Nato fails on Afghan troops plea" - Marcia - 9/13/2006 8:23:06 PM

Anyone watch ABC's "Path to 911"? - gbaikie - 9/11/2006 6:25:24 AM
- I thought it was pretty good. - Scott Evil - 9/11/2006 2:27:27 PM
  - The facts - Eric - 9/11/2006 2:41:40 PM
- re: Anyone watch ABC's "Path to 911"? It was excellent. - Marcia - 9/11/2006 2:25:52 PM
  - re: Anyone watch ABC's "Path to 911"? It was excellent. - Marcia - 9/13/2006 8:26:32 PM
  - I gave up on NBC... At least Katie had life. - Scott Evil - 9/11/2006 2:28:40 PM

This from a military that attacks mosques. - Bowser - 9/13/2006 7:15:48 PM

Chafee seems to be taking a solid lead over Laffey in R.I. - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2006 2:24:11 AM
- The power of incumbancy rules. - Scott Evil - 9/13/2006 10:58:50 AM
  - More accurately, the power of the RNC (n/t) - alcaray - 9/13/2006 5:25:14 PM
- Chafee - Donald - 9/13/2006 4:52:29 AM
  - What, like Democrats? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2006 6:31:30 AM

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