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Italy's shame - SDAI-Tech1 - 8/15/2006 2:35:20 AM

Iraq is collapsing! Police force in Fallouja shrinks from 2000 to 100 as insurgents kill and threaten officers - Eric - 8/14/2006 6:41:09 PM
- Better known as "Mission Accomplished" - Lindy - 8/14/2006 11:54:07 PM
- Sorry, Charlie! - Bowser - 8/14/2006 9:44:32 PM

When is a truce a one-sided sucker deal? - Bowser - 8/14/2006 4:54:16 PM
- Lebanese, Hezbullah sucker-punched by Israel. - Bowser - 8/14/2006 9:40:33 PM
- Ain't that interesting? I wonder what it means? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/14/2006 8:36:05 PM

Iranians Saying that their President Is Incompetent. - David F Mayer - 8/10/2006 6:50:47 PM
- re: Iranians Saying that their President Is Incompetent. - azstrummer - 8/10/2006 11:26:15 PM
  - Americans Saying that their President Is Incompetent. - Bowser - 8/10/2006 11:28:47 PM
    - Yes, but the USA is a free country. It takes no guts to - David F Mayer - 8/11/2006 10:32:12 AM
      - Prove it. And how many people in the US have "disappeared"? - Bowser - 8/11/2006 3:09:36 PM
        
        "You'll never know. Illegal to talk about it, and they just disappear." - David F Mayer - 8/11/2006 5:38:34 PM
        
        Note: When Bowser is called on his total absuridity, he ignores it completely. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/14/2006 9:03:23 PM

Interesting article. "Could the US come apart?" - Bowser - 8/13/2006 9:53:23 PM
- I watched "Syriana" tonight. - ER - 8/14/2006 2:29:58 AM
- How can you even think----- "Could the US come apart?" - Publius - 8/14/2006 1:25:21 AM
  - THAT is funny! (n/t) - Bowser - 8/14/2006 4:20:39 AM
- Work ethic? - ER - 8/13/2006 10:28:44 PM
  - re: Work ethic? - Publius - 8/14/2006 1:37:22 AM
    - re: Work ethic? - ER - 8/14/2006 2:17:47 AM
  - re: Work ethic? - FrankC - 8/14/2006 12:27:04 AM
  - Those are due to our "profit ethic", not work ethic. - Lee - 8/13/2006 11:48:16 PM

CNN Lou Dobbs Wakes Up to 9/11 Lies - Jack Herer - 8/11/2006 12:50:55 PM
- re: CNN Lou Dobbs Wakes Up to 9/11 Lies - Eric - 8/11/2006 11:41:56 PM
- Unsettling Truths Arise (Illegal, but powerful monetary alliances emerge) - Lindy - 8/11/2006 10:46:31 PM
- Ineptitude, and covering-up of that, is NOT conspiracy - Daniel - 8/11/2006 5:59:28 PM
  - re: Ineptitude is not conspiracy, but cover-ups, even of ineptitude and ineptly, are indeed conspiracy. - Mary Anne - 8/12/2006 9:14:21 PM
    - all of that is pretty much what I meant, too (n/t) - Daniel - 8/13/2006 8:02:43 AM
- The Public can't handle the Truth - Amidilliah al Ridijadijih - 8/11/2006 3:08:40 PM
  - total garbage - Daniel - 8/11/2006 5:49:34 PM
    - I am a former Islamic who has Converted to Aethiesm. - Amidilliah al Ridijadijih - 8/11/2006 6:25:58 PM
      - LOLOL - Mary Anne - 8/12/2006 9:20:24 PM
      - you are a provocateur and a troll - no more, no less (n/t) - Daniel - 8/11/2006 6:32:49 PM
- re: CNN Lou Dobbs Wakes Up to 9/11 Lies - ER - 8/11/2006 1:23:20 PM
  - yep - Daniel - 8/11/2006 6:08:43 PM
    - Grasshopper...You cannot reason with... - ER - 8/11/2006 7:25:20 PM
      - again, yes. But there's a reason, Master: - Daniel - 8/11/2006 7:44:57 PM
        
        re: again, yes. But there's a reason, Master: - Scott Evil - 8/11/2006 7:57:42 PM
        
        yeah, thought so - Daniel - 8/11/2006 8:07:42 PM
        
        Drivel? - Scott Evil - 8/11/2006 8:30:55 PM
      - I must admit that it is sometimes nice - Amidilliah al Ridijadijih - 8/11/2006 7:43:40 PM
        
        But you gotta do a lotta dill-stompin' to end up in such a pickle. (n/t) - ER - 8/11/2006 8:48:52 PM

Connecticut primary - Tom Brosz - 8/4/2006 5:56:14 PM
- That was then, this is now - Fox - 8/4/2006 11:41:53 PM
  - Co do you think there will be any Democrats willing to play the role of "Centerist Running Mate" in 2008? - John McCain - 8/11/2006 6:37:32 PM
    - Meet me in Flame -- you'll understand why when you get there (n/t) - Fox - 8/12/2006 4:35:24 AM
      - PS: Hi, Scott - Fox - 8/12/2006 4:01:15 PM
        
        Ya really needed an IP lookup ?? ;-) (n/t) - Tony - 8/12/2006 8:55:41 PM
        
        Let's call it: verification of a strong suspicion (n/t) - Fox - 8/13/2006 12:47:53 AM
  - Yes But - ID - 8/10/2006 1:35:20 AM
    - You could not get nominated in Connecticut either (n/t) - alcaray - 8/10/2006 4:22:51 PM
- re: Connecticut primary - REB - 8/4/2006 8:47:43 PM
- See any support for Bob Dole, lately? He was a golden boy till he lost. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/4/2006 6:02:48 PM
  - Bob Dole has class - Fox - 8/4/2006 11:53:00 PM
    - PS: Links - Fox - 8/5/2006 12:02:19 AM
  - I didn't support Bob Dole all that much when he was running. - Tom Brosz - 8/4/2006 6:34:17 PM
    - I had oranges for breakfast (n/t) - alcaray - 8/4/2006 6:43:07 PM
- I don't think Lieberman will run as an independent. - Scott Evil - 8/4/2006 5:59:45 PM
  - Lieberman *will* run as an independent. - Fox - 8/9/2006 1:48:19 PM
    - Plant for the Republican Party - azstrummer - 8/9/2006 7:45:12 PM
      - Agreed - S - 8/12/2006 1:34:44 AM
      - re: There is almost no chance that the Republican would win... - Scott Evil - 8/11/2006 2:46:15 PM
        
        re: "He must feel very strongly that the Democrats have run off the tracks." - Mary Anne - 8/12/2006 9:49:52 PM
        
        re: There is almost no chance that the Republican would win... - azstrummer - 8/12/2006 12:31:47 AM
    - Might change his mind after support/non-support sorts itself out. - alcaray - 8/9/2006 2:39:13 PM
      - The morning buzz: Lieberman's on his own - Fox - 8/9/2006 6:16:11 PM
        
        It is a real interesting situation - alcaray - 8/9/2006 6:40:30 PM
        
        What are you talking about? Scummy? - John McCain - 8/11/2006 6:30:40 PM
        
        Whats Really Scummy - ID - 8/10/2006 1:43:56 AM
        
        You'd love the Texas gubernatorial race... - Fox - 8/9/2006 9:05:05 PM
        
        A kinky governor. I've got Arnold, that's gotta count. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/9/2006 9:12:54 PM

The Case of the Missing $21 Billion for Iraq - Eric - 8/12/2006 1:11:50 PM
- War as a Cash Cow - Lindy - 8/12/2006 8:45:40 PM
  - Inspector General Bowen never mentioned that, courtesy of an unconstitutional order from the president, he was not doing the job that Congress had intended. (n/t) - Lindy - 8/12/2006 9:14:30 PM
- I'll bet anything Cheney is behind this (n/t) - Eric - 8/12/2006 1:23:00 PM
  - Another Presidential "Signing Statement" prohibits this - Lindy - 8/12/2006 9:07:02 PM

"There will be new Middle East, but it will be a nastier and messier one." - Bowser - 8/12/2006 6:53:53 PM
- She has no idea what she's talking about. - Lindy - 8/12/2006 9:08:02 PM

A Paradigm of the Rejectionist Attitude that has kept Palestine a bloody mess for decades. - David F Mayer - 8/11/2006 6:16:29 PM
- re: Marco has point - Raoul - 8/11/2006 7:11:56 PM
  - by that Rationality, the Jews of the world should be sending out droves of Suicide Bombers. - Amidilliah al Ridijadijih - 8/11/2006 7:40:35 PM
    - My personal position as both a Jew and a Zionist. - David F Mayer - 8/11/2006 8:47:50 PM
      - Maybe Israel should clean out the territories - Lee - 8/12/2006 7:32:07 PM
      - Not to say Ph. D. - Bowser - 8/12/2006 3:24:09 AM
  - Marco is totally insane. If the oppressor is willing to cease - David F Mayer - 8/11/2006 7:25:24 PM
    - They have had treaties. Both sides broke them. (n/t) - alcaray - 8/11/2006 8:26:02 PM
      - The situation has changed drastically since Arafat died. - David F Mayer - 8/11/2006 8:40:22 PM
        
        What treaty are you talking about? And I think you mean after Arafat's death for the time period? (n/t) - alcaray - 8/12/2006 3:30:41 PM
    - re: Permanent war - Raoul - 8/11/2006 7:38:37 PM

Ridiculous. "GOP ups ante with London, Lamont " - Bowser - 8/12/2006 3:49:10 AM
- "How many innocent deaths avenge an innocent death?" - Lindy - 8/12/2006 1:12:07 PM

The greatest day in Belgium athletics!! - Raoul - 8/11/2006 7:50:15 PM

While GWB talks democracy, his friends plot and carry out bombings. - Bowser - 8/11/2006 1:08:23 AM
- next "logical conclusion": Bush personally arranged the UK airline conspiracy - Daniel - 8/11/2006 6:09:26 AM
  - Lessee: Wasn't Iranians, North Koreans, Syrians, French, - Bowser - 8/11/2006 3:08:02 PM
    - That's right, the Syrians and Iranians are as pure as the tooth fairy - Daniel - 8/11/2006 5:44:30 PM
  - re: next "logical conclusion": Bush personally arranged the UK airline conspiracy - Jack Herer - 8/11/2006 12:43:27 PM
    - that's just pathetic - Daniel - 8/11/2006 5:46:18 PM
      - (moderator:) - Daniel - 8/11/2006 6:06:20 PM
        
        re: (moderator:) - FrankC (moderator) - 8/11/2006 6:29:35 PM
        
        re: (moderator:) - Daniel - 8/11/2006 6:36:58 PM

HAPPY 25 th Birthday , PC! - carl - 8/11/2006 5:55:11 PM
- Yes, Happy Birth---[client error] (n/t) - McFly - 8/11/2006 6:07:09 PM

Self-inflicted prophecies - LJK - 8/11/2006 4:13:15 PM
- That is what I hate about apocalyptic sects. - David F Mayer - 8/11/2006 5:32:04 PM
- I LOVE IT WHEN A PLAN COMES TOGETHER (n/t) - ALLAH - 8/11/2006 4:27:24 PM

Tune pang? - ER - 8/8/2006 6:12:54 PM
- *groan* - Fox - 8/8/2006 11:18:02 PM
  - re: *groan* - ER - 8/9/2006 1:18:49 AM
    - re: *groan* - REB - 8/11/2006 12:20:31 PM
    - Daddy, what does she mean by My Hump? - LJK - 8/9/2006 2:24:07 PM

Lieberman Files for Independent - REB - 8/9/2006 2:44:48 PM
- I'm suprised... - Scott Evil - 8/10/2006 12:55:32 PM
  - As Opposed To Republicans - ID - 8/11/2006 3:29:22 AM
- Go Joe - ID - 8/10/2006 1:29:21 AM

A portent? "'Dead zone' startles scientists" - Bowser - 8/10/2006 9:15:39 PM
- Nature's Way -- Spirit - ER - 8/11/2006 2:45:03 AM
- The way we have damaged the oceans, it is no surprise. - David F Mayer - 8/10/2006 9:22:54 PM
  - We had a dead zone in Tampa Bay last year - Lindy - 8/11/2006 12:38:41 AM

What things are like in Cuba under Castro - David F Mayer - 8/8/2006 7:53:01 PM
- Wonder what the folks held in the US incommunicado, without charges, - Bowser - 8/9/2006 3:13:07 AM
  - It is an occupational hazard when one is a terrorist. - David F Mayer - 8/9/2006 3:11:18 PM
    - They aren't POW's. They are Terrorists. - Scott Evil - 8/10/2006 1:00:09 PM
      - Whoops. Sorry. I understood that they were to be given - David F Mayer - 8/10/2006 1:19:00 PM
        
        Maybe you are correct. Either way, the hangman needs to get busy at GITMO. - Scott Evil - 8/10/2006 3:48:51 PM
        
        re: Maybe you are correct. Either way, the hangman needs to get busy at GITMO. - David F Mayer - 8/10/2006 6:56:10 PM

China - Cat 5 Typhoon - Jack Herer - 8/10/2006 12:30:18 PM
- Serves those self-absorbed polluter's and human rights abusers right. (n/t) - Scott Evil - 8/10/2006 1:01:23 PM
  - And that's why the US had Katrina? (n/t) - Bowser - 8/10/2006 4:32:14 PM

Iran behind Lezbolla - Scott Evil - 8/10/2006 12:54:19 PM

Shutting Down Alaskan Pipeline...fact or fiction? - carl - 8/7/2006 7:30:38 PM
- The last four years of world oil production.... - podrock - 8/9/2006 10:40:12 PM
- re: It's not BP's fault: Bush Did it. - Amidilliah al Ridijadijih - 8/8/2006 3:49:07 PM
  - Lifetime of Alaskan OIL FIELDS? - carl - 8/8/2006 6:57:01 PM
- BP Buggery - ER - 8/8/2006 12:46:42 PM
- re: Shutting Down Alaskan Pipeline...fact or fiction? - Eric - 8/8/2006 3:28:19 AM
  - " I would think they would provide many pictures to dispell any suspection of inpropriety." - Lindy - 8/8/2006 3:44:47 PM
    - BP will hire Industrial Light and Magic to create pictures of the pipeline. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/9/2006 6:14:09 PM
- There is only ONE principle of Capitalism: Maximization of Profit. - David F Mayer - 8/7/2006 8:30:39 PM
  - Yup, when it impacts MY WALLET - carl - 8/7/2006 8:39:45 PM
    - I am afraid that you do not understand the nature of Greed. - David F Mayer - 8/7/2006 9:10:13 PM
      - re: I am afraid that you do not understand the nature of Greed. - gbaikie - 8/8/2006 1:20:18 AM
        
        I doubt if CEOs ever consider environmental consequences. - David F Mayer - 8/8/2006 1:21:56 PM
        
        re: I doubt if CEOs ever consider environmental consequences. - gbaikie - 8/8/2006 8:41:48 PM
        
        "Environmental consequences affect profits." - David F Mayer - 8/9/2006 3:27:26 PM
        
        re: "Environmental consequences affect profits." - gbaikie - 8/9/2006 6:23:36 PM
        
        Sure. Reduce their pollution levels to way below the allowable amounts. - David F Mayer - 8/9/2006 8:52:58 PM
      - No frock coats and top hats, just gold parachutes. - ER - 8/7/2006 11:48:13 PM
        
        "the devastation left in their wake is incalculable. Today, these meltdowns can cause entire nations to collapse" - Lindy - 8/8/2006 3:57:27 PM
        
        Very well-written and insightful. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/8/2006 1:36:05 AM

Unbelievable - more and more like, well, the SS, KGB, SAVAK - Bowser - 8/9/2006 4:43:22 AM
- re: Law, constitution, jurisprudence - Raoul - 8/9/2006 6:52:47 PM
  - Yes, several lawyers representing the Bar Association - Lindy - 8/9/2006 7:43:39 PM
    - Republican Senator Prepares to Sue Bush - Lindy - 8/9/2006 7:49:48 PM
- Christian Conservatives should be up in arms about this - Lindy - 8/9/2006 6:25:36 PM

Israel Begins Wider Offensive Operations in Lebanon - David F Mayer - 8/9/2006 3:08:47 PM
- Some Israelis speaking in the language that conservatives cannot hear - alcaray - 8/9/2006 3:29:41 PM

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