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Do we need another WALTER CRONKITE to tell the USA the war in IRAQ is a NO-WIN? - carl - 7/27/2006 5:50:52 PM
- re: Do we need another WALTER CRONKITE to tell the USA the war in IRAQ is a NO-WIN? (n/t) - noh - 8/9/2006 1:26:11 PM
- LOL - gbaikie - 7/28/2006 2:19:41 AM
- That would be Rush Limbaugh... - Scott Evil - 7/27/2006 9:58:11 PM
- The mainstream media has been mourning this loss of power for some time now. - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2006 5:58:54 PM
  - NY Times closes Printing Plant in NJ and............ - carl - 7/28/2006 2:54:23 PM
  - More mainstream media death spiral... - Tom Brosz - 7/28/2006 1:52:10 AM
  - Graph - Tom Brosz - 7/27/2006 10:54:28 PM
  - Try to stay with the topic, don't blame the messenger. Tiresome. - Bowser - 7/27/2006 6:44:49 PM

Iran To Supply Hezbolla With More SAM systems - SDF - 8/8/2006 4:07:32 PM
- US to Supply Israel with Bunker Busters (n/t) - Lindy - 8/8/2006 11:01:59 PM
  - Russia supplying Iraq and Iran with You Name It - Lindy - 8/8/2006 11:03:09 PM
- Reminiscent of our supplying Stingers to the Mujahadeen (n/t) - alcaray - 8/8/2006 5:15:37 PM
  - Where do the Israli's ge their waepons? - carl - 8/8/2006 6:58:19 PM
    - both (n/t) - alcaray - 8/8/2006 9:47:51 PM
- US supplying Israel with more arms. - Bowser - 8/8/2006 5:12:35 PM
  - Israel is a USA ally. Hezbollah is a terrorist group allied with Iran. DUH! (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/8/2006 5:18:54 PM

How To Hack A DieBold Voting Machine - Jack Herer - 8/8/2006 6:46:11 PM

Violence Surges Through Sao Paulo, Brazil - SDF - 8/8/2006 3:21:18 PM
- "a notorious gang whose leaders ordered the violence from behind bars." - David F Mayer - 8/8/2006 5:21:22 PM
  - I agree, their bahaviour is more like a militia, but without any political agenda, just selfish criminal malice. (n/t) - SDF - 8/8/2006 5:37:33 PM

backhanded insults - FrankC (moderator) - 8/7/2006 3:13:36 PM
- Same here, same reason (n/t) - Fox (moderator) - 8/8/2006 4:45:35 PM
- Good job, FrankC (moderator) - Bowser - 8/7/2006 4:02:11 PM
  - Things are pretty tame these days - Lindy - 8/8/2006 1:06:52 AM

REUTERSGATE! The Tipping Point - gbaikie - 8/7/2006 12:16:46 AM
- Reuters withdrew all 920 photographs by a freelance Lebanese photographer - gbaikie - 8/8/2006 4:44:24 AM
- I can't wait for the post-mortum interviews of a few of these fraudulent photoshoppers. - Scott Evil - 8/7/2006 2:36:28 PM
- What - no outrage over Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice and their blatant lies? - Bowser - 8/7/2006 2:23:09 AM

Israel takes possession of US Nuclear Bunker Busters for it's escalating war - Lindy - 8/6/2006 3:03:31 AM
- I presume that you have some reliable information on that. - David F Mayer - 8/6/2006 5:27:14 AM
  - I thought not. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/7/2006 8:31:48 PM
    - re: I thought not. - Lindy - 8/8/2006 1:10:59 AM
      - "It came in as an email." Many hoaxes come in E-mail. - David F Mayer - 8/8/2006 1:47:02 AM

How to make a bad situation worse. - Bowser - 8/7/2006 5:41:52 PM
- re: Landis - Raoul - 8/7/2006 6:44:45 PM
  - How could he have been that stupid? - Lee - 8/7/2006 7:17:36 PM
    - re: How could he have been that stupid? - ER - 8/7/2006 7:40:26 PM
      - These are our childrens' role models - LJK - 8/8/2006 1:08:05 AM

Giuliani vs. H.R. Clinton in the 2008 Presidential election. - Scott Evil - 8/7/2006 2:43:27 PM
- Hillary is a far stronger choice - sz - 8/8/2006 1:06:57 AM
- Niether............ - carl - 8/7/2006 5:14:52 PM
  - "Rudy has his skeletons in his closet " - David F Mayer - 8/7/2006 7:14:21 PM
- Giuliani - REB - 8/7/2006 4:35:41 PM

Unresolved Rumors About War In Iraq. - SDF - 8/7/2006 3:38:19 AM
- 1, 2 and 3 - Bowser - 8/7/2006 4:13:44 AM
  - 4 - SDF - 8/7/2006 5:57:16 AM
    - I'll also assume that 5 thru 7 are correct. - SDF - 8/8/2006 12:49:05 AM

CIA Develops Anti Terrorism Gas - David F Mayer - 8/7/2006 5:55:43 PM
- Experimenting on TERRORISTS? COOOL!!!!! - carel - 8/7/2006 7:36:51 PM
  - You've been ambushed. Check the link and the author. (n/t) - ER - 8/7/2006 7:42:38 PM

Iranian MISSLES and Hezbollah lanch sites - carl - 8/7/2006 5:12:22 PM

David F Mayer - David F Mayer - 8/4/2006 12:57:51 PM
- Title should have been: "How long will Communism survive in Cuba after the Castro Brothers die?" (n/t) - DFM - 8/4/2006 12:58:30 PM
  - Hatred of Fidel Castro Shaped South Florida - LJK - 8/4/2006 1:27:57 PM
    - I expect a significant part of the exiles to return to Cuba - David F Mayer - 8/4/2006 1:56:43 PM
      - re: I expect a significant part of the exiles to return to Cuba - Marcia - 8/7/2006 2:51:24 AM
        
        re: I expect a significant part of the exiles to return to Cuba - ER - 8/7/2006 2:34:05 PM
        
        Correction. - ER - 8/7/2006 2:37:00 PM
      - I want the Chevy Dealerships in Havana - carl - 8/4/2006 2:11:38 PM
        
        Remeber you will have a built-in problem...... - Publius - 8/4/2006 3:35:40 PM

111 degrees in NY,NY - Buck Galaxy - 8/3/2006 9:45:08 AM
- Temperature records in the U.S. - Tom Brosz - 8/4/2006 8:08:49 PM
- re: 111 degrees in NY,NY - REB - 8/4/2006 12:22:31 PM
  - 20 days of 100+ in N. Texas, so far this year - Fox - 8/5/2006 2:27:38 AM
    - Still a mild and wet summer here. - REB - 8/7/2006 12:16:05 PM
  - We hit 118 in Woodland Hills (where I work) two weeks ago. - alcaray - 8/4/2006 7:33:07 PM
- re: Some of the coldest temperatures on the planet - Johannes - 8/3/2006 10:23:04 PM
- re: 111 degrees in NY,NY - gbaikie - 8/3/2006 7:23:37 PM
  - Review some more - alcaray - 8/3/2006 9:17:52 PM
    - re: Review some more - gbaikie - 8/3/2006 11:05:32 PM
      - I did not say there was no heat island effect. - alcaray - 8/3/2006 11:57:07 PM
        
        re: I did not say there was no heat island effect. - gbaikie - 8/4/2006 8:16:46 PM
        
        Are you trying to make the assertion that there has never been a 111 F tempature in NYC before now? - Scott Evil - 8/4/2006 1:27:56 PM
        
        Highest temp ever in Central Park = 106 - Fox - 8/5/2006 2:22:07 AM
        
        Conservatives can't read, I guess. Or are you guys pulling my chain? (n/t) - alcaray - 8/4/2006 3:29:14 PM
- I've read that it has been much hotter in Earth's prehistoric past - SDF - 8/3/2006 2:30:13 PM
  - re: I've read that it has been much hotter in Earth's prehistoric past - REB - 8/4/2006 12:30:15 PM
  - Of course there has been temperature changes over the long course of earth's history - Buck Galaxy - 8/4/2006 6:35:26 AM
  - re: I've read that it has been much hotter in Earth's prehistoric past - gbaikie - 8/3/2006 8:22:54 PM
  - Uh Oh. - Scott Evil - 8/3/2006 3:06:56 PM
- OK start with NY, NY. - Scott Evil - 8/3/2006 2:03:48 PM
  - re: OK start with NY, NY. - LJK - 8/3/2006 4:20:42 PM
- 1 BILLION Degrees............ - carl - 8/3/2006 2:00:44 PM

Why They Fight - gbaikie - 8/6/2006 11:43:07 PM
- seems like the Shias and Sunnis would like to 'ethnically cleanse' each other - Daniel - 8/7/2006 5:56:54 AM
- Ethnic cleansing. And to avoid American interference with their nations. - Bowser - 8/7/2006 2:21:49 AM

Israeli army embarrassed by video broadcast - Eric - 8/5/2006 10:48:45 PM
- That happened 4 1/2 years ago - sz - 8/6/2006 2:29:15 AM
- Like scenes from Fallujah or Abu Garaib....... - Lindy - 8/6/2006 1:54:54 AM

Condoleeza Rice - Iraq policy not failing, no civil war in sight. - Bowser - 8/5/2006 4:42:41 AM
- Well, the tabloids are still selling their George/Condi/Laura love triangle rumors... - sz - 8/5/2006 9:52:44 PM
- re: Condoleeza Rice - Lindy - 8/5/2006 1:39:42 PM
  - A good rule. - Bowser - 8/5/2006 2:52:17 PM
    - Apparently they want her to look like a fool - Lindy - 8/5/2006 3:26:57 PM

Now Isreal is accused of racism - Scott Evil - 8/4/2006 2:46:42 PM
- The UN is upset - it's been exposed as a complete, utter failure - sz - 8/5/2006 4:31:22 AM
- MEL GIBSON should do a PSA for Isreal - carl - 8/4/2006 2:54:30 PM
  - You never know. - Scott Evil - 8/4/2006 5:54:32 PM
- Imagine there was no UN. It's easy if you try. - Scott Evil - 8/4/2006 2:49:49 PM

Why Israel is targeting Lebanese infrastructure. - Lee - 8/4/2006 10:57:37 PM
- re: Why Israel is targeting Lebanese infrastructure. - nick hoffman - 8/5/2006 4:08:05 AM

Bush is a wimp - gbaikie - 8/5/2006 3:22:33 AM

Sadr - Tom Brosz - 8/4/2006 6:56:45 PM
- Sadr needs to have a fatal accident -- and soon. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/4/2006 7:25:24 PM

"this Just in...Generalissimo Francisco Franko is STILL DEAD!" - carl - 8/4/2006 2:09:44 PM
- "Any ideas on how (or when)Castro's death will be announced ?" - David F Mayer - 8/4/2006 5:32:47 PM
  - Little HAVANA warming up already - carl - 8/4/2006 6:03:52 PM
- Only after the commies have had enough time to loot what little capital the country has - Scott Evil - 8/4/2006 2:19:10 PM

Pentagon Brass: Iraq civil war is possible - Lindy - 8/3/2006 4:30:52 PM
- Mexican Civil War is possible too. - Scott Evil - 8/4/2006 1:30:18 PM
  - re: Mexican Civil War is possible too. - Lindy - 8/4/2006 5:11:01 PM
    - Get ready then... The News media is already setting the table for a big Democrat disappointment in November. - Scott Evil - 8/4/2006 5:57:34 PM
- Not unexpected - Donald - 8/4/2006 2:15:55 AM
- Sometimes a good civil war provides a needed outlet for bored people to have some harmless fun. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 8/3/2006 8:19:13 PM
- re: Pentagon Brass: Iraq civil war is possible- and worse and worse - Andrew - 8/3/2006 4:52:55 PM

Whacko McKinney Desperate to hold on to her Seat - Scott Evil - 8/4/2006 2:34:48 PM

Check out the secondary explosions in this picture. - Scott Evil - 8/4/2006 2:12:23 PM

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