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Artillery shells with chemical munitions found in Iraq - gbaikie - 6/22/2006 12:47:18 AM
- Think about it - ER - 6/23/2006 5:29:35 PM
  - re: Think about it - gbaikie - 6/23/2006 11:17:31 PM
    - Was it something I said? (n/t) - ER - 6/24/2006 4:52:21 PM
- A non-issue ressurected for political purposes - Donald - 6/23/2006 12:56:21 AM
  - This from the same people who get apoplexy from PPB traces of toxins in the environment. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/23/2006 6:19:41 PM
  - re: A non-issue ressurected for political purposes - gbaikie - 6/23/2006 4:40:57 AM
  - Right, I'd like to see you pick them up like the items under your kitchen sink (n/t) - SteveS - 6/23/2006 1:59:26 AM
    - Let's test them on David kay...the dictator's mouthpiece. (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/23/2006 2:42:37 AM
      - Ah, the old "Veer from the party line" = "Traitor" technique. Nice. (n/t) - Tony - 6/23/2006 4:18:46 PM
        
        Statements like his are personal gain driven. - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/23/2006 8:47:18 PM
- I heard about that. Interesting. - REB - 6/22/2006 3:11:24 PM
- Didn't anyone tell Duelfer before this? (n/t) - tony - 6/22/2006 2:48:06 AM
  - or maybe they did and Santorum is full of it - Tony - 6/22/2006 3:01:41 PM
    - Duelfer Report - Tom Brosz - 6/22/2006 5:59:46 PM
      - re: Duelfer Report - REB - 6/22/2006 6:09:11 PM
        
        re: Duelfer Report - Tom Brosz - 6/22/2006 6:32:28 PM
    - I don't think subtleties like that matter to the right. (n/t) - alcaray - 6/22/2006 3:07:58 PM
- Questions... - Tom Brosz - 6/22/2006 1:12:12 AM
  - What we can answer - SteveS - 6/22/2006 6:00:05 AM
  - re: Questions... - gbaikie - 6/22/2006 2:20:28 AM

2,516 - Donald - 6/24/2006 3:45:47 PM

North Korea getting ready for some missile-waving - ljk - 6/20/2006 2:54:51 PM
- Mondale backs pre-emptive missile strike - David F Mayer - 6/23/2006 7:57:28 PM
  - I don't get it. - Tom Brosz - 6/23/2006 10:31:25 PM
    - Think Tom...Think! - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/24/2006 12:35:09 AM
- Gingrich and William Perry agree - Tony - 6/22/2006 3:12:50 PM
  - I did read or hear... - alcaray - 6/23/2006 5:18:14 PM
- See the North Korean Government slowly disintegrate. - David F Mayer - 6/21/2006 5:47:47 PM
  - re: See the North Korean Government slowly disintegrate. - ljk - 6/21/2006 5:52:17 PM
    - Hell no! (n/t) - DFM - 6/22/2006 8:44:01 PM
- Uhh, N Korea's been fuelin that thing for the past 4 days - carl - 6/21/2006 3:29:28 PM
  - Storables. The oxidizer is nasty stuff. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/21/2006 4:18:15 PM
- boost-phase intercept - Robert - 6/20/2006 3:31:16 PM
  - "I wonder if the laser-armed 747 is operational yet?" - R.L. - 6/24/2006 6:06:16 AM
  - Don't hold your breath. - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/21/2006 1:06:13 PM
  - I reluctantly agree - Scott Evil - 6/20/2006 8:21:56 PM
    - re: I reluctantly agree - Robert - 6/20/2006 9:22:41 PM
    - What about China? - REB - 6/20/2006 8:46:16 PM
      - re: What about China? - LJK - 6/21/2006 5:54:13 PM
        
        China fears N.Korea missile crisis - REB - 6/22/2006 3:16:16 PM
      - I don't think shooting down a missile over NK territory would harm China's soveirnty in any way. - Scott Evil - 6/20/2006 9:02:09 PM
      - I don't think shooting down a missile over NK territory would harm China's soveirnty in any way. - Scott Evil - 6/20/2006 9:02:07 PM
  - Our missile interceptors are probably expensive toys - alcaray - 6/20/2006 5:44:29 PM
    - LUV 2c it zapped by ABL System - carl - 6/22/2006 4:43:42 PM
    - "I would dearly love to be proved wrong on this" - Tom Brosz - 6/20/2006 6:30:13 PM
      - I detest wasting money. Always have. - alcaray - 6/20/2006 9:01:01 PM
        
        re: wasting money - Tom Brosz - 6/20/2006 10:58:27 PM
        
        I do agree that saving a city would not be a waste of money - alcaray - 6/21/2006 3:16:15 PM
        
        We've been through this. - Tom Brosz - 6/21/2006 4:17:41 PM
        
        Find some people who don't want it to work, and ask them, is my advice. - alcaray - 6/21/2006 4:28:36 PM
  - Would be better to intercept later in flight - Tom Brosz - 6/20/2006 4:33:26 PM
    - aggressive containment - Robert - 6/20/2006 5:48:46 PM
      - re: aggressive containment - Tom Brosz - 6/20/2006 6:14:57 PM
        
        re: aggressive containment - Robert - 6/20/2006 10:29:21 PM
        
        We said the same about Iraq. - Lee - 6/21/2006 1:23:49 AM
        
        Key word being "aggressive" of course. - Tom Brosz - 6/20/2006 11:04:46 PM
        
        re: Key word being "aggressive" of course. - Robert - 6/21/2006 5:14:12 AM
        
        Bush Sr. invaded Panama. - Lee - 6/21/2006 6:51:49 PM
        
        Examples of aggression - Tom Brosz - 6/21/2006 4:34:07 PM
        
        Clinto redux - Tony - 6/22/2006 3:17:04 PM
        
        So was Clinton wrong, or Bush? - Tom Brosz - 6/23/2006 12:09:34 AM
        
        Focus, Tom, Focus. - Tony - 6/23/2006 2:57:45 AM
        
        re: Clinto redux - REB - 6/22/2006 3:32:54 PM
  - Not a bad idea. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 6/20/2006 4:30:44 PM
  - Stopping petty little dictatorships before they really hurt someone - LJK - 6/20/2006 3:43:39 PM
    - re: Stopping petty little dictatorships before they really hurt someone - REB - 6/20/2006 4:21:16 PM
      - re: re:too much freedom - Raoul - 6/20/2006 4:33:29 PM
        
        Not true, Raoul. - ER - 6/20/2006 8:24:51 PM
        
        Well said. - Scott Evil - 6/20/2006 8:35:06 PM
        
        Yes, if you and your UN buddies had their way, Sadam and the thugs like heim would still be setting the rules. - Scott Evil - 6/20/2006 8:16:32 PM
        
        Wow. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/20/2006 5:43:13 PM
        
        re: re:too much freedom - ljk - 6/20/2006 5:25:30 PM
        
        What history are you remembering? - REB - 6/20/2006 4:45:17 PM
        
        re: The French Revolution (n/t) - Raoul - 6/23/2006 5:53:47 AM
        
        That's Euro-revisionism: "Everything's great!" says Iraqi genocide fatality... (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/21/2006 1:03:36 PM
        
        Read this (this is for the forum, not aimed at just REB) - ljk - 6/20/2006 5:36:18 PM
        
        re: Read this (this is for the forum, not aimed at just REB) - REB - 6/20/2006 5:40:59 PM
        
        North Korea is now crowing about its missile threat over Japan in 1998 - LJK - 6/22/2006 1:07:14 PM

New report on global temperatures - Tom Brosz - 6/22/2006 6:22:32 PM
- re: New report on global temperatures - gbaikie - 6/24/2006 3:31:35 AM
- Guesscience - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/23/2006 6:28:56 PM
  - Oxygen 12/13 ratios are not science? - Tony - 6/23/2006 7:34:13 PM
  - Another Tech "fact" - alcaray - 6/23/2006 6:44:44 PM
    - It's a farce. - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/23/2006 7:51:08 PM
      - A bit quick out of the starting gate, there. - Tom Brosz - 6/23/2006 10:07:27 PM
- Quelle surprise. - ER - 6/23/2006 2:21:24 PM
- re: Seems clear that surface temperatures have increased. - Johannes - 6/23/2006 3:11:06 AM
  - re: Seems clear that surface temperatures have increased. - gbaikie - 6/23/2006 5:01:03 AM
    - re: Below zero since 94. (n/t) - Johannes - 6/23/2006 10:21:40 PM

Airbus Problems Delay Deliveries and Raise Prices - David F Mayer - 6/23/2006 3:04:05 PM

Never Thought I Would See The Day....BBC News: US 'biggest global peace threat' - Eric - 6/16/2006 12:35:30 AM
- It just goes to show how ignorant people can be. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 6/16/2006 6:02:53 PM
- Maybe it's time to dust off the old short-wave. (n/t) - ER - 6/16/2006 6:01:39 PM
  - When the Islamic fundies start to really take over Europe... - LJK - 6/22/2006 2:02:09 PM
    - It's a no-win situation - Lindy - 6/23/2006 5:04:03 AM
      - re: It's a no-win situation - LJK - 6/23/2006 1:00:06 PM

Al Gore was right - Donalt - 6/23/2006 12:42:11 PM

Voting Rights Act renewal postponed - Fox - 6/22/2006 10:09:25 PM
- sad (n/t) - alcaray - 6/22/2006 10:39:27 PM

Kerry's latest surrender proposal fails in Senate 86-13. - Tom Brosz - 6/22/2006 8:18:31 PM

The "Mission Accomplished" Syndrome - Donald - 6/21/2006 2:09:37 PM
- More like " MISSION IMPOSSIBLE" - carl - 6/22/2006 2:49:44 PM
- I don't wish to get into the political implications of this, but... - ER - 6/21/2006 5:55:08 PM
  - The cult of management - ER - 6/22/2006 3:05:36 AM
  - Yup - Fox - 6/21/2006 7:11:32 PM
    - My last boss was like that too. - Lindy - 6/21/2006 10:16:36 PM
    - Hey, I didn't know you worked here????? (n/t) - Publius - 6/21/2006 7:37:04 PM
      - But not anymore......... :-) (n/t) - Tony - 6/22/2006 3:17:53 PM
  - a.ka. "The Office" (n/t) - Daniel - 6/21/2006 6:32:54 PM
- re: The "Mission Accomplished" Syndrome - Tom Brosz - 6/21/2006 5:23:37 PM
  - "havent read it but clearly it's psuedoscience" - dtb - 6/21/2006 7:19:17 PM
    - Evaluating from a press release - Tom Brosz - 6/21/2006 11:36:21 PM
      - Press Release - dtb - 6/22/2006 7:22:33 AM
        
        I'll concede that point. - Tom Brosz - 6/22/2006 8:06:25 AM
  - yeah, but they're warlike, overconfident badgers (n/t) - Daniel - 6/21/2006 5:41:02 PM
    - All right, you knew it was coming... - Tom Brosz - 6/21/2006 5:53:47 PM
      - plot needs a little development - Daniel - 6/21/2006 6:29:21 PM
  - Tierney's next book - Tom Brosz - 6/21/2006 5:27:59 PM
    - Americans will likely judge the war in Iraq as a failure? - FrankC - 6/21/2006 6:01:59 PM
      - No matter what happens in Iraq - Tom Brosz - 6/21/2006 11:38:24 PM
        
        Not quite that bad - FrankC - 6/22/2006 4:28:20 AM
- We've all met people like this... - ER - 6/21/2006 5:11:20 PM

great news on the world-wide economic front! - Scott Evil - 6/20/2006 9:12:59 PM
- re: great news on the world-wide economic front! - azstrummer - 6/21/2006 8:57:23 PM
- Baby you can drive my car (n/t) - alcaray - 6/21/2006 4:20:43 PM
  - Beep Beep, uhm Beep Beep, Yeah!" (n/t) - ER - 6/21/2006 5:12:44 PM
- A million aint what it used to be (n/t) - Laurie Street - 6/20/2006 11:11:32 PM
  - It is enough to generate a $53,000/year income 1yr LIBOR - Scott Evil - 6/21/2006 2:19:03 PM
    - re: Then there's taxes - SteveS - 6/21/2006 4:12:10 PM
  - Yes and No. - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/21/2006 1:34:59 PM

Next step in Iraq - Tom Brosz - 6/14/2006 7:45:53 PM
- Al Qaeda's vengence attack. - David F Mayer - 6/21/2006 5:52:22 PM
- I am hoping that Al Qaeda will not recover from the blow. - David F Mayer - 6/15/2006 1:53:16 AM
  - Bill O'Reilly comments how much safer Iraq was under Saddam - LJK - 6/20/2006 2:57:37 PM
    - re: Bill O'Reilly comments how much safer Iraq was under Saddam - Lindy - 6/21/2006 4:15:49 AM
    - I am sure the same could be said about Germany under Hitler and the USSR under Stalin. - REB - 6/20/2006 4:14:47 PM
      - I think if you surveyed most of the world's population, the answer would depress you. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/20/2006 5:45:03 PM

Winnie & Piglet banned in Turkey - Daniel - 6/19/2006 3:03:13 PM
- This shows the pervasiveness and depth of Muslim fundamentalism. - David F Mayer - 6/20/2006 1:35:26 PM
  - not only that ... - Daniel - 6/20/2006 7:08:14 PM
    - Help me here... Is owning a pig immoral in Islam? - Scott Evil - 6/20/2006 8:26:50 PM
      - I think Piglet elopes iwth Big Ears (n/t) - D. - 6/21/2006 5:42:44 PM
        
        The Evil of Miscegenation! - David F Mayer - 6/21/2006 5:49:06 PM
      - I think Piglet elopes iwth Big Ears (n/t) - D. - 6/21/2006 5:42:42 PM

Al Gore on the Charlie Rose Show tonight - ljk - 6/19/2006 4:21:05 PM
- I heard Gore declined to indorse his ole buddy VP running mate (n/t) - SteveS - 6/20/2006 1:17:03 AM
  - So did everyonee else....... (n/t) - Tony - 6/20/2006 6:21:59 PM
    - Any picks on his new VP running mate for 08? (n/t) - SteveS - 6/21/2006 1:59:10 PM
    - I'm glad. If Leberman wants to pretend to be a Republican, he should become one. - Scott Evil - 6/20/2006 8:24:26 PM

Chavez update... - Tom Brosz - 6/20/2006 5:41:05 PM
- That checklist was written by Joe Stalin and worked just fine. - David F Mayer - 6/20/2006 9:08:24 PM

Microsoft 2 start ROBOTS STUDIO - carl - 6/20/2006 7:48:45 PM

S.Africa says DDT helping to slash malaria rate - gbaikie - 6/16/2006 8:27:34 PM
- I always wonder about a regime that does not - David F Mayer - 6/20/2006 1:38:04 PM
- Balance - Tom Brosz - 6/16/2006 9:59:02 PM
  - Just a little common sense is all we ask... - ER - 6/16/2006 10:29:35 PM

Another Terrorist Leader Killed - David F Mayer - 6/18/2006 4:53:21 AM
- re: Another Terrorist Leader Killed - Hans - 6/18/2006 2:20:14 PM
  - But they have a great retirement program. - David F Mayer - 6/20/2006 1:36:55 PM

Japan gains key whaling victory - gbaikie - 6/19/2006 7:16:54 AM
- re: Japan leaves Iraq - Raoul - 6/20/2006 5:40:20 AM
  - re: Japan leaves Iraq - gbaikie - 6/20/2006 7:23:40 AM

Murtha jumps the shark - Tom Brosz - 6/19/2006 2:48:14 AM
- Whatever that means..... - et - 6/19/2006 5:31:47 PM
  - re: Whatever that means..... - Tom Brosz - 6/19/2006 5:50:39 PM
    - Is there a 'Speaker in the House'? (n/t) - SteveS - 6/20/2006 1:14:59 AM

Frontline "The Dark Side" - ljk - 6/15/2006 5:53:39 PM
- Cheney and the CIA at war with each other? - LJK - 6/19/2006 3:13:29 PM
- re: Frontline "The Dark Side" - Eric - 6/15/2006 9:53:32 PM
  - Disclosure Project - Lindy - 6/17/2006 4:14:49 AM
  - Thanks for the links - Lindy - 6/16/2006 5:38:19 PM
  - It really is all about the flying saucers, isn't it? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/16/2006 12:51:29 AM

Tradition in London, today - Raoul - 6/17/2006 8:48:15 PM
- It is always a joy to watch the British march. (n/t) - ER - 6/17/2006 9:17:33 PM
  - re: It is always a joy to watch the British march. - ljk - 6/17/2006 10:27:38 PM
    - The World Turned Upside Down - ER - 6/17/2006 11:58:00 PM
      - Conscripts (not a Current Event, but what the heck...) - Mary Anne - 6/18/2006 3:43:01 PM
        
        Everything stops for tea. - ER - 6/18/2006 8:54:35 PM
      - Book recommendation - Fox - 6/18/2006 3:16:04 PM
        
        re: Book recommendation - gbaikie - 6/18/2006 11:05:34 PM
        
        Jefferson bought Louisiana from Napoleon... - Mary Anne - 6/19/2006 12:01:33 AM
        
        How a shipwreck contributed to the Louisianna Purchase. - podrock - 6/19/2006 1:19:41 PM

Why Kerry lost the election - Tom Brosz - 6/14/2006 7:55:13 PM
- re: What if the US had left Vietnam in 1966? - Raoul - 6/15/2006 5:47:47 AM
- re: Why Kerry lost the election - dtb - 6/14/2006 9:49:24 PM
  - Why did Gore lose the election? (n/t) - ER - 6/15/2006 1:33:38 PM
    - He didn't get enough votes. - Tom Brosz - 6/15/2006 4:56:49 PM
      - re: He didn't get enough electoral votes. (n/t) - podrock - 6/17/2006 12:08:22 PM
        
        re: He didn't get enough electoral votes. - Tom Brosz - 6/17/2006 6:03:37 PM
        
        So you admit Kerry won Ohio? :) (n/t) - et - 6/18/2006 5:05:04 AM
- Meanwhile, no one mentions today is Flag Day? (n/t) - Publius - 6/14/2006 8:20:52 PM
  - Don't own one - Fox - 6/16/2006 2:11:50 AM
    - I own just one. - ER - 6/16/2006 5:11:39 PM
    - You are probably among the majority - SteveS - 6/16/2006 2:16:40 PM
  - Priorities, priorities, priorities - Tony - 6/15/2006 2:13:45 PM
    - re: Priorities, priorities, priorities - Tom Brosz - 6/15/2006 5:26:11 PM
  - Between Mem Day and the 4th, if it was moved to Sept, maybe I'd observe it. (n/t) - ER - 6/15/2006 2:06:03 PM
    - Already have a national holiday in September. - Mary Anne - 6/16/2006 6:01:06 PM
      - re: Already have.... - Fox - 6/18/2006 6:45:16 PM
  - My flag has been out today - Tom Brosz - 6/15/2006 12:11:54 AM
  - re: Just came home and my neighbor asked why my flag was out (n/t) - SteveS - 6/15/2006 12:08:22 AM

An interesting article on Climate Change - Peter Bruener - 6/15/2006 6:00:35 AM
- My opinion on climate change. - David F Mayer - 6/18/2006 5:02:17 AM
- Who ya gonna believe? - Laurie Street - 6/15/2006 3:53:54 PM
  - Not about belief in anyone Laurie - Peter Bruener - 6/16/2006 8:25:46 AM
    - Perhaps I should have said trust instead of believe - Laurie Street - 6/16/2006 4:17:57 PM
    - The debate is no longer about who's right, but about who's lying. (n/t) - ER - 6/16/2006 2:27:03 PM
      - Among scientists? Probably almost nobody. - Tom Brosz - 6/17/2006 6:46:34 PM
  - Standard "dogma" response. - Tom Brosz - 6/15/2006 4:54:01 PM
    - Word of the Week - Fox - 6/16/2006 1:48:54 AM
      - Don't you mean "caninical"? (n/t) - ER - 6/16/2006 2:21:31 PM
      - I've been having some fun with it. - Tom Brosz - 6/16/2006 6:49:42 AM
        
        Confess - Mary Anne - 6/16/2006 7:17:54 PM
        
        Never read a book by her in my life. - Tom Brosz - 6/16/2006 8:07:51 PM
    - re: Standard "dogma" response. - Laurie Street - 6/15/2006 5:43:18 PM

Amandla! - Fox - 6/16/2006 10:50:23 PM

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