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How about CHIPPING ILLEGALS in USA? - carl - 5/20/2006 2:54:58 PM
- Actually, VeriChip has already proposed it - Lindy - 5/21/2006 4:40:11 AM
- re: chipping illegals - Fox - 5/21/2006 2:55:25 AM
- CHIPPING ILLEGALS in USA? - Lindy - 5/21/2006 12:57:06 AM
- This isn't the Art Bell show discussion forum, Carl. (n/t) - et - 5/20/2006 5:07:34 PM
  - Nope, found it on the Net - carl - 5/22/2006 5:40:15 PM

Abbas: Palestinians dare not resort to civil war - David F Mayer - 5/21/2006 1:42:02 PM
- "Resort to?" - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2006 2:01:42 PM
  - The inability of the Palestinians to compromise about ANYTHING - David F Mayer - 5/22/2006 12:17:10 PM

A couple of items from and about Iraq... - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2006 4:34:38 AM
- More on Tall Afar and the mayor - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2006 7:10:48 PM

Conspiracy nuts go mainstream - Tom Brosz - 5/18/2006 9:36:02 PM
- More proof that reporters are idiots. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/21/2006 1:45:32 PM
- That's equal time? - Tony - 5/19/2006 5:55:55 PM
- Another commentary - Jack Herer - 5/19/2006 12:53:34 PM
  - Ahhh....THOSE guys - Lindy - 5/19/2006 1:53:09 PM
    - Utter BS - Tom Brosz - 5/19/2006 5:00:13 PM
- Conspiracy nuts go mainstream - Robert - 5/19/2006 3:09:19 AM
  - re: Conspiracy nuts go mainstream - Tom Brosz - 5/19/2006 5:02:28 PM
    - "Protocols of the Elders of Zion" isn't news - Robert - 5/19/2006 6:27:56 PM
      - Get a clue, here. - Tom Brosz - 5/19/2006 9:32:08 PM
        
        re: Get a clue, here. - Robert - 5/20/2006 3:38:54 AM
        
        Want to take a poll of Zoners on his opinions? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/20/2006 5:10:55 AM
        
        Sure, why not? - Robert - 5/20/2006 3:24:18 PM
        
        re: Sure, why not? - Tom Brosz - 5/20/2006 4:34:42 PM
        
        Academic richness - Alan G. Archer - 5/20/2006 12:06:41 AM
        
        re: Academic richness - Tom Brosz - 5/20/2006 3:06:02 AM
- Never trust the "Official" version. (n/t) - Eric - 5/19/2006 1:33:18 AM
- Its a guest columnist - Donald - 5/19/2006 12:20:53 AM
- Mainstream goes Conspiracy.... - Lindy - 5/18/2006 11:59:32 PM

Vice-President Gore at Cannes Festival - Raoul - 5/21/2006 9:12:16 AM

The Real Iraq - Tom Brosz - 5/19/2006 4:54:24 PM
- re: The Real Iraq - Raoul - 5/19/2006 6:28:20 PM
  - re: The Real Iraq - Tom Brosz - 5/19/2006 10:13:41 PM
    - re: The Real Iraq - Raoul - 5/20/2006 7:10:27 PM
      - "It was NONE of your business....." - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2006 4:33:22 AM
    - Cut the BS Tom - Buck Galaxy - 5/20/2006 6:16:14 AM
      - re: Cut the BS Tom - Tom Brosz - 5/20/2006 4:28:05 PM
- CNN Live Poll: Is Bush's Iraq war a "grave error"? - Jack Herer - 5/19/2006 4:58:19 PM
  - All online polls are crap. - Tom Brosz - 5/19/2006 5:33:46 PM
    - Yes...but... - Donald - 5/20/2006 2:31:02 PM

Story on Iran's "badges" doubtful - Tom Brosz - 5/20/2006 5:38:14 AM
- re: Story on Iran's "badges" doubtful - ER - 5/20/2006 3:12:02 PM
  - Hints on keeping it all straight - Tom Brosz - 5/20/2006 3:57:20 PM
    - re: Hints on keeping it all straight - ER - 5/20/2006 7:09:12 PM
      - "Same as in pre web days, eh? Only more so." - Tom Brosz - 5/20/2006 10:41:37 PM
        
        re: "Same as in pre web days, eh? Only more so." - ER - 5/20/2006 11:27:46 PM

Will USA Bail out MEXICO when It's economy ECONOMY TANKS? - Carl - 5/17/2006 4:03:39 PM
- re: Will USA Bail out MEXICO when It's economy ECONOMY TANKS? - ER - 5/18/2006 7:32:04 PM
- MAKE MEXICO the 51st STATE!!!!!!!! - carl - 5/18/2006 4:18:05 PM
  - You mean 51st, 52nd, 53rd, 54th, ... 81st (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/19/2006 7:31:54 PM
  - re: Mexico the 51st state - Tom Brosz - 5/18/2006 4:48:17 PM
    - OH Canada..... - carl - 5/18/2006 8:38:55 PM
      - Will sign on as USa MINUTEMAN........... - carl - 5/19/2006 4:22:35 PM
      - plus copper, zinc, - podrock - 5/18/2006 11:08:32 PM
      - WMDs? Wolves, Moose, and Deer? - Tom Brosz - 5/18/2006 9:48:15 PM
        
        U forgot EXCHANGE RATE+ - carl - 5/19/2006 4:24:54 PM
        
        Remember the War of 1812 - Laurie Street - 5/19/2006 5:07:18 PM
        
        War of 1938? - carl - 5/20/2006 3:16:08 PM
        
        Oh, Darn it!!!! Forgot about that!!!!!! - carl - 5/19/2006 5:26:35 PM
        
        The plan to invade Canada - Robert - 5/19/2006 8:01:02 PM
        
        Far out!!!!! - carl - 5/20/2006 2:49:00 PM
- Wait for the Mexico presidential elections in a few weeks - SteveS - 5/18/2006 12:02:34 AM
  - re: Mexico presidential elections - Tom Brosz - 5/18/2006 3:00:25 PM
    - re: Mexico presidential elections - SteveS - 5/19/2006 3:58:35 AM
  - re: You mean there is a candidate further left than Vicinte Fox? - Enrico Nocaro - 5/18/2006 2:48:43 AM
- or vice versa (n/t) - alcaray - 5/17/2006 5:28:40 PM
  - They Cry POVERTY - carl - 5/17/2006 7:10:38 PM
    - There but for the grace of God... (n/t) - alcaray - 5/17/2006 7:19:55 PM
- They can bail themselves out with all that oil. - Scott Evil - 5/17/2006 4:43:15 PM
  - I heard they might need to be "liberated" - ljk - 5/17/2006 8:52:01 PM
    - They just need to start a nuclear weapons program. - Addy Warbucks - 5/18/2006 2:21:07 AM

American Experience presents The Man Behind Hitler - LJK - 5/19/2006 3:03:21 PM
- re: American Experience presents The Man Behind Hitler - ER - 5/19/2006 8:26:24 PM
  - re: The 10 principles of War Popaganda - Raoul - 5/19/2006 9:04:28 PM
    - re: I meant Propaganda, sorry (n/t) - Raoul - 5/19/2006 9:05:30 PM
- Ironic timing and begs the question; who are the men behind Bush pulling his strings? (n/t) - Jack Herer - 5/19/2006 4:23:41 PM
  - Buffalo "BILL" ( CHENEY) and his Peanut GALLERY...... - carl - 5/19/2006 5:20:12 PM

Solving the Immigration Crisis - Elisee Reclus - 5/18/2006 3:20:44 AM
- re: Solving the Immigration Crisis - SteveS - 5/19/2006 3:48:50 AM
  - re: Solving the Immigration Crisis - ER - 5/19/2006 4:09:27 PM
    - "the price of produce would skyrocket" Not true. - Tom Brosz - 5/19/2006 5:36:24 PM
      - re: "the price of produce would skyrocket" Not true. - ER - 5/19/2006 5:48:32 PM
- Not just economics. - Tom Brosz - 5/18/2006 2:58:28 PM
  - re: Not just economics. - ER - 5/18/2006 3:21:28 PM
    - re: Not just economics. - Tom Brosz - 5/18/2006 4:46:29 PM
      - re: Not just economics. - Doug Ellison - 5/18/2006 9:13:11 PM
      - re: Not just economics. - ER - 5/18/2006 5:55:16 PM
        
        Of course a wall would help. - Tom Brosz - 5/18/2006 9:45:26 PM
        
        re: Of course a wall would help. - ER - 5/18/2006 11:03:43 PM

A380 into LONDON.....WHAT A B*I*G AIRPLANE!!!!!!! - carl - 5/19/2006 5:16:20 PM

Major Hurricane heading for Hong Kong - Eric - 5/15/2006 2:32:19 PM
- From space - ljk - 5/17/2006 12:37:52 AM
  - And more - ljk - 5/17/2006 12:51:59 PM
    - Typhoon Chanchu makes landfall in China - ljk - 5/19/2006 2:57:13 PM

2,454 - Donald - 5/19/2006 1:49:30 PM

Last human chromosome sequenced - SDF - 5/18/2006 11:09:20 PM
- Only a very rough draft completed in 2000. (n/t) - Lee - 5/19/2006 6:03:15 AM

Brutal stock market, the last several days (n/t) - alcaray - 5/17/2006 8:17:28 PM
- No doubt a reaction to Pat Robertson's Tsunami Warning : ) - sz - 5/18/2006 1:00:48 PM
- This wasn't surprising to you was it? - azstrummer - 5/17/2006 9:34:34 PM
  - Well sort of, yes. - alcaray - 5/17/2006 10:18:43 PM
    - re: Well sort of, yes. - azstrummer - 5/18/2006 5:55:20 PM
      - re: Well sort of, yes. - alcaray - 5/18/2006 6:20:38 PM
    - re: Well sort of, yes. - Publius - 5/17/2006 11:53:41 PM
- Saudi stock market crashed a few months ago - SDF - 5/17/2006 9:08:31 PM

The National Security Agency has been secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans - Jack Herer - 5/11/2006 12:24:43 PM
- Here is something interesting - good or bad? - alcaray - 5/12/2006 6:58:23 PM
  - Hard to say - Robert - 5/13/2006 3:02:15 AM
    - Much more info now - alcaray - 5/15/2006 5:29:52 PM
  - Data mining for profit - Lindy - 5/12/2006 10:46:48 PM
- re: The New York Times article from last December - Tom Brosz - 5/12/2006 6:45:49 AM
  - Honey pots - Robert - 5/12/2006 5:58:29 PM
    - re: Honey pots, continued... - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2006 10:40:10 PM
      - re: Honey pots, continued... - Robert - 5/17/2006 11:11:00 PM
      - Maybe ChoicePoint bought the list? - Lindy - 5/17/2006 5:25:28 AM
    - Hmmmmm - R.L. - 5/16/2006 5:57:10 AM
    - How a Libertarian can be so blase about this. - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2006 12:04:03 AM
      - TOFU Tony - Lindy - 5/13/2006 4:30:01 AM
      - Surrender isn't an option - Robert - 5/13/2006 12:55:11 AM
        
        P.S. - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2006 1:39:49 AM
        
        re: Surrender - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2006 1:35:26 AM
        
        Surrender - Robert - 5/13/2006 2:32:48 AM
        
        Differences - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2006 3:03:58 AM
        
        re: Differences - Lindy - 5/13/2006 4:51:33 AM
        
        re: Paranoia - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2006 6:29:14 AM
        
        re: Paranoia - Robert - 5/13/2006 4:41:01 PM
        
        Balance - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2006 5:09:52 PM
        
        terrorism: "phony threat", no. "ginned up by the Republicans to keep power" yes. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/16/2006 9:06:03 PM
        
        re: Balance, limits, and opportunity - Robert - 5/13/2006 5:48:06 PM
        
        Good post. - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2006 10:06:18 PM
        
        Thank you - Robert - 5/14/2006 1:33:16 AM
        
        "Out Of Iraq and Into Africa" - Tom Brosz - 5/14/2006 4:00:52 AM
        
        re: Paranoia - Lindy - 5/13/2006 3:37:30 PM
        
        I've been hearing a lot about Jeb Bush lately. - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2006 4:33:59 PM
        
        Don't think he's really in the running? - Lindy - 5/14/2006 4:07:11 AM
        
        No - Robert - 5/13/2006 3:25:25 AM
        
        Okay, let me nail it down a little tighter. - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2006 4:47:45 AM
        
        re: Okay, let me wrap a little tighter. - Robert - 5/13/2006 4:27:57 PM
        
        Loose lips sink ships - Lee - 5/13/2006 2:49:52 AM
        
        Be afraid. Be very afraid. (n/t) - Robert - 5/13/2006 3:31:57 AM
  - Your Qwest info is very wrong - Tony - 5/12/2006 5:07:41 PM
    - I said wireless customers. - Tom Brosz - 5/12/2006 5:38:20 PM
      - Did you even read my post? - Tony - 5/12/2006 6:02:30 PM
- HIgh crimes and misdemeanors - Donald - 5/12/2006 12:28:37 AM
  - re: HIgh crimes and misdemeanors - Lindy - 5/12/2006 1:30:23 AM
    - Break the telcos? - tony - 5/12/2006 3:25:31 AM
      - re: Break the telcos? - Lindy - 5/12/2006 2:39:43 PM
- Brace for spin - Robert - 5/11/2006 3:31:50 PM
  - Why didn't Qwest give in? - FrankC - 5/11/2006 11:49:07 PM
    - Tell me Frank.... - Donald - 5/12/2006 12:36:33 AM
      - certainly they are not fine with it..... - FrankC - 5/12/2006 5:38:44 AM
        
        Words of wisdom from Frank - Lindy - 5/13/2006 3:44:22 PM
        
        re: certainly they are not fine with it..... - Donald - 5/12/2006 12:14:59 PM
    - Dunno, but I'm switching - Robert - 5/12/2006 12:36:08 AM
  - re: Brace for hysteria - Tom Brosz - 5/11/2006 8:37:53 PM
    - Is there a libertarian in the house? - tony - 5/12/2006 2:52:28 AM
      - Only when being one does not endanger tax cuts. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/12/2006 3:11:47 PM
    - Brace for hysteria; manufacture it if it's a no-show - Robert - 5/11/2006 9:26:57 PM
      - How to boil a frog..... - Lindy - 5/12/2006 1:12:10 AM
        
        re: How to boil a lobster..... - Robert - 5/12/2006 3:07:36 AM
        
        " Despite the best efforts of the Republican Party, the people are still in charge" - Lindy - 5/12/2006 3:05:44 PM
  - "We're not mining or trolling" - Robert - 5/11/2006 4:13:38 PM
    - This is just an extension of...... - Lindy - 5/11/2006 4:53:08 PM
- Tens of millions of Americans? - Lindy - 5/11/2006 1:15:34 PM
  - First they came for the pets... - ljk - 5/11/2006 8:10:20 PM
    - How long? It's already here... - Laurie Street - 5/11/2006 11:36:45 PM
      - re: How long? It's already here... - ljk - 5/12/2006 1:34:50 PM
    - re: First they came for the pets... - Lindy - 5/11/2006 9:11:04 PM
      - re: First they came for the pets... - ljk - 5/12/2006 1:39:17 PM
        
        The list - Lindy - 5/12/2006 3:21:02 PM
        
        John Lear - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2006 1:55:14 AM
        
        Maybe he's CIA mind-controlled robot? - Lindy - 5/13/2006 4:23:14 AM
        
        "He's pretty far out there." If you think so, I'd say that nails it. ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2006 4:49:09 AM
        
        Report - "Government Access to Phone Calling Activity and Related Records: Legal Authorities" - ljk - 5/18/2006 5:03:41 PM

Government Begins Tracking Phone Calls of Journalists - ljk - 5/16/2006 5:15:31 PM
- When kidnaps and "ACCIDENTS" start - carl - 5/17/2006 7:11:40 PM
  - Why should they wait for something to happen? - ljk - 5/17/2006 8:53:34 PM
- Sweeping Patriot Act designed to protect Bush & CIA - Lindy - 5/17/2006 3:54:32 AM
- This proves my point..... - Lindy - 5/16/2006 8:08:00 PM
  - Tracking what you do on the Internet now too - ljk - 5/18/2006 4:36:46 PM

Murtha says Marines murdered Iraqis - Eric - 5/18/2006 3:44:05 AM
- re: Murtha says Marines murdered Iraqis - ER - 5/18/2006 1:46:46 PM
  - re: Murtha says Marines murdered Iraqis - Donald - 5/18/2006 2:37:24 PM

AP headline on volcano - Tom Brosz - 5/14/2006 7:30:52 AM
- According to some anthropologists, mankind was almost wiped out 70,000 years ago. - David F Mayer - 5/17/2006 9:17:45 PM

2,450 - Donald - 5/17/2006 12:43:02 PM

Mt. Merapi about to erupt? - Lindy - 5/15/2006 12:01:08 PM
- "The Jupiter Effect" by astronomers John Gribbin and Stephen Plagemann (1974). - David F Mayer - 5/15/2006 12:24:02 PM
  - You are correct, of course... - R.L. - 5/16/2006 5:47:18 AM
  - re: "The Jupiter Effect" by astronomers John Gribbin and Stephen Plagemann (1974). - ljk - 5/15/2006 4:04:12 PM
    - The defect is simple. - David F Mayer - 5/16/2006 7:22:29 PM
      - From space - ljk - 5/17/2006 12:38:54 AM

2,446 - Donald - 5/16/2006 12:33:54 PM

Rove Indicted? - Fox - 5/14/2006 11:32:01 PM
- Other breaking news - Lindy - 5/15/2006 3:24:29 AM
  - "Anyone else see it in another format?" - Tom Brosz - 5/15/2006 2:24:38 PM
    - link? - Robert - 5/15/2006 7:31:02 PM
      - So you heard it too.... - Lindy - 5/16/2006 1:56:09 AM
      - re: link - Tom Brosz - 5/15/2006 11:48:00 PM
        
        thanks - Robert - 5/16/2006 12:05:55 AM
        
        Significance - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2006 1:07:23 AM
        
        re: Significance - Robert - 5/16/2006 2:09:12 AM
- Yeah, right. - Tom Brosz - 5/15/2006 2:13:12 AM
- re: Rove Indicted? - Lindy - 5/14/2006 11:34:43 PM

Bush's Immigration Speech - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2006 12:20:04 AM

America Gets It: Dim View Of Bush - Donald - 5/10/2006 1:27:58 PM
- Have you noticed how often they're doing these polls lately? - Tom Brosz - 5/10/2006 4:58:46 PM
  - ?? - Robert - 5/10/2006 5:27:36 PM
    - Something that occurred to me while I was reading the paper... - Tom Brosz - 5/14/2006 3:28:11 PM
      - I see - Robert - 5/14/2006 4:46:59 PM
        
        Simpler answer - Tom Brosz - 5/15/2006 2:22:37 AM
        
        Simplest answer - Robert - 5/15/2006 6:28:29 PM
        
        Didn't seem that simple to me. - Tom Brosz - 5/15/2006 11:55:34 PM

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