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News from Pakistan and Israel - ljk - 5/10/2006 1:50:19 PM

CASTRO ALMOST CONVINCED - gbaikie - 5/10/2006 6:50:21 AM

Interesting perspective - Fox - 5/7/2006 11:25:40 PM
- 750 "signing statements"??? - Robert - 5/8/2006 1:46:56 AM
  - Follow-up on "Fresh Air" - Fox - 5/10/2006 2:23:12 AM

Diebold faces informal SEC inquiry - Eric - 5/10/2006 1:30:48 AM

hedging gasoline? - podrock - 5/9/2006 6:09:05 PM
- With just a little more fuel efficiency... - ljk - 5/9/2006 6:19:18 PM

Fatah and Hamas Engage in Gun Battles - David F Mayer - 5/9/2006 4:37:13 PM

Demand Release of Jailed Egyptian Protesters! - gbaikie - 5/9/2006 2:20:13 AM
- You did it again - Lindy - 5/9/2006 4:22:02 PM
  - Pressure - Tom Brosz - 5/9/2006 4:30:39 PM

2,420 - Donald - 5/8/2006 1:34:03 PM
- Meanwhile: Rumsfeld rewrites history - Donald - 5/8/2006 1:48:45 PM
  - 2,426 - Donald - 5/9/2006 1:03:09 PM

2,424 - Donald - 5/9/2006 1:13:13 AM

Two trapped Australian miners freed - Tom Brosz - 5/8/2006 9:02:36 PM
- That's great ! - podrock - 5/9/2006 12:29:57 AM
- Finally.......some GOOD news! - Lindy - 5/8/2006 9:22:32 PM

Zarqawi outtakes - Tom Brosz - 5/4/2006 11:53:39 PM
- Does anybody know why Zarqawi was firing blanks? - David F Mayer - 5/8/2006 12:41:19 AM
  - re: Does anybody know why Zarqawi was firing blanks? - gbaikie - 5/8/2006 1:30:42 AM
    - The lack of visible recoil led me to believe that he was firing blanks. - David F Mayer - 5/8/2006 2:14:10 PM
      - re: The lack of visible recoil led me to believe that he was firing blanks. - gbaikie - 5/8/2006 7:10:07 PM
- CNN reporter makes excuses for Zarqawi. - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2006 3:18:45 PM
  - Does it matter if he's right? - et - 5/7/2006 11:02:38 PM
    - re: Does it matter if he's right? - Tom Brosz - 5/8/2006 1:43:30 AM
      - re: Does it matter if he's right? - et - 5/8/2006 4:50:50 PM
  - New York Times next in line to defend Zarqawi - Tom Brosz - 5/6/2006 11:23:47 PM
- Al-Queda's funniest home videos... - R.L. - 5/5/2006 11:41:59 PM
- Priceless - Donald - 5/5/2006 12:40:30 AM
  - Running shoes are for running (n/t) - gbaikie - 5/7/2006 4:54:45 AM

What Price Freedom? - ljk - 5/5/2006 6:53:34 PM
- We've truly entered the land of "double-speak" (n/t) - azstrummer - 5/5/2006 7:11:24 PM
  - Civil Liberties as an antidote to violent extremism - ljk - 5/8/2006 6:39:04 PM

Our "allies" in Iraq - Donald - 5/6/2006 3:41:14 PM
- The rest of the story - Tom Brosz - 5/8/2006 2:18:38 AM
  - "Without these details, the story has a whole different feel to it" - Lindy - 5/8/2006 3:18:51 PM

Did Bush Force British Minister Out? - Eric - 5/8/2006 12:14:45 PM

Alaa arrested - gbaikie - 5/8/2006 12:08:51 AM

Draft Hollywood - gbaikie - 5/7/2006 10:08:34 PM

Seven wrong and one right - gbaikie - 5/7/2006 4:34:33 AM
- re: Seven wrong and one right - gbaikie - 5/7/2006 4:49:23 AM

Huge Earthquake in Tonga Area - David F Mayer - 5/3/2006 5:57:50 PM
- re: 16,000 m below sea level - Raoul - 5/4/2006 5:40:18 AM
  - The epicenter is always at the surface, by definition. - David F Mayer - 5/4/2006 1:54:12 PM
    - Hypocentre is the actual location in 3D - nick hoffman - 5/7/2006 3:19:45 AM
    - Focus. - podrock - 5/4/2006 4:00:34 PM
- Gulp - Laurie Street - 5/3/2006 9:24:51 PM
  - re: Gulp - Laurie Street - 5/4/2006 4:04:17 PM
- What do you mean? - R.L. - 5/3/2006 8:12:24 PM

Patrick Kennedy, and ambien... - R.L. - 5/6/2006 6:29:25 AM
- Kennedy's BOMBED - carl - 5/6/2006 2:18:49 PM
- Ambien side effects - Eric - 5/6/2006 12:28:20 PM
  - re: Ambien side effects - Publius - 5/6/2006 9:37:46 PM

Goss is gone under hurried circumstance. Discuss amongst yourselves.... (n/t) - et - 5/5/2006 6:26:46 PM
- Bush lets us know how he fires people - Eric - 5/6/2006 2:04:37 PM
- Need link. Oh no, does this mean their game is up?? (n/t) - Lindy - 5/5/2006 7:11:59 PM
- But he was doing a heck of a job. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/5/2006 6:34:25 PM
- Visits to the Watergate Hotel, perhaps? (n/t) - podrock - 5/5/2006 6:29:58 PM

I agree with the Moussaoui verdict... - R.L. - 5/3/2006 9:37:19 PM
- I have to agree - Donald - 5/5/2006 3:36:26 AM
  - The visceral side... - R.L. - 5/5/2006 11:35:56 PM
- Not sure it would have made any difference. - Tom Brosz - 5/4/2006 5:06:46 PM
- And now, to make it complete... - Mary Anne - 5/4/2006 12:33:44 AM
  - "no attention whatsoever, except perhaps from his fellow inmates." - David F Mayer - 5/4/2006 2:20:52 PM
    - Life in prison seems too good for someone who was complicite in the murder of 3000 people. I hope Moussaoui's cellmate "Bubba" gets him more in touch with his femine side. (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 5/5/2006 6:14:10 AM
      - Look at it this way: - Mary Anne - 5/5/2006 11:06:32 PM
    - I hope he is allowed no human interation at all. - Scott Evil - 5/4/2006 2:54:11 PM
      - On the other hand..................... - Publius - 5/4/2006 8:00:46 PM
        
        re: Better to put him in a hole... - Scott Evil - 5/5/2006 3:12:31 PM
        
        You and Joe Biden - SteveS - 5/4/2006 9:37:07 PM
        
        re: You and Joe Biden - Publius - 5/5/2006 2:49:48 PM
        
        re: You and Joe Biden - SteveS - 5/6/2006 1:26:05 PM

So, are we training up Iraqi militiamen? - alcaray - 5/5/2006 6:59:49 PM
- Meanwhile: 2,416 - Donald - 5/6/2006 4:17:10 AM

New poll shows that majority of Americans prefer an imposter to the actual president - Newsweek - 5/3/2006 1:45:19 AM
- Ain't it the truth - Donald - 5/3/2006 1:56:03 AM
  - Nit wit indeed.......... - Lindy - 5/3/2006 2:43:50 AM
    - re: Nit wit indeed.......... - gbaikie - 5/3/2006 5:08:27 PM
      - Bush looked like a deer in the headlights.... - Lindy - 5/3/2006 8:03:37 PM
        
        The double was good - gbaikie - 5/3/2006 11:54:46 PM
        
        Colbert was the best part... - R.L. - 5/3/2006 8:06:45 PM
        
        re: Colbert was the best part... - azstrummer - 5/5/2006 6:49:17 PM
        
        Our comedians as the voice of free speech - Mary Anne - 5/6/2006 1:44:12 AM
        
        re: Colbert was the best part... - Lindy - 5/3/2006 8:10:11 PM
        
        re: Colbert was the best part... - gbaikie - 5/4/2006 1:02:57 AM
        
        Thank you, Stephen Colbert! - gbaikie - 5/4/2006 1:27:43 AM
        
        I'm so glad there are conservatives around to tell me what is funny. (n/t) - alcaray - 5/5/2006 2:19:36 AM
        
        That is funny (n/t) - gbaikie - 5/5/2006 4:34:39 PM

Bolivian leader nationalizes oil companies on May Day. - Tom Brosz - 5/2/2006 6:35:20 AM
- Did it ever occur to you to think........... - Publius - 5/2/2006 3:42:46 PM
  - Anti U.S. - Tom Brosz - 5/2/2006 6:36:00 PM
    - "Iif we had followed liberal-recommended foreign policy in this hemisphere in the 70s and 80s, most of Central and South America would have been little Soviet suburbs years ago" - Lindy - 5/3/2006 2:52:09 AM
    - So sad, too bad.............. - Publius - 5/2/2006 8:09:39 PM
      - "70s and 80s" has an exact meaning. - Tom Brosz - 5/2/2006 8:39:26 PM
        
        how 'bout this question: - podrock - 5/3/2006 7:40:01 PM
        
        The blind spot where [stuff] just happens - Robert - 5/3/2006 6:00:26 PM
        
        Shorter Robert: "Of course it's all America's fault." - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2006 10:45:14 PM
        
        "However, It is perfectly true that we've done more good on this planet than any other nation in history" - Lindy - 5/5/2006 11:11:26 PM
        
        Smaller Tom "Of course it's all America's fault." - Robert - 5/4/2006 3:31:53 PM
        
        Ego - Mary Anne - 5/4/2006 1:07:31 AM
        
        re: Ego - gbaikie - 5/4/2006 10:32:23 AM
        
        "We don't get points for being good in the past." - Tom Brosz - 5/4/2006 5:50:26 AM
        
        Buying credit - Mary Anne - 5/4/2006 3:11:19 PM
        
        P.S. - Tom Brosz - 5/4/2006 5:30:38 PM
        
        re: Buying credit - Tom Brosz - 5/4/2006 5:26:51 PM
        
        So, tell me how self-promotion figures into any of that. - Mary Anne - 5/4/2006 6:56:55 PM
        
        Self-promotion? - Tom Brosz - 5/4/2006 11:48:00 PM
        
        Yeah: "Praise us, or we'll take our ball and go home." - Mary Anne - 5/5/2006 1:14:29 AM
        
        Like my mom used to say something like... - alcaray - 5/4/2006 8:50:56 PM
        
        some argument when you have to squeeze Islam into Latin America (n/t) - Publius - 5/3/2006 4:30:54 PM
        
        re: "70s and 80s" has an exact meaning. - Laurie Street - 5/2/2006 9:41:17 PM
  - re: Did it ever occur to you to think........... - Doug Ellison - 5/2/2006 5:52:56 PM
    - OK, so articulate it for me......... - Publius - 5/2/2006 8:13:09 PM
- Then he will gripe that he can't get foreign investment. - David F Mayer - 5/2/2006 1:41:17 PM
- Gorbachev Urges G8 To Back Solar Power Not Oil Or Nuclear - ljk - 5/2/2006 1:17:45 PM
  - Gorbachev is 100% RIGHT! - David F Mayer - 5/2/2006 1:43:12 PM
    - more money - nick hoffman - 5/3/2006 11:51:59 PM
      - Not really. - David F Mayer - 5/4/2006 1:55:22 PM

Venezuela progress report - Tom Brosz - 5/5/2006 3:27:49 AM
- Socialists are legendary for corruption, favouritism, and inefficient allocation of resources - SDF - 5/5/2006 10:13:03 AM
  - I dare you to say that to Tony Blair. - Mary Anne - 5/5/2006 10:05:40 PM
  - Sound like Republicans - alcaray - 5/5/2006 4:13:06 PM

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