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Some first statements from new Canada government - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2006 3:01:43 AM

MONSTER WAVES: Vessel Measures Record Ocean Swells - Eric - 4/5/2006 2:23:22 AM

Chavez still going down the standard socialist checklist - Tom Brosz - 4/4/2006 2:36:29 PM
- There is no better way to discourage foreign investment - David F Mayer - 4/4/2006 6:11:22 PM

Meanwhile, in France, Socialism Comes Up Against Reality Again. - David F Mayer - 4/4/2006 5:41:13 PM

This one's for REB - alcaray - 4/3/2006 4:14:20 PM
- re: This one's for REB - REB - 4/4/2006 3:35:03 PM
  - Anything about what he did to the Guam politico? (n/t) - alcaray - 4/4/2006 3:47:19 PM
    - re: Anything about what he did to the Guam politico? - REB - 4/4/2006 3:49:59 PM
      - You are the perfect Republican (n/t) - alcaray - 4/4/2006 5:34:11 PM
        
        Thank you! - REB - 4/4/2006 5:39:21 PM

An old Newsweek article on climate change - Tom Brosz - 4/3/2006 4:19:59 PM
- re: An old Newsweek article on climate change - REB - 4/4/2006 3:28:02 PM
  - To be fair... - Tom Brosz - 4/4/2006 3:53:18 PM
    - re: To be fair... - REB - 4/4/2006 3:56:19 PM
    - Should be "only cite" (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/4/2006 3:55:34 PM
  - D'oh! Second link is wrong. Here is the correct one. - REB - 4/4/2006 3:32:58 PM
- Remember the body of right-wing work... - alcaray - 4/4/2006 3:18:46 PM
- Gee you only had to go back 31 years for that one... - R.L. - 4/3/2006 9:19:32 PM
  - God, it's like talking to a wall. - Tom Brosz - 4/4/2006 12:14:39 AM
    - No where near the same body of scientific evidence then as compared to now (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 4/4/2006 12:16:11 AM
      - And yet, the certainty was still there, wasn't it? - Tom Brosz - 4/4/2006 12:18:37 AM
        
        Stupid argument, Tom - R.L. - 4/4/2006 12:58:46 AM

Politicos+BIG BIZ on ILLEGALS - carl - 4/4/2006 1:28:40 PM

1000's of 'errors' in Iraq war... - R.L. - 4/1/2006 9:50:01 AM
- If you never make a decision, then you'll never make any mistakes - Larry J - 4/2/2006 7:57:32 PM
  - If you make competent decisions, you make fewer mistakes... (n/t) - R.L. - 4/4/2006 1:16:11 AM
  - And when you make mistakes, next comes accountibility (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 4/3/2006 3:30:43 AM
    - No, If republicans are in power.... - R.L. - 4/4/2006 1:00:17 AM
    - The inevitable outcome... - Larry J - 4/3/2006 3:25:23 PM
- Of course there were errors - SteveS - 4/1/2006 4:06:32 PM
  - Yet when people point out these errors... - R.L. - 4/1/2006 10:10:41 PM
    - I think pointing out nothing but the errors is what gets a little old. - Tom Brosz - 4/1/2006 10:19:00 PM
      - The huge number of errors gets a little old. - alcaray - 4/3/2006 2:59:58 PM
  - They don't call it the "Fog of War" for nothing. - Lee - 4/1/2006 5:35:00 PM
- 2,326, to be exact - Donald - 4/1/2006 2:27:01 PM

C-5 crashes in DOVER DELAWARE - carl - 4/3/2006 1:10:40 PM
- WPVI has good video................. - carl - 4/3/2006 7:08:39 PM
- NTSB report - Eric - 4/3/2006 6:34:54 PM
  - It may not appear there - Larry J - 4/3/2006 6:52:35 PM

Bush was Right - gbaikie - 4/3/2006 11:06:12 AM

War of choice - Donald - 3/29/2006 3:29:21 PM
- This is the "Downing Street Memo" again. - Tom Brosz - 3/29/2006 6:35:32 PM
  - Tilting at windmills - Robert - 3/29/2006 7:01:43 PM
    - Big Picture Politics - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/30/2006 4:16:19 AM
      - Focus! - Robert - 3/31/2006 11:09:59 PM
        
        Wow... - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/1/2006 9:06:12 PM
        
        I smell a rat - Robert - 4/1/2006 9:58:27 PM
        
        4:1 Ratio, Statistics, etc. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/1/2006 10:46:08 PM
        
        PS Does anyone here ever look at the calendar? ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/2/2006 1:51:10 AM
        
        Oh, sorry: Happy Birthday! - Robert - 4/2/2006 6:15:20 PM
        
        Childish, I know. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/2/2006 10:51:54 PM
        
        One word; Bush ;-) (n/t) - SteveS - 4/2/2006 2:38:36 PM
    - You're making a major mistake. - Tom Brosz - 3/29/2006 7:24:30 PM
      - Battling personal demons - Robert - 3/30/2006 2:09:59 AM
        
        "'Left?' What is this 'Left' of which you speak?" - Tom Brosz - 3/30/2006 4:52:13 AM
        
        Just a footnote, with no particular application intended..... - Publius - 4/2/2006 6:15:40 PM
        
        Wow, even the response is canned! - Robert - 3/30/2006 7:41:20 PM
        
        I didn't include Democratic voters in that group. - Tom Brosz - 3/31/2006 5:22:13 AM
        
        Yes you did - Robert - 3/31/2006 5:35:23 PM
        
        Optimism - Tom Brosz - 3/31/2006 11:51:15 PM
        
        re: Optimism - Robert - 4/2/2006 7:19:54 PM
        
        Attention DNC - Laurie Street - 3/31/2006 6:14:15 PM
        
        re: Battling personal demons - gbaikie - 3/30/2006 4:36:56 AM
        
        Ignorance is the enemy... - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/30/2006 4:33:08 AM
        
        Neo-Bolshevism? - Robert - 3/31/2006 5:41:34 PM
        
        "The "new leftism" which claims to be party-free, grass-roots or the voice of the people, is recycled communist spin" - Lindy - 3/30/2006 6:29:28 AM
        
        Au Contraire - SDAI-Tech1 - 3/30/2006 9:09:05 PM
      - "To the Left, this is all about Bush, and nothing but Bush. This is serious myopia." - Lindy - 3/30/2006 12:23:40 AM
      - Bush made the mistake, if he thought he could be president and not take a hit for foreign policy disasters on his watch. - alcaray - 3/29/2006 10:18:43 PM
- Meanwhile: 2,325 - Donald - 3/29/2006 3:30:37 PM
  - I noticed your death watch is starting to slow to a creep. - Lee - 3/30/2006 8:31:07 AM

Neocons Admit Slaughtering Shia Worshippers - Eric - 4/2/2006 5:01:43 PM
- Wrong!!! - FrankC - 4/2/2006 7:55:59 PM
- It was a shiite mosque that was bombed in Samarra, not sunni. - Lee - 4/2/2006 7:53:03 PM

The Founding Fathers and the Place of Religion in America - ljk - 3/29/2006 3:40:20 PM
- Fathers today - SDF - 3/30/2006 1:44:57 AM
  - 'Earthly Powers,' by Michael Burleigh - ljk - 4/2/2006 7:02:43 PM

Pentagon tells Bush: Climate change WILL destroy us - Jack Herer - 3/23/2006 6:47:18 PM
- Business Folks DO NOT CARE. Their only concern is THIS Quarter's profits. - David F Mayer - 3/29/2006 1:13:45 AM
- re: Climate change, more info.. - Johannes - 3/24/2006 4:36:52 AM
  - Measured sea-level is rising. - alcaray - 3/24/2006 6:13:10 PM
    - Peazus Cracker! - alcaray - 3/27/2006 4:21:51 PM
      - Just occurred to me that I misspoke a bit in that post. - alcaray - 3/28/2006 12:40:27 AM
        
        Rise in sea level - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2006 6:29:03 PM
        
        re: Rise in sea level - gbaikie - 3/30/2006 5:41:55 AM
        
        You do understand that this is an accelerating process? (n/t) - R.L. - 3/30/2006 5:53:51 AM
        
        Wait... Isn't Europe supposed to get colder as a result of global warming? - Scott Evil - 3/30/2006 10:19:15 PM
        
        Shhhh... the adults are talking (n/t) - R.L. - 4/2/2006 12:09:34 AM
        
        re: You do understand that this is an accelerating process? - gbaikie - 3/30/2006 7:08:40 AM
        
        PT 2 - R.L. - 3/31/2006 10:17:47 AM
        
        re: PT 2 - gbaikie - 4/1/2006 11:23:43 AM
        
        Temperature - Tom Brosz - 4/1/2006 12:11:09 AM
        
        re: Temperature - Doug Ellison - 4/1/2006 4:20:53 PM
        
        re: Temperature - gbaikie - 4/1/2006 10:57:47 PM
        
        re: Temperature - Tom Brosz - 4/1/2006 10:44:31 PM
        
        Yeah, 17 year old articles pertain to this issue? - R.L. - 4/2/2006 12:08:28 AM
        
        17 year old articles - Tom Brosz - 4/2/2006 5:42:50 PM
        
        re: Yeah, 17 year old articles pertain to this issue? - gbaikie - 4/2/2006 12:58:01 AM
        
        OK 3rd attempt at reply... my laptop has problems answers Pt 1 - R.L. - 3/31/2006 9:41:03 AM
        
        re: OK 3rd attempt at reply... my laptop has problems answers Pt 1 - gbaikie - 4/1/2006 9:23:57 AM
        
        Ocean levels aside, there are far more serious consequences from global warming... - R.L. - 4/1/2006 10:47:17 AM
        
        re: Ocean levels aside, there are far more serious consequences from global warming... - gbaikie - 4/2/2006 4:20:49 AM
        
        Ok, you hack... - R.L. - 4/1/2006 10:35:36 AM
        
        re: Ok, you hack... - gbaikie - 4/2/2006 5:58:05 AM
        
        Sorry to break it up like that but... - R.L. - 3/31/2006 9:43:17 AM
        
        "Antarctic is getting colder. Or are you disputing this?" Well, most studies do. - alcaray - 3/30/2006 9:25:50 PM
        
        re: "Antarctic is getting colder. Or are you disputing this?" Well, most studies do. - gbaikie - 3/31/2006 4:20:35 AM
        
        I was talking about the contention that it is getting colder in Antarctica - alcaray - 3/31/2006 3:47:26 PM
        
        Oops, link - gbaikie - 3/31/2006 4:28:03 AM
        
        Math.... - R.L. - 3/29/2006 10:11:05 AM
        
        re: Math.... - Laurie Street - 3/29/2006 5:32:02 PM
        
        Touche... - R.L. - 3/30/2006 5:52:04 AM
        
        Indeed it is a daunting task! - alcaray - 3/28/2006 11:43:49 PM
      - Misplaced my post. Sorry. (n/t) - alcaray - 3/27/2006 4:23:08 PM
    - re: Measured sea-level is rising. - Johannes - 3/25/2006 6:55:39 PM
      - re: Measured sea-level is rising. - gbaikie - 3/25/2006 11:50:20 PM
        
        Professors from BYRD Polar Research Center have noticed.... - Lindy - 3/26/2006 3:40:15 PM
        
        re: Good info; thank you (n/t) - Johannes - 3/27/2006 6:28:02 AM
      - Before you said "rise" now you say "accelleration". - alcaray - 3/25/2006 11:33:11 PM
        
        re: Goalposts - Johannes - 3/26/2006 4:44:44 AM
        
        re: Goalposts - alcaray - 3/26/2006 3:42:57 PM
        
        re: More goalposts - Johannes - 3/27/2006 6:24:30 AM
        
        re: More goalposts - gbaikie - 3/27/2006 8:39:08 AM
        
        re: The point; simplified. - Johannes - 3/28/2006 5:20:31 AM
        
        More facts that you will ignore... - R.L. - 3/29/2006 8:50:25 AM
        
        re: The point; simplified. - gbaikie - 3/28/2006 7:56:50 AM
        
        The volume of the Earth's oceans is estimated to be 1.3*10^9 cubic kilometers... - R.L. - 3/29/2006 9:01:26 AM
        
        1 cubic kilometer is 1 billion cubic meters.... - R.L. - 3/29/2006 9:13:00 AM
        
        re: I agree with you in that------ - Johannes - 3/30/2006 3:52:31 AM
        
        Bear in mind that liberated molecules do not cease to exist - alcaray - 3/28/2006 6:16:04 PM
    - Did you actually READ that paper? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/24/2006 8:16:24 PM
      - There were about 10 papers and I read none of them. - alcaray - 3/25/2006 11:30:46 PM
- There's knowing and then there's OFFICIAL knowing. - et - 3/23/2006 7:52:22 PM
- Do you ever notice the date of the stuff you post? - Tony - 3/23/2006 7:44:40 PM

Pakistan to Move Entire City for Earthquake Safety - David F Mayer - 4/2/2006 1:23:32 PM

From another board - David F Mayer - 4/2/2006 2:57:38 AM

Civilians in Iraq Flee Mixed Areas as Killings Rise - Donald - 4/1/2006 11:32:02 PM
- Meanwhile: 2,327 - Donald - 4/1/2006 11:33:46 PM

Jill Carroll has been freed unharmed - Tom Brosz - 3/30/2006 5:05:16 PM
- Compassionate Conservatives in action - Tony - 3/30/2006 6:19:37 PM
  - I don't think you get the point. - Tom Brosz - 3/30/2006 6:46:38 PM
    - Really? - Tony - 3/30/2006 8:02:23 PM
      - Okay. Try this. - Tom Brosz - 3/31/2006 2:14:18 AM
        
        YOu were ready to attack before you saw that - Tony - 3/31/2006 3:40:10 PM
        
        Really? - Tom Brosz - 3/31/2006 5:00:26 PM
        
        I brought the skunk. You said it wasn't very stinky.... (n/t) - Tony - 3/31/2006 6:45:55 PM
        
        My god, Tom! - R.L. - 3/31/2006 2:51:45 AM
        
        Stockholm Syndrome - Tom Brosz - 3/31/2006 4:45:33 AM
        
        Her latest statement seems to make it clear she was acting out of fear... - R.L. - 4/1/2006 9:10:17 PM
        
        Apology duly offered. - Tom Brosz - 4/1/2006 10:37:16 PM
        
        re: Stockholm Syndrome - FrankC - 4/1/2006 5:28:46 PM
- Good news - Tony - 3/30/2006 6:05:03 PM

Afghan Conversions: So lets get this straight - Donald - 3/29/2006 8:03:25 PM
- re: So lets get this straight - Tom Brosz - 3/30/2006 5:21:42 AM
  - straight? a linkage between Afghanistan and Iraq? - Publius - 3/30/2006 1:54:05 PM
  - It was an unfortunate ending nonetheless - Buck Galaxy - 3/30/2006 6:51:10 AM
    - re: It was an unfortunate ending nonetheless - gbaikie - 3/30/2006 9:22:27 AM
      - I'm not implying it would have been better had he been executed. - Buck Galaxy - 3/30/2006 10:04:45 PM
        
        I think you are correct. But it will be a long process. - Scott Evil - 3/30/2006 10:25:02 PM
- Democracy ............... - Publius - 3/29/2006 10:22:26 PM
- Yeah I know... Islam means "peace" -- Go figure - Scott Evil - 3/29/2006 9:35:44 PM
- Is isn't just in Afghanistan - Larry J - 3/29/2006 9:30:25 PM
  - The gift of "freedom" - Publius - 3/30/2006 5:32:26 PM
    - So your position is that Arabs are to feebil minded for Democracy to work? - Scott Evil - 3/30/2006 10:09:52 PM
      - re: So your position is that Arabs are to feebil minded for Democracy to work? - Publius - 3/31/2006 5:22:11 PM
        
        Wow...the White mans burdon you carry...How do you do it? - Scott Evil - 3/31/2006 9:35:33 PM
      - 'Feebil'- now THAT is funny and sad at the same time... - R.L. - 3/31/2006 6:45:31 AM
        
        ah yes, but "to feebil" is even more noteworthy..... - Publius - 3/31/2006 8:49:52 PM
        
        Oh cut him some slack. - Lee - 3/31/2006 11:08:49 PM
        
        No, my sence of morels wont allouw mei 2 dou that.... - R.L. - 4/1/2006 12:23:20 PM
        
        So you've got nothing....typical. - Lee - 4/1/2006 4:01:18 PM
        
        You know RL has nothing to counter with, - Lee - 3/31/2006 7:34:41 AM
        
        That wasn't a typo... (n/t) - R.L. - 3/31/2006 7:52:44 AM
- Straighten the spin - SteveS - 3/29/2006 8:23:48 PM
  - Yea, but he promised - alcaray - 3/29/2006 11:10:15 PM
    - Sure go ahead - SteveS - 3/30/2006 12:26:21 AM
  - re: France is a Democracy and they make some stupid choices as well. - Scott Evil - 3/29/2006 9:38:57 PM
    - I guess the same is true of the United States... - Donald - 3/30/2006 1:54:17 AM
      - And we kept Plessy v Ferguson as the law of the land .... - Publius - 3/30/2006 1:41:27 PM
      - George Bush was reelected on Sep. 12, 2001 - sz - 3/30/2006 3:13:53 AM
        
        re: George Bush was reelected on Sep. 12, 2001 - gbaikie - 3/30/2006 4:55:20 AM

Democrats take another shot at becoming the "Party of National Security." - Tom Brosz - 3/30/2006 5:50:53 PM
- What is wrong with a little humor once in a while? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/31/2006 1:46:16 PM
- Because Republican election-time policy statements are so detailed. (n/t) - alcaray - 3/30/2006 10:35:56 PM
- Hilarious - SteveS - 3/30/2006 8:03:54 PM
  - They just want to refer to "their 120 page plan" - Scott Evil - 3/30/2006 9:53:54 PM
    - The best part of their plan is - SteveS - 3/30/2006 11:12:32 PM
      - re: I couldn't read the whole report, how much did they give to the teacher's unions? - Scott Evil - 3/31/2006 9:30:49 PM
        
        Only fair to point out that Democrats aren't the only culprits. - Tom Brosz - 3/31/2006 11:01:59 PM
        
        Exactly, might as well get ready for a tax increase - SteveS - 3/31/2006 10:11:53 PM
- re: Wow! they are going to "redouble efforts to stop nuclear development in Iran and North Korea." - Scott Evil - 3/30/2006 7:25:43 PM
- Anything to avoid being the "Party that hasn't done much of anything for years because we have no majorities and the Republicans stole all our chairmanships" (n/t) - alcaray - 3/30/2006 6:59:28 PM
  - Perhaps it would aid your understanding to know the way things work? - Publius - 3/30/2006 7:13:22 PM
    - read it again (n/t) - alcaray - 3/30/2006 9:04:34 PM
    - Lame excuse. - Tom Brosz - 3/30/2006 7:27:28 PM
      - On the contract - dtb - 3/31/2006 2:25:13 PM
      - No ideas at all? - Tony - 3/30/2006 8:06:16 PM
        
        Beefing up Port Security? - Scott Evil - 3/30/2006 10:02:55 PM
        
        Is that it? - Tony - 3/31/2006 7:29:57 PM

Earthquake Season? - carl - 3/31/2006 2:21:04 PM

Just got to witness a Latino march past my office - azstrummer - 3/28/2006 10:26:31 PM
- Next stop for the DNC: Illegals deserve the right to vote. - Scott Evil - 3/29/2006 9:46:59 PM
- EARN your RIGHTS!!! - carl - 3/29/2006 7:26:34 PM
- Why are you so apologetic? - Lee - 3/29/2006 6:29:20 AM
  - Are there that many Mexicans in Fla? - alcaray - 3/29/2006 4:22:28 PM
    - And maybe your head is in the sand. - Lee - 3/29/2006 8:15:32 PM
      - Anything about what I said about demographics? - alcaray - 3/29/2006 10:22:35 PM
- Boy, you got paid to watch a parade. Did you wave your flag? - SteveS - 3/29/2006 3:06:56 AM
  - French Fries and Gendarmes - carl - 3/29/2006 7:31:01 PM
    - Always have enjoyed Mexican food over French - SteveS - 3/30/2006 1:01:48 AM
  - Reagan said the same thing back in the late 1980s. - Lee - 3/29/2006 6:32:39 AM
    - Another reason I liked him ;-) (n/t) - SteveS - 3/30/2006 12:58:18 AM
- I still get a kick out of the phrase, "criminalize illegal aliens." - Tom Brosz - 3/29/2006 12:22:28 AM
  - re: I still get a kick out of the phrase, "criminalize illegal aliens." - azstrummer - 3/31/2006 1:50:02 PM
- Personally, I think illegal should mean illegal. - Scott Evil - 3/28/2006 10:36:33 PM
  - Open the BORDERS and let 'em all in - carl - 3/29/2006 7:29:37 PM
  - re: Personally, I think illegal should mean illegal. - azstrummer - 3/28/2006 11:41:56 PM
    - You mean there aren't penalties against hiring illegal aliens? - Scott Evil - 3/29/2006 3:32:36 PM

For the first time since the Korean War, a Canadian and an American have died in combat the same day. - Jacob Samorodin - 3/31/2006 12:23:28 AM
- Another Canadian story: U.S. army deserter tells of Iraq atrocities - Jack Herer - 3/31/2006 1:09:57 PM

Another Tyrant Bites the Dust - David F Mayer - 3/30/2006 4:55:00 PM

Taliban launches massive attack.....let's hope they keep this up! - Lee - 3/30/2006 8:26:08 AM

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