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Mexicans pullings maps for border crossers - carl - 1/26/2006 6:50:08 PM

Might be worth a read. - RobVG - 1/26/2006 3:25:24 AM

Osama Bin Laden's book endorsement boosts sales - David F Mayer - 1/23/2006 4:24:26 PM
- Remember that thread where some Al Q boss said he preferred Bush in '04? (n/t) - alcaray - 1/24/2006 4:58:01 PM
  - I think it was bin Laden who wanted us to re-elect Bush in '04? - Lindy - 1/25/2006 5:16:46 AM
    - Surely Bin Laden must LOVE seeing his henchment captured & killed. - David F Mayer - 1/25/2006 8:23:09 PM
- Speaking of anti-American... - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2006 6:51:12 AM
  - Link, please. (n/t) - DFM - 1/25/2006 8:23:59 PM
  - Please say that's a cruel Photoshopped hoax. - Sam F. - 1/24/2006 5:02:07 PM
- Do you know one damn thing about the book? Or are you just throwing 'TRAITOR' around for fun- THIS GOES FOR TOM TOO - R.L. - 1/24/2006 4:26:34 AM
  - This guy is making money from Bin Laden's endorsement. - David F Mayer - 1/24/2006 2:39:00 PM
    - SO NO, you can't back up your slander - R.L. - 1/25/2006 5:33:13 AM
      - OK, so I overreacted. I admit it. - David F Mayer - 1/25/2006 8:30:38 PM
    - Wow! If he could also get Oprah's endorsement......... - Publius - 1/25/2006 4:04:25 AM
    - (actually it is your reaction that's making him money) (n/t) - alcaray - 1/24/2006 5:15:15 PM
  - "Demands" - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/24/2006 6:17:05 AM
- Demonizing is pap for the masses. Turns people into sheep. - Bowser - 1/23/2006 8:20:02 PM
  - It is YOU who does not understand. - David F Mayer - 1/23/2006 8:35:18 PM
    - See? (n/t) - Bowser - 1/23/2006 8:51:32 PM
- Is this flame? No. - et - 1/23/2006 7:59:40 PM
  - Treason? No. Anti-American? Yes. - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2006 10:40:13 PM
    - re: Treason? No. Anti-American? Yes. - Robert - 1/24/2006 12:12:01 AM
      - "To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the America… - Teddy Roosevelt - 1/24/2006 7:39:35 AM
        
        Teddy Roosevelt... - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2006 9:24:25 AM
        
        " Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else." (n/t) - Teddy Roosevelt - 1/24/2006 7:41:14 AM
    - To be American... - et - 1/23/2006 10:42:39 PM
      - Try this... - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2006 3:58:40 AM
        
        Blam-boozle(?) - et - 1/24/2006 4:21:29 AM
        
        re: Blam-boozle(?) - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2006 5:18:37 AM
        
        Can you show that he revealed any CIA agents? - R.L. - 1/25/2006 5:52:38 AM
        
        re: Can you show that he revealed any CIA agents? - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2006 6:42:22 AM
  - It's a subset of the new definition of "treason" - Robert - 1/23/2006 9:28:04 PM
    - I got steamed milk coming out of my ears.... - et - 1/23/2006 10:31:42 PM
      - You guys are just the opposite side of the same imbalanced wave form... - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/24/2006 12:11:00 AM
        
        FInally, an expert in bi-polarity has chimed in... (n/t) - et - 1/24/2006 2:15:48 AM
        
        Dang...left out Tony. Tony feel free to include yourself too. ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/24/2006 12:40:14 AM
- Yeah yeah yeah - tony - 1/23/2006 6:22:04 PM

What's next after WIRETAPPING? - carl - 1/25/2006 4:15:16 PM
- There's enough controversy to discuss without resorting to hallucinations. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2006 8:11:39 PM
- re: What's next after WIRETAPPING? - REB - 1/25/2006 4:38:48 PM
  - Uhh, Did'nt they say that to the ................. - carl - 1/25/2006 4:46:51 PM
    - re: Uhh, Did'nt they say that to the ................. - REB - 1/25/2006 5:07:43 PM
      - Is that a BLACK mini-Van outside your house? - carl - 1/25/2006 5:26:33 PM
        
        They would get board very quickly if they spied on me. - REB - 1/25/2006 5:28:33 PM

Sen. Patrick Leahy - Jack Herer - 1/25/2006 6:03:52 PM

Canadian elections - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2006 6:30:59 AM
- Election drags Cdn astronaut back to earth - McFly - 1/24/2006 6:29:27 PM
- re: Canadian elections - McFly, eh - 1/24/2006 2:24:20 PM
- Several people online have asked this question... - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2006 6:53:32 AM
  - Answer: BC - Laurie Street - 1/24/2006 5:36:26 PM
  - and the answer is............ - Publius - 1/24/2006 3:21:47 PM
    - Thanks to the higher oil prices - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2006 5:26:29 PM
      - "completely non-looney nation" - Laurie Street - 1/24/2006 5:40:55 PM
        
        You do understand that I'm grading on the curve. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2006 5:42:21 PM
        
        re: You do understand that I'm grading on the curve. - REB - 1/25/2006 4:37:59 PM

UN Report - World Economy at Moderate 3% Growth - ljk - 1/25/2006 4:20:16 PM

If I hired someone to kill a person, would I be guilty also? - Bowser - 1/25/2006 6:18:26 AM
- Yup, but BRING BACK THE MAFIA!!!!! - carl - 1/25/2006 4:13:40 PM
- Evidence, or lack thereof - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2006 6:39:05 AM

Looking for conservative science bloggers - pwokenyaw - 1/24/2006 3:08:10 AM
- Nobody can come up with one? Okay, that's interesting... (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 1/25/2006 3:48:04 PM
- does everything have to be political? (n/t) - alcaray - 1/24/2006 4:56:07 PM
  - Science is already politicised. Keep up. - Sam F. - 1/24/2006 5:28:43 PM
    - Certainly there is one "prissy pointless putdown" in this thread (n/t) - alcaray - 1/24/2006 6:04:29 PM
- The problem with good science blogging.... - et - 1/24/2006 4:24:50 AM
  - Not that THAT is a probelm. (n/t) - et - 1/24/2006 4:25:41 AM

On the Rocks Barkeep - RNE - 1/24/2006 6:21:20 PM
- Now for a 1My old single malt highland scotch.... (n/t) - et - 1/24/2006 11:34:06 PM
  - I'll drink to that. (n/t) - RobVG - 1/25/2006 6:27:41 AM

Iraq puts army at breaking point - Donald - 1/25/2006 4:14:39 AM
- Not only corrupt to the core, they've screwed up absolutely everything. - Bowser - 1/25/2006 5:24:41 AM

Interesting scenario in Iraq - Buck Galaxy - 1/25/2006 4:01:32 AM
- re: Interesting, but seems a bit far-fetched. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2006 5:01:29 AM

Steel is gone, automaking is going, agriculture is subsidized. - Bowser - 1/23/2006 3:17:35 AM
- Geeley in our future? - carl - 1/24/2006 5:39:36 PM
- Advice to US automakers - Larry J - 1/24/2006 12:12:14 AM
- I havent seen steel or a car in years.... (n/t) - R.L. - 1/23/2006 7:54:00 AM
  - Apologies. A bit abstract for you there. - Bowser - 1/23/2006 5:24:42 PM
- And oddly enough... - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2006 5:33:09 AM
  - management failure........ - Publius - 1/23/2006 2:30:22 PM
    - re: management failure........ - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2006 4:48:05 PM
      - No.....step one is........ - Publius - 1/23/2006 6:48:19 PM
        
        So, tell me how you'd "tweak" it. Details, please. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2006 7:36:03 PM
        
        Oh great obdurate one..... - Publius - 1/24/2006 3:48:20 PM
        
        Agreements - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2006 5:50:04 PM
        
        Examples only....... - Publius - 1/24/2006 10:37:03 PM
        
        re: Examples only....... - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2006 1:25:26 AM
        
        Again, it helps to point out........ - Publius - 1/25/2006 4:00:51 AM
      - Clever comeback - Robert - 1/23/2006 6:31:19 PM
        
        You don't understand the principle of market forces. - Tom Brosz - 1/23/2006 7:34:37 PM
        
        Sure we do - Robert - 1/23/2006 11:09:21 PM
        
        Some good points... - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2006 4:46:52 AM
  - The weakness of corporations - Lee - 1/23/2006 7:51:45 AM
  - Yep, it's the old Middle Class that did us in. Not to worry. - Bowser - 1/23/2006 6:05:50 AM
- re: Steel is gone, automaking is going, agriculture is subsidized. - Lindy - 1/23/2006 3:29:53 AM

Iraq Rebuilding Badly Hobbled, U.S. Report Finds - Donald - 1/24/2006 6:05:18 AM
- Knowing the New York Times... - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2006 6:16:23 AM
  - re: Knowing the New York Times... - dtb - 1/24/2006 10:06:28 PM
    - Oh, I have no doubt there have been problems. - Tom Brosz - 1/25/2006 1:23:49 AM
- Meanwhile: 2,232 - Donald - 1/24/2006 6:06:31 AM

About this wiretapping story. - alcaray - 1/25/2006 12:33:26 AM

I hhave to update you on my Canadian election. - Jacob Samorodin - 1/25/2006 12:23:42 AM

The ONE thing you'd think they couldn't screw up has turned into a charade. - Bowser - 1/25/2006 12:06:38 AM

With the DoD budget, - "Report: Army could be near breaking point" - Bowser - 1/24/2006 11:25:00 PM

Global war on terror - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2006 6:26:52 AM
- Sorta like history's "Holy Roman Empire" - Publius - 1/24/2006 11:16:51 PM

Now tell me these guys don't use domestic spying for political purposes. - Bowser - 1/20/2006 9:41:54 PM
- Swear we SAW Predator type craft over NYC - carl - 1/24/2006 5:37:12 PM
  - Predators fly at about 50,000 feet on routine patrols. - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2006 5:51:25 PM

2,236 - Donald - 1/24/2006 3:56:06 PM

The story of the boy who went to Iraq - Tom Brosz - 1/24/2006 6:59:11 AM
- Most excellent report, old gnarly dude.... - Publius - 1/24/2006 3:16:24 PM

Wonder if the DoD pays the Iraqi journalists or neocon bloggers to print this. - Bowser - 1/24/2006 6:12:55 AM

Code Pink photoshops pro-freedom crowd into anti-war protestors. - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2006 9:37:16 PM
- I can not get the link to work (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/23/2006 8:27:21 PM
- Another blog, cited in toto, this one without access to the unitiated. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/20/2006 10:15:04 PM
  - Uninitiated? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2006 12:44:00 AM
    - You know...internet literate. ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/23/2006 2:22:58 AM

Bush White House Served with Indictments - Lindy - 1/21/2006 7:17:27 AM
- What we called "street theater" in my college days. - Tom Brosz - 1/21/2006 7:14:57 PM
  - It is sooo mesy and inconvenient ......... - Publius - 1/23/2006 6:57:22 PM
  - Remind me, what happened to Nixon in the end? (n/t) - R.L. - 1/23/2006 5:39:37 AM

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