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More updates on Katrina media coverage - Tom Brosz - 10/6/2005 7:41:15 AM

Without getting into causes... - alcaray - 9/29/2005 3:28:08 PM
- No...let's get into causes. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/30/2005 12:35:01 PM
  - A medly of pseudoscience - DL - 9/30/2005 5:47:52 PM
    - Omission of a single word. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/30/2005 10:10:20 PM
  - Ah yea! That explains why there are no aurorae in the South... err (n/t) - alcaray - 9/30/2005 4:09:26 PM
  - You should be a guest on the Art Bell show. - Scott Evil - 9/30/2005 3:36:13 PM
- Certainly, it matters. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 9/30/2005 11:59:51 AM
- More on this - Tom Brosz - 9/29/2005 9:42:52 PM
  - Try this - Fox - 9/30/2005 2:58:30 AM
    - Good answer. - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2005 5:13:23 AM
  - What's to explain? (n/t) - alcaray - 9/29/2005 10:54:46 PM
    - What, only the northern hemisphere is getting warmer? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2005 12:58:46 AM
      - The observation is the observation is the observation - alcaray - 9/30/2005 3:32:03 PM
        
        Let's just say "amateur planetologist" - Fox - 9/30/2005 7:39:09 PM
        
        Fox had a reasonable response. See above. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2005 4:40:49 PM
        
        When did Fox become a climatologist? - alcaray - 9/30/2005 4:53:32 PM
        
        Does he have to be one? I'm not. - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2005 1:25:23 AM
        
        Will it be significant when polar bears can no longer "be up there"? (n/t) - alcaray - 10/2/2005 4:57:22 PM
        
        How long do you think polar bears have been up there? - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2005 3:28:46 AM
        
        Not much of an answer to my question, buddy. Or am I to infer your answer was "no". (n/t) - alcaray - 10/3/2005 3:14:51 PM
        
        The polar bears are going to be fine. Okay? - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2005 4:24:03 PM
        
        Go back and read the question again. Go back and read the question in the original post. - alcaray - 10/3/2005 5:22:44 PM
        
        Great jumping ursines. I'm not the one who brought up polar bears! - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2005 9:38:14 PM
        
        It was so simple a question. Sorry about all the stress. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/3/2005 9:50:59 PM
        
        No, you're playing "dense" again. - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2005 10:14:28 PM
        
        Smallest steps possible without reverting to baby talk. - alcaray - 10/3/2005 11:44:26 PM
        
        Does it matter? - Tom Brosz - 10/4/2005 3:54:28 AM
        
        I hope you are right. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/4/2005 3:04:44 PM
        
        I'll ask the same question I brought up in Lindy's thread above... - Tom Brosz - 10/4/2005 11:36:52 PM
        
        I think the assumption that you make within your question is false. - alcaray - 10/5/2005 2:58:35 PM
        
        assumption - Tom Brosz - 10/5/2005 6:58:56 PM
        
        Can't you really? - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/6/2005 3:57:23 AM
        
        re: assumption - alcaray - 10/5/2005 8:16:21 PM
        
        Polar bears are actually migrants from the Sahara. (n/t) - DL - 10/3/2005 3:52:31 PM
        
        Did you cry over the loss of the Wooly Mammoth? Sabretooth Tiger? (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/3/2005 1:58:09 AM
        
        Yes, I did. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/3/2005 3:15:42 PM
        
        I knew you were older, but wow! - Tony - 10/3/2005 8:04:18 PM
        
        Nah, he just rented "Ice Age" (n/t) - Sam F. - 10/4/2005 12:54:55 PM
        
        Fred and Wilma did. - Mary Anne - 10/3/2005 12:02:24 PM
        
        LOL Yabba Dabba Dooo! ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/4/2005 8:09:44 AM
- done - McFly - 9/29/2005 5:33:47 PM
- Yes! - Scott Evil - 9/29/2005 5:05:04 PM
  - Does the Earth have too much water? - REB - 9/29/2005 5:16:27 PM
    - re: Does the Earth have too much water? - Scott Evil - 9/29/2005 8:09:34 PM
- re: Without getting into causes... - REB - 9/29/2005 4:20:30 PM
  - I think you mean "uninhabitable" within 10000 years... - Scott Evil - 9/29/2005 5:10:34 PM
    - I don't think you've got a grasp of the timframe of this change (n/t) - alcaray - 9/29/2005 5:24:57 PM
    - D'oh! - REB - 9/29/2005 5:21:01 PM
- Traitorous Scumbag!!! This is a Media-fascist anti-freedom conspiracy! Admit it! You want to take away my SUV! (n/t) - DL - 9/29/2005 3:32:02 PM
  - don't blame me...I don't own an SUV. - Scott Evil - 9/29/2005 5:14:42 PM
  - That article amazingly has no reference to human-induced greenhouse effect - SDF - 9/29/2005 3:58:56 PM
    - Give me a break - DL - 9/29/2005 4:17:30 PM

Barbara Bush misquote moved to Flame - FrankC (moderator) - 10/5/2005 7:58:45 PM
- Heh, heh. (n/t) - Bowser, aka "Madonna" - 10/6/2005 1:02:59 AM
- The story link and the other quote - LJK - 10/5/2005 8:48:29 PM

Special Oooops? - Publius - 10/5/2005 2:20:17 PM
- Davis-Bacon??? - Scott Evil - 10/5/2005 10:00:02 PM
  - P.S. Mmmmmmmmm Bacon (n/t) - Scott Evil - 10/5/2005 10:11:55 PM

Centennial of Practical Flight - carl - 10/4/2005 9:30:19 PM
- .... and it's almost over! - SDF - 10/5/2005 9:42:29 AM

Hurricane death toll approaches final number - Tom Brosz - 10/4/2005 4:47:36 AM
- re: Hurricane death toll approaches final number - R.L. - 10/4/2005 11:11:04 AM
  - Qualifications - Tom Brosz - 10/4/2005 11:29:57 PM
    - Can't do it, huh? As with the "hordes". (n/t) - Bowser - 10/5/2005 12:14:43 AM
      - The entire Brown flap was artificially generated in the first place. - Tom Brosz - 10/5/2005 2:38:35 AM

Lt. Gen. David Petraeus speaks at Princeton - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2005 10:32:48 PM
- Ya musta missed it. - Bowser - 10/3/2005 10:59:59 PM
  - re: missed it. - Tom Brosz - 10/4/2005 12:48:10 AM

Heed preznit's clarion call....... - Publius - 10/1/2005 6:09:49 PM
- re: Heed preznit's clarion call....... - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2005 8:53:38 PM
  - about the asshat's who made those bulllet-proff vests..... - Publius - 10/2/2005 4:55:51 PM
    - Any comments that are not complete changes of subject? - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2005 3:27:39 AM
      - re: changes of subject? - Publius - 10/3/2005 2:37:33 PM
      - There were calls of outrage, all right. - Mary Anne - 10/3/2005 11:53:06 AM
        
        Right. - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2005 3:58:58 PM
        
        Who were the hordes calling for a photo op? (n/t) - Bowser - 10/3/2005 10:58:23 PM
        
        They shoulda never let him out from under his rock in the first place - Lindy - 10/3/2005 8:11:44 PM
      - Who - where are the hordes of "asshats"? (n/t) - Bowser - 10/3/2005 4:38:38 AM
  - Are there no lengths you will go to defend this man?? - Lindy - 10/2/2005 3:50:53 AM
  - "horde of asshats" - Bowser, aka "Madonna" - 10/2/2005 1:43:54 AM
    - I'm sorry, but no. - Sam F. - 10/3/2005 5:12:46 AM
      - Very good! (n/t) - Bowser - 10/3/2005 3:00:32 PM

If we just let the terrorists alone, they would leave us alone. - David F Mayer - 10/2/2005 12:51:48 AM
- Who are you quoting in your subject line, exactly? (n/t) - alcaray - 10/3/2005 6:51:13 PM
  - David will have an unretouched photo of the quotee for you shortly (n/t) - Alan G. Archer - 10/3/2005 10:49:43 PM
- If we would just go after terrorists, instead of bombing the bejesus out of whole countries... - Mary Anne - 10/2/2005 6:10:44 PM
  - re: If we would just go after terrorists - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2005 3:24:13 AM
  - We owe it to us! - Eri - 10/3/2005 2:28:02 AM
- Are you aware of what the US has/is doing to Muslim nations? - Bowser - 10/2/2005 3:52:58 AM
  - For every action - Lindy - 10/2/2005 4:07:08 AM

Thought for the Day - LJK - 9/28/2005 3:56:33 PM
- *EVERY* generation thinks it's the next one... - alcaray - 9/28/2005 6:06:47 PM
- Wow! talk about being ahead of their time....... - Publius - 9/28/2005 5:43:38 PM
- hey - there's been significant progress since then - Daniel - 9/28/2005 4:43:41 PM
  - But will anyone be reading todays blogs ~4800 years from now? - R.L. - 9/29/2005 12:44:09 AM
    - re: But will anyone be reading todays blogs ~4800 years from now? - Publius - 10/2/2005 4:52:10 PM
    - re: Only the pointy headed liberal history professors sitting in their Ivory towers @ Mars U (n/t) - Scott Evil - 9/29/2005 1:39:14 PM
      - Did you ever stop to think why those history professors are liberals? - Publius - 10/2/2005 5:04:03 PM
        
        Studying history and learning from it seem to be two different things. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/3/2005 4:33:47 PM
  - LOL (n/t) - R.L. - 9/29/2005 12:37:46 AM

Suicide Bombers Come To America - Eric - 10/3/2005 1:03:21 AM

Any adult male that goes by the name 'Scooter'... - R.L. - 10/1/2005 8:28:00 AM
- David F'n Mayer, is that you? (n/t) - ecto "segway" terrestrial - 10/1/2005 5:10:02 PM
  - David F Mayer is NOT "Scooter" (n/t) - DFM - 10/2/2005 12:52:41 AM
    - Okay man, don't blow a gasket.... (n/t) - David F Mo-ped - 10/2/2005 5:21:51 PM

Roberts Sworn In as Chief Justice - gbaikie - 9/30/2005 12:44:12 AM
- We'll see how it pans out (might take 30 years, though) - McFly - 9/30/2005 1:16:37 AM
  - One man, one vote. - Mary Anne - 10/2/2005 3:16:06 PM
  - The more you squash the little guy...... - Lindy - 9/30/2005 2:56:22 AM
    - One of the problems with some liberal views of justice.... - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2005 5:10:59 AM
      - Yeah! Was it Sensenbrenner who went on and on about the tragedy... - alcaray - 9/30/2005 3:26:10 PM

Scooter Libby and Karl Rove...the traitorous blabbermouths? - Lindy - 9/30/2005 11:13:10 PM
- Notice No Comment from the SOMA Induced American Masses - Lindy - 10/2/2005 4:11:42 AM

This will be interesting - DL - 9/27/2005 2:48:16 PM
- Nailing Brown on Hurricane "Pam" - Mary Anne - 9/29/2005 2:07:11 AM
  - re: Hurricane "Pam" - Tom Brosz - 9/29/2005 7:01:18 AM
    - re: Hurricane "Yeti" - DL - 9/29/2005 2:18:52 PM
      - Document links - Tom Brosz - 9/29/2005 10:20:51 PM
        
        I would not casually volunteer to store and serve for a 400 page doc. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/30/2005 4:30:03 PM
        
        re: Document links - DL - 9/30/2005 1:19:51 PM
        
        re: Document links - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2005 4:51:14 PM
    - The press release contained part of the action plan, which I quoted. - Mary Anne - 9/29/2005 1:31:23 PM
      - re: The press release - Tom Brosz - 9/29/2005 10:13:17 PM
        
        The jokes just keep on coming - Tony - 9/30/2005 1:26:12 PM
        
        Rain Man talking about how good a driver he is. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/30/2005 4:25:30 PM
- Well lets just see if those weasels on the committee are able to pin anything on the guy. - Scott Evil - 9/27/2005 8:32:59 PM
- Just for the exercise: - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2005 6:37:00 PM
  - And BTW - DL - 9/27/2005 7:52:51 PM
    - re: And BTW - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2005 8:36:55 PM
      - give me the link, and are you going to respond to the rest of the post? - DL - 9/27/2005 8:55:36 PM
        
        It was the first post in this thread. - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2005 9:23:22 PM
        
        Thanks, and I don't care what the 'meme' is- I'm asking YOU - DL - 9/27/2005 9:41:53 PM
        
        And I find I need to repost this more often than I should have to... - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2005 10:09:43 PM
        
        Changing the subject, post that in a new thread and I'll go there with you - DL - 9/27/2005 10:57:10 PM
        
        I'm asking - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2005 9:58:12 PM
        
        If you can't give me the basic respect of not putting words in my mouth- go to flame. - DL - 9/27/2005 11:00:10 PM
        
        spontaneous generation - Tom Brosz - 9/28/2005 2:36:30 AM
        
        You basically concede the point in the first paragraph - DL - 9/28/2005 3:54:30 AM
        
        re: You basically concede the point in the first paragraph - Tom Brosz - 9/28/2005 4:31:07 AM
        
        There is no point in this - DL - 9/28/2005 2:17:51 PM
  - So you think people just 'materialized', like spontaneous generation? Or just 'stopped in' on the way to the superdome and decided they loved the view? - DL - 9/27/2005 7:30:40 PM
    - Show me the announcement, with a date. - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2005 8:34:17 PM
      - re: time and date and pigs - DL - 9/27/2005 8:51:52 PM
        
        another news story that existed before news stories existed about an evacuation site that wasn't an evacuation site, and the trauma going on there that was never reported before the 1st - DL - 9/27/2005 9:22:30 PM
- Forget the news reports - SteveS - 9/27/2005 6:00:53 PM
  - Yes, I am sure he was fired for personal hygene. - DL - 9/27/2005 7:31:47 PM
    - Well, spell it out - SteveS - 9/27/2005 8:21:04 PM
      - You should make that demand of the guy that fired him. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/27/2005 8:38:03 PM
  - You must only be listening to the Democrat's questioning... - alcaray - 9/27/2005 7:19:33 PM
    - What scorecard? - SteveS - 9/27/2005 8:17:41 PM
      - more inventions from the Right: "but if enough of the right wing ape it and repeat it enough" - DL - 9/27/2005 9:00:10 PM
        
        Well, pardon me... - SteveS - 9/27/2005 10:15:33 PM
        
        Oh, now YOU are going to tell me what I 'really' meant. - DL - 9/27/2005 11:04:26 PM
        
        And don't even think about using the word "niggardly" - alcaray - 9/28/2005 2:57:05 PM
        
        Oh, don't worry. Steve will know what You Really Meant, regardless of what you write. He's the final authority on truth (n/t) - DL - 9/28/2005 3:01:16 PM
        
        I'll believe what I want - SteveS - 9/28/2005 12:24:39 AM
        
        If you had any honesty or integrity, you would appologize - DL - 9/28/2005 12:36:17 AM
        
        Being a partisan hack means never having to say you're sorry (n/t) - R.L. - 9/28/2005 7:21:53 AM
        
        Oh man, I did read it! Just did not recognize it from Scott's characterization. (n/t) - alcaray - 9/27/2005 9:55:42 PM
        
        re: I can't even follow this thread...Don't bring me into it... (n/t) - Scott Evil - 9/28/2005 9:42:54 PM
        
        Oh, man, I am sorry about the goof! (n/t) - alcaray - 9/29/2005 7:27:22 PM
      - The committee is looking for validation? - alcaray - 9/27/2005 8:36:52 PM
        
        re: The committee is looking for validation? - SteveS - 9/27/2005 10:19:36 PM
        
        I do not know what research the congressmen did or had their staffs do. - alcaray - 9/27/2005 10:58:12 PM

Voting recommendations - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2005 2:58:58 AM
- In your kneejerk partisan zeal... - Robert - 9/27/2005 8:30:57 PM
  - Agreed. ID's should be FREE to those voters who can not afford them. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 9/28/2005 7:48:42 PM
  - Partisan - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2005 8:48:29 PM
    - Proving identity - Mary Anne - 9/28/2005 10:51:18 PM
      - re: Proving identity - Tom Brosz - 9/28/2005 11:33:09 PM
    - Partisan - Robert - 9/27/2005 11:29:09 PM
      - BTW - Tom Brosz - 9/28/2005 5:59:10 AM
        
        Trailer park voters - Robert - 9/28/2005 5:18:55 PM
        
        re: Trailer park voters - Tom Brosz - 9/28/2005 8:23:40 PM
        
        Early childhood and the cycle of dependency - Mary Anne - 9/28/2005 9:29:21 PM
        
        define "Their social and educational programs" as you used the phrase... - alcaray - 9/28/2005 9:26:09 PM
        
        re: define "Their social and educational programs" as you used the phrase... - Tom Brosz - 9/29/2005 12:01:23 AM
        
        Woah! I joust wanted to know which programs you considered owned by the Democrats... - alcaray - 9/29/2005 3:09:21 PM
        
        re: Which programs - Tom Brosz - 9/29/2005 10:24:39 PM
        
        I was just looking for something specific enough to research. - alcaray - 9/29/2005 11:06:07 PM
        
        Sounds like a win-win - Robert - 9/28/2005 5:13:20 PM
        
        re: Sounds like a win-win - gbaikie - 9/28/2005 6:37:57 PM
        
        Public libraries and TimeSelect - Mary Anne - 9/28/2005 8:26:33 PM
        
        re: Public libraries and TimeSelect - gbaikie - 9/28/2005 11:26:25 PM
        
        Provided your library has online databases... - Mary Anne - 9/29/2005 12:53:13 AM
        
        Huh? - Robert - 9/28/2005 8:08:35 PM
        
        re: Huh? - gbaikie - 9/28/2005 11:11:33 PM
      - re: Partisan - Tom Brosz - 9/28/2005 5:54:33 AM
- re: Voting recommendations - alcaray - 9/27/2005 3:57:46 PM

I'm just asking... - alcaray - 9/29/2005 6:59:16 PM
- That's just funny - Tony - 9/29/2005 7:50:24 PM

Public service announcement - alcaray - 9/29/2005 3:39:14 PM
- Why are they spending time on this? - Tony - 9/29/2005 6:46:56 PM

First live giant squid caught on film - Tom Brosz - 9/28/2005 2:51:49 AM
- tape found in first Giant Squid excreta discovered. (n/t) - DL - 9/28/2005 3:56:58 AM
  - Imagine what else is down there... - LJK - 9/28/2005 1:51:17 PM
    - Scary. - DL - 9/28/2005 2:28:28 PM
      - What would really be scary - Tom Brosz - 9/28/2005 8:11:04 PM
        
        with some passed out trench-dwellers lounging around (n/t) - DL - 9/29/2005 4:40:57 PM

NOLA Convention center, offered without comment (for now) - R.L. - 9/28/2005 5:14:40 AM
- Thanks... - Tom Brosz - 9/28/2005 5:39:46 AM
  - Who the heck knows... - FrankC - 9/28/2005 11:57:07 PM

Anyone going to post a "Party of virtue, character and values update"? - Tony - 9/28/2005 7:02:22 PM
- Are we going to be learning another lesson about the media again? - Tom Brosz - 9/28/2005 8:10:07 PM
  - Which lesson would that be? - Tony - 9/28/2005 8:39:19 PM
    - And the media had the audacity to cover it!!! (sort of) (n/t) - alcaray - 9/28/2005 9:21:41 PM

Zarqawi's Number 2 man killed in Iraq. - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2005 1:09:52 AM
- More good news. But is it good enough? - David F Mayer - 9/27/2005 3:18:27 PM
  - re: More good news. But is it good enough? - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2005 5:54:19 PM
    - I do not yet see signs of the insurgency collapsing. - David F Mayer - 9/28/2005 7:55:43 PM

Ahhhhhhhhh! Mold will kill us all!!! - Scott Evil - 9/27/2005 8:46:02 PM
- Day of the Triffids (n/t) - Lee - 9/28/2005 5:41:06 AM
- Corrected Link - Scott Evil - 9/27/2005 8:48:03 PM
  - Well you get the idea - Scott Evil - 9/27/2005 8:48:44 PM

National Security Agency gets fix on Internet users location - Eric - 9/25/2005 9:55:17 PM
- Not sure how that can work - Tom Brosz - 9/25/2005 10:23:11 PM
  - Suppose Bin Laden is using dialup. - David F Mayer - 9/26/2005 6:36:34 PM
  - Speculation - Robert - 9/26/2005 2:05:21 AM
    - re: Speculation - Tom Brosz - 9/26/2005 4:06:22 AM
      - re: Speculation - Robert - 9/26/2005 5:31:08 PM
        
        re: Proxies - DL - 9/26/2005 5:43:20 PM
        
        Honey pots - Robert - 9/26/2005 6:13:30 PM
        
        Well, I'd love to see a proxy - DL - 9/26/2005 6:41:20 PM
        
        Unfortunately... - Robert - 9/26/2005 8:17:02 PM
        
        Oh my God... Robert's been comprimised!!! - Scott Evil - 9/27/2005 1:15:18 PM
      - re: Speculation - DL - 9/26/2005 5:24:07 PM
        
        also - DL - 9/26/2005 5:35:22 PM
        
        re: also - Tom Brosz - 9/26/2005 6:07:32 PM
        
        50 hackers - DL - 9/26/2005 6:30:04 PM
        
        One hacker's ideas - Robert - 9/26/2005 8:09:44 PM
        
        more thoughts - DL - 9/26/2005 9:53:54 PM
        
        re: Resonse to One hacker's ideas, plus another hackers notions - DL - 9/26/2005 8:53:05 PM
        
        Actually, I take most of that back - DL - 9/26/2005 9:39:30 PM
        
        except the p2p thing where all latencies are pegged to a constant over the network - DL - 9/26/2005 9:41:25 PM
        
        But even that has a weakness... - Robert - 9/27/2005 7:33:50 PM
        
        I'm not so sure - DL - 9/27/2005 8:08:33 PM
        
        See folks? No worries. Robert and DL almost have it beat already. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/26/2005 9:12:55 PM
        
        Posting these ideas on a BB is akin to handing ... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/26/2005 10:48:53 PM
        
        "And who is afraid of the NSA in the first place? These folks are the good guys." - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2005 12:48:14 AM
        
        re: "And who is afraid of the NSA in the first place? These folks are the good guys." - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/27/2005 3:16:07 AM
        
        Its akin to working out the obvious. - DL - 9/27/2005 12:13:57 AM
  - Here's the patent - SteveS - 9/26/2005 12:27:07 AM
    - Corrected link - Mary Anne - 9/26/2005 2:15:45 AM
      - Thanks Mary Anne (n/t) - SteveS - 9/26/2005 2:44:58 PM

heheehehaw re: "I guess you want me to be the superhero that is going to step in there and suddenly take everybody out of New Orleans." - DL - 9/27/2005 7:28:22 PM

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