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Guess what? More idiots are investing in Cuba! - David F Mayer - 6/17/2005 12:49:30 PM

1,715 - Donald - 6/17/2005 1:23:43 AM

Newsweek author using that 'anonymous source' gambit again - p - 6/13/2005 7:03:24 PM
- Sounds like pure Blue Smoke. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 6/16/2005 4:05:44 PM
- I think this is a ridiculous rumour started by the Clintons themselves. - Scott Evil - 6/15/2005 1:46:59 PM
  - re: I think this is a ridiculous rumour started by the Clintons themselves. - p - 6/15/2005 3:25:01 PM
    - Who else would act as the source for such a ridiculous and unverifiable story? - Scott Evil - 6/15/2005 6:54:49 PM
- Klein book a load of crap. - Tom Brosz - 6/14/2005 4:23:42 AM
  - re: Klein book a load of crap. - p - 6/14/2005 12:14:58 PM
- Some may say not stange, but part of ongoing pattern - Tony - 6/13/2005 7:44:47 PM

Nanomachines to clear arterial plaque funded - phil - 6/15/2005 5:13:30 PM
- re: Nanomachines to clear arterial plaque funded - Scott Evil - 6/15/2005 6:58:39 PM
  - A nightmare - FrankC - 6/15/2005 8:34:13 PM
    - I don't entirely disagree but... - Scott Evil - 6/15/2005 10:20:34 PM
    - yeah.....there's one person I wouldn't want to have that priviledge - Lindy - 6/15/2005 9:13:25 PM
      - Lindy is the template for BDS - p - 6/16/2005 12:11:19 AM
        
        Testing the waters? - Fox: Moderator-designate - 6/16/2005 1:29:57 AM
        
        re: Testing the waters? - p - 6/16/2005 2:02:47 AM
        
        Close... call it the "On Second Thought" Police - Fox: Moderator-designate - 6/16/2005 2:45:11 AM
        
        Can you just censor the offending part of a thread? - Scott Evil - 6/16/2005 1:45:25 PM
        
        From what I know so far, no. - Mary Anne - 6/16/2005 1:58:49 PM
        
        Moderator's ability to inflict Censorship - Scott Evil - 6/16/2005 3:42:00 PM
        
        I post a copy of this on the Community board for discussion. (n/t) - Scott Evil - 6/16/2005 3:42:59 PM

Schiavo autopsy: Does this suprise anyone? - et - 6/15/2005 6:47:26 PM
- Waiting for Frist to chime in with another interpretation (n/t) - alcaray - 6/16/2005 3:09:02 PM
- Mostly Republicans (n/t) - Mark Eby - 6/15/2005 10:43:53 PM
- re: Schiavo autopsy: Does this suprise anyone? - gbaikie - 6/15/2005 9:49:44 PM
  - re: Schiavo autopsy: Does this suprise anyone? - gbaikie - 6/16/2005 12:37:57 AM
    - You are being deliberately obtuse - R.L. - 6/16/2005 9:18:21 AM
- May be a surprise to Doctor Frist. (n/t) - Tony - 6/15/2005 7:43:12 PM

US (housing market) bubble set to burst.(?) - et - 6/9/2005 3:34:39 PM
- Maybe, Maybe not. - Scott Evil - 6/10/2005 9:45:17 PM
- In the bubble - SDG - 6/10/2005 5:32:18 AM
  - Just checked, link works for me..... (n/t) - et - 6/10/2005 11:56:59 PM
    - thanks, don't know why it wouldn't load before. (n/t) - SDG - 6/11/2005 11:45:13 PM
  - Where do you live? - Gary - 6/10/2005 3:37:02 PM
    - N. Idaho, near Spokane, WA - SDG - 6/11/2005 3:56:17 AM
    - CA mortages - dtb - 6/10/2005 5:39:55 PM
      - Why are these mortgages legal? - Gary - 6/11/2005 9:59:21 PM
        
        re: Why are these mortgages legal? - SteveS - 6/12/2005 12:00:58 AM
        
        San Francisco Bay Area Economy - Gary - 6/12/2005 8:07:07 PM
        
        re: How do you sell short on real estate? - Scott Evil - 6/16/2005 2:21:44 PM
        
        re: Why are these mortgages legal? - dtb - 6/12/2005 6:33:19 PM
- Perhaps in some markets - Larry J - 6/9/2005 10:06:26 PM
  - Good map in current Atlantic Monthly - dtb - 6/9/2005 11:49:53 PM

Muslim sentenced to Italian prison for defaming Holy Mother the Church - phil - 6/15/2005 5:58:14 PM
- What ever happened to......... - Lindy - 6/15/2005 8:57:52 PM
  - re: What ever happened to......... - p - 6/16/2005 12:08:24 AM
    - re: What ever happened to... - Fox - 6/16/2005 1:16:40 AM
      - re: What ever happened to... - phil - 6/16/2005 2:01:27 AM
        
        re: I'm still waiting for the "Hate Speech" against politians law. - Scott Evil (Warning Post may offend) - 6/16/2005 1:50:52 PM

Aussie Contractor Rescued by Iraqi & US forces - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/15/2005 11:09:56 PM
- And we've heard that before, haven't we? (n/t) - Bowser - 6/16/2005 2:35:36 AM
- Part of Operation Lightning. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/16/2005 12:26:23 AM

1,703 - DOnald - 6/13/2005 10:32:14 PM
- What we have wrought - Donald - 6/13/2005 10:45:04 PM
  - Bias Alarm - Mark Eby - 6/14/2005 1:46:01 AM
    - You missed the point - Donald - 6/14/2005 1:53:50 AM
      - Slavery is just so much more peaceful... - Tom Brosz - 6/14/2005 3:27:10 AM
        
        Their job...not ours - Donald - 6/14/2005 5:34:00 AM
        
        LOL! - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/14/2005 9:29:59 AM
        
        re: LOL! - Donald - 6/14/2005 1:53:39 PM
        
        Well... - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/14/2005 6:00:51 PM
        
        Silly comparison - Donald - 6/15/2005 2:02:26 PM
        
        What A Load - Mark Eby - 6/16/2005 12:27:00 AM
        
        "Declaration" is the easy part. - Tom Brosz - 6/14/2005 4:28:56 PM
        
        Excuse me but... - Donald - 6/14/2005 4:51:02 PM
        
        Not the point. - Tom Brosz - 6/14/2005 5:22:41 PM
        
        It was... - Donald - 6/15/2005 1:59:25 PM
        
        I Might Take You Seriously - Mark Eby - 6/16/2005 12:30:57 AM
        
        re: Their job...not ours - Tom Brosz - 6/14/2005 8:28:50 AM
        
        re: Their job...not ours - Donald - 6/14/2005 12:50:47 PM
        
        Shiite majority - Tom Brosz - 6/14/2005 4:38:58 PM
        
        hypothetical universes and "alternate" histories - E.P. Grondine - 6/14/2005 4:53:04 PM
        
        re: hypothetical universes and "alternate" histories - Tom Brosz - 6/14/2005 5:26:13 PM
        
        re: hypothetical universes and "alternate" histories - E.P. Grondine - 6/14/2005 7:13:59 PM
        
        The "bigger picture" - Donald - 6/14/2005 4:46:07 PM
        
        re: The "bigger picture" - E.P. Grondine - 6/15/2005 5:52:06 AM
        
        No doubt - Donald - 6/15/2005 2:14:31 PM
      - You Mean That Unsupported Claim The Clinton's Supported? - Mark Eby - 6/14/2005 2:35:58 AM
        
        Bill Clinton... - Donald - 6/14/2005 5:36:26 AM
        
        Interesting SLANT - Mark Eby - 6/15/2005 11:21:20 PM

One reason I like the company.... - R.L. - 6/14/2005 8:30:07 AM
- how come,,,,,,, - tony - 6/15/2005 1:22:55 AM
  - to be honest.... - FrankC - 6/15/2005 5:47:44 PM
  - ?? (n/t) - R.L. - 6/15/2005 1:31:38 AM
    - did too - tony - 6/15/2005 3:02:12 AM
- Agreed - RNE - 6/14/2005 11:25:11 PM
- Beat it!...Just Beat it!... - SteveS - 6/14/2005 8:28:15 PM
  - Billy's jeans were just a cover. (n/t) - Sam F. - 6/15/2005 10:57:04 AM
  - You cant treat it like a Black or White issue - Tony - 6/14/2005 8:37:32 PM
    - What do you mean as usual? - SteveS - 6/15/2005 12:51:58 AM
      - as usual, my attempt at humour failed - tony - 6/15/2005 1:19:20 AM
        
        Hey, I got it - Sam F. - 6/15/2005 10:51:55 AM
        
        I just realized it had a sexual meaning. How lame of me. I'm sorry to all. - SteveS - 6/15/2005 2:36:13 AM
    - You must be talking about the man in the mirror.... (n/t) - . - 6/14/2005 9:55:52 PM
      - Arrgh.... I take no responsibility for your posts! This thread is not my son.... (n/t) - DISGUSTED! - 6/14/2005 10:52:50 PM
- Ditto! (pardon the expression) - Tom Brosz - 6/14/2005 4:26:32 PM
- I care a lot about a celebrity trial - Buck Galaxy - 6/14/2005 4:19:25 PM
- Amen! (n/t) - Fox - 6/14/2005 3:48:20 PM
- Please, let's not start - Gary - 6/14/2005 3:24:15 PM

Europe - religated to a side show? - p - 6/14/2005 8:09:26 PM
- Europe: rejecting American supremicist jingoism - E.P. Grondine - 6/15/2005 2:46:14 PM
  - re: Europe: rejecting American supremicist jingoism - p - 6/15/2005 2:50:24 PM
    - please stop your anti-semetic remarks - E.P. Grondine - 6/15/2005 4:07:07 PM
      - cute - p - 6/15/2005 4:56:11 PM
- re: Europe - Raoul - 6/14/2005 10:14:36 PM
  - re: Europe - Mark Eby - 6/15/2005 1:48:38 AM
  - Response of the year! :) (n/t) - p - 6/14/2005 11:53:34 PM

The End of Europe - Robert Samuelson - phil - 6/15/2005 2:45:41 PM

TSA - $5B/yr for an illusion of security - phil - 6/15/2005 2:29:13 PM

1,708 - Donald - 6/15/2005 1:55:20 PM

Kofi & the "smoking gun" - SDAI-Tech1 - 6/15/2005 12:19:14 AM

1,706 - Donald - 6/14/2005 10:17:28 PM

Spirit on the Move again - Doug Ellison - 6/14/2005 12:07:05 PM
- "Martian Petrol Head." Yeah! That's me, all right. - Tom Brosz - 6/14/2005 5:17:55 PM

Is Environmentalism Dead? - gbaikie - 6/10/2005 10:11:12 AM
- Is polling dead? - dtb - 6/10/2005 3:04:18 PM
  - Typo correct, plus trends - dtb - 6/10/2005 3:10:59 PM
    - re: Typo correct, plus trends - gbaikie - 6/10/2005 4:40:20 PM
      - One more - how about a bet that Wurster quote is faked? (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 6/13/2005 4:55:47 AM
      - how about a bet on DDT? - pwokenyaw - 6/10/2005 5:43:11 PM
        
        re: how about a bet on DDT? - Tom Brosz - 6/11/2005 12:29:58 AM
        
        re: how about a bet on DDT? - pwokenyaw - 6/11/2005 12:58:26 AM
        
        Link - Tom Brosz - 6/11/2005 2:00:29 AM
        
        Negate my link and I'll negate yours. - pwokenyaw - 6/11/2005 4:45:44 AM
        
        re: Negate my link and I'll negate yours. - gbaikie - 6/11/2005 10:21:28 AM
        
        you're getting a little closer to a measurable assertion - powkenyaw - 6/11/2005 6:55:48 PM
        
        re: you're getting a little closer to a measurable assertion - gbaikie - 6/12/2005 1:23:07 AM
        
        re: you're getting a little closer to a measurable assertion - pwokenyaw - 6/12/2005 5:47:22 AM
        
        re: you're getting a little closer to a measurable assertion - gbaikie - 6/12/2005 7:28:00 AM
        
        Sounds like you're declining the bet. Please let me know if I've misunderstood. - pwokenyaw - 6/12/2005 4:10:06 PM
        
        re: Sounds like you're declining the bet. Please let me know if I've misunderstood. - gbaikie - 6/12/2005 11:14:47 PM
        
        Purpose of a bet is to make money - alcaray - 6/13/2005 3:26:22 PM
        
        re: Purpose of a bet is to make money - gbaikie - 6/13/2005 9:20:37 PM
        
        I don't follow you. - alcaray - 6/13/2005 9:39:27 PM
        
        re: I don't follow you. - gbaikie - 6/13/2005 10:48:10 PM
        
        Why would I bet him? I agree with his position. - alcaray - 6/14/2005 2:49:08 PM
        
        I'm not offended. - pwokenyaw - 6/13/2005 10:37:17 PM
        
        re: I'm not offended. - gbaikie - 6/13/2005 11:45:14 PM
        
        Your ringing tone sounds a little hollow to me. - pwokenyaw - 6/13/2005 12:18:51 AM
        
        re: Negate my link and I'll negate yours. - Tom Brosz - 6/11/2005 8:40:15 AM
        
        re: how about a bet on DDT? - gbaikie - 6/11/2005 1:49:50 AM
        
        SIGH! Such a buzzkill pwoke...... ;) - et - 6/10/2005 11:54:45 PM
      - Your point was on public opinion - dtb - 6/10/2005 5:29:32 PM
        
        re: Your point was on public opinion - gbaikie - 6/10/2005 9:28:49 PM
  - typo in the last result? (n/t) - alcaray - 6/10/2005 3:07:38 PM

Good News From Iraq, Part 29 - Tom Brosz - 6/13/2005 8:23:15 AM
- That's jus t great, Tom - Now when can we bring our troops home? (n/t) - E.P. Grondine - 6/13/2005 3:33:49 PM
  - Good one. (n/t) - Bowser - 6/13/2005 7:11:22 PM
  - Same as its always been. When the job is done. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/13/2005 6:04:16 PM
    - Exactly what "job" is that, Tom? And when do you think it migh be "done"? (n/t) - E.P. Grondine - 6/14/2005 1:08:02 AM
    - re: Same as its always been. When the job is done. - gbaikie - 6/13/2005 9:49:56 PM

This is the war in Iraq. - Tom Brosz - 6/13/2005 8:38:21 AM
- "pushing the American death toll past 1,700 -- more than double what it was a year ago. " - Bowser - 6/13/2005 7:10:15 PM

This one's for Mary Anne... - Tom Brosz - 6/13/2005 3:52:55 AM

1,684 - Donald - 6/9/2005 12:44:20 AM
- Oh dear, you were doing so well - Sam F. - 6/9/2005 7:27:38 AM
  - I used the term "murdered", below. Do I earn any right-wing kudos? (n/t) - alcaray - 6/9/2005 9:21:54 PM
    - Passive or active voice? (n/t) - Sam F. - 6/10/2005 10:48:25 AM
      - quibbles are easier to earn than kudos (n/t) - alcaray - 6/10/2005 3:01:28 PM
        
        Evasive non-answers are the easiest (n/t) - Sam F. - 6/10/2005 4:23:45 PM
        
        You referring to yours or mine? (n/t) - alcaray - 6/10/2005 4:34:36 PM
        
        Hey, it's OK, a lot of people don't know basic grammar - Sam F. - 6/11/2005 1:13:50 PM
        
        If you want to become the grammar police, be careful. - Mary Anne - 6/11/2005 10:08:55 PM
        
        Distinguishing between the active and passive voice in relation to this thread is not a quibble. - Sam F. - 6/12/2005 10:55:10 AM
        
        alcaray doesn't need me to intervene. You do. - Mary Anne - 6/12/2005 6:25:29 PM
        
        And, you've apparently forgotten this, Samwise: - Fox - 6/13/2005 2:48:25 AM
        
        Oh, and to answer your subject line... - alcaray - 6/12/2005 4:31:44 PM
        
        You know, this is the second time I've noticed you... - alcaray - 6/12/2005 4:23:03 PM
  - Splitting hairs - Donald - 6/9/2005 12:14:23 PM
- Gutless press corps do not ask B&B when our troops will return home - E.P. Grondine - 6/9/2005 5:02:47 AM
  - Yeah, let's set a target date for the enemy. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/9/2005 5:03:30 AM
    - re: Yeah, let's set a target date for the enemy. - Doug Ellison - 6/9/2005 8:47:52 AM
    - More and more enemy everywhere, always. Bush for God-Emperor so the enemy will fear our resolve! (n/t) - et - 6/9/2005 5:22:53 AM

Tom, why did we invaid Iraq? - Doug Ellison - 6/9/2005 8:50:24 AM
- What's funny about all this... - Tom Brosz - 6/13/2005 2:29:36 AM
- Some insight... - et - 6/11/2005 3:42:09 PM
  - re: Some insight... - Tom Brosz - 6/13/2005 2:42:59 AM
- Doug, you're confused - E.P. Grondine - 6/10/2005 10:12:32 PM
  - There you go, Doug. E.P. says it was a Jewish plot. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/11/2005 12:33:22 AM
    - excuse me, but you're confused as well - E.P. Grondine - 6/11/2005 3:21:09 AM
      - the facts, again, since you missed them the first time - E. P. Grondine - 6/11/2005 4:40:01 PM
- To save the planet! - M. Natcher - 6/10/2005 5:30:58 AM
- HJ Resolution 114 - Tom Brosz - 6/9/2005 10:10:49 PM
  - Another source on the text - Tom Brosz - 6/11/2005 12:44:22 AM
  - Are you still beating your wife? (n/t) - "We" would like to know - 6/10/2005 5:03:35 PM
  - re: HJ Resolution 114 - Doug Ellison - 6/10/2005 7:54:20 AM
    - Reasons - Tom Brosz - 6/11/2005 12:45:55 AM
      - Whereases - Robert - 6/11/2005 2:56:13 AM
        
        Big Error - Mark Eby - 6/12/2005 6:28:02 PM
        
        Ties to al Qaida/911 - SteveS - 6/12/2005 2:30:47 PM
        
        BTW... - Tom Brosz - 6/11/2005 8:52:40 AM
        
        re: Whereases - Tom Brosz - 6/11/2005 8:49:13 AM
        
        re: Whereases - Doug Ellison - 6/11/2005 7:13:13 AM
        
        Bush's State Of The Union Address Listed All Those Justifications You Claim Were Not Made - Mark Eby - 6/12/2005 6:33:40 PM
        
        Context - Robert - 6/12/2005 9:21:29 PM
        
        Nah, that was just what I picked out. - Tom Brosz - 6/13/2005 2:27:49 AM
        
        Baloney - Mark Eby - 6/12/2005 11:21:57 PM
        
        In Other Words This Isn't An F,,,ing Game - Mark Eby - 6/13/2005 1:35:46 AM
        
        Which one? Date, please. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 6/12/2005 7:55:32 PM
        
        2003 - SteveS - 6/12/2005 11:24:18 PM
        
        On second thought - Robert - 6/11/2005 4:18:25 AM
  - The votes don't count when it's based on a lie. They were duped! - Eric - 6/10/2005 3:43:31 AM
  - Get real or get bent..... - et - 6/10/2005 1:42:46 AM
  - OOPs Thought You Misstyped UN Resolution 1441 - Mark Eby - 6/10/2005 12:55:29 AM
  - A Decade of Deception and Defiance - SteveS - 6/9/2005 10:57:41 PM
    - agree - E.P. Grondfine - 6/11/2005 3:25:52 AM
      - Possibly Agree - Mark Eby - 6/12/2005 11:27:38 PM
- re: Tom, why did we invaid Iraq? - gbaikie - 6/9/2005 10:24:13 AM
  - "It's just a pack of lies. There is no evidence of this." - Bowser - 6/9/2005 11:52:10 AM
    - re: "It's just a pack of lies. There is no evidence of this." - Doug Ellison - 6/9/2005 12:08:47 PM

Taibbi reviews Taibbi's book - gbaikie - 6/13/2005 1:41:19 AM

"Clarity" - Tom Brosz - 6/10/2005 7:47:14 AM
- All of em? - Tony - 6/10/2005 5:53:36 PM
  - Never could figure out how that piece of feather... - alcaray - 6/10/2005 7:05:01 PM
- What are they going to do with these people - Gary - 6/10/2005 4:06:06 PM
  - re: What are they going to do with these people - Tom Brosz - 6/10/2005 4:48:01 PM
- re: "Clarity" - Eric - 6/10/2005 3:08:04 PM
  - "Credulity" - Tom Brosz - 6/10/2005 4:33:35 PM
    - Eric can also provide you with a few tips about UFOs (n/t) - Bugged Eyed Monster - 6/10/2005 4:36:23 PM
      - I mean, geez. That crap wouldn't fool an eight-year-old. - Tom Brosz - 6/10/2005 5:01:46 PM
        
        Oh, so YOU'VE attended the SOTA? - et - 6/11/2005 3:50:28 PM
        
        Aww, not you too. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 6/11/2005 9:54:01 PM
        
        Where on God's green earth did you pick up THAT word? - Sam F. - 6/11/2005 12:52:57 PM

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