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"Bush policy at odds with pro-life values" - Bowser - 4/9/2005 1:48:14 PM

Terrible News: The UN has voted to close down the Internet! - David F Mayer - 4/1/2005 8:30:55 AM
- re: Terrible News: The UN has voted to close down the Internet! - emma - 4/8/2005 8:08:01 PM
- re: Terrible News: The UN has voted to close down the Internet! - emma - 4/8/2005 8:07:58 PM
- re: Terrible News: The UN has voted to close down the Internet! - Butthole - 4/6/2005 2:53:01 AM
  - Sharp as a marble there Butthole. - RobVG - 4/6/2005 3:16:29 AM
- re: Terrible News: The UN has voted to close down the Internet! - wagatharia - 4/3/2005 2:38:35 PM
- re: Terrible News: The UN has voted to close down the Internet! - B3 - 4/3/2005 2:39:38 AM
- re: Terrible News: The UN has voted to close down the Internet! - Ashley - 4/3/2005 1:24:57 AM
- re: Terrible News: The UN has voted to close down the Internet! - NightDragon@ - 4/2/2005 11:04:24 PM
  - Absolutely NOBODY thought it was real. - David F Mayer - 4/3/2005 1:11:37 AM
    - Bill Gates buying Hawaii. - Mary Anne - 4/3/2005 5:54:34 PM
      - What I want to know is... - Tom Brosz - 4/3/2005 8:44:15 PM
        
        His post got Slashdotted. A couple hunderd thousand or so people saw it ... (n/t) - et - 4/4/2005 9:47:46 PM
        
        was wondering that too. - tony - 4/4/2005 4:20:36 AM
        
        Maybe... - RobVG - 4/4/2005 4:45:17 AM
        
        I aint'nt clicking that second link........ (n/t) - Tony - 4/4/2005 2:46:14 PM
- re: Terrible News: The UN has voted to close down the Internet! - max labonski - 4/2/2005 10:15:37 PM
- re: Terrible News: The UN has voted to close down the Internet! - mom - 4/2/2005 8:15:58 PM
- re: Terrible News: The UN has voted to close down the Internet! - anonymous - 4/2/2005 6:25:28 AM
- re: Terrible News: The UN has voted to close down the Internet! (n/t) - fasd - 4/2/2005 3:56:43 AM
- re: Terrible News: The UN has voted to close down the Internet! - Sim B - 4/2/2005 1:19:15 AM
- Post a link to your April Fools joke here - Eric - 4/1/2005 2:53:43 PM
  - WHAT April Fools joke? It's for real! (n/t) - DFM - 4/1/2005 3:09:48 PM
    - re: WHAT April Fools joke? It's for real! - Mr. Edward - 4/4/2005 12:23:30 AM
    - re: WHAT April Fools joke? It's for real! - CelticKnight - 4/2/2005 1:41:40 AM
      - re: WHAT April Fools joke? It's for real! - one foot in the grave - 4/2/2005 12:28:52 PM
        
        re: WHAT April Fools joke? It's for real! - Krysochka - 4/3/2005 6:52:11 AM

Meanwhile, back in the rest of the world, Taiwan raises the stakes. - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2005 7:39:14 AM
- Why does China fear Taiwan? - Gary - 3/27/2005 8:05:37 PM
  - On the right track - Buck Galaxy - 3/28/2005 5:16:29 AM
    - The problem with assimilating Taiwan is this: - David F Mayer - 3/29/2005 5:56:27 PM
      - The mouse eating the dragon. - Gary - 3/29/2005 6:09:36 PM
        
        China can't afford to destroy Taiwan in capturing it. - David F Mayer - 3/29/2005 7:24:53 PM
        
        A basic truth - Gary - 3/29/2005 6:15:10 PM
        
        Ground War Maybe, Air/Sea War No Way - Mark Eby - 3/30/2005 2:19:51 AM
    - Democracy is important to us - Gary - 3/28/2005 5:55:18 AM
      - re: Democracy is important to us - mohamed - 4/8/2005 5:08:44 AM
        
        Refer to a famous speech - Gary - 4/8/2005 3:47:00 PM
- related: Bush's Euro trip influenced EU China policy - phil - 3/27/2005 2:21:43 PM

Just got back from Maui... - Scott Evil - 4/5/2005 1:26:00 PM
- You were in hawaii and didnt even say hi?! - R.L. - 4/6/2005 8:36:15 AM
  - Geez, you live on an airless, windswept mountain top. - Tom Brosz - 4/7/2005 5:10:09 AM
    - :) point taken, but.... - R.L. - 4/7/2005 9:20:00 AM
  - re: I would have loved to have stopped by but... - Scott Evil - 4/6/2005 11:16:22 PM
    - Oddly, I have never been to Maui - R.L. - 4/7/2005 3:02:29 AM
      - what's it like in Febraury? - SDG - 4/7/2005 6:03:36 PM
        
        Mauna Kea is not typical of the islands - R.L. - 4/8/2005 2:44:09 AM
- re: Just got back from Maui... - p - 4/5/2005 5:50:13 PM
  - Unfortunatly no determation on exact height could be made - Scott Evil - 4/6/2005 11:26:35 PM
  - Forget Arnold............. - Lindy - 4/6/2005 5:16:07 AM
    - re: The whales were awesome. - Scott Evil - 4/6/2005 11:35:01 PM
      - re: The whales were awesome. - Lindy - 4/8/2005 4:59:32 AM

Would-be teenage suicide bombers arrested - David F Mayer - 4/8/2005 12:26:12 AM

9/11 study that will be blown off by the nutters - Alan G. Archer - 4/6/2005 11:30:09 PM
- re: 9/11 study that will be blown off by the nutters - phil - 4/6/2005 11:59:59 PM
  - Radios and stairwells - Alan G. Archer - 4/7/2005 2:38:10 PM
    - Building residents saved selves - phil - 4/7/2005 9:20:45 PM

Ammo for Tom. - Lee - 4/3/2005 4:40:30 AM
- The guy should be run out of the country. We do NOT need Nazis here. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 4/4/2005 4:33:50 AM
  - So White activists are Nazis? - Lee - 4/4/2005 5:54:44 AM
    - "So White activists are Nazis?" This guy sure is. (n/t) - DFM - 4/4/2005 5:28:15 PM
      - Well you're right, he is. - Lee - 4/5/2005 8:00:16 AM
        
        moderate bigots? - SDG - 4/5/2005 2:45:09 PM
        
        No, it's called freedom. - Lee - 4/5/2005 11:37:38 PM
        
        re: No, it's called freedom. - SDG - 4/7/2005 7:27:47 PM
        
        No, it's called science fiction. My recommendation... - Alan G. Archer - 4/6/2005 4:42:15 PM
        
        lebensraum? (n/t) - SDG - 4/6/2005 12:40:18 AM
        
        On a cosmic scale. ;-) (n/t) - Lee - 4/6/2005 8:53:43 AM
        
        this is just getting sicker and sicker. - DL - 4/6/2005 4:02:44 PM
        
        Hurrah for Planet Adolf - Tony - 4/6/2005 3:49:08 PM
        
        A moderate bigot is somebody who wants the gas chambers to close on Sunday. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 4/5/2005 5:05:28 PM
    - Are you a Caucasian from the Caucasus? - Alan G. Archer - 4/4/2005 11:34:39 AM
    - Uh, Lee... - Tom Brosz - 4/4/2005 6:26:17 AM
- Do you think Erich Gliebe could give him a job? - Alan G. Archer - 4/3/2005 11:58:48 AM
  - I wish he would move back to his European fatherland. - Scott Evil - 4/5/2005 4:13:12 PM
- WE GET IT, ALREADY!!! You are a neo-nazi piece of trash- why keep reminding us that you are a worthless loser? - R.L. - 4/3/2005 6:56:12 AM
  - Well that must have hit a little too close to home. - Lee - 4/3/2005 7:03:21 AM
    - YEAH, ignorant neo-nazis tend to piss-off most humans... - R.L. - 4/3/2005 9:19:38 PM
      - Well we saw what oxygen deprivation did to Mrs. Schivo's brain. - Lee - 4/3/2005 11:01:19 PM
        
        ...Which oddly doesn't seem to match the brain damage caused by bigotry and racism, eh Lee? (n/t) - Davin L. - 4/4/2005 10:18:52 PM
        
        Hey! it's Baby Doc.....Where have you been hiding out? (n/t) - Lee - 4/5/2005 7:55:22 AM
        
        Witty. (n/t) - DL - 4/5/2005 12:55:26 PM

Mugged by La Realite' - p - 4/6/2005 10:19:44 PM
- Disappointed there's racism in France, too - alcaray - 4/7/2005 4:04:58 PM
- Do you have a problem with a little harmless self-expression? - David F Mayer - 4/7/2005 1:17:05 AM

NYT: Attacking a Free Judiciary - Donald - 4/5/2005 1:23:32 PM
- Attacking a Free Judiciary - and they're getting organized too - Tony - 4/6/2005 2:26:29 PM
- Free Judiciary - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2005 3:10:40 PM
  - Well, "when I was a kid"... - alcaray - 4/6/2005 5:57:12 PM
    - "Pass laws without regard to their legality?" - Tom Brosz - 4/6/2005 6:55:39 PM
      - "bother me"? No. You say things like that all the time. - alcaray - 4/6/2005 8:32:50 PM
        
        re: "bother me"? No. You say things like that all the time. - Tom Brosz - 4/6/2005 11:59:51 PM
        
        Pretty much everything you "tend to notice" goes along Democratic party lines - alcaray - 4/7/2005 3:41:22 PM
  - We need LESS Law, not more. - David F Mayer - 4/5/2005 11:40:49 PM

More Bullshit Debunking - Davin L. - 3/30/2005 2:33:09 AM
- A portion of your "Debunking" may be bullshit. - RobVG - 4/6/2005 3:45:23 AM
  - Then prove it or present an argument. otherwise its just Bullshit on your part - Davin L. - 4/6/2005 6:14:31 PM
    - You're really starting to chap my hide. - RobVG - 4/7/2005 2:50:09 AM
      - I suggest an aloe lotion- its working for MY chapped hide over this matter. - Davin L. - 4/7/2005 3:06:31 AM
        
        One thing left for me. - RobVG - 4/7/2005 4:24:06 AM
        
        I'm sure you can dig it up - Davin L. - 4/7/2005 1:36:25 PM
- re: More Bullshit Debunking - dude - 4/5/2005 7:30:37 PM
- and a brain-scan of TS - Davin L. - 3/31/2005 1:51:48 PM
- References - Tom Brosz - 3/30/2005 5:38:48 AM
- Yup - Donald - 3/30/2005 3:45:01 AM
- XML confusion - DL - 3/30/2005 2:38:06 AM

A third DeLay travel controversy - Donald - 4/7/2005 1:30:46 AM
- I really hate this pr*ck. - Buck Galaxy - 4/7/2005 5:23:09 AM
- Man, he's a regular Nancy Pelosi, eh? (n/t) - p - 4/7/2005 2:09:53 AM

Backing seen weakening for Abbas - gbaikie - 4/6/2005 8:17:30 AM
- Unfortunate - Donald - 4/6/2005 1:41:54 PM
  - re: Unfortunate - gbaikie - 4/7/2005 3:00:04 AM

Iraqi Assembly Ends Impasse by Electing Speaker - David F Mayer - 4/4/2005 4:32:21 AM
- The impasse could have been a good thing. - Bowser - 4/4/2005 11:06:15 PM
- It was the intention to appoint a Sunni Speaker for a long time now. - alcaray - 4/4/2005 4:53:54 PM
  - They're all in someone's crosshairs - Buck Galaxy - 4/4/2005 6:35:59 PM
- re: Iraqi Assembly Ends Impasse by Electing Speaker - Doug Ellison - 4/4/2005 10:15:54 AM
  - "I dont think anyone could see bad in the current progress that they're making in forming a government." - DFM - 4/4/2005 5:12:16 PM
  - re: Iraqi Assembly Ends Impasse by Electing Speaker - Buck Galaxy - 4/4/2005 4:25:23 PM
    - The real world involves shades of gray - Gary - 4/4/2005 4:56:08 PM
      - Well that's a reverse! - alcaray - 4/4/2005 5:59:35 PM
        
        Two - very dark gray and very light gray! :-) (n/t) - Bowser - 4/5/2005 2:14:39 AM
        
        With the very very light gray being defined as whatever the Right Wing Spin Machine is dishing this week, even when it contradicts last week ;-) (n/t) - Davin L. - 4/5/2005 8:45:08 PM
        
        I wonder if "nuance" is still a pejorative? (n/t) - alcaray - 4/6/2005 9:07:27 PM
        
        Only if someone has no other way of looking at things. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/7/2005 12:08:46 AM

War crimes in Sudan and the ICC - Raoul - 4/6/2005 7:47:36 PM
- So tell Europe to take Sudan to court. What's stopping you? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/6/2005 11:47:18 PM
- Join the ICC? NFW - phil - 4/6/2005 9:11:54 PM
  - re: In ICC, there is "International" - Raoul - 4/6/2005 9:31:27 PM
    - re: In ICC, there is "International" - p - 4/6/2005 10:13:41 PM

A prince has died - Raoul - 4/6/2005 5:18:58 PM
- re: A prince has died - phil - 4/6/2005 6:09:54 PM

More Terrible News for the Anti-USA Crowd - David F Mayer - 4/6/2005 6:03:46 PM

A continuation of Debunking: The myth of 'merely disabled' - Davin L. - 3/31/2005 2:24:55 PM
- A CT scan doesn't show brain activity - Larry J - 3/31/2005 3:04:56 PM
  - But it does show the ABSENCE OF BRAIN MATTER - Davin L. - 3/31/2005 3:19:58 PM
    - re: But it does show the ABSENCE OF BRAIN MATTER - Devorah - 4/5/2005 10:14:50 PM
      - re: But it does show the ABSENCE OF BRAIN MATTER - Davin L. - 4/6/2005 5:55:06 PM
    - re: But it does show the ABSENCE OF BRAIN MATTER - Marcia - 4/1/2005 7:53:21 AM
      - re: But it does show the ABSENCE OF BRAIN MATTER - Davin L. - 4/1/2005 2:09:30 PM
      - Wow. That is pretty amazing. (n/t) - Sam F. - 4/1/2005 8:41:01 AM
    - Some sources - Larry J - 3/31/2005 5:41:23 PM
      - Last post for my lunch break... - Davin L. - 3/31/2005 6:10:29 PM
        
        re: Larry's right, it needs looking into. - Marcia - 4/1/2005 7:37:35 AM
        
        re: Larry's not saying it needs looking into, he's already decided without the need for science and fact - Davin L. - 4/1/2005 2:21:56 PM
        
        I'm not the one arguing for ... - Larry J - 3/31/2005 6:27:35 PM
        
        Let's see what the autopsy shows (n/t) - Sam F. - 4/1/2005 4:11:21 AM
        
        re: Let's see what the autopsy shows - Marcia - 4/1/2005 7:24:35 AM
        
        Bloviations of the emotional sort. - Davin L. - 3/31/2005 11:04:47 PM
        
        You hit the trifecta - Tony - 3/31/2005 8:00:52 PM
    - The brain scan - Tom Brosz - 3/31/2005 4:59:23 PM
      - The whole story, as indicated by my original post in this thread - Davin L. - 3/31/2005 5:56:10 PM
        
        clarification - Davin L. - 3/31/2005 11:21:31 PM
      - but what he seems to be ignoring..... - Tony - 3/31/2005 5:47:56 PM
- Excellent - Donald - 3/31/2005 2:54:22 PM

Zarqawi a disturbed child that still remains one - gbaikie - 4/6/2005 1:13:40 AM
- Do not dispair. - David F Mayer - 4/6/2005 5:34:00 PM

France to tube the EU? - Philippe - 4/1/2005 4:45:42 PM
- re: Very much upset - Raoul - 4/4/2005 5:30:11 PM
  - re: Very much upset - gbaikie - 4/5/2005 1:06:19 AM
  - Who Cares? - Mark Eby - 4/5/2005 12:38:36 AM
    - China is something to worry about - Gary - 4/5/2005 4:27:45 AM
      - re: China is something to worry about - gbaikie - 4/6/2005 4:36:21 AM
        
        That was an interesting and probably valid response - Gary - 4/6/2005 4:03:17 PM
      - Short Term Thinking - Mark Eby - 4/6/2005 1:09:27 AM
  - re: Very much upset - philippe - 4/4/2005 6:36:02 PM
- Making alliances with the French doesn't show intelligence - Gary - 4/4/2005 4:02:30 PM
- Good Lord, is "tube" a verb, now? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/3/2005 10:02:39 PM
  - re: Good Lord, is "tube" a verb, now? - p - 4/3/2005 10:21:30 PM
    - Oh, okay. - Tom Brosz - 4/4/2005 6:27:33 AM
- Bye, bye to a United Europe, at least for the present. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 4/1/2005 5:07:18 PM

Muslims behaving badly prompt Dutch to re-examine multiculturalism - p - 4/6/2005 2:37:13 PM

Frist Says Courts in Schiavo Case Acted Fairly - Donald - 4/6/2005 12:58:31 AM
- Frist saw the opinion polls (n/t) - Tony - 4/6/2005 2:30:13 PM

Winds of War update - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2005 4:43:43 AM
- "This analysis looks at the implications for US security and policies in the Mideast in light of Chinese energy opportunism." - Bowser - 4/5/2005 11:11:43 PM
  - Chinese energy opportunism - Tom Brosz - 4/6/2005 4:01:08 AM

Taliban kill three Afghan police, three truckers - Bowser - 4/3/2005 7:41:57 AM
- Knew It Wouldn't Take You Long To Celebrate (n/t) - Mark Eby - 4/3/2005 5:01:49 PM
  - # 1: I'm not aware of any celebration. You'll have to help with that one. - Bowser - 4/3/2005 8:24:47 PM
    - It's Simple - Arf Is Not A Sympathetic Signoff For Such A Topic - Mark Eby - 4/4/2005 2:31:33 AM
      - PS - Woof! - Bowser - 4/5/2005 11:04:19 PM
      - Respond to the issue, if you can. And leave out the insults unless you do. - Bowser - 4/4/2005 11:08:50 PM
      - Uh...hate to defend Bowser again, but... - Tom Brosz - 4/4/2005 6:21:11 AM
        
        re: Uh...hate to defend Bowser again, but... - Mark Eby - 4/5/2005 12:29:18 AM

And liberal - gbaikie - 4/5/2005 6:42:44 PM

The AIG scandal point out that totall unregulated "laissez-faire" - David F Mayer - 4/4/2005 7:17:39 PM
- Serious Jail time in a real prison surrounded by real inmates. - Scott Evil - 4/5/2005 4:21:51 PM
  - 100% correct! (n/t) - DFM - 4/5/2005 5:04:02 PM

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