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WaPo: ABC & MSM's "GOP Talking Points Memo" bogus - p - 3/30/2005 3:57:48 PM
- "How many years?" - Tom Brosz - 3/30/2005 6:09:26 PM
  - Kerry would have had it in the bag - Gary - 3/30/2005 6:23:57 PM
- Of course, thats not what the story said, not even close, but who cares? - Davin L. - 3/30/2005 4:05:52 PM
  - Do you care? Maybe you should - Sam F. - 3/31/2005 12:09:54 PM

Russia's latest contribution to mental health - Daniel - 3/31/2005 7:36:44 AM

Magnitude 8.2 Earthquake NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA - SteveS - 3/28/2005 4:59:50 PM
- Actually, this earthquake was predicted. - Tom Brosz - 3/30/2005 6:46:20 AM
  - Predicted by scentists, based on real data.... - R.L. - 3/30/2005 7:05:00 AM
    - Aw, YOU'RE no fun. ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/30/2005 7:10:11 AM
- Don't say I didn't warn you.......... - Lindy - 3/29/2005 4:34:37 AM
  - Anyone else get the impression that this human tragedy is giving Lindy great pleasure? - R.L. - 3/31/2005 6:06:12 AM
    - You're full of it RL - Lindy - 3/31/2005 6:26:11 AM
      - Since you claim to be a 'researcher'... - R.L. - 3/31/2005 6:52:42 AM
      - I can predict that the sun will rise tomorrow - R.l. - 3/31/2005 6:38:56 AM
  - You didn't... - R.L. - 3/30/2005 11:59:46 PM
  - Confirmation bias - Sam F. - 3/30/2005 12:58:59 PM
    - Very well put (n/t) - R.L. - 3/30/2005 11:15:08 PM
  - There are earthquakes EVERY DAY somewhere on Earth. - David F Mayer - 3/29/2005 10:10:06 PM
    - i said there would be a doozie somewhere around the full moon this month - Lindy - 3/30/2005 2:20:29 AM
      - And you still got the date wrong... - R.L. - 3/30/2005 5:37:33 AM
      - "This was the only time ALL year that the full moon conjuncted Jupiter....pull out your ephemeris." - You know, sometimes think that someone as stupid as you has to work hard at it... - R.L. - 3/30/2005 5:04:46 AM
        
        You wrote: "But those facts wont stop you from posting pseudoscientific bullshit here, will they?" - DFM - 3/30/2005 7:21:48 PM
      - oh fer chrissake lindy, wake up! - Davin L. - 3/30/2005 2:54:36 AM
        
        Don't confuse her with the facts. She can't handle them. (n/t) - DFM - 3/30/2005 7:20:02 PM
        
        oh fer chrissake davin, shut up! - Lindy - 3/30/2005 3:05:57 AM
        
        Advice you should take - Davin L. - 3/30/2005 4:24:56 AM
  - The full moon was the 25th, the earthquake occurred 28th..... - Tony - 3/29/2005 8:37:08 PM
    - "Nice try" - Lindy - 3/30/2005 2:27:55 AM
      - Wanna teach a geologist how and why earthquakes happen? - Tony - 3/30/2005 9:42:49 PM
      - YOU take a seat and for once try to learn something - R.L. - 3/30/2005 7:39:57 AM
      - re: "Nice try" - DL - 3/30/2005 2:56:30 AM
        
        This is a current event - Lindy - 3/30/2005 3:07:55 AM
        
        Nop, its you capitalizing on a current event to spew garbage. (n/t) - Davin L. - 3/30/2005 4:25:30 AM
    - Post hoc ergo propter hoc - p - 3/29/2005 9:29:08 PM
      - That wasn't nice - Lindy - 3/30/2005 2:24:03 AM
        
        He was being kind - R.L. - 3/31/2005 6:03:40 AM
- Raised to 8.7 Mag - Eric - 3/28/2005 7:55:33 PM
  - re: Raised to 8.7 Mag - Doug Ellison - 3/29/2005 9:35:47 AM
  - Try THESE links. - David F Mayer - 3/29/2005 12:00:35 AM
- Small tsunami wave noted by Cocos Island tide gage - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2005 6:52:34 PM
- Could be another killer. Too early to tell yet. (n/t) - DFM - 3/28/2005 5:07:05 PM
  - re: Too early to tell yet. - SteveS - 3/28/2005 5:45:07 PM
    - re: Too early to tell yet. - The best they did was to issue a 'warning'. Unlike last time. (n/t) - Marcia - 3/28/2005 6:39:48 PM

A significant point in Michael Schiavo's favor... - Tom Brosz - 3/29/2005 1:49:04 AM
- Whoops. - Tom Brosz - 3/31/2005 5:13:54 AM
- Yes - Donald - 3/29/2005 2:21:24 AM

Is Iraq war winding down? Or is it just a temporary lull? - David F Mayer - 3/31/2005 4:20:29 AM
- re: Is Iraq war winding down? Or is it just a temporary lull? - Tom Brosz - 3/31/2005 4:38:44 AM

Why I am sure that there will be many, many, more eruptions in Indonesia. - David F Mayer - 3/31/2005 4:33:22 AM

What's happening in Russia - Tom Brosz - 3/30/2005 8:11:31 AM
- re: What's happening in Russia - Daniel Lavan - 3/30/2005 11:14:53 AM
  - (oops, did it again) - Daniel - 3/30/2005 11:17:18 AM
    - Download Mozilla - Gary - 3/30/2005 6:11:26 PM
      - thanks - my own solution is .. - D. - 3/31/2005 4:20:51 AM

Islamism, fascism and terrorism - David F Mayer - 3/31/2005 3:58:18 AM

Hybrid HIghlander on the market in June - Tom Brosz - 3/29/2005 11:43:52 PM
- We bought a gas powered Highlander in January - Larry J - 3/30/2005 10:30:14 PM
- Does it come in plaid? (n/t) - SDG - 3/30/2005 1:05:55 AM
  - No, but it comes with a claymore - Fox - 3/30/2005 3:50:03 AM
    - Hey, we're talking an important trend here. - Tom Brosz - 3/30/2005 6:04:06 AM
      - Trend, schmend - Fox - 3/31/2005 3:37:59 AM

11th Circuit unanimously denies Schiavo request - Donald - 3/30/2005 8:31:25 PM
- Correction...9-2 - Donald - 3/31/2005 1:37:37 AM

as dead as dead can get - FrankC - 3/27/2005 6:28:57 PM
- re: as dead as dead can get - Marcia - 3/27/2005 11:51:04 PM
  - "Deaf ears with no sense of empathy." - Bowser - 3/28/2005 1:51:14 AM
- Because of the results of the agenda of the right - DL - 3/27/2005 7:46:37 PM
  - Please elcudate on "nutjob" (n/t) - Lindy - 3/28/2005 1:40:43 AM
    - re: Please elcudate on "nutjob" - Davin L. - 3/28/2005 9:50:23 PM
      - re: Absolutely - Marcia - 3/31/2005 12:14:45 AM
        
        re: Absolutely- NOT - Davin L. - 3/31/2005 12:53:18 AM
      - Thank you - Lindy - 3/29/2005 4:16:29 AM
        
        re: Lindy, you reside in Florida, right? - Marcia - 3/31/2005 12:43:02 AM
    - A nutjob is someone that uses the word "elcudate" - R.L. - 3/28/2005 6:57:44 AM
      - e-lu-ci-date - Lindy - 3/29/2005 4:19:17 AM
      - Ah, c'mon! (n/t) - Bowser - 3/28/2005 4:10:24 PM

Democracy off to SLOW start in Iraq - David F Mayer - 3/29/2005 8:43:10 PM
- Democracy off to NO start in Iraq - Bowser - 3/30/2005 6:23:17 AM
  - Democracy has to start somewhere. - David F Mayer - 3/30/2005 7:16:16 PM
  - Heard it. - Tom Brosz - 3/30/2005 6:29:22 AM
    - Heard it. Heh, heh. - Bowser - 3/30/2005 5:14:27 PM
      - "is it "democracy" when it takes a foreign military occupation to keep the regime in power?" - David F Mayer - 3/30/2005 7:17:47 PM
      - Keeping it simple - Tom Brosz - 3/30/2005 6:25:04 PM
      - re: Heard it. Heh, heh. - Buck Galaxy - 3/30/2005 5:44:30 PM
- Problem is mostly within the sunni ranks - Buck Galaxy - 3/30/2005 5:11:39 AM
- It took a while here, too - Larry J - 3/29/2005 9:16:06 PM
  - And We're Loosing It. (n/t) - Mark Eby - 3/30/2005 2:21:25 AM

Court Says Yes To Schiavo Parents - gbaikie - 3/30/2005 7:57:51 AM
- Ah yes... - Donald - 3/30/2005 1:24:00 PM
  - re: Ah yes... - gbaikie - 3/30/2005 6:24:03 PM
  - One cynical view - Donald - 3/30/2005 2:39:53 PM
- Rev. Jackson Prays With Schiavo's Family - gbaikie - 3/30/2005 8:01:28 AM
  - As bad as Delay - Donald - 3/30/2005 1:40:57 PM
    - re: As bad as Delay - gbaikie - 3/30/2005 6:56:09 PM

More we can thank the moral police for - R.L. - 3/30/2005 10:25:50 AM
- Even more - R.L. - 3/30/2005 10:55:26 AM
  - This is annoying - Gary - 3/30/2005 5:57:13 PM
    - Yeah. The psycho hose beasts on the Left never do stuff like that. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/30/2005 6:15:14 PM

The UN & Cyberspace - phil - 3/30/2005 5:55:30 PM

Arnold takes on the Teachers' Union & the Legislature - phil - 3/30/2005 4:20:38 PM

Robert Mugabe's Evil Marxist RÃ©gime in Zimbabwe Totters on Brink of Collapse - David F Mayer - 3/28/2005 2:37:27 PM
- Still more on Robert Mugabe's Evil Marxist RÃ©gime in Zimbabwe - David F Mayer - 3/30/2005 1:56:38 PM
- More on Robert Mugabe's Evil Marxist RÃ©gime - David F Mayer - 3/29/2005 3:57:35 PM

More from Lebanon - Tom Brosz - 3/30/2005 8:07:11 AM

There's your "ceasefires" and your "you ceasefire". Typical situation. - Bowser - 3/29/2005 3:45:11 AM
- Typical All Right - Mark Eby - 3/29/2005 6:20:27 PM
  - Assumptions. - Bowser - 3/30/2005 4:25:29 AM
    - re: Assumptions - Tom Brosz - 3/30/2005 6:42:33 AM

My One And Only Comment On The Schiavo Case - Mark Eby - 3/29/2005 6:39:07 PM
- Forgot One Point - Mark Eby - 3/29/2005 6:40:39 PM
  - Who on this board is making decisions? (n/t) - Tony - 3/29/2005 8:35:32 PM
    - re: Who on this board is making decisions? - They're opinions. (n/t) - Marcia - 3/30/2005 2:59:14 AM
    - No One - But Several Seem Absolutely Sure They Would Make The "Right" One (n/t) - Mark Eby - 3/30/2005 2:16:25 AM

Second Interim Report on "Oil for Food" investigation released - Tom Brosz - 3/29/2005 7:51:27 PM

Colleges are liberal! Film at 11:00! - Tom Brosz - 3/29/2005 7:38:08 PM

The most complete AND unbiased source on the Schiavo case I have found - R.L. - 3/25/2005 10:35:52 PM
- Another informative source - Tom Brosz - 3/29/2005 7:35:18 PM
- Excellent - Sam F. - 3/26/2005 11:14:32 AM
- Thanks! A good addition to the information base. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2005 12:56:50 AM
  - I really hope those slandering the husband actually read it - R.L. - 3/26/2005 1:26:32 AM
    - re: I really hope - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2005 1:43:44 AM
      - re: I really hope - gbaikie - 3/26/2005 3:05:46 AM
      - Do you really believe that DeLay did 1/10th the research on this subject that many ere have done before calling the husband a greedy murderer on national TV? - R.L. - 3/26/2005 2:17:29 AM
      - Yup, the cause of death will be a real mystery... - R.L. - 3/26/2005 1:51:05 AM
        
        Sorry. - Tom Brosz - 3/26/2005 3:05:39 AM
        
        What the hell are you insinuating?! (n/t) - R.L. - 3/26/2005 11:10:14 PM
        
        Insinuating? - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2005 3:07:05 AM
        
        I see... so he's been trying to kill her all these years - R.L. - 3/27/2005 3:25:05 AM
        
        re: I see. - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2005 3:35:48 AM
        
        Can you demonstrate that Mr. Schiavo will profit from her death? - R.L. - 3/27/2005 3:47:26 AM
        
        Sorry, R.L. - Sam F. - 3/27/2005 11:31:09 AM
        
        Sorry, R.L....for the double post. nt (n/t) - Sam F. - 3/27/2005 11:31:58 AM
        
        Sorry, R.L. - Sam F. - 3/27/2005 11:31:02 AM
        
        How about you stop spraying saliva for a minute and pay attention? - Tom Brosz - 3/27/2005 6:35:44 AM
    - re: I really hope those slandering the husband actually read it - p - 3/26/2005 1:35:33 AM
- re: The most complete AND unbiased source on the Schiavo case I have found - R.L. - 3/25/2005 11:24:55 PM

I personally give up... - R.L. - 3/28/2005 3:04:10 AM
- re: Self awareness - Raoul - 3/28/2005 8:03:02 PM
- Okay I will finally weigh in on this topic - Buck Galaxy - 3/28/2005 5:25:26 AM
  - re: "vegetable" - Marcia - 3/28/2005 6:20:43 PM
    - re: "vegetable" - Davin L. - 3/28/2005 9:58:41 PM
      - I thought the same. I was wrong. - Sam F. - 3/29/2005 12:59:56 PM
        
        this is NOT a case of tit-for-tat - Davin L. - 3/29/2005 3:32:16 PM
        
        Sorry if I was unclear - Sam F. - 3/29/2005 7:06:04 PM
        
        A few points - Tom Brosz - 3/29/2005 4:33:04 PM
        
        For the thousandth time - Davin L. - 3/29/2005 5:38:48 PM
        
        re: For the thousandth time - Tom Brosz - 3/29/2005 6:30:25 PM
        
        Sorry, Davin. Responding to Marcia's post above. nt (n/t) - Sam F. - 3/29/2005 1:01:31 PM
    - "These laws better change soon" - SteveS - 3/28/2005 6:54:37 PM
- A few comments - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2005 3:56:21 AM
  - Submitted for the record... - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2005 4:06:21 AM
    - Judge Greer - Donald - 3/28/2005 2:37:28 PM
      - Judicial system - Tom Brosz - 3/28/2005 5:22:08 PM
        
        re: Judicial system - Donald - 3/29/2005 2:23:17 AM
        
        Believe me, if you're a Democrat, you are a rare bird. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 3/29/2005 3:33:44 AM
      - re: Judges - SteveS - 3/28/2005 4:29:52 PM
        
        re: Judges - Donald - 3/29/2005 2:32:59 AM
        
        Who's an idiot? - SteveS - 3/29/2005 3:02:37 PM
        
        You know the "19 judges and 30 courts" is getting a bit old. - Tom Brosz - 3/29/2005 3:36:24 AM

Yet another Big Business scandal. - David F Mayer - 3/29/2005 5:51:02 PM

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