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Belmont Club just got better - Gary - 1/12/2005 5:17:35 PM

Hey, look what I dug up... - Tom Brosz - 1/12/2005 7:27:23 AM

Watching the Democrats... - Tom Brosz - 1/12/2005 6:23:54 AM
- BTW... - Tom Brosz - 1/12/2005 6:32:50 AM

The level of attacks is now so intense and sophisticated - Bowser - 1/11/2005 2:36:09 PM
- The current neo-con fantasy: war between Iran and Syria? - E.P. Grondine - 1/11/2005 5:37:09 PM
- Attacks stepped up before election. Some people are still surprised. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/11/2005 4:31:45 PM
  - Good news from Ira. They're desperate, it's another last-gasp. - Bowser - 1/11/2005 9:03:03 PM
    - "Vast majority of the population." - Tom Brosz - 1/11/2005 9:36:20 PM
      - Guerilla warfare requires the support of the population. Remedial stuff. - Bowser - 1/12/2005 2:10:00 AM
        
        No. Guerilla warfare just requires the fear of the majority of the population. - Tom Brosz - 1/12/2005 2:57:04 AM
        
        Yer making things up again to fit your political philosophy. - Bowser - 1/12/2005 5:17:53 AM
        
        Exactly. If anything close to a majority of Iraqis wanted us out, we would have been out awhile back. - ebnelson - 1/12/2005 4:42:50 AM
  - Vehicles get armored and the IEDs get bigger. Some people are still surprised. - Larry J - 1/11/2005 5:58:39 PM
    - Some people are still surprised. - Tom Brosz - 1/11/2005 6:22:34 PM

Some people think the tsunami was a good thing - Larry J - 1/11/2005 3:33:24 AM
- Sounds like the people who miss Saddam (n/t) - ebnelson - 1/11/2005 4:32:21 AM
  - Sounds more like Robertson and Fallwell (n/t) - alcaray - 1/11/2005 8:29:56 PM
- And some people believe Bush didn't lie. - Bowser - 1/11/2005 3:50:20 AM
  - Breaking News: Dead horse beaten... (n/t) - Peter Bruener - 1/11/2005 6:17:20 AM
    - You have to understand the mindset... - Larry J - 1/11/2005 3:16:02 PM
    - Shoulda read the post. Went beyond the subject line. - Bowser - 1/11/2005 7:17:52 AM
      - News Update: Beating of Dead Horse Continues (n/t) - Peter Bruener - 1/11/2005 8:13:59 AM
        
        OK. You win. Ask someone to read it to you. (n/t) - Bowser - 1/12/2005 2:10:50 AM

'murderous Israelis' offer free tsunami warning system - Daniel - 1/11/2005 9:42:53 AM
- If they want to do something, they could make the Palestinians an acceptable offer - E.P. Grondine - 1/11/2005 5:40:52 PM

CBS cuts its loses - Gary - 1/10/2005 5:33:48 PM
- What's hilarious is the continued attempt to pretend that there was no political bias. - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2005 7:09:59 PM
  - What's hilarious is the continued attempt to pretend - Tony - 1/11/2005 2:55:35 PM
  - What's hilarious is that it was the reality, unlike the lies Bush told to go to war. (n/t) - Bush - 1/10/2005 11:55:36 PM
- Who should be fired for Columbia? Or for the lack of a tsunami warning system? (n/t) - E.P. Grondine - 1/10/2005 5:46:35 PM

Quagmire Update: Installment 1,356 - Donald - 1/11/2005 1:45:18 PM

Hamas calls for more suicide bombings - David F Mayer - 1/11/2005 6:37:40 AM

U.N. keeps close eye on tsunami aid funds - David F Mayer - 1/11/2005 6:30:57 AM

RoP Update: Dateline Germany - p - 1/11/2005 3:07:20 AM

First-hand account of tsunami, or "How Old Europe and the US treat their citizens." - Bowser - 1/11/2005 1:58:41 AM
- Better my tax $ aid Asian folk in need than free airfare for rich American tourists - phil - 1/11/2005 2:45:00 AM

Poll from Baghdad - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2005 11:46:28 PM

Venezuela. Now it begins... - Tom Brosz - 1/5/2005 8:39:06 PM
- re: Venezuela. Now it begins... - John E. King - 1/10/2005 10:18:52 PM
- re: Venezuela. Now it begins... - ebnelson - 1/6/2005 3:32:40 PM
- good bye Foreign investment... - Adam - 1/6/2005 10:42:21 AM

Junk science vs human lives - you decide - p - 1/8/2005 7:52:23 PM
- More information - Tom Brosz - 1/8/2005 11:20:44 PM
  - re: Junkscience.com - crank - 1/8/2005 11:58:27 PM
- re: It's a chlorinated hydrocarbon doofus. - crank - 1/8/2005 9:42:04 PM
- re: Neocon Science vs Reality Science - you decide - crank - 1/8/2005 9:09:23 PM
  - Here's a clue, it's not the 60s anymore - p - 1/8/2005 9:29:16 PM
    - re: Here's a clue, it's called life. - crank - 1/8/2005 9:37:47 PM
      - re: Here's a clue, it's called life. - p - 1/8/2005 10:33:06 PM
        
        Read Tom's link. - RobVG - 1/8/2005 11:52:18 PM
        
        re: I don't have to. - crank - 1/9/2005 12:27:37 AM
        
        It's doesn't take much to find support for any position. - RobVG - 1/9/2005 1:17:18 AM
        
        You can believe whatever you want. - crank - 1/9/2005 5:04:14 AM
        
        So can you. - Mary Anne - 1/9/2005 6:13:09 AM
        
        re: So can you ... - crank - 1/9/2005 6:17:37 AM
        
        Goodbye - Mary Anne - 1/9/2005 6:27:07 AM
        
        Yeah, you really do. - Mary Anne - 1/9/2005 1:00:31 AM
        
        re: No, not for chlorinated hydrocarbons you don't. - crank - 1/9/2005 2:02:14 AM
        
        Well, I tried to show you where to point that thing. - Mary Anne - 1/9/2005 3:05:00 AM
        
        I point my thing at google. - crank - 1/9/2005 3:21:17 AM
        
        You could get arrested for that. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2005 9:35:04 PM
        
        Read when you point. And quit mistaking your own laziness for superior intelligence. - Mary Anne - 1/9/2005 3:38:58 AM
        
        I'm not fooled ... - crank - 1/9/2005 4:19:53 AM
        
        DDT helps people and other life hurt by Malarial mosquitos - ebnelson - 1/10/2005 5:42:12 PM
        
        re: DDT helped people in the paper and paint industry - crank - 1/10/2005 8:15:46 PM

"Command Post" - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2005 8:03:26 PM

BBC Manages the news - p - 1/10/2005 6:00:13 PM

Turnout low in Palestinian elections - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2005 8:36:04 PM
- Palestinian Turnout at Least 66 Percent -Official - SteveS - 1/9/2005 11:15:10 PM
  - Up that to about 70%. - Mary Anne - 1/10/2005 1:36:14 PM
    - It is the FIRST real election is Palestinian history. Previous elections, which elected Arafat, were rigged so that Arafat could not lose. - David F Mayer - 1/10/2005 4:43:21 PM
      - A little more on the election - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2005 4:51:39 PM
        
        If they are anything at all like us.... - FrankC - 1/10/2005 5:55:52 PM
        
        Arafat II - Gary - 1/10/2005 5:13:25 PM
        
        Fingers crossed. - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2005 5:17:34 PM

Belmont Club on the new "Tet Offensive" - Tom Brosz - 1/10/2005 5:43:07 PM

Kevin Sites in tsumani zone. - Tom Brosz - 1/7/2005 6:28:00 PM
- Can you or I even imagine that guys life? - R.L. - 1/8/2005 12:28:25 AM
  - Unsupported statements - phil - 1/8/2005 3:12:23 PM
    - re: Unsupported statements...ditto for R.L. - Scott Evil - 1/10/2005 5:29:51 PM
  - Selective recollection by RL - ebnelson - 1/8/2005 5:39:09 AM
    - Thanks, Ed- I can always count on you to make my point for me - R.L. - 1/8/2005 7:28:01 AM
      - I have an idea - ebnelson - 1/8/2005 2:06:00 PM
  - re: Can you or I even imagine that guys life? - p - 1/8/2005 3:13:15 AM
    - I strongly advise you to apoligize - R.L. - 1/8/2005 5:24:42 AM
    - Do you think before posting? - R.L. - 1/8/2005 5:04:24 AM
    - You have no problem throwing around the term 'Rag-head' do you? - R.L. (Thanks for the setup) - 1/8/2005 3:54:37 AM

Barbara Boxer is such an embarrassment - Gary - 1/7/2005 4:39:32 PM
- Unfortunatly (for California) the Republicans have all but written the state off. - Scott Evil - 1/7/2005 4:51:57 PM
  - Arnold is exceptional - Gary - 1/7/2005 5:05:51 PM
    - The ONLY one to beat Hillary? There are dozens who can beat Hillary in 2008. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/9/2005 2:03:59 AM
      - Please list them (n/t) - Gary - 1/9/2005 5:06:37 AM
        
        Bill Frist will be the Republican nominee in 08, and our next President. (n/t) - Lee - 1/10/2005 9:35:51 AM
        
        Polling report - David F Mayer - 1/9/2005 5:26:41 AM
        
        Answer - David F Mayer - 1/9/2005 5:28:57 AM
        
        Here are a few. - David F Mayer - 1/9/2005 5:21:38 AM
        
        Rick Santorum has bilked the taxpayers of his local PA school district out of over $100,000 to homeschool his kids since 2001. - Mary Anne - 1/9/2005 6:49:47 AM
        
        Do you have any articles or links on that? - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2005 7:06:24 AM
        
        Yes. - Mary Anne - 1/9/2005 2:26:19 PM
        
        Thanks! That clarifies a few things. - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2005 8:01:25 PM
    - If you think Hillary has any chance of winning the Presidency, - Lee - 1/8/2005 1:25:07 AM

USA to train assassins for use against Iraqi terrorist leaders. - David F Mayer - 1/9/2005 5:15:51 AM
- Should be done - Donald - 1/9/2005 2:54:45 PM
  - You make a good point... - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2005 7:50:42 PM
- I think it's a frigging brilliant idea. - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2005 6:50:54 AM
  - It is ALWAYS better to kill the leaders preferentially. The followers then usually melt away. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 1/10/2005 1:14:10 AM
- I see this as MSM propaganda - Gary - 1/9/2005 6:41:11 AM
  - Your points are VERY well taken. You probably have the right ideas here. (n/t) - DFM - 1/9/2005 1:20:31 PM
    - Another view - Hans - 1/9/2005 5:10:30 PM
      - A link to Hans' article - Tom Brosz - 1/9/2005 9:39:46 PM

Mystery fire from sky in California - Eric - 1/8/2005 10:49:15 PM
- Alaska: Fiery ball traversing the sky - Eric - 1/9/2005 4:38:28 PM
- Junk from a reentered satellite (hydrazine tank?) (n/t) - Gary - 1/8/2005 11:16:07 PM
  - Very likely. Hyrdrazine and its methylated forms are VERY easy to ignite. - David F Mayer - 1/9/2005 1:57:12 AM

Syrian people laugh at US Senator - p - 1/8/2005 6:44:39 PM
- Actually, I'm envious of him - Gary - 1/8/2005 10:18:53 PM
- The gift of laughter is a wonderful thing - McFly - 1/8/2005 8:07:11 PM
  - re: The gift of laughter is a wonderful thing - p - 1/8/2005 9:30:05 PM

"Widespread" UN sexual abuse of pre-teens in the Congo continues - phil - 1/8/2005 4:38:19 PM

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