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"Miracles of Freedom" - Tom Brosz - 12/8/2004 6:32:02 PM
- Hey, its got me confused....... - Publius - 12/8/2004 7:14:07 PM

Wonder what this might mean - "Chinese firm buys IBM PC business" - Bowser - 12/8/2004 2:33:32 PM
- It's a start of the beginning to proceed to commence on..... - Publius - 12/8/2004 6:36:00 PM
- PC's are largely commodities - Larry J - 12/8/2004 3:00:27 PM

Seemingly major intel failure - CIA fails to read "Good News From Iraq" - Bowser - 12/7/2004 2:03:47 PM
- "Classified" apparently doesn't mean what it used to. - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2004 4:42:27 PM
  - This is a leak that does not break the law (far as I know) - alcaray - 12/7/2004 6:39:48 PM
    - To comment, I wouldn't mind seeing the whole report. - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2004 7:20:04 PM
      - "I'm getting damn tired of seeing second and third parties telling us what people have said, and pointedly avoiding quoting original documentation. " - Lindy - 12/8/2004 5:00:09 AM
    - If the cable was classified as reported, then leaking it was illegal - Larry J - 12/7/2004 6:49:47 PM
      - Have you noticed how infallible CIA opinions are when they say something the Left wants to hear? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2004 7:24:21 PM
        
        Have you noticed all these claims of infallibility? - alcaray - 12/7/2004 9:25:05 PM
        
        Okay, a little more bluntly... - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2004 9:28:05 PM
        
        You changed your message - alcaray - 12/7/2004 11:06:47 PM
        
        You can quote anyone you like. - Tom Brosz - 12/8/2004 3:18:02 AM
        
        Intel is not 100% accurate and never will be. - alcaray - 12/8/2004 4:27:35 PM
      - Somebody has an axe to grind - Gary - 12/7/2004 7:07:09 PM

Republican judges "outside the mainstream"? - p - 12/8/2004 1:56:28 PM

Yushchenko poisoned? - Tom Brosz - 12/8/2004 3:10:13 AM
- CNN had a better (or rather, worse) "after" pic last week. - Tony - 12/8/2004 1:26:48 PM

Check out this posting for an example of FarLeftThink - David F Mayer - 12/7/2004 10:54:40 PM
- You found someone on the internet saying something stupid? (n/t) - alcaray - 12/7/2004 11:12:03 PM
  - You found someone "else" on the internet saying something stupid? (n/t) - Bowser - 12/8/2004 7:24:12 AM

Memo: Workers Threatened Over Prison Abuse - Donald - 12/8/2004 2:07:10 AM

Mideast Peace? - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2004 7:43:07 PM
- The Jerusalem Post has this to say: - David F Mayer - 12/8/2004 1:10:26 AM
- Mideast Peace is NOW possible, since the principal obstruction, Arafat, has been removed. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 12/7/2004 9:49:39 PM
- Another story on this... - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2004 7:59:11 PM
  - Fingers crossed, though remarkably few details..... (n/t) - Tony - 12/7/2004 8:40:16 PM
    - re: Fingers crossed - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2004 9:25:34 PM
      - They could not happen as long as Arafat was alive. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 12/8/2004 1:04:13 AM

Oil dependency - Raoul - 12/6/2004 4:41:00 PM
- How did low oil price collapse communism? - ebnelson - 12/7/2004 4:25:49 AM
  - re: How did low oil price collapse communism? - Raoul - 12/7/2004 6:40:08 AM
    - That is an interesting, but vague, reference. - ebnelson - 12/7/2004 11:19:22 PM
- re: Oil dependency - Buck Galaxy - 12/7/2004 1:08:20 AM
  - But God forbid we drill for oil anywhere new in the U.S. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2004 3:55:48 AM
- re: Oil dependency - phil - 12/6/2004 6:55:49 PM
- Oil based economy controlled by an unknown policy group. - Eric - 12/6/2004 6:02:51 PM
  - No one has yet to find out the designers of the flying Black Triangles - Lindy - 12/7/2004 3:21:09 AM
    - Perhaps because there are none to design. (n/t) - ebnelson - 12/7/2004 10:08:34 PM
    - Do you have NO mental filters? - R.L. - 12/7/2004 2:34:15 PM
      - Forget that site........ - Lindy - 12/7/2004 7:25:12 PM
    - Are we free of anomalist pap or not? (n/t) - ebnelson - 12/7/2004 4:22:09 AM
    - Silent at times......... - Lindy - 12/7/2004 3:24:16 AM
      - Recording of Black Triangle - Font Laborer - 12/7/2004 4:40:13 PM
      - I must have heard that sound effect in thirty cheesy SF movies. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2004 4:33:54 AM
  - Is this Board still Anomaly Free, as advertised? If so, Mr. moderator please delete this thread. Eric is posting anomaly bs. (n/t) - ebnelson - 12/6/2004 8:54:56 PM
  - P.S. - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 6:38:05 PM
    - very close, but not quite................ - Publius - 12/6/2004 8:42:51 PM
    - patriotic condescension - Eric - 12/6/2004 6:51:18 PM
      - Anomalistic Crap Alert re: Eric's posts. - ebnelson - 12/6/2004 9:52:27 PM
      - A new take on the old routine there. - Tony - 12/6/2004 6:54:32 PM
        
        Another patriotic condescension - Eric - 12/6/2004 7:17:12 PM
        
        Were there WMDs in Iraq? Was Saddam illegally pursuing WMD programs? - ebnelson - 12/7/2004 4:24:12 AM
        
        Not my fault you can't read, bub. - Tony - 12/6/2004 8:40:25 PM
        
        re: Not my fault you can't read, bub. - Davin L. - 12/6/2004 11:50:06 PM
        
        would thaaat beee a.... - r.l. - 12/7/2004 4:53:16 AM
        
        Is that like an Aussie budgie? (n/t) - alcaray - 12/7/2004 12:07:21 AM
        
        re: A new take on the old routine there. - p - 12/6/2004 6:56:48 PM
        
        I cannot tell a lie. - Tony - 12/6/2004 7:05:49 PM
        
        re: I cannot tell a lie. - p - 12/7/2004 2:47:22 AM
        
        Hey, there, English Man - Davin L. - 12/6/2004 7:15:09 PM
  - Yeah. Secret technology from flying saucers. Right. - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 6:35:39 PM

"Political criticism is our enemy's best friend," said Kerik - alcaray - 12/7/2004 7:07:58 PM
- I like the guy... - FrankC - 12/7/2004 11:16:15 PM

First freely-elected president of Afghanistan sworn in. - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2004 7:56:20 PM
- May he be the first of many - Tony - 12/7/2004 8:43:25 PM

Love is in the air....in Kiev - Raoul - 12/6/2004 8:38:38 PM
- re: Love is in the air....in Kiev - Raoul - 12/6/2004 8:46:30 PM
  - Ahh, reminds me of the love poem.............. - Publius - 12/7/2004 3:12:57 PM
    - Publius! - Lindy - 12/7/2004 7:21:37 PM
  - re: Love is in the air....in Kiev - p - 12/7/2004 2:44:56 AM

Hiroshima group to hold 'tribunal' over U.S. A-bombings - Eric - 12/6/2004 8:35:38 PM
- The 'group' and their 'tribunal' are phony as $3 bills. (n/t) - ebnelson - 12/7/2004 2:52:27 AM
- Right. How about trying the Japanese who murdered over 10 million Chinese civilians. Phooey. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 12/7/2004 12:01:15 AM
  - And how is that different from the American firebombing of Japanese civilians? (n/t) - Bowser - 12/7/2004 2:05:17 PM
    - Vastly.................... - Publius - 12/7/2004 2:53:47 PM
      - My brother's father-in-law was probably saved by the atomic bomb - Gary - 12/7/2004 6:13:13 PM
        
        Correction (Honshu is the main island of Japan) - Gary - 12/7/2004 6:18:24 PM
      - I'd respectfully disagree. - Bowser - 12/7/2004 3:24:27 PM
        
        re: I'd respectfully disagree. - gbaikie - 12/7/2004 5:58:24 PM
- Will they also consider ... - Larry J - 12/6/2004 9:03:30 PM
- Maybe the Chinese would like to chit-chat over Nanking? - ebnelson - 12/6/2004 8:51:53 PM
  - Don't you know? - Jacob Samorodin - 12/6/2004 10:13:34 PM
    - Tojo's grave - Gary - 12/7/2004 6:05:17 AM
      - re: We need to remember this lesson when we dispose of the bodies of Osama, Sadam, and their merry men. - Scott Evil - 12/7/2004 3:02:35 PM
        
        Pig chow - Gary - 12/7/2004 6:24:15 PM

Who should the appeasers surrender to: Al Qaeda or ETA? - ebnelson - 3/14/2004 3:25:52 AM
- There are always those who believe in "Peace at any price." These are the "useful idiots" (so-called by Lenin) who helped get Hitler and Stalin into power. The price was far too high, and they didn't… (n/t) - David F Mayer - 3/14/2004 6:43:15 AM
  - re: There are always those who believe in "Peace at any price." These are the "useful idiots" (so-called by Lenin) who helped get Hitler and Stalin into power. The price was far too high, and they di… - james - 12/7/2004 5:50:49 PM

Survey of college profs' political orientation - p - 12/3/2004 1:40:56 PM
- More concerned about the right-wing take-over of law enforcement and the armed forces. - alcaray - 12/6/2004 10:40:13 PM
- Let's purge the liberals!!!! - Mary Anne - 12/5/2004 3:25:33 PM
  - re: Let's purge the liberals!!!! - Larry J - 12/5/2004 4:51:10 PM
    - I merely give voice to the insinuation from the Right. - Mary Anne - 12/5/2004 6:05:19 PM
      - Foolish exaggeration is a poor technique - Larry J - 12/6/2004 1:57:50 AM
        
        The fact that academia is self-selected seems to escape you too. - Mary Anne - 12/6/2004 2:09:16 PM
        
        Would you be as complacent... - Larry J - 12/6/2004 4:31:15 PM
        
        Tell it to the Boy Scouts. (n/t) - Mary Anne - 12/6/2004 6:03:13 PM
        
        Couple points about the Boy Scouts - Larry J - 12/6/2004 8:20:19 PM
        
        re: I'll see your couple, and raise you a couple - Mary Anne - 12/7/2004 2:31:53 PM
        
        A clarification - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2004 5:08:26 PM
        
        By this definition... - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 5:33:56 PM
        
        "Foolish exaggeration is a poor technique" (n/t) - Tony - 12/6/2004 6:48:17 PM
        
        I was unaware that criticizing one's philosophy was equivalent to assault. - Mary Anne - 12/6/2004 6:02:31 PM
        
        Don't be thick. - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 6:21:49 PM
        
        *Can't* be? - Mary Anne - 12/6/2004 6:42:31 PM
      - re: insinuation from the Right. - Tom Brosz - 12/5/2004 8:03:29 PM
        
        Take your conservative academic experiences and apply them to adult life: Welcome to my world. - Mary Anne - 12/5/2004 9:28:20 PM
        
        Welcome to my world. - Tom Brosz - 12/5/2004 9:43:01 PM
        
        They're looking at an assortment of European nations. - Mary Anne - 12/6/2004 1:11:57 AM
        
        Fine. - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 3:57:22 AM
        
        There are lots of nations in Europe. - Mary Anne - 12/6/2004 2:31:42 PM
        
        So, what nations are on their "short list?" - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 5:06:54 PM
        
        We are only responsible for our own side. - Mary Anne - 12/6/2004 6:20:26 PM
        
        You know them. I don't. - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 6:29:10 PM
- Probably smarter and better informed than, say, you. And yours. Huh? (n/t) - Bowser - 12/4/2004 7:12:59 AM
  - probably wrong, but then you're used to that - p - 12/4/2004 4:08:08 PM
- And did you know that seawater is salty? Since when is this news? Since when is it "current events"? It is old hat. True, but very old. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 12/3/2004 2:57:54 PM
- Even more amazing........ - Publius - 12/3/2004 2:47:57 PM
  - ?? What subject are you talking about? This survey included many diverse discplines, not just political science. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 12/3/2004 2:59:20 PM
    - apparently liberal dominance is a tautologoical truth.... - Publius - 12/5/2004 3:40:17 PM

FBI complaints lodged a year before Abu Ghraib scandal - Bowser - 12/7/2004 3:30:53 PM

Iraqi intelligence brings off another coup - David F Mayer - 12/7/2004 1:26:49 PM

Good News From Iraq, Part 16 - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 5:27:34 PM
- I don't want to rain on your parade, but... - Jacob Samorodin - 12/6/2004 6:53:41 PM
  - What defines victory? - Gary - 12/7/2004 6:33:26 AM

Swift Boat Vets not finished - R.L. - 12/7/2004 5:34:06 AM

US troops sue over tours in Iraq - Donald - 12/7/2004 3:59:51 AM
- Meanwhile: Gunfight Erupts Near Baghdad U.S. Embassy - Donald - 12/7/2004 4:05:05 AM

1,270 - Donald - 12/5/2004 8:09:56 PM
- Meanwhile: Quagmire Update - Donald - 12/5/2004 8:18:08 PM
  - Attacks on the military have dropped from 130 to about 50 a day since Fallujah. - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 12:47:37 AM
    - Major offensive over in Fallujah. Attacks drop. Tom surprised...... (n/t) - Tony - 12/6/2004 6:49:56 PM
      - Clarification... - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2004 12:17:09 AM
  - It seems the terrorists know they are running out of popular appeal - ebnelson - 12/5/2004 9:22:34 PM
    - Well, kets hope... - Donald - 12/5/2004 10:16:12 PM
  - So, we should let the murderers win? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/5/2004 9:16:52 PM
    - And who be the murderers? Who isn't in their own land? Who, pray tell, is the aggressor, the invader? - Bowser - 12/6/2004 12:10:24 AM
      - re: And who be the murderers? - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 12:43:36 AM
        
        You're neocon, I'll do it. The US is OVER there, killing them, after "preemptively" invading. Much like - - - - Bowser - 12/6/2004 6:30:28 AM

World Climate Can Change in a Hurry - Eric - 12/6/2004 8:10:24 PM

Fallujah after the battle - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 1:10:22 AM
- And how many of those people were involved in 9-11? (n/t) - Bowser - 12/6/2004 6:27:47 AM
- re: Fallujah after the battle - Eric - 12/6/2004 2:52:31 AM
  - An example of the quagmire - Donald - 12/6/2004 5:07:13 AM
    - re: An example of the bed wetting - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 7:21:00 AM
      - Thank entropy none of us are in charge of defense! - alcaray - 12/6/2004 6:34:43 PM
        
        re: Thank whoever. - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 6:49:25 PM
      - Oh, I see: thats really intelligent! Dissent = Bed-wetting. I'll file that with the rest of the Right Wing Dialogue definitions. (n/t) - Davin L. - 12/6/2004 5:13:17 PM
        
        The term has a specific meaning. Read the original post below. - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 5:30:51 PM
        
        re: The term has a specific meaning. Read the original post below. - Davin L. - 12/6/2004 5:41:11 PM
        
        Ah, the problems with speed-reading. - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 7:17:26 PM
  - Bed wetting - Tom Brosz - 12/6/2004 3:41:53 AM

More fear-mongering from the icy fingers of control - Eric - 12/6/2004 3:00:46 PM

1,273 - Donald - 12/6/2004 1:33:04 PM

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