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A case of the sillies - Donald - 12/4/2004 7:55:16 PM
- Meanwhile: 1,268 - Donald - 12/4/2004 8:05:14 PM
  - Maybe 'nutso' is too kind a term? - ebnelson - 12/5/2004 2:13:41 PM
  - Did you expect the number to start getting smaller? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/4/2004 9:51:39 PM
    - No... - Donald - 12/5/2004 12:27:34 AM
      - How soon we forget. - Tom Brosz - 12/5/2004 1:24:31 AM
        
        Its not a catastrophe... - Donald - 12/5/2004 3:21:43 AM
        
        What would be going on in Iraq and the surrounding nations a year from now if we hadn't invaded? - Tom Brosz - 12/5/2004 7:52:17 PM
        
        Not much - Donald - 12/5/2004 8:14:10 PM
        
        re: Not much - gbaikie - 12/6/2004 7:17:02 AM
        
        More smoke and fog - Tom Brosz - 12/5/2004 9:13:57 PM

Iraqi elections. - RobVG - 12/5/2004 8:58:20 PM
- Elections are feared by terrorists and tyrants alike. - David F Mayer - 12/6/2004 2:10:35 AM
- Double talk - Buck Galaxy - 12/5/2004 11:32:30 PM
- re: Iraqi elections. - Tom Brosz - 12/5/2004 9:16:00 PM

1,262 - Donald - 12/3/2004 2:15:19 PM
- Lie on, Herr Goebells - ebnelson - 12/3/2004 4:08:44 PM
  - 1,264 - Donald - 12/3/2004 9:10:19 PM
    - The reasons were far beyond WMDs, and you know it but continue to claim otherwise. - ebnelson - 12/3/2004 9:31:04 PM
  - Godwin's Law - Tom Brosz - 12/3/2004 4:34:58 PM
    - Don't pick on Ed...... - Publius - 12/5/2004 3:48:26 PM
    - re: Godwin's Law - ebnelson - 12/3/2004 4:46:01 PM
      - "no longer interested in discussion" - Tony - 12/3/2004 5:47:11 PM
        
        re: "no longer interested in discussion" - ebnelson - 12/3/2004 7:59:20 PM
        
        That is one of the funniest posts I've read. (n/t) - Bowser - 12/3/2004 10:42:52 PM
        
        Maybe you never read your own stuff? (n/t) - ebnelson - 12/4/2004 6:09:54 AM
        
        The "Oh, yeah!! You're worse!!" is kinda juvenile, eb. Went out with grade school. To understand it in an adult, - - - - Bowser - 12/4/2004 7:11:39 AM
        
        It is clear you are enjoying yourself. - ebnelson - 12/4/2004 4:33:37 PM
      - unresponded would be good - FrankC - 12/3/2004 5:24:56 PM
        
        Medicine. - RobVG - 12/6/2004 1:08:01 AM
      - Ed is right - Gary - 12/3/2004 4:58:55 PM
        
        Right. All factual data not favorable to administration policy should be banned.,,,,, (n/t) - Publius - 12/5/2004 3:50:38 PM
        
        No, spamming the HZ should be grounds for banning. (n/t) - Gary - 12/5/2004 7:57:31 PM
        
        Take it to Community. - Mary Anne - 12/6/2004 1:18:13 AM

Meanwhile, the IAEA is still keeping the world safe. - Tom Brosz - 12/5/2004 9:57:37 PM
- Yes, now I feel assured. The UN will protect me. In a pig's eye. Unless the mullahs who run Iran are removed soon, there is going to be BIG trouble over there. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 12/6/2004 12:49:16 AM

Europe faces reality - p - 12/4/2004 1:33:39 PM
- Encouraging news (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 12/5/2004 11:27:38 PM
- Now that Europe has nukes, will anyone be able to intervene with their solution to the Islamist problem? (n/t) - Lee - 12/5/2004 4:57:52 AM

This isn't your Daddy's country any more. - Bowser - 12/3/2004 8:31:02 AM
- Mothers of Invention - Lindy - 12/4/2004 8:04:11 AM
- More mind games from Bowser. - ebnelson - 12/3/2004 4:10:38 PM
- It is a war. POWs can be held without trial until the end of hostilities. - David F Mayer - 12/3/2004 10:09:00 AM
  - The end of major hostilities doesnt count then? (n/t) - R.L. - 12/4/2004 1:08:43 AM
    - Again, the word "hostilities" plugged into Bush's mouth. I'm going to start counting one of these days. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/5/2004 9:44:28 PM
    - re: The end of major hostilities doesnt count then? NO. Only the complete end of hostilities. (n/t) - DFM - 12/5/2004 12:28:19 AM
    - re: The end of major hostilities doesnt count then? - gbaikie - 12/4/2004 8:31:25 PM
  - Read the article. Get the meaning, then post again. I know, it's a bit abstract. - Bowser - 12/3/2004 10:45:18 PM
  - Bowser is not after a discussion - ebnelson - 12/3/2004 4:47:32 PM

McCain criticizes Pentagon on Iraq war - Donald - 12/5/2004 6:38:40 PM

Tornado warnings in Ohio - Eric - 11/25/2004 1:29:35 AM
- Super storm hits town - Eric - 11/25/2004 3:46:00 PM
  - Horrible effects of "Microbursts"........ - Lindy - 11/25/2004 6:23:49 PM
    - re: Horrible effects of "Microbursts"........ - Johannes - 11/30/2004 4:17:03 AM
      - I don't buy that explanation at all. It is riddled with errors. - David F Mayer - 11/30/2004 10:06:06 PM
        
        re: I don't buy that explanation at all. It is riddled with errors. - Johannes - 12/2/2004 5:55:01 AM
        
        Reply to your questions - David F Mayer - 12/5/2004 1:02:07 AM
        
        Great googaly moogaly - Tony - 12/2/2004 2:35:37 PM
        
        Geez, don't get him started on that again. - Tom Brosz - 12/3/2004 4:43:48 PM
        
        re: Great googaly moogaly - Johannes - 12/3/2004 5:55:05 AM
        
        re: Great googaly moogaly - Tony - 12/3/2004 5:04:53 PM
        
        re: Great googaly moogaly - Johannes - 12/5/2004 4:41:23 AM
        
        Clearer thought experiments concerning the PSI... - alcaray - 12/2/2004 10:55:12 PM
        
        I did a fairly long thermodynamic calculation that showed Johannes insane 'theory' to be so rediculous that it didn't qualify as even silly, it is insane and he is embarrassing himself - R.L. - 12/4/2004 5:07:26 AM
        
        LOL! - Davin L. - 12/3/2004 2:22:13 PM
        
        Pretty crummy bricks. Must be made of sponge rubber, not baked clay. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 12/5/2004 8:02:49 AM
      - Interesting theory - Lindy - 11/30/2004 7:10:27 AM
        
        re: Interesting theory - Johannes - 12/2/2004 3:34:01 PM
    - Lunatics have been HAARPing about this for years! - R.L. - 11/28/2004 5:21:10 AM
      - Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval...............not - Lindy - 11/28/2004 6:17:53 PM
        
        LOL conspiracy nuts are always so certain that the "dark conspirac" is terrified of them- makes you feel so important - R.L. - 11/28/2004 9:54:44 PM
        
        sO WHERE DO YOU GET 1.7 TERAWATTS? - R.L. - 11/28/2004 11:28:39 PM
        
        The actual input is around 2 gigawatts from dams nearby. - David F Mayer - 11/29/2004 5:37:21 PM
        
        Don't bother, R. L. - Tom Brosz - 11/29/2004 5:37:09 AM
        
        re: Don't bother, R. L. - Davin L. - 11/29/2004 3:43:37 PM
    - Tunguska? There is no mystery about it at all. - David F Mayer - 11/26/2004 2:04:46 PM
      - No mystery? - Lindy - 11/27/2004 6:27:08 AM
        
        Yes, there is absolutely no mystery about it at all. - David F Mayer - 11/29/2004 5:45:51 PM
        
        Thank you for the links - Lindy - 11/29/2004 6:51:13 PM
  - What town? Or rather, what country? It looks like a devastating storm. (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/25/2004 3:52:55 PM
  - re: Super storm hits town - Eric - 11/25/2004 3:51:56 PM
    - A centruy storm. It sounds like they are responding effectively. (n/t) - ebnelson - 11/25/2004 3:54:21 PM

Colombian drug kingpin extradited to U.S. - David F Mayer - 12/5/2004 12:27:11 AM

BBC falls for hoax...too much British genetic inbreeding? - p - 12/4/2004 7:39:01 PM

Jumping ship - Jack Herer - 12/3/2004 7:07:33 PM
- Remember how many changes there were in Clinton's administration at the start of his second term? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/4/2004 7:45:00 AM

Remember those 350 tons of missing explosives... - Larry J - 12/3/2004 2:36:52 PM
- "the IAEA had placed them under seal in storage bunkers before the war." - Lindy - 12/3/2004 7:49:33 PM
- Okay, so now I ask.... - Gary - 12/3/2004 4:50:08 PM

Latest PEST update - phil - 12/3/2004 7:42:02 PM

Prying news from Bush - alcaray - 12/2/2004 11:29:32 PM
- It may not be something we should know - ebnelson - 12/3/2004 4:48:41 PM
- Did you ever stop to consider... - Larry J - 12/3/2004 4:07:03 PM
- re: Prying news from Bush - Tom Brosz - 12/2/2004 11:45:43 PM
  - Don't get why the question was inappropriate - alcaray - 12/3/2004 12:02:13 AM
    - not inappropriate - FrankC - 12/3/2004 6:25:17 PM
    - re: the question - Tom Brosz - 12/3/2004 12:13:33 AM
      - "Stalking off" was my description of what was described: - alcaray - 12/3/2004 12:51:24 AM
        
        Bush, the "public servant"............ - Lindy - 12/3/2004 7:15:08 AM

Remembering George Galloway - Tony - 12/2/2004 5:22:07 PM
- re: Remembering George Galloway - Tom Brosz - 12/2/2004 6:18:06 PM
- re: He wouldn't have won his case under the American standard of libel. - Scott Evil - 12/2/2004 6:11:32 PM
- re: Remembering George Galloway - p - 12/2/2004 5:34:11 PM
  - BTW I think you misread the ruling - Tony - 12/3/2004 4:14:52 PM
    - re: BTW I think you misread the ruling - p - 12/3/2004 6:07:44 PM
  - These documents? - Tony - 12/2/2004 6:49:13 PM
    - oops, not those documents - Tony - 12/2/2004 6:51:01 PM

More suggestions for the Democratic Party - Tom Brosz - 12/3/2004 12:57:18 AM
- I think it's time to (pardon the expression) move on. - Fox - 12/3/2004 3:50:25 AM
  - Passwords - Tom Brosz - 12/3/2004 4:41:01 PM
  - re: move on. - Tom Brosz - 12/3/2004 5:37:36 AM

Americans in the oil-for-food scandal? - Tom Brosz - 12/2/2004 3:51:37 AM
- I missed the mention of the Texas Oil men connected here? - Publius - 12/3/2004 2:54:49 PM
- Posted because it mentions Clinton? - tony - 12/2/2004 7:26:11 PM
  - Actually... - Tom Brosz - 12/3/2004 12:34:01 AM

The outcome of the war in Iraq depends on only ONE unknown: the effectiveness of the Iraqi Security Service. - David F Mayer - 12/3/2004 10:14:54 AM

Bots on the Iraqi battlefield - p - 12/2/2004 11:17:44 PM
- Terminators - Tom Brosz - 12/3/2004 12:24:32 AM
  - Naval and land mines - Gary - 12/3/2004 6:12:27 AM
  - re: Terminators are Waldos - phil - 12/3/2004 1:24:35 AM

Beating the drums of war. - Jack Herer - 12/1/2004 1:39:20 PM
- War monger. - ebnelson - 12/1/2004 9:35:19 PM
- So, do you think the Iranian mullahs should have atomic weapons? - Tom Brosz - 12/1/2004 6:51:56 PM
  - Do the Iranian's think G.Bush should have atomic weapons? (n/t) - Publius - 12/1/2004 8:30:53 PM
    - One question has the same relevance as the other.......... (n/t) - Publius - 12/1/2004 8:32:10 PM
      - Not unless you're completely divorced from reality. - Tom Brosz - 12/1/2004 10:35:03 PM
        
        Ethnocentricity is not the equivalece of reality....... - Publius - 12/2/2004 8:03:06 PM
        
        Objective judgment is not "ethnocentrism." - Tom Brosz - 12/3/2004 12:44:14 AM
        
        C'mon Tom - LJ - 12/1/2004 11:14:29 PM
        
        The Iranians (by which I mean their current leadership) are wrong. - Tom Brosz - 12/1/2004 11:37:57 PM
        
        re: The Iranians (by which I mean their current leadership) are wrong. - gbaikie - 12/2/2004 5:49:45 AM
        
        A more subtle point - Gary - 12/2/2004 6:15:29 AM
      - YGTBK. (n/t) - ebnelson - 12/1/2004 9:33:54 PM
- re: I think he'll wait for the Iranians to nuke Los Angeles before invading. (n/t) - Scott Evil - 12/1/2004 5:15:49 PM
  - well, Since he has damaged US credibility so much- thats about the only way nowdays the world will believe Iran has a nuke. (n/t) - Davin L. - 12/1/2004 5:56:13 PM
    - re: He took a risk in attacking Sadam's Iraq - Scott Evil - 12/1/2004 8:38:39 PM
      - Come on--Ask the REAL question............. - Publius - 12/2/2004 8:10:21 PM
        
        Depends on how you define "Invade" - Scott Evil - 12/2/2004 8:37:34 PM
        
        "There is a lot of stepped up pressure levels that can be inflicted on" ...? "well in advance of an "invasion"." - alcaray - 12/2/2004 10:32:29 PM

This wouldn't have happened if John Kerry had been elected - Peter Bruener - 11/25/2004 8:23:28 PM
- ???? All right!! Which dirty stinkin' Republican stole Sponge Bob???!!! ;-) (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 11/25/2004 8:28:24 PM
  - re: ???? All right!! Which dirty stinkin' Republican stole Sponge Bob???!!! ;-) - The guy who stole Sponge Bob - 12/2/2004 11:12:15 PM

20 years ago today - Raoul - 12/2/2004 9:42:41 PM

1,260 - Donald - 12/2/2004 8:25:00 PM
- Lie on, Herr Goebells - ebnelson - 12/2/2004 8:48:21 PM

Full United Nations report on a "More Secure World" - Tom Brosz - 12/2/2004 5:45:22 PM
- I like my proposal better. - Scott Evil - 12/2/2004 6:21:26 PM
  - a modest proposal - p, thinking out of the box - 12/2/2004 8:13:21 PM
    - Sounds good to me. - Scott Evil - 12/2/2004 8:31:52 PM

Iraq Adopts Color Coded Terror Warning System - p - 12/2/2004 8:07:06 PM

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