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for Jacob Samorodin regarding Space BB - David F Mayer - 6/2/2004 12:38:00 AM
- My apologies, Dave, for my belated response. - Jacob Samorodin - 6/2/2004 4:39:00 PM

Al Qaeda's next move in the USA - David F Mayer - 6/1/2004 12:56:46 AM
- Padilla - FrankC - 6/1/2004 5:31:23 PM
- Hard to say - Donald - 6/1/2004 3:16:39 AM
  - re: Hard to say - David F Mayer - 6/1/2004 6:39:30 AM
    - re: Hard to say - Donald - 6/1/2004 12:41:14 PM
      - "Smuggling a nerve gas shell through the border and into the country would be very difficult." - David F Mayer - 6/1/2004 1:21:56 PM
        
        Smuggling nerve agents into the USA maybe difficult, but using available resources in situ may not be. - Jacob Samorodin - 6/1/2004 7:03:18 PM
        
        Anybody who messes around with old, rusted, decomposing, UNEXPLODED munitions, will not live long enough to stage a terrorist attack. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 6/1/2004 7:36:27 PM
        
        Let's hope you're right. (n/t) - Jacob Samorodin - 6/1/2004 8:28:05 PM
        
        What is more likely... - Donald - 6/1/2004 1:51:30 PM
        
        One 155 mm shell from his MYTHICAL arsenal has already been found. - David F Mayer - 6/1/2004 6:46:27 PM

Oz terrorist sentenced - Daniel L - 6/1/2004 2:02:26 PM
- Interesting quote - FrankC - 6/1/2004 6:13:56 PM
  - I liked that one, too (n/t) - Daniel L - 6/1/2004 6:19:46 PM

The wars through arab eyes - Raoul - 5/30/2004 1:09:48 PM
- And now, the other side of the picture. - Tom Brosz - 5/30/2004 9:49:27 PM
  - thanks for that (n/t) - Daniel L - 6/1/2004 2:54:46 PM
  - Wow. Powerful stuff. (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 5/30/2004 11:27:26 PM
- Those pesky Jews..... - ebnelson - 5/30/2004 4:31:03 PM
- re: The war through Newsweek's eyes - Tom Brosz - 5/30/2004 3:52:39 PM

The Abu Ghraib Scandal Cover-Up? - Bowser - 5/30/2004 6:55:56 PM
- To paraphrase Rhet Butler in Margaret Mitchell's "Gone With the Wind" - David F Mayer - 5/30/2004 7:13:41 PM
  - And you, Dr. Mayer, are a model conservative, . . . - Bowser - 5/30/2004 7:57:43 PM
    - Oh, geez. Spare us the violins. - Tom Brosz - 5/30/2004 9:08:02 PM
      - Too much violins in the streets........ - Publius - 5/31/2004 4:22:16 PM
      - That's absolutely true for conservatives, you're right. - Bowser - 5/30/2004 11:37:44 PM
        
        Oh, by the way... - Tom Brosz - 5/30/2004 11:53:35 PM
        
        Deja vu. - Tom Brosz - 5/30/2004 11:52:20 PM
      - Apologizing for Bush again?? - Lindy - 5/30/2004 9:27:54 PM
        
        Apologizing for Pol Pot? That would be Noam Chomsky. - Tom Brosz - 5/30/2004 9:42:50 PM
        
        I never heard that Noam Chomsky supported Pol Pot. It should not surprise me, since he supports most of the evil being perpetrated in the world. - David F Mayer - 5/30/2004 10:07:02 PM
        
        I would not so much say "supported" as "excused." (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/30/2004 10:37:54 PM
        
        Do you have a link where that schmuck excuses Pol Pot? Please post it. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/31/2004 12:52:34 AM
        
        only a putz would put a "c" in shmuck....mah nishtana!. (n/t) - Publius - 5/31/2004 11:55:35 PM
        
        Dictionary.com recognizes "schmuck" - David F Mayer - 6/1/2004 1:53:52 AM
        
        not according to Leo Rosten......... (n/t) - Publius - 6/1/2004 12:47:00 PM
        
        re: a link - Tom Brosz - 5/31/2004 7:35:40 AM
    - I am sick of the emphasis on a small-scale abuse problem. - David F Mayer - 5/30/2004 8:07:56 PM
      - since you are sick a dose of humanity would be the cure.... - Publius - 5/31/2004 4:38:12 PM
      - Staunch, steely-eyed, determined! - Bowser - 5/30/2004 9:01:58 PM
        
        re: Staunch, steely-eyed, determined! - Lindy - 5/30/2004 9:14:57 PM
        
        You wrote: "To him, the only good Muslim is a dead one." - David F Mayer - 5/30/2004 9:52:21 PM
        
        Okay, I must apologize for stereotyping you........ - Lindy - 5/30/2004 10:18:11 PM
        
        I have two children of draft age. If they are called, they will go.Some of their friends are volunteering for the Army. - David F Mayer - 5/31/2004 12:55:22 AM
        
        If they are called, they will serve honorably - Lindy - 5/31/2004 5:12:53 AM
        
        YOU DA MAN! - Bowser - 5/31/2004 2:23:08 AM
        
        Lindy, Lindy, Lindy!!! - Bowser - 5/30/2004 11:19:56 PM
        
        lol. (My dog used to do the same thing...) - RobVG - 5/30/2004 11:56:51 PM
        
        An erudite post, well worthy of a staunch conservative. - Bowser - 5/31/2004 2:19:01 AM

Tourists' Paradise: North Korea - David F Mayer - 6/1/2004 12:15:15 PM

Qaeda Militants Kill 16, Hold 50 Hostage in Saudi . . . - D. Spires - 5/30/2004 5:30:23 AM
- al Qaeda Compound Stormed; 50 Hostages Freed . . . - D. Spires - 5/30/2004 7:22:49 PM
  - "In a statement read on Saudi state-run TV, the Interior Ministry said one of the four attackers was captured, but the others escaped despite a strong security presence around the residential complex… - David F Mayer - 5/30/2004 8:11:34 PM
    - I smell a rat! (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 5/30/2004 8:30:27 PM
      - Here is the smelly rat! - David F Mayer - 6/1/2004 6:56:15 AM

A B17 crew re-united, 60 years later - Raoul - 5/31/2004 5:25:43 PM

814 - Donald - 5/31/2004 3:52:04 PM

Gore to Call for Resignation of Bush Team Members Responsibe for Iraq Involvement - Jack Herer - 5/26/2004 4:59:22 PM
- Gore speech on video - Tom Brosz - 5/27/2004 4:26:31 AM
  - re: Gore speech on video - Larry J - 5/27/2004 7:10:12 PM
    - re: Gore speech on video - Dean Pennington - 5/31/2004 2:46:23 PM
- Bush & Co. - No mistakes, no accountability, and a true mess! Fired is too good for any of 'em. (n/t) - Bowser - 5/26/2004 8:52:22 PM
- Text of the speech - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2004 6:39:42 PM
  - re: Text of the speech - REB - 5/26/2004 7:00:51 PM
    - Who has served the President well? - McFly - 5/26/2004 8:43:52 PM
      - Wolfowitz and the casualty count - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2004 10:17:18 PM
    - "I donâ€™t think he could have handled the 9/11 situation had he been president." - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2004 7:35:19 PM
      - re: Really? - Raoul - 5/26/2004 8:43:30 PM
        
        The European option isn't open to America - Larry J - 5/27/2004 3:08:47 AM
        
        re: Not what I meant - Raoul - 5/27/2004 5:43:31 AM
    - A few cards short of a full deck - FrankC - 5/26/2004 7:30:22 PM
- Speeking of Gore ... - REB - 5/26/2004 5:40:18 PM
- WHO? (n/t) - FrankC - 5/26/2004 5:35:39 PM

Another blow against Islamic fanaticism: Taliban Cleric Assassinated - David F Mayer - 5/30/2004 1:30:23 PM
- No, just business as usual between Sunni and Shia - Lee - 5/31/2004 8:26:22 AM
- It would be far better if it were anti-Taliban Muslims who were behind the assassination (n/t) - m - 5/30/2004 10:03:38 PM

And now, here is a modern fairy tale: - David F Mayer - 5/30/2004 9:07:40 PM
- When Israel abandons Gaza then Arafat will have no choice about confronting Hamas - m - 5/31/2004 5:06:36 AM

Bush campaign accents the negative: Scholars say volume of attacks is unprecedented - Bowser - 5/31/2004 4:14:31 AM

"Tillman 'probably' killed by friendly fire." A tragic example. - Bowser - 5/29/2004 2:12:02 PM
- CPL Tillman investigation completed - CENTCOMNews - 5/30/2004 9:55:49 PM
- now they report maybe there wasn't any Afghan soldiers in the area. (n/t) - John - 5/30/2004 3:25:44 AM
- A tragic example..........indeed.... - Publius - 5/29/2004 8:12:12 PM
  - It brings to light "aggressive fire tactics" used. - Derek - 5/30/2004 1:12:23 AM
  - Tillman was a hero regardless of which bullets hit him during a firefight. - Tom Brosz - 5/29/2004 8:25:37 PM
- Staring into the Abyss - Lindy - 5/29/2004 3:43:10 PM
  - definition of a "tranquil life:" all the bad stuff is happening somewhere where I don't have to know about it. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/29/2004 4:55:28 PM
    - Regional conflicts and intermittent acts of terrorism......... - Lindy - 5/29/2004 7:25:26 PM
      - re: Regional conflicts and intermittent acts of terrorism......... - Tom Brosz - 5/29/2004 8:20:55 PM
        
        You're right Tom......... - Lindy - 5/30/2004 5:41:42 AM
      - Wake up - FrankC - 5/29/2004 7:55:39 PM
        
        ..and the sky is falling....... - Publius - 5/30/2004 3:26:17 PM
        
        You bring up a good point about the prison system - Tom Brosz - 5/30/2004 8:56:57 PM
        
        The following was said by a Jewish attorney (my cousin) to his Jewish client who was in jail for fraud and was concerned about prayerbooks, kosher food, etc. - David F Mayer - 5/30/2004 10:10:20 PM

April-May GI Iraq Death Toll Tops 200 - Donald - 5/30/2004 7:30:36 PM

Ashcroft, Ridge Pledge Cooperation in Terror War - Bowser - 5/29/2004 4:18:33 AM
- ...not on the same page......... - Publius - 5/30/2004 3:37:31 PM
- That whole adminstration stinks (n/t) - Derek - 5/29/2004 6:17:31 AM

Islamists don't rock n roll all night - Buck Galaxy - 5/30/2004 4:38:01 AM

Good news; another opening as leader of Hamas in Gaza open! - David F Mayer - 5/30/2004 4:20:06 AM

Energy shortages?...What about turning coal into gasoline? - Jacob Samorodin - 5/29/2004 4:46:50 PM
- SASOL already has been doing this for decades in South Africa - David F Mayer - 5/30/2004 4:14:37 AM

Continuing coverage of the wedding party. - RobVG - 5/28/2004 5:19:19 PM
- What's the point? - Gary - 5/29/2004 4:49:42 AM
  - Where are our counter-claims? Thats the point. - RobVg - 5/29/2004 6:06:48 AM
    - counter claims - FrankC - 5/29/2004 6:50:57 PM
      - Bad things happen. - RobVG - 5/30/2004 3:27:13 AM
- Sounds a lot like Ariel Sharon in Isreal (n/t) - Eric - 5/29/2004 1:21:37 AM

Israelis freed after trying to get on US nuclear sub base - Lindy - 5/29/2004 6:07:25 AM
- You seem to have a very ugly jew hating side - R.L. - 5/29/2004 7:01:35 AM
  - And you sir, are mistaken..... - Lindy - 5/29/2004 2:44:36 PM
  - re: Facts - Raoul - 5/29/2004 9:03:30 AM
    - Possibly hopeless. - Bowser - 5/29/2004 2:04:40 PM
    - i agree - Daniel L - 5/29/2004 1:04:31 PM
      - So do I - Fox - 5/29/2004 5:19:08 PM
  - Why is this a big deal? - Pete Stanley - 5/29/2004 8:26:48 AM
    - re: Why is this a big deal? - Tom Brosz - 5/29/2004 5:07:45 PM
    - re: Why is this a big deal? - gb - 5/29/2004 9:55:50 AM
      - Investigative Reporters....... - Lindy - 5/29/2004 3:18:06 PM

Iran launches major regional naval exercise. - Derek - 5/29/2004 3:54:49 PM

806 - Donald - 5/29/2004 1:58:47 PM

Highest viaduct in the world - Raoul - 5/28/2004 4:09:12 PM
- That is seriously cool. - Tom Brosz - 5/29/2004 4:33:00 AM
- I wonder how many people get across it with their eyes open! - Bowser - 5/29/2004 4:12:06 AM
- Cool, if it doesn't collapse like the airport in Paris. (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/28/2004 8:54:06 PM
  - or become a tempting target for France's growing Muslim population. (n/t) - Lee - 5/29/2004 8:51:06 AM

CBS - Kerry 8% over Bush. Kerry-McCain 14% over Bush-Cheney. - Bowser - 5/27/2004 2:44:05 PM
- One good thing about a Kerry-McCain candidacy... - Tom Brosz - 5/27/2004 4:02:16 PM
  - Have you forgiven McCain, then? - alcaray - 5/27/2004 8:54:18 PM
    - I dunno. How do you feel about Zell Miller? - Tom Brosz - 5/27/2004 9:10:35 PM
      - re: I dunno. How do you feel about Zell Miller? - alcaray - 5/27/2004 9:20:29 PM
        
        re: I dunno. How do you feel about Zell Miller? - gbaikie - 5/27/2004 11:15:06 PM
        
        "Bush is, of course, a moderate." - Lindy - 5/28/2004 1:35:52 AM
        
        re: "Bush is, of course, a moderate." - gbaikie - 5/28/2004 7:11:45 PM
        
        What the hell are you talking about?? - Lindy - 5/29/2004 2:41:16 AM

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