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A note on boxcutters found on airplanes - Tom Brosz - 10/31/2003 6:55:39 AM

Dawn breaking at the Washington Post? - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2003 6:42:15 AM
- And also from the Washington Post... - Larry J - 10/30/2003 2:43:32 PM
  - Dang, I wish they hadn't printed that story. - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2003 8:32:36 PM
    - Boy, THAT didn't take long. - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2003 11:54:28 PM
      - That is sickening - FrankC - 10/31/2003 4:35:01 AM
- Someone at the WP comparing this bombing offensive to Tet?Someone at the WP forgot to consult with LJ on this - ebnelson - 10/30/2003 1:47:24 PM

Still more congresspeople on their trips to Iraq - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2003 9:31:07 PM
- Women helping Women, Absolutely Encouraging. Thanks Tom (n/t) (n/t) - SteveS - 10/31/2003 3:31:24 AM

Another article on Saddam's terrorism links - Tom Brosz - 10/29/2003 5:40:34 AM
- Sound of crickets chirping.... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2003 7:44:30 PM

Quagmire in California - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2003 12:44:47 AM
- That is hilarious, Don...er Tom (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/30/2003 2:33:28 PM
- re: Quagmire . . . ? - D. Spires - 10/30/2003 1:46:44 AM

Baghdad hotel attacked while Wolfowitz in residence. - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2003 6:23:53 AM
- Another stunt to intimidate US fails (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/26/2003 1:08:39 PM
  - Unfortunately... - Donald - 10/26/2003 6:57:07 PM
    - Thank God our military leaders don't have your mindset. - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2003 10:29:53 PM
      - Quite right - Tony - 10/27/2003 3:48:03 PM
        
        The media is one place this war is being fought. - Tom Brosz - 10/27/2003 5:31:00 PM
        
        Complete bull - Tony - 10/28/2003 4:58:13 PM
        
        And, just a little bit more on A.N.S.W.E.R. and the protesters - Tom Brosz - 10/29/2003 5:27:03 AM
        
        A more detailed discussion of this subject - Tom Brosz - 10/29/2003 5:02:50 AM
        
        Not really - ebnelson - 10/29/2003 2:52:19 AM
        
        While you're at it, check out the article titled "Attack Is a Media Coup for Iraq Resistance" - Tom Brosz - 10/28/2003 10:26:15 PM
        
        re: Complete bull - Tom Brosz - 10/28/2003 10:03:18 PM
        
        Man, that's a mean cow - Tony - 10/29/2003 3:32:40 PM
        
        A revamp of the Tet Offensive - ebnelson - 10/30/2003 1:55:44 PM
        
        If (fingers crossed) we get a Democrat President - FrankC - 10/29/2003 4:58:28 PM
    - Casualties are light - ebnelson - 10/26/2003 7:58:33 PM

Attack on U.S. Tank Kills 2 GIs in Iraq - Don - 10/29/2003 1:47:20 PM
- Meanwhile: Iraqi war deaths total 13,000 - Don - 10/29/2003 1:50:21 PM
  - And now, the rest of the story. - Tom Brosz - 10/30/2003 12:36:09 AM
  - Only 4,000 civilians? What amateurs! I've killed 1,500,000! - Saddam - 10/29/2003 11:39:59 PM
  - And: Deaths, unrest, cost sap support in U.S. for war - Don - 10/29/2003 2:49:28 PM

WMD Hunters May Move to Security Duty - Donald - 10/30/2003 12:33:24 AM

Bush's Urgent Task: To Calm Public's Growing Impatience . . . - D. Spires - 10/29/2003 11:33:08 PM

"Do-Not-Call" Scam . . . - D. Spires - 10/29/2003 11:02:43 PM

Iran: Tehran Backtracks On Pledge To End Uranium Enrichment . . . - D. Spires - 10/29/2003 10:49:38 PM

9/11 investigation - LJ - 10/29/2003 7:17:39 PM
- Without knowing the contents of the intel report... - Larry J - 10/29/2003 8:53:49 PM

These Ramadan bombings are the Tet Offensive of this war - ebnelson - 10/28/2003 12:38:35 PM
- "the leftists and pro-tyranny factions" - LJ - 10/28/2003 5:59:19 PM
  - It is precisely accurate - ebnelson - 10/29/2003 2:06:15 AM
  - Tet offensive - FrankC - 10/29/2003 1:13:08 AM
    - You see it well - ebnelson - 10/29/2003 2:19:03 AM

MAJOR THANKS to all the firefighting/support personel in SoCal fires - Carl - 10/28/2003 7:35:19 PM
- The fires came close to my son's home in San Diego - Larry J - 10/28/2003 8:18:05 PM
  - Hope they get a break soon - LJ - 10/28/2003 8:56:48 PM

Iraqis again limit effect of Baathist terror attack - ebnelson - 10/27/2003 12:27:24 PM
- re: The International Committee of the Red Cross . . . - D. Spires - 10/28/2003 12:39:32 AM
  - part of the international axis of weasels and wimps - Buster - 10/28/2003 4:18:59 PM
- Excuse me Ed, but... - Don - 10/27/2003 2:05:54 PM
  - Excuse you, Don? - ebnelson - 10/28/2003 3:27:41 AM
  - Iraqis killed - Tom Brosz - 10/27/2003 4:49:05 PM
    - re: "... the problems would all go away if we just brought our troops home tomorrow" . . . - D. Spires - 10/27/2003 11:24:05 PM
  - nice word twist Don - Buster - 10/27/2003 4:36:12 PM
    - Don doesn't care - ebnelson - 10/28/2003 3:30:28 AM

How the Poll Results on Iraq Were Manipulated - Zogby - Greg - 10/26/2003 3:22:03 PM
- re: How the Poll Results on Iraq Were Manipulated - Zogby - gbaikie - 10/26/2003 11:01:40 PM
  - This is Zogby himself, he's talking about his own poll and how the Bushies distorted it (n/t) - Greg - 10/27/2003 6:55:43 AM
    - Zogby himself? Wow, that's so special! (n/t) - gbaikie - 10/27/2003 1:41:54 PM
      - re: Yeah, as a matter of fact, it is. - Mary Anne - 10/28/2003 2:03:01 AM
        
        re: Yeah, as a matter of fact, it is. - gbaikie - 10/28/2003 4:50:46 AM
        
        Authority on twerps - Mary Anne - 10/28/2003 12:42:14 PM
        
        Not really. - Tom Brosz - 10/28/2003 3:26:21 AM
  - Links - Tom Brosz - 10/27/2003 12:23:33 AM

No media bias here, folks. - Tom Brosz - 10/27/2003 5:30:36 AM
- Does this make you feel better? - Don - 10/27/2003 2:48:26 PM
  - re: Does this make you feel better? - Tom Brosz - 10/27/2003 5:07:35 PM
    - This will make Don feel much better - Dead or Alive - 10/27/2003 8:07:48 PM
- That is not bias, that is just weak propaganda - ebnelson - 10/27/2003 12:29:30 PM

Schiavo: Experts Say No Hope Exists For Her Recovery - Don - 10/23/2003 1:50:55 PM
- Furthermore - FrankC - 10/23/2003 5:19:27 PM
  - re: Furthermore - Don - 10/24/2003 12:41:18 AM
    - re: You agree with only half the experts, Don . . . - D. Spires - 10/24/2003 1:34:45 AM
      - ". . .some these lauded experts claim she CAN be rehabilitated." - Mary Anne - 10/24/2003 3:43:50 AM
        
        re: With all the media coverage, offers are likely coming in now . . . (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/24/2003 8:58:13 PM
      - Actually Dan... - Don - 10/24/2003 1:58:53 AM
        
        re: Ri-i-ight . . . - D. Spires - 10/24/2003 8:59:50 PM
        
        re: Ri-i-ight . . . - Don - 10/25/2003 1:25:56 AM
        
        re: And barred experts are of no consequence . . . - D. Spires - 10/27/2003 7:00:30 PM
        
        How long have you been studying this case Don? - FrankC - 10/24/2003 3:30:50 AM
        
        Frank... - Don - 10/24/2003 4:10:09 AM
        
        Future medical expense - Mary Anne - 10/24/2003 4:07:11 AM
        
        If he loves her so much... - Larry J - 10/25/2003 3:28:40 PM
        
        $750,000 of medical care for someone who can do nothing for herself... - Mary Anne - 10/25/2003 6:13:39 PM
        
        It depends on a lot of things - Larry J - 10/25/2003 11:51:57 PM
- A more balance report from BBC - FrankC - 10/23/2003 4:47:12 PM
- We wouldn't starve a dog to death - Larry J - 10/23/2003 3:30:16 PM
  - Sounds like a great way to get rid of the severely retarded. - RobVG - 10/25/2003 2:18:06 AM
  - I don't get it - Confused - 10/23/2003 7:42:13 PM
    - It's a liberal thing (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/24/2003 12:52:37 AM
    - That's patently obvious - Donald - 10/24/2003 12:45:41 AM
      - Typically liberal response - Confused - 10/24/2003 1:11:10 PM
        
        Now that's funny... - Don - 10/24/2003 1:23:11 PM
    - It's a political thing- nothing personal (n/t) - gbaikie - 10/23/2003 10:54:52 PM

Latest attack technique - Tom Brosz - 10/27/2003 5:48:45 PM
- P.S. - Tom Brosz - 10/27/2003 5:59:28 PM
- Link - Tom Brosz - 10/27/2003 5:50:41 PM

Yossi Beilin and Yasser Rabbo - Raoul - 10/27/2003 5:06:17 PM

Threats to El Al planes flying into Toronto. - Tom Brosz - 10/27/2003 1:05:02 AM
- re: Planes flying into Pearson International Airport fly over mostly immigrant neighborhoods - Success_Machine - 10/27/2003 1:40:36 PM
  - re: And just to make sure my comments aren't too biased - Success_Machine - 10/27/2003 4:10:58 PM
    - re: Reason being, petty crooks in Jane-Finch area aren't very sophisticated - Success_Machine - 10/27/2003 4:23:28 PM

France's attempts to fight the increasing gang rape culture - p - 10/27/2003 3:47:52 PM

U.S. Colonel Killed in Iraq Hotel Strike - Donald - 10/26/2003 4:27:18 PM
- An interesting fact... - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2003 10:52:52 PM
  - Another interesting fact... - Larry J - 10/27/2003 2:19:26 PM
  - Indeed - Donald - 10/27/2003 12:07:17 AM

Second Rumsfeld Memo Leaked.... - Pete - 10/26/2003 6:57:27 AM
- Now that was funny - Don - 10/27/2003 12:14:20 AM

One viewpoint on today's protests - Tom Brosz - 10/26/2003 5:46:42 AM
- Size of the crowd - FrankC - 10/26/2003 11:20:15 PM
- Commentary on this - Donald - 10/26/2003 6:52:25 PM
- What bugs me... - Gary - 10/26/2003 5:09:25 PM
  - Infotainment - Mary Anne - 10/26/2003 6:08:20 PM
- Same website, better content - Fox - 10/26/2003 5:02:46 PM
- The thin fiction that they are not pro-tyranny and anti-American is failing - ebnelson - 10/26/2003 1:15:35 PM

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