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not mentioned in general press - E.P. Grondine - 10/2/2003 7:57:09 PM
- Dean stand on settlements - E.P. Grondine - 10/2/2003 8:07:40 PM

Wesley Clark and science - FrankC - 9/30/2003 9:32:30 PM
- The problem with selling one's soul - ebnelson - 10/1/2003 3:27:54 AM
- re: If he's a real contender (too early to tell), he'll be around for '08 . . . - D. Spires - 10/1/2003 1:01:09 AM
- To risk getting off topic... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/30/2003 10:12:07 PM
  - That 400 pound purple canary in the corner. - et - 10/2/2003 6:39:47 PM
    - C'mon et - pretend you understood it - then I can spare the nutso details! ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/2/2003 7:55:21 PM
  - FTL - FrankC - 9/30/2003 10:29:58 PM
    - I kinda hope FTL isn't possible. - Lee - 10/1/2003 1:34:28 AM
      - Well........ - Lindy - 10/1/2003 1:39:36 AM
    - re: Ah . . . - D. Spires - 10/1/2003 12:54:46 AM
      - re: Not sure it would be all that easy, but Frank's right. n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 10/1/2003 2:26:05 AM
        
        BTW Marcia - FrankC - 10/1/2003 8:14:36 PM
        
        re: Yes, Frank is right . . . - D. Spires - 10/1/2003 4:38:33 AM
        
        re: Yes, Frank is right . . . - Marcia - 10/1/2003 2:10:08 PM
        
        Giving such long lived people pointy ears would be cool. - Lee - 10/1/2003 5:39:53 AM
        
        re: That would be a matter of personal choice . . . - D. Spires - 10/1/2003 9:10:40 PM
- re: Wesley Clark and science - gbaikie - 9/30/2003 9:46:46 PM
  - Hmmm... - McFly - 9/30/2003 10:16:34 PM
    - re: Hmmm... - gbaikie - 10/1/2003 3:27:12 AM

the plame scandal intersects the yellowcake road - Greg - 10/2/2003 4:10:25 PM

All right, all right. The WMD story. - Tom Brosz - 10/2/2003 5:25:14 AM
- I saw the story last night - FrankC - 10/2/2003 3:37:05 PM
- This, on the other hand, looks real. - Tom Brosz - 10/2/2003 5:28:29 AM
  - No doubt - Don - 10/2/2003 1:43:15 PM

Hold on to your hats... - Tom Brosz - 10/2/2003 4:14:25 AM
- re: Hold on to your hats... - ESTRAL - 10/2/2003 12:43:40 PM

The Saddam-9/11 Challenge - Greg - 9/30/2003 11:03:18 AM
- re: The Saddam-9/11 Challenge - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2003 4:42:03 PM
  - As I recall - alcaray - 9/30/2003 7:02:28 PM
    - re: As I recall - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2003 10:56:06 PM
    - re: The Treaty of Westphalia (1648) as seen by the neocons - Raoul - 9/30/2003 7:37:40 PM
      - Anybody else figure out what Raoul is driving at here? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2003 11:07:10 PM
        
        what Raoul is driving at here? - FrankC - 10/1/2003 4:32:12 PM
        
        Fundamentalism and economics - Mary Anne - 10/2/2003 12:00:51 AM
        
        Rich pilgrims - FrankC - 10/2/2003 3:53:24 AM
        
        What I have in mind - Mary Anne - 10/2/2003 12:39:57 PM
        
        Added to your comment: there are damn few Islamist terror leaders who are poor. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/2/2003 1:04:14 AM
        
        re: Wishes - Raoul - 10/1/2003 4:49:40 PM

So who's the leaker? Current bet is... - Tom Brosz - 10/2/2003 5:54:51 AM

FAQ on the "Leak" - Don - 10/1/2003 2:59:33 PM
- re: FAQ on the "Leak" - gbaikie - 10/1/2003 11:07:17 PM
- Leaks...some history - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2003 5:26:47 PM
- re: FAQ on the "Leak" - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2003 3:25:02 PM
  - Uh...Tom - Don - 10/1/2003 4:01:22 PM
    - "seriousness of a crime which weakens national security" This is rich! - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2003 5:08:05 PM
      - You need to find a better response - alcaray - 10/1/2003 6:00:37 PM
        
        Best one I've got so far - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2003 6:36:22 PM
        
        Well it doesn't have a lot to say about the Novak case - alcaray - 10/1/2003 6:48:18 PM
        
        re: the Novak case - Tom Brosz - 10/2/2003 3:56:23 AM
        
        Huh? - Tony - 10/2/2003 4:27:18 AM
    - The seriousness of the crime... - FrankC - 10/1/2003 4:46:09 PM
- The Wilson Affair - Don - 10/1/2003 3:06:24 PM

A few thoughts on the latest Bush-hater feeding frenzy... - Tom Brosz - 9/29/2003 8:33:49 PM
- enter the FBI - Greg - 9/30/2003 5:31:30 AM
- Your link leaves my question unanswered - alcaray - 9/29/2003 9:58:47 PM
  - I'm calm enough. And by the way, here's Bob Novak: - Tom Brosz - 9/29/2003 11:12:55 PM
    - ...rolling ...like a dog in a dead possum? - RobVG - 9/30/2003 2:11:57 AM
      - Funny! Thanks! (n/t) - alcaray - 9/30/2003 3:46:12 PM
    - re: "And yes, everything will be all right. The Democrats are going to run into the wall face first on this attempt like they have on all the previous ones." - alcaray - 9/29/2003 11:37:38 PM
      - Waiting for the facts - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2003 12:19:53 AM
        
        Bush the precious - Greg - 9/30/2003 5:49:18 AM
        
        Hmmm - FrankC - 9/30/2003 3:41:39 PM
        
        Ha! Frank is exposed as a NON-GEEK! ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2003 5:07:57 PM
        
        Arggh! - FrankC - 9/30/2003 6:42:01 PM
        
        Not to get off topic, but PLEASE master the HTML commands. - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2003 6:41:46 AM
        
        re: Not to get off topic, but PLEASE master the HTML commands. - Greg - 9/30/2003 8:59:43 AM
        
        re: HTML commands - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2003 4:03:50 PM
        
        re: HTML commands - Greg - 10/1/2003 6:00:21 AM
        
        re: HTML commands - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2003 4:00:31 PM
        
        re: HTML commands - Greg - 10/2/2003 3:31:43 AM

Two soldiers die in Iraq unrest - Don - 10/2/2003 1:16:04 AM

Arianna Chickens Out....Asta La Vista baby! - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/1/2003 2:15:46 AM
- Chickens out?!? - Don - 10/1/2003 3:01:24 AM
  - re: More like a Gabor . . . - D. Spires - 10/1/2003 3:21:06 AM
- re: And backing Davis . . . - D. Spires - 10/1/2003 2:28:57 AM
  - I haven't heard anything about her backing Davis - alcaray - 10/1/2003 4:40:24 PM
    - re: Yes, I was foolishly going by the media report . . . - D. Spires - 10/1/2003 8:59:16 PM
      - I was just being fussy (n/t) - alcaray - 10/1/2003 11:48:52 PM
    - What's the difference? (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2003 5:13:10 PM
      - re: It's inaccurate . . . (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/1/2003 9:00:41 PM
      - My impression is that she hates Davis - alcaray - 10/1/2003 6:04:46 PM
        
        re: She hates Schwarzenegger even more . . . - D. Spires - 10/1/2003 9:03:18 PM

Just a little reminder on the original Wilson issue - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2003 5:45:25 PM
- What omniscience? (trusting your judgement on the spelling) - alcaray - 10/1/2003 6:40:32 PM
  - Sole source - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2003 6:50:52 PM
    - To answer your challenge, I will not dig and post links - alcaray - 10/1/2003 11:20:58 PM
    - Which one of us has the selective memory? - Tony - 10/1/2003 7:00:05 PM
      - Not solely. - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2003 9:06:25 PM
- As the spouse of a CIA agent he has access to Top Secret Info - Anne Leftleaner - 10/1/2003 6:22:49 PM
- Wilson's conclusions - FrankC - 10/1/2003 6:20:05 PM
  - re: Wilson's conclusions - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2003 6:39:56 PM
    - Your repeated assertions that we leftists are idiots are nonsense. (n/t) - alcaray - 10/1/2003 6:42:35 PM
      - Can't we get by this - FrankC - 10/1/2003 7:18:08 PM
        
        I've got a counter somewhere - alcaray - 10/1/2003 11:44:59 PM
        
        Even without a perception of being hurt by the broad brush - Tony - 10/1/2003 7:55:25 PM

Look out Fox News and the rest of you right wing media outlets!!! - Scott Evil - 10/1/2003 7:04:36 PM
- Shocking...I could see Anne L. making such a post, but never you, Scott ;-) (n/t) - McFly - 10/1/2003 9:25:26 PM

Speech by the president of Afghanistan - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2003 8:51:32 PM

What? the economy is Not tanking? - Scott Evil - 10/1/2003 7:22:17 PM
- Opps. Link - Scott Evil - 10/1/2003 7:24:05 PM

Democrats positioning legal army for preemptive strike... - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2003 3:41:10 PM
- I figured that this is what they were up to when they decided to drop their appeals to the US Supreme Court - Scott Evil - 10/1/2003 7:09:34 PM

Justice Probes Leak of CIA Operative's ID - Don - 9/30/2003 2:52:56 PM
- Bush orders cooperation - LJ - 9/30/2003 5:52:30 PM
  - Comparisons with earlier administrations are welcomed here. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2003 6:44:03 PM
    - re: Comparisons with Energy task force are also welcomed (n/t) - Tony - 10/1/2003 7:06:58 PM
- All in the family - Don - 9/30/2003 2:58:28 PM
  - re: All in the family - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2003 3:57:49 PM
    - re: All in the family - gbaikie - 9/30/2003 8:27:45 PM
      - This just made the hourly ABC radio news. I rest my case. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2003 11:02:24 PM
      - re: All in the family - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2003 11:01:35 PM

Wilson case all over the map - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2003 4:13:04 AM
- Democrats: "Holy crap, here comes a wall!" - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2003 5:35:08 PM
- Valerie Plame, child prodigy? - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2003 3:48:38 PM
- Novak comments again. - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2003 3:05:50 PM
- Witholding judgement - Don - 10/1/2003 2:29:45 PM
  - At least Don's smart enough to see the wall coming. I bet Schumer and Wilson aren't. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2003 3:50:47 PM
- re: Wilson case all over the map - Pete - 10/1/2003 5:50:56 AM
  - Keep it simple, Pete - Don - 10/1/2003 2:41:20 PM
- Just watched him on Nightline - ebnelson - 10/1/2003 4:19:21 AM
  - Ooops, nearly forgot: He has a hectic meeting in the morning with the dnc congressional caucus (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/1/2003 4:26:53 AM

My two cents on the wilson issue - Davin L. - 9/30/2003 2:45:45 AM
- A shred more info on Novak's sources - alcaray - 9/30/2003 5:43:33 PM
  - re: Novak's sources - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2003 6:23:33 PM
    - Novak could be forced to testify - Greg - 10/1/2003 7:02:21 AM
    - Jeez, Tom. - alcaray - 9/30/2003 6:44:35 PM
      - re: Jeez - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2003 11:20:19 PM
        
        Why does it matter if the "government officials" are in the Bush administration or not? - alcaray - 10/1/2003 4:35:16 PM
        
        It doesn't. Not to me. - Tom Brosz - 10/1/2003 5:30:13 PM
- My only question here is what did she know and when did she know it? - Scott Evil - 9/30/2003 4:54:49 PM
- Of course they outed her... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/30/2003 6:13:46 AM
- re: two cents - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2003 3:39:44 AM
  - re: two cents - Davin L. - 9/30/2003 5:18:14 AM
    - re: four cents - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2003 6:32:42 AM

A Daytime Fireball Over South Wales Last Week - Photo - Jack Herer - 10/1/2003 1:34:52 PM

More about those annoying callers -- from Chickweed Lane . . . - D. Spires - 10/1/2003 5:09:32 AM

Bush-Appointed Panel Finds U.S. Image Abroad Is in Peril - Don - 10/1/2003 2:57:06 AM

Stereotyping the fench and the germans - Raoul - 9/29/2003 9:41:10 AM
- re: He's from New Haven, Connecticut -- but that's okay . . . - D. Spires - 9/29/2003 10:14:46 PM
  - He sure tries to make it look like he's a Texan - LJ - 9/30/2003 6:02:57 PM
    - Varry interesting LJ - FrankC - 10/1/2003 2:12:06 AM
- Nice piece - Don - 9/29/2003 2:01:34 PM

Europe and the socialist dream - Tom Brosz - 9/26/2003 10:38:09 PM
- re: Deficits - Raoul - 9/27/2003 9:35:50 AM
- Great article, really exposes the situation - Publius - 9/27/2003 3:33:59 AM
  - re: Great article, really exposes the situation - Tom Brosz - 9/27/2003 7:04:51 AM
    - making the effort..... - Publius - 9/28/2003 11:31:19 PM
    - making the effort..... - Publius - 9/28/2003 11:31:10 PM
    - making the effort..... - Publius - 9/28/2003 11:31:01 PM
    - re: Productivity of a country - Raoul - 9/27/2003 10:05:49 AM
      - re: Productivity of a country - gbaikie - 9/27/2003 10:37:56 AM
        
        re: inspired by others - Raoul - 9/27/2003 12:07:22 PM
- you seem to confuse - Buster - 9/26/2003 11:18:32 PM
  - re: you seem to confuse - Tom Brosz - 9/26/2003 11:31:33 PM
    - its pretty obvious your understanding of free markets is thin - Buster - 9/30/2003 11:53:44 AM
      - A couple of hundred years ago... - FrankC - 9/30/2003 9:40:02 PM
      - re: its pretty obvious your understanding of free markets is nil - Tom Brosz - 9/30/2003 5:33:02 PM

Another meteorite hits home. This time in New Orleans... - Jason - 9/30/2003 2:52:08 AM
- re: Another meteorite hits home. This time in New Orleans... - gbaikie - 9/30/2003 9:37:11 PM

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