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1st BUDDY HACKET, now Buddy EBSEN...... - sam - 7/14/2003 7:32:19 PM

The violence in Iraq - p - 7/14/2003 4:52:59 PM

It'll be intersting to see if anything comes from this - Larry J - 7/11/2003 9:23:58 PM
- Follow-up, Judged gagged - p - 7/14/2003 4:46:19 PM
- Link to original article... - Tom Brosz - 7/11/2003 10:37:49 PM

Bad news from Iraq - p - 7/14/2003 4:29:14 PM

Never thought I'd find myself rooting for the WTO, even a little bit. - Tom Brosz - 7/14/2003 8:14:10 AM
- re: Never thought I'd find myself rooting for the WTO, even a little bit. - p - 7/14/2003 3:19:09 PM

Hunt for Saddam continues - Tom Brosz - 7/13/2003 1:17:11 AM
- like usin' nukes - p - 7/13/2003 9:32:42 PM
- and four of Saddam's cousins captured - Matt Burley - 7/13/2003 2:25:20 AM
- P.S. The current list - Tom Brosz - 7/13/2003 1:20:04 AM

Africa Likens George Bush to a Prostitute - Lindy - 7/10/2003 7:43:46 PM
- Is there professional jealousy in that sorry accusation? (n/t) - ebnelson - 7/13/2003 4:26:16 AM
  - Too slow...Phil already made that crack below. - Tom Brosz - 7/13/2003 6:36:28 AM
- I liken Africa to a retarded AIDs infested prostitute. - Lee - 7/11/2003 5:17:22 AM
  - Lee captures ebnelson's title!!!!!! - Publius - 7/12/2003 8:37:52 PM
  - Go to the back of the class, Lee - Lindy - 7/11/2003 6:57:59 PM
  - Damn, Lee, did some black guy steal your girlfriend? - Matt Burley - 7/11/2003 4:49:49 PM
  - Geez, Lee, that's a long way off the edge even for you - Tom Brosz - 7/11/2003 6:04:17 AM
    - It just struck me the wrong way. - Lee - 7/11/2003 6:22:50 AM
      - Man, you are one twisted F*ck - Buck Galaxy - 7/12/2003 4:07:19 PM
      - Decided to wave your racism in the air again today, eh Lee? - Davin L. - 7/11/2003 6:15:12 PM
      - re: It just struck me the wrong way. - Tom Brosz - 7/11/2003 9:56:58 AM
        
        re: getting struck....... - Publius - 7/12/2003 8:45:24 PM
        
        what comes around goes around - p - 7/11/2003 12:26:09 PM
        
        legislating behaviour - McFly - 7/11/2003 5:09:21 PM
        
        re: legislating behaviour - p - 7/11/2003 5:34:07 PM
        
        re: legislating behaviour - McFly - 7/11/2003 5:57:44 PM
        
        re: legislating behaviour - phil - 7/11/2003 7:29:42 PM
- Just a bunch of bitter leftists spouting off - Tom Brosz - 7/11/2003 1:09:40 AM
- well then, I'll defer to your greater knowlege here (n/t) - p - 7/10/2003 8:48:33 PM
  - C'mon Phil...save it for the BBC - who do fit the remark. (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/10/2003 11:38:37 PM

British intelligence insists there was Iraqi attempt to secure uranium from Africa - Tom Brosz - 7/13/2003 2:30:54 AM
- This episode brings up a very obvious issue, and problem - Matt Burley - 7/13/2003 2:53:22 AM

DEBKAfile on the regrouping of the Baathists - Tom Brosz - 7/13/2003 1:34:31 AM

Bush passes the buck - Davin L. - 7/11/2003 8:42:57 PM
- the view from behind the Bush....... - Publius - 7/12/2003 1:59:29 PM
  - re: the view from behind the Bush....... - Tom Brosz - 7/12/2003 6:07:49 PM
    - re: the view from behind the Bush....... - Publius - 7/12/2003 8:03:51 PM
      - Cute. Not a decent argument, but cute. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/13/2003 12:06:03 AM
        
        See also: - Tom Brosz - 7/13/2003 12:07:47 AM
- And yet another view - Tom Brosz - 7/11/2003 10:48:32 PM
  - re: And yet another view - Davin L. - 7/12/2003 5:32:53 AM
    - Hey, you didn't come up with anything either. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/12/2003 6:28:19 AM
      - Of course he didn't - Larry J - 7/12/2003 4:33:46 PM
  - This guys sees the problems...... - Lindy - 7/12/2003 4:54:09 AM
  - re:Pretexts - Raoul - 7/11/2003 11:47:18 PM
- Another view on the subject - Tom Brosz - 7/11/2003 10:00:28 PM
  - OOOh! the NRO has something to soay!!! Shhh! Lets all listen! - Davin L. - 7/12/2003 5:35:03 AM
    - A concise response, well-written, and addresses each point superbly. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/12/2003 6:29:50 AM
      - Dang. Now you're throwing the jabs around well. ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/12/2003 8:52:48 PM
- Ah, those unnamed sources again... - Tom Brosz - 7/11/2003 9:57:15 PM
  - Oh, well, its all true: You see- we have found the WMD in Iraq - Davin L - 7/12/2003 5:39:42 AM
  - What's all this brouhahah about ONE line? - Lindy - 7/12/2003 4:38:48 AM
    - And what was that one line, Lindy? - Larry J - 7/12/2003 4:29:04 PM
    - And what was that one line, Lindy? - Larry J - 7/12/2003 4:27:56 PM
      - re: And what was that one line, Lindy? - Lindy - 7/12/2003 4:46:00 PM
        
        What is the scandal? - Larry J - 7/12/2003 4:50:33 PM
        
        re: What is the scandal? - Lindy - 7/12/2003 5:03:06 PM
        
        What did Bush actually say, Lindy? - Larry J - 7/12/2003 5:36:03 PM
    - No one died - Tom Brosz - 7/12/2003 6:53:54 AM
    - Defenseless - Tom Brosz - 7/12/2003 6:41:16 AM

CIA report on Iraq's WMD from October 2002 - Tom Brosz - 7/12/2003 6:43:54 PM

Fantastic crop formation in England. - Jack Herer - 7/10/2003 11:59:06 AM
- Crap Circles, UFOs and the like belong on the Paranoid Idiots's Bulletin Board at www.idiots.org (n/t) - David F Mayer - 7/11/2003 2:54:19 PM
- Who cares. Get a life. Don't bother posting this crap here. (n/t) - Scott Evil - 7/10/2003 4:39:46 PM
  - Hoaxers are getting better - Lindy - 7/10/2003 7:59:00 PM
    - The Crap Circles Phenomenon shows how gullible some fools can be (n/t) - David F Mayer - 7/11/2003 2:55:58 PM
      - evidence--or lack thereof--and gulibility - McFly - 7/11/2003 5:18:45 PM
        
        Lindy, Davin, Tony and Splinx will lead you into the light. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/12/2003 3:23:24 PM
        
        Huh? - Lindy - 7/12/2003 4:57:06 PM
        
        Hmmmm. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/12/2003 6:38:35 PM
        
        Couldn't let that go without a Bravo! - Tony - 7/11/2003 6:30:07 PM
      - Gullible? - Lindy - 7/11/2003 3:22:56 PM
        
        re: Reasonable - Tom Brosz - 7/11/2003 5:23:32 PM
        
        re: Brownies and car keys - Fox - 7/11/2003 8:23:29 PM
        
        What about Occam's Eraser: all things being equal, even the simplest explanation has problems with it. :-) (n/t) - McFly - 7/11/2003 5:27:40 PM
    - a much easier test - SDG - 7/10/2003 10:35:35 PM
      - Genuine? - Lindy - 7/11/2003 2:43:32 AM
        
        re: Genuine? - Tom Brosz - 7/11/2003 3:41:58 AM
        
        Nice Try - Lindy - 7/11/2003 4:30:57 AM
        
        Woops! - Lindy - 7/11/2003 4:40:20 AM
        
        Woops! - Lindy - 7/11/2003 4:39:48 AM
  - My once per quarter agreement with Scott - Tony - 7/10/2003 7:51:13 PM
    - Mine, too (n/t) - Fox - 7/10/2003 10:22:37 PM
  - Can't help noticing you sound a bit frightened. (n/t) - Jack Herer - 7/10/2003 6:02:09 PM
    - Yes. - Scott Evil - 7/10/2003 6:17:02 PM
- re: Fantastic crop formation in England. - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/10/2003 2:17:30 PM

Africa...Continent of Conservative Values - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/12/2003 2:57:40 PM

Death of a dirty fighter - Greg - 7/12/2003 4:28:01 AM

This precedent frightens me. Anyone else? - Tom Brosz - 7/11/2003 11:01:09 PM
- re: This precedent frightens me. Anyone else? - gbaikie - 7/12/2003 1:08:09 AM
- NPR broadcast a story about the budget impasse in Nevada yesterday. - Mary Anne - 7/12/2003 1:02:02 AM
  - Figured it was a lot more complicated than it appeared. Thanks! - Tom Brosz - 7/12/2003 1:43:37 AM

U.S.S. Ronald Reagan to be commissioned tomorrow - Tom Brosz - 7/11/2003 11:37:41 PM
- re: U.S.S. Ronald Reagan to be commissioned tomorrow - SDG - 7/12/2003 12:05:45 AM

Crickets chirping, cont. - Tom Brosz - 7/10/2003 4:29:41 AM
- And here's why... - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/10/2003 4:22:30 PM
  - I guess absolute monarchies and right-wing dictatorships don't count as totalitarian regimes in your world - Mary Anne - 7/10/2003 6:42:57 PM
    - Yes...here's why and a MUST READ recommendation for all HZers! - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/11/2003 12:12:40 AM
  - How many nations that have had totalitarian governments become socialistic after throwing the yoke? - Tony - 7/10/2003 6:35:20 PM
  - No its not that deep. Those Groups just hate the USA and everything it stands for. - Scott Evil - 7/10/2003 4:49:08 PM
    - re: not that deep. - Fox - 7/10/2003 11:07:49 PM
      - Talk is cheap. - Tom Brosz - 7/11/2003 3:29:05 AM
        
        "To give it due credit, like People for the American Way, it is not anti-American." - Fox - 7/11/2003 8:18:07 PM
        
        Definitions - Tom Brosz - 7/11/2003 10:21:01 PM
        
        re: Gee, it looks like crop circles to me.... ;) (n/t) - Mary Anne - 7/11/2003 10:47:02 PM
        
        Wow. Hadn't noticed that. You may be on to something there... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/11/2003 10:53:15 PM

Asking the weasels for help? - Raoul - 7/11/2003 3:18:30 PM
- re: Asking the weasels for help? - p - 7/11/2003 4:48:38 PM

Does Bush fear 911 probe? - Splinx - 7/11/2003 3:56:32 PM

Hah! I NAILED it, dammit! - Tom Brosz - 7/10/2003 3:42:24 AM
- New policy at Capitol Hill Blue - Tom Brosz - 7/11/2003 5:44:00 AM
- I'd like to hear more details - alcaray - 7/10/2003 8:40:00 PM
  - You and a lot of other people - Tom Brosz - 7/11/2003 3:55:58 AM
    - False story makes it as far as CNN - Tom Brosz - 7/11/2003 4:06:29 AM
- re: dammit! - Tom Brosz - 7/10/2003 7:33:42 AM

Why do the Democrats keep saying the Republicans are holding up the 9/11 investigation? - Scott Evil - 7/10/2003 4:38:14 PM
- Here's why - Fox - 7/10/2003 5:29:24 PM
  - Quote speaks for itself - Tom Brosz - 7/11/2003 1:17:21 AM
    - re: Quote speaks for itself - Fox - 7/11/2003 2:13:11 AM
  - re: "Seven months - that's a significant delay. The fact that the delay is almost over does not negate its duration, nor its cause." - Scott Evil - 7/10/2003 6:04:38 PM
    - No Scott........ - Lindy - 7/11/2003 4:20:24 AM
    - Ask a simple question... - Fox - 7/10/2003 10:19:28 PM

This just in... - Tom Brosz - 7/9/2003 8:40:41 PM
- Be real interesting if he can explain - Tony - 7/9/2003 8:51:54 PM
  - Given Atta wasn't constantly being watched... - Scott Evil - 7/10/2003 5:26:17 PM
    - re: The date in question . . . - D. Spires - 7/11/2003 3:02:23 AM
  - re: Be real interesting if he can explain - Tony - 7/9/2003 9:16:22 PM
    - re: The ability to be in two places at once . . . - D. Spires - 7/9/2003 10:02:06 PM
      - re: Timeline reference . . . - D. Spires - 7/9/2003 10:07:43 PM

BTW, Hong Kong is also fighting for its freedom - Tom Brosz - 7/9/2003 7:12:22 AM
- What this one? - Tony - 7/9/2003 3:22:44 PM
- Absurd - Davin L. - 7/9/2003 2:39:46 PM
  - Clarification - Tom Brosz - 7/9/2003 6:41:08 PM
    - re: Clarification - Davin L. - 7/9/2003 6:52:12 PM
      - P.S. - Tom Brosz - 7/9/2003 7:44:47 PM
      - re: Clarification - Tom Brosz - 7/9/2003 7:41:58 PM
        
        Experience and Ractionaries - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/10/2003 2:36:02 PM
        
        Ah, thank god the Sage Elder Statesman is here to advance the discussion. Our Moral Compass would be haywire but for your advanced and subtle and oh-so-deep understanding of these manifold issues. (n/t) - Davin L. - 7/10/2003 9:05:49 PM
        
        Bye Jove, I think he's got it! Now that is a well done jab! Congrats! ;-) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 7/11/2003 2:29:30 AM

Tales of private Lynch - Raoul - 7/10/2003 8:35:40 PM
- The BBC RETRACTED their bogus story - phil - 7/10/2003 9:13:12 PM
  - re: Do you get the BBC? - Raoul - 7/10/2003 9:24:32 PM
  - re: Do you get the BBC? - Raoul - 7/10/2003 9:24:12 PM
    - re: Do you get the BBC? - p - 7/10/2003 10:09:47 PM

Axis of Weasels to (hold your hats Dems) CUT TAXES! - phil - 7/10/2003 9:44:45 PM

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