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Since you asked - Splinx - 7/10/2003 5:19:34 PM
- U.S. report on 9/11 to be explosive says Former Rep. Tim Roemer - Jack Herer - 7/10/2003 5:52:29 PM
- That's all well and good, but those Federal Departments are ran by people who are Republican, Democrat, and "Other" - Scott Evil - 7/10/2003 5:32:35 PM
  - Would somebody please beam "Scotty" outta here? - Lindy - 7/10/2003 7:32:18 PM
  - True - Splinx - 7/10/2003 6:11:37 PM

Making the desert bloom, or, will Israel cling to its Zionist heart and lose its humanist soul? - Mary Anne - 7/9/2003 10:50:11 PM
- Typical stupidity. - David F Mayer - 7/10/2003 4:32:10 AM
  - Irrigation - Tom Brosz - 7/10/2003 5:01:13 AM
    - Drip irrigation has been grossly oversold. - David F Mayer - 7/10/2003 5:23:22 AM
      - Please tell us your friend's method... - Scott Evil - 7/10/2003 5:13:41 PM
- Nice link, thanks - alcaray - 7/9/2003 11:39:16 PM

Satellite transmissions into Iran being jammed - Tom Brosz - 7/10/2003 4:45:20 AM
- That article tells us something else too: Hezbolla really is attacking Isreali settlements - Scott Evil - 7/10/2003 5:08:22 PM
- And so it starts. Skynet..............;-) (n/t) - Tony - 7/10/2003 1:07:13 PM
- Totalitarians can not tolerate differences in opinion. - David F Mayer - 7/10/2003 5:16:31 AM
  - re: Totalitarians can not tolerate differences in opinion. - gbaikie - 7/10/2003 5:56:51 AM
    - Not that easy - Tom Brosz - 7/10/2003 6:41:52 AM

Extreme weather prompts unprecedented global warming alert! - Jason - 7/5/2003 12:18:30 PM
- Yes, why just the other day it was very hot here... - Scott Evil - 7/10/2003 2:17:51 PM
- The weather may not be predictable, but annual false claims about the weather are - ebnelson - 7/5/2003 1:55:15 PM
  - Yeap The Annual Denials That Anything Has Changed Continuebout the weather are - Mark Eby - 7/5/2003 6:03:42 PM
    - We Can't afford to spend billions on global warming. Impactors are inbound. - E.A.P. Gobpdon - 7/10/2003 2:22:10 PM
    - Fluctuations and change - ebnelson - 7/6/2003 1:10:03 PM
      - Don't Think So - Mark Eby - 7/6/2003 3:47:47 PM
        
        The system has been in disequilibrium forever - ebnelson - 7/6/2003 4:40:10 PM
        
        RE: The system has been in disequilibrium forever - Mark Eby - 7/6/2003 8:39:52 PM
        
        "The climate was stable for thousands of years"? - ebnelson - 7/6/2003 10:27:22 PM
        
        The Data - Mark Eby - 7/6/2003 11:53:01 PM
        
        So from the mini-iceage until the beginnings of the Heavy Industrial Age - ebnelson - 7/7/2003 3:51:09 AM
        
        re: So from the mini-iceage until the beginnings of the Heavy Industrial Age - Mark Eby - 7/9/2003 1:39:19 AM
        
        Please rank these greenhouse gasses - ebnelson - 7/9/2003 2:17:00 AM
        
        Pretty Much Irrelevant - Mark Eby - 7/10/2003 12:37:46 AM
        
        Another Correction - Mark Eby - 7/7/2003 1:43:25 AM
        
        Bad Day Getting Links Right - Mark Eby - 7/7/2003 1:34:55 AM
        
        Thabnks. I have been known to mess up a few links and typos myself. (n/t) - ebnelson - 7/7/2003 3:52:37 AM
        
        And one other point - ebnelson - 7/6/2003 10:30:30 PM
        
        re: And one other point - Mark Eby - 7/6/2003 11:58:28 PM
    - Isn't this similar to the Chem Plants - FrankC - 7/6/2003 2:24:36 AM
      - Nope. You Can't Solve A Problem You Deny - Mark Eby - 7/6/2003 7:06:42 AM
- re: Extreme weather prompts unprecedented global warming alert! - phil - 7/5/2003 12:43:12 PM
  - Uh Guys - Mark Eby - 7/7/2003 12:06:43 AM
  - Two points - ebnelson - 7/6/2003 10:35:19 PM

White House admits factual error in State of the Union address - Splinx - 7/8/2003 8:17:09 PM
- re: White House admits factual error - Tom Brosz - 7/9/2003 3:39:40 AM
  - Now that's funny - Scott Evil - 7/9/2003 4:06:29 AM
  - Now that's funny - Scott Evil - 7/9/2003 4:06:12 AM
- The BBC is not holding back. - Joe - 7/9/2003 3:10:44 AM
  - Its sounding like the Uranium claim was known to be bogus before the speech - Scott Evil - 7/9/2003 3:50:44 AM
    - re: Its sounding like the Uranium claim was known to be bogus before the speech - Davin L. - 7/9/2003 2:42:44 PM
  - Bush went ahead and used it anyway...... - Lindy - 7/9/2003 3:46:22 AM
    - Looking for Mr. Wilkinson - Tom Brosz - 7/9/2003 6:53:14 AM
      - Looking for Mr. Wilkinson RETRACTION - Lindy - 7/10/2003 6:04:30 AM
        
        re: Looking for Mr. Wilkinson RETRACTION - Tom Brosz - 7/10/2003 6:52:08 AM
      - Mr. Wilkinson is a CIA Advisor to the President - Lindy - 7/9/2003 4:23:38 PM
        
        re: Mr. Wilkinson is a CIA Advisor to the President - gbaikie - 7/10/2003 3:12:01 AM
        
        re: Mr. Wilkinson is a CIA Advisor to the President - Tom Brosz - 7/9/2003 7:49:02 PM
        
        I would guess.. - alcaray - 7/9/2003 11:23:24 PM
    - Well you can dream can't you - Scott Evil - 7/9/2003 3:58:55 AM
      - Scott, you're a knucklehead - Lindy - 7/9/2003 4:14:55 PM
- Something that there is insufficient time left in the universe for you to do (n/t) - p - 7/8/2003 8:19:00 PM

A report on the Iranian protests in the U.S. - Tom Brosz - 7/10/2003 3:54:30 AM
- Noticably absent - Tom Brosz - 7/10/2003 4:03:47 AM

9/11 Panel: U.S. Hindering Probe - Splinx - 7/9/2003 3:52:28 PM
- I thought the New York Times would have investigated this... - Scott Evil - 7/9/2003 8:45:40 PM
- You sure you really want a 9/11 probe? - REB - 7/9/2003 4:37:36 PM
  - re: You sure you really want a 9/11 probe? - Fox - 7/9/2003 6:14:56 PM
    - re: You sure you really want a 9/11 probe? - REB - 7/9/2003 7:37:37 PM
    - Oh, come on. - Tom Brosz - 7/9/2003 6:27:24 PM
      - re: Oh, come on. - Fox - 7/10/2003 3:09:46 AM
      - That's no excuse for sticking our heads in the sand (n/t) - Robert - 7/9/2003 6:36:14 PM
        
        Besides - Robert - 7/9/2003 6:38:49 PM
        
        re: Besides - Tom Brosz - 7/9/2003 6:47:02 PM
        
        But have justified faith - Davin L. - 7/9/2003 6:57:14 PM
        
        Mildly rude post - alcaray - 7/9/2003 9:08:17 PM
        
        re: Mildly rude post - Davin L. - 7/9/2003 9:59:05 PM
        
        re: But have justified faith - gbaikie - 7/9/2003 8:10:03 PM
  - In my naivete I like to think that the probe is not partisan - alcaray - 7/9/2003 6:00:05 PM
    - re: In my naivete I like to think that the probe is not partisan - REB - 7/9/2003 6:26:28 PM
  - What rational person wouldn't? CHECK THIS OUT - Lindy - 7/9/2003 5:32:12 PM
    - "Oh, you don't hear about it, but WE do." That's because you refuse to wear your tinfoil hats like the rest of us do. ;) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/9/2003 6:21:15 PM
      - All you need is a pair of glasses and a cup of coffee - Lindy - 7/9/2003 6:43:59 PM
        
        Two cups of coffee - Tom Brosz - 7/9/2003 7:17:29 PM
    - I for one, but then I am a rational person (n/t) - p - 7/9/2003 5:42:43 PM

No Arabs on Flight 77? - Splinx - 7/8/2003 4:40:01 PM
- A False choice - ebnelson - 7/8/2003 11:50:06 PM
- Yeti hunt - Davin L. - 7/8/2003 5:15:34 PM
  - Blind Cardinal Disease - Splinx - 7/8/2003 6:02:55 PM
    - re: Blind Cardinal Disease - Davin L. - 7/8/2003 9:57:14 PM
      - Shut up? - Splinx - 7/9/2003 3:32:52 PM
        
        Yes, please do so if you can't provide corroboration for your claims. - Davin L. - 7/9/2003 3:57:14 PM
        
        circular arguments - Splinx - 7/9/2003 5:12:45 PM
        
        Oh, and BTW, aside from niggling over typos, you never provided any of the evidence or documentation I requestsd for your claims. This means you have none? (n/t) - Davin L. - 7/9/2003 6:36:01 PM
        
        So you are down to arguing typos with me? - Davin L. - 7/9/2003 6:34:41 PM
        
        Speaking from long experience - Tom Brosz - 7/9/2003 8:20:22 PM
    - re: Disease - Tom Brosz - 7/8/2003 6:37:32 PM
      - A rest, or the rest? - Splinx - 7/8/2003 7:56:33 PM
        
        If you care - alcaray - 7/9/2003 5:32:05 PM
        
        rest? What rest? A lie is a lie - Davin L. - 7/8/2003 9:58:57 PM
        
        re: A rest, or the rest? - Tom Brosz - 7/8/2003 8:38:01 PM
        
        my theory - p - 7/9/2003 12:29:57 PM
    - re: Blind Cardinal Disease - SDG - 7/8/2003 6:30:40 PM
      - W quote source - Splinx - 7/8/2003 8:03:04 PM
        
        re: W quote source - SDG - 7/8/2003 8:19:56 PM

Certainly not one of Bush administration's greatest achievments - Tom Brosz - 7/8/2003 8:11:53 PM
- another myth dies - Tony - 7/8/2003 8:32:40 PM
  - To switch myths on you - alcaray - 7/9/2003 4:20:23 PM
    - Neither a borrower nor a lender be - Tom Brosz - 7/9/2003 8:03:14 PM
  - Myth has been dead for quite some time... - Tom Brosz - 7/8/2003 8:53:18 PM
- re: Certainly not one of Bush administration's greatest achievments - p the cheap - 7/8/2003 8:17:46 PM

new email going around - Greg - 7/9/2003 2:23:58 AM
- re: new email going around - Cy - 7/9/2003 6:26:04 PM
- LOL! That's pretty good (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 7/9/2003 3:02:39 AM
- hahahaha (n/t) - Dr. Yeti L. - 7/9/2003 2:44:48 AM

Strange UK/UD divide over Iraq Uranium - Tony - 7/8/2003 4:43:13 PM
- re: Strange UK/UD divide over Iraq Uranium - REB - 7/9/2003 11:57:28 AM
  - We were promised repeatedly that conquering and occupying Iraq - alcaray - 7/9/2003 4:45:10 PM

Governor Arnold: Bring it on! - Tom Brosz - 7/8/2003 7:01:44 PM
- Many many years since I've seen Pumping Iron - alcaray - 7/9/2003 4:06:31 PM

a prediction (aka the McFly effect) - Davin L. - 7/8/2003 4:22:03 AM
- IF - ebnelson - 7/9/2003 12:52:15 AM
  - re: IF - Davin L. - 7/9/2003 2:30:52 AM
    - Why - ebnelson - 7/9/2003 3:27:57 AM
      - re: Why - Davin L. - 7/9/2003 3:01:06 PM
- re: Integrity over blind partisanship - Fox - 7/8/2003 5:56:09 PM
- Vote for Nader - Anne Leftleaner-Evil - 7/8/2003 2:49:46 PM
- re: a prediction (aka the McFly effect) - REB - 7/8/2003 11:48:01 AM

Talk about petty partisanship - Larry J - 7/9/2003 1:39:17 PM
- Romney - phil - 7/9/2003 2:13:36 PM

Nanotek for new organs - p - 7/9/2003 2:09:23 PM

Man awakes after 19 years in a coma - REB - 7/9/2003 11:40:56 AM
- I'm impressed with his family... - Larry J - 7/9/2003 1:34:02 PM

Iranian support day tomorrow - Tom Brosz - 7/9/2003 7:08:48 AM

They're also being difficult with the investigators. This admin has a life of it's own. - Joe - 7/9/2003 2:09:27 AM
- re: They're also being difficult with the investigators. - Tom Brosz - 7/9/2003 3:07:14 AM

Washington Post: "Dissertation Could Be Security Threat" - Larry J - 7/8/2003 8:25:24 PM
- Phonecops are real - Scot Evil - 7/9/2003 2:59:29 AM

being a 'Bush Hater' and my position on Liberia - Davin L. - 7/7/2003 10:37:39 PM
- So how is this misconstrued? - FrankC - 7/8/2003 12:46:22 AM
  - For Frank: - Davin L. - 7/8/2003 1:22:47 AM
    - Here's how gullible I am - FrankC - 7/8/2003 2:34:45 AM
      - Frank: youre the last fellow I would call gullible - Davin L. - 7/8/2003 3:28:11 AM
        
        Pragmatism - FrankC - 7/8/2003 4:46:39 AM
        
        Just another way of saying- I don't care. - Davin L. - 7/8/2003 10:13:22 PM
- re: For that other record . . . - D. Spires - 7/7/2003 11:51:18 PM
  - re: For that other record . . . - Davin L. - 7/8/2003 1:45:38 AM
    - re: And here is where fact meets truth . . . - D. Spires - 7/8/2003 2:59:29 AM
      - re: And here is where fact meets truth . . . - Davin L. - 7/8/2003 3:19:07 AM
        
        re: Odd . . . - D. Spires - 7/9/2003 1:20:44 AM
- For the record... - Tom Brosz - 7/7/2003 11:16:04 PM
  - BTW: Liberia - Davin L. - 7/8/2003 1:42:44 AM
    - World Cop?......I got nothing. - Tom Brosz - 7/8/2003 4:43:44 AM
      - re: World Cop?......I got nothing. - gbaikie - 7/8/2003 6:40:19 AM
  - re: For the record... - Davin L. - 7/7/2003 11:24:01 PM
    - re: For the record... - Tom Brosz - 7/8/2003 12:02:49 AM
      - Funny how my knee always seems more jerky here than any other place :-) (n/t) - Tony - 7/8/2003 2:43:42 AM
        
        Tony: Try a moisterizing cream and some sofetning rubs. Dr. Yeti tells me it will take the jerkyness out of any knee.. (n/t) - Dr. Yeti L - 7/8/2003 3:41:05 AM

Quick, without looking it up - Tony - 7/8/2003 7:40:08 PM
- The recall effort is pure democracy in action - Larry J - 7/8/2003 8:39:23 PM
- re: Quick, without looking it up - Tom Brosz - 7/8/2003 8:08:07 PM
- re: Quick, without looking it up - phil - 7/8/2003 7:48:51 PM
- I know I know, hit post instead of reply (to Tom below)......... (n/t) - Tony - 7/8/2003 7:41:49 PM

Kerrys wrestle with Cape Wind environmental issue - p - 7/8/2003 6:20:09 PM
- re: Kerrys wrestle with Cape Wind environmental issue - Tom Brosz - 7/8/2003 6:44:06 PM

Andrew Johnson - SDG - 7/7/2003 11:40:58 PM
- Googled for you - Fox - 7/8/2003 5:22:48 PM
- oops, my bad - SDG - 7/7/2003 11:43:45 PM

Insight into Ahnuld's philosophy as it may apply to the CA gov recall - phil - 7/8/2003 3:48:54 PM

Blair cleared of charges of misleading his country on Iraq - Tom Brosz - 7/7/2003 6:29:54 PM
- Satisfies me....NEXT (n/t) - FrankC - 7/8/2003 1:41:20 AM
- Um, yes... - Davin L. - 7/7/2003 9:31:21 PM
  - Yes - Tom Brosz - 7/7/2003 10:27:31 PM
    - Okay, tom - Davin L. - 7/7/2003 10:41:35 PM
      - re: Okay, tom - Tom Brosz - 7/7/2003 11:34:24 PM
- 'This will satisfy nobody' - Robert - 7/7/2003 9:27:35 PM
  - re: 'This will satisfy nobody' - gbaikie - 7/8/2003 1:00:46 AM
  - re: 'This will satisfy nobody' - Raoul - 7/7/2003 9:44:02 PM
    - Definitely - Robert - 7/7/2003 10:07:24 PM
      - LOL! - Tom Brosz - 7/7/2003 10:41:07 PM
        
        re: LOL! - Robert - 7/8/2003 3:18:39 PM

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