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Dammit, I thought of this first... - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2003 6:18:35 PM
- stake your claim, Tom! - pwokenyaw - 5/16/2003 6:56:14 PM
  - that IS friggin' hilarious! n/t (n/t) - p who enjoys fun @ others' expense - 5/16/2003 8:26:10 AM
    - all in good fun - pwokenyaw - 5/16/2003 9:42:16 AM
- Re: Or maybe... - Scott - 5/16/2003 6:39:16 PM
- The problem with this idea.... - Gary - 5/16/2003 6:02:50 PM
- Could saddam and his family get a collective Darwin Award? - ebnelson - 5/16/2003 3:06:16 PM

Arafat: Israel Must Return to ‘67 Lines, Return for Refugees . . . - D. Spires - 5/15/2003 10:19:33 AM
- Having been marginalized... - Don - 5/15/2003 1:32:23 PM
- Re: Return for Refugees . . . - Tom Brosz - 5/15/2003 12:11:17 PM
- Same old stupid crap. Winners do NOT surrender territory to losers. That is NOT the way war works. Losers do NOT make demands of winners. These guys have been reading some fairy stories. - David F Mayer - 5/15/2003 10:31:11 AM
  - So now Iraq is the 51st state? n/t (n/t) - LJ - 5/15/2003 10:49:50 AM
    - Nope, that's Canada. Ø (n/t) - et - 5/15/2003 11:17:27 AM
      - Just wait - we'll clean up after the coming US melt-down and there will be 60 Cdn provinces! n/t (n/t) - LJ - 5/16/2003 6:28:48 PM
      - Re: Israel, instead; Iraq being the 52nd (n/t) (n/t) - Raoul - 5/15/2003 5:44:25 PM

Pulling forward a thread with RobVG +wager - Davin L. - 5/15/2003 2:21:35 PM
- No Nastiness - RobVG - 5/15/2003 5:38:28 PM
  - Well, then respectfully - Davin L. - 5/15/2003 8:25:59 AM
    - Keep refuting. - RobVG - 5/15/2003 10:38:27 AM
      - Oh, and 'bout that plane... How about a CIA station chief instead of a rocket scientist? - Davin L. - 5/15/2003 11:50:57 AM
        
        Could you tell me what a CIA "station chief " does? - RobVG - 5/15/2003 6:13:24 PM
        
        Okay, lets think this through as two rational beings... - Davin L. - 5/16/2003 2:11:22 PM
        
        I'm getting tired of playing 'twister' with you. - RobVG - 5/16/2003 3:27:59 PM
        
        Then don't play twister, I'm not... Youre just trying to twist out of a necessary conclusion... - Davin L. - 5/16/2003 3:57:39 PM
        
        You're right. - RobVG - 5/16/2003 4:36:14 PM
        
        fair enough - Davin L. - 5/16/2003 5:35:24 PM
      - Ansar al Islam tutorial for you as well.... (psst... you were lied to, RobVG) - Davin L. - 5/15/2003 11:05:04 AM
        
        We'll it's getting a little warm for the WMD chugging Yeti. - et - 5/15/2003 11:20:29 AM
        
        No, Ansar Al Islam arranged it that the aliens would abduct the Yeti - Davin L. - 5/15/2003 11:41:05 AM

Maggie Thatcher - Tom Brosz - 5/14/2003 5:40:01 PM
- More Maggie, just for Tom (Tony, hide your eyes) - Fox - 5/16/2003 1:57:14 PM
  - Thanks! Now here's a photo for the American liberals... - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2003 5:16:53 PM
  - Aaargh! A picture! My eyes, my eyes! - Tony - 5/16/2003 2:30:05 PM
- Hey, where was the warning that the post containd offensive material??? ;-) n/t (n/t) - Tony - 5/15/2003 1:52:19 PM
  - Ha! Managed to plug your ears in time, eh? (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/15/2003 11:56:49 AM

Lileks on "Newspapers" - great reading - p - 5/16/2003 4:07:58 PM
- Bias can take many forms - Larry J - 5/16/2003 5:00:46 PM

China Threatens Death in SARS Battle; Fear in Taiwan . . . - D. Spires - 5/15/2003 8:32:01 AM
- Re: SARS Battle - Fox - 5/16/2003 3:54:01 PM

Protection Equipment Demonstration: Something for Everyone . . . - D. Spires - 5/15/2003 9:22:59 AM
- Re: Something for Everyone . . . - Fox - 5/16/2003 3:35:22 PM

Bombings Show 'The War on Terrorism Goes On,' Rice Says . . . - D. Spires - 5/15/2003 9:24:36 AM
- Rice: "Just a reminder..." - Fox - 5/16/2003 3:25:36 PM

So Al Qaeda v2.0 is stretching its murderous claws - ebnelson - 5/16/2003 3:02:13 PM

Troubling Questions - Larry J - 5/16/2003 8:18:00 AM
- Re: Troubling Questions - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2003 2:21:02 PM

Religion of Peace update...Africer - p - 5/16/2003 8:39:26 AM
- Update of your Africa update: bombs go off in Casablanca. - Tom Brosz - 5/16/2003 1:58:12 PM
- Who's crazier, Al Queda fanatics or Westerners who decide on southern Algeria for vacation? - Matt Burley - 5/16/2003 12:50:46 PM

AIDS in Africa...not what we think. - Tom Brosz - 5/15/2003 12:06:26 PM
- Whatever the cause.... - R.L. - 5/15/2003 3:22:42 PM
  - the dreaded solution - p - 5/16/2003 12:31:59 PM

Susan Estrich: "Could someone please tell these people to shut up?" - Larry J - 5/16/2003 8:51:01 AM
- Re: Susan Estrich: - p - 5/16/2003 10:03:02 AM

Big fish gone - LJ - 5/16/2003 9:31:45 AM

Saddam certainly did not need WMD. - REB - 5/14/2003 3:11:32 PM
- Can we just blame the UN and the left for that one? - Scott - 5/14/2003 3:57:40 PM
  - Bush Sr. should had told the UN to stuff it, like his son did. - REB - 5/14/2003 4:39:59 PM
    - Re: Bush Sr. should had told the UN to stuff it, like his son did. - Tony - 5/14/2003 4:51:20 PM
      - Re: Bush Sr. should had told the UN to stuff it, like his son did. - REB - 5/14/2003 4:57:01 PM
        
        Re: Bush Sr. should had told the UN to stuff it, like his son did. - gbaikie - 5/14/2003 6:14:38 PM
  - A lot of blame to go around for abandoning Iraq in 1991 - Tom Brosz - 5/14/2003 4:24:49 PM
    - Who paid the price? - LJ - 5/15/2003 4:30:02 PM
      - So, let me get this straight... - Tom Brosz - 5/15/2003 2:32:23 PM
        
        Re: So, let me get this straight... - gbaikie - 5/16/2003 8:26:32 AM
  - Cool Republican mythology! Is it coming out on DVD? - alcaray - 5/14/2003 4:20:28 PM
    - Questions - Larry J - 5/14/2003 6:22:14 PM
      - Re: Questions - gbaikie - 5/14/2003 6:34:31 PM
      - Too easy, my friend - alcaray - 5/14/2003 8:36:26 AM
        
        If the questions were so easy, why didn't you answer them? nt (n/t) - Larry J - 5/15/2003 1:29:24 PM
        
        I was trying to answer Scott's assertions. Was yours a new topic? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 5/15/2003 4:27:40 PM
        
        Lost? Didn't even know the topic? n/t - gbaikie - 5/15/2003 4:56:35 PM
        
        Knew Scott's. Larry's threw me. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 5/15/2003 9:57:19 AM
    - The dnc leadership was against the war - ebnelson - 5/14/2003 2:44:33 PM
  - Schwarzkopf is to blame for a good part of it. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/14/2003 10:32:28 AM

Salam Pax - Tom Brosz - 5/14/2003 4:38:01 PM
- The Canadian link is very interesting - ebnelson - 5/15/2003 7:51:51 PM
- I think their paranoia is positively *epic*... n/t - Nathan Koren - 5/15/2003 8:58:14 AM

Is this a blessing in disguise for the UK? - ebnelson - 5/15/2003 7:38:02 PM

Robert Stack Dies at 84 . . . - D. Spires - 5/15/2003 7:01:59 PM
- Whoa! And I thought he was untouchable - p - 5/15/2003 7:14:18 PM
  - LOL - FrankC - 5/15/2003 8:32:42 AM

D. Spires shoots for HZ consecutive posts record... - LJ - 5/14/2003 9:58:28 AM
- Re: Just sharing my daily reading material . . . - D. Spires - 5/14/2003 9:59:58 AM
  - What library were you posting from ? New lease and digs, right ? n/t - €sunblok€ - 5/15/2003 8:16:33 AM
    - Re: My son's PC, or the Columbus Metropolitan . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 5/15/2003 7:08:51 PM
  - Re: Just sharing my daily reading material . . . - ebnelson - 5/14/2003 2:55:57 PM
    - Re: Just sharing my daily reading material . . . - Hans - 5/14/2003 5:51:21 PM
      - Re: It's fun to pump . . . ;^) - D. Spires - 5/15/2003 7:12:27 PM
    - Re: Touch-n-go, Ed . . . - D. Spires - 5/14/2003 3:22:31 PM
  - It's been missed, too. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/14/2003 12:24:14 PM
  - I know - and your posts are appreciated - thanks! n/t (n/t) - LJ - 5/14/2003 10:31:18 AM

Six Iraqi Children Killed Playing with Bomb . . . - D. Spires - 5/14/2003 8:24:29 AM
- Don't play with bombs, bombs are bad Mkay. (n/t) - Lee - 5/15/2003 5:58:33 PM
- Re: And it's going to continue - Raoul - 5/14/2003 9:40:35 AM
  - To call unexploded ordinance like that WMDs - ebnelson - 5/14/2003 2:08:03 PM
    - Re: WMD - Raoul - 5/14/2003 5:37:36 PM
      - Re: If you count individuals as being a mass of flesh, okay . . . - D. Spires - 5/15/2003 7:06:14 PM
      - Then you are defining the term into uselessness. - ebnelson - 5/15/2003 3:54:44 PM
  - Re: Cluster bombs are in Afghanistan . . . - D. Spires - 5/14/2003 9:46:08 AM
    - Re: Cluster bombs are also in Iraq - Tom Brosz - 5/14/2003 1:13:39 PM
      - Re: Didn't know that -- thanx, Tom . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 5/14/2003 3:25:05 PM
        
        Re: Didn't know that - Tom Brosz - 5/14/2003 3:59:43 PM

The EU in 50 years... - Raoul - 5/14/2003 5:39:48 PM
- Get ready to welcome Sharia - p - 5/14/2003 5:46:31 PM
  - Re: Mutual respect or antagonism - Raoul - 5/14/2003 6:56:09 PM
  - Not very bright, but as long as we realize where you're heading - Tony - 5/14/2003 6:10:57 PM
    - Re: Not very bright, but as long as we realize where you're heading - p - 5/14/2003 6:25:00 PM
      - A few possibilities - Tony - 5/14/2003 6:33:39 PM
        
        Hasn't Enoch Powell been proven right? - Lee - 5/14/2003 7:29:01 PM
        
        Where are the Rivers of Blood? n/t (n/t) - Tony - 5/14/2003 7:49:09 PM
        
        Even the mighty Mississippi starts out as a small stream - Lee - 5/14/2003 10:01:02 AM
        
        man, you got problems... (n/t) - Davin L. - 5/15/2003 4:31:26 PM
- Re: The EU in 50 years... - REB - 5/14/2003 5:42:38 PM
  - Re: Well . . . - D. Spires - 5/14/2003 11:15:32 AM
- Re: Fails to take into account oil depletion - SM - 5/14/2003 5:04:25 PM
  - Enough with that picture already - Lee - 5/15/2003 6:05:47 PM
- Not a very rosy picture - Matt Burley - 5/14/2003 1:55:58 PM
- As the decline becomes pronounced, America will again benefit from European Immigration - ebnelson - 5/14/2003 12:25:57 PM
- Re: The EU in 50 years... - Tom Brosz - 5/14/2003 8:17:17 AM
  - Re: balance - Raoul - 5/14/2003 9:45:42 AM

Inside Baghdad - LJ - 5/15/2003 5:57:13 PM

Green infested Europe restricting biotek - phil - 5/15/2003 3:33:36 PM
- Farm subsidy - Gary - 5/15/2003 4:00:25 PM
  - You have hit the nail on the head. Restriction of farm imports is the name of the game. Anti-biotech is just a ruse. - David F Mayer - 5/15/2003 4:16:40 PM
    - YEah, those EU governments force the media to refer to "Frankenstein foods" instead of GM.....n/t (n/t) - Tony - 5/15/2003 4:46:46 PM
      - "Frankenstein Foods" -- it's colorful. - David F Mayer - 5/15/2003 5:00:22 PM

Saudis, Americans Had Worked to Prevent Riyadh Attacks . . . - D. Spires - 5/14/2003 7:31:13 PM
- Another view on Saudi security - LJ - 5/15/2003 4:26:41 PM

18 Human Cargo Deaths in Texas . . . - D. Spires - 5/14/2003 9:41:10 AM
- Re: 18 Human Cargo Deaths in Texas . . . - Fox - 5/15/2003 4:12:11 PM

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