Current Events

News and events, local to international. A place to discuss politics, policy and the state of the world. Discussions may be lively, even heated. Try to avoid being the poster who forces an entire thread to be moved to Flame. Moderators do keep track of such things.

We need a name for this guy along the lines of Baghdad Bob - Tom Brosz - 5/5/2003 6:33:45 PM
- What do you expect from a country whose "Eternal President" is dead? (n/t) - David F Mayer - 5/5/2003 6:42:12 PM
- Yes, I like "Pyongyang Pete" - David F Mayer - 5/5/2003 6:39:02 PM
  - How about P"yin"yang - Lee - 5/5/2003 1:56:12 PM
- The French would say Pyongyang is nothing but $#!* in a silk stocking ! n/t - €sunblok€ - 5/5/2003 8:00:00 AM

One tough plane, and one good pilot - Larry J - 5/5/2003 3:03:27 PM
- Re: One tough plane, and one good pilot - Tom Brosz - 5/5/2003 5:01:13 PM
- Link not working? - RobVG - 5/5/2003 4:38:36 PM
  - Works for me, anyone else having problems? - Larry J - 5/5/2003 5:32:59 PM
    - Works for me, but was a little slow to load... (n/t) - Davin L. - 5/5/2003 6:07:18 PM
      - It loads a PowerPoint file... - Larry J - 5/5/2003 6:18:06 PM
- Someone said - R.L.\ - 5/5/2003 11:03:12 AM
  - Re: Someone said - Larry J - 5/5/2003 1:47:44 PM

Hospitals in Baghdad...update - Tom Brosz - 5/5/2003 5:58:10 PM

Where is the feared Iraqi arsenal? - Don - 5/2/2003 2:28:10 PM
- Re: Look not far from the narrow field allowed . . . - D. Spires - 5/2/2003 6:57:20 PM
  - Re: Look not far from the narrow field allowed . . . - REB - 5/2/2003 7:01:54 PM
    - Re: The evidense is trong enough . . . - D. Spires - 5/2/2003 7:12:42 PM
- Somebody has to answer this question for me: - Tom Brosz - 5/2/2003 4:14:38 PM
  - I've given you some possibilities... - alcaray - 5/2/2003 7:16:07 PM
    - That Don't Make Sense - Mark Eby - 5/2/2003 4:59:32 PM
      - Re: That Don't Make Sense - alcaray - 5/5/2003 5:18:48 PM
      - Egads, Daughter's Dumb but Cool Speach Rubbing Off On Me - Mark Eby - 5/2/2003 5:31:09 PM
  - Shooting fish in a barrel - Robert - 5/2/2003 5:12:30 PM
    - Re: Shooting fish in a barrel - Tom Brosz - 5/2/2003 5:35:29 PM
      - Re: Shooting fish in a barrel - Robert - 5/2/2003 5:46:42 PM
        
        oops, meant to be under Don's (nt) (n/t) - FrankC - 5/2/2003 6:56:50 PM
        
        Nobody cares but the DNC - franco - 5/2/2003 6:55:11 PM
        
        Then you better thank God for the DNC. A country without a conscience can get into all sorts of trouble. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 5/2/2003 7:19:04 PM
        
        Yeah, who cares about the government lying! Thank god nobody is getting a blowjob!!! - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 7:00:00 PM
        
        Re: Yeah, who cares about the government lying! Thank god nobody is getting a blowjob!!! - LJ - 5/2/2003 7:34:45 PM
        
        Thats what you think LJ!!! - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 7:56:43 PM
        
        Have you been talking to SDAI again, Davin?? n/t (n/t) - LJ - 5/2/2003 8:16:36 AM
        
        Attention: Robert - Fox - 5/2/2003 5:22:22 PM
        
        Roger that, Houston - Robert Shepherd - 5/3/2003 6:21:25 PM
        
        Houston, you still have a problem - Fox - 5/3/2003 6:33:24 PM
        
        This is getting old - Robert - 5/4/2003 3:20:57 PM
        
        Yeah, I dodn't really think of that word as obscene myself, but I'll watch it in the future, Mr. Jazz Policeman Sir ;-) (n/t) - Davin Miscreant L. - 5/3/2003 5:52:00 PM
        
        Re: Shooting fish in a barrel - Tom Brosz - 5/2/2003 9:27:31 AM
        
        Re: Shooting fish in a barrel - Robert - 5/2/2003 10:11:49 AM
        
        Re: Shooting fish in a barrel - gbaikie - 5/3/2003 10:02:39 AM
  - Easy: - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 4:33:53 PM
    - Re: Easy - Tom Brosz - 5/2/2003 5:07:17 PM
      - Re: Easy - REB - 5/2/2003 5:24:03 PM
        
        Maybe he pumped them through that pipeline into Syria. - Scott - 5/2/2003 6:42:24 PM
        
        Hahahahahha!!! - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 6:44:47 PM
        
        Actually thats why I asked are they oil soluable... - Scott - 5/2/2003 6:54:21 PM
        
        Re: Actually thats why I asked are they oil soluable... - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 7:02:44 PM
  - Re: Somebody has to answer - Raoul - 5/2/2003 10:05:57 AM
    - Re: Somebody has to answer - Mark Eby - 5/2/2003 5:09:45 PM
- You're beginning to sound like a broken record - Larry J - 5/2/2003 2:42:09 PM
  - Re: You're beginning to sound like a broken record - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 3:21:49 PM
    - Do keep in mind the meaning of "at most 20 sites per day" - Larry J - 5/2/2003 3:32:02 PM
      - Re: Do keep in mind the meaning of - REB - 5/2/2003 5:11:17 PM
      - Re: Do keep in mind the meaning of - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 3:36:59 PM
        
        LOFL!!! - et - 5/2/2003 5:01:25 PM
        
        See, there are No WMD because Yeti drank tem all, and no Yeti because they hid him in Syria. Its all a plot, I tell you! (n/t) - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 6:35:46 PM
    - Yeap. its a grand conspiracy. - Scott - 5/2/2003 3:29:04 PM
      - Scott, you are such an adolescent ;-) - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 3:33:21 PM
  - Re: You're beginning to sound like a broken record - REB - 5/2/2003 2:46:51 PM
    - Re: You're beginning to sound like broken reason - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 2:54:47 PM
      - Funny - REB - 5/2/2003 3:12:08 PM
        
        Re: Funny - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 3:28:04 PM
        
        Re: Funny - REB - 5/2/2003 3:34:25 PM
        
        Now THAT really is Funny - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 3:39:15 PM
        
        Re: Now THAT really is Funny - REB - 5/2/2003 4:47:32 PM
        
        Because it makes sense. - Scott - 5/2/2003 3:46:41 PM
        
        I just got dumber reading that post, congratulations Scott, your Loonie waves are 100% today - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 3:52:58 PM
        
        So easy to take a cheap shot at that Heading, but I won't - REB - 5/2/2003 5:00:54 PM
        
        My point exactly... - Scott - 5/2/2003 6:38:23 PM
        
        ummm, no, try again.... - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 6:41:46 PM
        
        I certainly don't believe anything you say. - Scott - 5/2/2003 6:59:35 PM
        
        ArfArf, Scott!!! say hello to Bowser while yer at it! (n/t) - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 7:03:58 PM
        
        Is she a Turkey Hunter? - Scott - 5/2/2003 7:06:55 PM
        
        Funny, I thought Bowser was a man! (nt) (n/t) - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 9:05:19 AM
        
        I Thought You Were Supposed To Be A Proffesor - Mark Eby - 5/2/2003 6:01:05 PM
        
        Where did you get that notion?? - Davin L. - 5/3/2003 6:00:31 PM
        
        That notion... - SDG - 5/5/2003 4:46:38 PM
        
        Clarification: For Mark, SDG and Tom - Davin L. - 5/5/2003 5:45:15 PM
        
        Thanks, that clears it up. N/T (n/t) - SDG - 5/5/2003 5:56:21 PM
        
        Re: That notion... - Tom Brosz - 5/5/2003 5:10:35 PM
        
        Hehehe, you just did! - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 6:27:12 PM
        
        The image of clinton ignoring national security so he could get Monica to blow him - ebnelson - 5/2/2003 3:06:46 PM
        
        Above censored due to complaint (n/t) (n/t) - Robert Shepherd, a moderator - 5/4/2003 3:10:18 PM
        
        Smooth, Robert ;-) - Fox - 5/4/2003 9:20:28 AM
        
        Re: Smooth, Robert ;-) - Robert - 5/4/2003 9:42:15 AM
        
        Attention: Robert - Fox - 5/2/2003 5:24:22 PM
  - You see, Don, the peasant girl drowned already, she WAS a witch! (n/t) - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 2:45:14 PM
    - What's the matter did the math take you dangerously close to election day? - Scott - 5/2/2003 3:19:35 PM
      - Scottstomps in circles with his fingers in his ears going: "LALALALALA" (n/t) - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 3:22:55 PM
        
        Love The Hibrow Sophisticated Debate Tactics N/T (n/t) - Mark Eby - 5/2/2003 5:15:46 PM
        
        Swoon! Mark, you got me!! I am done for now! The Philosophy police will come and haul me off forthwith! (n/t) - Davin L. - 5/3/2003 6:02:55 PM

De Soto on Iraq - Tom Brosz - 5/5/2003 4:54:47 PM

US threatens Canada over marijuana laws - LJ - 5/2/2003 6:18:35 PM
- US is privatizing prisons.......there is good money to have more "criminals" in jail..........marijuana makes up 40% of our criminal system - Also, why buy from the US market, when Canada's will be legal? - 5/2/2003 6:52:58 PM
  - Just to clarify - LJ - 5/2/2003 7:31:29 PM
    - thanks for the clarification - SDG - 5/2/2003 10:43:12 AM
  - legal in Canada, not the USA - SDG - 5/2/2003 7:10:50 PM
    - A couple of observations - Robert - 5/2/2003 7:26:06 PM
- Re: US threatens Canada... - Fox - 5/2/2003 3:23:45 PM
- Let's be honest... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/2/2003 9:30:23 AM
  - Where do you get your warped views about Canada? - LJ - 5/3/2003 6:09:20 PM
    - My warped Canadian friends? ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/3/2003 1:53:14 PM
    - Canadian economy - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2003 10:48:02 AM
      - Begins to look attractive, doesn't it? - Fox - 5/3/2003 6:56:33 PM
        
        But then, there's the weather :-) n/t (n/t) - Tony - 5/5/2003 4:37:18 PM
        
        Don't know how attractive it is... - Tom Brosz - 5/4/2003 7:23:32 PM
- Re: Marijuana laws - Tom Brosz - 5/2/2003 8:13:00 AM
  - Re: Marijuana laws - SDG - 5/2/2003 10:03:29 AM
    - Re: Marijuana laws - gbaikie - 5/2/2003 2:36:02 PM
    - Narrow escape from a slippery slope argument - pwokenyaw the Slippery Slope Avenger - 5/2/2003 12:09:42 PM

Bigger role for Special Activities Directorate - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/5/2003 4:23:32 PM

Preposterous. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/4/2003 7:13:33 PM
- Preposterous.......My Arse! - Lindy - 5/4/2003 7:57:26 PM
  - Re: Preposterous.......your Arse! - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/4/2003 10:21:59 AM
    - Age of the Great Reformation? - Lindy - 5/5/2003 3:07:12 PM

Helmets or berets - Raoul Lannoy - 5/5/2003 9:31:23 AM
- Helmets are a good idea - Justin Kelly - 5/5/2003 1:39:01 PM
  - How about a blinkin Bonnet - FrankC - 5/5/2003 3:05:01 PM
  - Didn't the 101st used to wear blue berets? - Larry J - 5/5/2003 1:52:46 PM
    - I googled it. . - Justin Kelly - 5/5/2003 2:12:43 PM
      - dating oneself - Justin Kelly - 5/5/2003 2:17:22 PM
        
        Yep, that dated my Army time pretty well - Larry J - 5/5/2003 2:24:03 PM
    - Re: Airborne = the maroon beret . . - D. Spires - 5/5/2003 2:06:34 PM
      - Yes and no - Larry J - 5/5/2003 2:19:40 PM
- Helmets - RNE - 5/5/2003 1:22:44 PM
- Re: Helmets . . . - D. Spires - 5/5/2003 1:04:18 PM

Interesting current MSNBC poll on Bush and the economy - LJ - 5/5/2003 11:27:40 AM
- Bush is still very high in the real polls - Matt Burley - 5/5/2003 2:56:08 PM
- There are polls and then there are polls - Don - 5/5/2003 12:29:33 PM
- Re: Interesting. Got a link? - Tom Brosz - 5/5/2003 11:41:03 AM

Interesting...2 new polls show Lieberman establishing a lead in the Dem 2004 race - Matt Burley - 5/3/2003 2:31:12 PM
- Oh Lordy, they're gonna lose :-( n/t (n/t) - Tony - 5/5/2003 1:56:32 PM
  - How so? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 5/5/2003 11:06:51 AM

A war hero - Raoul Lannoy - 5/5/2003 8:13:03 AM
- Great story! Thanks! (Hey Mary Anne! Check out the end!) (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/5/2003 9:37:17 AM
- as celebrated by the mainstream US press (can it be true?) n/t (n/t) - McFly - 5/5/2003 8:50:14 AM

Nucleus of Iraqi Leadership Almost Set . . . - D. Spires - 5/5/2003 8:38:59 AM

Iraq's 'Mrs. Anthrax' Taken Into U.S. Custody . . . - D. Spires - 5/5/2003 8:20:59 AM

In Search of WMDs - Don - 5/3/2003 9:07:33 AM
- Bush Says Weapons Will Be Found in Iraq . . . - D. Spires - 5/3/2003 2:02:37 PM
- Obsessed? (nt) (n/t) - FrankC - 5/3/2003 1:07:11 PM
  - Saddam was obsessed with WMD for 25 years - Matt Burley - 5/3/2003 1:31:45 PM
    - A political football - FrankC - 5/3/2003 2:03:20 PM
    - Something to keep in mind - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2003 1:37:21 PM
      - Ummmm... - Davin L. - 5/3/2003 6:07:51 PM
        
        Did we nuke Iraq? I must have missed that. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/4/2003 6:43:20 PM
        
        Oh well, then I suppose I should re-state - Davin L. - 5/4/2003 8:37:35 AM
        
        Re: No need to restate . . . - D. Spires - 5/5/2003 8:16:45 AM
        
        Re: Didn't mean to leave out Australia's 100% . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 5/5/2003 8:18:50 AM
- Re: In Search of WMDs - gbaikie - 5/3/2003 10:24:00 AM
  - Re: If . . . - D. Spires - 5/3/2003 11:12:18 AM
    - Re: If . . . - gbaikie - 5/3/2003 11:53:08 AM
      - Re: Logic varies . . . - D. Spires - 5/3/2003 12:40:01 PM

Taiwan getting SARS. What is happening in North Korea? - ebnelson - 5/2/2003 2:58:21 PM
- Re: Taiwan getting SARS. What is happening in North Korea? - LJ - 5/3/2003 7:13:14 PM
  - Re: Doubtful . . . - D. Spires - 5/3/2003 11:40:25 AM
    - I don't believe any of it. - David F Mayer - 5/3/2003 2:24:36 PM
      - Re: They don't believe any of it either . . . - D. Spires - 5/5/2003 8:04:56 AM
    - My guess is that the NK medical system is best at - ebnelson - 5/3/2003 12:43:02 PM

Its the economy stupid, redux - Don - 5/2/2003 2:04:23 PM
- No: Its the WMD, stupid. (n/t) - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 2:50:31 PM
  - Re: No: Its the Terrorist links, stupid. (n/t) - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 2:51:01 PM
    - Re: No: Its the Lies we were told to justify this war, stupid. (n/t) - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 2:51:33 PM
      - Keep going you got Bush on the ropes... - Scott - 5/2/2003 3:22:52 PM
        
        You got that right, Scotty Boy, and he did it all by his lonesome star... - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 3:41:39 PM
        
        Either way, the world is a safer and more peaceful place - Scott - 5/2/2003 3:50:12 PM
        
        heheheheheh... No, please don't stop! Keep going!! HahahahHAhahaha [snurk] [guffaw] (n/t) - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 3:55:57 PM
        
        Davin, no drinking during lunch. - REB - 5/2/2003 5:03:08 PM
        
        Nothing as sobering as the truth... - Davin L. - 5/2/2003 6:33:10 PM
        
        Re: Nothing as sobering as the truth... - REB - 5/2/2003 6:48:01 PM
- And, in related economic news - Robert - 5/2/2003 11:02:39 AM
  - could be good news for creditors and investors - SDG - 5/2/2003 11:09:56 AM
    - Re: could be good news for creditors and investors - Robert - 5/2/2003 11:24:21 AM
      - Certainly all that money would go to much better use in the hands of our glorious and incorruptible government... (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/4/2003 7:29:43 PM
        
        Yes, the same glorious and uncorruptable government you support as it leads us into war predicated on false claims. Why do you want it both ways, Tom? (n/t) - Davin L. - 5/4/2003 8:39:20 AM

Anti-"smacking" law in England for caretakers - Tom Brosz - 5/4/2003 7:00:43 PM
- The UN does NOTHING about the tens of millions of persons in slavery! - David F Mayer - 5/4/2003 1:01:14 PM

VDH: "Geriatric Teenagers" - Larry J - 5/4/2003 4:53:12 PM
- Re: VDH: - ebnelson - 5/4/2003 5:52:34 PM

THOMAS: Finding weapons is a matter of truth - Don - 5/4/2003 1:11:51 PM
- Your current monomania is premised on an odd assumption - ebnelson - 5/4/2003 2:58:04 PM
  - "Bush is bad?!?" - Don - 5/4/2003 3:05:29 PM
    - Check your pretenses at the door, Don - ebnelson - 5/4/2003 5:50:55 PM
      - Pretenses?!? - Don - 5/4/2003 8:17:34 AM
- AP: Pressure grows in the hunt for Iraqi weapons - Don - 5/4/2003 2:44:27 PM

And the search continues... - Tom Brosz - 5/4/2003 5:31:58 PM

U.S. - Iraqi relations in Baghdad - Tom Brosz - 5/4/2003 5:07:03 PM

As war ends, hunt for WMDs in Iraq goes on - Don - 5/2/2003 1:02:55 PM
- Sooner or later they will find them - Buck Galaxy - 5/3/2003 6:21:33 PM
  - Re: Sooner or later they will find them - LJ - 5/3/2003 7:07:53 PM
    - Re: Sooner or later they will find them - gbaikie - 5/4/2003 9:53:35 AM
    - Re: Sooner or later they will find them - Raoul Lannoy - 5/3/2003 10:40:11 AM
    - Do...or do not. - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2003 10:05:25 AM
  - Re: Sooner or later they will find them - ebnelson - 5/3/2003 12:39:33 PM
- You do seem to be getting a little overwrought, Don. - Tom Brosz - 5/2/2003 2:53:24 PM
  - Wasn't my stuff - Don - 5/3/2003 2:19:03 PM
    - CNN has dartboards of Bush on every wall too. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2003 10:06:35 AM
- Your hope dooms eternal, Don - ebnelson - 5/2/2003 2:13:50 PM
  - Hope springs eternal - Don - 5/2/2003 2:23:52 PM
    - Re: Hope springs eternal - McFly - 5/2/2003 5:21:19 PM
      - I would agree - Don - 5/3/2003 2:15:50 PM
        
        Re: I would agree - gbaikie - 5/4/2003 9:12:37 AM
    - No Don, you hope to redefine the war so you can declare defeat. - ebnelson - 5/2/2003 2:36:19 PM
      - How the He!! is re re-defining the war? This was about the clear and immediate threat Saddam posed to America with his WMD and terrorist links!? YOU are tryoing to re-define this war (n/t) - Davin L. - 5/3/2003 6:50:19 PM
        
        I never thought saddam was going to attack us tomorrow. - ebnelson - 5/4/2003 9:16:58 AM
        
        Re: I never thought saddam was going to attack us tomorrow. - Davin L. - 5/4/2003 3:59:22 PM
      - Declare defeat?!? - Don - 5/3/2003 2:13:05 PM
        
        The defeat you wish to declare - ebnelson - 5/3/2003 12:21:00 PM
- Jeez louise... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/2/2003 1:39:57 PM
  - Re: Jeez louise... - Don - 5/2/2003 2:02:36 PM
    - No Don - Mark Eby - 5/2/2003 4:54:33 PM
      - Mark - Don - 5/3/2003 2:28:02 PM
        
        OK - Mark Eby - 5/3/2003 2:57:08 PM
    - Redefinition by you. - ebnelson - 5/2/2003 2:39:35 PM
      - Re: Redefinition by you. - Don - 5/3/2003 2:32:37 PM

Condi looks pretty good in her gear too - Tom Brosz - 5/2/2003 9:53:18 AM
- If you like Ewoks :) n/t (n/t) - LJ - 5/3/2003 6:14:20 PM
  - Only a liberal could get away with a crack like that... - Tom Brosz - 5/3/2003 10:11:19 AM
    - Ewoks are cuter, and they don't toss dung:) n/t (n/t) - gbaikie - 5/4/2003 10:08:48 AM

I keep tellig Don and the other libs - FrankC - 5/2/2003 11:02:04 AM
- Politics aside... - RobVG - 5/3/2003 4:31:07 PM

« newer topics · page 757 of 1030 · older topics »

Recent posts

On this day in Current Events

Current Events