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Here's a shocker...Islamists behaving badly...again - p - 4/29/2003 12:31:57 PM
- No Religion or Group has a monopoly on Stupidity. There are fools in every denomination and creed. - David F Mayer - 4/29/2003 3:24:08 PM
  - No monopoly on stupidity - FrankC - 4/29/2003 5:33:16 PM
- And here's another shocker... Christians behaving badly...again - pwokenyaw - 4/29/2003 3:21:28 PM
  - Re: And here's another shocker... Christians behaving badly...again - p - 4/29/2003 5:15:34 PM
  - Christians, huh? Well, that certainly explains the Star of David painted on the wall - Tom Brosz - 4/29/2003 4:22:29 PM
    - I know. I think it was just an additional insult from the POV of the arsonists. n/t (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 4/29/2003 6:45:21 PM

Anthrax attack averted? - p - 4/29/2003 5:47:51 PM
- Re: Anthrax attack averted? - LJ - 4/29/2003 6:06:14 PM
- Re: Anthrax attack averted? - gbaikie - 4/29/2003 9:44:45 AM

Democratic governor wants to nationalize casinos to make money - Tom Brosz - 4/29/2003 5:40:54 PM
- Terms... - Tom Brosz - 4/29/2003 5:41:54 PM

Investor from the future - Buck Galaxy - 4/28/2003 5:03:08 PM
- Back to the future - FrankC - 4/28/2003 6:27:06 PM
- Suppose he invested in the 'Futures' market? (n/t) (n/t) - RobVG - 4/28/2003 5:47:17 PM
- Weekly World news - Buck Galaxy - 4/28/2003 5:43:20 PM
  - Well, If anyone was in doubt before...... - et - 4/28/2003 7:22:32 PM
    - Re: Well, If anyone was in doubt before...... - BG - 4/28/2003 7:29:52 PM
      - Looks like someone else just pulled into the lead. ;) (n/t) - et - 4/28/2003 9:06:04 AM
  - What a sheltered life you must lead :-) - Tony - 4/28/2003 6:07:24 PM
  - Weekly World news IS a tabloid rag. - David F Mayer - 4/28/2003 8:45:18 AM
- How come he didn't know he'd be busted? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 4/28/2003 5:30:41 PM
- Fascinating - FrankC - 4/28/2003 5:27:32 PM
- They should have him kill his great-grandfather and see if it alters the future... - Scott - 4/28/2003 5:25:25 PM
- Our Queda model time machine transports you back about 700 years or so! n/t (n/t) - Osama - 4/28/2003 3:44:18 PM
  - That's nothing - Tony - 4/29/2003 4:55:39 PM
- "Time Travellers Strictly Cash" - ebnelson - 4/28/2003 3:39:52 PM
  - LOL loved THE "CALLAHAN" series - R.L. - 4/29/2003 9:32:55 AM
- Re: Investor from the future - Tom Brosz - 4/28/2003 11:08:35 AM
  - Tulip bulbs! - Lee - 4/28/2003 5:48:40 PM
  - Inventing stuff in the past - FrankC - 4/28/2003 12:57:39 PM
- I Fell for the Same Article........ - Lindy - 4/28/2003 9:41:26 AM
  - Yeah, I read that same article next week n/t (n/t) - Matt Burley - 4/28/2003 3:46:14 PM
- Purest Nonsense! Give us all a break. - David F Mayer - 4/28/2003 8:42:52 AM

"Belgian soldiers tortured and killed civilians" - Occasional Reader - 4/28/2003 5:15:55 PM
- Sorry, Raoul - OR - 4/29/2003 12:31:43 PM
  - Re: Sorry, Raoul - OR - 4/29/2003 12:45:26 PM
    - Re: the bar - Raoul Lannoy - 4/29/2003 4:38:02 PM
      - :) BAD TIMING - R.L. - 4/29/2003 9:24:35 AM
        
        Re: :Freedom of the lawyers - Raoul - 4/29/2003 10:00:19 AM
    - UMMMMM - R.L. - 4/29/2003 9:52:59 AM
- Re: Ah...Soldiers... - Raoul - 4/28/2003 6:29:46 PM
  - So you think this "war crime" case is entirely without merit? - OR - 4/28/2003 6:51:54 PM
    - Re: Personal attack . . . ? - D. Spires - 4/28/2003 12:21:16 PM
    - Re: So you think - Tom Brosz - 4/28/2003 10:47:37 AM
    - Re: So you think this - Raoul - 4/28/2003 8:11:26 AM
- Raoul... - R.L. - 4/28/2003 2:30:24 PM
- Nations vs. Individuals - ebnelson - 4/28/2003 1:32:01 PM
- Re: You were OK right up to the last line, when you were sticking with news sources. - Mary Anne - 4/28/2003 1:27:34 PM

A miracle of modern science - Don - 4/29/2003 4:25:26 PM

Afghanistan: Forced Return of Asylum Seekers from UK Condemned . . . - D. Spires - 4/29/2003 3:48:41 PM

Is latest stash of barrels chemical weapons? - Tom Brosz - 4/27/2003 6:59:47 PM
- When we find the REAL STUFF, it will be in the form - David F Mayer - 4/28/2003 1:45:02 PM
  - After how many days of our own fruitless searching will it become unfashionable to bash UN inspectors for not finding anything? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 4/28/2003 5:36:12 PM
    - Oh, how about say 200 days n/t (n/t) - gbaikie - 4/28/2003 6:46:30 PM
    - It does not matter. UN inspectors would have never found anything with Saddam hiding and lying to them. - REB - 4/28/2003 5:56:12 PM
      - Unless I misunderstood, Mayer bashed their competence. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 4/28/2003 6:10:06 PM
        
        I suspected the motivations of the inspectors more than their competence. - Tom Brosz - 4/28/2003 3:11:50 PM
        
        Re: I suspected the motivations of the inspectors more than their competence. - alcaray - 4/29/2003 3:26:17 PM
        
        Yes, you understood correctly. Since the head of the UN weapons inspectors (Scott Ritter) was on Saddam's payroll, - David F Mayer - 4/28/2003 12:14:13 PM
        
        So, your answer to my question was...? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 4/29/2003 3:16:26 PM
    - SOME of us had said the task was impossible under those conditions n/t (n/t) - p - 4/28/2003 5:49:00 PM
- The verdict is still out. That is right, Don, the verdict is still out. - REB - 4/28/2003 11:39:03 AM

Workers' Wages and Benefits Up 1.3 Percent in First Quarter - REB - 4/29/2003 3:19:42 PM

Stars Answered the Call to Duty in World War II . . . - D. Spires - 4/29/2003 3:12:15 PM
- Some Shown Bravely Out Of The Limelight . . . - D. Spires - 4/29/2003 3:13:45 PM

Baghdad Bob tries to get arrested...and fails - p - 4/29/2003 10:04:44 AM
- This man... - Don - 4/29/2003 1:03:51 PM

A funny way to build an empire - Larry J - 4/29/2003 8:54:26 AM
- LOL WE ARE SNEAKY - R.L. - 4/29/2003 9:17:37 AM
  - Re: LOL WE ARE SNEAKY - LJ - 4/29/2003 9:26:19 AM
    - Re: LOL WE ARE SNEAKY - gbaikie - 4/29/2003 9:39:29 AM
      - Re: The UN - Raoul - 4/29/2003 9:52:26 AM
        
        Re: The UN - gbaikie - 4/29/2003 10:51:22 AM
        
        Re: The UN - gbaikie - 4/29/2003 12:30:15 PM
        
        Another perspective on The UN - p - 4/29/2003 10:10:25 AM

Baghdad Bob tries to get arrested...and fails - p - 4/29/2003 10:04:43 AM

Saddam's Birthday Marked Without Fanfare . . . - D. Spires - 4/28/2003 2:09:54 PM
- HARD TO SING "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" TO A SMEAR ON A WALL - R.L. - 4/29/2003 9:38:50 AM

SARS stupidity - PC run amok! - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/25/2003 10:15:09 AM
- Re: SARS stupidity - PC run amok! - LJ - 4/25/2003 4:04:57 PM
- Yet more concealment and deception. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/25/2003 11:45:32 AM
  - Possibly a Bio Weapon or "Lab Leakage" - Lindy - 4/28/2003 7:44:48 PM
  - Re: Yet more braying from Tech-1 - Davin L. - 4/25/2003 2:17:17 PM
    - Re: Yet more braying from Tech-1 - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/25/2003 5:22:28 PM
      - Um, where does CDC say that? - et - 4/25/2003 6:05:02 PM
      - Re: Yet more braying from Tech-1 - REB - 4/25/2003 5:50:05 PM
        
        Race specific - no - LJ - 4/25/2003 7:59:44 PM
        
        Re: Yet more braying from Tech-1 - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/25/2003 6:37:26 PM
        
        Nope, really wrong Low-Tech, this is taken out of context entirely. - Davin L. - 4/25/2003 8:33:11 AM
        
        LOOK STUFF UP FIRST - Davin L. - 4/25/2003 8:13:10 AM
        
        PC versus Common Sense - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/26/2003 10:27:00 AM
        
        Still working on that "thinking" bit, eh tech-1? - Davin L. - 4/27/2003 7:12:18 PM
        
        All right buddy, time to drop the control rods on that reactior. - et - 4/25/2003 9:03:55 AM
        
        Re: All right buddy, time to drop the control rods on that reactior. - Davin L. - 4/25/2003 9:08:33 AM
        
        Doh! - REB - 4/25/2003 6:08:06 PM
    - Environmental causes - RobVG - 4/25/2003 4:24:26 PM
    - Re: Yet more braying from Tech-1 - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2003 3:58:44 PM
      - Not PC just good science.... - et - 4/25/2003 4:50:35 PM
        
        Common sense would tend to agree with you. - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2003 6:38:56 PM
        
        What is the difference - FrankC - 4/25/2003 5:07:24 PM
        
        Re: What is the difference - REB - 4/25/2003 5:55:06 PM
        
        Re: What is the difference - et - 4/25/2003 5:59:46 PM
        
        Re: What is the difference - REB - 4/25/2003 6:05:47 PM
        
        Yep, the harsh calculus of survival of the fittest. - et - 4/25/2003 6:21:44 PM
        
        What nobody wants to mention in the malaria crisis - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2003 6:49:25 PM
        
        Bye bye birdies..... - et - 4/25/2003 7:45:22 PM
        
        Re: Bye bye birdies..... - Tom Brosz - 4/25/2003 8:03:17 AM
        
        Bye bye repoire.... - et - 4/25/2003 8:55:11 AM
        
        LOL - Occasional Reader - 4/26/2003 8:51:55 AM
        
        Re: Yep, the harsh calculus of survival of the fittest. - REB - 4/25/2003 6:29:14 PM
        
        A success? - Lee - 4/25/2003 11:34:02 AM
        
        (technical stuff--ignore) - Robert - 4/25/2003 1:10:19 PM
        
        Re: What is the difference - LJ - 4/25/2003 5:34:41 PM
        
        Well more than that. - Lee - 4/25/2003 11:25:06 AM
      - Yes, but - FrankC - 4/25/2003 4:07:17 PM
      - Maybe not a true bio-weapon, - Lee - 4/25/2003 11:14:16 AM
      - Re: Yet more braying from Tech-1 - Davin L. - 4/25/2003 8:17:57 AM

It was over... - Don - 4/27/2003 3:10:19 PM
- Here is one very good reason. - REB - 4/28/2003 11:07:04 AM
  - Re: Here is one very good reason. - LJ - 4/28/2003 3:33:20 PM
    - Re: Here is one very good reason. - REB - 4/28/2003 4:22:20 PM
      - Re: Here is one very good reason. - LJ - 4/28/2003 4:46:24 PM
        
        Re: Here is one very good reason. - REB - 4/28/2003 4:56:04 PM
- Re: It was over... - gbaikie - 4/27/2003 7:25:47 PM
- For The 100th Time - Mark Eby - 4/27/2003 4:28:36 PM
  - Our Achilles heel - Gary - 4/27/2003 5:24:40 PM
  - Re: For The 1000th Time - LJ - 4/27/2003 5:22:15 PM
    - You have been reading the recent news, right? (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/27/2003 6:48:11 PM
    - Re: For The 1000th Time - Mark Eby - 4/27/2003 6:05:21 PM
      - Re: For The 100,000th Time - Davin L. - 4/27/2003 7:24:33 PM
      - Re: For The nth Time - Raoul - 4/27/2003 8:29:12 AM
        
        Then they will be even more humiliated next time. - Scott - 4/28/2003 3:53:56 PM
        
        An effective weapon against terrorism could be the successful rebuilding of a free Iraq.(n/t) (n/t) - RobVG - 4/27/2003 11:19:44 AM
        
        Re: For The nth Time - gbaikie - 4/27/2003 9:17:33 AM
        
        Re: For The nth Time - Robert - 4/27/2003 9:41:40 AM
        
        Re: For The nth Time - gbaikie - 4/27/2003 10:43:44 AM
        
        For the millionth time - Robert - 4/28/2003 2:27:45 PM
        
        Re: For the millionth time - gbaikie - 4/28/2003 6:37:03 PM
        
        For the billionth time - Robert - 4/28/2003 7:08:32 PM
        
        C'mon folks, save screen realestate: use powers of ten... (n/t) - Davin 10^200 L - 4/28/2003 7:32:24 PM
        
        Re: For the billionth time - gbaikie - 4/28/2003 12:20:06 PM

Leading Iraqi Scientist Says He Lied to U.N. Inspectors - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2003 6:35:14 PM
- Re: Leading Iraqi Scientist Says He Lied to U.N. Inspectors - Don - 4/27/2003 12:52:25 PM
  - An then there's this.... - Don - 4/27/2003 1:00:09 PM
    - Keep hoping for some way to prove yourself. - ebnelson - 4/27/2003 1:03:32 PM
      - It has nothing to do with hope - Don - 4/27/2003 1:35:25 PM
        
        And... - REB - 4/28/2003 12:21:28 PM
        
        And... - REB - 4/28/2003 12:21:26 PM
        
        You say you do not have an agenda, but it sure looks like you do. - REB - 4/28/2003 11:35:46 AM
        
        OIC, anyone providing data, positions or commentary you don't like hearing is SPAMMING you? What do you want, intellectual inbreeding or discussion? (n/t) - Davin L. - 4/28/2003 2:18:06 PM
        
        Posting the same thing over and over is spamming. - REB - 4/28/2003 2:23:05 PM
        
        No, thats not what he does - Davin L. - 4/28/2003 5:34:28 PM
        
        Re: No, thats not what he does - REB - 4/28/2003 5:58:41 PM
        
        No - Tony - 4/28/2003 6:12:47 PM
        
        Does that include multiple posts? (Sorry...couldn't resist...) (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/28/2003 4:10:23 PM
        
        Beat me to it. :-) n/t (n/t) - Tony - 4/28/2003 6:10:00 PM
        
        Only if they were done on purpose... - REB - 4/28/2003 4:23:41 PM

Get ready for Vietnam with sand - E.P. Grondine - 4/28/2003 6:06:18 PM

U.S. bureaucracy is major obstacle in Iraq now - Tom Brosz - 4/28/2003 4:35:11 PM
- Dontcha think - LJ - 4/28/2003 5:13:51 PM
  - Re: Dontcha think - Tom Brosz - 4/28/2003 11:12:17 AM
    - Re: Dontcha think - LJ - 4/28/2003 11:44:56 AM
    - Re: Dontcha think - LJ - 4/28/2003 11:44:55 AM
- Gingrich's speech - Tom Brosz - 4/28/2003 4:50:55 PM

Something that occurred to me last night... - Tom Brosz - 4/27/2003 7:01:05 PM
- Does not compute..... - et - 4/28/2003 5:13:23 PM
- That's wild, Tom - LJ - 4/28/2003 3:37:49 PM
- And therefore - Davin L. - 4/27/2003 7:27:29 PM
  - Re: And therefore - Tom Brosz - 4/27/2003 11:42:05 AM
    - Re: And therefore - Davin L. - 4/27/2003 12:22:04 PM
      - Re: And therefore - gbaikie - 4/27/2003 1:31:39 PM
  - Quel surprise - Occasional Reader - 4/27/2003 8:11:27 AM
    - Re: Quel surprise - Robert - 4/27/2003 11:41:52 AM
      - Slight miscount: 2,022 days and counting. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 4/27/2003 11:43:36 AM
        
        Exactly! - REB - 4/28/2003 2:32:56 PM
        
        No miscount; an expression of faith (n/t) (n/t) - Robert - 4/28/2003 2:12:05 PM
    - You don't know very much, do you? - Davin L. - 4/27/2003 10:45:21 AM
    - Tom's leftist radicalism revealed?! I doubt it. n/t (n/t) - pwokenyaw - 4/27/2003 9:00:43 AM
- You may be on to something - Robert - 4/27/2003 7:08:44 PM
- Good commentary from Iraq Watch - Matt Burley - 4/27/2003 12:58:33 PM
- In your own words.... - RobVG - 4/27/2003 9:44:45 AM
- VERY unlikely. - David F Mayer - 4/27/2003 8:37:54 AM
- Re: Something that occurred to me last night... - gbaikie - 4/27/2003 8:30:13 AM

Iraqis Take Step Toward Interim Government . . . - D. Spires - 4/28/2003 2:22:54 PM

Final U.S. MIA Found Dead in Iraq . . . - D. Spires - 4/28/2003 2:09:02 PM

Sarin and Mustard gas wouldn't mix - Gary - 4/27/2003 5:07:53 PM
- Mustard gas is added to nerve agents for a good reason. - David F Mayer - 4/27/2003 6:32:00 PM
  - Huh? - Gary - 4/27/2003 6:58:19 PM
    - Chemical weapons strategy sometimes calls for using more than one agent at a time - Larry J - 4/28/2003 1:32:59 PM
    - The idea is that the mustard would make the suit very uncomfortable. - David F Mayer - 4/27/2003 8:40:33 AM
      - umm... But if you already had a suit on, and mustard gas was irritating your skin, then your suit is worthless anyway... (n/t) - Davin L. - 4/27/2003 11:05:44 AM
- The two are frequently mentioned together - ebnelson - 4/27/2003 1:44:59 PM

Castro: it's America's fault that I'm a totalitarian thug! - Matt Burley - 4/26/2003 11:55:12 AM
- Like all tyrants, he just lies and makes stuff up. - ebnelson - 4/27/2003 1:02:05 PM
  - Oh, you mean like Bush and the justifications for war against Iraq? (n/t) - Davin L. - 4/27/2003 7:28:43 PM
    - You are so delightfully predictable. - ebnelson - 4/28/2003 12:44:49 PM
    - Some tyrant, can't even get his tax cut bill passed n/t (n/t) - gbaikie - 4/27/2003 9:55:44 AM
      - Yeah, like he is in a lot of ways, he is just a wannabe ;-) (JK) (n/t) - Davin L. - 4/27/2003 11:31:33 AM
- Liberating Cuba--not in the cards - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2003 1:14:05 PM
  - Re: Castro's been stirring up trouble in Venezuela as well. Spain appauled at Human Rights violations and treatment of disidents. CNN TV n/t (n/t) - Marcia (glad Spain has become a friend) - 4/27/2003 7:35:24 PM
  - When Castro dies, Cuban Communism will die with him. - David F Mayer - 4/26/2003 1:46:00 PM
    - Re: Unlikely. - Marcia - 4/27/2003 2:09:04 PM
  - Well perhaps we could declare four-hour rambling speeches by El Commandante to constitute a crime against humanity! n/t (n/t) - Matt Burley - 4/26/2003 1:25:49 PM

Some interesting new finds in Iraq - Tom Brosz - 4/26/2003 1:08:41 PM
- Re: Some interesting new finds in Iraq - REB - 4/28/2003 12:17:29 PM

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