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All these are just civilian facilities... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/13/2002 9:52:05 AM
- All this news of Iran, Iraq, and Bad Korea... - Scott - 12/13/2002 4:59:05 PM

Civil War in Venezuela imminent: All Canadians advised to leave country - SM - 12/12/2002 7:39:37 PM
- Haven't all Canadians already left their country? - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/12/2002 7:45:23 PM
  - Re: Good idea, while you're at it... - SM - 12/12/2002 7:49:26 PM
    - Well it is the USA's fault either way...Isn't it??? - Scott - 12/13/2002 4:10:30 PM

China approves stem cell bank - Bowser - 12/11/2002 12:46:02 PM
- Re: China approves stem cell bank - Tom Brosz - 12/11/2002 1:35:42 PM
  - Re: China approves stem cell bank - Robert E. B. - 12/13/2002 3:29:50 PM

Different values - Raoul - 12/12/2002 9:15:53 AM
- Re: Different values - Tom Brosz - 12/12/2002 12:01:00 PM
  - Re: Different values - Robert E. B. - 12/13/2002 2:34:05 PM
  - Re: Different values - Raoul - 12/13/2002 1:12:49 PM
- Bull Malarci.... - Scott - 12/12/2002 9:38:32 AM
  - Can't help but think of FrankC. - Bowser - 12/12/2002 9:46:04 AM

I was wondering - LJ - 12/13/2002 10:18:00 AM
- There's only ONE country running around the world threatening to use WMDs. - Bowser - 12/13/2002 11:51:54 AM
  - WMD - Tom Brosz - 12/13/2002 11:59:30 AM
- If we lose a city I think we will go into house cleaning mode - ebnelson - 12/13/2002 11:04:54 AM
- I think we would be compelled to destroy at least one Iraqi city with Nukes... - Scott - 12/13/2002 10:43:00 AM

Is Cherie Hillary in disguise? - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/13/2002 10:00:56 AM

FBI blows it. - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/13/2002 9:56:46 AM

Trent has about one day to either deal with this or it is going to eat him alive. - ebnelson - 12/10/2002 2:49:56 PM
- It was an incredibly stupid thing to say... - Larry J - 12/11/2002 1:43:09 PM
- Hannity and Lott - RobVG - 12/11/2002 9:07:32 AM
- Re: Trent has about one day to either deal with this or it is going to eat him alive. - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/10/2002 4:11:04 PM
  - Your idea of "fun"?? - Lindy - 12/10/2002 4:55:06 PM
    - Under the influence.... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/10/2002 6:33:35 PM
      - Wondering where I'd fit on your list??? (n/t) (n/t) - Lee - 12/12/2002 8:46:37 PM
        
        Re: Wondering where I'd fit on your list??? (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/12/2002 1:16:52 PM
      - lol...Taxonomy - R.L. - 12/11/2002 8:16:11 PM
      - Not a conservative? - RobVG - 12/11/2002 5:24:42 PM
        
        You're oh sooo very moderate Rob! ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/11/2002 3:38:57 PM
      - I got your back on Lott - FrankC - 12/11/2002 4:55:55 PM
      - Re: Under the influence.... - Robert E. B. - 12/11/2002 3:54:02 PM
      - SDAI - This means war!!! - Tony - 12/11/2002 3:26:08 PM
        
        Better watch out...he's already painting his face blue! (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/11/2002 5:43:15 PM
        
        Sorry Tony... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/11/2002 3:45:21 PM
        
        Make it 400 pints of Heavy, and I'll pull back the hordes...n/t (n/t) - Tony - 12/12/2002 8:35:26 PM
      - Cool! Thanks for the reminder of why I have so much fun here - Tom Brosz - 12/10/2002 7:23:41 PM
        
        Ditto... ;-) - Fox - 12/12/2002 7:50:02 PM
        
        Re: Cool! Thanks for the reminder of why I have so much fun here - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/10/2002 7:32:22 PM
        
        I think Lindy's waveform is in direct opposition to yours N/T (n/t) - Scott - 12/11/2002 4:15:20 PM
        
        P.S. Are the two of you secretly married? N/T (n/t) - Scott - 12/11/2002 4:21:51 PM
        
        Re: P.S. Are the two of you secretly married? N/T - Lindy - 12/11/2002 3:25:42 PM

Democrats dive right in - Tom Brosz - 12/12/2002 6:05:04 PM
- This is a bit esoteric - alcaray - 12/12/2002 7:56:21 PM
  - Good question. Wasn't mentioned. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/12/2002 12:04:18 PM

Cripes...it never rains but it pours - Tom Brosz - 12/12/2002 4:25:55 PM
- Start building your shelters now... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/12/2002 7:53:08 PM

Very good column by Jeff Jacoby on the Trent Lott affair - Matt Burley - 12/12/2002 1:38:34 PM
- I wasn't before, but now I'm pretty much on the anti-Lott bandwagon about this. - alcaray - 12/12/2002 7:30:48 PM
- Now he had an affair??? That's the last straw... (n/t) - Scott - 12/12/2002 3:31:55 PM

Lott - it gets worse. - Bowser - 12/11/2002 11:47:03 AM
- And still worse... - Tom Brosz - 12/11/2002 3:04:28 PM
  - Die Trent! DIE! DIE! - Tom Brosz - 12/11/2002 3:10:23 PM
    - Re: Die Trent! DIE! DIE! - Robert E. B. - 12/12/2002 4:12:29 PM
      - News Flash! - Robert E. B. - 12/12/2002 6:37:35 PM
    - Slowly! Please. - Bowser - 12/11/2002 5:44:10 PM
      - I hope you're not jealous of his rug...that's really sad. (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/11/2002 6:07:47 PM

Presidential veracity. - Bowser - 12/12/2002 6:22:31 PM

Used to be, "Loose Lips Sink Ships." - Tom Brosz - 12/10/2002 6:29:18 PM
- If it is a deliberate leak - FrankC - 12/11/2002 4:45:56 PM
- They need another cup of Larry's special blend... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/10/2002 6:53:52 PM
  - Re: The picture - SteveS - 12/11/2002 5:53:10 PM
    - Actually... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/11/2002 3:22:45 PM
      - Re: Clever, Thanks n/t (n/t) - SteveS - 12/12/2002 1:35:35 PM
  - SDAI needs his mouth washed out with soap!! - Lindy - 12/11/2002 2:40:48 PM
    - When the Cat's away..the Mouse will play... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/11/2002 3:34:58 PM

North Korean Scud Missiles found on ship off Yemen - Tom Brosz - 12/10/2002 11:17:36 AM
- Re: North Korean Scud Missiles found on ship off Yemen - Raoul - 12/10/2002 6:43:40 PM
  - Re: North Korean Scud Missiles found on ship off Yemen - Justin Kelly - 12/11/2002 8:46:27 PM
  - Scud Missiles - Tom Brosz - 12/11/2002 5:54:23 PM
    - About the stealth of the purchase - alcaray - 12/11/2002 6:04:58 PM
      - More information needed - Tom Brosz - 12/11/2002 6:34:40 PM
        
        Kind of a cowboy thing to ask - alcaray - 12/11/2002 6:43:55 PM
- Of course the weak witted will say 'so what?' - ebnelson - 12/10/2002 2:42:20 PM
  - Destination - Tom Brosz - 12/10/2002 6:21:12 PM
- So what? - Bowser - 12/10/2002 12:49:36 PM
  - The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is fueling the global arms trade - E.P. Grondine - 12/11/2002 10:18:23 AM
    - Re: The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is fueling the global arms trade - Lindy - 12/11/2002 3:52:42 PM
  - Your motives are so easy to read! - SDAi-Tech1 - 12/10/2002 2:43:34 PM
    - Speaking for me now, are you SDAI? - Lindy - 12/11/2002 3:38:34 PM
    - Woah! Maybe time for you to cut back the coffee too... - Tom Brosz - 12/10/2002 6:03:41 PM
      - Read the post again...slowly - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/10/2002 7:06:02 PM
        
        Watch the Nutrasweet. It's a killer. ;) (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/10/2002 7:25:00 PM
        
        Sing.."The aspartame is a part a' me" n/t (n/t) - Tony - 12/11/2002 9:07:01 AM
- Going to be tough for North Korea to get paid for these... - Scott - 12/10/2002 11:38:32 AM
- Some will explain it is all our fault - ebnelson - 12/10/2002 11:33:48 AM
  - Should be easy to determine where they were going by the forged shipping documents - Scott - 12/10/2002 11:36:19 AM

Lott’s done it before. - Bowser - 12/11/2002 6:59:19 PM
- It's a helluva note... - FrankC - 12/11/2002 8:40:12 PM
- Re: Lott’s done it before. - Tom Brosz - 12/11/2002 7:05:33 PM
  - Sort of like you, huh? :-) n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 12/11/2002 7:09:32 PM
    - Touche'! I'm better at it than the journalists, too. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/11/2002 7:20:01 PM
- And before - Tony - 12/11/2002 9:01:44 AM

As I said - "So what?" - Bowser - 12/11/2002 7:04:42 PM
- Defensive weapons? - Tom Brosz - 12/11/2002 7:18:23 PM
  - Agreed. It stinks. And it is a total embarrassment to both Yemen and Bad Korea - Scott - 12/11/2002 7:48:11 PM
    - LOL..."Bad Korea" :-) n/t (n/t) - McFly - 12/11/2002 8:37:37 PM
    - Re: Market laws - Raoul - 12/11/2002 9:32:23 AM
      - The US released the shipment. - Scott - 12/11/2002 10:37:14 AM
      - Re: Market laws - RobVG - 12/11/2002 10:11:41 AM
        
        (1962 :-s) (n/t) - RobVG - 12/11/2002 10:32:14 AM
- Re: As I said - - Robert E. B. - 12/11/2002 7:15:35 PM
  - Doh! - Robert E. B. - 12/11/2002 8:07:48 PM

Iraq inspections. Same old, same old. - Tom Brosz - 12/11/2002 6:22:30 PM
- The French have fans in the US? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 12/11/2002 6:49:08 PM

Lott doomed - Tom Brosz - 12/10/2002 9:09:29 AM
- Re: Lott doomed - Bowser - 12/10/2002 10:21:13 AM
  - Maybe two...I'm not sure who Powell voted for ;) - Tom Brosz - 12/10/2002 10:30:26 AM
    - Conservatives are saying crap like this... - alcaray - 12/11/2002 6:09:48 PM
      - I wish it were crap - Tom Brosz - 12/11/2002 6:46:10 PM
    - Not bad! - Bowser - 12/10/2002 4:36:23 PM
- Another reason to shrug this off and move forward - ebnelson - 12/10/2002 10:03:08 AM
  - I think they're just talking about resigning as Majority Leader. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/10/2002 10:31:15 AM
    - Thats what they want you to believe...Today, but wait until tomorrow. - Scott - 12/10/2002 11:42:04 AM
- How come Republicans... - alcaray - 12/10/2002 9:51:13 AM
  - It's called principles. Or maybe not. - Tom Brosz - 12/10/2002 10:23:23 AM
  - Good question. - ebnelson - 12/10/2002 9:54:37 AM
- Maybe. - ebnelson - 12/10/2002 9:14:10 AM

No tax cut needed here! - Bowser - 12/11/2002 6:06:43 PM
- Re: No tax cut needed here! - Tom Brosz - 12/11/2002 6:25:58 PM

"Iraq blasts US on dossier" (don't blame 'em for this one.) - Bowser - 12/10/2002 6:04:37 PM
- Don't forget about the evil Zionist spies who are also making secret edits to the Iraqi document n/t (n/t) - Matt Burley - 12/10/2002 7:46:00 PM
- Poor Iraq tries to shift the focus of the conversation. Silly people follow along. § (n/t) - ebnelson - 12/10/2002 6:44:30 PM
- Re: Documents - Tom Brosz - 12/10/2002 9:11:27 AM
  - There should be a neutral source. - Bowser - 12/10/2002 10:08:56 AM
    - Ideally, I wouldn't mind seeing them on the Internet (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/10/2002 10:32:10 AM

Carter in Oslo - Raoul - 12/10/2002 7:31:00 PM

The Hidden Pure Racism of the Left - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/9/2002 3:26:24 PM
- Thanks for explaining it all! - alcaray - 12/10/2002 6:03:36 PM
  - You're welcome! It's part of PBS' competition - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/10/2002 5:28:36 PM
- This revival historical racism might be a good thing: Who were Davis and Bacon - Scott - 12/10/2002 4:11:41 PM
- SDAI, the issue is Trent Lott. - ebnelson - 12/10/2002 2:36:17 PM
  - I totally agree - Matt Burley - 12/10/2002 3:00:05 PM
    - Frankly I think Trent will do the right thing, apologize sincerely and move on. - ebnelson - 12/10/2002 3:28:13 PM
      - Move on? Fat chance. - Tom Brosz - 12/10/2002 4:55:17 PM
        
        Re: Look out for Maxine Walters for one n/t (n/t) - SteveS - 12/10/2002 7:17:35 PM
        
        So far, Daschle is doing the right thing. - ebnelson - 12/10/2002 6:46:29 PM
        
        Re: So far, Daschle is doing the right thing. - Tom Brosz - 12/10/2002 9:18:31 AM
        
        I don't know. Maybe he likes him personally. - ebnelson - 12/10/2002 9:57:22 AM
- The blatant pure opinion of SDAI-Tech - Mary Anne - 12/9/2002 4:36:05 PM
  - You are right on with this one, MA. - ebnelson - 12/10/2002 7:16:27 PM
  - Double standard...what else is new. - Tom Brosz - 12/10/2002 4:50:31 PM
    - Tom, you live in the kingdom of the tu quoque fallacy. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 12/10/2002 6:36:35 PM
      - Tu quoque fallacy - Tom Brosz - 12/10/2002 9:16:56 AM
        
        Your response included a nice example of the fallacy - alcaray - 12/10/2002 9:48:23 AM
        
        You missed the point. The fallacy does not preclude hypocrisy or unfairness. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/10/2002 10:33:32 AM
        
        You miss my point: the fallacy is an expression of hypocricy and unfairness. n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 12/10/2002 10:53:33 AM
        
        Re: the above: I let my rhetoric get the better of me... - alcaray - 12/10/2002 10:57:31 AM
  - Yes... - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/9/2002 5:25:12 PM
    - Know your enemies - Mary Anne - 12/10/2002 1:33:34 PM
      - Extend a hand to your friends - SDAI-Tech1 - 12/10/2002 2:41:31 PM
      - I compliment Daschle for his reasonable approach on this.§ (n/t) - ebnelson - 12/10/2002 9:04:08 AM
        
        Ed, I like you today. It's creeping me out! n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 12/10/2002 11:53:39 AM
- Re: The Hidden Pure Racism of the Left - Tom Brosz - 12/9/2002 4:22:51 PM
  - Re: The Hidden Pure Racism of the Left - Robert E. B. - 12/10/2002 1:10:51 PM

2 weigths, 2 measures - Raoul - 12/7/2002 11:09:18 AM
- A few weights missing - Tom Brosz - 12/7/2002 5:49:23 PM
  - Re: A few weights missing - Raoul - 12/8/2002 10:51:27 AM
    - They destroyed 90% of what they found... - Scott - 12/9/2002 8:38:11 PM
    - Not quite forever - Tom Brosz - 12/8/2002 7:30:37 PM
    - Re: A few weights missing - gbaikie - 12/8/2002 3:02:29 PM
  - 2 blind, 2 see. :-} n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 12/7/2002 6:30:07 PM
- Re: 2 apples, 2 oranges - SteveS - 12/7/2002 5:19:45 PM
  - Going in circles - Splinx - 12/8/2002 3:25:34 PM
    - Re: Comic Strips - SteveS - 12/8/2002 10:43:05 AM
      - Re: Comic Strips - Splinx - 12/10/2002 3:07:38 PM
        
        Re: Comic Strips - SteveS - 12/10/2002 5:00:04 PM
  - Re: North Korea - Raoul - 12/8/2002 10:55:01 AM
    - if japan got nuked by North Korea - Scott - 12/9/2002 8:43:39 PM
      - Re: if japan got nuked by North Korea - Raoul - 12/10/2002 5:06:24 PM
    - They can take a number. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 12/8/2002 7:27:15 PM
    - Re: Dangerous countries - SteveS - 12/8/2002 10:11:53 AM
- Re: 2 weigths, 2 measures - gbaikie - 12/7/2002 12:38:47 PM

Arms merchants and corporate welfare - Splinx - 12/9/2002 3:46:09 PM
- Re: Arms merchants and corporate welfare - Tom Brosz - 12/9/2002 6:17:54 PM
- Re: Arms merchants and corporate welfare - McFly - 12/9/2002 5:20:45 PM
  - All we are saying is... - Splinx - 12/10/2002 2:52:17 PM
    - Self defense will always be a necessity - Tom Brosz - 12/10/2002 5:04:48 PM

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