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Iraqi Forces Continue Strikes Against Coalition Aircraft . . . - D. Spires - 10/15/2002 11:46:57 AM
- Coalition Aircraft Hit Iraqi Air Defense Site . . . - D. Spires - 10/15/2002 11:49:38 AM

Democratic Election Do-Over: another in a series - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2002 10:57:28 AM

U.S. media on Iraq "election." - Tom Brosz - 10/15/2002 10:40:45 AM

Lebanon stops Sharon - E.P. Grondine - 10/15/2002 10:16:41 AM

Arrogant Americans vs. Irresponsible Germans . . . - D. Spires - 10/15/2002 9:01:40 AM
- Re: Arrogant Americans vs. Irresponsible Germans . . . - p - 10/15/2002 9:34:21 AM
  - Re: Entirely too much info, Phil . . . - D. Spires - 10/15/2002 9:59:26 AM

Al Qaeda Gearing Up for Offensive in Saudi Arabia . . . ? - D. Spires - 10/15/2002 9:30:55 AM

Pakistan Coalition Wants U.S. Out . . . - D. Spires - 10/15/2002 9:18:52 AM

Gunman Plane Hijack Foiled by Sky Guards . . . - D. Spires - 10/15/2002 8:38:08 AM

Bush Seeks To Shift Blame For Economy To Democrats - Bowser - 10/15/2002 8:14:50 AM
- Since the dems stole the Senate through perfidy - ebnelson - 10/15/2002 8:30:18 AM

‘Osama’ Statement on Web Site . . . - D. Spires - 10/15/2002 8:15:07 AM

So now we have a decent resoluiton on Iraq. What is next? - ebnelson - 10/13/2002 8:06:03 AM
- Re: Deterrence - Raoul - 10/13/2002 9:11:45 AM
  - Just read an article about Fidel Castro - Scott - 10/14/2002 3:14:53 PM
  - Re: Deterrence - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2002 1:08:20 PM
    - Re: Deterrence - Raoul - 10/13/2002 5:45:32 PM
      - Re: Danger . . . - D. Spires - 10/14/2002 1:59:33 PM
      - Re: Deterrence - gbaikie - 10/14/2002 8:46:21 AM
        
        Re: Deterrence - Raoul - 10/14/2002 4:08:28 PM
        
        And how do you know this? - Larry J - 10/14/2002 6:49:19 PM
        
        Re: And how do you know this? - Raoul - 10/14/2002 9:14:27 AM
        
        Re: And how do you know this? - Larry J - 10/14/2002 9:59:13 AM
        
        Don't forget... - SDAI-Tech1 - 10/14/2002 1:08:31 PM
        
        Re: Don't forget... - Raoul - 10/14/2002 4:18:28 PM
        
        Good immigrants vs. bad ones - Tom Brosz - 10/14/2002 4:54:26 PM
        
        more likely Europe will become a Socialist police state - Scott - 10/14/2002 4:59:01 PM
        
        Re: Socialist police state - Raoul - 10/14/2002 9:22:20 AM
        
        Re: Socialist police state - Tom Brosz - 10/14/2002 10:05:54 AM
        
        Oh...You just had to bring up that vacation thing didn't you... - Scott - 10/14/2002 9:45:17 AM
        
        Re: earning... - Raoul Lannoy - 10/14/2002 9:48:32 AM

Profiling by method, not by appearance: the DC area sniper - Mary Anne - 10/13/2002 4:39:24 PM
- Re: Profiling - Fox - 10/14/2002 1:25:14 PM
- Sounds like they're overestimating him - Larry J - 10/14/2002 1:19:04 PM
  - He's a poor sniper... - Scott - 10/14/2002 2:54:23 PM
    - Re: He's a sniper well behind enemy lines, and always in a hurry . . . - D. Spires - 10/14/2002 3:27:42 PM
      - Re: He's a sniper well behind enemy lines, and always in a hurry . . . - Scott - 10/14/2002 3:37:58 PM
        
        Re: Well, practice makes perfect . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/14/2002 5:37:41 PM
  - Save it for the Rubes. - Bowser - 10/14/2002 11:03:15 AM
    - Yeah, right dog breath - Larry J - 10/14/2002 12:31:54 PM
- Seems accurate - FrankC - 10/13/2002 5:09:58 PM
- Nice pun Frank - RobVG - 10/13/2002 8:28:27 AM

Anyone think this stuff is cumulative? - Bowser - 10/11/2002 6:21:31 PM
- Re: Anyone think this stuff is cumulative? - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2002 6:42:20 PM
  - The single most useful (and fair) thing they could do in regards to capital gains.. - Larry J - 10/11/2002 7:19:40 PM
    - Re: The single most useful (and fair) thing they could do in regards to capital gains.. - Tony - 10/11/2002 7:24:43 PM
      - How is the premise flawed? - Larry J - 10/11/2002 7:37:41 PM
        
        Re: How is the premise flawed? - Tony - 10/11/2002 7:51:47 PM
        
        Re: How is the premise flawed? - Larry J - 10/11/2002 8:00:18 AM
  - Well, the Dow! You don't want to take the Dow. - Bowser - 10/11/2002 7:15:41 PM
  - Amazing logic lapse - Robert - 10/11/2002 10:40:00 AM
    - Re: Amazing premise flaw - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2002 11:52:13 AM
      - Food for thought? - Robert - 10/11/2002 12:56:10 PM
        
        Thought I made my point, but here goes again: - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2002 1:26:05 PM
        
        Re: Thought I made my point, but here goes again: - Robert - 10/12/2002 5:49:47 PM
        
        One...more...time... - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2002 10:09:16 AM
        
        Juan Motime - Robert - 10/13/2002 5:01:49 PM
        
        I give up. - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2002 12:22:16 PM
        
        It shows - Robert - 10/13/2002 1:53:57 PM
        
        Re: It shows - Tom Brosz - 10/13/2002 4:06:58 PM
        
        OK: 'You're full of shit' - Robert - 10/14/2002 4:58:53 PM
        
        "Tax deductions are evil" - Scott - 10/14/2002 3:35:04 PM
    - The Loss deduction would go away along with the Gain Tax - Scott - 10/11/2002 11:01:13 AM
    - The Loss deduction would go away along with the Gain Tax - Scott - 10/11/2002 11:01:11 AM
      - Re: The Loss deduction would go away along with the Gain Tax - Robert - 10/12/2002 5:35:16 PM
- Dunno, did 4 days of bombing work for the impeachment hearings? n/t (n/t) - p - 10/11/2002 8:42:58 AM
  - Great logic lapse!! - Bowser - 10/11/2002 9:06:39 AM
    - wag the bowser - p - 10/11/2002 9:53:33 AM
    - I love humor. - ebnelson - 10/11/2002 9:34:29 AM
- Just Refinanced the house...Will have it paid off in half the time... - Scott - 10/11/2002 8:18:02 AM

Implications of this? - ebnelson - 10/14/2002 2:50:04 PM
- Wait for the TV "appearance." - Tom Brosz - 10/14/2002 4:48:34 PM
  - Just wait, they've got a film of him wearing an Anahiem Angels World Champions Sweatshirt - Scott - 10/14/2002 4:56:49 PM
- Yes and Elvis is in Afghanistan hot on his trail (nt) (n/t) - FrankC - 10/14/2002 3:58:54 PM

Some headlines from DEBKAfile - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2002 10:27:41 AM
- These are the same folks - Bowser - 10/13/2002 4:49:45 PM
  - Re: These are the same folks - Tom Brosz - 10/14/2002 3:34:03 PM
- But keep in mind that overthrowing Saddam will be the easy part - Matt Burley - 10/12/2002 12:08:19 PM
- Re: Some headlines from DEBKAfile - p - 10/12/2002 11:02:44 AM

Has Europe sold it's soul? - p - 10/12/2002 2:43:01 PM
- My point for some time - ebnelson - 10/12/2002 2:45:33 PM
  - Re: My point for some time - Tony - 10/14/2002 1:14:50 PM
    - You mean like in Cuba? - Scott - 10/14/2002 3:27:19 PM
    - Re: Opportunity merely knocked in the Euro-neighborhood first . . . - D. Spires - 10/14/2002 2:10:46 PM
  - Except the French, they've got the nukes. (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2002 9:51:10 AM
    - Re: Wrong . . . - D. Spires - 10/12/2002 10:12:48 AM
      - Re: why? . . - Raoul - 10/12/2002 10:28:15 AM
        
        Re: Why what . . . ? - D. Spires - 10/14/2002 2:05:35 PM
      - True... - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2002 10:17:20 AM
- wrong link - p - 10/12/2002 2:44:59 PM
  - Re:There are varied souls in the Old World, plenty of them;)...(n/t) (n/t) - Raoul Lannoy - 10/12/2002 8:24:20 AM

World War of Al Queda Barbarism vs. Civilization Continues – 150 Killed in Bali Bombings - Matt Burley - 10/12/2002 2:57:34 PM
- A tad premature? - Fox - 10/13/2002 12:20:10 PM
  - Claiming responsibility - FrankC - 10/13/2002 4:13:36 PM
    - P.S. - FrankC - 10/13/2002 4:22:21 PM
  - From CNN - Matt Burley - 10/13/2002 2:00:31 PM
    - Australia is in shock; see Sydney Morning Herald's website. - Jacob Samorodin - 10/13/2002 6:28:55 PM
      - Why does this matter? - Tony - 10/14/2002 1:21:25 PM
        
        It doesn't. But the anti-war crowd will cite this... - Scott - 10/14/2002 3:19:40 PM
        
        I don't disagree - FrankC - 10/14/2002 2:36:10 PM
        
        Re: Why does this matter? - D. Spires - 10/14/2002 1:35:44 PM

Islam is Love Update - p - 10/14/2002 8:24:08 AM
- religious disease - FrankC - 10/14/2002 10:41:07 AM

National debt - Gary - 10/11/2002 3:54:35 PM
- I think static assets over dynamic liabilities always shows bad future conditions. - ebnelson - 10/12/2002 12:56:25 PM
  - Re: I think static assets over dynamic liabilities always shows bad future conditions. - Gary - 10/12/2002 4:46:48 PM
    - I think we pay much more than the monthly debt - ebnelson - 10/12/2002 4:52:52 PM
      - Re:Enormous debt does scare me - Gary - 10/12/2002 8:00:33 AM

More Troops Killed in Afghanistan . . . - D. Spires - 8/30/2002 7:10:29 PM
- EOD is extremely dangerous work... - Larry J - 8/30/2002 7:19:36 PM
  - Re: EOD is extremely dangerous work... - Boyd Kidd - 10/12/2002 4:41:33 PM

Why I was confused about who was awarding the Noble Prize: - ebnelson - 10/12/2002 3:15:40 PM
- Re: I like the way that vein pulses in Tom's forehead . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/12/2002 9:58:10 AM
- NoBEL! It's NoBEL! ARRRRGH! (n/t) (n/t) - Tom ("Anal Boy") Brosz - 10/12/2002 9:50:06 AM
  - Ok OK OK....but the friggin' website quoted it wrong too. No excuse for me. - ebnelson - 10/12/2002 10:59:00 AM
    - Re: Ok OK OK - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2002 11:48:40 AM

Norwegian Nobel Committee losses all credibility in its disgraceful decision to play politics with the Nobel Peace Prize - Matt Burley - 10/11/2002 1:07:15 PM
- This insight from the culture that gave us the word "Quisling" - p - 10/11/2002 5:46:53 PM
- Re: Carter - Raoul - 10/11/2002 4:24:15 PM
  - things we don't know - McFly - 10/11/2002 6:10:03 PM
  - Iraq threat - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2002 5:37:17 PM
    - Don't forget the 30+ Scuds he fired at Israel in 1991 - Larry J - 10/11/2002 6:10:38 PM
  - You are kidding right? - Scott - 10/11/2002 4:41:36 PM
    - Re: Nuke War in Iraq . . . ? - D. Spires - 10/11/2002 5:02:02 PM
    - Re: Within Iraq - Raoul - 10/11/2002 8:35:05 AM
- Just wondering when the Noble Prize Committee moved from Stokholm? - ebnelson - 10/11/2002 3:45:17 PM
  - shame I was totally wrong; I thought the Noble was a Swedish prize, for some reason. § (n/t) - ebnelson - 10/12/2002 3:06:59 PM
- Re: Norwegian Nobel Committee loses all credibility - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2002 3:39:14 PM
  - Long term peace? - Tony - 10/11/2002 5:24:44 PM
    - Good point. I stand corrected... - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2002 5:44:54 PM
      - Me too. - Tony - 10/11/2002 8:16:44 AM
  - Who would nominate him? - Bowser - 10/11/2002 4:51:59 PM
    - Human rights - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2002 5:39:23 PM
      - In case you're not joking. - Bowser - 10/11/2002 6:34:54 PM
        
        Not joking - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2002 6:57:06 PM
        
        Libya is worse??!! - Bowser - 10/11/2002 7:40:36 PM
        
        Re: Libya is worse??!! Sounds like a surprise . . . - D. Spires - 10/11/2002 8:08:52 AM
        
        Do you think Bowser is a Louis Farakahn follower? - Scott - 10/11/2002 8:27:17 AM
    - A better question: Why would he want the thing anyway? - Scott - 10/11/2002 4:59:31 PM
- Congratulations to President Carter - Scott - 10/11/2002 2:28:50 PM
- Re: But we won't know until the results are in . . . - D. Spires - 10/11/2002 2:16:54 PM

Who is Saddam? - Raoul - 10/12/2002 1:46:37 PM

Stem cell research - Raoul - 10/10/2002 8:31:48 AM
- Policy Brief: Stem Cell Research . . . - D. Spires - 10/11/2002 4:52:39 PM
- The ironic thing about stem cell research - ebnelson - 10/11/2002 3:47:32 PM
  - The policy is not to go slow, it is to stop it in its tracks. n/t (n/t) - BG - 10/11/2002 3:52:58 PM
    - That is not what the reality shows. Research is still going forward - ebnelson - 10/11/2002 4:18:48 PM
    - Re: The policy is.. - Raoul - 10/11/2002 4:10:50 PM
      - Ask that of the people - ebnelson - 10/11/2002 4:17:06 PM
        
        Re: Ask that of the people - Raoul - 10/11/2002 8:09:58 AM
        
        Well, at least one. - Tony - 10/11/2002 8:19:53 AM
        
        Re: Sometimes, it's understandable - Raoul Lannoy - 10/12/2002 1:11:50 PM
        
        Well, I can't speak for him, but... - Scott - 10/11/2002 8:33:34 AM
- A small part. - Bowser - 10/10/2002 12:10:46 PM
  - Now Catholics are "extreme findamentalists"? - ebnelson - 10/11/2002 2:50:18 PM
- Bush alone can't kill medical progress - Scott - 10/10/2002 8:38:35 AM
  - principle schminciple - Buck Galaxy - 10/10/2002 5:58:50 PM
    - No it was not cowardly. - ebnelson - 10/11/2002 2:49:26 PM
      - Re: No it was not cowardly. - Buck Galaxy - 10/11/2002 3:51:31 PM
        
        Nazi Germany collected all sorts of medical data in human tests... - Scott - 10/11/2002 4:49:05 PM
        
        Wouldn't quite put stem cell research in that category... (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2002 5:46:10 PM
        
        Re: Not really a huge stretch, Tom . . . - D. Spires - 10/11/2002 8:46:11 AM
        
        a stretch - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2002 1:35:22 PM
        
        Federal funding is not the issue - BG - 10/11/2002 3:15:18 PM
        
        Re: Oh, I agree, Tom . . . - D. Spires - 10/11/2002 1:49:05 PM
        
        Mental block - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2002 4:16:42 PM
        
        Re: Mental block - BG - 10/11/2002 3:17:22 PM
        
        Read my post about irony. - ebnelson - 10/11/2002 3:57:46 PM
    - How did he gain politically from it. - Scott - 10/11/2002 1:49:18 PM
      - Re: No, it was political -- or it never would have come up . . . - D. Spires - 10/11/2002 2:06:59 PM
    - Re: Agree . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 10/11/2002 1:27:05 PM

Massive voter fraud in South Dakota - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2002 2:52:05 PM
- Link moved, and more info - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2002 10:32:08 AM
- But it was the INTENT of those dead people and those kids to vote... - Matt Burley - 10/11/2002 3:01:17 PM

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