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.

9-11 and the fighter jets - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2002 10:56:50 AM
- Re: 9-11 and the fighter jets - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/16/2002 9:15:44 AM
  - Could it be that the Conspiracy Spinners lie? N/T (n/t) - Scott - 9/16/2002 3:08:41 PM
    - Re: I think their word is 'embellish' . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 9:47:58 AM

Still at it, those rascals! - Bowser - 9/15/2002 1:54:49 PM
- Re: Knee jerking again, B. - Marcia - 9/15/2002 2:41:58 PM
  - Well that was Bush's fault too.§ (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/15/2002 2:44:01 PM
    - Re: According to Bowser... - Marcia - 9/15/2002 2:59:24 PM
      - Re: According to Bowser... - Bowser - 9/15/2002 6:14:35 PM
        
        So you can't even quote yourself without lying. Big surprise. § (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/16/2002 2:20:42 PM

No harm, no foul, continued. - Bowser - 9/15/2002 3:39:03 PM
- Re: My response to Scott fits here just fine . . . - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 1:34:46 PM
- And more. "Oh Florida, My Florida, I - Bowser - 9/15/2002 7:01:24 PM
- It isn't just the cops who lie. - Bowser - 9/15/2002 6:40:40 PM
  - Re: THE LIGHT HAS SHOWN . . . !! - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 2:02:06 PM
  - Re: It isn't just the cops who lie. - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2002 12:25:35 PM
    - Damn it now!!! - Bowser - 9/15/2002 2:00:11 PM
      - Boogerhead! (is that better?) (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2002 4:29:06 PM
      - calm, mild-mannered, intellectual - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/15/2002 3:01:27 PM

They lie. - Bowser - 9/14/2002 8:05:05 AM
- What we have not become - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2002 4:02:54 PM
  - You don't know what you're saying here, Tom. - Bowser - 9/15/2002 4:04:55 PM
- Re: No, it's what you seem to have become . . . - D. Spires - 9/14/2002 1:44:49 PM
- Mistakes and confusion are not lies. - ebnelson - 9/14/2002 12:14:03 PM
- Re: Starting to get annoying now - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2002 9:37:36 AM
  - Corky always was just annoying n/t (n/t) - p - 9/15/2002 3:39:56 PM
  - A fair question. - Bowser - 9/15/2002 10:47:23 AM
    - Re: A reasonable answer - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2002 11:28:21 AM
  - Read your Anne Rand a little closer - Scott - 9/15/2002 10:26:30 AM
    - Re: Too many facts in today's media . . . - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 1:27:41 PM
  - If you were kept handcuffed in the back of a police car... - Mary Anne - 9/14/2002 10:55:42 AM
    - In reality it's a great tribute to America and our constitutional freedoms - Matt Burley - 9/14/2002 12:21:43 PM
    - MA, if you had reason to beleive someone was carting tnt into your town - ebnelson - 9/14/2002 12:17:08 PM
    - Re: handcuffed - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2002 11:05:02 AM
      - More than CNN - Mary Anne - 9/14/2002 11:42:33 AM
        
        Re: Why . . . ? - D. Spires - 9/14/2002 2:21:44 PM
        
        Who wouldn't be pissed - FrankC - 9/14/2002 12:41:06 PM
        
        I think you have a good handle on this. § (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/14/2002 12:22:10 PM
        
        Re: More than CNN - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2002 11:59:36 AM
        
        The photo shop girl had good evidence - Mary Anne - 9/14/2002 12:46:23 PM
- She lies - Anne Leftleaner - 9/14/2002 9:24:03 AM
  - Yes, it is all part of a skull & crossbones consiracy. § (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/14/2002 12:19:19 PM
  - Thank you for posting the article link. - Mary Anne - 9/14/2002 10:26:41 AM
    - Re: "Innocent until proven guilty" . . . - D. Spires - 9/14/2002 1:59:49 PM
      - Re: warrant - Mary Anne - 9/14/2002 2:18:44 PM
        
        The real problem is we are being bombarded with misinformation from both sides - Scott - 9/15/2002 10:10:51 AM
        
        Re: No overreaction at all . . . - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 1:22:17 PM
        
        Detention and investigation is completely lawful. - ebnelson - 9/14/2002 4:35:43 PM
        
        Re: I understand this, Mary Anne, but . . . - D. Spires - 9/14/2002 2:32:26 PM
        
        Yes but I'm sure somewhere there is a bad cop saying... - Scott - 9/15/2002 10:15:56 AM
        
        Re: At what point was it 'out of control' . . . ? - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 1:21:00 PM

Extremists' Financial 'Tentacles' Hard to Sever . . . - D. Spires - 9/16/2002 11:39:24 AM

"Iraq Concedes" (or "They Lie") - MrPex - 9/16/2002 11:02:32 AM

Ritter interview - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2002 5:59:07 PM
- He talks more like a sellout - ebnelson - 9/15/2002 4:16:25 PM
- Poor, dumb Ritter! - Bowser - 9/15/2002 3:46:57 PM
  - Yes he has been there and done that - ebnelson - 9/15/2002 5:18:34 PM
- And the winner is...Ritter! - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/14/2002 6:56:27 PM
  - I think you may be right. - Scott - 9/15/2002 9:42:34 AM
    - He's pissed off. - Gary - 9/15/2002 4:30:30 PM

Another blow to the steady evolution of intelligence. - Bowser - 9/15/2002 3:08:22 PM
- Israel has manipulated us for many many years. - ebnelson - 9/15/2002 4:15:35 PM
- It's too bad you don't understand Security Council Resolution 242 - Matt Burley - 9/15/2002 3:57:45 PM
- Re: Another blow - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2002 11:06:39 AM
  - There you go again! - Bowser - 9/15/2002 2:04:52 PM

Has OBL won? - Raoul - 9/14/2002 9:39:43 AM
- I can't imagine - - - - Bowser - 9/14/2002 5:26:08 PM
  - Oh yeah, OBL, those Al Queda and Taliban fighters are real winners! - Matt Burley - 9/14/2002 7:27:44 PM
    - Re: Only time will tell - Raoul - 9/14/2002 7:45:26 PM
    - Page Two headline in my morning paper: Taliban Making a Comeback - Mary Anne - 9/14/2002 11:18:02 AM
      - The Taliban is NOT Making a Comeback; they're finished - Matt Burley - 9/14/2002 12:12:03 PM
        
        Dealing with head lice - Mary Anne - 9/14/2002 1:09:01 PM
        
        Re: Dealing with head lice - Tom Brosz - 9/15/2002 11:33:58 AM
        
        I'd have to agree with your analogy - Scott - 9/15/2002 9:50:03 AM
      - Link. - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2002 11:45:38 AM
        
        Re: Link: Thank you, Tom. :) - Mary Anne - 9/14/2002 11:49:30 AM
        
        No problem. All part of the service! (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2002 12:00:15 PM
  - Few can imagine - ebnelson - 9/14/2002 6:34:56 PM
- Not a chance. No way you could say Bin Ladin is winning. - Scott - 9/14/2002 3:47:26 PM
- Re: Has OBL won? - FrankC - 9/14/2002 3:33:59 PM
- No. Never. - ebnelson - 9/14/2002 2:48:13 PM

But we knew this, didn't we? - Bowser - 9/14/2002 5:09:39 PM
- Relax Bowser, will give to proceeds from the oil sales to the U.N. - Scott - 9/15/2002 10:01:20 AM
- But this is why you are a former investigator - ebnelson - 9/14/2002 6:52:37 PM
- Re: I'll bet you didn't know there was a story beneath that paragraph . . . - D. Spires - 9/14/2002 6:06:17 PM
- Ignoring the obvious - Matt Burley - 9/14/2002 5:44:00 PM
- It's not "looting," it's "social responsibility." - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2002 5:20:33 PM

Ballsy or baloney? - McFly - 9/13/2002 5:54:16 PM
- Ballsy - Anne Leftleaner - 9/13/2002 7:56:46 PM
  - Again I ask - Lee - 9/13/2002 4:09:28 PM
    - Re: By helping them, Lee . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 9/14/2002 11:37:18 AM
  - Re: Ice hockey!!!! X^D (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 9/13/2002 9:37:34 AM
- Guilt-driven rhetoric - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/13/2002 7:34:19 PM
- The truth takes courage sometimes. - Bowser - 9/13/2002 7:28:16 PM
  - Re: The truth - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2002 7:37:20 PM
  - Thanks for making my point. ;-) (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/13/2002 7:36:13 PM
  - "because the US press has been censored by Israel for the last 50 years or so." - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/13/2002 8:00:06 AM
- Both. § (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/13/2002 5:59:18 PM
- Re: Fried baloney . . . - D. Spires - 9/13/2002 10:37:36 AM
  - Re: critical mind - Raoul - 9/14/2002 7:37:59 PM
    - Re: Well, I respect Chrétien's mind as well . . . - D. Spires - 9/14/2002 11:35:24 AM
    - Re: critical mind - Scott - 9/14/2002 8:54:40 AM
      - Re: critical mind - Raoul Lannoy - 9/14/2002 12:18:17 PM
- Re: Shared - Raoul - 9/13/2002 9:30:24 AM

New Republic editorial on the Democratic Party - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2002 1:51:44 PM
- Ah, The New Republic - Bowser - 9/13/2002 2:09:28 PM
  - What the HECK are you talking about? (n/t) (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2002 7:27:25 PM
    - Re: What the HECK are you talking about? (n/t) - Bowser - 9/14/2002 5:36:10 PM
      - Your premise, that our attack is unprovoked and on a harmless nation - ebnelson - 9/14/2002 6:36:35 PM
      - So the Democrats should hide their intent from the voters? - Scott - 9/14/2002 5:44:37 PM
        
        Democrats hide their intent - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2002 10:21:26 AM
  - Uh.. this one has the smell of scotch. - FrankC - 9/14/2002 4:23:06 PM
    - When you have manure on your mustache, - - - - Bowser - 9/14/2002 4:36:13 PM
      - Well, vodka maybe - FrankC - 9/14/2002 5:30:21 PM
        
        Barf is corky? - ebnelson - 9/14/2002 6:37:23 PM
        
        Re: Hmm - Raoul - 9/14/2002 6:42:57 PM
        
        It's a great indicator. - Bowser - 9/14/2002 12:12:48 PM
        
        Scoring heavily - FrankC - 9/14/2002 12:53:14 PM

Hardy har har. - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2002 11:09:16 AM
- Re: Cool!! ...but -- what’s this . . . ? - D. Spires - 9/13/2002 12:10:22 PM
  - Re: Cool!! ...but -- what’s this . . . ? - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2002 1:09:51 PM
    - I dunnno - Scott - 9/14/2002 5:35:29 PM

9/11 Mastermind Arrested - MrPex - 9/13/2002 11:51:27 AM
- Another trumpeted "mastermind"! - Bowser - 9/13/2002 12:32:08 PM
  - Ramzi Binalshibh appeared recently in an Al-Jazeera interview - Matt Burley - 9/13/2002 3:14:11 PM
    - But Bowser says it doesn't matter and that it is all phony. - ebnelson - 9/14/2002 9:39:08 AM
      - And don't forget that as our troops were being dispatch to Afganistan - Scott - 9/14/2002 4:01:48 PM
        
        That is very good to remember. - ebnelson - 9/14/2002 5:21:10 PM
  - Re: Another trumpeted - mrpex - 9/13/2002 2:33:13 PM
  - Bin Laden, redux - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2002 1:06:54 PM
    - If Bin Ladin is alive now, it cause the CIA wants him alive - Scott - 9/14/2002 4:11:19 PM
  - OBL was buried alive in a cave near Tora Bora. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/13/2002 12:50:09 PM
  - OBL is worm food. - FrankC - 9/13/2002 12:46:24 PM
- Re: Thanx, MrPex -- we needed that . . . :^) (n/t) (n/t) - D. Spires - 9/13/2002 11:54:11 AM

And some people dare compare this man to Chamberlain - ebnelson - 9/14/2002 4:56:13 PM

Touch-screen voting instructions... - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2002 11:22:01 AM
- Those instructions said nothing about how I was supposed to open the suitcase... - Anne Leftleaner - 9/14/2002 4:41:06 PM
  - Instructions - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2002 10:25:03 AM

Different Florida example of how to run an "election". - Bowser - 9/14/2002 4:38:22 PM
- A little more on election reform - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2002 11:17:41 AM
  - But democrats never hurt elections. That is for eeeevilll Republicans. Just ask Bowser. - ebnelson - 9/14/2002 4:12:50 PM
  - Proof of identity - Mary Anne - 9/14/2002 1:32:30 PM
    - I forgot - Mary Anne - 9/14/2002 1:38:26 PM
      - Re: ID cards - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2002 4:31:12 PM
- The will of the people - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2002 9:59:54 AM
  - Is irrelevant to Republicans AND Florida officials. QED n/t (n/t) - Bowser - 9/14/2002 11:25:59 AM

Commentary: Urges Bush to quit, Americans to vote - Bowser - 9/13/2002 9:37:24 AM
- Re: Commentary - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2002 10:29:27 AM
  - C'mon. - Bowser - 9/13/2002 1:28:01 PM
    - Re: Well? - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2002 8:04:55 AM
      - I kind of feel sorry for janet Reno - Scott - 9/14/2002 4:32:14 PM
  - Since when has barf exhibited any need for evidence against Republicans at all? - ebnelson - 9/13/2002 10:54:54 AM

Now a very serious topic...if it's true. - Jacob Samorodin - 9/14/2002 3:13:23 PM
- Re: Now a very serious topic...if it's true. - Scott - 9/14/2002 3:58:22 PM

Karzai's would-be assassin was Taliban released from custody - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2002 11:42:03 AM
- Early Release never works. § (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/14/2002 12:20:50 PM
  - Not much prison space . - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/14/2002 2:29:35 PM

A win-win aspect of Middle East problems. - Bowser - 9/13/2002 7:32:55 PM
- Middle East problems. - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2002 8:20:17 AM
  - I don't think there's any use. - Bowser - 9/13/2002 9:12:11 AM
    - Re: Is THAT what's been bothering you all this time . . . ? - D. Spires - 9/13/2002 11:07:13 AM
      - Yeah. Killing innocent civilians. Tell me - - - - Bowser - 9/13/2002 12:40:19 PM
        
        Re: don't read what I type, Bowser -- it hurts your head . . . (n/t) (n/t) - D. spires - 9/14/2002 11:39:37 AM
        
        A responsible Democratic Admin... - Buck Galaxy - 9/13/2002 3:29:13 PM
        
        Ironically... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/13/2002 1:22:13 PM
        
        Re: Oh, come on, Tech1 . . . - D. Spires - 9/14/2002 11:44:44 AM
        
        Responsible politicians - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2002 1:12:28 PM
        
        With enough money, - Bowser - 9/13/2002 5:46:40 PM
        
        Aw, Bowser... - Tom Brosz - 9/14/2002 8:08:39 AM
    - Bin Laden - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2002 10:47:23 AM
- I seem to remember - FrankC - 9/13/2002 8:16:50 AM
  - (What a) Wonderful World - Alpert/Adler - 9/13/2002 9:45:45 AM
- Oil should go to $4.00 per gallon - Anne Leftleaner - 9/13/2002 8:16:12 AM

Scare closes Florida Highway. - Marcia - 9/13/2002 2:30:37 PM
- Scary, all right. - Bowser - 9/13/2002 5:39:02 PM
  - Re: Scary - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2002 7:39:47 PM
    - "Either-or", redux. - Bowser - 9/13/2002 8:04:56 AM
      - They turned them loose!!! - FrankC - 9/13/2002 12:59:51 PM
      - Re: Da Frameup! - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2002 8:29:14 AM
      - Reading between the lines... - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/13/2002 8:17:05 AM
  - Re: I seriously doubt you believe anything in the real world . . . - D. Spires - 9/13/2002 7:28:02 PM
    - Bowsers experienced at spreading fireworks on neighbors lawns and calling from pay phones. ;-) (n/t). (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/13/2002 7:44:00 PM
  - Re: Scary, all right. - Scott - 9/13/2002 7:20:06 PM
- Diversion? - FrankC - 9/13/2002 3:16:23 PM
  - Maybe just a foolish ploy to get arrested and then claim "Racial Profiling" - Scott - 9/13/2002 3:35:47 PM
    - Re: According to the story, they were not being followed at all . . . - D. Spires - 9/13/2002 3:54:42 PM
      - Just wait until "Donahwho?" has "Experts" discussing the issue on his show tonight - Scott - 9/13/2002 4:25:37 PM

Finish the War. Liberate Iraq. - By Bob Kerrey, former Democratic senator from Nebraska - 9/12/2002 12:04:34 PM
- Re: Finish the War. Liberate Iraq. - Buck Galaxy - 9/12/2002 6:45:40 PM
  - Re: Finish the War. Liberate Iraq. - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2002 8:35:43 AM
    - Dashle's idea? - Anne Leftleaner - 9/13/2002 8:53:10 AM
      - Re: Dashle's idea? - McFly - 9/13/2002 9:35:47 AM
        
        If only Marx were here to settle this dispute. - Anne Leftleaner - 9/13/2002 9:48:39 AM
      - Re: Technically . . . - D. Spires - 9/13/2002 9:03:23 AM
- Mr. Bob Kerrey - Bowser - 9/12/2002 6:04:41 PM
  - Civilians - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2002 7:31:02 PM
  - It's cool, Barf - ebnelson - 9/13/2002 11:58:08 AM

Radiation detected aboard container ship - SM - 9/12/2002 8:57:25 AM
- Re: Just a thought - SM - 9/12/2002 9:04:53 AM
  - Re: Just a thought - Tom Brosz - 9/12/2002 11:55:47 AM
    - Re: The water in a sea port is not very deep - SM - 9/12/2002 1:21:41 PM
  - Re: Yes . . . - D. Spires - 9/12/2002 10:53:12 AM
    - REMS - Scott - 9/12/2002 11:24:46 AM
      - Re: Location, location, location . . . - D. Spires - 9/12/2002 12:02:27 PM
        
        Re: Location, location, location . . . - Scott - 9/13/2002 3:40:01 PM
        
        Re: Concrete and solid masonry would be good -- and increase value to the finished product anyway . . . - D. Spires - 9/13/2002 7:04:54 PM
        
        Great overview Dan. - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/13/2002 8:41:02 AM
        
        Re: Thanx, Tech1 . . . - D. Spires - 9/13/2002 7:09:59 PM
        
        Some info - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2002 8:50:59 AM
        
        Suicide mentality - SDAI-Tech1 - 9/13/2002 9:38:17 AM
        
        If its not politially correct, then I suppose I could build a nice wine cellar. - Scott - 9/13/2002 9:52:18 AM
  - Re: Detecting radiation before ships enter harbor - SM - 9/12/2002 9:13:43 AM
    - Re: Italian police arrest 15 terrorists on cargo ship from Morocco - SM - 9/12/2002 9:30:03 AM

Mandela Repeats Warning to U.S. . . . - D. Spires - 9/13/2002 2:14:28 PM
- Re: What a mess............ - Raoul Lannoy - 9/13/2002 4:45:24 PM
  - The "good old days". And the newer times. - Bowser - 9/13/2002 5:16:59 PM
    - China - Tom Brosz - 9/13/2002 6:49:08 PM
    - China is a paper tiger. - ebnelson - 9/13/2002 5:37:22 PM
- In the old days - ebnelson - 9/13/2002 2:18:24 PM
  - Re: Well, we're a little more tolerant these days, Ed . . . ;^) - D. Spires - 9/13/2002 2:37:34 PM
    - You, too? § (n/t) - ebnelson - 9/13/2002 2:41:22 PM

« newer topics · page 865 of 1030 · older topics »

Recent posts

On this day in Current Events

Current Events