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Assassination Bid as New Violence Hits Afghanistan . . . - D. Spires - 4/8/2002 8:39:54 AM

Defence and Border Protection Top Priority . . . - D. Spires - 4/8/2002 8:30:34 AM

Going Home to Hunger and Death . . . - D. Spires - 4/8/2002 8:25:34 AM

U.S. Unlikely to Prosecute U.S.-Born Afghan Detainee . . . - D. Spires - 4/8/2002 8:16:46 AM

an exciting time in Cdn politics - McFly - 4/4/2002 5:05:42 PM
- Re: an exciting time in Cdn politics - Success_Machine - 4/7/2002 5:59:14 PM

Bush's arrogance overweaning! - Publius - 4/6/2002 11:31:11 AM
- Bush tells it like it is. Too bad if you don't like it. - ebnelson - 4/6/2002 5:33:29 PM
  - C'mon Ed...the photo-op Prez did wonders! (n/t) (n/t) - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/6/2002 6:11:56 PM
- Re: Bush's arrogance overweaning! - Bowser - 4/6/2002 2:02:11 PM
  - Mark the calendar! I agree with Bowser. - ebnelson - 4/6/2002 5:38:45 PM
  - Inaccurate statements regarding peace process and Israeli elections - Matt Burley - 4/6/2002 4:43:38 PM
  - Re: Bush's arrogance ! - Publius - 4/6/2002 2:32:45 PM
    - We are not selling Israel out. That is total BS. - ebnelson - 4/6/2002 5:44:48 PM
    - Puzzling - FrankC - 4/6/2002 3:44:36 PM
    - Re: Bush's arrogance ! - Bowser - 4/6/2002 3:43:01 PM
      - Re: Bush's arrogance ! - Tom Brosz - 4/7/2002 2:50:24 PM
        
        Way, way too cynical. - Bowser - 4/7/2002 4:17:40 PM
      - Agree with almost all except Taiwan... - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/6/2002 6:08:35 PM
      - Right on on Israel, not so sure about Taiwan. - ebnelson - 4/6/2002 6:03:08 PM
- Relax. Give Bush credit for being the last one to tell Israel to withdraw - Matt Burley - 4/6/2002 12:44:10 PM
  - Rabin was no dummy as a strategist - E.P. Grondine - 4/6/2002 12:57:30 PM

Fliers Offering Money for Dead Westerners . . . - D. Spires - 4/6/2002 4:32:47 PM
- I get the feeling.. - FrankC - 4/6/2002 6:46:47 PM
- Good opportunity to bag a few more Taleban! - Matt Burley - 4/6/2002 5:03:54 PM
  - Re: Good opportunity to bag a few more Taleban! - gbaikie - 4/7/2002 3:41:39 PM

Woman Eight Weeks Pregnant With Human Clone - gbaikie - 4/7/2002 3:31:42 PM

Global Warming - a scientific fact? - p - 4/3/2002 8:56:33 PM
- Skeptical environmentalist - LJ - 4/4/2002 5:01:42 PM
  - Re: Skeptical environmentalist - Tom Brosz - 4/4/2002 5:41:23 PM
    - An argument it expect to hear if and when global warming turns out to be a hoax... - Scott - 4/4/2002 5:58:02 PM
    - Note: LJ is not Larry J (n/t) (n/t) - LJ - 4/4/2002 9:49:07 AM
      - It's as simple as Laurence versus Larry ;-) - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/6/2002 8:47:03 PM
- Re: scientific fact? - SteveS - 4/4/2002 1:19:44 PM
- Gore's (and everybody else's) confused energy policies - E.P. Grondine - 4/4/2002 9:05:46 AM
- Re: Global Warming - a scientific fact? - Pollution - A scientific fact - 4/3/2002 6:25:46 PM
  - Re: dig-a-dig-a-dig-a-dig-a... Yo, Buck . . . - D. Spires - 4/4/2002 9:06:43 AM
  - Hey friends, that was me btw :-) n/t (n/t) - Buck Galaxy - 4/3/2002 7:46:00 PM
- Massive dumping of carbon into our atmosphere is a scientific fact. - alcaray - 4/3/2002 11:50:46 AM
  - Responsibility. - Marcia - 4/3/2002 1:18:01 PM
    - It doesn't matter who is to blame. - alcaray - 4/4/2002 5:56:26 PM
      - I'm prepared to listen... - Tom Brosz - 4/4/2002 6:07:11 PM
        
        I don't see the connection between potential global catastrophe, and what some yahoo advocacy group says. - alcaray - 4/4/2002 6:26:59 PM
    - Yes, and those countries are exempt from Kyoto - Larry J - 4/4/2002 2:17:02 PM
    - Re: the same could be said for South America . . . - D. Spires - 4/3/2002 1:33:05 PM
    - omissions = Emissions! (oy!) n/t (n/t) - Marcia - 4/3/2002 1:24:35 PM
  - Methane comes in as culprit No. 2. - Marcia - 4/3/2002 1:01:33 PM
    - methane - McFly - 4/4/2002 2:51:27 PM
- More than one question here - Larry J - 4/3/2002 9:18:18 AM
  - Many more than one - Fox - 4/5/2002 5:39:06 PM
  - Re: More than one question here - Tom Brosz - 4/3/2002 1:59:10 PM
    - I agree with you 100% - alcaray - 4/4/2002 5:02:33 PM
      - Re: I agree - Tom Brosz - 4/4/2002 5:51:28 PM
    - Green View - RobVG - 4/4/2002 3:58:45 PM
      - Ya gots ta put 'em where the wind blows damn it! - RobVG - 4/4/2002 6:36:03 PM
    - Re: Oh, and don't forget the intentional brainwashing . . . - D. Spires - 4/3/2002 4:41:02 PM

Neat little toy from fuelcellstore.com - Success_Machine - 4/6/2002 2:25:31 PM
- Re: Actually I take that back... - Success_Machine - 4/6/2002 7:38:00 PM

Escalating Violence Threatens Zombie-Teenager Peace Process - p - 4/6/2002 6:11:49 PM

Foundation and Empire - Fox - 4/5/2002 7:32:33 PM
- Why "imperialism". - Bowser - 4/5/2002 7:58:02 PM
  - I guess that explains massive trade deficits to the third world? - ebnelson - 4/6/2002 4:06:45 PM
  - Forget "isms" - Fox - 4/6/2002 10:11:39 AM
    - Forget "ism's" by using them? - Bowser - 4/6/2002 6:01:14 PM
    - You make an excellent point. - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/6/2002 5:18:07 PM

A Presidency in disarray? - Bowser - 4/6/2002 10:17:30 AM
- The American Zionist attack begins - E.P.Grondine - 4/6/2002 12:50:47 PM
  - Re: The American Zionist attack begins - Publius - 4/6/2002 2:43:21 PM
    - Reactionary zionist posing doesn't help. - ebnelson - 4/6/2002 5:35:25 PM
- Memo to bow-wow: Al Hunt is a liberal, not a conservative n/t (n/t) - Matt Burley - 4/6/2002 10:50:45 AM

Okay, let's have Israel sit down with these guy and talk - Tom Brosz - 4/4/2002 6:02:04 PM
- It's depressing - Matt Burley - 4/4/2002 7:03:15 PM
  - Solution remains the same as before: UN deployment - E.P. Grondine - 4/4/2002 7:56:07 PM
    - I suppose it could be worth a try - McFly - 4/4/2002 8:09:00 PM
      - Re: And if they fail . . . - D. Spires - 4/4/2002 9:58:55 AM
        
        then we'll be exactly where we are now (n/t) - E.P. Grondine - 4/4/2002 10:53:39 AM
        
        Re: Really . . . ? - D. Spires - 4/4/2002 11:23:25 AM
    - And whose troops will make up that deployment? - Larry J - 4/4/2002 8:07:13 PM
      - I can't resist.... - Fox - 4/5/2002 5:38:00 PM
        
        Re: I can't resist.... - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/6/2002 5:33:30 PM
      - The best part: not ours (n/t) - E.P. Grondine - 4/4/2002 8:33:03 PM
        
        No one else's, either - Larry J - 4/4/2002 8:56:16 PM
        
        Ahhh, but you're wrong - E.P. Grondine - 4/4/2002 10:45:41 AM
        
        Re: And which number of countries . . . - D. spires - 4/4/2002 11:27:16 AM
      - Grabbing at straws - FrankC - 4/4/2002 10:44:20 AM
    - What about a robust NATO deployment, a la Kosovo? - Matt Burley - 4/4/2002 9:33:23 AM
      - What could they do that the Israeli Army isn't already doing? - Larry J - 4/4/2002 9:39:03 AM
        
        Well, let's see - E.P. Grondine - 4/4/2002 10:51:21 AM

Afghanistan Duty Changes Some GIs' Outlook . . . - D. Spires - 4/4/2002 12:16:54 PM
- In time - RNE - 4/5/2002 3:44:25 PM
  - Re: Facing it will be hard . . . - D. Spires - 4/5/2002 4:26:31 PM
    - Yes - RNE - 4/6/2002 4:36:23 PM

Biggest bugs ever found in California - Success_Machine - 4/5/2002 5:54:20 PM
- I killed it Jim! - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/5/2002 7:50:56 PM
  - You sure it wasn't a Kzinti? - alcaray - 4/5/2002 8:57:22 PM
    - Do not adjust your sets! - SDAI-Tech1 - 4/5/2002 9:26:47 AM
- Looks like a new menu item for FearFactor (n/t) (n/t) - RobVG - 4/5/2002 7:26:50 PM
  - O my Gawd! Am I gonna have to watch somebody eat one of these on TV? n/t (n/t) - alcaray - 4/5/2002 8:54:53 PM
  - Re: Already dead or still alive? - Mary Anne - 4/5/2002 8:03:19 PM
    - Love the title, it reminds me of "To Serve Man", (n/t) (n/t) - RobVG - 4/5/2002 9:32:26 AM
      - Re: To Serve Man - real and available - Fox - 4/5/2002 5:09:57 PM
        
        Actually Fox... - RobVG - 4/5/2002 6:35:31 PM
        
        Actually, Rob - Fox - 4/6/2002 10:29:30 AM
        
        oops. (n/t) (n/t) - RobVG - 4/6/2002 4:27:25 PM
- Awww.... It's really kinda cute, in a "Them" sort of way... - Mary Anne - 4/5/2002 6:48:24 PM
  - Them! - Fox - 4/5/2002 5:58:08 PM
    - Re: The Beginning of the End . . . ? - D. Spires - 4/6/2002 10:01:20 AM
- The one I'm looking at is probably - Bowser - 4/5/2002 10:32:31 AM
  - Re: The one I'm looking at is probably - Tom Brosz - 4/5/2002 3:52:11 PM
    - Wasn't going to mention a name, but - Bowser - 4/5/2002 6:37:23 PM
  - Another thoroughly penetrating analysis - FrankC - 4/5/2002 11:53:16 AM
    - You're in good company, Frank. - Bowser - 4/5/2002 12:10:18 PM

New Year's Surprise Coming from Myanmar Regime . . . - D. Spires - 4/6/2002 3:51:56 PM

US steel tariffs - it's much more complicated than mere protectionism - Matt Burley - 4/5/2002 8:06:11 PM
- One addendum - Matt - 4/5/2002 8:23:46 PM
  - I'm not real familiar with this pension protection - alcaray - 4/5/2002 8:53:01 PM
    - Yes, it's a form of insurance, administered by a gov't agency - Matt Burley - 4/5/2002 1:27:56 PM
- It's just a matter of time. - Bowser - 4/5/2002 7:47:02 PM

Asian Development Bank Unveils a 200-Million Dollar Aid Package for Afghanistan . . . - D. Spires - 4/4/2002 11:53:22 AM
- Ya gotta read the small print. - Bowser - 4/5/2002 12:08:30 PM

Conservatives pushing Bush on Israel, too. - Tom Brosz - 4/3/2002 8:14:54 PM
- Re: Conservatives pushing Bush on Israel, too. - Buck Galaxy - 4/3/2002 6:35:52 PM
  - Re: Conservatives pushing Bush on Israel, too. - Tom Brosz - 4/3/2002 6:58:08 PM
    - Solution remains the same as before: UN Deployment - E.P. Grondine - 4/4/2002 8:52:01 PM

EU plans for dealing with Israeli/Palestinian conflict - E.P. Grondine - 4/3/2002 7:20:52 PM
- Israel has good reason not to trust Europe - Larry J - 4/4/2002 4:17:39 PM
- It could only work if both sides have reason to trust the mediators - Larry J - 4/3/2002 8:02:12 PM
  - Re: It could only work - Tom Brosz - 4/3/2002 8:10:04 PM
    - Every US President since Eisenhower has come under pressure from US Zionists - E.P. Grondine - 4/4/2002 8:48:28 PM
    - A meeting's productivity is inversely proportional... - Larry J - 4/3/2002 8:25:01 PM
- Looks as if it might make sense - Bowser - 4/3/2002 7:29:49 PM

"War and Then a Wall" - Larry J - 4/3/2002 8:37:34 PM
- War and then Massive Death - E.P. Grondine - 4/4/2002 9:10:30 AM
  - Maybe so... - Tom Brosz - 4/4/2002 6:00:12 PM
    - Re: Maybe so... - E.P. Grondine - 4/4/2002 7:58:01 PM

Saddam raises price of hits on Jewish civilians - Tom Brosz - 4/3/2002 8:23:56 PM
- Perspective - Bowser - 4/3/2002 12:02:06 PM
  - trying to fit into other shoes - McFly - 4/4/2002 2:47:39 PM
  - Re: Perspective - Tom Brosz - 4/3/2002 5:58:41 PM
    - Sort of like the Jews - Bowser - 4/3/2002 6:08:23 PM
      - Now your starting to sound like a republican - Scott - 4/4/2002 5:51:46 PM
- And I'll raise their harem in Paradise from 72 to 96 virgins!! n/t (n/t) - Allah - 4/3/2002 10:16:04 AM

Colombia: Growing Signs of Conflict's Regional Spillover . . . - D. Spires - 4/3/2002 1:05:47 PM
- Cuba and Venezuela (under Chavez) - ebnelson - 4/4/2002 4:28:45 PM

Bahrain's Moves Toward Iraq May Belie U.S. Strategy . . . - D. spires - 4/4/2002 12:47:33 PM

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