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(...) I'm a big fan of Moore! I note with great amusement that "Stupid White Men" was already a bestseller on your island before it was even release there--thanks, Amazon! It's a chilling read, but I'm afraid it suffers from Moore's habit of sparse (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Perhaps the problem is that the news networks’ balance sheet has some protection from the "cyclical" economy due to the war on terror? ;) I've just completed reading MM's now dated "Studpid White Men". If half of what he has to say about (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) You are getting upset over a misnomer. Correctly speaking (which is to say, politically incorrectly) you should be using the term The Conservative Media. (...) The Conservative Media. Just repeat it like a mantra. (...) You realize that means (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I haven't griped about Bush in this forum for close to several weeks. So here goes: (URL) sense Copresident Rove's hand in this somehow. Aside from the ever-astonishing willingness of the press to swallow whole any spin coming out of the uber-secret (...) (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Thank You Jesse... I didn't really know how to phrase a response to the previous message, so I bit my toungue; you words were spoken as if from mine own toungue. Thank You -John Rudy A Firm Believer that the Racist Door can swing both ways. (22 years ago, 6-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Steve Burge" <steveburge@b_i_g_f_o_o_t.com> wrote in message news:H856EB.6DA@lugnet.com... <snip> Video games have an advantage over board games in that you can play them when no-one else is willing to play a game with you</snip> Isn't that down to (...) (22 years ago, 4-Jan-03, to lugnet.general, lugnet.lego.direct, lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.technic)
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(URL) especially like the 10 reasons to switch--here's just one: " Number 4: America prides itself in being the "leader of the Western World, leader of the free nations." The cornerstone of this being Democracy, something the Vikings of Iceland (...) (22 years ago, 3-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) (1) The "internet public library" purports to collect links to online versions of many many newspapers. I checked it out and found several, although I can't guarantee every link they said is there actually is. Thanks to "Seraphim" of Megatokyo (...) (22 years ago, 1-Jan-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hehe, I remember seeing that. I thought "Wow, what a lame set!" But still, business is business. Kind of sneaky, yet funny. ~Evan Butzlaff (22 years ago, 1-Jan-03, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Alright then, I don't accept your perspective. I think it's a baseless emotional response to Larry. (...) That's another baseless accusation AND name calling. (...) There is no balance point. There is no line to cross between "good" and "bad". (...) (22 years ago, 30-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I had already said it was a matter of perspective. (...) I get the feeling you are being obtuse... (...) After avoiding the question a number times, you now claim the question is invalid. I'll try again; Is that, on balance, good or bad? (...) (...) (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Sure, it sounds like a cool idea, but I'll bet that the shipping charges are murder. Dave! (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) THE ENTIRE RUSTIC TOWN OF BRIDGEVILLE CA" Wow, wonder what people are going to auction off next. -JHK (22 years ago, 28-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And thus shall often be told in later days great tales, amongst those the story of Nathan of the Ten Fingers and the Brick of Doom. Peace and Long Life, and a very Merry Christmas, Tony Alexander (22 years ago, 25-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Umm, isn't this off-topic for off-topic.debate? o-t.d is for serious debates, not everything that comes along that might be controversial... For that matter, I'm not sure why it's x-posted to .general. Frank who is logging in from his mom's (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The Ruling Brick (was: What's the big deal about the Mini TIE?)
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(...) Three Plant Leaves (6 x 5) for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven BURPS for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine bricks for Timmy destined to die, ... :-) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The big deal is people are dumb. They think it's worth 30 bucks and I bet people might actually buy it too. I saw on ebay once, a pair of storm trooper bodies with a Han and Luke heads on em. They were "exclusive" Han and Luke in stormtrooper (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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"Bent" can mean many different things, you have to place it in context. In the context I was using it (trying to straighten SA out), it simply meant that people aren't going to be able to straighten him out: (...) Didn't think that it could be that (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Dunno, but I wouldn't mind building a few. Has anyone scanned the instructions yet? The pic I've seen of it doesn't quite give enough detail to build it. BTW, the Tie Bomber from the retail Mini SW sets rocks, and I can't wait for the next batch of (...) (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: The Ruling Brick (was: What's the big deal about the Mini TIE?)
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(...) In the land of Lugnet, where the Shadows lie. (22 years ago, 24-Dec-02, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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