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| From the (URL) BBC> The EU asked a bunch of people about which countries posed the biggest threat to "World Peace". The following did not score all that well: Israel 59% US 53% North Korea 53% Iran 53% Iraq 52% Afghanistan 50% Pakistan 48% We live (...) (21 years ago, 7-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
| | | | | [The Economist] Survey: America
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| The Economist periodically does in depth studies of various topics. In this weeks edition, they have done a series of articles about the United States of America. I found it to be quite interesting reading: (URL) may or may not agree with their (...) (21 years ago, 6-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | | | Rewards for capture of virus writers
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| (URL) not a big MS fan but hey, nifty. Now if they'd just spend a little more on making their stuff a bit less security flawed in the first place... (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | | | Re: Iraq's alien invaders
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| (...) All your base are belong to us! Dave K (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
| | | | | Iraq's alien invaders
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| It gets better: (URL) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
| | | | | As they said, something you don't see every day...
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| (URL) something you don't see every day. You always hear about the "by one vote" legends. Well, In Portage County in Ohio, here's an amusing election result. TALLMADGE CITY COUNCIL - WARD 2* ONE TO BE ELECTED ROBERT D. MAGUIRE DEM 1 100.00 DENNIS (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | | | Re: Delicious!
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| (...) My friends and I sometimes make up words that fit the happening, like "Hey! Vuja-de!! This has never happened to us before" and we look around all curious and awed-like. It is usually said in an ironic voice 'cause what had, indeed, (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Delicious!
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| (...) Hey Larry, Sometimes I'm 'off my game' as well. No worries about this at all--it has been fun :) And the more that happens, it seems, the more fun it becomes! It's a perpetual 'fun-times' thread, filled with romance, mystery, and that little (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
| | | | | Re: unpalatable truth
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| Oops! (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
| | | | | Re: Delicious!
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| (...) Richard, Have you ever headed down I-5 around Bakersfield, where they have a LOT of cattle? On a really hot day, just after the cows have turned over a field? Imagine that stench, 100 times stronger, and less natural smelling. Pig farms will (...) (21 years ago, 5-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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