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(...) Are you channeling a little (URL) Luc Picard> there? Dave! FUT OT.Geek (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) On what basis do you declare these people to be psychotic, inhuman and irrational? Is it because they go to extraordinary lengths to force others to accept their extremist religious doctrines? Is it because they kill innocent civilians in the (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) You may think that Scotts missing your point, but the point you seem to be oblivious to is that the actions undertaken by this US administration isn't helpful to reducing or eliminating the terrorist threats. It's like this-- If 'the people' (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) They are the ones who keep blowing themselves up and wreaking all of the havoc-- exactly what al-qaeda wants (not Iraq) (...) (snipped) Is this where I reply by posting a link to the Nick Berg slaughter? You are being a jerk. (...) So, 9-11 (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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Bush passes the buck again; this time it's the Iranians who are at blame: (URL) See:> "It's pretty clear that Iranians had us for breakfast, lunch and dinner," said an intelligence source in Washington yesterday. "Iranian intelligence has been (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Only time and the risk of even more spam. (...) From its very pages: Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt, a spokesman for the occupation forces, estimated that there were a total of 3,000 to 5,000 guerrilla fighters in Iraq, with 5 to 10 percent of those (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Yeah, it was inappropriate. But, it was unbelievably hilarious too. You're right, John. I have a big problem with teaching kids that young about erotic attire and attitudes. One example I especially loathe -- and you may have seen this in your (...) (20 years ago, 25-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Doh! Right you are! My mistake. The Gneisenau and Scharnhorst were definitely of the battle cruiser type vessel, in that they were built in response to the Invincibles and later Indefatigables. Interestingly, the Germans never really fully (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Nah, not worth it. I think I misread your initial point anyway, and my question was imprecisely worded. (...) Heck, I've already been doing that. I'm glad to support the team! Haven't you read the thread? :-) Only the parts in OT.debate. You (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) On the legal definition of insider trading as it stands, today, in the US. That's the last I'll say about it in this thread, start a new thread if you want. (...) Don't buy from him, every chance you get. Haven't you read the thread? :-) (...) (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Please. The New York Times is considered the most respected and established news source in the US (registration costs nothing). (...) Won't dignify that smart-ass remark with a repl.....uh, nevermind. (...) How do you increase a threat as (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) That's an interesting assertion, though I'd have to differ. On what do you base it? (...) Hadn't thought about it, honestly. What could I do, if I wished? I can head to Hawaii and give him the frowning of a lifetime. Who's with me!?! Dave! (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Is this really worth subscribing for? (...) Like those folks at that wedding? (...) ...Bush is increasing the threat; don't doubt that! Scott A (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Not really, because I support insider trading. All trading is insider trading, actually. (...) Nope. Assuming there's no breach of contract. (...) Nothing. You, however, can do something about it, if you wish. (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Might this seem like a form of insider trading? If LEGO has facilitated this process in defiance of its stated ordering limits, then cleary they're at fault. But what if the seller has found a non-publicly-disclosed means of acquiring numerous (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It requires registration. Can you summarize it? Either way, since there is no valid, pre-existing link between Iraq and al Qaida, and since Dubya used that falsified link as one of the justifications for initiating his war, then al Qaida and (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Indeed they are. Which is why I asked that LEGO look into it. (asked, mind you) And later posted that I have reason to believe they are looking into it. (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Incorrect. In fact, the responsibility of those lost Iraqi lives can be attributed to OBL as well. Consider this recent NYT article by Thomas Friedman: (URL) The resistance in Iraq is coming primarily from outside Iraq, not in. As Friedman (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Without commenting directly on www.iraqbodycount.net, I would like to offer (URL) this> article for consideration. You'll either need to subscribe to Salon or watch a brief promotional ad from a sponser, but it takes less than a minute. The (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) The "pocket battleships" (literally Panzerschiffen, or armor-clads) you're thinking of were Deutschland (later Lützow), Admiral Graf Spee (of the River Plate, and which a private company is talking about raising and restoring (!!!!)), and (...) (20 years ago, 24-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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