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(URL) New Mexico (AP) -- An American T-shirt company has a solution for their fellow citizens who want to vacation in Europe without having to answer questions about U.S. politics -- pose as Canadians. " The bit that made me smile-- " When it comes (...) (20 years ago, 7-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: To David T Johnson, Acting ambassador, US Embassy, London
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(...) Which goes part and parcel with this paper-- (URL) if ya don't feel like slugging thru that, see a journalistic synopsis-- (URL) off great-- "THE Pentagon has admitted that the war on terror and the invasion and occupation of Iraq have (...) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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From the pages of the Guardian... Dear Mr Johnson, On November 26, your press counsellor sent a letter to the Guardian taking strong exception to a sentence in my column of the same day. The sentence read: "In Iraq, US forces and their Iraqi (...) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Agreed. it's very frightening. (in case you couldn't tell, I was being sarcastic with my Subject line and statements....) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hi Larry, gotta tell you, there are many parts of PAI and PAII I am very unhappy about, as a conservative. While I think it is good for the FBI and CIA to be able to talk with each other regarding terrorism and share info, these sneak and peek (...) (20 years ago, 6-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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and you'll never catch me saying anything different! Not any more! (URL) found that via nosing around on the site after finding THIS link (about writing mistakes, totally unrelated but also good): (URL) via a webcomic! I love the internet! ) (20 years ago, 1-Dec-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Greenspan's touch only comes in concert with an administration willing to listen to his advice. He's been Chairman of the Fed since the tail end of Reagan. Daddy Bush refused to heed Greenspan's warnings creating the economic recession of (...) (20 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: A Small Rant About Word Usage
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(...) Perhaps it's the word order that's causing you grief. What if you said, "I call for the ouster of the CEO." No, that's the same, isn't it? Eclectic English and its scrambled semantics! :) Regardless, the definition does seem to be accurate, (...) (20 years ago, 30-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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My understanding is that wind turbines do not pose a problem to “local” birds. However, migrating birds can fall ‘fowl’ (pun intended) of them when visibility is low. Scott A (...) (20 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | A Small Rant About Word Usage
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Am I the only annoyed by the use of the word "ouster". The definition of this word make no sense when compared to other words with the "-er" suffix. To me the only usage of this word should be in referring to "someone in the process of ousting or (...) (20 years ago, 29-Nov-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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