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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mark Bellis wrote about prospective King Chuck. As one of the Queen's subjects, I probably ought to take this all more seriously but: (...) Yes people (and I) do care some. This is why there are currently record numbers (...) (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In the UK, Prince Charles, the heir to the throne, has recently announced that he will marry Camilla Parker-Bowles. This follows his divorce from Princess Diana and hers from her husband. They were seeing each other before either of them got (...) (20 years ago, 17-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: This Week's "Dumbest Thing I've Ever Heard"
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(...) I find it amusing that every word of that post is still true nearly a year later. But I have to wonder: has any critical portion of the vaunted Missile Defense Shield ever not failed? I read (URL) this> article, and it sounds like more of the (...) (20 years ago, 15-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: Activist Lawmaker Legislating From The Barber Shop (Thread Hijack))
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(...) <snip> Depends on the level of 'dirtiness'--maybe I'll go check myself in at the nearest rehab centre... It's free, y'know--my socialist country pays for such things... (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Another assault on the UN dashed on the beaches
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I heard the R4 show Moniot refers to... it was quite scary: "The BBC's File On 4 programme has learnt that out of over $20bn raised in oil revenues during US-led rule, the use of $8.8bn is unaccounted for."...(URL) more>>>> Scott A (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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Does Canada not have some sort of register for self-confessed dirty old men? ;) Scott A (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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The 'damning' probe into the UN Oil for Food Programme fades away from the popular press like a summer frost, but where is the spotlight on the financial management of relief and reconstruction programmes? (URL) if nothing else, the UN knows how to (...) (20 years ago, 11-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Activist Lawmaker Legislating From The Barner Shop (Thread Hijack))
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(...) He found that exposed undergarments were 'offensive'??? K... well then... Maybe if a guy's undergarments were exposed... no need for that! But the thong/lowrider jeans combination? I've seen that and sometimes it's quite opposite of (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Looking for feedback.
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(...) "Honest but nice?" What kind of liberal tree-hugging drivel is this? What I really want is to make him *think* I'm being nice while humiliating him in the eyes of his literate peers. Okay, maybe not. (...) Can I at least alert him to the, (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Activist Lawmaker Legislating From The Barner Shop (Thread Hijack))
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I liked this story: (URL) Why underpants must stay under in the state of Virginia> Scott A (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Be honest, but nice--'I didn't enjoy the book.' If he attempts to lend you another, or try to involve you in a debate about why, just say, "It's not my cup of tea." and leave it at that. 'No thanks' always works for me when fellow employees (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) By the way--the book to which I was referring in that longago post was *not* the bible. Anyway, I've found myself in a similar predicament with a different coworker and a different book. This time, my esteemed peer has heartily recommended a (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Activist Judges Legislating From The Bench
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Since we all know how much Dubya hates them durned activist judges, I'm confident that he'll be speaking up to condemn (URL) scandalous over-reaching of judicial authority. For a moment, let’s set aside the question of whether or not an (...) (20 years ago, 10-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: No Photo-Op Left Behind
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(...) Scott, I don't know if you meant "surly" or "surely" there, but either way that's one of the most fitting word-blurs I've ever seen. (...) Clearly, you're one of those who hate freedom. Dave! (20 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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Surly, Dick Cheney could have stepped forward and hugged Janet Norwood on behalf of the Halliburton shareholders? It is intersting that Bush is planning public sector cuts whilst, against the advice of his own auditors, (URL) not withholding any (...) (20 years ago, 4-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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During Dubya's latest inarticulate and noncommital description of his plans for destroying the country, viewers were treated to what I'm sure was in no way a planned event: an (URL) embrace> by two women touched by deaths in Iraq. The Iraqi woman, (...) (20 years ago, 3-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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I thought this was a good read: On September 4 1967 the New York Times published an upbeat story on presidential elections held by the South Vietnamese puppet regime at the height of the Vietnam war. Under the heading "US encouraged by Vietnam vote: (...) (20 years ago, 2-Feb-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: four empty cages
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(...) I hope that they remain empty. It is simply too inhuman to put people there. Which reminds me: Has anybody made a LEGO model of the Guantanamo concent camps? Fredrik (20 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Obviously, the cages should be filled by those who oppose Freedom and Democracy, such as Barbara Boxer, Ted Kennedy, Robert Byrd, and Ron Paul. Each of them has had the audacity to question Dubya's Divine Mandate and to remind His Righteous (...) (20 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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After three years being held in Bush's Cuban torture facility on undisclosed charges based on undisclosed evidence, (URL) three Britons were freed yesterday>. Any suggestions for who should occupy those four empty cages in Guantanamo Bay? Scott A (20 years ago, 27-Jan-05, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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