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(...) I got word today that Homeland Security is temporarily (they say) impounding my belongings coming from South Africa--almost all books and papers, with a few other personal effects (clothing) for a CET or "Contraband Examination Team" search. (...) (22 years ago, 13-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) There was a good piece in yesterday's Telegraph (UK rightwing paper) which covered some of this ground: (URL) measures are tiresome, expensive - and won't work> "The new measure is like too many of the laws and initiatives introduced since (...) (22 years ago, 12-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) This article is worrisome to me. I realize Dennis Prager was being allegorical, but that fact might be lost on those who do a quick scan of the article. His half-hearted disclaimer in the last sentence hardly makes up for the (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) That works for me; appropriately, Karl Rove then becomes Sauron. Let's destroy his Ring! Dave! (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) (URL) Example>: Mentally ill man executed in US - "The state of Arkansas has executed a man with a severe mental illness. Charles Singleton, 44, was forcibly given anti-psychotic drugs which made him lucid enough under court guidelines to be (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| | Re: SHOCK: Iraq WMD threat 'misrepresented' by Bush!
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(...) Hey, did my monocle roll over there? It seems like the darn thing's always popping off these days... (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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"Larry Pieniazek" <lpieniazek@mercator.com> wrote in message news:Hr7867.x9r@lugnet.com... (...) I'd like to see Jimmy Carter in Gandalf's position: "See? Pacifism wins!" And then he gets stomped on by an Olyphant, or side-swiped by it's spiked (...) (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Not sure this link will work... (URL) Prager has got it all wrong... GWB isn't like Aragorn, he's more like Sarumon, but not as bright. But I found the piece funny anyway, if a bit unkind. (22 years ago, 9-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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From the (URL) BBC>: "The Carnegie Endowment said it had studied hundreds of documents and interviewed dozens of specialists for its report WMD: Evidence and Implications. The report says there was "no convincing evidence" that Iraq had (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) I doubt a bunch of starving immigrants will do much for crime statistics. Scott A (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Because we get our own IMF warning! (URL) I'm so proud! (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Are you being secured? (or ...TSA? no: TIA! )
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(...) Can we not all just get a barcode tattoo at birth; it really would cut back on all this paperwork. ;) Scott A (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | BA defends rights to queue for the loo at 20,000ft
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The was a rather engaging item in The Times today: (URL) BA defends rights to queue for the loo at 20,000ft> "...the United States ordered airlines entering its airspace to ban passengers from queueing for the lavatories... The directive from the (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) the problem with all biometric ID is that the ID you would need to 'prove' your identity can easily be faked, e.g. birth certificate, driving license, etc. What a biometric ID would prevent would be dual IDs (vocabularyroviding the database (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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NR showing protectionist stripes? (URL) Krikorian may be right that access to cheap labor means less labor saving innovation, but (apparently not being a free trader) he misses the point. Employers should have the choice of whether to use cheap (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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From today's USA Today (URL) actual printed version of the story (at least in the ATL market) had a picture of a Brazilian immigration official subjecting a US visitor to the same indignities we apparently are submitting visitors from Brazil to... (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I’m sure all (URL) this> is doing wonders for the American tourist industry! Scott A Have you had a look at Arthurs Seat Yet? (2 URLs) (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(...) Well, it looks like I might have to get fingerprinted when I arrive for BF PDX, and I don't like that one bit! Not sure yet - they're still debating whether countries that have visa exemptions (incl Aus for stays less than 90 days) will also (...) (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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The Transportation Security Adminstration may be misnamed... there's an "in" missing, as in "INsecurity" (URL) there's a great article in the Feb issue of Reason as well. (22 years ago, 8-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Interesting article on Wal-Mart
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(...) I think this says it all: "We want clean air, clear water, good living conditions, the best health care in the world--yet we aren't willing to pay for anything manufactured under those restrictions." End result: the things we buy will all end (...) (22 years ago, 7-Jan-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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