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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote: (snip) (...) A "possibly incorrect aspect of a news story"? You missed your calling, Dave!-- you shoulda been a whirling physician:-) JOHN (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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(URL) let me see if I have this straight. Robert Novak, a stain on the fabric of humanity, faces no pressure for his deliberate and knowing leak of a CIA operative's name (a Federal crime) in an apparent effort to intimidate a critic of Bush, and (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) A quick Brickshelf search reveals this one as well: (URL) sure I've seen others out there. Since minifig designs already exist for cowboys and Indians, construction workers, police, etc, this is pretty straightforward. Bruce (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Jeez, you Canadians don't know anything. Americans like Bush because "he keeps us safe," "he's a likeable guy," and "he has strong morals and values." All right, the real reasons are these: he has terrified most Americans into believing that (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Koudys wrote: <snip> (...) I know that sometimes my grammar is atrocious, but those paragraphs were just horrible! Eh, whatever... Dave K (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) In this case, repetition obviously doesn't teach the donkey-- Looking back at the companies that Dubya the Idiot was in charge of, looking at his record in the forces, and his personal life, a la cocaine and alcohol, and yet he still became (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I should have read the paper this morning - the secretray thing was on the fold and I tossed the paper in the car without reading it. Interesting. She doesn't confirm the memos as real, but confirms Bush's commanding officer's opinions (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I like what the officer's secretary said (paraphrasing)... "those memos are obviously fake, because I didn't type them, and men just didn't do secretaries work back then... but the ideas they express are obviously true" But again, does this (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I remember my friend who had an IBM Selectric in 1974 or 75. He did proportional typing and superscripting. Alas, I no longer have any examples of his messages, but I remember the superscripting looked different - I don't know if that was (...) (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Hmm. Perhaps a new group is needed? :-O Scott A (20 years ago, 15-Sep-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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