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    I would like to have an infraction removed

    Is there a process which I shall follow? Thanks. --
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    Self-Dealing in CDOs Exposed (no big surprise)

    Banks’ Self-Dealing Super-Charged Financial Crisis o_O The scams involved 'skimming the cream,' bundling the garbage and trading their own trash. The rotting tranches were further bundled into bigger piles of crap, generating substantial fee income as they were traded. By ridding...
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    The Next Senator Nooooooo?

    The hits just keep on coming ... The Next Senator Noooooo? The fine folks from NewsChannel36 in Charlotte send a reporter to speak with Alvin Greene about his felony indictment. Mayhem ensues. The good thing: Alvin Greene makes Jim DeMint seem lucid. --
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    Tea Party Rehab -- Part Deux

    The rehabbed New New Tea Party Express is currently holding a press conference available over the Internet. All the faces are of color :D and it comes roughly two weeks after Tea Party Express leader Mark Williams kicked out over 'Colored People' letter. The first speaker was from the...
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    TP Alert! Reid Pulls Ahead In Nevada

    Reid Pulls Ahead In Nevada Senate Race As the mid-terms grow closer over the next 3+ months and the electorate focuses on the candidates in each race, the hoopla over a GOP takeover of the House/Senate and the TP Noise Machine may well begin to fade. Crist leads 3-way Senate race in...
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    BP / Lockerbie Bomber Thread

    Big Oil is a dirty business (boy, if we only knew what really goes on in the back-room dealings). Insert your rage (and up dates), here Pan Am Flight 103 / Lockerbie Wiki Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi Senators seek BP Lockerbie bomber probe Leaked Memos: Lockerbie Bomber Was...
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    BP will not use out-of-state vessels in Alabama

    I understand the need to support the 'locals' but this reflects the difficulty for everyone in all the efforts to stay on top of the events which unfold in the disaster. BP will not use out-of-state vessels The locals have the knowledge and expertise of their own waters (and I am not...
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    Sarah Palin on Fox News Sunday

    Defending Rand Paul .... and blaming the 'Gotcha Media' I'll post the transcript when it's available. edit: She just blamed the oil spill on "BPs cozy relationship with Obama ... " :) edit, again: Didn't close the door to running for President in 2012 :) --
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    Throw Lt. Col Terry Lakin in the Brig Week ?

    Guess Who popped up on AC360. The sad thing about it --- Lakin is tossing his career in the toilet with a nut-job attorney (backed by another nut-job attorney who has already been spanked in Federal court). Most likely Lakin will face "missing movement" charges for failure to report to Fort...
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    Will 'Abortion' take down the Health Care Bill ??

    Off-hand it appears that 10-12 votes hinge on the 'phantom abortion provisions' in the Senate bill. At issue is $7 billion in rural community health center funding that critics claim "...would provide Federal funding for 100s of thousands of abortions." Not so fast: Here is a list of...
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    "Black Screen of Death": 0xc0000034 error message

    Your computer may freeze or it may restart to a black screen that has an 0xc0000034 error message after you install a Windows Vista service pack So. I'm tech support for some neighbors. Their teenager claims during an update he 'accidentally' cut the rig off by striking the I/O button...
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    What Darwin Never Knew ...

    What Darwin Never Knew on Nova tonite --
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    Frontline is doing Jesus -- 9 PM EST

    This FRONTLINE series is an intellectual and visual guide to the new and controversial historical evidence which challenges familiar assumptions about the life of Jesus and the epic rise of Christianity. -
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    Palin: "US Should Re-Dictate God's Will"

    Sarah Palin says US should rededicate itself to God For those so uninformed, Billy Graham is no longer the leader of the association that bears his name. That responsibility now lies with his son, Franklin Graham. Franklin is of course famous for his ongoing Islam “is a very evil...
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    Unemployment Rate Falls

    Unemployment Rate Falls to 10% It's a start. But the dark clouds of a jobless recovery linger on the horizon. - :(
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    Lest we forget: 'A Cloud Still Hangs Over Bhopal'

    A Cloud Still Hangs Over Bhopal Just wanted to post this up since most of you guys weren't around back then. I believe to this day Union Carbide still claims sabotage but the over-whelming body of evidence pretty much calls 'bullshit' on that claim. :thumbsdown:
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    Can I format a new SSD ....

    As title and summary. This AT thread ---> Windows 7 Beta/RC and SSDs --- suggests the default format/alignment in Vista/Win7 is most likely fine. I typically set up a small secondary partition in case I need it down the road. Any problems with alignment I should be aware of ??? Has...
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    Order Yours Today!

    Call 'em direct or call 'em collect ... but call 'em today! The official NFL Philadelphia Eagles Michael Vick Replica Team Color Jersey has hit the streets but will certainly be out sold by the Philadelphia Eagles Custom Dog Jersey for the low, low price of $39.99. This durable pet...
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    Cost of Extending Bush Tax Cuts and AMT Relief: $4.4 Trillion

    George W. Bush and the GOP: We Broke the United States of America When the Right promotes the Voodoo Canard of Obama deficits feel free to point them in this direction: Extending Bush Tax Cuts and AMT Relief Will Cost $4.4 Trillion Through 2018 Total Cost of Tax Cuts Enacted since 2001...
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    Lithuania 'Real IRA' trial opens

    Lithuania 'Real IRA' trial opens This is just a little 'FYI' for the crew at P&N. Since 10 years have past since the "Good Friday Agreement" (and until this Spring no deaths of British soldiers or police), and the rise of OBL & AQ, folks these days may tend to forget or have no...
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    Why Do You Think They Call It D-O-P-E ?

    SC inmate recaptured after using antenna in escape Hats off to South Carolina public education for another fine matriculation (and a justice system born of the Dark Ages). On a brighter note, Union County, SC, unemployment is now 21.4% (the county under the 'ville' in Greenville).
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    Clueless and Color Blind

    So I'm talking to a guy about building him a gaming rig and he starts asking me questions about lighting characteristics. I politely admit my ignorance, tell him I'll check it out and we move on to other stuff. I got nowhere with Google ... So. What's the deal? I've got a general...
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    Judge Allows Civil Lawsuit Over Claims of Torture

    Judge Allows Civil Lawsuit Over Claims of Torture Next up: Impeach Bybee. Gonzales, Feith, Addington, and Haynes can 'Scooter' away but they cannot hide. Can Cheney and Rumsfailed be far behind? Withholding evidence and information in regard to criminal behavior with preposterous...
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    Krugman: Rebound won't be quick

    Rebound won't be quick Don't be dazzled by ?glimmers of hope' Obama, some others are seeing. I've never been a real 'rah rah' guy but I understand the need for Our Fearless Leaders to pump up our consumer driven economy. Two things in Krugman's opine jump out at me: 1) I've heard...
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    Men's 'Sweet 16' Graduation Rates

    Read 'em and weep - APR is up from last year. Louisville . . . . 42% (941) Arizona . . . . . 20% (933) Kansas . . . . . 64% (981) Mich. State . . 60% (963) UConn . . . . . 33% (946) Purdue . . . . . 77% (894) Mizzou. . . . . 36% (957) Memphis . . . 55% (927) Pitt. . . . ...
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    The self-immolation of hate begins -

    Who's next for Laura Ingraham? Will she be kissing Rush Limpballs "fat ass"? First a little background (she's never been a fan of John McCain): Feb 1, 2008: from O'Really on Fox - Laura Ingraham on John McCain Fast forward to 2009. Meghan McCain (John's daughter) blogged about...
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    Tired of the faux outrage and propaganda ?

    One piece of legislation that Obama and the Godless Leftists (and John McCain) helped shepherd through Congress in 2006 was related to an online database so we, the people, could quickly access earmark information pertaining to spending bills to ""provide transparency and integrity in the...
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    Oops!

    Sorry 'bout that ... :P
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    The Foundary hits a speed bump.

    AMD Announces Adjournment of Special Meeting of Stockholders Until Wednesday, February 18, 2009 They couldn't get a quorum :P 42% of shares voted to date - approximately 97% of votes cast in favor. And if I recall my Robert's Rules of Order correctly, 'technically' they should have...
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    The Ascent of Money

    The Ascent of Money (New) 9:00 PM, 2 hrs Tue 01/13/2009 Harvard economist-historian Niall Ferguson explores the history of money and the global financial system, including past economic crises and what can be learned from them. Included: financier George Soros and former Federal Reserve...
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    vBulletin Upgrade - Any Suggestions ???

    What say yee, fellow AT'ers? Here is a link to the vBulletin Manual - way too much information, really, but you can easily navigate and search for pertinent stuff. What functions tickle your fancy? What 'fields' would you like in your User Profiles? (If I were a tree I would be ...
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    Baptist group blocks gifts

    Baptist group blocks gifts In other news ..... Priest urges penance for Obama voters Stoopid personal anecdote: I grew up in the Presbyterian church. I went off to earn a living and 20 years later had to 'parent' my folks to their deaths over 12 or so years. The church I grew...
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    Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

    If you are interested in learning the history behind the GOP's generation of 'gutter politics' you must start with Jesse Helms' National Congressional Club and Karl Rove's protege - Lee Atwater. The Lee Atwater Wiki. From the Frontline press release ...
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    Treasury gives banks $140 billion tax break

    Treasury gives banks $140 billion tax break The Rape of the Taxpayer continues ... Hank Paulson Golden Taxpayer Bucket-O-Cash Bailout $700 billion ..... check! (tell me again about purchasing CMOs to increase interbank liquidity ???) AIG (headed toward $190 billion), Big AutoCo...
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    One Nation Under A Groove ....

    Sorry you weren't around to see it, Jesse. North Carolina is on the cusp of choosing a black man for President. Obama: 2,101,986 votes McCain: 2,089,826 votes And Jesse? Your seat now belongs to Kay Hagan, a Democrat who won by over 350k votes. Your Politics of Hate will live on but...
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    Absent Stevens juror admits father didn't die

    Absent Stevens juror admits father didn't die :laugh: Good thing they make decent whiskey in Kentucky. Wonder if Mitch McConnell will carry the 'wack-job' vote ??? It's doubtful his seat is up for grabs but the Senate race is tightening .....
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    50 Things Younger Than John McCain

    Here's my list (encouraged by this) 50 Things Younger Than John Sidney McCain (born August 29, 1936): 50) - The Jefferson Memorial 49) - The Polio Vaccine 48) - Duct Tape 47) - 1984 by George Orwell 46) - Mount Rushmore 45) - Nachos 44) - Chocolate-Chip Cookies 43) -...
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    un - FREAKING - believable

    So the details of Hank Paulson's Golden Bailout Bucket of Taxpayer Cash are now coming into focus ... PNC Financial buying National City for $5.58B And my rage builds .... mmmm. Gee. I wonder if we will ever find out who these 'preferred' warrant holders may be? Congratulations...
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    The Official Campaign Hooligans Thread

    Please keep the editorial comments and partisan hackery to a minimum. A brief synopsis is preferred. Linkage to media (print, online, TV, etc) reporting - no blogoscrap propaganda. And here we go ... Tires slashed during Obama rally in Fayetteville, NC Dead bear covered with...
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    North Carolina 1st Day Early Vote Sets Record

    1st early voting day sets mark; black turnout strong In the 2004 presidential election 3.5 million people voted in North Carolina. The rate in 2004 was 55% (ranked 35th nationally - I assume this is measured against voting age population). The voting age population in the state is now...