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    Cheney Attempting to Constrain Bush's Choices on Iran

    Interesting article but I think the telling phrase is in the paragraph that starts with "There are many other components of the complex game plan that this Cheney official has been kicking around Washington." This is one guy. And as for Bush not following the Cheney scheme and making the...
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    If your tax exempt, don't say anything bad about a politician

    "but just because his church is tax-exempt under IRS rules should not mean he cannot say what he wants about how his members vote. " I couldn't disagree with you more. You want to say, "Vote this way . . . " Fine, but don't ask for tax exemption.
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    The unfinished war... Afghanistan, U.S. Chinhook shot down

    Aye, and it's not as bad as all that! Only five were Americans. The other two were a Canadian and a Britain. Five Americans Die in Helicopter Crash I always hate it when people write or news sources say, "So many Americans were killed." Like the rest -- say the 200 or so Afghan civilians killed...
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    I got my trusty reliable crystal ball recharged.

    Shivetya, I said, "I've asked on this board many times for those who think we can win to tell us what a "victory" will look like." Thank you for serving as a perfect example of my observation. What would "victory" look like.
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    I got my trusty reliable crystal ball recharged.

    Even before the war started in Iraq I -- and many others -- predicted that, "This ain't gonna work." In my opinion, it is not possible for us to bring either peace or democracy to Iraq while we're there. I've asked on this board many times for those who think we can win to tell us what a...
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    Yahoo news---Waxman may be taking the gloves off

    If they didn't have the "Congressional numbers," there wouldn't be any subpoenas.
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    Few border-crossers are prosecuted

    Boomer, I'll be back after looking up a few things. As for JS80, JS, are you aware that there is a very significant about 13%. No wall there. The same report, to which I'll link, says "Building a wall won't help." Building a wall, like so many other "simple solutions," e.g., invade Iraq, ain't...
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    Few border-crossers are prosecuted

    BoomerD, what a great idea. Incarcerate them. Put them up in conditions better than they came from at what, $10,000, $15,000 per head. Go for it!
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    China focusing defense efforts on Outerspace, Cyberspace control...

    China grab Taiwan? Well, of course China could make preemptive war on Taiwan if they thought it was a threat. This precedent was wonderfully established by us invading Iraq because it presented a preemptive threat.
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    Carry a semi-auto handgun in Canada with unsafe storage and...

    Flyback, I reread. I also edited my reply. I still think Canada gets to do as it sees fit and, as I said in my edited post, I think it's pretty neat that John Honest is getting the same treatment under the law that Sam Lowlife would get. If the guy's a great guy he get's to walk? If he's a...
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    Carry a semi-auto handgun in Canada with unsafe storage and...

    I didn't read the article, but the proposition that you get to carry a gun into Canada, semi-auto or not, with impunity strikes me as a bit arrogant. In crossing into Canada from America the Canadian border guards have ALWAYS asked me if I had a gun. The procedure is to check the gun when you go...
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    Back again - Craftsman Digital Multimeter Kit 82146 - more than 50% off thru April 21.

    Zepper, thanks, but you forgot to mention that this on-line offer includes an AC voltage detector too. That's a device about the size of a very fat ball point pen that reports on whether AC voltage is present. I don't know the details of these things but I think they detect it by induction and...
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    Maybe this isn't such a good idea after all

    Ironwing. as you may know, primaries are a relatively recent development. (after the 60's). Before that, candidates were chosen in smoke-filled back rooms. I think that the primaries may have been a major mistake in American politics. The primaries put a premium on rejecting moderate candidates...
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    I don't post in here much, but i have to ask, maybe i'll learn something :)

    Dug777, what if it is physically impossible to "finish what you started?" That's why so many of us were upset when the "let's invade Iraq" railroad started up. Consider this. How well has bashing Arabs worked for Israel? They'be been at it 60 years and, to me, it doesn't appear that it has...
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    Found! 1 million jobs

    For a contrary view, one that says the jobless rate sucks, see Jobless rate is up on the Anandtech forum right now.
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    Fewer jobs added; jobless rate climbs

    For a contrary view, a view that says everything is rosie, seeFound 1 million jobs on the Anandtech board right now.
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    Does the net body volume increase at the time of erection.

    No practical difference. Did we not learn in physics that liquids are, for a practical matter, incompressible? The blood forming the blood component of an erection is simply a liquid, similar the the liquids everywhere else in your body. It occupies the same volume at any practical measurement...
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    I have a question.

    Tommywishbone, "When was it, that the last sane, decent, strong empire was destroyed?" I don't think there ever has been a sane, decent empire. Your use of the verb "destroyed" implies an external cause and Corbett is an example of how people interpret that. "Who's gonna destroy us?" Many, many...
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    Fry's Q6600 (quad core) for $848 choose free mobo evga680i, Abit AW9D-MAX, ASUS P5B Deluxe

    This is apparently a B&M deal only. Fry's.Com, which is the Web presence of Fry's does not offer this deal.
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    Motions of wheels

    Meanwhile, back at the ranch . . . . Could we have something other than logic 1485's original statement that the wheels turn at different rates to establish that they actually do turn at different rates? That seems to be missing here if one limits the discussion to an ordinary two wheel drive...
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    *Update*Ethics reform bill stalled in the Senate

    Dang nab it, Ayabe, when you change the story, how about a link! Senate Approves Ethics Bill: Washington Post
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    Thought to improve jury system

    #2 Would also scare the living wompoa out of the participants. One of the reasons why people settle both criminal and civil matters is that you literally don't pand know what a court outcome would be. That is simply not so or, to put it another way, "I bet on only one sure winning horse in my...
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    U.S. federal deficit falls to lowest level in 4 years

    Charrison, I doubt what you say when you said that the Congressional Budget Office includes off budget items in calculating the deficit. Do you have a source for that? It doesn't even have gto be a primary source, a news article from a reasonably reliable source would do. The article ProfJohn...
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    Tsunami Watch for Alaska and Hawaii....great...

    Kanalua, thanks, I think. Exciting post. I'm vacationing in Kauai. I've never seen a post quite like this on Anandtech, but thanks.
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    U.S. federal deficit falls to lowest level in 4 years

    Prof, can you spell "off budget." We're putting about $100 billion a year into Iraq that's not part of the budget and, as such, doesn't figure into the cheery little headlines.
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    No Permanent Bases in Iraq)

    "Gates also said there are no plans for a long-term U.S. presence: "We don't want permanent bases in Iraq." washington Post, page 2 of story. OK, so now we're prepared to leave without any permanent bases. On the positive side, Sadaam is gone. On the negative side: (1) Iraq is in shambles...
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    Pelosi and Democrats threaten funding for Iraq

    Oh heavens, the shame of it all! Participating in a ProfJohn thread again. "Prof," you said Well, youve done it again with the loose logic sinks nations reasoning. No one is talking about "cutting funds for the war," a phrase that implies spending less. What they are talking about is...
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    Bush Quotes on Need for Kosovo Exit Strategy

    Whoa, John! I just hit "win, then go home." What does it mean to "win?" Now please, let's not go back to the magna carta. Just tell us how we'll know when we've "won" in Iraq. Weapons of mass destruction wasn't it. The goal posts were moved to "democracy." Then they were moved to "stable and can...
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    Bush Quotes on Need for Kosovo Exit Strategy

    ProfJohn, haven't got time to answer you right now. Nice of me to put the links in so you can check things. How do you do at that? And, by the way, what does 1941 have to do with it. The thread was about lying out of both sides of his mouth. 1941 was about being attacked -- quite a different...
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    Bush Quotes on Need for Kosovo Exit Strategy

    I came accross this as part of an unnamed author's Ten Myths About Iraq. Sorry I can't give the author credit but here are a couple of Bush quotes on the need for an exit strategy -- in Kosovo -- not in Iraq. Author points to the ThinkProgress.org site for the quotes but I've used links to more...
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    Why are we letting Iran develop in to a major threat?

    dna, I didn't place you in the Jesus camp, it's just that the prediction of the second coming is the most delayed event that I could think of then. Perhaps I should have chosen the the coming of the Jewish messiah, predicted long before Christ. Most Jews think that still hasn't happened. By...
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    Why are we letting Iran develop in to a major threat?

    dna, care to set a time limit on your doom and gloom message? Or is it like the second coming of Christ? Is your terrible stuff going to happen before the next presidential election? While you've got a statement with about as much predictive value as "pie in the sky when we die," I'll flat out...
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    Why are we letting Iran develop in to a major threat?

    The last time we engineered a regime change in Iran it didn't work out so well. We're still living with that. Political statements are made for internal and external consumption. The "burn it to the ground" was for internal, Iranian consumption. They're not going to attack anyone. The will...
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    Making TNT explode without a blasting cap

    Leaping Lizards, Minerva! I would never have thought that the subject of the text existed. What did you do, use research? ;>)
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    Intel Core Duo

    Thank you for the answers. Of course, to read the specs one has to know that "EM64T 2" refers to a memory spec. And, thanks for looking out after my welfare, BrownTown. Sometimes mom doesn't get to it.
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    Pope visits a Muslim nation (Turkey) despite protests...

    You want an Eye Opener? Visit Tehran Times article on Pope's visit to Turkey. For you knuckle draggers who don't know where Tehran is because we haven't sent troops there, Tehran is the capital of that Instrument of Evil, Iran. The article is very, very factual and low key. You think the...
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    Intel Core Duo

    Are these 32 bit or 64 bit processors? Assuming that the answer is 32, are 64 bit processors with dual cores available? Not so technical but I couldn't find the information at Intel, e.g., Intel Core Duo Specs
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    Six Muslim imams removed from U.S. airliner

    ArchAngel. I wouldn't go as far as the word "hate." But disgust and impatience is more appropriate in some situations than others. I am of an age where stupidity and/or ignorance got 50,000 Americans killed in Vietnam. I don't mention the Vietnamese deaths, which were undoubtedly higher, because...
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    Six Muslim imams removed from U.S. airliner

    tvarad, Oh, the written and the unwritten rules, huh? A few weeks ago they took a woman off Delta who was nursing her baby and others objected. Delta has since apoligized. Cater to the mob? Sounds great.
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    Six Muslim imams removed from U.S. airliner

    Well, I don't usually jump into these long strings, but Conjur's ignorance (Hey, Conjur, smile -- that's ignorance, not stupidity) in the second entry to the thread changed my policy here. Conjur. They don't all pray because, like Christians, some are more observant than others. Second...