2008/11/25-12/2 [Politics/Domestic/California] UID:52106 Activity:nil | 11/25 State of California decides that complaint against Mormon Church
for violating political financing laws is worth investigation:
http://tinyurl.com/6e6mxb (SF Gate)
\_ There's an editorial in the Chronicle today from a high school
student who is mad people said mean things to him when he
went to a Yes in 8 rally. They were mean! MEAN I TELL YOU.
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2005/7/22-25 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:38775 Activity:high | 7/22 If the military is having such a horrible time finding new recruits,
why don't they just raise salaries/benefits? I think this was the
tact that the Clinton admin. took with the college scholarships
after military service. Also, I'm sure it would have helped
recruiting if the Bush administration hadn't pushed reservists
I meant "national guard"_/
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2004/10/1-2 [Politics/Domestic/Election, Politics/Domestic/President/Bush] UID:33879 Activity:moderate | 10/1 So what do Kerry supporters think of the whole "draft is coming"
misinformation campaign?
\_ The Bush Administration has reinstated the draft as a "backdoor"
draft already. People whose terms of duty in the military are being
required to continue to serve. Reservists are being shipped out.
Reservists, by and large, signed up thinking that they would only be
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2004/3/9 [Politics/Domestic/Crime, Politics/Foreign/Europe] UID:12578 Activity:low | 3/8 Would someone be willing to take delivery of a handgun for me in
the Bay Area in the next 2 months? It's a gift from a friend in
Oregon, which I would like to take over to Switzerland the next
time I'm in the US (May-ish.) He can't meet me in person. I can
supply any needed papers. -John
\_ Which handgun? (I am not in BA, or I d take it) -- ilyas
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2008/6/3-4 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:50125 Activity:nil | 6/2 Don't look now, but the U.S.-backed government and army may be winning
the war. (Editorial)
http://csua.org/u/loo (Washington Post)
\_ After the 5th or 6th version of that story in the last 4 years
I don't think I have any more faith.
\_ Uh-huh. You've seen this huge drop in violence and an effective
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2008/3/22 [Politics/Foreign/MiddleEast/Iraq] UID:49539 Activity:nil | 3/22 I was wrong about the Doctrine of Pre-emptive warfare.
I was wrong about Iraq possessing WMD.
I was wrong about Scott Ritter and the inspections.
I was wrong about the UN involvement in weapons inspections.
I was wrong about the containment sanctions.
I was wrong about the broader impact of the war on the Middle East.
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