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Hi folks, after a 7 year hiatus I am back. I asked Jim and he agreed. He'll be keeping a close eye on me :)I looked up my last posts and I was battling all-comers. The thread that got me busted must have been deleted. I must have hundreds of spineless cowards complaining about me. My charges for suspension were stalking and harassment. I dispute the charges but there was no recourse. I will not repeat my mistake of assuming that Jim has my back.Thanks to all who left me nice messages. Messages that were seven years old and I...

P.O.W. NETWORK APPEALS FOR HELP In light of the many appeals for help following hurricane Katrina and its devastating aftermath, we realize that this is not a good time for POW Network to ask for help. But we have no choice. We must raise $15,000 by next Monday, September 25, 2005, in order to sign a retainer agreement with a Washington, D.C., libel defense lawyer. After 16 years of serving the public interest, pro bono, by identifying and exposing thousands of military imposters, and making our research available without charge to countless individuals, organizations, and scores of law enforcement agencies...

FAIRFIELD, Ohio (AP) - Vandals tore American flags out of the yard of a dead soldier's family the day after his funeral, then set a car on fire, authorities said. Army Pfc. Tim Hines died July 14 of complications of injuries he suffered last month in a roadside bombing in Baghdad. His funeral was Friday.On Saturday, someone pulled the flags out of the family's yard, stuffed them under a car in the driveway and set the whole thing on fire. Firefighters doused the blaze and no one was injured, but the car was destroyed.No arrests had been made by early...

Why does Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) talk incessantly about Vietnam? Obviously, it has given him a great political advantage in past campaigns, and he hopes it will do the same in his race for the White House. But there might be another reason. Perhaps more than any other presidential candidate in recent memory, Kerry seems to be living in another time, playing a movie of Vietnam over and over in his mind. In fact, he is often playing an actual movie of Vietnam over and over on his television. Consider this scene from a remarkable profile of Kerry published in...

- In a unanimous decision, the California Supreme Court reasserted the voter-approved law granting ill patients the right to use marijuana for medical purposes without fear of prosecution. "The court made it clear that medical marijuana patients with a physician's authorization are no different than patients who have a prescription for prescription drugs--they are to be treated the same," Gerald Uelmen, the attorney who argued the case before the court, told Reuters Health. Uelmen is a professor at Santa Clara University School of Law.... continued via the link ...

In case you haven't heard, another wondrous night is approaching... This year the Winter Solstice, December 22 (10:44 a.m. GMT and 2:44 a.m. EST, therefore 11:44 p.m. PST and 9:44 p.m. HT on the 21st) -- the longest night of the year, will be extremely special. This is because the solstice will coincide with a full moon. Ah, but not just any Full Moon. The moon will be within a few hours of its perigee, its closest point to Earth. This will make the moon appear to be about 14% larger than than it appears at apogee. However, this night ...