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onehandle
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:14 PM Original message |
Air marshal subdues man on DC-Denver flight |
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HipChick
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Update.. |
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Xenotime
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. I'm sorry. I don't see shit in this photo |
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No DUplicitous DUpe
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
46. Update via Fox news Denver..The guy was just sneaking a smoke in the bathroom.. |
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Thu Apr-08-10 08:56 AM Response to Reply #46 |
81. IN A RELATED STORY shoe bomber in sperm bank caught, the eggs were scrambled but unnecessary |
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No Elephants
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Thu Apr-08-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #46 |
85. How on earth does sneaking a smoke in the john get mis-reported as a terrorist attack? |
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Mz Pip
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Thu Apr-08-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #85 |
88. His name maybe? |
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No Elephants
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Thu Apr-08-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #88 |
94. Thanks. Actually, as I kept reading the thread, it appears he made a bad |
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deminks
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Link |
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
3. Breaking: Qatari Citizen Allegedly Attempts to Ignite Explosive Device on Denver Flight |
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hlthe2b
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Damn.... I guess I better check local news! |
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itsrobert
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:29 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. How many ways will this story be spun? |
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dixiegrrrrl
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Well, we gotta shoot that American terrorist |
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ecstatic
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. spin #1 |
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Lost4words
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Thu Apr-08-10 08:08 AM Response to Reply #14 |
75. I am stilled pissed at what they have done to air travel in this country. |
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jefferson_dem
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. No need for spin. |
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Lost4words
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Thu Apr-08-10 05:48 AM Response to Reply #17 |
63. all for a cigarette, glad he didnt have a cigar or pipe. nt |
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jefferson_dem
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Thu Apr-08-10 07:23 AM Response to Reply #63 |
72. It's neat that you can be so flippantly snarky sitting all comfy behind your keyboard. |
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Lost4words
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Thu Apr-08-10 08:03 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. you are right I would have been one pissed off MF had I been on that Denver flight! |
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Lost4words
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Thu Apr-08-10 08:05 AM Response to Reply #17 |
74. Yea and no charges, know why? |
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Lost4words
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Thu Apr-08-10 08:10 AM Response to Reply #5 |
76. How about, The guy is a diplomat from a country we really need to be nice to! |
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Ozymanithrax
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. That Air Marshal did his job... n/t |
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Richard D
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. But the airport security didn't. N/T |
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Robb
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. As a diplomat, he may have skirted some of that. |
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No Elephants
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Thu Apr-08-10 12:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
86. Because they let him keep his smokes??? |
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wtmusic
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Yep, bravo. |
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Lost4words
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Thu Apr-08-10 08:13 AM Response to Reply #6 |
77. Well if his job was to evaluate the overall risk, he failed miserably! |
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Solly Mack
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
8. k/r |
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Robb
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Local news is reporting he was trying to light his shoes. |
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Xenotime
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. So will they try to frame another person of Muslim origin? |
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Robb
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. ABC is IDing him as Mohammed al Modadi |
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. Diplomatic Immunity doesn't apply to airport security |
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MidwestTransplant
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:57 PM Response to Reply #20 |
45. The Qatari govt't can waive his immunity. It doesn't belong to him individually. |
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sledgehammer
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:19 PM Response to Reply #45 |
49. Yes. That is how it works. |
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14thColony
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Thu Apr-08-10 04:55 AM Response to Reply #20 |
59. I've experienced very different screening in the same circumstances |
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Mari333
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:30 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. hey, I wonder why they hate us so much |
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Xenotime
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Yup. I agree. |
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Lasher
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. Right, he was just trying to see that justice was done. |
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MellowDem
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. So let's kill a bunch of innocent Americans? |
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Lost4words
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Thu Apr-08-10 08:19 AM Response to Reply #22 |
79. Its the human nature to return the favor |
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TZ
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
38. Umm we were targets in the Middle East long before the Iraq/Afghanistan War |
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No Elephants
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Thu Apr-08-10 01:01 PM Response to Reply #38 |
87. We did a lot wrong in the Middle East long before Iraq and Afghanistan. |
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Lost4words
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Thu Apr-08-10 08:16 AM Response to Reply #16 |
78. you mean the way we regard most human life as garbage? |
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The abyss
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:32 PM Response to Original message |
18. US Security – the only way to fly! |
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tomm2thumbs
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
23. anyone with diplomatic immunity needs a 100% side-by-side escort |
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matt819
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
47. What are you on about? |
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14thColony
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Thu Apr-08-10 05:09 AM Response to Reply #23 |
61. Well, it would be a great job creation scheme |
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liberal N proud
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. How long before they actually blow up a plane? |
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VanW
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
25. MSNBC says he was smoking a cigarette in the bathroom. |
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Robb
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. So he might just be an asshole. |
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SpartanDem
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:46 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. There is no might about it |
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Robb
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:48 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. LOL you're right of course. nt |
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Historic NY
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
40. still in trouble implied threat and lighting up on a plane. |
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No Elephants
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Thu Apr-08-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #40 |
89. "Implied threat?" No, just bad joke? As far as lighting up in the john, diplomatic immunity may |
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Hawkeye-X
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:45 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. If that's the case, just fine him and deport his ass back to Qatar |
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InkAddict
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Thu Apr-08-10 12:59 AM Response to Reply #28 |
58. I agree - |
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PfcHammer
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:00 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Nigerian bomber had a bad stomach wif the runs |
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countmyvote4real
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:17 PM Response to Reply #25 |
48. Now that makes sense. |
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KansDem
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Thu Apr-08-10 03:32 PM Response to Reply #25 |
99. A comedian? |
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KansDem
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Thu Apr-08-10 03:35 PM Response to Reply #99 |
100. Deleted |
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Grassy Knoll
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:42 PM Response to Original message |
26. Smokin in the boy's room..... |
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Steve20
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
30. shoe bomber II |
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Tx4obama
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:51 PM Response to Original message |
32. If people didn't have to 'sneak' cigs then this would never have happened! n/t |
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VanW
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:57 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Are electronic cigs permitted on planes? |
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Tx4obama
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. I don't know, but... |
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Rebubula
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Thu Apr-08-10 07:01 AM Response to Reply #39 |
70. LOL... |
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Sat Apr-10-10 04:20 PM Response to Reply #70 |
111. The "COUGH COUGH COUGH" folks are victims of ignorance. |
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tularetom
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Wed Apr-07-10 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
33. If Obama doesn't hang this guy before sunup tomorrow, he's a big wimp |
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Xenotime
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:08 PM Response to Original message |
37. Is Jack Bower on the scene? Maybe they are filming next week's episode of 24 |
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defendandprotect
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:26 PM Response to Original message |
41. And, we're all safer since they are inspecting shoes . . . how insane are we??? |
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Tx4obama
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:53 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Guess it depends on the airport. |
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defendandprotect
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Thu Apr-08-10 06:40 PM Response to Reply #43 |
102. If they don't permit smoking, why would the guy have had matches? |
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Tx4obama
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Fri Apr-09-10 12:13 PM Response to Reply #102 |
106. People have a RIGHT after the leave the airport to light their cigarettes with matches ;) n/t |
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Sat Apr-10-10 03:55 PM Response to Reply #106 |
110. Well, they don't have to be on their person . . . collect the matches as they board, return matches |
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truthisfreedom
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:34 PM Response to Original message |
42. How can they possibly suggest he was lighting a shoe bomb when he was checked for explosives and |
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matt819
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Wed Apr-07-10 10:56 PM Response to Original message |
44. Awful lot of assumptions here |
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No DUplicitous DUpe
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:53 PM Response to Original message |
50. Diplomat's smoke break sparks bomb scare on Denver-bound flight |
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Oregone
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. At least he didn't tell em the bomb was up his ass |
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DJ13
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. ....... |
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Lost4words
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Thu Apr-08-10 05:50 AM Response to Reply #51 |
64. ROFLMOL! |
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Another terrorist attack that didn't happen under Obama. |
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Lost4words
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Thu Apr-08-10 05:52 AM Response to Reply #52 |
65. if he had not extinguished his smoke properly, I hate th think what might have happened! |
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No Elephants
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Thu Apr-08-10 01:16 PM Response to Reply #52 |
91. He was a smoker, not a terrorist. |
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #50 |
54. Who still does not know you can't make jokes like that on a plane? |
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Tansy_Gold
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Apparently |
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dixiegrrrrl
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Thu Apr-08-10 09:34 AM Response to Reply #55 |
82. Can Muslims smoke? |
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No Elephants
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Thu Apr-08-10 01:09 PM Response to Reply #82 |
90. People cheat on their religions and some are just not religous. Even Arabs. |
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No DUplicitous DUpe
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Wed Apr-07-10 11:53 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. And it is a federal offense to light up in the bathroom... |
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Lost4words
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Thu Apr-08-10 05:54 AM Response to Reply #54 |
66. Foreigners! |
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countmyvote4real
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Thu Apr-08-10 12:05 AM Response to Original message |
57. This is no longer news worthy, if it ever was. Comic fodder? Yes. |
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skepticscott
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Thu Apr-08-10 04:56 AM Response to Original message |
60. Even if this had been a terrorist attack |
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Pharlo
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Thu Apr-08-10 05:17 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. "Under what conceivable scenario?" |
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Lost4words
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Thu Apr-08-10 06:00 AM Response to Reply #62 |
68. Like a BIG photo OP! |
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Prometheus Bound
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Thu Apr-08-10 06:32 AM Response to Reply #62 |
69. That'll sure scare 'em. |
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ManiacJoe
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Thu Apr-08-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #69 |
96. It is not about scaring the terrorists. |
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skepticscott
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Thu Apr-08-10 07:02 AM Response to Reply #62 |
71. Try again |
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Pharlo
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Thu Apr-08-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #71 |
104. "The 9-11 scenario is no longer remotely viable as a terrorist tactic." |
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skepticscott
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Thu Apr-08-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #104 |
105. So you're saying |
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Pharlo
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Fri Apr-09-10 05:36 PM Response to Reply #105 |
107. Personally, if I were seriously plotting |
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skepticscott
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Fri Apr-09-10 05:49 PM Response to Reply #107 |
108. I could just as easily ask |
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Pharlo
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Sat Apr-10-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #108 |
109. Simply put, |
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Lost4words
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Thu Apr-08-10 06:00 AM Response to Reply #60 |
67. I know, its crazy, and the airport disruption. |
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No Elephants
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Thu Apr-08-10 01:17 PM Response to Reply #60 |
92. Obviously, you don't get it. Second hand smoke is SERIES!!!1111!!! |
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Ian David
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Thu Apr-08-10 08:53 AM Response to Original message |
80. I wonder if his home country will punish him. |
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No Elephants
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Thu Apr-08-10 01:18 PM Response to Reply #80 |
93. For smoking while Muslim? |
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Ian David
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Thu Apr-08-10 01:53 PM Response to Reply #93 |
98. What do you think the punishment is in Qatar for smoking in an airplane lavatory? n/t |
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snooper2
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Thu Apr-08-10 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
83. What is that, about a 4 1/2 hour flight? |
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jberryhill
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Thu Apr-08-10 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
84. Was He Actually Smoking? |
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LisaM
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Thu Apr-08-10 01:50 PM Response to Reply #84 |
97. Because he might have disabled it. |
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LanternWaste
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Thu Apr-08-10 06:49 PM Response to Reply #84 |
103. Holding the tip near, and blowing into a vent... |
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No Elephants
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Thu Apr-08-10 01:23 PM Response to Original message |
95. We'll probably get more info on this over the next couple of days and it will all make sense.Or not. |
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KansDem
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Thu Apr-08-10 03:37 PM Response to Original message |
101. "Qatari envoy in plane scare was going to visit jailed al-Qaeda agent" |
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