highclearing.com - 3/1/2009
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By Thoreau
Accused enemy combatant Ali Al-Marri is being transferred to civilian custody to stand trial in a regular court of law. A few months ago I made a bet that Obama would assert the power to detain enemy combatants without trial. I am delighted to be proven wrong here, and ...
poligazette.com - 2/24/2009
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poligazette.com —
After reading some, mostly positive, reviews of the
latest version of Apple’s browser Safari (4 Beta) ,
I decided to download it and have a go at it. Safari already was one of my favorite browsers - I use three at this point in time: the latest version of Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome ...
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Safari 4 Beta a Pleasure to Work With
conservativeoasis.com - 2/28/2009
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The Good Guys Win One
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles —
... It was a pleasure to lose this bet § Unqualified Offerings: Accused enemy combatant Ali Al-Marri is being transferred to civilian custody to stand trial in a regular court of law. A few months ago I made a bet that Obama would assert the power to detain enemy combatants without trial. I am delighted to be proven wrong here, and I am also delighted to have sent $50 to Habitat for Humanity, as per the terms of the bet with commenter BubbaDave. ...
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