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var threads = new Array(15);
threads[0] = new thread(182506, '"First" EU President', '41910', 'Almost Enough', '11-20-2009', '12:09 PM', '[url=http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5AJ2UT20091120]EU names Belgian PM Van Rompuy as first president | International | Reuters[/url]', '4');
threads[1] = new thread(182469, 'No Tip - Go To Jail', '137422', 'Pauler', '11-19-2009', '04:22 PM', '[url=http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local-beat/Time-In-Prison-' + '-70426052.html?yhp=1]Couple Busted for Refusing to Pay Tip | NBC Philadelphia[/url]\r\n\r\nthis is outrageous. if its really poor service, the waiter/waitress does not deserve the tip.', '5');
threads[2] = new thread(182467, 'Stimulus Creating Jobs?', '8623', 'bravesfan007', '11-19-2009', '02:54 PM', '[url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/11/19/stimulus.district.errors/index.html]House committee wants answers on errors in stimulus data - CNN.com[/url]\r\n\r\nSo apparently there has been some "accidental" tweaking of the numbers in order to make it appear as the economy is stabilizing or at least getting better. How do you not catch these mistakes before the numbers are released? Or, are the numbers being fudged intentionally in order to lead people a certain way? Thoughts?', '3');
threads[3] = new thread(182458, 'Palin/Beck 2012 - Scary', '2528', 'Bryan', '11-19-2009', '11:38 AM', '[url=http://politics.theatlantic.com/2009/11/dream_ticket_palinbeck.php]Dream Ticket: Palin/Beck - The Atlantic Politics Channel[/url]', '32');
threads[4] = new thread(182453, 'Popular Santa letter program ends in Alaska', '2528', 'Bryan', '11-19-2009', '09:24 AM', '[url=http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/111909dnnatsantamail.d744d4.html]U.S. Postal Service ends popular Santa letter program in Alaska | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Morning News | Latest News[/url]\n\ntoo bad.', '6');
threads[5] = new thread(182451, 'Parents take away Xbox; boy dials 911', '2528', 'Bryan', '11-19-2009', '09:09 AM', '[url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-10401302-71.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20]Parents take away Xbox; boy dials 911 | Technically Incorrect - CNET News[/url]\n\nthat\'s funny', '4');
threads[6] = new thread(182443, 'TSA Tries to Detain the Wrong Guy (He Has an iPhone, and He\'s Anti-State)', '29375', 'Jeffrey', '11-18-2009', '11:25 PM', 'Here\'s the audio clip. God bless the ACLU.\r\n\r\nAnd [URL="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/business/17road.html"]here\'s the Times with the story[/URL].', '3');
threads[7] = new thread(182415, 'America\'s military influence worldwide', '29375', 'Jeffrey', '11-18-2009', '08:58 AM', 'With over sixty footnotes, this article is not by a rambling madman. Instead, it\'s a lucid look at the fact the US is now the American Empire (this is not the author\'s conclusion; it is mine).\r\n\r\nUS military operations in all major regions of the World\r\n\r\nWe\'re Rome, people. We\'re Darius\' Persia. We\'re the Athenian Empire. And we know what happened to each of those...', '5');
threads[8] = new thread(182378, 'New Recommendations on Breast Health', '116549', 'TunerSteve', '11-17-2009', '08:40 AM', 'With the current ongoing debate about health care bills, and exactly how much involvement people want in their personal decisions, now comes another [URL="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33973665/ns/health-womens_health/"]debate regarding women\'s breast health.[/URL]\r\n\r\nWill these discussions lead people to wonder if any government-run program will refuse to pay for breast exams for women that want them prior to the age of 50? It was a government sponsored study that arrived at the conclusion that mammograms prior to that age were unnecessary, so it\'s a worthwhile conclusion. I also wonder about the timing of releasing the results, and how that might impact the health care debate.\r\n\r\nAny thoughts?', '11');
threads[9] = new thread(182372, 'This is disturbing', '149556', 'jthomas1600', '11-17-2009', '05:40 AM', 'If the charges against the mother are unfounded I feel very bad for her. If the charges are true, there is no punishment harsh enough. \r\n\r\n[url=http://www.thefacts.com/wire.lasso?report=/dynamic/stories/U/US_GIRL_DISAPPEARS_NC]The Facts[/url]', '1');
threads[10] = new thread(182371, 'This is interesting', '149556', 'jthomas1600', '11-17-2009', '05:18 AM', 'So, to increase govt. funding for health care (not necessarily related to the current bill) the Obama administration passed a huge tax increase on to the tobacco industry. It looks like the tobacco industry might not pay a cent of that money due to a loophole. I wonder how the loss of projected revenue will effect the administrations plans for health care reform and I wonder how they will respond. \r\n\r\n[url=http://www.thefacts.com/wire.lasso?report=/dynamic/stories/U/US_TOBACCO_TAX_LOOPHOLE]The Facts[/url]', '11');
threads[11] = new thread(182351, 'U.S. to Set New Rules for Gift Cards', '2528', 'Bryan', '11-16-2009', '10:46 AM', '[URL="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125838564151550609.html?mod=googlenews_wsj"]U.S. to Set New Rules for Gift Cards - WSJ.com[/URL]\n\n[quote]\n[B]By [URL="http://online.wsj.com/search/search_center.html?KEYWORDS=MEENA+THIRUVENGADAM&ARTICLESEARCHQUERY_PARSER=bylineAND"]MEENA THIRUVENGADAM[/URL] [/B]\n\nWASHINGTON -' + '- Just in time for the holiday shopping season, the Federal Reserve moved Monday to implement legislation aimed at limiting fees and expiration dates associated with gift cards. The rules the Fed is proposing would prohibit retailers and issuers, such as MasterCard and Visa, from charging fees to consumers who have used their cards in the previous year. They also would limit card issuers to charging no more than one inactivity, dormancy or service fee a month, and require funds linked to cards be usable for at least five years after a card is issued or last funded. The rules, however, wouldn\'t apply to prepaid cards not marketed or labeled specifically as gift cards or gift certificates. They also won\'t go into effect in time to attach themselves to gift cards purchased this year. The rules are part of a wider reform of credit-card regulations scheduled to become effective in August 2010.\n\n [B]Write to[/B] Meena Thiruvengadam at [EMAIL="meena.thiruvengadam@dowjones.com"]meena.thiruvengadam@dowjones.com[/EMAIL][/quote]While I think it is crappy of retailers to charge fees on inactive gift cards, I\'m curious how the Federal Reserve has the authority to create new rules that retailers (who are not banks) to follow. I can see if it only applied to Visa/MasterCard Gift Cards that they might have that authority, but WalMart?', '9');
threads[12] = new thread(182309, 'Presidential strategies', '149556', 'jthomas1600', '11-14-2009', '07:04 AM', 'When President Obama was campaigning and when he took office it appeared he had several priorities that were clearly at the top of his list. These are the ones that come to mind (in no particular order) bring the troops home, the economy/financial reform, health care reform, and the environment/cap and trade. It seems his strategy for getting things done was to hit hard and fast. There seems to have been almost an "all or nothing" approach. I get the feeling the idea was to take advantage of his popularity and the fact that the Dems had control of the political arena to pass as much new legislation as quickly as possible while the window of opportunity was open. \r\n\r\nHere\'s some questions I think it would be interesting to discuss. \r\n1. Does this strategy appear to anyone to be working?\r\n2. Is it just too early to tell? Will things come together early next year?\r\n3. Can it work with a few minor adjustments? Or is it time to abandon the strategy and star over?\r\n\r\nPersonally, I think it\'s time to abandon the strategy and start over. Not with healthcare, they\'re too far into that one. But the presidents popularity has been on a serious and steady slide and the dems are loosing control. I think anything else they want to accomplish is going to have to be done incrementally which I think would have been a better strategy from the start.\r\n\r\nI think health care would have been much further along had the president said we are going to reform health care by doing A, B, and C ( having several smaller pieces of legislation) and tackling them one at a time. Chances are he\'d have one or two passed into law already.', '4');
threads[13] = new thread(182279, 'Water on the Moon', '2528', 'Bryan', '11-13-2009', '12:50 PM', '[url]http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/14/science/14moon.html[/url]\n\nNow, when can I move there. Maybe we\'ll have a Oklahoma Territory style moon-run to claim parcels of land.', '1');
threads[14] = new thread(182271, 'RNC ends Abortion Insurance', '119979', 'tlj009', '11-13-2009', '08:31 AM', '[url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_re_us/us_republicans_abortion_insurance]GOP chairman ends abortion insurance for employees - Yahoo! News[/url]\r\n\r\nThe RNC has provided elective abortion insurance to its employees since 1991. Is there no end to the hypocrisy in Washington. Democrats blame the President for a bill that they wrote, Republicans oppose abortion and then gives it to RNC employees. It would almost be funny if it weren\'t our own government.', '1');