Re: Rep. Arlon Lindner, R-Corcoran

2003-03-22 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I came across a story about this amazing chap at > > http://web.morons.org/article.jsp?sectionid=1&id=2942 > > So I followed up a few links to get some choice > snippets: http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/politics/5361857.htm > > "

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2003-03-22 Thread The Fool
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0306-11.htm Published on Thursday, March 6, 2003 by TomPaine.com Not Welcome Here Feds Now Arbitrarily Turning Away Foreigners At Airports by Laura Flanders In the last few days, I've received news of an Irish activist, an Australian professor and a Toro

Re: And to the republic . . . whatever that is

2003-03-22 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Fool wrote: > > http://www.arizonarepublic.com/arizona/articles/0304montini04.html > > > Of course, nothing in the ruling keeps citizens > from pledging their > > allegiance to the flag. Or to the republic for > which it stands. Even so, > > t

Re: ACLU: Section-by-Section Analysis of Domestic Security Enhancement Act

2003-03-22 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=11835&c=206 > > "The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been drafting > comprehensive > anti-terrorism legislation for the past several > months. The draft > legislation, dated January 9, 2003, grants sweepin

Re: NYT on a Democratic Iraq

2003-03-22 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/02/magazine/02IRAQ.html > > My friend George Packer has a very good article in > the > NYTimes Magazine on the prospects for a democratic > Iraq after the war (not that good, is a short > version of his conclusion). It

When Democracy Failed: The Warnings of History

2003-03-22 Thread The Fool
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0316-08.htm When Democracy Failed: The Warnings of History by Thom Hartmann The 70th anniversary wasn't noticed in the United States, and was barely reported in the corporate media. But the Germans remembered well that fateful day seventy years ago - Febru

Re: Question regarding a couple of (non-fiction!) books

2003-03-22 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 12:51 AM 3/23/2003 -0500, you wrote: On 3/19/03 4:23 PM, "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone here read both _Late-Talking Children_ and _The Einstein > Syndrome_, both by Thomas Sowell? I have only read _Late Talking Children_ . Awesome book. I read it because I was a la

Re: Riverworld - Part of a conspiracy?

2003-03-22 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:37 PM 3/22/03 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: Basicly..Riverworld sucked. "One Two Hour Turd Please" Come on, Rob. Tell us what you really thought. -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the moun

Re: Question regarding a couple of (non-fiction!) books

2003-03-22 Thread Matthew and Julie Bos
On 3/19/03 4:23 PM, "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone here read both _Late-Talking Children_ and _The Einstein > Syndrome_, both by Thomas Sowell? I have only read _Late Talking Children_ . Awesome book. I read it because I was a late talker. I started around the age of

Re: Riverworld - Part of a conspiracy?

2003-03-22 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
Rob wrote: > Basicly..Riverworld sucked. > > What was done to Riverworld is pretty much the same thing that was done to > The Postman, only worse. > > Basic plot items were changed, minor plot items were changed. > Characters were removed and new ones added. > Nothing was improved. > > The be

Riverworld - Part of a conspiracy?

2003-03-22 Thread Robert Seeberger
Basicly..Riverworld sucked. What was done to Riverworld is pretty much the same thing that was done to The Postman, only worse. Basic plot items were changed, minor plot items were changed. Characters were removed and new ones added. Nothing was improved. The best part of the movie was the c

Scouted: Too Much Coffee Risky During Pregnancy

2003-03-22 Thread Deborah Harrell
I pulled this, having a hazy memory of a list query about the possible health risks WRT coffee (note that it takes a *lot* of coffee for this - 8+ cups/day). > Too Much Coffee Risky During Pregnancy > Drinking coffee during pregnancy can be risky if you > have more than four cups per day. > > htt

RE: RiverWorld (Spoilers)

2003-03-22 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 12:46 PM 3/22/2003 -0800, you wrote: --- "Horn, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [excerpt from website]> Suddenly: hoofbeats! > > Horses? Horses? What? Other than making Debbie > happy (:-), there aren't > any land animals on the Riverworld!!! Certainly not > horses. Well, there are very

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authorityin America

2003-03-22 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 11:01 PM Subject: Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authority in America > On Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 10:42:24PM -0600, Ronn!Blan

RE: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion'sAuthority inAmerica

2003-03-22 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 11:56 AM 3/22/2003 -0800, you wrote: > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of The Fool ... > people have the moral sense to hold their own wills as slight things > compared to those of God and His minister, the state — with the partial > excep

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authorityin America

2003-03-22 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 10:42:24PM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > At 06:50 PM 3/22/03 +, William T Goodall wrote: > > >On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 06:26 pm, Dan Minette wrote: > >>By their fruits, you shall know them. > > > >ROTFLMAO. OK Mr Sanctimonious, what has that got to do with a

28 baby girls found in suitcases on Chinese bus

2003-03-22 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/030322/1/399ul.html Police in southwestern China discovered 28 baby girls hidden in suitcases on a long-distance bus and apparently destined to be sold, police and a state-run newspaper said. One of the babies had died by the time police, acting on a tip-off, found them

Saddam so badly hurt, needed transfusion

2003-03-22 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/03/23/war23.xml&sS heet=/portal/2003/03/23/ixportaltop.html&secureRefresh=true&_requestid=27575 9 [excerpt] Tony Blair's War Cabinet was told by intelligence chiefs yesterday that Saddam Hussein survived last week's cruise missile attack

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion'sAuthority in America

2003-03-22 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 06:50 PM 3/22/03 +, William T Goodall wrote: On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 06:26 pm, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 12:17 PM Subject: Re: From Jus

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion'sAuthority in America

2003-03-22 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:41 AM 3/22/03 -0600, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: "Andrew Crystall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 10:26 AM Subject: Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authority in America > On

Re: "War"

2003-03-22 Thread Steve Sloan II
Alberto Monteiro wrote: > Is it just me, or does anyone else think there are too much > iraqis surrendering relative to the number of iraqis that > fight and die? > 50 dead in Basra, and 8000 surrender - this doesn't sound > right. Even the soldiers of the drug traffic show more > bravery Drug enf

Re: 'You're late. What took you so long?'

2003-03-22 Thread Kevin Tarr
> > the other list, because I'm not going to learn my place in > > order to stay on. I'll probably write one message first. > > I don't think anyone was asking you to "learn your place"; there seems to be > an agreement amongst most of the people who've been trying to debate that > you keep chang

Re: The Philosopher of Islamic Terror

2003-03-22 Thread William T Goodall
On Sunday, March 23, 2003, at 12:59 am, The Fool wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/23/magazine/ 23GURU.html?ex=1049000400&en=f4 8ff06342dcd9f1&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVER 10 pages Describing more evil religious nonsense. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.de

Iraq Closing UN Office, Liquidating Assets

2003-03-22 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/3/22/195724.shtml Preparing for the inevitable, Iraq's mission to the United Nations has begun to reduce its operations. "We have heard nothing from our government since last night," confirmed Iraqi ambassador Mohammed Aldouri in an exclusive interview

Re: 'You're late. What took you so long? God helpyoubecomevictorious'

2003-03-22 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Paul Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 7:05 PM Subject: Re: 'You're late. What took you so long? God helpyoubecomevictorious' > > > the other list, because I'm not going to learn my place

Re: US Formally Withdraws Resolution

2003-03-22 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- "J.D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Reading between the lines here, basically what > happened is this: a country whose leadership > supports > the war, but faces unhappiness with the war among > its own people and/or possible diplomatic retribution > from > France is going to be unlikel

Re: 'You're late. What took you so long? God helpyoubecomevictorious'

2003-03-22 Thread Paul Walker
> the other list, because I'm not going to learn my place in > order to stay on. I'll probably write one message first. I don't think anyone was asking you to "learn your place"; there seems to be an agreement amongst most of the people who've been trying to debate that you keep changing subject

The Philosopher of Islamic Terror

2003-03-22 Thread The Fool
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/23/magazine/23GURU.html?ex=1049000400&en=f4 8ff06342dcd9f1&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVER 10 pages ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: [scouted] self-cloning python

2003-03-22 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Ticia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In case you haven't come across this snippet yet, a > python at Artis zoo in > Amsterdam cloned itself, 40% of her eggs contain > pure female clones, not parthenogenic males. > > Story: > http://www.rnw.nl/science/html/030224snake.html > > Parthenogenesis i

Re: "War"

2003-03-22 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 22 Mar 2003 at 23:48, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > Is it just me, or does anyone else think there are too much > iraqis surrendering relative to the number of iraqis that > fight and die? > > 50 dead in Basra, and 8000 surrender - this doesn't sound > right. Even the soldiers of the drug traffic

Re: Precedents

2003-03-22 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- "J.D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unprecedented Logic > Why slippery-slope arguments against invading Iraq > don't hold water. > By Eugene Volokh > http://slate.msn.com/?id=2080344 > > A pre-emptive U.S. attack on Iraq, Canadian Prime > Minister Jean Chrétien has argued, "might be >

"War"

2003-03-22 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Is it just me, or does anyone else think there are too much iraqis surrendering relative to the number of iraqis that fight and die? 50 dead in Basra, and 8000 surrender - this doesn't sound right. Even the soldiers of the drug traffic show more bravery Sic Semper Tyrannis Maru Alberto Monteiro

Re: Red Thunder

2003-03-22 Thread G. D. Akin
Robert Seeberger wrote: > In the highly anticipated new novel by John Varley, a manned mission to Mars > becomes a personal mission for an unlikely bunch of astronauts: seven > suburban misfits who have constructed a spaceship built out of old tanker > cars and held together with all-American ambi

Re: 'You're late. What took you so long? God helpyoubecomevictorious'

2003-03-22 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 22 Mar 2003 at 22:41, Richard Baker wrote: > Andy said: > > > I should warn you that there is one scientologist who lurks over > > there and can be quite nasty off-list (I've clashed with them > > before, it wasn't worth another round of legal threats..sigh..) > > I'm intrigued by this, becau

Re: Abortion [was: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision ofReligion's Authorityin America]

2003-03-22 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 22 Mar 2003 at 16:41, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > Andrew Crystall wrote: > > > > Here in the UK it's handled as a medical matter, and two doctors > > signatures are required, etc. > > > Is there any accountability of this? For example, if I am looking for > a doctor, can I check how many abort

Abortion [was: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion'sAuthorityin America]

2003-03-22 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Andrew Crystall wrote: > > Here in the UK it's handled as a medical matter, and two doctors > signatures are required, etc. > Is there any accountability of this? For example, if I am looking for a doctor, can I check how many abortions s/he has signed? Transparent Society Maru Alberto Monteir

Re: Corrected French History

2003-03-22 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 20:37 21-03-03 -0800, John Giorgis wrote: To everyone on Brin-L: In a recent thread, a certain listmember impugned both my patriotism and my honor, and over the course of a rather long and detailed response, I included two very heated insults. I recognize now that it was impolite to make s

Re: 'You're late. What took you so long? God helpyoubecomevictorious'

2003-03-22 Thread Richard Baker
Andy said: > I should warn you that there is one scientologist who lurks over > there and can be quite nasty off-list (I've clashed with them before, > it wasn't worth another round of legal threats..sigh..) I'm intrigued by this, because I've been one of the more active people over there for a

Re: 'You're late. What took you so long? God helpyoubecomevictorious'

2003-03-22 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 2:53 PM Subject: Re: 'You're late. What took you so long? God helpyoubecomevictorious' > On Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 01:16:30PM -0600, Robert Seeberger w

Re: .... and now for something completely obscure.

2003-03-22 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 3:39 PM Subject: Re: and now for something completely obscure. > At 15:23 22-03-03 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > > > > Now if you wa

Red Thunder

2003-03-22 Thread Robert Seeberger
In the highly anticipated new novel by John Varley, a manned mission to Mars becomes a personal mission for an unlikely bunch of astronauts: seven suburban misfits who have constructed a spaceship built out of old tanker cars and held together with all-American ambition. They call her Red Thunder.

RE: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion'sAuthority inAmerica

2003-03-22 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 21:45 22-03-03 +, Andy Crystall wrote: I have a defibate problem with certain sections of Ortherdox Judaism ...as well as with the spelling of it... Jeroen "Casual Observations" van Baardwijk _ Wonderful-World-of-B

Re: 'You're late. What took you so long? God helpyoubecomevictorious'

2003-03-22 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 22 Mar 2003 at 13:10, Dan Minette wrote: > > > Nice references, but I see know that discretion is the better part > > > of > > valor > > > and are not posting this on a list where you would be attacked for > > bringing > > > this to folk's attention. :-) > > > > > Hmmm > > > > Is th

RE: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's AuthorityinAmerica

2003-03-22 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 22 Mar 2003 at 11:56, Nick Arnett wrote: > > people have the moral sense to hold their own wills as slight things > > compared to those of God and His minister, the state — with the > > partial exception of judges. > > I'm starting to wonder if a history of the Reformation should be > required

Re: .... and now for something completely obscure.

2003-03-22 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 15:23 22-03-03 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > Now if you want obscure > > > > > > > "Gee dad! No Irishman can keep you from becoming dogkiller this > > > time!" > > > > > > 10 Points Clue:"I bet you are really proud of your friends at Communist Martyrs High School." Porgie and Mudhead?

Re: .... and now for something completely obscure.

2003-03-22 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 7:54 PM Subject: Re: and now for something completely obscure. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > Now if you want obscure > > > > > > >

Re: 'You're late. What took you so long? God helpyoubecomevictorious'

2003-03-22 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 01:16:30PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > In spite of my overall attitude about things over there, I find that > popping up occasionally tends to blunt a bit of the reactionism, ... > In any case the article is posted there, and my ass is quite kissable > if anyone does

RE: RiverWorld (Spoilers)

2003-03-22 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- "Horn, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [excerpt from website]> Suddenly: hoofbeats! > > Horses? Horses? What? Other than making Debbie > happy (:-), there aren't > any land animals on the Riverworld!!! Certainly not > horses. Well, there are very few places that can't be improved by

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authorityin America

2003-03-22 Thread William T Goodall
On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 07:51 pm, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 1:38 PM Subject: Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authorit

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authorityin America

2003-03-22 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Adam C. Lipscomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 2:04 PM Subject: Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authority in America > > Dan wrote: > > > > > By their fruits, you sha

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authorityin America

2003-03-22 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
Dan wrote: > > > By their fruits, you shall know them. So what would a 5-lb bag of kumquats tell us? Just wondering... Adam C. Lipscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Silence. I am watching television." - Spider Jerusalem ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/lis

RE: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's AuthorityinAmerica

2003-03-22 Thread Nick Arnett
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of The Fool ... > people have the moral sense to hold their own wills as slight things > compared to those of God and His minister, the state — with the partial > exception of judges. I'm starting to wonder

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authorityin America

2003-03-22 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 1:38 PM Subject: Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authority in America > > On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 07:08 pm, D

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authorityin America

2003-03-22 Thread William T Goodall
On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 07:08 pm, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 12:50 PM Subject: Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authori

Re: 'You're late. What took you so long? God helpyoubecomevictorious'

2003-03-22 Thread Robert Seeberger
> > - Original Message - > > From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 12:49 PM > > Subject: Re: 'You're late. What took you so long? God help you > > becomevictorious' > > > > > > > Nice references, but I s

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authorityin America

2003-03-22 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 12:43 PM Subject: Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authority in America > On Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 12:26:54PM -0600, Dan Minet

Re: 'You're late. What took you so long? God helpyoubecomevictorious'

2003-03-22 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 12:55 PM Subject: Re: 'You're late. What took you so long? God help youbecomevictorious' > > - Original Message - > From: "Dan Minette"

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authorityin America

2003-03-22 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 12:50 PM Subject: Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authority in America > > ROTFLMAO. OK Mr Sanctimonious, what has that

Re: 'You're late. What took you so long? God help youbecomevictorious'

2003-03-22 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 12:49 PM Subject: Re: 'You're late. What took you so long? God help you becomevictorious' > Nice references, but I see know that discretion is the be

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authorityin America

2003-03-22 Thread William T Goodall
On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 06:26 pm, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 12:17 PM Subject: Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authori

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authorityin America

2003-03-22 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Mar 22, 2003 at 12:26:54PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: > By their fruits, you shall know them. Fruit of the Loom? I know them, Buffett just bought them. I like the glow in the dark ones. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ __

Re: 'You're late. What took you so long? God help you becomevictorious'

2003-03-22 Thread Dan Minette
Nice references, but I see know that discretion is the better part of valor and are not posting this on a list where you would be attacked for bringing this to folk's attention. :-) - Original Message - From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, M

'You're late. What took you so long? God help you become victorious'

2003-03-22 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,919627,00.html Yesterday afternoon a truck drove down a side road in the Iraqi town of Safwan, laden with rugs and furniture. Booty or precious possessions? In a day of death, joy and looting, it was hard to know. As the passengers spotted Europ

Re: $2 bills...

2003-03-22 Thread Han Tacoma
Hey Bryon, On Friday, March 21, 2003 3:02 PM you wrote: > I just got a $2 bill as change today at lunch, and it reminded me of this funny story I > read a while back: > http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/maddog/stuff/twodollar.html > (FYI for those outside the US that may not know, the $2 bill is real,

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authorityin America

2003-03-22 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 12:17 PM Subject: Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authority in America > > ROTFLMAO. OK, Mr. Paragon of Virtue, what h

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authorityin America

2003-03-22 Thread William T Goodall
On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 05:34 pm, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 11:17 AM Subject: Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authori

[scouted] self-cloning python

2003-03-22 Thread Ticia
In case you haven't come across this snippet yet, a python at Artis zoo in Amsterdam cloned itself, 40% of her eggs contain pure female clones, not parthenogenic males. Story: http://www.rnw.nl/science/html/030224snake.html Parthenogenesis in snakes: http://www.pcisys.net/~dlblanc/Parthenogenesi

Peaceniks in Iraq "Shocked Back to reality"

2003-03-22 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030321-023627-5923r [excerpt] A group of American anti-war demonstrators who came to Iraq with Japanese human shield volunteers made it across the border today with 14 hours of uncensored video, all shot without Iraqi government minders present. Kenneth Jose

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authorityin America

2003-03-22 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 11:17 AM Subject: Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authority in America > > On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 04:41 pm,

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authorityin America

2003-03-22 Thread William T Goodall
On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 04:26 pm, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 22 Mar 2003 at 14:54, William T Goodall wrote: On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 02:32 pm, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 22 Mar 2003 at 14:22, William T Goodall wrote: On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 10:16 am, The Fool wrote: htt

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authorityin America

2003-03-22 Thread William T Goodall
On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 04:41 pm, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: "Andrew Crystall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 10:26 AM Subject: Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authority

U.S. Has Photos of Saddam on Stretcher

2003-03-22 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2003/3/22/54825 Photographs in the possession of the U.S. government show Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein being placed on a stretcher and into an ambulance, Fox News reported today. The evidence confirms earlier reports that he was injured in Wednesday

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authorityin America

2003-03-22 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Andrew Crystall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 10:26 AM Subject: Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authority in America > On 22 Mar 2003 at 14:54, William T Goodall wrot

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authorityin America

2003-03-22 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 22 Mar 2003 at 14:54, William T Goodall wrote: > > On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 02:32 pm, Andrew Crystall wrote: > > > On 22 Mar 2003 at 14:22, William T Goodall wrote: > > > >> > >> On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 10:16 am, The Fool wrote: > >> > >>> http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/08/op

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authorityin America

2003-03-22 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 22 Mar 2003 at 9:19, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > At 02:32 PM 3/22/03 +, Andrew Crystall wrote: > > >The codified constition limits the power of the courts in ways which > >England's non-codified one does not. Which has been made abundantly > >plain by events. The clearest example, of course,

RE: CNN morons.

2003-03-22 Thread Gary L. Nunn
> >Gary > > > >WTF are they thinking Maru. > > > Don't you mean, "WTF¹? Are they thinking?" That too. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion'sAuthority in America

2003-03-22 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 02:32 PM 3/22/03 +, Andrew Crystall wrote: The codified constition limits the power of the courts in ways which England's non-codified one does not. Which has been made abundantly plain by events. The clearest example, of course, is the way abortion is handled over there How is abortion h

Re: CNN morons.

2003-03-22 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 08:36 AM 3/22/03 -0500, Gary L. Nunn wrote: Paula Zahn on phone interview... Q. - "Sir, you found out yesterday that your son died in the helicopter crash, how do you feel about that?" A - (muffled crying by dad) Freaking morons. Isn't there enough to report on without putting grieving famili

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authorityin America

2003-03-22 Thread William T Goodall
On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 02:32 pm, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 22 Mar 2003 at 14:22, William T Goodall wrote: On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 10:16 am, The Fool wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/08/opinion/08WILE.html Religion is evil. And people with known evil tendencies shouldn't b

Re: CNN morons.

2003-03-22 Thread ValdivielsoB
What I find funny is the news reporters asking if Bush watched TV and they kept asking about it at the White House. Is that really important? "When I became a man, I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown-up." -C.S. Lewis, 1947 __

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authorityin America

2003-03-22 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 22 Mar 2003 at 14:22, William T Goodall wrote: > > On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 10:16 am, The Fool wrote: > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/08/opinion/08WILE.html > > Religion is evil. And people with known evil tendencies shouldn't be > allowed to hold sensitive jobs. "Intolerance i

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authorityin America

2003-03-22 Thread William T Goodall
On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 10:16 am, The Fool wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/08/opinion/08WILE.html Religion is evil. And people with known evil tendencies shouldn't be allowed to hold sensitive jobs. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk

Re: CNN morons.

2003-03-22 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Gary L. Nunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin Mail List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 7:36 AM Subject: CNN morons. > > Paula Zahn on phone interview... > > Q. - "Sir, you found out yesterday that your son died in the helicopter > crash, how

entire Iraqi division surrenders

2003-03-22 Thread Gary L. Nunn
Saw this on a couple of news sites and just heard it on CNN. Entire division of 8000 Iraqi soldiers surrender. http://makeashorterlink.com/?E14D52AE3 Good move on the soldiers part, but how embarrassing for Saddam Hussein. Gary ___ http://www.m

CNN morons.

2003-03-22 Thread Gary L. Nunn
Paula Zahn on phone interview... Q. - "Sir, you found out yesterday that your son died in the helicopter crash, how do you feel about that?" A - (muffled crying by dad) Freaking morons. Isn't there enough to report on without putting grieving families through that type of pain? Gary WTF are t

Re: Minnesota State Representative Arlon Lindner (R-Corcoran),holocaust denier

2003-03-22 Thread William T Goodall
On Saturday, March 22, 2003, at 02:07 am, The Fool wrote: http://web.morons.org/article.jsp?sectionid=1&id=2942 I posted that same link back on the 11th! - William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Those who study hist

Hawks

2003-03-22 Thread The Fool
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15439 Pentagon Strategy Creates Rift Among Hawks By Jim Lobe, AlterNet March 21, 2003 An almost audible sigh of relief could be heard from a nondescript downtown building in Washington, D.C. on Thursday morning when President Saddam Hussein appeared on

the far reaching effects of right-wing censorship

2003-03-22 Thread The Fool
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15368 Censorship Reaches Ridiculous Extremes By Kari Lydersen, AlterNet March 13, 2003 Humpback whales, the asexual reproduction of mushrooms and House Majority Leader Dick Armey. These are dangerous topics that children, or adults for that matter, s

bank robbery

2003-03-22 Thread The Fool
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15349 HIGHTOWER: Republicans for More Federal Power By Jim Hightower, AlterNet March 10, 2003 A couple of years ago, a lobbyist for developer interests complained, "We seem to be at a point now where the word 'sprawl' has been totally demonized." Yea

Re: Which Armageddon Angle is Right for You?

2003-03-22 Thread Alberto Monteiro
> >Four years ago, the magazine I write for featured a synopsis of a book by >an author who predicted the end of days. I don't recall the author's name >or the book's title, mind you, but clearly remember Doomsday's date: >December 21, 2012. > X-Files, "The Truth - Part 1" O:-) [except that IIRC

SCOUTED: Turkey Invades Iraq

2003-03-22 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
Turkish troops enter northern Iraq Ankara ignores US warning of secondary battle front Oliver Burkeman in Washington and Michael Howard in Zakho, Iraqi Kurdistan Saturday March 22, 2003 The Guardian Turkey began sending troops across the border into Iraqi Kurdistan last night, a move which threa

Re: .... and now for something completely different

2003-03-22 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:15 PM 3/22/03 +0100, J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 20:08 21-03-03 -0500, Bryon Daly wrote: Actually, I used "obscure reference", because I had no idea if there were any Monty Python fans here and didn't want to seem like a wierdo (or not more than usual anyway) if no one got it. :-) Hey, do

Re: Club drops student in pledge dispute

2003-03-22 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 20:18 21-03-03 -0500, William Taylor wrote: > He will receive half of the credits. If he had said "under secular humanism", would he have gotten full marks? If he had said "under Allah", would he have been expelled from school altogether? Jeroen "Religious Observations" van Baardwijk _

Re: .... and now for something completely different

2003-03-22 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 20:08 21-03-03 -0500, Bryon Daly wrote: Actually, I used "obscure reference", because I had no idea if there were any Monty Python fans here and didn't want to seem like a wierdo (or not more than usual anyway) if no one got it. :-) Hey, don't worry about it. If you seem like a weirdo, you'

Re: Books on Red Hat Linux 7.2

2003-03-22 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 19:15 21-03-03 -0500, Han Tacoma wrote: > The reason I explicitly mentioned RH 7.2 is that I recently bought a > box set of RH 7.2 Professional on the cheap (EUR 35, down from EUR > 235). Given the price I already figured a new version must have been > released, but for an absolute newbie who j

From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authority inAmerica

2003-03-22 Thread The Fool
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/08/opinion/08WILE.html >From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authority in America By SEAN WILENTZ PRINCETON, N.J. Earlier this year Antonin Scalia decided to share some aspects of his worldview with the public. His inspiration seems to have been t

Justice Scalia says rights excessive, can be scaled down in wartime

2003-03-22 Thread The Fool
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/breaking_news/5424164.htm http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/3/21/35911/1828 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had this to say on Tuesday: "The Constitution just sets minimums ... Most of the rights that you enjoy go way beyond what the Constit

If Only I Were A Dictator, by George W. Bush

2003-03-22 Thread The Fool
http://www.buzzflash.com/analysis/2002/10/29_Dictator.html If Only I Were A Dictator, by George W. Bush A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS Yes, George W. Bush has stated he'd prefer to be a dictator at least three times, according to BuzzFlash.com: * * * "You don't get everything you want. A dictatorsh

another study finds link between cell phones and brain cancer

2003-03-22 Thread The Fool
http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/3852657?source=Evening%20Standar d New mobile phone scare By Beezy Marsh, Daily Mail 17 March 2003 Mobile phones are at the centre of new safety fears after scientists found the first evidence of a link with brain cancer. Users who spend more than an

Hitachi Unveils Smallest RFID Chip

2003-03-22 Thread The Fool
http://www.rfidjournal.com/ezimagecatalogue/catalogue/phpSnTWUU.jpg http://www.rfidjournal.com/article/articleview/337/1/1/ Hitachi Unveils Smallest RFID Chip The Japanese chipmaker recently showed off an RFID microchip that is just 0.3 square millimeter square. March 14, 2003 - Hitachi, the J

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