Re: Cranberry Juice

2003-03-27 Thread G. D. Akin
Andrew Crystall wrote: > Study Provides New Evidence That Cranberry Juice May Help Fight Heart > Disease NEW ORLEANS, March 24 - There's more good news about cranberry Fine, now make it in a form which tastes okay :P --- I really like CranRaspberry. George A

when schools preach the bible and morals

2003-03-27 Thread The Fool
http://www.arktimes.com/reporter/030321reportera.html --- Christ demanded: "But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me." --Luke 19:27 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

cell phone tracking

2003-03-27 Thread The Fool
http://www.verilocation.com/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Israel's Secret Weapon

2003-03-27 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Andrew Crystall wrote: > > The conduct of the Chechyen war by Russia in general > has been frankly disgusting, has cost many Russian > lives and has managed by it's incomplete effectiveness > to become a continuing problem. > What should they do? Blast Chechynea back to the Stone Age? Al

Re: New list members

2003-03-27 Thread Joshua Bell
From: "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> New folks, please feel free to introduce yourselves and jump into the discussions. I'm an old folk, returning after a year's hiatus. I'll mostly be lurking but I might jump in occasionally. The world is in desperate need of some intelligent discussion righ

Re: New list members

2003-03-27 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
From: "Joshua Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm an old folk, returning after a year's hiatus. I'll mostly be lurking but I might jump in occasionally. The world is in desperate need of some intelligent discussion right now. Given the nature and range of topics covered on this list, I would be bold

Re: New list members

2003-03-27 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Joshua Bell wrote: > > I'm glad to see the same faces and that people seem to > be doing well. > You mean, flaming each other? BTW, even He is back, but if you want to tell Him something, you have to put His name in the subject line, like: "brin: Saddam leads Iraq to a new transparent

Channels of Influence

2003-03-27 Thread The Fool
http://archive.nytimes.com/2003/03/25/opinion/25KRUG.html Channels of Influence By PAUL KRUGMAN By and large, recent pro-war rallies haven't drawn nearly as many people as antiwar rallies, but they have certainly been vehement. One of the most striking took place after Natalie Maines, lead singe

SCOUTED: Tech Support

2003-03-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
Joke A Day Making Fun Of Morons Since 1863 Joke A Day, Inc. http://www.jokeaday.com To join our list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Mornin', my little Tech Support, The tech support problem dates back to long b

Yahoo! Is Evil -- _One_ Reason Why

2003-03-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
From my Inbox this morning: Dear Sir : ,SUBJECT : BELT PRESS Dear Sir : We odtained your esteemed company name and address from YAHOO association.We are one of the leading exporters of sludge dewatering machine of double Belt filter press with fifteen years' experience in Taiwan and take the l

RE: Israel's Secret Weapon

2003-03-27 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: "Halupovich Ilana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Israel's Secret Weapon Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 08:15:30 +0200 Jon wrote <> I really-really have no idea on both accounts. I hope that possibility will frighten our nei

Re: The right to know: (was CNN morons.)

2003-03-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:14 PM 3/26/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: I'm reminded of a comment once made by Robin Williams: "In England if you commit a crime, the police don't have a gun, and you don't have a gun. So it's: "STOP! Or I'll say 'stop' again!" :) They do, however, have whistles. However, "STOP! OR I

RE: Israel's Secret Weapon

2003-03-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 09:42 PM 3/26/03 +, Robert J. Chassell wrote: Mutual Assured Destruction only works as a peace-creation mechanism if neither side has people who might be willing to commit suicide in an attack on the other. If one side fears the other has people who are willing to die in an attack, its opt

Re: Cranberry Juice

2003-03-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 04:49 AM 3/27/03 +, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 26 Mar 2003 at 22:44, The Fool wrote: > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/03/030326074425.htm > > Study Provides New Evidence That Cranberry Juice May Help Fight Heart > Disease NEW ORLEANS, March 24 — There's more good news about cranbe

Re: New list members

2003-03-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:24 PM 3/26/03 -0800, Joshua Bell wrote: From: "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> New folks, please feel free to introduce yourselves and jump into the discussions. I'm an old folk, returning after a year's hiatus. I'll mostly be lurking but I might jump in occasionally. The world is in despe

RE: Israel's Secret Weapon

2003-03-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 07:58 AM 3/27/03 +0200, Halupovich Ilana wrote: Ron wrote <> Tony Baretta, the detective with the parrot! Cockatoo, not parrot. -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To t

RE: Israel's Secret Weapon

2003-03-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 08:03 AM 3/27/03 +0200, Halupovich Ilana wrote: Jeroen asked about Baretta <> "Don't (something) crime, don't do it?" I am not sure. Ron, Do you know, per chance, where I can find it? Try a Google search for "Baretta's Theme." I even found it on a Dutch web site!: <

Re: The right to know: (was CNN morons.)

2003-03-27 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk
Jon Gabriel wrote: From: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: The right to know: (was CNN morons.) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 10:16:36 +0100 And call me paranoid but seen the financia

Re: The right to know: (was CNN morons.)

2003-03-27 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk
Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: "G. D. Akin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 2:40 AM Subject: Re: The right to know: (was CNN morons.) Another topic was about Operational Security--we're certainly not the o

Re: New list members

2003-03-27 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk
Joshua Bell wrote: From: "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> New folks, please feel free to introduce yourselves and jump into the discussions. I'm an old folk, returning after a year's hiatus. I'll mostly be lurking but I might jump in occasionally. The world is in desperate need of some intel

Re: The right to know: (was CNN morons.)

2003-03-27 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Sonja van Baardwijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: The right to know: (was CNN morons.) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 16:57:22 +0100 Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: "G. D. Akin" <

UT to have dropout as commencement speaker

2003-03-27 Thread Julia Thompson
I read in today's paper that this year's commencement speaker at The University of Texas at Austin is someone that dropped out of that institution and never got a degree. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: The right to know: (was CNN morons.)

2003-03-27 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Jon Gabriel wrote: > > There was a riot in Spain during a protest yesterday. > I love these riots to protest against violence :-) Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Saddam is not only polarizing the Arab nations...

2003-03-27 Thread freewire1
On Wed, 26 Mar 2003 20:34:36 -0500, Han Tacoma wrote: >I know there's a difference of opinion..., and yet..., There seems to be a significant, or at least vocal, subset of Americans that find enemies wherever they look. I think the "with us or against us" philosophy is mostly responsible for it a

Scouted: BBC and media accuracy

2003-03-27 Thread Jon Gabriel
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34033-2003Mar26.html The 'Beeb' in Their Bonnet BBC Is Taking Flak for Its Cover-All-Sides Approach By Howard Kurtz Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, March 27, 2003; Page C01 http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=31742 OPERATION: IR

RE: Israel's Secret Weapon

2003-03-27 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 27 Mar 2003 at 10:01, Jon Gabriel wrote: > I get it, but don't think that will be a particularly effective ploy. > The US has declared for years that the only WMDs we have in our > possession are nukes. We don't own or use chemical or biological > weapons. Coalition force leaders have been r

Re: Israel's Secret Weapon

2003-03-27 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 27 Mar 2003 at 9:01, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > Andrew Crystall wrote: > > > > The conduct of the Chechyen war by Russia in general > > has been frankly disgusting, has cost many Russian > > lives and has managed by it's incomplete effectiveness > > to become a continuing problem. > > > W

Re: when schools preach the bible and morals

2003-03-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 02:51 AM 3/27/03 -0600, The Fool wrote: Christ demanded: "But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me." --Luke 19:27 Is that the Savior talking or the unrighteous ruler in the parable? -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land th

Brin-L population explosion, cont'd

2003-03-27 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
We had a sonogram yesterday, and it seems my wife and I have a baby boy on the way, due in August. My son was somewhat nonplussed by this news - not the first time he's been told there's a kid on the way, so he considers himself on old hand at this. My daughter was a little disappointed, as she

RE: New list members

2003-03-27 Thread Horn, John
> From: Joshua Bell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'm an old folk, returning after a year's hiatus. I'll mostly > be lurking but > I might jump in occasionally. The world is in desperate need of some > intelligent discussion right now. > > In the interrim, we've had a new addition to our lives -

Re: The right to know: (was CNN morons.)

2003-03-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: > There was a riot in Spain during a protest yesterday. Saw the footage on > CNN this morning. Protests are scheduled around NYC today, including a > 'die-in' at Rockefeller Center outside the Today Show window and roving > groups of human traffic obstructions down near Wall St

Re: The right to know: (was CNN morons.)

2003-03-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > > There was a riot in Spain during a protest yesterday. > > > I love these riots to protest against violence :-) Yeah, well, *I* love people who are prejudiced against bigots. ;) Julia ___ h

Re: Cranberry Juice

2003-03-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Andrew Crystall wrote: > > On 26 Mar 2003 at 22:44, The Fool wrote: > > > http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/03/030326074425.htm > > > > Study Provides New Evidence That Cranberry Juice May Help Fight Heart > > Disease NEW ORLEANS, March 24 — There's more good news about cranberry > > Fin

RE: Israel's Secret Weapon

2003-03-27 Thread Horn, John
> From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >You still are not getting it, don't you? :-( The question > is, is he is > >going to use them against his own people and blame it on coalition > >forces. :-( > > > > I get it, but don't think that will be a particularly > effective ploy. I

RE: Anneka Pictures!

2003-03-27 Thread Horn, John
> > Two new pictures of Anneka... Ah, what a cutie! - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Counterprotester picture

2003-03-27 Thread Julia Thompson
A picture of someone protesting war protesters is at http://www.askesis.org/images/web_junk/protestormoron.jpg Something ironic about that one, isn't there? ;) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Counterprotester picture

2003-03-27 Thread Horn, John
> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > A picture of someone protesting war protesters is at > http://www.askesis.org/images/web_junk/protestormoron.jpg > Something ironic about that one, isn't there? ;) I *really* wish he didn't have a St. Louis Cardinals t-shirt on... I really,

RE: Counterprotester picture

2003-03-27 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: "Horn, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Counterprotester picture Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 13:46:14 -0600 > From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > A picture of someone protesting w

Re: New list members

2003-03-27 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: "Joshua Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: New list members Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 22:24:33 -0800 From: "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> New folks, please feel free to introduce yourselves and jump into the discuss

RE: Israel's Secret Weapon

2003-03-27 Thread Damon
I disagree. There are folks out there who think the CIA or the Israelis engineered the 9/11 attacks for whatever reason. Someone who would believe that would have no trouble believing that the US would gas their own troops (let alone innocent Iraqis) just to make it look like Saddam had these we

Re: Saddam is not only polarizing the Arab nations...

2003-03-27 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Whats next? Freedom bacon? So I hear. Or maybe that was on a parody site. Julia wondering what the heck, if anything, is going to happen with the "Pan Frances" at the grocery store (and no, that's not a typo; they are selling a particular sort of bread under

Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd

2003-03-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:16 AM 3/27/03 -0800, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: We had a sonogram yesterday, I suspect that if your wife reads this, she will ask, "Who's this 'we'?" (I.e., you may have been in the room, but she was on the exam table . . . ) and it seems my wife and I have a baby boy on the way, due in A

Re: The right to know: (was CNN morons.)

2003-03-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 01:36 PM 3/27/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Jon Gabriel wrote: > There was a riot in Spain during a protest yesterday. Saw the footage on > CNN this morning. Protests are scheduled around NYC today, including a > 'die-in' at Rockefeller Center outside the Today Show window and roving > group

Re: Counterprotester picture

2003-03-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 01:53 PM 3/27/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: A picture of someone protesting war protesters is at http://www.askesis.org/images/web_junk/protestormoron.jpg Something ironic about that one, isn't there? ;) At least he spelled "brain" correctly . . . -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land tha

Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd

2003-03-27 Thread Julia Thompson
"Adam C. Lipscomb" wrote: > I've got a sonogram picture at my desk - it shows the > baby's face, or at least the skeletal structure of his > face. I'm under orders NOT to refer to him as "Baby > Skeletor", so you didn't hear it from me. Way cool on the sonogram -- I don't get to do that for awhi

RE: Israel's Secret Weapon

2003-03-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 03:41 PM 3/27/03 -0500, Damon wrote: I disagree. There are folks out there who think the CIA or the Israelis engineered the 9/11 attacks for whatever reason. Someone who would believe that would have no trouble believing that the US would gas their own troops (let alone innocent Iraqis) just

Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd

2003-03-27 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 11:16 AM 3/27/03 -0800, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: > >We had a sonogram yesterday, > > I suspect that if your wife reads this, she will ask, "Who's this 'we'?" > > (I.e., you may have been in the room, but she was on the exam table . . . ) Actually, when the first

Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd

2003-03-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 03:09 PM 3/27/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: "Adam C. Lipscomb" wrote: > I've got a sonogram picture at my desk - it shows the > baby's face, or at least the skeletal structure of his > face. I'm under orders NOT to refer to him as "Baby > Skeletor", so you didn't hear it from me. Way cool on

Re: Israel's Secret Weapon

2003-03-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Halupovich Ilana wrote: > > Sonja wrote > < used on Palestinians civilians. However it wasn't made clear if it was > an accident or done on purpose.>> > > I wrote > Check you resources. It was proven to be mass hysteria. > > Jeroen asked > <> > > Sorry, I am not good at searching Internet. But

Re: The right to know: (was CNN morons.)

2003-03-27 Thread Russell Chapman
Julia Thompson wrote: (Maybe someone needs to point out just how much gasoline is being wasted per minute, and how much air pollution is being produced per minute, every time a street is blocked.) Or how many people they get offside by causing maximum disruption to the ordinary citizens who are t

Re: Saddam is not only polarizing the Arab nations...

2003-03-27 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 12:33 2003-03-27 -0500, Dean wrote: I find it difficult to determine the reasons for the fence sitting posture of the current Canadian government with regard to the Iraq war (does this war have a name yet?). It must be one or a combination of the following: - trying to follow public opinion in

Re: Israel's Secret Weapon

2003-03-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Halupovich Ilana wrote: > > Julia asked > < country?>> > > I don't know. Vaanunu is *supposed* to be released next year, however, > based on the Weitzman Institute spy, I suspect that it is "as long as he > presents danger". Not much for the human right in my country, isn't it? > :-( I was askin

Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd

2003-03-27 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
Ronn wrote: > At 11:16 AM 3/27/03 -0800, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: > > We had a sonogram yesterday, > I suspect that if your wife reads this, she will ask, "Who's this 'we'?" > (I.e., you may have been in the room, but she was on the exam table . . . ) Hey! I provided some of the venture capita

Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd

2003-03-27 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
Julia wrote: > "Adam C. Lipscomb" wrote: > > > I've got a sonogram picture at my desk - it shows the > > baby's face, or at least the skeletal structure of his > > face. I'm under orders NOT to refer to him as "Baby > > Skeletor", so you didn't hear it from me. > > Way cool on the sonogram -- I do

Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd

2003-03-27 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 03:09 PM 3/27/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > >We're referring to *our* baby that's on the way as "Beta". :) > > (1) Because s/he is light and negatively charged? > > (2) Because s/he is based on perhaps superior but obsolete technology? > > (3) Because y

Re: Israel's Secret Weapon

2003-03-27 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Israel's Secret Weapon Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 15:39:07 -0600 Halupovich Ilana wrote: > > Sonja wrote > < used on Palestinians civilians. However it w

Re: The right to know: (was CNN morons.)

2003-03-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Russell Chapman wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > >(Maybe someone needs to point out just how much gasoline is being wasted > >per minute, and how much air pollution is being produced per minute, every > >time a street is blocked.) > > > Or how many people they get offside by causing maximum d

Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd

2003-03-27 Thread Julia Thompson
"Adam C. Lipscomb" wrote: > > Ronn wrote: > > > Someone Needs To Come Up With An Original Response Maru > > I'm surprised no one's let out a "NOO GOD, NOOO!!!" > yet. Only because your already-birthed ones haven't trashed my kitchen yet. ;) Julia __

Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd

2003-03-27 Thread Reggie Bautista
Julia wrote: No, because "Beta" is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. And here I thought it might be a Brin reference... ;-) Reggie Bautista Kiln Maru _ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/m

Re: New list members

2003-03-27 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Joshua Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 12:24 AM Subject: Re: New list members > >From: "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >New folks, please feel free to introduce yourselves and jump into the > >discussion

Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd

2003-03-27 Thread Reggie Bautista
Adam wrote: We had a sonogram yesterday, and it seems my wife and I have a baby boy on the way, due in August. [snip] I've got a sonogram picture at my desk - it shows the baby's face, or at least the skeletal structure of his face. I'm under orders NOT to refer to him as "Baby Skeletor", so you d

Re: New list members

2003-03-27 Thread Reggie Bautista
Joshua Bell wrote: I'm an old folk, returning after a year's hiatus. I'll mostly be lurking but I might jump in occasionally. The world is in desperate need of some intelligent discussion right now. In the interrim, we've had a new addition to our lives - check out http://www.calormen.com/famil

Re: New list members

2003-03-27 Thread Paul Walker
At 17:39 27/03/2003 -0600, rob wrote: Its an unnerving coincidence! See, normally I'd say it was List Co-incidence working again, but we're on the wrong list here... -- Paul ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: The right to know: (was CNN morons.)

2003-03-27 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
From: Sonja van Baardwijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You could say I suspect some of the reason for the war against Irak is, besides its strategic position in the middle east, the enormous amount of oil the country has. The fact that only humanitarian reasons are fronted for undertaking such very extr

Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd

2003-03-27 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/27/2003 4:08:11 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Adam C. Lipscomb > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Silence. I am watching television." - Spider Jerusalem A Jay Leno type response: Well, it's obvious you were doing more than just watching televison

Re: [rff] Digest Number 653

2003-03-27 Thread d.brin
Hey folks, to see uplift in progress, see: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030325/168/3m7dk.html Now which species needs it the most? db ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd

2003-03-27 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Adam C. Lipscomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 5:09 PM Subject: Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd > Ronn wrote: > > > > At 11:16 AM 3/27/03 -0800, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: > > > We had a

Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd

2003-03-27 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
William Taylor wrote: > In a message dated 3/27/2003 4:08:11 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > Adam C. Lipscomb > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Silence. I am watching television." - Spider Jerusalem > > A Jay Leno type response: > > Well, it's obvious you were do

Re: UT to have dropout as commencement speaker

2003-03-27 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I read in today's paper that this year's commencement speaker at The University of Texas at Austin is someone that dropped out of that institution and never got a degree. Julia A large amount of college dropouts from very prestigious institutions are calle

Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd

2003-03-27 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
Dan wrote, not knowing the extent of my Evil Powers: > From: "Adam C. Lipscomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I'm surprised no one's let out a "NOO GOD, NOOO!!!" > > yet. > > That's just cost benefit analysis. A new baby should keep you off the > streets and unlikely to come to Houston to

Re: The right to know: (was CNN morons.)

2003-03-27 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
From: Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jon Gabriel wrote: > > There was a riot in Spain during a protest yesterday. > I love these riots to protest against violence :-) Alberto Monteiro These events always remind me of an obscure link in an early Python episode. Eric Idle, playing John Lennon,

Re: UT to have dropout as commencement speaker

2003-03-27 Thread Damon
To me, this is a very cynical comment on those fresh young turks sitting on the musician chairs in front of him. But hey, that's life. Academics are sometimes secondary to real-world experience. But does an "honorary" degree mean anything? I got mine the hard way, and I would hope all those hou

Re: Channels of Influence

2003-03-27 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 8:42 AM Subject: Channels of Influence > http://archive.nytimes.com/2003/03/25/opinion/25KRUG.html > > Channels of Influence > By PAUL KRUGMAN > > > By and large, rec

Re: [rff] Digest Number 653 and Brin

2003-03-27 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/27/2003 4:56:47 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hey folks, to see uplift in progress, see: > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030325/168/3m7dk.html > > Now which species needs it the most? > > db > Well, from a liberal point o

Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd

2003-03-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 06:12 PM 3/27/03 -0600, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: Dan wrote, not knowing the extent of my Evil Powers: > From: "Adam C. Lipscomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I'm surprised no one's let out a "NOO GOD, NOOO!!!" > > yet. > > That's just cost benefit analysis. A new baby should keep you o

Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd

2003-03-27 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Ronn!Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 6:16 PM Subject: Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd At 06:12 PM 3/27/03 -0600, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: >Dan wrote, not knowing the extent

Re: UT to have dropout as commencement speaker

2003-03-27 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
From: Damon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> But does an "honorary" degree mean anything? I got mine the hard way, and I would hope all those hours studying and selling text books for beer money mean something! Damon. I think they have nothing but sentimental value for those who receive it. Assuming they c

Re: Counterprotester picture

2003-03-27 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Julia Thompson wrote: > >A picture of someone protesting war protesters is at >http://www.askesis.org/images/web_junk/protestormoron.jpg >Something ironic about that one, isn't there? ;) > My kids' school is summoning everybody for many movements pro-Peace. I guess I will send them wearing T-sh

Irregulars Question: long term stellar ephemeris

2003-03-27 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Does anyone have any idea of the accelerations [in a non-rotating frame of reference, relative to the Sun] of the stars in the Sun neighbourhood and the bright stars in our sky for some long time? I'm not worried about the _precision_ of the acceleration, as long as I have it for thousands or eve

Re: UT to have dropout as commencement speaker

2003-03-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Damon wrote: > > >To me, this is a very cynical comment on those fresh young turks sitting > >on the musician chairs in front of him. But hey, that's life. Academics > >are sometimes secondary to real-world experience. > > But does an "honorary" degree mean anything? I got mine the hard way, and

Re: Counterprotester picture

2003-03-27 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Alberto Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 4:07 PM Subject: Re: Counterprotester picture > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > > > >A picture of someone protesting war protesters is at > >htt

Re: UT to have dropout as commencement speaker

2003-03-27 Thread Julia Thompson
"Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo" wrote: > > >From: Damon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >But does an "honorary" degree mean anything? I got mine the hard way, and I > >would hope all those hours studying and selling text books for beer money > >mean something! > > > >Damon. > > > > I think they have nothing but sent

Re: UT to have dropout as commencement speaker

2003-03-27 Thread Damon
Going back to my example, Michael Kamen is a top-rated, world-famous composer and conductor. All those young musicians he is *leading* are recently graduated or about to. He didn't finish Julliard. But he has a career. What's the real message here? Experience means everything, which is what I'm

RE: Irregulars Question: long term stellar ephemeris

2003-03-27 Thread Nick Arnett
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Alberto Monteiro > Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 3:06 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Irregulars Question: long term stellar ephemeris > > > Does anyone have any idea of the accelerations [in a

Re: Irregulars Question: long term stellar ephemeris

2003-03-27 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/27/2003 5:40:02 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Does anyone have any idea of the accelerations [in a non-rotating > frame of reference, relative to the Sun] of the stars in the Sun > neighbourhood and the bright stars in our sky for some long time

What's wrong with Al-jazeera?

2003-03-27 Thread Damon
Hi all, I've been trying to visit the Al-jazeera website (which supposedly had an english language site that went OL on Mon) but for some reason I keep getting "page not found" errors. Even links from Google are broken. Has anyone else tried to access the page? Is anyone else having trouble? Co

Re: Counterprotester picture

2003-03-27 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Dan Minette wrote: > >> My kids' school is summoning everybody for many >> movements pro-Peace. I guess I will send them wearing >> T-shirts with slongs like: "Let Saddam Rule Iraq in Peace!" >> or "Long Live Saddam!" > > Or, maybe "Let the People of Iraq Rest in Peace" > A new one! "Imperialists

Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd

2003-03-27 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 6:08 PM Subject: Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd > > - Original Message - > From: "Adam C. Lipscomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Kille

Re: What's wrong with Al-jazeera?

2003-03-27 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 27 Mar 2003 at 20:07, Damon wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been trying to visit the Al-jazeera website (which supposedly had > an english language site that went OL on Mon) but for some reason I > keep getting "page not found" errors. Even links from Google are > broken. Has anyone else tried to ac

Re: UT to have dropout as commencement speaker

2003-03-27 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 27 Mar 2003 at 18:52, Julia Thompson wrote: > "Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo" wrote: > > > > >From: Damon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >But does an "honorary" degree mean anything? I got mine the hard > > >way, and I would hope all those hours studying and selling text > > >books for beer money mean somethin

RE: Counterprotester picture

2003-03-27 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 02:54 PM 3/27/2003 -0500, you wrote: From: "Horn, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: Counterprotester picture Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2003 13:46:14 -0600 > From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Channels of Influence

2003-03-27 Thread Kevin Tarr
In any case Clear Channel is not the only radio company with conservative talk shows or with hosts pushing pro-America rallies. rob Agree with that. I know the local station he is on here in SOUTH central PA* is a CC station, but Beck was the one starting it. Not that I ever listen to him, I'm

Re: Channels of Influence

2003-03-27 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Kevin Tarr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 9:05 PM Subject: Re: Channels of Influence > > >In any case Clear Channel is not the only radio company with conservative > >talk shows or with hosts

Re: Channels of Influence

2003-03-27 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 9:21 PM Subject: Re: Channels of Influence > > - Original Message - > From: "Kevin Tarr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[E

Re: Counterprotester picture

2003-03-27 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/27/2003 7:56:09 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >>I *really* wish he didn't have a St. Louis Cardinals t-shirt on... > >> > >>I really, really do. > > > > > >But not altogether surprising, all things considered. > > > > > >Jon > >GSV Duck an

Re: What's wrong with Al-jazeera?

2003-03-27 Thread gerald krouson
Damon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi all, I've been trying to visit the Al-jazeera website (which supposedly had an english language site that went OL on Mon) but for some reason I keep getting "page not found" errors. Even links from Google are broken. Has anyone else tried to access the pa

Re: Channels of Influence

2003-03-27 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 9:23 PM Subject: Re: Channels of Influence > > - Original Message - > From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Killer Bs Discussio

Re: What's wrong with Al-jazeera?

2003-03-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Damon wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've been trying to visit the Al-jazeera website (which supposedly had an > english language site that went OL on Mon) but for some reason I keep > getting "page not found" errors. Even links from Google are broken. Has > anyone else tried to access the page? Is anyon

Re: Channels of Influence

2003-03-27 Thread Robert Seeberger
> > >It's like > > > people > > > > forgetting there is another country in North America. > > >^^^ > > > are two other :-) > > > > > Everything north of Panama isn't it? > > > > To the best of my knowledge, south of Mexico and north of Colo

Re: when schools preach the bible and morals

2003-03-27 Thread The Fool
From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 02:51 AM 3/27/03 -0600, The Fool wrote: >Christ demanded: "But those mine enemies, >which would not that I should reign over them, >bring hither, and slay them before me." --Luke 19:27 Is that the Savior talking or the unrighteous ruler in the para

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