RE: Archbishop of Canterbury defends Terrorism

The Fool forwarded: > < /15/wbish15. > xml&sSheet=/news/2003/10/15/ixnewstop.html>> > > Terrorists can have serious moral goals, says Williams > By Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent > (Filed: 15/10/2003) > > > The Archbishop

Re: McNabb and Limbaugh Re: Raceism

On Wednesday, October 15, 2003, at 06:12 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is not a debate over affirmative action or over racial orthodoxies. Even if not all problems are caused by racism, racism itself still exists and is in and of itself a serious problem. It does no good to say that reverse

Re: OK Debbi, here's another Tucson horse story.

In a message dated 10/15/2003 8:04:26 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > [Doesn't look like a high speed capture to me. your > > opinions / experience?] > > Do you have a site with pictures? (Yes, I could look, > but I've got to head out soon for a lesson...and hey

Re: Something for Julia, especially

Julia Thompson wrote: >Jim Sharkey wrote: >> http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/comics/babyblues.html >Yup. >The half-gallon of juice I drink each day helps, though >Plus I finish off a 20-oz. mug of water several times a day. >Still doesn't keep me from feeling very literally drained at the >e

Secrets of the Human Brain

"Monkeys that can move a robot arm with thoughts alone have brought the merger of mind and machine one step closer. In experiments at Duke University, implants in the monkeys' brains picked up brain signals and sent them to a robotic arm, which carried out reaching and grasping movements on a c

the Digital Imprimatur

<> This article is beyond long, too long to post here. imprimatur 1. The formula (=`let it be printed'), signed by an official licenser of the press, authorizing the printing of a book; hence as sb. an official license to print. ... A set of

Weekly Chat Reminder

This is just a quick reminder that the Wednesday Brin-L chat is scheduled for 3 PM Eastern/2 PM Central time in the US, or 7 PM Greenwich time, so it started about five hours ago. There will probably be somebody there to talk to for at least eight hours after the start time. See my instruction page

Re: OK Debbi, here's another Tucson horse story.

--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > The owner of a hore riding academy used a rope to > lasso a dirt bike rider > illegaly riding a motor bike in a wash that runs > next to the horse riding lanes. How many guys need to learn this type of exercise?! > The dirt bike rider was sh

Re: Abortion foes try to block brain-dead woman's final wish

On Wednesday, October 15, 2003, at 10:34 pm, Horn, John wrote: From: Michael Harney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Ronn!Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (2) We have only her husband's word that she once said she would not want to be kept alive by such means. She did not make out a "loving w

Re: Chinese manned space flight

Robert J. Chassell wrote: Addendum: I wrote (In World War II, the US used flights of 500 to 1000 manned bombers to destroy 62 cities and two flights of one bomber each to destroy two more cities, using nuclear weapons.) I had no idea that the US used those sorts of numbers in their raid

Re: depleted uranium and iraq [L3]

Huh, this one popped up in my in-box after being routed through some sort of time-vortex, apparently... --- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Going back through the messages. > > From: "Deborah Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > But evidence that high levels of radiation cause > > cancer

Re: depleted uranium and iraq [L3]

Addendum - I wrote: Research is ongoing WRT heritable radiation-induced genetic damage, in this case cancer surviviors who were treated with radiation... and went on to mention miscarriage associated with exposure to radiation while pregnant; here is a 2002 study that found "...A higher, but not

fire paste

<> Inventor spurns burns with red-hot invention By Phil Novak BayToday.ca Saturday, October 04, 2003 Troy Hurtubise says he doesn’t feel the heat, even with a 2000° C blowtorch flame blazing at his head. Hurtubise has invented a physics-defyi

RE: Abortion foes try to block brain-dead woman's final wish

> From: Michael Harney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > From: "Ronn!Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > (2) We have only her husband's word that she once said she > would not want > > to be kept alive by such means. She did not make out a > "loving will" or > > otherwise make her wishes known

Re: Abortion foes try to block brain-dead woman's final wish

Those insinuations that you are trying to bring to front were only made after her parents had lost their case in court, and ten years after her accident. As for your insunuations about the money he has used it to pay for the expensive legal battle that he's been apart of. Fighting for

Re: Vatican Vs Science: Cardinal calls for 'health warnings' on condoms

The Fool cut-and-pasted: > > Cardinal calls for health warnings on condoms > By Bruce Johnston in Rome > (Filed: 14/10/2003) > > > The cardinal in charge of Vatican social policy yesterday called for > condoms to carry "health warnings", arguing that they were not > effectiveagainst the spread

Re: Pedro...

From: Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Pedro... Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2003 19:26:30 -0700 On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 21:39:46 -0400, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In a message dated 10/14/2003 4:15:43

Re: Abortion foes try to block brain-dead woman's final wish

From: "Ronn!Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Terri Schiavo is clinically brain-dead, after a heart attack more than > >ten years ago. > > > > Although there have been some questions raised about whether her condition > was caused by a naturally-occurring MI or whether there might have bee

Archbishop of Canterbury defends Terrorism

<> Terrorists can have serious moral goals, says Williams By Jonathan Petre, Religion Correspondent (Filed: 15/10/2003) The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, yesterday

Vatican Vs Science: Cardinal calls for 'health warnings' on condoms

<> Cardinal calls for health warnings on condoms By Bruce Johnston in Rome (Filed: 14/10/2003) The cardinal in charge of Vatican social policy yesterday called for condoms to carry

Re: Abortion foes try to block brain-dead woman's final wish

From: "Ronn!Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > (1) Not everyone agrees she is brain-dead. Some have said that she has > shown reactions to things around her. Were these people doctors with equipment that can measure brain activity or friends and relatives that might be seeing what they want t

Re: French school bans headscarf girls

From: "Andrew Crystall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: French school bans headscarf girls Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 03:25:17 +0100 On 15 Oct 2003 at 3:11, William T Goodall wrote: > > > Andy wrote : > > > On 14 Oct 2003 at 10:59, William T Goodall wrote: > > > > > It's nice to see somebody standing

Re: McNabb and Limbaugh Re: Raceism

> I have no idea, actually.  What I meant was that every conservative who > even wants to think about racial issues outside of PC orthodoxies has to accept > that this is the deal - the very first tactic that will be used by those who > disagree with him is to call him a racist.  That's part of

Re: Abortion foes try to block brain-dead woman's final wish

At 11:05 AM 10/15/03 -0500, The Fool wrote: > From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > (1) Not everyone agrees she is brain-dead. Some have said that she has > shown reactions to things around her. Show me the proof. Where is it? I want Proof. Or are you just spreading hearsay? Can you

Re: Abortion foes try to block brain-dead woman's final wish

A P.S., since no one has responded to my earlier response . . . At 11:48 PM 10/14/03 -0500, The Fool wrote: <> Abortion foes try to block brain-dead woman's final wish. Posted by angry Frankie on Oct. 13, 2003 (159 comments from readers) Not

Re: Abortion foes try to block brain-dead woman's final wish

> From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > (1) Not everyone agrees she is brain-dead. Some have said that she has > shown reactions to things around her. Show me the proof. Where is it? I want Proof. Or are you just spreading hearsay? > > At 11:48 PM 10/14/03 -0500, The Fool wrote

Re: Chinese manned space flight

Addendum: I wrote (In World War II, the US used flights of 500 to 1000 manned bombers to destroy 62 cities and two flights of one bomber each to destroy two more cities, using nuclear weapons.) My apologies. I meant to say that the 64 cities were in Japan. I was not counting US att

Re: Abortion foes try to block brain-dead woman's final wish

(1) Not everyone agrees she is brain-dead. Some have said that she has shown reactions to things around her. (2) We have only her husband's word that she once said she would not want to be kept alive by such means. She did not make out a "loving will" or otherwise make her wishes known to a

Chinese manned space flight

The Chinese space agency just launched a man into Earth orbit. The agency should be congratulated! This is good news, in that there may be more interesting crewed space exploration over the next generation. After the landing on the moon, the US and the Soviet Union stopped interesting crewed spa

Re: McNabb and Limbaugh Re: Raceism

--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did Rush go to college? My impression is that he > didn't, or at least he > never came out with a degree > > Julia I have no idea, actually. What I meant was that every conservative who even wants to think about racial issues outside of

Mac Supercomputer: Fast, Cheap

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,60821,00.html " The brand new "Big Mac" supercomputer at Virginia Tech could be the second most powerful supercomputer on the planet, according to preliminary numbers. Early benchmarks of Virginia Tech's brand new supercomputer -- which is strung tog