Re: What America Does with its Hegemony

Dan wrote: But, if one supports Andrew's statement as it stands, it would be worthwhile to see how they consider the most obvious counter-examples. I don't agree with Andrew completely. For instance the pre-emptive strike by Israel in the Seven Day War was justified. It becomes more obvious ev

Sah'ot invents a new form of poetry.

Sah'ot's Poetic Form OK, I'm having fun trying to plot out a novel where there's going to be an Uplift Ceremony on Hurmuphta, and our good Dr. Brin says he's already got it all set out so that Tom and Gillian will be meeting elsewhere. So he says, "How about Sah'ot?" The civilian poet anthropo

Re: New Hate-Mongering Chick Tract is out

Old fashioned traditional marriage http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/opinion/tolestom/?name=Toles&date=20040331 gary ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Hi! :-)

-- From: Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Original Message - From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Virus wrote: > > > > Looking forward for a response :P > > > > pass: 80513 > > OK, I think someone who has been subbed at some point (may even still be > subbed) ha

Re: What America Does with its Hegemony

- Original Message - From: "Gautam Mukunda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 11:41 AM Subject: RE: What America Does with its Hegemony > If I usually argue that certain > reports on the list that things are disastrous are not

Re: Hi! :-)

Robert Seeberger wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 11:31 AM > Subject: Re: Hi! :-) > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > Looking forward for a response :P > > > >

Re: Party Set for Andy Kaufman, Just in Case

In a message dated 5/9/2004 10:33:48 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Kaufman was best known as the lovable foreign-car mechanic Latka > Gravas on the '70s TV sitcom "Taxi." > > > > xponent > I thought he could also repair American made cars? Vilyehm ___

'We are living in an American democracy' - March 2004

<> An alabaster sculpture which bears a striking resemblance to shocking photographs from Abu Ghraib prison, made by Iraqi artist Abdul-Kareem Khalil in ~~~March 2004~~~ is seen on display at a gallery in Baghdad, Iraq ( -

Re: New Material Grabs More Solar Energy

Julia Thompson wrote: ... > > > I don't think that is true anymore. You can see solar cells in > > > applications out on the street these days. A good example is the > > > "School Zone" flashers (Hush Ronn! ) where using a solar panel to > > > charge a battery is almost universal around here. > >

Newsweek - The Price of Arrogance

In a war that could go on for decades, you cannot simply detain people indefinitely on the sole authority of the secretary of Defense http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4933882/ The basic attitude taken by Rumsfeld, Cheney and their top aides has been "We're at war; all these niceties will have to wait.

Nigeria: 'christians' kill 600+ 'muslims' in revenge bloodbath

<> More than 600 people were killed when militiamen from a mainly Christian ethnic group attacked Muslims in a small town in central Nigeria last weekend, a Red Cross official said on Friday. A heavily armed group of militiamen from the mainly Chris

Trolls etc, was: Re: The Lost Hearts and Minds

Julia Thompson wrote: ... > You know, Dan, I don't buy your sock-puppet theory. > > Please demonstrate conclusively to me that Mr. Lee is, in fact, a sock > puppet. > > Julia How's this? A direct quotation from an old post! See!? It proves... O.K., it doesn't prove a

Re: Darwin's Radio

In a message dated 5/8/2004 7:57:45 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I suppose I'm glad I finished it, since the journey to the end was > entertaining enough; the characters were nicely drawn, and Bear > is "hard SF" so I feel like I learned a little too. But overall, I >

Re: The Lost Hearts and Minds

On Sun, 9 May 2004 06:05:17 -0700, Mike Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unappreciated Messiah wrote: > > Gary Denton, disowning responsibility: > > > Mike Lee ignoring the title and head of the post. > > > > This is what we have now caused our supporters in Iraq to think. > > You posted that crap with y

Party Set for Andy Kaufman, Just in Case

http://makeashorterlink.com/?B20A23048 Andy Kaufman died of lung cancer on May 16, 1984, but according to legend, the eccentric comedian said if he were faking, he'd resurface 20 years later to the day. So, just in case, a party is being planned by Bob Zmuda, Kaufman's best friend and partner, at

Re: Hi! :-)

- Original Message - From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 11:31 AM Subject: Re: Hi! :-) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Looking forward for a response :P > > > > pass: 80513 > > OK, I think someone who

RE: What America Does with its Hegemony

--- Ritu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As for the 'unobjective' bit, that wasn't posturing. > It was my honest > opinion. I wasn't challenging the validity of your > sources, just your > interpretation of the news. I don't mean to offend, > but I do think that > your enthusiasm for this project [dem

Re: Hi! :-)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Looking forward for a response :P > > pass: 80513 OK, I think someone who has been subbed at some point (may even still be subbed) has a virus. This is *so* un-Kneem like. Could folks please do virus scans and take steps to clean up their systems? Especially tho

Hi! :-)

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Re: Disturbing evidence of torture

At 04:10 PM 08/05/04 -0500, Dan Minette wrote: snip Even now, State is being shut out of the loop. One day Powell tells the Black Caucus there will be no request for additional funds for Iraq, the next day there is a request for 25 billion. I can't deal with a number that large. Let's see. The

floating homes and businesses....

I ran across an interesting article about some homes being built in the Netherlands that will float in a flood. I did a search and found quite a few articles. I really wanted to find a webpage for the company that is building these homes. It sounds like an awesome idea, especially for the flood pr

Re: Disturbing evidence of torture

-- From: Gary Denton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sat, 8 May 2004 23:11:39 +, Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Why would the USA torturers _document_ the torture? When > we had state-sponsored torture in Brazil, back in the 70s, > when we were fighting communist by closing brazi

RE: What America Does with its Hegemony

Gautam wrote: > Gautam has spent long enough on this list that his > patience is entirely worn out, which occasionally > shows up in unwarranted sarcasm. That's perfectly understandable. :) Please feel free to take an occasional swipe at me. After all, it lets me do the same and there *are* time

[scouted] Parents ordered not to have any more children

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/08/conception.banned.ap/index.html The couple has four children, and all four have been place in foster care. The three that were tested for cocaine tested positive. The judge isn't forcing contraception on them or requiring them to get abortions. He did offer t

RE: The Lost Hearts and Minds

Gary Denton, disowning responsibility: > Mike Lee ignoring the title and head of the post. > > This is what we have now caused our supporters in Iraq to think. You posted that crap with your full stamp of approval. It's disgusting that you now try to sidestep on that. And worse that nobody else

Re: New Material Grabs More Solar Energy

Erik Reuter wrote: > > The zero'th order assumption, > until further information is available, would be that the cost would > eventually be roughly comparable to Si cells. > No by any scientific law of Nature, such as Murphy's Law Alberto Monteiro ___ h