Gautam Mukunda quoted from someone on ABC
They include a belief that government is a mechanism
to solve the nation's problems; that more taxes on
corporations and the wealthy are good ways to cut the
deficit and raise money for social spending and don't
have a negative affect on economic growth; a
While looking for the precise release date of "Ringworld's Children" at the
Tor site, I came across a "Dune" short story by Brian Herbert and Kevin J.
Anderson. It takes place just before "Dune: The Butlerian Jihad."
http://www.tor.com/hunting.html
George A
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Dave Land wrote:
> Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
> > I don't recall reading any Vonnegut novels (though I'm
> > sure I must have read some short stories in
> > anthologies) - have to remedy that.
>
> Not sure whether my word has any weight for you, but I read most of what
> he wrote, and have enjoyed i
On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 10:24:29PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
> Indeed, IMHO, Target has often provided better value than Wal-Mart.
> I've been shopping there for almost 40 years. The prices are slightly
> higher, but I feel that the better quality of the material is worth
> it. (e.g. the clothes
On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 08:23:15PM -0700, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
> I would say that the economic policies of the Clinton Administration
> pretty closely approximate my ideal (I would cut taxes and spending
> more, but I can definitely live with what we had).
You think so? Wait 20 years and see if
On Thu, May 13, 2004 at 10:49:01PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
> Doesn't an occupying power have a requirement to treat the citizens
> of the occupied state humanely? It was agreed that this was inhumane
> treatment, and it appears to be that it was officially approved.
It fits the Bush Administr
At 09:54 PM 5/13/2004, you wrote:
Steve Sloan wrote:
Doug Pensinger wrote:
> What did the U.S. have to gain by intervening in Rwanda?
Diddly squat, but that doesn't mean dedicated critics of the
US couldn't come up with something. Presumably, Rwanda had
something useful enough for past Europea
At 08:23 PM 5/13/2004 -0700 Gautam Mukunda wrote:
> If President
>Clinton had not had a Republican Congress - then
>things would have been very different.
Yeah, HillaryCare was defeated by what, one vote? (In a Democratic
Congress no less.)
But to listen to Dan tell it, you would think
--- JDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> But to listen to Dan tell it, you would think that
> after Bill Clinton was
> elected in 1992 he attacked balancing the budget
> with a single-minded focus.
>
> JDG
Relative to our current President, he's right, sadly enough.
=
Gautam Mukunda
[EMAIL PROTE
Ritu wrote:
...
So this morning, after six long years, I woke up to an India whose next
govt wouldn't dismiss secularism as 'leftist appeasement/cowardly
reaction', wouldn't offend me by insisting that some citizens live on
the sufferance of others, wouldn't infuriate me by acting as if the
carnag
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If this is true, then it is an extremely serious
manner. It would be
admitting deliberate, systematic, authorized
violations of the Geneva
Convention. That is not just the actions of a few
bad apples. It seems to
me to be high l
From the subject line, one might wonder just what you have been shopping
for . . .
Other Possible Wisecracks Withheld Out Of Respect Maru
-- Ronn! :)
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At
http://tinyurl.com/274uz
The head of the New York bar association has stated that a number of high
ranking military lawyers came to him complaining that they were shut out of
the drawing up of the rules for interrogation in Iraq. The only motivation
for this that I can think of is the fear t
"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote:
>
> From the subject line, one might wonder just what you have been shopping
> for . . .
>
Hm. Well, to tie it in to SF, read _Barrayar_ by Lois McMaster Bujold
and then get back to me on the subject line.
Julia
Thread Drift Maru
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> From: Gautam Mukunda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> any single actor in the American system. If President
> Clinton had not had a Republican Congress - then
> things would have been very different. If that same
> Republican Congress had not had a Democratic President
> - then things would have bee
When did the spelling of 'ridiculous' and 'lose' get changed, and why
didn't I get the memo?
Is it some kind of l33t spelling or just ignorance?
('Loosers' always makes me think of incontinence pants...)
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William T Goodall
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William T Goodall wrote:
When did the spelling of 'ridiculous' and 'lose' get changed, and why
didn't I get the memo?
The "Speling Simplifikashun Ak of 2004" was pasd by kongres and synd by
President-for-life Bush right after the kansilashun of the elekshunz.
Is it some kind of l33t spelling or
G. D. Akin wrote:
Carries weight with me; I've read everything he's written. The only book I
didn't really like was "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater."
To begin reading, go to "Slaughterhouse Five" first, then "The Sirens of
Titan".
Yes, and don't stop there. Vonnegut's books are not only hilarious i
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
Is the replacing government well equipped to make changes? Or is it just
more of the same but with a different undercurrent? I still don't
understand how an originally born Italian can be a well equipped prime
minister of the largest democracy in the world. Can
Dave Land wrote:
>
> William T Goodall wrote:
> > When did the spelling of 'ridiculous' and 'lose' get changed, and why
> > didn't I get the memo?
>
> The "Speling Simplifikashun Ak of 2004" was pasd by kongres and synd by
> President-for-life Bush right after the kansilashun of the elekshunz.
>
Dave Land wrote:
>
> G. D. Akin wrote:
>
> > Carries weight with me; I've read everything he's written. The only book I
> > didn't really like was "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater."
> >
> > To begin reading, go to "Slaughterhouse Five" first, then "The Sirens of
> > Titan".
>
> Yes, and don't stop
Robert Seeberger wrote:
To some degree, *We* are the barbarians at the gate.
We have shamed ourselves in front of the world, and
that makes me feel ashamed *and* angry.
(Note that I am not pointing a finger and blaming soldiers or
presidents. As an American I figure I have to share some of the bla
I have liked all of Vonnegut's. Some of his more recent I don't feel
works as well. I loved 'God Bless You Mr. Rosewater' and 'Mother
Night.' They are not science fiction but have strong moral points.
Except for one or two short stories everything else of his I've read
is science fiction althoug
> Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
> > I don't recall reading any Vonnegut novels (though
> >I'm sure I must have read some short stories in
> > anthologies) - have to remedy that.
> Vonnegut skewers left, right, center and dimensions
> that even
> Libertarians
> Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Debbi wrote:
> > who admits to having a bit of a thing for
> > vampires-struggling-to-overcome-their-bloodlust...
> ;}
> Too much Barnibus (sp?) as a youth?
I think it's Barnibas -- wasn't 'Dark Shadows' a
deliciously wicked thing to watch, for
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Sah'ot's Poetic Form
> The civilian poet anthropologist. The dolphin
> civilian poet anthropologist
> He can't write dolphin poetry--that'd be too
> revealing.
> So he has to invent a new form of poetry
> Holo-cubism.
> If you place yourself inside
Deborah Harrell wrote:
[extensive snippage]
...Of course, I have no idea if this is what he
intended, but he's talking about the psychological
concept of "thrownness," and he describes it better
than many articles that purport to be /about/
thrownness.
There's a term that's new to me...sounds li
Anybody who murders, rapes or commits other violent-
crimes-against-persons needs to be caught and
prosecuted 'to the max' IMO, but does that make them a
terrorist?
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/14/gang.terror.ap/index.html
"NEW YORK (AP) -- Nineteen members of a street gang
accused of menacing t
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040514/ap_on_sc/alien_fish
"ROCKVILLE, Md. - A second northern snakehead has been
caught by a fisherman in the Potomac River, Maryland
officials said, a sign that the destructive alien
species may have invaded the Washington area's
On 14 May 2004, at 12:16 am, Robert Seeberger wrote:
They're Here -- Cicada Cycle Fascinates U.S.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1896&u=/nm/20040512/us_nm/
science_cicadas_dc_7&printer=1
http://tinyurl.com/3fx74
Thanks for posting that, it was an amusing read.
Nothing to add Maru
--
W
> Anybody who murders, rapes or commits other violent-
> crimes-against-persons needs to be caught and prosecuted 'to
> the max' IMO, but does that make them a terrorist?
My knee-jerk reaction to this was that this was yet another case of
authority abuse and overkill, but after thinking it over
At 06:08 AM 5/14/2004 -0700 Gautam Mukunda wrote:
>--- JDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> But to listen to Dan tell it, you would think that
>> after Bill Clinton was
>> elected in 1992 he attacked balancing the budget
>> with a single-minded focus.
>>
>> JDG
>
>Relative to our current President, h
On 14 May 2004, at 11:44 pm, Deborah Harrell wrote:
Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Debbi wrote:
who admits to having a bit of a thing for
vampires-struggling-to-overcome-their-bloodlust...
;}
Too much Barnibus (sp?) as a youth?
I think it's Barnibas -- wasn't 'Dark Shadows' a
delici
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3716151.stm
"Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan has been sacked after the newspaper
conceded photos of British soldiers abusing an Iraqi were fake.
In a statement the Mirror said it had fallen victim to a "calculated
and malicious hoax" and that it would be
Julia Thompson wrote:
> Dave Land wrote:
> >
> > G. D. Akin wrote:
> >
> > > Carries weight with me; I've read everything he's written. The only
book I
> > > didn't really like was "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater."
> > >
> > > To begin reading, go to "Slaughterhouse Five" first, then "The Sirens
of
--- JDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> And thus our current President presided over one of
> the mildest recessions
> ever - even after the bursting of an asset bubble no
> less!
Well, true enough, but:
1. How much of that is he responsible for? Probably a
lot. Let's be fair. The President applie
April 26, 2004
The Flat Tax at Work in Russia: Year Three
by Alvin Rabushka
On January 1, 2001, a 13% flat-rate tax on personal income took effect in
Russia. (The general principles and beneficial economic effects of the flat
tax appear in The Flat Tax.) Russia's 13% flat tax replaced a three-bra
Julia Thompson wrote:
...
> > The "Speling Simplifikashun Ak of 2004" was pasd by kongres and synd by
> > President-for-life Bush right after the kansilashun of the elekshunz.
> >
...
> > In keeping with that spirit, this community is fairly relaxed about
> > spelling errors. In fact, it may be the
Sonja wrote:
> Is the replacing government well equipped to make changes?
Well, we don't know what the composition of the govt. would be [other
than it would be predominantly Congress] but there are some good men in
the party and they do have long years of experience in governance.
> Or is it j
David Hobby wrote:
>
> Julia Thompson wrote:
> ...
> > > The "Speling Simplifikashun Ak of 2004" was pasd by kongres and synd by
> > > President-for-life Bush right after the kansilashun of the elekshunz.
> > >
> ...
> > > In keeping with that spirit, this community is fairly relaxed about
> > > s
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