Re: The Savage Solution

Dan said: > Most data suggests that it is mostly environmental. Indeed, my > wife knows of no studies that indicate a genetic link. She has not > worked in the field for about 10 years, so it is possible that > there has been a recent study we don't know about, but its still > likely she would h

Re: The Savage Solution

- Original Message - From: "Richard Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 8:15 AM Subject: Re: The Savage Solution > Dan said: > > > Most data suggests that it is mostly environmental. Indeed, my > > wife knows of no stud

Orgasmic chocolate on the way

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Universe could be a billion years older

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Brin : Memory glasses could help wearers find their keys

Shades of Earth http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_961376.html?menu=news.scienceanddiscovery (With picture) British and German scientists are developing memory glasses that record everything the user sees. The glasses can play back memories later to help the wearer remember things they h

'Barbie' drug could make people slim, tanned and sexy

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Microwaving hearts could be way forward

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As Cos tells it, we ain't learnt nothin' yet

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Re: Bushworld

At 06:14 PM 5/19/2004 -0500 Robert Seeberger wrote: >http://www.sltrib.com/2004/Apr/04272004/commenta/commenta.asp I can't believe that anyone found this diatribe coherent. Since when did the NY Times start printing DNC Talking Points? JDG - Who really doesn't want to be bothered to have to debu

Re: Unitarians not a religion

At 09:57 PM 5/18/2004 -0500 garydenton wrote: >I had been saying that we had to stop the takeover of the United >States by intolerants who seek to deny rights to others. Uhhh. under exactly what basis is "tax-exempt status" a, quote, "right?" >The last couple of years I have seen political

Re: Bushworld

- Original Message - From: "JDG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 11:49 AM Subject: Re: Bushworld > At 06:14 PM 5/19/2004 -0500 Robert Seeberger wrote: > >http://www.sltrib.com/2004/Apr/04272004/commenta/commenta.asp > > I c

Re: Bushworld

JDG wrote: At 06:14 PM 5/19/2004 -0500 Robert Seeberger wrote: http://www.sltrib.com/2004/Apr/04272004/commenta/commenta.asp I can't believe that anyone found this diatribe coherent. That's because you're a resident in good standing in Bushworld!! 8^) -- Doug _

Re: Bushworld

I couldn't believe anyone found Safire's recent diatribe coherent. http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/editorial/8715776.htm #1 on Google for liberal news On Sat, 22 May 2004 11:02:15 -0700, Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > JDG wrote: > > > At 06:14 PM 5/19/2004 -0500

Re: What America Does with its Hegemony

At 11:15 PM 5/20/2004 -0700 Doug Pensinger wrote: >> Since Bill Clinton himself has stated on many >> occasions that he agreed with the Bush >> Administration's interpretation of Iraqi threat, >> that's a remarkable statement of his omniscience >> there, Doug. > >Would Clinton have depended on stov

Re: Unitarians not a religion

On Sat, 22 May 2004 12:44:48 -0400, JDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 09:57 PM 5/18/2004 -0500 garydenton wrote: > Uhhh. under exactly what basis is "tax-exempt status" a, quote, "right?" > I found nothing in your quoted article about attempts to "disenfranchsie" > Unitarians. As near as I

THE GRAY ZONE

This is the (long) Hersh article that has been making headlines this past week. http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040524fa_fact or http://tinyurl.com/3awqm "In an odd way,â Kenneth Roth, the executive director of Human Rights Watch, said, âthe sexual abuses at Abu Ghraib have become a diver

Re: 'Barbie' drug could make people slim, tanned and sexy

On Sat, 22 May 2004 11:10:42 -0500, Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_959566.html?menu=news.scienceanddiscovery > xponent > > Quick 'n' Easy Maru What is with the British media recently? Another article that sounds like it comes from the tablo

Re: Unitarians not a religion

At 01:37 PM 5/22/2004 -0500 Gary Denton wrote: >Second, It is a right to have all religions treated equally and not >make some classified as "not a religion." That presumes that UU'ism is a religion. It is worth noting that the UU congregation in question pretty clearly did not meant the stautor

Re: What America Does with its Hegemony

At 09:00 PM 5/17/2004 -0700 Doug Pensinger wrote: >JDG wrote: > > >> The right idea: >> >> -military assaults on no less than four of its neighbors >> >> -10,000 children dying per month (per UNICEF and WHO) >> >> -a near permanent US presence in the Muslim Holy Land outraging Arabs >> >> -four ye

Re: Brin : Memory glasses could help wearers find their keys

On Sat, 22 May 2004 11:08:17 -0500, Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Shades of Earth > > http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_961376.html?menu=news.scienceanddiscovery > > (With picture) > > British and German scientists are developing memory glasses that > record everything

Re: Gay marriage update

At 03:56 AM 5/18/2004 -0500 Gary Denton wrote: >Rights are not decided by majority vote. That is the purpose of the >American system, particularly the judiciary. If rights were decided >by majority vote than minorities would always be in fear of >majorities. Actually. in the United States th

Re: 4thReichKlans Introduce Fascist Censorship Bill in CA

On Sat, 22 May 2004 01:08:56 -0500, The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <> > > House Bill Threatens Retailers > Parents Can Sue Over Content > > May 21, 2004 > Republican Californian Congressman Duncan Hunter has introduced a bill > titled the "Pa

Re: Tiny life forms?

Thank you, Nannobacteria, I have to look up more on this. Gary "Origins" #1 on Google for liberal news On Fri, 21 May 2004 22:04:13 -0500, Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <> ___ http://

Re: Dog's breed can be determined from DNA with 99% accuracy . . .

On Fri, 21 May 2004 17:19:32 -0700, David Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > NPR's coverage of this story highlighted the fact that some very > different-looking dogs are actually fairly closely related, and among > the

Re: Gay marriage update

- Original Message - From: "JDG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 2:18 PM Subject: Re: Gay marriage update > At 03:56 AM 5/18/2004 -0500 Gary Denton wrote: > >Rights are not decided by majority vote. That is the purpose of

Re: Gay marriage update

At 02:50 PM 5/22/2004 -0500 Dan Minette wrote: >Well, we've yet to have a constitutional amendment telling those tyrants on >the US supreme court exactly what the 15th amendment meant...and its been >exactly 50 years. Has anybody else noticed Dan M.'s obsession with race? I know a lot of peopl

RE: 'Barbie' drug could make people slim, tanned and sexy

> Melanotan 2 (PalatinR) is an alpha-melanocyte stimulating hormone > (MSH) analogue. In animals MSH regulates penile erection, > sexual motivation and the secretion of sexual attractants (in > rat studies). In a preliminary study in humans, it led to > erection without sexual stimulation and in

Re: Unitarians not a religion

On Sat, 22 May 2004 15:00:25 -0400, JDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 01:37 PM 5/22/2004 -0500 Gary Denton wrote: > >Second, It is a right to have all religions treated equally and not > >make some classified as "not a religion." > > That presumes that UU'ism is a religion. It is worth noti

Re: America the Theocracy

I'm just catching up on thousands of Brin-L messages that I was too busy to read at the time. I won't comment on most of them, but this one caught my attention. Debbi said: >> > Hasn't it been established by careful, rational >> >debate on Brin-L that all religion is Evil? > >> I believe so. La

Re: Pentagon admits Geneva convention violations approved?

On Fri, 14 May 2004 15:59:11 +0200, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > >>violatio

Re: Brin : Memory glasses could help wearers find their keys

At 11:08 AM 5/22/04, Robert Seeberger wrote: --===1236303896== Shades of Earth http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_961376.html?menu=news.scienceanddiscovery (With picture) British and German scientists are developing memory glasses that record everything the user sees. The glasses

Re: Gay marriage update

- Original Message - From: "JDG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 2:57 PM Subject: Re: Gay marriage update > At 02:50 PM 5/22/2004 -0500 Dan Minette wrote: > >Well, we've yet to have a constitutional amendment telling those

Re: Bushworld

At 01:10 PM 5/22/04, Gary Denton wrote: I couldn't believe anyone found Safire's recent diatribe coherent. http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/editorial/8715776.htm Anyone know a list password to access that site? And is it the one about the Iraqi IED made out of a 155mm nerve agent sh

Re: Bushworld

On Sat, 22 May 2004 16:06:10 -0500, Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 01:10 PM 5/22/04, Gary Denton wrote: > >I couldn't believe anyone found Safire's recent diatribe coherent. > > > >http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/editorial/8715776.htm > > > Anyone know a list pa

Iridium Flares

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Re: Iridium Flares

At 04:59 PM 5/22/04, Robert Seeberger wrote: --===0697115806== Space mirrors An Iridium communication satellite's Main Mission Antenna is a silver-coated Teflon antenna array that mimics near-perfect mirrors and are angled at 40-degrees away from the axis of the body of the satellites.

Re: Bushworld

At 04:38 PM 5/22/04, Gary Denton wrote: On Sat, 22 May 2004 16:06:10 -0500, Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 01:10 PM 5/22/04, Gary Denton wrote: > >I couldn't believe anyone found Safire's recent diatribe coherent. > > > >http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/editorial/87

WAS Re: Gay marriage update

At 04:15 PM 5/22/2004 -0500 Dan Minette wrote: >>I could also point out that desegregation of schools didn't >> really begin in force until Congress passed subsequently passed a Civil >> Rights Act - whose specific name is eluding me at the moment. > >Sigh, I lived through that history. School des

Re: Gay marriage update

On Sat, May 22, 2004 at 03:57:05PM -0400, JDG wrote: > Has anybody else noticed Dan M.'s obsession with race? Not I. Dan seems to have a balanced and reasonable attitude on the subject, as far as I have seen. On the other hand, I HAVE noticed JDG's obsession with making extraneous insulting comm

Re: THE GRAY ZONE

On Sat, May 22, 2004 at 11:45:11AM -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote: > This is the (long) Hersh article that has been making headlines this past > week. > > http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040524fa_fact > > or > > http://tinyurl.com/3awqm Which I excerpted to the list and posted a link to ex

A Tremendous Story of Heroism

This account of a recent Navy Cross winner depicts a series of events I would have imagined only occurred in video games and Hollywood movies http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1133018/posts JDG ___ John D. Giorgis -

Re: THE GRAY ZONE

On 22 May 2004, at 11:55 pm, Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, May 22, 2004 at 11:45:11AM -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote: This is the (long) Hersh article that has been making headlines this past week. http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040524fa_fact or http://tinyurl.com/3awqm Which I excerpted to the

Re: Bushworld

On Sat, 22 May 2004 17:25:17 -0500, Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 04:38 PM 5/22/04, Gary Denton wrote: > >On Sat, 22 May 2004 16:06:10 -0500, Ronn!Blankenship > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > At 01:10 PM 5/22/04, Gary Denton wrote: > > > >I couldn't believe anyone fou

Re: 'Expect less, be happier...?'

From: Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: 'Expect less, be happier...?' Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 14:37:11 -0700 (PDT) > Perhaps this subscription to the "gourami fish > theory of mating" > re

Re: The Savage Solution

At 11:06 PM 21/05/04 -0500, you wrote: - Original Message - From: "Keith Henson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 9:22 PM Subject: Re: The Savage Solution > Now I can't see *any* logic for battering behavior for either the man o

Sad Babylon 5 News

It looks like Richard Biggs (Doctor Franklin on B5) has passed away. Kevin * Subject: Today We Lost Richard Biggs From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jms at B5) Date: 5/22/04 7:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time Message-id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I was awakened today with several phone calls from

Re: THE GRAY ZONE

On Sat, 22 May 2004 18:55:44 -0400, Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, May 22, 2004 at 11:45:11AM -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote: This is the (long) Hersh article that has been making headlines this past week. http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?040524fa_fact or http://tinyurl.com/3

Re: Gay marriage update

From: JDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >It is unlikely that a marrriage once granted can ever be taken away. >Would you agree that you were not married if a majority said you and >your wife were too different? It is also highly unlikely that a >majority in Mass. will vote to take this away. I have stated b

Re: What America Does with its Hegemony

JDG wrote: I'm continually amazed at our ability to talk past each other on this issue. Of course Bill Clinton would have fallen victim to using much of the same intelligence. That's because neither Administration was treating intelligence as a "black box."They weren't saying "I wonder if I