Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz

Hmm, that's an interesting twist I hadn't considered. I guess you wouldn't want a timer on it though. (Same reason you don't put a timer on a mail bomb.) How would you handle the detonation trigger? GPS? (Oo. Oo. That could work.) No. Maybe a cell phone. Any intelligence network worth its salt

Re: "God Is With Us" L3

>Warren wrote (?) >"Boldly proclaiming certainty"? Oh really? I thought all I did was >suggest that the current admin had to be fairly dim not to have learned >from history. >>Dan wrote (?) >>> To the earlier exchange, I think the question's pretty clear: How is >>> it that so many people seem

Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz

Robert J. Chassell wrote: > > What if the Chinese offer to pay for some of the natural gas they > expect to buy from Iran in Euros rather than dollars? > There are some real, technical, problems in the export of gas over long distances. It's not a piece of cake like oil Alberto Monteiro who now

Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz

On Dec 14, 2004, at 6:47 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote: From: "Warren Ockrassa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> As despotic as Saddam was, I'm not so sure he could have convinced one of his flunkies to personally carry a small unshielded nuke and/or be nearby when it detonated. That's much more like a Jihadist t

Re: Irregular Question: DVD?RW

On Dec 14, 2004, at 7:56 PM, Bryon Daly wrote: On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:27:47 + (UTC), Robert J. Chassell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Back in 1984, I suffered an `rm -rf *' while in root. I was using a computer that cost $50,000, running software that cost another $50,000 for one license. (This

Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz

- Original Message - From: "Warren Ockrassa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 3:54 PM Subject: Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz > On Dec 14, 2004, at 1:31 PM, Damon Agretto wrote: > > SCUDS are tactical/operational battl

RE: SF in college

From: "G. D. Akin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: SF in college Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 17:38:49 +0900 Next term I'm taking "Major American Authors". Do you know who you'll be covering? -Travis __

Re: Irregular Question: DVD?RW

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:27:47 + (UTC), Robert J. Chassell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Back in 1984, I suffered an `rm -rf *' while in root. I was using a > computer that cost $50,000, running software that cost another $50,000 > for one license. (This was before I discovered software freedom.

Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz

Russell Chapman wrote: When do you mean by "bought it the first time" - I assume you're not talking about 1962 - 1978? Did you mean the lead up to the 2003 invasion? Yes... the aluminum tube nonsense, etc. Nick ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinf

Re: Week 14 NFL Picks

The benchmark scores a +9 for the week. JDG again trails the benchmark by one point, at +8 for the week. Cumulative scores, week 13, 14 +16 benchmark +14 JDG --- Week 14 --- +9 Benchmark FAVORITES: -1 Arizona +1 Atlanta +1 Baltimore +1 Buffalo +1 Carolina -1 Dallas +1 Denver +1 Green

Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz

Nick Arnett wrote: I bought the nuclear threat pitch the first time around. It reminded me of the nightmares (literally) of the '60s. Do you think that those of us who bought it the first time, only to find out it was a fabrication, are any more likely to swallow it now? When do you mean by "b

Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz

Dan Minette wrote: I went back over the archivesyou appeared to not want to say what your opinion was. I took my time making up my mind. Tue Jul 29 23:34:29 PDT 2003 ... I've realized that there's a strong emotional component to this for me, which I suspect is shared by many others who grew up

Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz

On Dec 14, 2004, at 1:31 PM, Damon Agretto wrote: I was more concerned, personally, with chem/bio and radiological weapons. Dirty bombs would be pretty vicious. Nukes not so much because apart from Scuds -- which I've always thought of as late-model V-1s -- I don't think Iraq had much of a deliver

Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz

On Dec 14, 2004, at 12:34 PM, Nick Arnett wrote: I took my time making up my mind. Tue Jul 29 23:34:29 PDT 2003 [...] Bush's mention of the possibility of Iraq with nuclear weapons touched a nerve. The idea of those nightmares arising again was one of the things that brought me to reluctantly sup

Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz

> I was more concerned, personally, with chem/bio and > radiological > weapons. Dirty bombs would be pretty vicious. Nukes > not so much because > apart from Scuds -- which I've always thought of as > late-model V-1s -- > I don't think Iraq had much of a delivery platform. Nope. V-1s (aka "Doo

Re: "God Is With Us" L3

- Original Message - From: "kerri miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 12:25 PM Subject: Re: "God Is With Us" L3 > > --- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What do you think about FDR's lies? Were they immo

Re: Scouted: Lesbianism May Be Increased By Thyroxine And Amphetamines During Pregnancy

On Dec 13, 2004, at 6:56 PM, Dan Minette wrote: From: "Gary Denton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 23:02:45 -0600 (GMT-06:00), The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <> Pregnan

Re: Famous Atheist Now Believes in God

On Dec 12, 2004, at 12:30 PM, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: A British philosophy professor who has been a leading champion of atheism for more than a half-century has changed his mind. He now believes in God — more or less — based on scientific evidence, and says so on a video released Thursday. Accor

Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz

- Original Message - From: "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 12:49 PM Subject: Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz > Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > --- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>And it's anothe

Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz

Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: And it's another damned straw man, given that Saddam Hussein is in no position to acquire weapons. Nick Not _anymore_ anyways, thanks to the war you opposed. Did I? Apparently our memories differ. Nick

Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz

- Original Message - From: "JDG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 12:27 AM Subject: Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz > At 10:21 PM 12/11/2004 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote: > >The resources we've squandered would have gone

Re: "God Is With Us" L3

--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do you think about FDR's lies? Were they immoral, or was secretly > protecting British ships justified...given the likelihood that we would > eventually have had to face the winner of the German/Soviet war? Did he > well represent (or did he actu

Re: "God Is With Us" L3

- Original Message - From: "Dave Land" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 11:44 AM Subject: Re: "God Is With Us" L3 > On Dec 13, 2004, at 10:18 PM, JDG wrote: > > > At 09:26 PM 12/10/2004 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote: > >>>

Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz

--- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And it's another damned straw man, given that Saddam > Hussein is in no > position to acquire weapons. > > Nick Not _anymore_ anyways, thanks to the war you opposed. = Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Freedom is not free" http://www.mukunda.blo

Re: "God Is With Us" L3

On Dec 13, 2004, at 10:18 PM, JDG wrote: At 09:26 PM 12/10/2004 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote: The one following that is "When will Congress impeach Bush?" Never until the people in this country wake up to the fact that they're getting reamed. Which bears a remarkable similarity to right-wingers who

Re: Irregular Question: DVD?RW

On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 04:27:47PM +, Robert J. Chassell wrote: > > You are the weakest link. > > > > rm -rf /Erik > > But first: > > cp -a /Erik /hd2 > cp -a /Erik /hd3 > > Back in 1984, I suffered an `rm -rf *' while in root. I was using a > computer that cost $50

Re: "God Is With Us" L3

--- "Robert J. Chassell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please bear in mind that in World War II Germany > declared war on the > US first, not vice-versa. Weinberg's a great historian, but there's been lots of work on the topic since then. Marc Trachtenberg has a book forthcoming on it, for examp

Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz

- Original Message - From: "Robert J. Chassell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 10:15 AM Subject: Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz > Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > You need simply ask - how much did the US use that "unsinkable >

Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz

Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> You need simply ask - how much did the US use that "unsinkable aircraft carrier" in any of its numberless conflicts in the Gulf? Well, the Israelis won three wars against the Arab countries in its first 25 years. During most of that time, the US did not

Re: Irregular Question: DVD?RW

> You are the weakest link. > > rm -rf /Erik But first: cp -a /Erik /hd2 cp -a /Erik /hd3 Back in 1984, I suffered an `rm -rf *' while in root. I was using a computer that cost $50,000, running software that cost another $50,000 for one license. (This was before I disc

Re: Are You A Neocon? Neocon Quiz

JDG wrote: Even so, once Saddam Hussein were to, say, acquire a nuclear weapon from the A. Q. Khan underground network, isn't it a little too late at that point to do something about the problem? I bought the nuclear threat pitch the first time around. It reminded me of the nightmares (literally)

Re: SoCal Brin-L members question

Russell Chapman wrote: Legoland, San Diego to LAX question Friends, I seek the advice of anyone who frequents Southern California. I have been planning my Christmas holidays using both Microsoft's Streets & Trips (no way it was written in Redmond - it's brilliant!) and Mapquest. They have given