Re: Australian Fires and Floods

2009-02-09 Thread John Garcia
On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 9:23 PM, sendai sen...@iicx.net wrote: Euan Ritchie wrote: It was almost a perfect storm for fire conditions. I'm 1,500 miles downwind and was reminded of the end to The Sheep Look Up last night when I thought I could smell faint burning on the air. I felt

Re: Australian Fires and Floods

2009-02-09 Thread Charlie Bell
On 10/02/2009, at 8:54 AM, John Garcia wrote: New York Times reports 173 dead, hundreds homeless, and that the fire may have been set. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/world/asia/10australia.html It wasn't just a fire. It was a number of fires across several hundred kilometres.

Re: Australian Fires and Floods

2009-02-09 Thread Rceeberger
On 2/9/2009 3:54:44 PM, John Garcia (john...@gmail.com) wrote: On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 9:23 PM, sendai sen...@iicx.net wrote: Euan Ritchie wrote: It was almost a perfect storm for fire conditions. I'm 1,500 miles downwind and was reminded of the end to The Sheep Look Up last

Re: Australian Fires and Floods

2009-02-09 Thread sendai
Rceeberger wrote: Australia always stands with and by us though all sorts of ordeals. Anyone know of a good way an American can be helpful? xponent Recipricocity Maru rob The Australian Red Cross would likely be your best bet:

Brin: an Obama joke!

2009-02-09 Thread Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
After four years trying to fix USA's economy, Obama dies. But he does not die alone: as an asteroid smashes against Earth, everybody dies. However, in the confusion of dealing with 7 billion incoming souls, the afterlife bureaucracy sends Obama to Hell. There, he complains, but only after a long

Re: Brin: an Obama joke!

2009-02-09 Thread David Brin
hrrr From: Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro albm...@centroin.com.br To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, February 9, 2009 3:42:48 PM Subject: Brin: an Obama joke! After four years trying to fix USA's economy, Obama

Re: The trouble with conspiracy theories

2009-02-09 Thread Dave Land
On Feb 7, 2009, at 10:21 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 06:53 AM Friday 2/6/2009, Pat Mathews wrote: http://counterknowledge.com/2009/02/the-trouble-with-conspiracy-theories/ Basic thesis: little conspiracies exist all over the place. Global conspiracies are un-doable given the inability