On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Ronn! Blankenship
ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net wrote:
At 07:48 PM Monday 5/3/2010, John Garcia wrote:
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Ronn! Blankenship mailto:
ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.netronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Any troubledome out there
At 07:48 PM Monday 5/3/2010, John Garcia wrote:
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Ronn! Blankenship
mailto:ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.netronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Any troubledome out there figured out if Zanzibar is still the right size?
To stand on?
john
Any troubledome out there figured out if Zanzibar is still the right size?
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On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Ronn! Blankenship
ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Any troubledome out there figured out if Zanzibar is still the right size?
To stand on?
john
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. . . 1954, in Sylacauga, Alabama, United States, an 8.5 lb (3.86 kg) sulfide
meteorite crashes through a roof and hits Mrs. Elizabeth Hodges in her
living room after bouncing off her radio, giving her a bad bruise, in the
only unequivocally known case of a human being hit by a space rock
I've been looking forward to the new Land of the Lost movie, despite it's
deviation from the original story.
Today, the Sci-Fi channel has been playing the original Land of the Lost
episodes. I haven't seen these in 30 years.
The claymation is jerky, the blue screen overlays are bad, and
(Reportedly sent around to folks at JPL yesterday . . .)
In a surprise announcement, the International Astronomical Union said
at a news conference Tuesday that Pluto -- the one-time planet that
was defined as a dwarf planet in 2006 -- has been reclassified once again.
Based on new
been a part of our civilization for about 15,000 years by
the most convervative estimate. They helped build our civilization,
and in every way that counts, they are true citizens. Maybe one
day, that will be recognized legally.
Only, they won't be allowed to marry in certain states
As one of the comments says, Not all heroes have two legs . . .
http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/11/political-pictures-veterans-thank-you/
. . . ronn! :)
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for about 15,000 years by the most convervative estimate. They
helped build our civilization, and in every way that counts, they are true
citizens. Maybe one day, that will be recognized legally.
Olin
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On Nov 12, 2008, at 8:52 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
As one of the comments says, Not all heroes have two legs . . .
http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/11/political-pictures-veterans-thank-you/
Wow -- exactly the opposite from what I was thinking: Not all heroes
have _only_ two legs,
convervative estimate. They helped build our civilization,
and in every way that counts, they are true citizens. Maybe one
day, that will be recognized legally.
Only, they won't be allowed to marry in certain states.
Dave
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, November 12, 2008 4:08 PM
Subject: Re: One more bit for Veterans Day
On Nov 12, 2008, at 9:22 AM, Olin Elliott wrote:
As one of the comments says, Not all heroes have two legs
Thanks for this, Ronn. I have worked for a group in the past trying
to get a national war dog memorial
more bit for Veterans Day
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:50:15 -0800
Only, they won't be allowed to marry in certain states.
One commentator on NPR noted the irony of several states rejecting Gay
marriage in the same election where Barack Obama became president. When
Obama was born, quite a few
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On Fri, 19 Sep 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
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ARRR, me matey!
That *was* brief!
Julia
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Don't you mean Arrr!!
Happy 'Talk-Like-A-Pirate' day!
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Sent: 19 September 2008 12:27 PM
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Subject: Brief greetings of the day . . .
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At 06:14 AM Friday 9/19/2008, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Fri, 19 Sep 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
r
ARRR, me matey!
That *was* brief!
Julia
Also . . .
On this day in 1982, Carnegie Mellon University professor Scott E.
Fahlman proposed punctuating humorously intended
At 06:29 AM Friday 9/19/2008, Curtis Burisch wrote:
Happy 'Talk-Like-A-Pirate' day!
copy d:\*.* c:\*.*
. . . ronn! :)
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On Sep 19, 2008, at 3:26 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
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'Tis a pithy one, that!
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At 11:47 AM Friday 9/19/2008, Dave Land wrote:
On Sep 19, 2008, at 3:26 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
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'Tis a pithy one, that!
http://www.innergeek.us/blog/2007/09/pirate-keyboard.gif
. . . ronn! :)
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I just took mine out for beer.
But not 'til after I'd spent a while telling him he didn't count
'cause he's a Senior sysadmin... hehehehe
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be built for the cost of a disposable rocket.
It's not my opinion, take it up with the folks who designed it. I
was just taking Hu Davis' stamp of approval.
snip
If you were flying them every day instead of ever 100 days could you
do it with the same number of people?
They were suppose
Ick. Sorry about the formatting on that last message. I wrote it on
my Palm and didn't realize it was going to stick the entire original
message down on the bottom.
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At 02:57 PM Monday 3/24/2008, John Horn wrote:
Ick. Sorry about the formatting on that last message. I wrote it on
my Palm
ObOldJoke: Hope you used washable Ink.
Lava Soap Maru
. . . ronn! :)
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On Mon, 24 Mar 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 02:57 PM Monday 3/24/2008, John Horn wrote:
Ick. Sorry about the formatting on that last message. I wrote it on
my Palm
ObOldJoke: Hope you used washable Ink.
Lava Soap Maru
Lava soap -- it's not just for cleaning up after car
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Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:39:00 -0500 To: brin-l@mccmedia.com From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: Interesting Day Good
Friday! Happy Purim, Eid, etc... Wednesday, Mar. 19, 2008 By DAVID VAN
BIEMA WITH SIMON ROBINSON/NEW DELHI On Friday more than a billion
Christians around
Ronn! wrote:
Good Friday! Happy Purim, Eid, etc...
Very interesting as my son was married yesterday and while many of his new
wives Persian family members knew it was the Narouz, I'm sure the kids
didn't know any of that when they chose the date.
Doug
Good Friday! Happy Purim, Eid, etc...
Wednesday, Mar. 19, 2008 By DAVID VAN BIEMA WITH SIMON ROBINSON/NEW DELHI
On Friday more than a billion Christians around the world will mark
the gravest observance on their Calendar, Good Friday, the day Jesus
died on the cross. (To be followed in two
And Thursday was one of the 8 pagan holidays, the Spring
Equinoxhttp://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:39:00 -0500 To: brin-l@mccmedia.com From: [EMAIL
PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: Interesting Day Good Friday! Happy Purim, Eid,
etc... Wednesday, Mar. 19, 2008 By DAVID
From a blog comment to an article about a TV weatherman in Texas
announcing that the station would now report temperatures in Celsius
as well as Fahrenheit:
You've just highlighted one of the gross inefficiencies of the
Fahrenheit system, it requires more degrees to express a temperature.
... 1961, President Kennedy, addressing Congress, called on the
nation to work toward putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
--Dr. Jerry Pournelle
, were disconsolate at the
loss. Their anguish was so great that they declared a National
Day of Mourning, which they still observe to this day.
The National Day of Mourning occurs each year on May 5th
and is known, of course, as...
..Sinko de Mayo.
Well, since no one else has spoken up
Mauro Diotallevi wrote:
BTW, I'm not of Mexican descent, but I do love food from all around the
world, and I celebrated Cinco de Mayo by eating at a very good authentic
Mexican restaurant. The cook was from Nuevo Vallarta, near Puerto Vallarta
around Banderas Bay on the west coast of Mexico,
an iceberg and sank,
and the cargo was forever lost.
The people of Mexico, who were crazy about mayonnaise and
were eagerly awaiting its delivery, were disconsolate at the
loss. Their anguish was so great that they declared a National
Day of Mourning, which they still observe to this day
May the Fourth Be With You!
Julia
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On 11/4/06, Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The box said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed LINUX.
- Unknown
I remember that quote... Used to be Unix though.
~maru
Remember, GNU's Not Unix
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On this day in 1961, President Kennedy asked the nation to work
toward putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
--Dr. Jerry Pournelle
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 12:44 PM Tuesday 5/9/2006, Julia Thompson wrote:
There are certain numbers that turn up over and over again in
wildly varying situations in nature.
And in the laundry room.
# of items in the first load: 21 # of my shirts: 8 # of
Dan's shirts: 13 # of
There are certain numbers that turn up over and over again in wildly
varying situations in nature.
And in the laundry room.
# of items in the first load: 21
# of my shirts: 8
# of Dan's shirts: 13
# of Dan's shirts needing to go on hangers: 5
# of
At 12:44 PM Tuesday 5/9/2006, Julia Thompson wrote:
There are certain numbers that turn up over and
over again in wildly varying situations in nature.
And in the laundry room.
# of items in the first load: 21
# of my shirts: 8
# of Dan's shirts: 13
# of
At 12:44 PM Tuesday 5/9/2006, Julia Thompson wrote:
There are certain numbers that turn up over and over again in wildly
varying situations in nature.
And in the laundry room.
# of items in the first load: 21
# of my shirts: 8
# of Dan's shirts: 13
# of
http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/04/25/health.beans.reut/index.html
--Ronn! :)
Bathroom humor is an American-Standard.
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* 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to fly in
space, orbiting the earth once before making a safe landing
* 1981, the space shuttle Columbia blasted off from Cape Canaveral
on its first test flight
* 1985, Sen. Jake Garn of Utah became the first senator to fly in
space
Happy Pi day!
http://www.exploratorium.edu/pi/
Celebrate with an piece (or two)...
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At 02:21 PM Tuesday 3/14/2006, Matt Grimaldi wrote:
Happy Pi day!
http://www.exploratorium.edu/pi/
Celebrate with an piece (or two)...
According to the time stamp you sent this message 22 (not 22/7) minutes late.
--Ronn! :)
Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our
I could resend it at 3:59 pm, making the stamp (2006.)03.14 15:59 -- rounding
to 3.14:16
-- Matt
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From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2006 12:44:21 PM
Subject: Re: 3.14 - Happy Pi Day!
At 02
At 03:24 PM Tuesday 3/14/2006, Matt Grimaldi wrote:
I could resend it at 3:59 pm, making the stamp (2006.)03.14 15:59 --
rounding to 3.14:16
Unfortunately pi = 3.14159265358979..., so I was suggesting that you
should have sent it at 1:59:26.5358979... :P
--Ronn! :)
Since I was a small
Fwd: Health Alert from NewsMax.com
Headlines (Scroll down for complete stories):
3. Study Links Oral Sex, Cancer
[...snip...]
3. Study Links Oral Sex, Cancer
Some mouth cancers are caused by a virus contracted during oral
sex, according to a new Swedish study.
Done at the University of
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Some mouth cancers are caused by a virus contracted during oral
sex, according to a new Swedish study.
Everything Is Bad For You Maru
That may be true, but there are just some risks a man must take. :)
Jim
Cunning Linguist Maru
On 20 Nov 2005, at 3:54 pm, Jim Sharkey wrote:
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Some mouth cancers are caused by a virus contracted during oral
sex, according to a new Swedish study.
Everything Is Bad For You Maru
That may be true, but there are just some risks a man must take. :)
Jim
Cunning
At 10:57 AM Sunday 11/20/2005, William T Goodall wrote:
On 20 Nov 2005, at 3:54 pm, Jim Sharkey wrote:
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Some mouth cancers are caused by a virus contracted during oral
sex, according to a new Swedish study.
Everything Is Bad For You Maru
That may be true, but there
Our true prosecuter gave to us
One Indicted Libby...
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1028051plame1.html
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Q: What is George W. Bush's position on Roe v. Wade?
A: He really doesn't care how people get out of New
Orleans
xponent
Ewww Maru
rob
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Fri, 2 Sep 2005 20:20:18 -0400 The Fool wrote:
It's a miracle: mice regrow hearts
August 29, 2005
SCIENTISTS have created miracle mice that can regenerate amputated
limbs or damaged vital organs, making them able to recover from
injuries that would kill or permanently disable normal animals.
.
Their discoveries raise the prospect that humans could one day be given
the ability to regenerate lost or damaged organs, opening up a new era
in medicine.
Details of the research will be presented next week at a scientific
conference on ageing titled Strategies for Engineered Negligible
On this day in
* 1887, Thomas A. Edison received a patent for his Kinetoscope, a
device which produced moving pictures
* 1888, Mary Ann Nicholls was found murdered in London's East End in
what is generally regarded as the first slaying committed by Jack
the Ripper
And since then, it seems
The buddy system is essential to your survival;
it gives the enemy somebody else to shoot at.
- Murphy's Military Laws
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...in 1980, CNN began broadcasting.
On this day in 1880, the first pay telephone was installed.
There's something there about paying for gossip transmitted across
copper wire, but it's just not jelling.
--
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Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
JDG wrote:
Deborah wrote:
I was
disappointed by the recent unimpressive voting
turnout by women. War, even necessary war, is
antithetical to what we are taught as girls.
Are you suggesting that there are inherent
differences among the
At 01:13 PM 5/13/2005 -0700, Deborah wrote:
I had no idea -- but must admit that I was
disappointed by the recent unimpressive voting turnout
by women. War, even necessary war, is antithetical to
what we are taught as girls.
Are you suggesting that there are inherent differences among the
JDG wrote:
At 01:13 PM 5/13/2005 -0700, Deborah wrote:
I had no idea -- but must admit that I was
disappointed by the recent unimpressive voting turnout
by women. War, even necessary war, is antithetical to
what we are taught as girls.
Are you suggesting that there are inherent differences among
JDG wrote:
At 01:13 PM 5/13/2005 -0700, Deborah wrote:
I had no idea -- but must admit that I was
disappointed by the recent unimpressive voting turnout
by women. War, even necessary war, is antithetical to
what we are taught as girls.
Are you suggesting that there are inherent differences
At Deborah wrote:
... War, even necessary war, is antithetical to
what we are taught as girls.
JDG wrote
Are you suggesting that there are inherent differences among the
sexes?
Please note her language: she said `taught'. In ordinary language,
`taught' implies something
Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just read a bit about people honoring soldiers
today because it is Mothers' Day.
How about if we honor them by not cutting the VA
budget by $2.4 billion? How
about if we honor them by not putting them into
battle shorthanded with an unclear mission
I just read a bit about people honoring soldiers today because it is Mothers'
Day.
How about if we honor them by not cutting the VA budget by $2.4 billion? How
about if we honor them by not putting them into battle shorthanded with an
unclear mission? How about honoring them by keeping our
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/top100.html
xponent
Fun Maru
rob
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A resource of what NOT to name your baby.
http://names.freehosting.net/
some of my favorites.
Ivan Farten
Moe Mentum
Willie Maykit
I. P. Enyursoop
Sheri Cola
Paige Turner
Harry Pitts
Daisy Plant
Isabell Ringing
Yule Bringham Joy
Hank E. Pankie
Major Hardon
Major Woody
Maud R. Fokker
http://i.euniverse.com/funpages/cms_content/4232/freddie3.swf
xponent
The Pampered Life Maru
rob
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Robert G. Seeberger wrote:
http://i.euniverse.com/funpages/cms_content/4232/freddie3.swf
I get this in my inbox 3 hours *after* dragging more Huggies from the
garage to the downstairs changing table :)
Julia
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that the controversy could erupt into
Election Day chaos.
I anticipate that if this race is within what I'm calling the margin of
litigation - 1 to 2 points - you're going to have bands of lawyers yelling
and screaming at 70-year-old poll workers, Blackwell said.
What you're seeing is a dress
How Would the D-Day Invasion be Reported today?
(This is what you would hear if today's media reported on D-Day at Normandy)
June 6, 1944. -NORMANDY- Three hundred French civilians were killed and
thousands more wounded today in the first hours of America's invasion of
continental Europe
the habitat of the spineless French crab was
Oooh...bad, BAD Ronn!!
Damon. :P
=
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Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html
Now Building:
Is today apparently 'Celebrated annually on last Friday of July'
http://www.sysadminday.com/
So, appreciation to our sysadmins...
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One of the main causes of the fall of the
From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Brin-L [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: System Administrator Appreciation Day
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 21:34:49 +0100
Is today apparently 'Celebrated annually on last Friday of July'
http://www.sysadminday.com
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From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 8:26 PM
Subject: Re: Day After Tomorrow movie [no spoilers]
- Original Message -
From: Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Brin Mail List [EMAIL
- Original Message -
From: Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Brin Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2004 1:28 PM
Subject: Day After Tomorrow movie [no spoilers]
I watched this movie yesterday and I left the theater a little bit
stunned and disturbed.
I realize
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AOL 9.0 and I can't find the friggen spell check.
You misspelled friggin'.
Julia
just trying to be helpful -- or is that just trying?
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On Sat, May 29, 2004 at 10:40:29PM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
William Taylor
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AOL 9.0 and I can't find the friggen spell check.
You misspelled friggin'.
Julia
just trying to be helpful -- or is that just trying?
just tryin' ,
In a message dated 5/30/2004 9:43:16 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
AOL 9.0 and I can't find the friggen spell check.
You misspelled friggin'.
Julia
You mean it isn't friggin in the riggin and friggen down the glen?
Vilyehm
Fox had NASCAR cut into Total
I watched this movie yesterday and I left the theater a little bit
stunned and disturbed.
I realize that the meteorological science was stretched a bit, but it
was VERY easy to suspend belief while watching this movie. Much easier
than Independence Day for example.
The special effects were
In a message dated 5/29/2004 11:33:24 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Day After Tomorrow movie [no spoilers]
The spoiler was having the Kyoto Accord can do no wrong people outside
handing out fliers.
William Taylor
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In a message dated 5/29/2004 11:33:24 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Day After Tomorrow movie [no spoilers]
The spoiler was having the Kyoto Accord can do no wrong people outside
handing out fliers.
On my town's mailing list, someone was organizing
In a message dated 5/29/2004 1:03:49 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
On my town's mailing list, someone was organizing a moveon.org gathering
outside
the theatre showing Day After Tomorrow, to distribute anti-Bush literature.
That was them.
I chose to focus
Gary Denton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
I had posted this before: DDT was not banned.
http://www.malaria.org/inthenews.html
There was a proposal to ban it entirely in December,
it failed becuase
of the poor countries who still use it for malaria
control.
Why use DDT? It can be
Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OK, Yahoo is truncating messages again, so I can't
quote Debbi. Damn. We appear to agree that the
charges against the Bush Administration about
mercury have been vastly exaggerated.
I'd disagree with the
On Tue, 11 May 2004 13:37:09 -0700 (PDT), Deborah Harrell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I
think I'm being fair in paraphrasing her concluding
thought by saying that she suggests that in the
conclusion to
Or so I was informed on another mailing list.
May the fourth be with you!
Julia
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Or so I was informed on another mailing list.
May the fourth be with you!
Julia
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From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Star Wars day
Date: Tue, 04 May 2004 16:40:30 -0500
Or so I was informed on another mailing list.
May the fourth be with you!
Well here in NEWFIEland we
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 5/4/2004 2:40:58 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Or so I was informed on another mailing list.
May the fourth be with you!
Julia
So, after you celebrate, what are you going to do with that kitchen sink
Eric, wiff his feewwings hurt:
But not all disagreements are worthy of respect.
Understood. People disagreeing with you must respect you, but
you don't have to respect people you disagree with. Crystal clear.
No, Eric, the crystal clear point is that when you get stupid enough, we
don't
Gautam wrote:
Since the environmental movement has done more harm to
the poor of the world than any other such supposedly
well-intentioned group, their dogma gets a very
visceral reaction from me. When you get down to it,
you've got a bunch of people who would rather millions
of poor brown
On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 11:42:37PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
No, I admit I left it Gautam to do that.
No, you didn't.
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On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 08:53:02PM -0700, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
They died because environmental activists _didn't care_, and they won
the argument, against all reason and evidence.
There are any number of other examples. Golden rice. Genetically
engineered food crops in Africa. That was a
--- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 08:53:02PM -0700, Gautam
Mukunda wrote:
Sounds like you are attributing malevolence to them.
Maybe they honestly
disagree with you? Perhaps they feel that they are
saving billions of
lives (the human race) sometime in the
On Fri, Apr 23, 2004 at 05:02:57AM -0700, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
--- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As long as it doesn't strike to close to home, they can disagree.
But if it feels too personal, then they are evil.
I don't think so, no. Golden rice doesn't strike particularly close
At 08:52 AM 4/23/04, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
--- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If you think the blindness of millions of kids is
worth stopping some
unspecified and very small risk that genetically
engineered rice might
in some way harm someone, then you're into a
morally
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