Re: CDR: US health care,a winner for Hillary in 04?

2003-01-28 Thread Marc de Piolenc
Perfect example of a governmental solution (socialized health care) to a government-caused problem (high cost of care). Instead of giving us more of what is killing us, why not remove the causes of the problem? Marc PS - the infant mortality statistics are bogus; they are a record-keeping

Re: CDR: Re: Supremes and thieves.

2003-01-21 Thread Marc de Piolenc
The US Constitution prohibits ex post facto laws. Marc Bill Stewart wrote: There were documents that were _going_ to become public domain soon that will now stay copyrighted for another 20 years, and one of the issues addressed by the Supremes in Eldred was whether the grant of an extra 20

Re: CDR: Re: Atlas Shrugs in Venezuela

2003-01-21 Thread Marc de Piolenc
Harmon Seaver wrote: It's pretty clear by now that last Spring's attempted coup and the current strike was all engineered by the CIA and the current whitehouse scum. Chaves must be a pretty decent guy if he's not rounding up all those bozos who were making the trips to DC just before the

Re: CDR: Re: Supremes and thieves.

2003-01-21 Thread Marc de Piolenc
Alif The Terrible wrote: On Tue, 21 Jan 2003, Marc de Piolenc wrote: The US Constitution prohibits ex post facto laws. Which has not stopped them yet. Actually, that provision has held quite well so far. I can't think of one exception...unless it's this latest copyright extension

Re: CDR: Supremes and thieves.

2003-01-20 Thread Marc de Piolenc
by the day. How can it dwindle? The public domain can only increase or hold steady. All this ruling does is damp the rate of increase. Marc de Piolenc

Re: CDR: Re: Petro's catch-22 incorrect (Re: citizens can be named as enemy combatants)

2003-01-19 Thread Marc de Piolenc
pursue genuine anti-terrorist measures, they should be supported. When they implement the terrorists' own agenda by abridging the freedom of their own citizens, they must be opposed. Marc de Piolenc

Re: CDR: Polygraphs and Phrenology.

2003-01-19 Thread Marc de Piolenc
. After three retests and five interviews the folks at Langley decided he was probably okay (he was), but by that time he had decided that THEY weren't... Marc de Piolenc Matthew X wrote: Lie detectors can be fooled January 17, 2003 Lie detectors can work in specific cases, but are of little

Re: CDR: François Marc de Piolenc and US Intelligence.,

2003-01-04 Thread Marc de Piolenc
Ah - I see. You just wanted to resurrect a tired old joke. O-kay - another line in the filter... Marc NOTE FOR ATTENDANT(S): Increase Thorazine. Matthew X wrote: Okay I forgot,army intelligence is an oxymoron...lookie here arschloch...

Re: CDR: François Marc de Piolenc and US Intelligence.

2003-01-03 Thread Marc de Piolenc
And your point is? I mean, I really appreciate your posting an excerpt from my resume on the list - thereby attributing rather more importance to it than it deserves - but I somehow don't think you did it to promote my translation or editing work. Why, then? Marc de Piolenc Matthew X wrote

Re: CDR: The Culpability of the Conformist Criminal Choate.

2003-01-01 Thread Marc de Piolenc
will never kill again. Marc de Piolenc

Re: CDR: How Free is the Free Market?

2003-01-01 Thread Marc de Piolenc
Matthew X wrote: Debt repayment means that commercial banks made bad loans to their favorite dictators, those loans are now being paid by the poor, who have absolutely nothing to do with it, of course by the taxpayers in the wealthy countries, because the debts are socialized. That's

Re: CDR: Correction of Mike Rosing Disinfo.

2002-12-23 Thread Marc de Piolenc
to put a reactor out of action by destroying everything outside containment. Marc de Piolenc

Re: CDR: Desert Rats

2002-12-11 Thread Marc de Piolenc
Matthew X wrote: There's an interesting book about a behind the lines operation that may have stopped Rommel breaking through at Al Alemain. Some guy called,'poppy.' and a few local arabs set off a huge gas depot and the German tanks ran out of fuel.This is from ... That's Popski. Real

Re: CDR: Re: Codetalking in the South Pacific?

2002-11-13 Thread Marc de Piolenc
' case, the cipher keys were one-time pads issued to the agents in personal meetings or through dead drops - a key element of vulnerability in their networks. Marc de Piolenc Tyler Durden wrote: Oh yeah, another thing I wanted to ask about, before I forget. It's somewhat well-known

Re: Tax consequences...

2002-07-11 Thread F. Marc de Piolenc
to you. Marc de Piolenc -- Remember September 11, 2001 but don't forget July 4, 1776 They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin

Re: CDR: Tax consequences of becoming a US citizen

2002-07-10 Thread F. Marc de Piolenc
Nomen Nescio wrote: Are you saying that if someone is legally resident in the US for a while, the US IRS will attempt to get his assets all over the world forever? I find this hard to believe. Not necessarily get them, but tax them. Believe! Marc de Piolenc -- Remember September 11

Re: CDR: Tax consequences of becoming a US citizen.

2002-07-09 Thread F. Marc de Piolenc
Basically, none. A US resident is taxed just like a citizen. In fact, even if you are not a green card holder, but have a substantial presence in the US, you are still taxed like a citizen. Marc de Piolenc An Metet wrote: What are the tax implications of a US resident green card holder

Re: CDR: 'Enigma' reviewed in Salon.

2002-04-22 Thread F. Marc de Piolenc
Ultra originated in Poland, not Britain. The wartime decryption work was of course carried out in Britain, but without the prewar seed work of the Poles it would probably have been futile. Marc de Piolenc matthew X wrote: It's not the great movie yet to be made on the subject, but I'm sure

Re: CDR: Re: overcoming ecash deployment problems (Re: all about transferable off-line ecash)

2002-04-12 Thread F. Marc de Piolenc
format was the absence of practical AC motors - Tesla broke that logjam, asking little in return, and the rest is history. Marc de Piolenc

Among the Bourgeoisophobes

2002-04-11 Thread F. Marc de Piolenc
Among the Bourgeoisophobes Why the Europeans and Arabs, each in their own way, hate America and Israel. http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/001/102gwtnf.asp -- Remember September 11, 2001 but don't forget July 4, 1776 They that can give up essential liberty to

Re: CDR: Julia Child was a Spook

2002-04-06 Thread F. Marc de Piolenc
- it is behavior that defines the terrorist. So when an al-Quaida member takes on a US patrol, he may define himself as some kind of soldier in that encounter. It doesn't change the fact of his complicity in the murder of innocents, which makes him a terrorist as well. Marc de Piolenc Major