Re: Stand back or I'll jump....

2003-02-20 Thread Neil Johnson
On Wednesday 19 February 2003 11:01 pm, John Kelsey wrote: At 03:21 PM 2/19/03 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: If their goal is to blackmail us into not invading them, I don't think they need to threaten to nuke LA or DC. As I said before, the obvious thing would be for North Korea to threaten

Re: School of the future

2003-02-20 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 10:54:47AM -, David Howe wrote: at Thursday, February 20, 2003 2:04 AM, Harmon Seaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] was seen to say: The real school of the future won't have classrooms at all, and no teachers as we now know them. Instead there will be workstations with

Re: School of the future

2003-02-20 Thread David Howe
at Thursday, February 20, 2003 2:04 AM, Harmon Seaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] was seen to say: The real school of the future won't have classrooms at all, and no teachers as we now know them. Instead there will be workstations with VR helmets and a number of software gurus in the machine

Re: Blood for Oil (was The Pig Boy was really squealing today

2003-02-20 Thread David Howe
at Thursday, February 20, 2003 1:28 AM, Harmon Seaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] was seen to say: No oil but lots of dope, especially lots of high grade opium and the CIA and the US scum military has been just desperate to get control of the world heroin trade again like they did in Vietnam days.

Re: To Steve Shear, re Rome, Architects, Shuttles, Congress

2003-02-20 Thread Eric Murray
On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 08:27:31PM -0500, Major Variola (ret) wrote: Hackers don't work on their own brakes for a reason: evolution. I do. That way I know they were done right. Specialization is for insects. Eric

Re: Blood for Oil (was The Pig Boy was really squealing today

2003-02-20 Thread Ken Brown
I'm trying to think of something I'd personally be less interested in investing my own money in than an oil pipeline through Afghanistan. Lots of money invested up front, literally hundreds of small groups who could threaten to damage it as a way of demanding a share of the loot, very hard

Re: Blood for Oil (was The Pig Boy was really squealing today

2003-02-20 Thread James A. Donald
So the US killed a lot of people there, so as to spread respect for freedom and democracy, and installed another dictator without elections, or any plan for elections The current leader was elected, not in accordance with western democratic norms that some people want to impose of Afghans

Creeds and Thoughtcrime

2003-02-20 Thread Tim May
Watching Attorney General Ashcroft announce the latest series of arrests of terrorist financiers and sympathizers, it's clear that the last shreds of Ashcroft is saying the group's creed rejects any peaceful solution (of the Palestinian situation). Well, duh, since when does a group's _creed_

Re: Blood for Oil (was The Pig Boy was really squealing today

2003-02-20 Thread John Kelsey
At 10:50 AM 2/20/03 +, David Howe wrote: ... They don't need to build a pipeline though Afganistan any more then? I know they were pretty annoyed when the taleban refused to let them, prior to 9/11 I'm trying to think of something I'd personally be less interested in investing my own

Re: eBay's Patriotism

2003-02-20 Thread Tim May
On Thursday, February 20, 2003, at 11:17 AM, Eric Cordian wrote: There's an interesting story on the home page of http://www.haaretzdaily.com/ disclosing eBay's policy of giving all information they have on a user to any guvment-appearing person who asks for it. It's well known that eBay

Heroic Airport Screeners, hospital shut down

2003-02-20 Thread lcs Mixmaster Remailer
Cologne Mist Sparks Pa. Airport Probe By DAVID B. CARUSO Associated Press Writer February 20, 2003, 10:33 AM EST PHILADELPHIA -- A Saudi Arabian traveler set the city's anti-terrorism machine into full gear when he sprayed three airport guards with cologne while trying to demonstrate that the

Re: Supressed? speech by Sen. Robert Byrd -- Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences

2003-02-20 Thread Bill Frantz
At 1:04 PM -0800 2/14/03, Trei, Peter wrote: This comes from another mailing list. I've confirmed that it's not been reported on by the NYT, the Washington Post, or the Boston Globe. http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0212-07.htm FWIW - This speech was reprinted as an op-ed piece in today's

Re: eBay's Patriotism

2003-02-20 Thread Steve Schear
At 11:42 AM 2/20/2003 -0800, Tim May wrote: On Thursday, February 20, 2003, at 11:17 AM, Eric Cordian wrote: There's an interesting story on the home page of http://www.haaretzdaily.com/ disclosing eBay's policy of giving all information they have on a user to any guvment-appearing person who

Re: The burn-off of twenty million useless eaters and minorities

2003-02-20 Thread Tom Veil
Harmon Seaver wrote on February 19, 2003 at 19:20:19 -0600: On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:19:11PM +0100, Anonymous wrote: After scanning hyperpoem.net, we've decided to blacklist you for your far left-wing, socialist views, the quote from Ayn Rand notwithstanding. -- Tom Veil

Re: The burn-off of twenty million useless eaters and minorities

2003-02-20 Thread Tyler Durden
Any idea of why the fucker started up with the punching? As I remember, Schear described himself as 5'2 at the time. Those that feel powerless normally look for someone to have power over. -TD From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Veil) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: The burn-off of twenty

Re: The burn-off of twenty million useless eaters and minorities

2003-02-20 Thread Steve Schear
At 10:50 AM 2/20/2003 -0500, Tyler Durden wrote: Any idea of why the fucker started up with the punching? I did turn around in line-up and ask the student why he was punching me and to stop. He simply gave me a smug grin and continued. As I remember, Schear described himself as 5'2 at the

Re: The burn-off of twenty million useless eaters and minorities

2003-02-20 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 12:13:45PM -, Tom Veil wrote: Harmon Seaver wrote on February 19, 2003 at 19:20:19 -0600: On Wed, Feb 19, 2003 at 11:19:11PM +0100, Anonymous wrote: After scanning hyperpoem.net, we've decided to blacklist you for your far left-wing, socialist views, the

Re: The burn-off of twenty million useless eaters and minorities

2003-02-20 Thread Tyler Durden
After scanning hyperpoem.net, we've decided to blacklist you for your far left-wing, socialist views, the quote from Ayn Rand notwithstanding. -- Tom Veil Actually, a turning point in my thinking came a few years ago while watching Fidel Castro talk on CNN from Riverside church. Oddly, I found

Re: The burn-off of Tom Veil

2003-02-20 Thread Tyler Durden
zmag.org and commiedreams.org gets you blacklisted, as it indicates that one is of the so-called progressive, leftist commie totalitarian persuasion. Blacklisted! Sniff sniff...I'm hurt! Does this mean I'm kicked out from the yearbook committee too? And do I have to tear up my Cypherpunks