Jon Gabriel wrote:
IMNSHO, the 'Earth' character Jen Wolling had it right. Read
everything and let your worldview be shaken every once in a while. So,
just for the heck of it, I thought I'd post an opposing viewpoint
courtesy of Molly Ivins. :-) As much as I personally disagree with
the
George wrote:
I know
scholarly works
must show an extensive vocabulary, but SF and/or Fantasy novels don't.
I don't agree. Why should genre determine the vocabulary used within a
novel?
Of course, all this is a matter of personal taste and as for Covenant,
didn't like the taste. Don't ask
Jon said:
At least one book contains the singularity at the center of the
Earth' concept as well. (Well, he didn't call it that)
The Earth is also destroyed by a black hole in Dan Simmons' _Hyperion_
and Mars is threatened with destruction by one in Niven's The Hole
Man (1974). As for
Lalith Vipulananthan asked:
Just out of interest, how old were you when you read these books?
In my early 30s.
George A
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At 15:56 8-3-2003 -0500, Han Tacoma wrote:
Can't say I ever had that urge. However, Sonja and I do enjoy eating
at our local Mongolian restaurant named after said warrior.
The only one in Holland (I think).
Uh-oh. Time for another crash course in Dutch geography.
It's not Holland, it's The
At 16:21 8-3-2003 -0800, Debbi Harrell wrote:
Moreover, we cannot afford to bring our troops home for a few months
and send them back in the Fall.
No, they certainly can't stay there 'indefinitely.'
Unfortunately, that means that there WILL be a war against Iraq. If the US
withdraws it troops
At 00:39 9-3-2003 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:
TERRIFIED Iraqi soldiers have crossed the Kuwait border and tried to
surrender to British forces - because they thought the war had already started.
The motley band of a dozen troops waved the white flag as British
paratroopers tested their
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/farscape/gallery/wanted/index.shtml
Ticia ',:)
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,906875,00.html
The US is on the right wavelength
Liberalism doesn't get a hearing on American radio or television
Matthew Engel in America
Tuesday March 4, 2003
The Guardian
You are white, male, and old enough to vote but probably too young to
George wrote:
Lalith Vipulananthan asked:
Just out of interest, how old were you when you read these books?
In my early 30s.
Thus shooting a hole in one theory I'd developed with Ritu that age is a
determining factor in one's enjoyment of the Covenant books. Most of the
people I know who
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0306-04.htm
Now Your Vote Is The Property Of A Private Corporation
by Thom Hartmann
The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which
all other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a
man to slavery -- Thomas
http://archive.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/opinion/06HERB.html
The War on Schools
By BOB HERBERT
There's something surreal about the fact that the United States of
America, the richest, most powerful nation in history, can't provide a
basic public school education for all of its children.
Actually,
Of course, the journalist left out the most important piece of information:
What Model Was It?
How else are the rest of us to avoid ending up in jail?! ;-)
Jon
ROU Valium Required (Buckshot Class)
From AP
LAFAYETTE, Colo. (March 5) - George Doughty hung his latest hunting trophy
on the wall
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To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Who is the sheriff?
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 12:23:57 +0100
At 16:21 8-3-2003 -0800, Debbi Harrell wrote:
Moreover, we cannot afford to bring our troops
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Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 5:29 AM
Subject: Re: SADDAM'S SOLDIERS SURRENDER
At 00:39 9-3-2003 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:
TERRIFIED Iraqi soldiers have crossed the Kuwait
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Subject: Farscape posters
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 12:34:35 +0100
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/farscape/gallery/wanted/index.shtml
The posters are neat. If only the campaign had been
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To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: SADDAM'S SOLDIERS SURRENDER
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 12:29:05 +0100
At 00:39 9-3-2003 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:
TERRIFIED Iraqi soldiers have
Jon Gabriel wrote:
From: Ticia [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/farscape/gallery/wanted/index.shtml
The posters are neat. If only the campaign had been successful. :(
What do you mean, isn't it still going on? The campaign started after it
became known there wasn't going to be a
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/07/1046826533281.html
North Korea would launch a ballistic missile attack on the United States if
Washington made a pre-emptive strike against the communist state's nuclear
facility, the man described as Pyongyang's unofficial spokesman claimed
yesterday.
On Sunday, March 9, 2003, at 01:41 pm, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Of course, the journalist left out the most important piece of
information: What Model Was It?
How else are the rest of us to avoid ending up in jail?! ;-)
Jon
ROU Valium Required (Buckshot Class)
It was a Dell laptop apparently.
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To: Brin-L [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: The War on Schools
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 07:17:20 -0600
http://archive.nytimes.com/2003/03/06/opinion/06HERB.html
The War on Schools
By BOB HERBERT
There's something surreal
From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Scouted: Frustrated User Shoots Computer
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 15:03:40 +
On Sunday, March 9, 2003, at 01:41 pm, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Of course,
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 10:13:47AM -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Yet, as far as i can see. there isn't one constructive suggestion in
this entire editorial.
I thought it was implied that some or all of the money that was spent
on waging war in Iraq should instead be spent on schools and education
From: Ticia [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Farscape posters
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 15:47:57 +0100
Jon Gabriel wrote:
From: Ticia [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The series ending episode is supposed to be a cliffhanger. :(
Jon
So how many episodes are left?
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From: Gary L. Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Farscape posters
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 10:33:28 -0500
The series ending episode is supposed to be a cliffhanger. :(
Jon
So how many episodes are left?
SciFi airs La Bomba on Friday, 3/14. That's the penultimate episode. The
last episode is
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 10:38:59AM -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Considering what we may have started with the DPRK, perhaps cutting
funding to antimissile systems isn't such a great idea right now. :(
Only if you live in fantasy land. Shooting down missiles is not a likely
way to protect
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: The War on Schools
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 10:45:56 -0500
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 10:38:59AM -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Considering what we may have started
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 11:01:39AM -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Maybe in another 20 years we'll have a _working_ antimissile system
;-)
Maybe not. Maybe some of the money would be better spent developing
technology and a good system for inspecting cargo containers
--
Erik Reuter [EMAIL
At 10:38 AM 3/9/2003 -0500, you wrote:
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: The War on Schools
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 10:19:30 -0500
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 10:13:47AM -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Yet, as far as i can see. there isn't one constructive suggestion in
this entire
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Who is the sheriff?
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2003 10:40:47 +0100
At 18:16 7-3-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
As for the security of the people of Israel, I
On 9 Mar 2003 at 10:38, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Considering what we may have started with the DPRK, perhaps cutting
funding to antimissile systems isn't such a great idea right now. :(
*sigh* Jon
If they WORKED vs ICBMs, I might be more interested. The only anti-
missile systems which are even
On 9 Mar 2003 at 11:59, Jon Gabriel wrote:
As for the security of the people of Israel, I think the IDF is
quite capable of defending Israel -- as is proven by the fact that,
despite several wars, the state of Israel still exists today.
Jeroen, have you ever been to Israel?
No -- and I
From: Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: The War on Schools
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 17:43:58 -
On 9 Mar 2003 at 10:38, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Considering what we may have started with the DPRK,
On 9 Mar 2003 at 12:29, John D. Giorgis wrote:
Iran. Not that I consider war with Iran inevitable - it is WAY, WAY,
WAY too early for that but suffice to say that having that option
available will provide an invaluable element of persuausion for Iran
to accept disarmament, and inspections
On 9 Mar 2003 at 12:35, John D. Giorgis wrote:
At 10:38 AM 3/9/2003 -0500 Jon Gabriel wrote:
Education is _very_ underfunded. Teachers definitely need to be paid
more and the system needs more money for basics. (My wife's an
educator... you won't see an argument from me on that!) :)
Yes,
From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: The War on Schools
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 12:35:47 -0500
At 10:38 AM 3/9/2003 -0500 Jon Gabriel wrote:
Education is _very_ underfunded. Teachers
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Subject: Re: BRIN: Re: a call to the irregulars!
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 22:55:17 EST
In a message dated 3/8/2003 8:41:18 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
And any good idea can turn
From: d.brin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
While we're at it, here's a query from a friend of mine.
Dear Dave,
Do you remember the Arthur C. Clarke story about skydiving from space
that is written as if it's an emergency, and then it turns out to just be a
new form of competitive skydiving? Rick
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 01:05:53PM -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
There's a *huge* multipage section on the ed.gov website which
lists teacher shortages by curriculum for every state. I
studied it when my wife was job hunting at the end of last year:
* Jean-Louis Couturier [Sun, 23/02/2003 at 01:50 -0500]
He got more than 80% of the vote. In the primaries, the
left vote was divided and the two candidates with the most
votes were Chirac and Le Pen.
Here is BBC's profile on Le Pen:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1943193.stm
The
At 06:50 AM 3/9/2003 -0600 The Fool wrote:
Rich pinkos are
trying to put together a scheme to start a liberal talk-show, but it is
doomed because the essence of liberalism is that it does not deal in the
slashing handed-down certainties
That's odd Mr. Fool, because you manage to to do an
Jon Gabriel wrote:
From: Ticia [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What do you mean, isn't it still going on? The campaign started after
it became known there wasn't going to be a 5th season, and that was
after they had already wrapped season 4. Nobody knew this was going to
happen, as a 4th and 5th season had
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 02:45:50PM -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote:
Unfortunately, the US would be very foolish to create a new such
organization, in which it could be outvoted
That is called democracy, and it is not foolish. The organization should
have proportional representation, with each
- Original Message -
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: The War on Schools
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 01:05:53PM -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
There's a *huge* multipage section on the ed.gov
At 08:22 PM 12/18/2002 -0600 Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
According to labor statistics, productivity for American workers
continues to climb. I can understand how that is measured for
industries in which there is a measurable *thing* produced, such as
cars or toasters, but how do those statistics get
At 06:02 PM 3/8/2003 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote:
The implications of this official report are staggering! As of May 2002,
the Gulf War casualties include 8306 veterans dead and 159705 veterans
injured or ill as a consequence of wartime service to our nation. The
official May 2002 Department of
At 10:38 PM 3/7/2003 -0500 Jon Gabriel wrote:
IMNSHO, the 'Earth' character Jen Wolling had it right. Read everything and
let your worldview be shaken every once in a while.
Yeah. but when Jen exposed herself to newviewpoints, she didn't also
have to expose herself to Jeroen's
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 02:24:09PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:
The problem isn't getting a warm body to be an in-school babysitter.
The problem is getting quality, or even qualified people to teach our
children.
Many public school systems (and even some private schools) have a hard time
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: The War on Schools
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 14:23:05 -0500
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 01:05:53PM -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
There's a *huge* multipage section on the ed.gov website which
lists teacher shortages by curriculum for every state. I
studied
Frickin' Frackin Delete Key:
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: The War on Schools
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 15:33:39 -0500
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: The War on Schools
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003
From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 15:28:57 -0500
At 10:38 PM 3/7/2003 -0500 Jon Gabriel wrote:
IMNSHO, the 'Earth' character Jen
Does it strike anyone else as odd to have a contest about who could have
the most number of people killed in a war? I think accomplishing the
goals and having the least killed is a better metric.
--
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At 09:42 AM 3/9/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
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To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: SADDAM'S SOLDIERS SURRENDER
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 12:29:05 +0100
At 00:39 9-3-2003 -0600, Robert Seeberger
At 10:19 AM 3/9/03 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote:
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 10:13:47AM -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Yet, as far as i can see. there isn't one constructive suggestion in
this entire editorial.
I thought it was implied that some or all of the money that was spent
on waging war in Iraq
At 10:29 AM 3/9/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Jon
Rygel: That's krogar. A delicacy, even for pagans.
I thought it was a chain of supermarkets . . .
-- Ronn! :)
Almighty Ruler of the all,
Whose Power extends to great and small,
Who guides the stars with steadfast law,
Whose least creation
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 03:11:41PM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
As already mentioned by other posters, education funding is mostly
handled at the local level. In a large number of places, it is
funded by property taxes. Especially during hard economic times, the
voters=homeowners do not
Andrew Crystall wrote:
And the Isralies will quite probably blow up the reactor if they can
definitely locate it early enough anyway. And the Islamic world will
hown in protest. Again. And the western world will, once more, look
slightly relieved.
'Course maybe they'll just buy a nuke or two
At 15:28 09-03-03 -0500, John Giorgis wrote:
IMNSHO, the 'Earth' character Jen Wolling had it right. Read
everything and let your worldview be shaken every once in a while.
Yeah. but when Jen exposed herself to newviewpoints, she didn't also
have to expose herself to Jeroen's
At 12:35 PM 3/9/03 -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote:
At 10:38 AM 3/9/2003 -0500 Jon Gabriel wrote:
Education is _very_ underfunded. Teachers definitely need to be paid more
and the system needs more money for basics. (My wife's an educator... you
won't see an argument from me on that!) :)
Yes, and
At 09:42 09-03-03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Outta curiosity, how does the Dutch military deal with deserters?
In peace time, they'd be arrested, tried, sent to military prison for a
while, and then get a dishonourable discharge. The same would probably
happen during a time of war; if we *do*
Erik wrote:
Here's something that I would like to see. I wonder if anyone has done
such a study?
I know that in some locations, teachers are paid a lot more than
average. In rich suburbs of big cities, I believe this happens
frequently. It would be interesting to compare shortages in such
- Original Message -
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: The War on Schools
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 02:24:09PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:
The problem isn't getting a warm body to be an
At 11:59 09-03-03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Jeroen, have you ever been to Israel?
No -- and I am not planning on going there in the forseeable future either.
I asked for the following reason: I have it on good authority from people
who have been (including my wife) that the original,
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 04:06:39PM -0600, Reggie Bautista wrote:
DISCLAIMER: This isn't a scientific study, and could be misleading.
It is basically a single data point.
So at first blush, this suggests that there is no correlation between
salaries and shortages, at least just looking at
On Fri, 07 Mar 2003 14:54:52 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
We in Canada are having our own tug-o-war regarding this issue and my
interest in what happens in the USA is because having a 1000 lbs.
gorilla as neighbour will have an influnce in our policies.
Anti-American MP's with big mouths do tend to
At 12:37 PM 3/9/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Of possible interest: when NY's Stuyvesant High School planned their new
building in Battery Park City (late '80's), they did it themselves, with
minimal architect consultation. Here's how they did it: the Drafting
department designed the shell of
At 02:24 PM 3/9/2003 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote:
The problem isn't getting a warm body to be an in-school babysitter.
The problem is getting quality, or even qualified people to teach our
children.
Many public school systems (and even some private schools) have a hard time
finding instructors
At 04:22 PM 3/9/03 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote:
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 03:11:41PM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
As already mentioned by other posters, education funding is mostly
handled at the local level. In a large number of places, it is
funded by property taxes. Especially during hard
At 02:24 PM 3/9/2003 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote:
The problem isn't getting a warm body to be an in-school babysitter.
The problem is getting quality, or even qualified people to teach our
children.
Many public school systems (and even some private schools) have a hard time
finding instructors
At 10:29 PM 3/2/2003 -0600 Dan Minette wrote:
So, just what war crimes do you think someone sitting at a water treatment
plant is committing?
The death of innocent civilians.
This crime is a two way street yes, warring parties have to try and
avoid civilian casualties, but civilians have to
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 04:22:48PM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Probably not if the additional funds go to hire overpaid bureaucrats
rather than additional teachers, as I described in the third (snipped)
paragraph of that message.
You sound like a bureaucrat yourself, rather than a problem
At 05:19 PM 3/9/03 -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote:
At 02:24 PM 3/9/2003 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote:
The problem isn't getting a warm body to be an in-school babysitter.
The problem is getting quality, or even qualified people to teach our
children.
Many public school systems (and even some private
At 05:30 PM 3/9/03 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote:
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 04:22:48PM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Probably not if the additional funds go to hire overpaid bureaucrats
rather than additional teachers, as I described in the third (snipped)
paragraph of that message.
You sound like a
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 04:46:12PM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
No, I'm a taxpayer who thinks they're wasting much of the money they
already collect. The solution to the problem is to first get rid of
the overpaid bureaucrats and the corruption, then see if additional
taxes are needed.
Jon Gabriel wrote:
I didn't say 'pay administrators more'. I said 'pay teachers more'. Yes, I
agree that in many cases monies designated for education have been
misappropriated in the past by beauracracies. I agree with you that we
should make sure funding goes into the pockets of the
I did visit thecoremovie.com.
There I found a synopsis that seems considerably less similar to
EARTH than the freelance synopsis I saw elsewhere.
No mention of using earthquakes as weapons, for example. I had had
an impression they were going down to look for something that had
fallen.
Robert Seeberger wrote:
xponent
What Do These Surrender Monkeys Eat? Maru
Betcha they'd eat cheese if it were offered them
Julia
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William T Goodall wrote:
On Sunday, March 9, 2003, at 01:41 pm, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Of course, the journalist left out the most important piece of
information: What Model Was It?
How else are the rest of us to avoid ending up in jail?! ;-)
Jon
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Ronn! wrote:
How about if we restrict it to math and science teachers, particularly at
the junior high and high school level?
Someone with a masters degree in math or the sciences can often find a
better-paying job than teaching at that level in the public schools, and
the better-paying job
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
At 22:34 7-3-2003 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
And if you can't understand the difference between the two types of
resolution when it's spelled out for you for the third time,
Until a few days ago I didn't even know there were two types of resolution.
I can
Gary L. Nunn wrote:
I really, really like Stargate SG-1, but it is really starting to annoy
me that every alien race that they meet knows English - but they all
have alien type writing. I realize that the back story is that all of
the humans in the galaxy have common origins because of the
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 02:45:50PM -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote:
Unfortunately, the US would be very foolish to create a new such
organization, in which it could be outvoted
That is called democracy, and it is not foolish. The organization should
have proportional representation, with each
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: SADDAM'S SOLDIERS SURRENDER
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 23:06:33 +0100
At 09:42 09-03-03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Outta curiosity, how does the Dutch military deal with deserters?
In peace time, they'd be arrested, tried, sent to military prison
Perhaps the subject says it all; in case is doesn't... With almost any war
or threat of war, some will brand anti-war protestors as traitors, etc. Or
perhaps as jackasses. Over the last few days, I've found myself seriously
wondering what it means when there are so many such complaints against
From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: The War on Schools
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 16:10:37 -0600
At 12:37 PM 3/9/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Of possible interest: when NY's Stuyvesant High School planned their new
building in Battery Park City (late '80's), they did it themselves,
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: The War on Schools
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 17:21:48 -0600
Jon Gabriel wrote:
I didn't say 'pay administrators more'. I said 'pay teachers more'.
From: Jean-Louis Couturier [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Who is the sheriff?
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2003 18:57:05 -0500
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 02:45:50PM -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote:
Unfortunately, the US would be very foolish to create a new such
organization, in which it could be outvoted
That
From: d.brin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: BRIN: Re: a call to the irregulars!
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 2003 15:15:04 -0800
I did visit thecoremovie.com.
There I found a synopsis that seems considerably less
Erik Reuter wrote:
Unfortunately, the US would be very foolish to create a new such
organization, in which it could be outvoted
That is called democracy, and it is not foolish. The organization should
have proportional representation, with each country member having votes
proportional to its
Did they have different languages in the movie?
Julia
Yes, they spoke some variation of some obscure Egyptian dialect that
Samuel Jackson eventually recognized and understood.
Gary
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On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 07:35:02PM -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote:
I can't believe that a libertarian or at least a neo-libertarian is
writing that.
Does it make you feel more secure in your self-righteous understanding
of someone once you assign them a label, John? If so, you'll have to try
JDG wrote:
Let's say that the US proposes a League of Democracies, with membership
invitations extended to all members of NATO, all members of the EU
(including newly invited members), most of Latin America (except Cuba,
Venezuela, and a few others),
Ok, why not Venezuela? Even if you consider
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 05:21:48PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
I overheard the tale of one case in Texas where the taxpayers approved
a property tax increase so the teachers would be paid more -- and the
extra money all went to administrators. The people who'd made the
decision in defiance
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 05:23:39PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
I'd be interested in which OS was on it, as well. The story doesn't
say.
If it is a Dell laptop, I'd bet at 1000:1 that it is running Windows. Or
did you mean which flavor of Windows?
--
Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This may well be so, but bear in mind that the British Army has already
started receiving its Apache Longbows and the French and German armies
will start getting their Tigers in December (I must admit to knowing
little about helicopters, but it seems to me that the Tigers will be not
much less
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 04:07:48PM -0800, Nick Arnett wrote:
Perhaps the subject says it all; in case is doesn't... With almost
any war or threat of war, some will brand anti-war protestors as
traitors, etc. Or perhaps as jackasses. Over the last few days, I've
found myself seriously
At 12:44 AM 3/10/2003 - Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Ok, why not Venezuela? Even if you consider Chavez a dictatorial type,
he is still the elected power in Venezuela, and, if nothing weird happens,
he will pass the power to the next elected power in a few months.
[BTW: neither Argentina nor
At 01:33 PM 3/9/2003 -0800, you wrote:
Andrew Crystall wrote:
And the Isralies will quite probably blow up the reactor if they can
definitely locate it early enough anyway. And the Islamic world will hown
in protest. Again. And the western world will, once more, look slightly
relieved.
'Course
From: G. D. Akin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The first Covenant trilogy in one word:Depressing.
great
The second trilogy in more than one word:Even more depressing.
awful
- jmh
To Each His Own Maru
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