Six devastating issues

2005-04-11 Thread d.brin
--- Russ Daggatt wrote: Given how extreme the Republican leadership has become, and the fact that Republicans have a solid grip on the presidency and both Houses of Congress, I think it is time that the Democrats began to run as the anti-government party. This would seem to be in the same

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-11 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Apr 9, 2005, at 8:06 AM, Robert Seeberger wrote: From: Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sure, this is readily apparent to *us*, but back then any pregnancy in concert with an intact hymen would be considered miraculous. How much knowledge of a hymen was there ca. 2K years ago, though? I mean,

Brin: Re: Six devastating issues

2005-04-11 Thread JDG
De. Brin: Some responses: First, Democrats will have a difficult time rebranding themselves as the anti-government Party. After all, you have previously defined the Democrats on this List as being the Party that favored *every* big-government program over the past 100-or-so years over

Re: Brin: Re: Six devastating issues

2005-04-11 Thread David Brin
--- JDG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After all, you have previously defined the Democrats on this List as being the Party that favored *every* big-government program over the past 100-or-so years over Republican opposition. That is an awful lot of history to jujitsu. A typical outright and

Re: Societal Evolution Re: New Pope?

2005-04-11 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 4/11/2005 12:22:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Wow, any more interesting folks around? His wife is the ex-wife of Richie Havens. Quite an interesting person The point is that there is no trend towards better in evolution. So there is no

Re: Societal Evolution Re: New Pope?

2005-04-11 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 4/11/2005 12:22:48 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Wow, any more interesting folks around? The point is that there is no trend towards better in evolution. Agreed, hence my regret in using better in my first post. Natural selection is short

Re: Six devastating issues

2005-04-11 Thread John DeBudge
1. Military readiness. It is at its lowest ebb since 1974. Possibly since Pearl Harbor. Our armed forces could not take on another major, urgent mission even if the nation were united behind it. Do you mean on the level of Iraq, or on the level of Afghanistan? I honestly do not see any

RE: Democracy in Iraq Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-11 Thread Andrew Paul
JDG wrote: Sent: Sunday, 10 April 2005 7:20 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Democracy in Iraq Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments) At 04:17 PM 4/7/2005 -0700, Nick wrote: On Thu, 7 Apr 2005 15:01:52 -0700 (PDT), Gautam Mukunda wrote It means that there

RE: Black holes 'do not exist'

2005-04-11 Thread Andrew Paul
From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] It didn't seem to me that Event horizons were so much abandoned as redefined and re-explained. The important question for me is still how time is regarded in QM and GR. If the author of the paper is making an incorrect statement, why would it be