RE: Wealthy couples travel to U.S. to choose baby's sex

2006-08-04 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Dan Minette wrote: Medical categories are just that, categories. Women are different from men, premature infants display less cognitive ability than some grown non-human primatesyet killing an infant is murder, just as killing an adult is, and just as killing an ape isn't. It's

Re: More From the National Intelligence Estimate

2006-08-04 Thread Nick Arnett
On 8/3/06, jdiebremse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All are quotations: We judge that Iraq has... chemical and biological weapons. (5) Weapons, yes. But don't be misled into thinking this means weapons of mass destruction. The NIE makes it clear that it does not. Since inspections ended in

Re: More From the National Intelligence Estimate

2006-08-04 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Nick Arnett and JDG debate endlessly: All are quotations: We judge that Iraq has... chemical and biological weapons. (5) Weapons, yes. But don't be misled into thinking this means weapons of mass destruction. The NIE makes it clear that it does not. (blah blah blah) I think it's all

RE: RFK Jr. interview

2006-08-04 Thread Dan Minette
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Arnett Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 12:27 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: RFK Jr. interview On 8/3/06, Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, and it rather unambiguously

RE: RFK Jr. interview

2006-08-04 Thread Dan Minette
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Minette Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 12:05 PM To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' Subject: RE: RFK Jr. interview This is the definition that I saw used in the discussions that led up to war, and in

Re: RFK Jr. interview

2006-08-04 Thread Nick Arnett
On 8/4/06, Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, but there is a very good reason to not go with your interpretation of his remarks. John and I have, repeatedly, quoted from the declassified part of the report. Using the prevalent definition of WMD, these quotes clearly show that the

RE: RFK Jr. interview

2006-08-04 Thread Dan Minette
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Arnett Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 1:33 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: RFK Jr. interview Irrelevant. The point is that it was not a foundation for saying that there were WMDs or

Re: Once more into the 9-11 breach

2006-08-04 Thread Gibson Jonathan
Greetings, What a week for this topic! This entry is big, so brace for impact. - JG - On Aug 3, 2006, at 3:37 PM, Brother John wrote: Of course, everyone knows that I am just a right-wing crackpot and conspiracy nut, so no one has to pay any attention to me. But my son and I knew that 9-11

RE: RFK Jr. interview

2006-08-04 Thread Dan Minette
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Arnett Sent: Friday, August 04, 2006 1:33 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: RFK Jr. interview But, your specific statement that I questioned was that everyone knew that Iraq had no

Re: RFK Jr. interview

2006-08-04 Thread jdiebremse
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 3) Not stating that there was an imminent threat is not the same as stating that there is not an imminent threat. Irrelevant. The point is that it was not a foundation for saying that there were WMDs or there was an immediate

Re: RFK Jr. interview

2006-08-04 Thread Nick Arnett
On 8/4/06, Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is in the first Key Judgment on page 5 of the report (page 9 in Acrobat). The first two sentences read: We judge that Iraq has continued its weapons of mass destruction (WMD) program in defiance of the UN resolutions and restrictions. Baghdad

Re: RFK Jr. interview

2006-08-04 Thread Nick Arnett
On 8/4/06, jdiebremse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find your reaction to be astonishing. Indeed, I suspect it is at the heart of our inability to communicate. The quote you have cited from George Tenet said the NIE did not say that there was an imminent threat. You, however, have

Re: More From the National Intelligence Estimate

2006-08-04 Thread jdiebremse
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We judge that Iraq has... chemical and biological weapons. (5) Weapons, yes. But don't be misled into thinking this means weapons of mass destruction. The NIE makes it clear that it does not. Nick, We are clearly failing to

Re: RFK Jr. interview

2006-08-04 Thread jdiebremse
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I find your reaction to be astonishing. Indeed, I suspect it is at the heart of our inability to communicate. The quote you have cited from George Tenet said the NIE did not say that there was an imminent threat. You,

Re: RFK Jr. interview

2006-08-04 Thread jdiebremse
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 8/4/06, Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is in the first Key Judgment on page 5 of the report We judge that... Baghdad has chemical and biological weapons as well as missiles with ranges in excess of UN

RE; The Enlightenment

2006-08-04 Thread jdiebremse
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One of the ideas that came from the Enlightenment is that all men are created equal. That concept means that the differences in intelligence, race, religion, age, are superficial differences when discussing human

Since planetary science has been ruled on-topic :)

2006-08-04 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5241774.stm BBC NEWS Strange 'twin' new worlds found A pair of strange new worlds that blur the boundaries between planets and stars have been discovered beyond our Solar System. A few dozen such objects have been identified in recent years but this is the