Blog Against Theocracy

2008-03-21 Thread Dave Land
Folks, This weekend, some folks on the Interwebs will be conducting a Blog Against Theocracy event. It doesn't appear to have an official sponsor, but First Freedom First, a group that stands for church-state separation (good

Re: 'Lost'

2008-03-21 Thread William T Goodall
On 21 Mar 2008, at 03:24, Jim Sharkey wrote: Ronn! Blankenship wrote: One thing not unique to that show is that most viewers will not appreciate it when things happen which may be subplots or may be integral to the main plot but because it's an open-ended series Nope. It has an end. ABC

Re: Blog Against Theocracy

2008-03-21 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 20 Mar 2008 at 23:36, Dave Land wrote: Folks, This weekend, some folks on the Interwebs will be conducting a Blog Against Theocracy event. It doesn't appear to have an official sponsor, but First Freedom First, a

Re: 'Lost'

2008-03-21 Thread Jim Sharkey
William T Goodall wrote: Jim Sharkey wrote: ABC and the Lost crew agreed to end the series around episode 100 Which probably has something to do with the way the plot has been moving forward at a greatly accelerated pace this season. Absolutely. Getting an official end date for the series was

Genes show Latin America's past

2008-03-21 Thread William T Goodall
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7308102.stm Genes show Latin America's past Results from a genetic study of Latin America suggest most Latin Americans are descended from European men and Native American or African women. Scientists say the study, said to be the largest of its kind,

The Postman

2008-03-21 Thread Pat Mathews
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RE: The Postman

2008-03-21 Thread Jim Sharkey
Pat Mathews wrote: http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF202-Post_Apocalyptic.jpg Hehehe. It's a shame that strip is going away, as I understand it. Jim Kevin Costner Always Rings Twice Maru ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized

Re: 'Lost'

2008-03-21 Thread Julia Thompson
On Thu, 20 Mar 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 05:52 PM Thursday 3/20/2008, Julia Thompson wrote: On Thu, 20 Mar 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 05:12 PM Thursday 3/20/2008, Julia Thompson wrote: On Thu, 20 Mar 2008, Dave Land wrote: It is true that 90% of Brin-L Posts are crap,

Re: 'Lost'

2008-03-21 Thread Julia Thompson
On Thu, 20 Mar 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 05:51 PM Thursday 3/20/2008, Julia Thompson wrote: Wait until seasons 1-4 are all out on DVD, then rent them and watch 4 to 8 episodes a week. Then you don't have to remember piddly details for months, just for a few weeks. :) Or

Re: 'Lost'

2008-03-21 Thread Jim Sharkey
Julia Thompson wrote: Ronn! Blankenship wrote: Or chuck it and watch Law and Order instead . . . *Very* good plan, IMO! :) Not sure I agree. I've seen so many LO episodes over the past 10+ years that the twist is almost always obvious and it kind of ruins the show for me. And the mini-sermon

Re: The Postman

2008-03-21 Thread rscully
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Re: Diet

2008-03-21 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 3:29 PM, jon louis mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: you must be a healthy guy, in spite not eating fruit. i try to follow epicurus, pleasure is man's good, in moderation. i do have a sweet tooth, and eat some kind of meat almost every day, but i don't over eat, and i

Re: Blog Against Theocracy

2008-03-21 Thread Nick Arnett
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 5:22 AM, Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All an explicit Church-State divide does is mean that politicians cannot explicitly be called on their overtly religious policies, because there is this divide in place so they couldn't *possibly* be religious. I

Re: Blog Against Theocracy

2008-03-21 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 7:22 AM, Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All an explicit Church-State divide does is mean that politicians cannot explicitly be called on their overtly religious policies, because there is this divide in place so they couldn't *possibly* be religious. When

Re: Blog Against Theocracy

2008-03-21 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:49 AM Friday 3/21/2008, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: When people complain that the candidates for a particular office are basically the same, I usually reply that they wouldn't want it any other way. Although it would be refreshing to find candidates for the legislative branch at any level of

Re: Blog Against Theocracy

2008-03-21 Thread William T Goodall
On 21 Mar 2008, at 15:53, Nick Arnett wrote: On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 5:22 AM, Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All an explicit Church-State divide does is mean that politicians cannot explicitly be called on their overtly religious policies, because there is this divide in

Re: Genes show Latin America's past

2008-03-21 Thread Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7308102.stm Genes show Latin America's past Results from a genetic study of Latin America suggest most Latin Americans are descended from European men and Native American or African women. Scientists say the study, said to be the largest of its

Re: Blog Against Theocracy

2008-03-21 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 21 Mar 2008 at 18:23, William T Goodall wrote: The only effective way of separating church and state is to forbid those infected with religion from voting or holding political office. So basically you're for severely restricting the franchise. Funny, when it was expanded it was done in

Re: Blog Against Theocracy

2008-03-21 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 21 Mar 2008 at 8:53, Nick Arnett wrote: On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 5:22 AM, Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All an explicit Church-State divide does is mean that politicians cannot explicitly be called on their overtly religious policies, because there is this divide in

Re: Blog Against Theocracy

2008-03-21 Thread William T Goodall
On 21 Mar 2008, at 21:59, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 21 Mar 2008 at 18:23, William T Goodall wrote: The only effective way of separating church and state is to forbid those infected with religion from voting or holding political office. So basically you're for severely restricting the

Re: 'Lost'

2008-03-21 Thread Lance A. Brown
Jim Sharkey said the following on 3/21/2008 11:22 AM: Not sure I agree. I've seen so many LO episodes over the past 10+ years that the twist is almost always obvious and it kind of ruins the show for me. And the mini-sermon wrap up at the end of the show has gotten grating. Might be

Fwd: Interesting Day

2008-03-21 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Good Friday! Happy Purim, Eid, etc... Wednesday, Mar. 19, 2008 By DAVID VAN BIEMA WITH SIMON ROBINSON/NEW DELHI On Friday more than a billion Christians around the world will mark the gravest observance on their Calendar, Good Friday, the day Jesus died on the cross. (To be followed in two

RE: Interesting Day

2008-03-21 Thread Pat Mathews
And Thursday was one of the 8 pagan holidays, the Spring Equinoxhttp://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:39:00 -0500 To: brin-l@mccmedia.com From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: Interesting Day Good Friday! Happy Purim, Eid, etc... Wednesday, Mar. 19, 2008 By DAVID