Fwd: News Alert: Ray Bradbury, Master of Science Fiction, Dies at 91, A.P. Says

2012-06-06 Thread Nick Arnett
Wah. Just read an essay he wrote for the science fiction issue of The New Yorker. Nick -- Forwarded message -- From: NYTimes.com News Alert nytdir...@nytimes.com Date: Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 8:05 AM Subject: News Alert: Ray Bradbury, Master of Science Fiction, Dies at 91, A.P. Says

Good news / Bad news

2009-08-23 Thread John Williams
The Daily Show calls it good news / bad news. I call it unintended consequences. Whatever it is called, the video is entertaining: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-august-20-2009/good-news-bad-news---america-s-recession ___ http://mccmedia.com

RE: Iran [News]

2009-06-22 Thread Rceeberger
From a website run by Anonymous (the group): http://iran.whyweprotest.net/news-current-events/1966-green-brief-6-niteowl.html The Green Brief #6 - NiteOwl Please retweet this link. I'm Josh Shahryar AKA NiteOwl

Watch the news out of Switzerland -

2009-02-23 Thread Pat Mathews
UBS is starting to look very, very bad. I remember reading Earth and taking the Helvetian War for granted as the major early-21st Century Crisis without bothering to wonder what triggered the public mood of anger at their secrecy and covering up for dictators etc. Now, several months into the

Re: Watch the news out of Switzerland -

2009-02-23 Thread David Brin
Yep, Pat. My chief fear is that people won't get riled up enough. From: Pat Mathews mathew...@msn.com To: Brin List brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 7:26:42 AM Subject: Watch the news out of Switzerland - UBS is starting to look very, very

TwURLed News - Social Media starting beta test

2009-02-11 Thread Nick Arnett
I've been working on the first of some vertical versions of TwURLed News (formerly Tweetsnet), my site that uses social network analysis to find web pages being cited on Twitter. It is essentially a predictive analysis - it finds people who tended to be among the first to cite pages that became

Re: Getting decent news without cable or satellite TV...

2008-11-05 Thread Julia Thompson
On Tue, 4 Nov 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: Smart-Aleck response #1 would be something about whether the news one gets anytime (not just election day) with or without cable or satellite TV could ever be described as decent . . . Are the newscasters wearing enough clothing? Julia

Getting decent news without cable or satellite TV...

2008-11-04 Thread Charlie Bell
I've been on the hunt for decent news streams so I can follow the US elections tomorrow when I wake up (in a few hours, we're into the early hours of Wednesday morning here Down Under...). Best so far - on the hunt for BBC World, and found you need to pay to get it via RealPlayer - which

Re: Getting decent news without cable or satellite TV...

2008-11-04 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Smart-Aleck response #1 would be something about whether the news one gets anytime (not just election day) with or without cable or satellite TV could ever be described as decent . . . At 09:56 AM Tuesday 11/4/2008, Charlie Bell wrote: I've been on the hunt for decent news streams so I can

Re: Getting decent news without cable or satellite TV...

2008-11-04 Thread Charlie Bell
On 05/11/2008, at 12:59 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: Smart-Aleck response #1 would be something about whether the news one gets anytime (not just election day) with or without cable or satellite TV could ever be described as decent . . . Raised on the BBC, dude. ;) Once upon a time

Re: Getting decent news without cable or satellite TV...

2008-11-04 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:11 PM Tuesday 11/4/2008, Charlie Bell wrote: And I love elections. It's nearly as good as sport (and almost as important too ;) ). You got that right ! :P NON-Smart-Aleck Corollary 2.1 being that many people wonder why anyone is allowed to release any results as long as any of

Whales: one good news among the chaos and mayhem

2008-10-02 Thread Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
I'm watching the news, and among the economical disasters (which reached Brazil - interest rates, that were immorally high before the crisis, are even higher), there are good news. The Jubarte whales found out that the coast of Sergipe, BR, is a whale sanctuary (as all brazilian coast - enforcing

Re: usma1969-forum: USMA in the News: More Bacevich

2008-08-17 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 11:49 PM, Chris Frandsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FYI, a classmate and friend, Skip Bacevich was interviewed by Bill Moyers on PBS. Here is a link to the broadcast. He says some tough things but I think he speaks the truth.

Re: usma1969-forum: USMA in the News: More Bacevich

2008-08-17 Thread Doug Pensinger
Chris Frandsen wrote: FYI, a classmate and friend, Skip Bacevich was interviewed by Bill Moyers on PBS. Here is a link to the broadcast. He says some tough things but I think he speaks the truth. www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/08152008/profile.html

Re: usma1969-forum: USMA in the News: More Bacevich

2008-08-17 Thread Dave Land
On Aug 17, 2008, at 2:55 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: Good stuff, some of which I've been saying here for years. I nearly stood up and applauded when he praised Carter's malaise speech. How prescient Carter was when he said: We are at a turning point in our history. There are two paths to

Fwd: usma1969-forum: USMA in the News: More Bacevich

2008-08-16 Thread Chris Frandsen
FYI, a classmate and friend, Skip Bacevich was interviewed by Bill Moyers on PBS. Here is a link to the broadcast. He says some tough things but I think he speaks the truth. www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/08152008/profile.html

RE: Fwd: CNN Breaking News

2008-02-25 Thread Curtis Burisch
Lance A. Brown said: The point of shooting the satellite was to disrupt the fuel storage. If the satellite came down in one piece, there is a chance the hydrazine fuel on board would survive to reach the surface. If it impacts on land, you get nasty poisonous gas cloud. If the missile did

Blowing things in space [was: Fwd: CNN Breaking News]

2008-02-25 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Curtis Burisch wrote: The general consensus among many (e.g. www.theregister.co.uk) appears to be that the US wanted simply to test their sat- interceptor systems, and maybe make a bit of PR capital by flexing their muscles on the world stage. OTOH, this shows the capacity to hit a

Re: Blowing things in space [was: Fwd: CNN Breaking News]

2008-02-25 Thread Julia Thompson
On Mon, 25 Feb 2008, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Alberto Monteiro PS: I hope the subject does not make anybody think about Monika Lewinsky in a space shuttle. The thought had not occurred to me until I read this. :) Julia ___

Re: CNN Breaking News

2008-02-25 Thread Dave Land
: mms://wm.ksdk.gannett.edgestreams.net/news/022108_deadsatellite_ksdk.wmv Dave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: CNN Breaking News

2008-02-25 Thread Charlie Bell
On 26/02/2008, at 11:31 AM, Dave Land wrote: I think it was also because some significant chunks of very new, very secret technology might have survived reentry and potentially gotten into the wrong hands. I say this already. Noone listen to me. Charlie.

Re: Fwd: CNN Breaking News

2008-02-21 Thread Lance A. Brown
Ronn! Blankenship said the following on 2/21/2008 12:31 AM: So . . . if they shot it /down/ before it crashed to Earth, where is it going to fall now? (Yes, I know . . . just seems they could have phrased that better . . . ) The point of shooting the satellite was to disrupt the fuel

Re: Fwd: CNN Breaking News

2008-02-21 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 04:23 AM Thursday 2/21/2008, Lance A. Brown wrote: Ronn! Blankenship said the following on 2/21/2008 12:31 AM: So . . . if they shot it /down/ before it crashed to Earth, where is it going to fall now? (Yes, I know . . . just seems they could have phrased that better . . . ) The

Re: CNN Breaking News

2008-02-21 Thread Charlie Bell
-- The U.S. Navy successfully shot down an inoperable spy satellite before it crashed to Earth, the Pentagon confirms. So . . . if they shot it /down/ before it crashed to Earth, where is it going to fall now? Can't believe so many have swallowed hook-line-sinker the it's to stop the

Fwd: CNN Breaking News

2008-02-20 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
X-Originating-IP: [64.236.25.98] Approved-By: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Authentication-Warning: ema3adm1.turner.com: listapprover set sender to CNN Breaking News [EMAIL PROTECTED] using -f X-job: 20080220232603.textbreakingnews.2765 Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:26:03

Re: CoS in the news

2008-02-14 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 03:21 PM Wednesday 2/13/2008, Deborah Harrell wrote: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip We Methodists only have the expression Dry as a Methodist picnic to stereotype us. I still grin at the joke (paraphrased): When asked to bring something that expressed their faith to Show and

Re: CoS in the news

2008-02-13 Thread Deborah Harrell
Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip We Methodists only have the expression Dry as a Methodist picnic to stereotype us. I still grin at the joke (paraphrased): When asked to bring something that expressed their faith to Show and Tell, thus spake the children- Mary: I'm Catholic, and this

Re: CoS in the news

2008-02-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
What Anonymous hath wrought: Protests next Sunday in at least 170 cities worldwide with over 300,000 people participating. And a severe shortage of Guy Fawkes masks. xponent Minimums Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: CoS in the news

2008-02-03 Thread William T Goodall
://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=POHBDAX2TRRLVQFIQMGCFFWAVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2008/02/03/nbenefit103.xml Husbands with multiple wives have been given the go-ahead to claim extra welfare benefits following a year-long Government review, The Sunday Telegraph can reveal. Even though

Re: CoS in the news

2008-02-02 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 06:08 PM Friday 2/1/2008, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On 2/1/08, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition! http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163 My favorite may be Bruce Schneier once decrypted a box of AlphaBits. So what did it say in

Re: CoS in the news

2008-02-01 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 6:54 PM Subject: Re: CoS in the news On 28 Jan 2008, at 03:47, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From

Re: CoS in the news

2008-02-01 Thread William T Goodall
On 1 Feb 2008, at 03:11, Robert Seeberger wrote: Same tactics as the Jesuits, right? LULZG Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Those who can make you believe

Re: CoS in the news

2008-02-01 Thread Julia Thompson
On Fri, 1 Feb 2008, William T Goodall wrote: On 1 Feb 2008, at 03:11, Robert Seeberger wrote: Same tactics as the Jesuits, right? LULZG Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition. Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition! http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163 (I love just

Re: CoS in the news

2008-02-01 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
On 2/1/08, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bruce Schneier expects the Spanish Inquisition! http://geekz.co.uk/schneierfacts/fact/163 My favorite may be Bruce Schneier once decrypted a box of AlphaBits. And Schneier's book, _Secrets and Lies: Digital Security in a Networked World_ is

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-29 Thread Dave Land
On Jan 28, 2008, at 5:57 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: Dave wrote: Yes, it's amazing how a practice of your Church of roughly 100 years ago which, by some accounts, was not all that widely practiced, and by no means _the_ defining characteristic of the Church) is all that most people seem to

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-29 Thread William T Goodall
On 28 Jan 2008, at 03:47, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] How could a law protect these genuine religions and also ban the original Scientologists at the same time? Easily! You take away the COSI's tax-exempt status away and

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-29 Thread Dave Land
On Jan 29, 2008, at 8:01 PM, pencimen wrote: Dave wrote: Congratulations! That's practically like being a grown-up! I'm sorry? Care to explain that last remark? Celebrating 30 years of marriage represents an achievement of maturity. I was employing a kind of humorous understatement. Dave

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-29 Thread pencimen
Dave wrote: Congratulations! That's practically like being a grown-up! I'm sorry? Care to explain that last remark? Doug ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-28 Thread Russell Chapman
Julia Thompson wrote: 1) Whacked my toe yesterday morning, hurt like the dickens, wasn't sure I should try to get X-rays or anything (and I didn't want to, truth be told), so I asked a mailing list and the consensus was what I wrote above. Decided not to go, toe still hurts, but not as

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-28 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 06:57 AM Monday 1/28/2008, Russell Chapman wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: 1) Whacked my toe yesterday morning, hurt like the dickens, wasn't sure I should try to get X-rays or anything (and I didn't want to, truth be told), so I asked a mailing list and the consensus was what I wrote

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-28 Thread Julia Thompson
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 06:57 AM Monday 1/28/2008, Russell Chapman wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: 1) Whacked my toe yesterday morning, hurt like the dickens, wasn't sure I should try to get X-rays or anything (and I didn't want to, truth be told), so I asked a

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-28 Thread Dave Land
On Jan 28, 2008, at 10:03 AM, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On Jan 27, 2008 10:59 AM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a) *At most* one religion can be true, yet there are thousands of religions. Not necessarily true. See _Job: A Comedy of Justice_, _Stranger in a Strange Land_, or

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-28 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 12:20 PM Monday 1/28/2008, Dave Land wrote: [snip] Then again, I am at the far-liberal end of Christianity, to the point that there are probably plenty who call themselves Christians who, learning what I believe, would no longer count me among their number. Dave At least they don't ask

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-28 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
On Jan 28, 2008 12:03 PM, Mauro Diotallevi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 27, 2008 10:59 AM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a) *At most* one religion can be true, yet there are thousands of religions. Not necessarily true. See _Job: A Comedy of Justice_, _Stranger in a

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-28 Thread Mauro Diotallevi
On Jan 27, 2008 10:59 AM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: a) *At most* one religion can be true, yet there are thousands of religions. Not necessarily true. See _Job: A Comedy of Justice_, _Stranger in a Strange Land_, or other Heinlein (or many other authors) for SFnal examples of

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-28 Thread Dave Land
On Jan 28, 2008, at 1:20 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 12:20 PM Monday 1/28/2008, Dave Land wrote: Then again, I am at the far-liberal end of Christianity, to the point that there are probably plenty who call themselves Christians who, learning what I believe, would no longer count me

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-28 Thread Julia Thompson
On Mon, 28 Jan 2008, Dave Land wrote: On Jan 28, 2008, at 1:20 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 12:20 PM Monday 1/28/2008, Dave Land wrote: Then again, I am at the far-liberal end of Christianity, to the point that there are probably plenty who call themselves Christians who, learning

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-28 Thread Doug Pensinger
Dave wrote: Yes, it's amazing how a practice of your Church of roughly 100 years ago which, by some accounts, was not all that widely practiced, and by no means _the_ defining characteristic of the Church) is all that most people seem to know about. To some extent, you can thank HBO's Big

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-27 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 09:20 PM Saturday 1/26/2008, Julia Thompson wrote: Any mailing list that you can shoot a quick, Hey, this happened, should I go to the ER? to and get constructive answers is probably going to have at least a minimal health benefit. Also

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-27 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008, Doug Pensinger wrote: Julia wrote: (And, the concensus as to whether or not to go to the ER with a potential broken toe is, If you want prescription painkillers, sure, but there's not a whole heck of a lot they'll actually *do* for you. So, I'm going to wait until

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-27 Thread William T Goodall
On 27 Jan 2008, at 03:28, Robert Seeberger wrote: On 1/26/2008 8:47:30 PM, William T Goodall ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On 27 Jan 2008, at 02:27, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just ban all religions. That would solve the

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-27 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 10:59 AM Subject: Re: CoS in the news On 27 Jan 2008, at 03:28, Robert Seeberger wrote: On 1/26/2008 8:47:30 PM, William T

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-27 Thread William T Goodall
On 27 Jan 2008, at 20:37, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 10:59 AM Subject: Re: CoS in the news On 27 Jan 2008, at 03:28, Robert

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-27 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sun, 27 Jan 2008, William T Goodall wrote: Let's suppose the Scientologists have a schism. Are they OK now because the different branches no longer agree? If the Scientologists have a schism, each side's lawyers will be so busy suing the other side that it'll all collapse sooner rather

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-27 Thread William T Goodall
On 27 Jan 2008, at 21:49, Julia Thompson wrote: On Sun, 27 Jan 2008, William T Goodall wrote: Let's suppose the Scientologists have a schism. Are they OK now because the different branches no longer agree? If the Scientologists have a schism, each side's lawyers will be so busy

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-27 Thread Doug Pensinger
William wrote: On 27 Jan 2008, at 21:49, Julia Thompson wrote: If the Scientologists have a schism, each side's lawyers will be so busy suing the other side that it'll all collapse sooner rather than later, and that will be the end of that. Or they could be like the Sunni and

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-27 Thread William T Goodall
On 28 Jan 2008, at 01:19, Doug Pensinger wrote: William wrote: On 27 Jan 2008, at 21:49, Julia Thompson wrote: If the Scientologists have a schism, each side's lawyers will be so busy suing the other side that it'll all collapse sooner rather than later, and that will be the end of

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-27 Thread William T Goodall
On 28 Jan 2008, at 01:19, Doug Pensinger wrote: William wrote: On 27 Jan 2008, at 21:49, Julia Thompson wrote: If the Scientologists have a schism, each side's lawyers will be so busy suing the other side that it'll all collapse sooner rather than later, and that will be the end of

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-27 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2008 7:55 PM Subject: Re: CoS in the news On 28 Jan 2008, at 01:19, Doug Pensinger wrote: William wrote: On 27 Jan 2008, at 21

RE: CoS in the news

2008-01-26 Thread Curtis Burisch
Better idea - remove tax exemptions and other special benefits for religions and quasi-religious organistions, with the exception of charitable ventures (which must be purely charitable subsidiaries of or wholly separate ventures). And only those over twenty-one should be allowed access to

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-26 Thread Julia Thompson
On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 09:31 PM Friday 1/25/2008, Julia Thompson wrote: What's wrong with a lapdancer drinking Scotch? Julia Spilling it? Especially if it's on the rocks? You have a point there. :) Julia

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-26 Thread Dave Land
On Jan 26, 2008, at 12:58 AM, Curtis Burisch wrote: Better idea - remove tax exemptions and other special benefits for religions and quasi-religious organistions, with the exception of charitable ventures (which must be purely charitable subsidiaries of or wholly separate ventures). And

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-26 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 7:01 PM Subject: Re: CoS in the news On 25 Jan 2008, at 23:18, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-26 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Curtis Burisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion' brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 2:58 AM Subject: RE: CoS in the news Curtis Someone tell me what the story is with Maru? I really ned to put

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-26 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Curtis Burisch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion' brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2008 2:58 AM Subject: RE: CoS in the news Curtis Someone tell me what

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-26 Thread William T Goodall
On 27 Jan 2008, at 02:27, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just ban all religions. That would solve the problem. That might be a reasonable response if Scientology were in fact a religion. What makes you think that it isn't?

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-26 Thread Doug Pensinger
William wrote: snip So while the data suggest some health benefits from social engagement, they are anything but a ringing endorsement of the health benefits of religion or religious faith, per se. It would make sense to me that individuals with some sort of social support group might have

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-26 Thread William T Goodall
On 27 Jan 2008, at 01:43, Dave Land wrote: On Jan 26, 2008, at 12:58 AM, Curtis Burisch wrote: Better idea - remove tax exemptions and other special benefits for religions and quasi-religious organistions, with the exception of charitable ventures (which must be purely charitable

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-26 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008, Doug Pensinger wrote: William wrote: snip So while the data suggest some health benefits from social engagement, they are anything but a ringing endorsement of the health benefits of religion or religious faith, per se. It would make sense to me that individuals

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-26 Thread Robert Seeberger
On 1/26/2008 8:47:30 PM, William T Goodall ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On 27 Jan 2008, at 02:27, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just ban all religions. That would solve the problem. That might be a reasonable response

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-26 Thread William T Goodall
On 27 Jan 2008, at 03:28, Robert Seeberger wrote: On 1/26/2008 8:47:30 PM, William T Goodall ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On 27 Jan 2008, at 02:27, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just ban all religions. That would solve the

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-26 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:20 PM Saturday 1/26/2008, Julia Thompson wrote: On Sat, 26 Jan 2008, Doug Pensinger wrote: William wrote: snip So while the data suggest some health benefits from social engagement, they are anything but a ringing endorsement of the health benefits of religion or religious

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-26 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:24 AM Saturday 1/26/2008, Julia Thompson wrote: On Fri, 25 Jan 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 09:31 PM Friday 1/25/2008, Julia Thompson wrote: What's wrong with a lapdancer drinking Scotch? Julia Spilling it? Especially if it's on the rocks? You have a point

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-26 Thread Doug Pensinger
Julia wrote: (And, the concensus as to whether or not to go to the ER with a potential broken toe is, If you want prescription painkillers, sure, but there's not a whole heck of a lot they'll actually *do* for you. So, I'm going to wait until Monday and see how bad it is then, and if it's

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-25 Thread William T Goodall
On 26 Jan 2008, at 01:32, Charlie Bell wrote: On 26/01/2008, at 12:01 PM, William T Goodall wrote: Just ban all religions. That would solve the problem. Because that's worked so well in the USSR and Communist China. Better idea - remove tax exemptions and other special benefits for

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-25 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 26 Jan 2008, William T Goodall wrote: On 26 Jan 2008, at 01:32, Charlie Bell wrote: On 26/01/2008, at 12:01 PM, William T Goodall wrote: Just ban all religions. That would solve the problem. Because that's worked so well in the USSR and Communist China. Better idea - remove

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-25 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:31 PM Friday 1/25/2008, Julia Thompson wrote: What's wrong with a lapdancer drinking Scotch? Julia Spilling it? Especially if it's on the rocks? -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-25 Thread William T Goodall
On 25 Jan 2008, at 23:18, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 7:33 PM Subject: RE: CoS in the news Because I love you guys, I give you the CS orientation video: http

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-25 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 7:33 PM Subject: RE: CoS in the news Because I love you guys, I give you the CS orientation video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJtUDcm3bBw http://www.youtube.com

Re: CoS in the news

2008-01-25 Thread Charlie Bell
On 26/01/2008, at 12:01 PM, William T Goodall wrote: Just ban all religions. That would solve the problem. Because that's worked so well in the USSR and Communist China. Better idea - remove tax exemptions and other special benefits for religions and quasi-religious organistions, with the

RE: CoS in the news

2008-01-24 Thread Jim Sharkey
Because I love you guys, I give you the CS orientation video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJtUDcm3bBw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfiZehbTAxU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7W9Duq145Q http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdSqzl9QYTQ It's pretty funny stuff. Jim

Re: Scientology in the news

2008-01-23 Thread Robert Seeberger
: Scientology in the news Probably for the best that our man K not comment on this for obvious reasons. But I have been enjoying the recent COS (L.Ron's bane) news lately. First was the extremely funny and insane video that made the rounds with T.C. (Risky Business, Mission Impossible) making

Re: Scientology in the news

2008-01-23 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://tinyurl.com/2j8f43 - Original Message - From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 7:31 PM Subject: Scientology in the news Probably for the best that our man K not comment on this for obvious

Scientology in the news

2008-01-22 Thread Robert Seeberger
Probably for the best that our man K not comment on this for obvious reasons. But I have been enjoying the recent COS (L.Ron's bane) news lately. First was the extremely funny and insane video that made the rounds with T.C. (Risky Business, Mission Impossible) making an utter ass of himself

Just in case there wasn't enough bad NASA news Thursday . . .

2007-07-27 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
A former NASA employee is accused of stealing more than $150,000 from government coffers, according to a report released Thursday. http://www.local6.com/technology/13763532/detail.html -- Ronn! :) ___

San Jose Mercury News: Scientology critic seeks pardon

2007-07-07 Thread narnett
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Re: San Jose Mercury News: Scientology critic seeks pardon

2007-07-07 Thread Nick Arnett
That worked... poorly. Perhaps this URL will suffice: http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_6320693 On 7/7/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages:

News out of Blacksburg

2007-04-19 Thread Julia Thompson
Mom is as OK as anyone in Blacksburg is today. And the only media source she's been aware of that hasn't reported something absolutely inaccurate at some point is the Roanoke Times. http://www.roanoke.com/ (Now, there are media sources she's not had brought to her attention that may be

News: Teacher's porn conviction sparks tech debate.

2007-02-13 Thread Gary Nunn
Teacher's porn conviction sparks tech debate She was convicted last month of exposing seventh-grade students to pornography on her classroom computer. She contended the images were inadvertently thrust onto the screen by pornographers' unseen spyware and adware programs.

Fwd: Science in the News — Online Astronomers Seek Out New Worlds

2007-01-15 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
SCIENCE IN THE NEWS from Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society Today's Headlines - January 15, 2007 [snip] Online Astronomers Seek Out New Worlds from the San Francisco Examiner LOS ANGELES - Amateur astronomer William Bianco doesn't huddle over a backyard telescope to hunt

Breaking News: Republicans Blame Election Losses On Democrats

2006-11-07 Thread Gary Nunn
I love The Onion :-) Republicans Blame Election Losses On Democrats WASHINGTON, DC-Republican officials are blaming tonight's GOP losses on Democrats, who they claim have engaged in a wide variety of aggressive, premeditated, anti-Republican campaigns over the past six-to-18 months. We have

Bad news for the poor in affluent areas

2006-11-01 Thread William T Goodall
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn10419feedId=online- news_rss20 For poor people, living in an affluent area can be a health hazard. That is the provocative conclusion of a study of the death records of more than 8000 people living in four US cities. The ill effects of being poor

News: FDA approves viruses as food additive

2006-09-04 Thread Gary Nunn
I heard about this a few weeks ago, but didn't run across the article until this morning. I'm not sure how I feel about this. I guess I've read too many science fiction stories about a good virus gone bad and taking down a significant portion of humanity :-) As unlikely as the scenarios are,

Re: Earth Shattering BREAKING NEWS!! (not!)

2006-07-13 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
NEWS! Alert from ABCnews.com. They must be bored today :-) Is it so hard to USAns to understand how important Football [the real one, played with a ball and the feet] is to all the World? It's more important, for example, than the sexual adventures of Angelina Jolie, J-Lo or Paris Hilton

Re: Earth Shattering BREAKING NEWS!! (not!)

2006-07-13 Thread Julia Thompson
this warrants a BREAKING NEWS! Alert from ABCnews.com. They must be bored today :-) Is it so hard to USAns to understand how important Football [the real one, played with a ball and the feet] is to all the World? It's more important, for example, than the sexual adventures of Angelina Jolie, J-Lo or Paris

Re: Earth Shattering BREAKING NEWS!! (not!)

2006-07-13 Thread Dave Land
for insulting his lineage? Definitely don't think this warrants a BREAKING NEWS! Alert from ABCnews.com. They must be bored today :-) Is it so hard to USAns to understand how important Football [the real one, played with a ball and the feet] is to all the World? It's more important, for example, than

Earth Shattering BREAKING NEWS!! (not!)

2006-07-12 Thread Gary Nunn
Ok, does anyone really care that one guy head butted another for insulting his lineage? Definitely don't think this warrants a BREAKING NEWS! Alert from ABCnews.com. They must be bored today :-) Breaking News from ABCNEWS.com: FRENCH SOCCER STAR ZIDANE SAID HE HEAD BUTTED AN ITALIAN PLAYER

Re: Earth Shattering BREAKING NEWS!! (not!)

2006-07-12 Thread Charlie Bell
On 12/07/2006, at 10:29 PM, Gary Nunn wrote: Ok, does anyone really care that one guy head butted another for insulting his lineage? Definitely don't think this warrants a BREAKING NEWS! Alert from ABCnews.com. They must be bored today :-) Well, much of the world was wondering what

Re: Earth Shattering BREAKING NEWS!! (not!)

2006-07-12 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Gary Nunn wrote: Ok, does anyone really care that one guy head butted another for insulting his lineage? Definitely don't think this warrants a BREAKING NEWS! Alert from ABCnews.com. They must be bored today :-) Is it so hard to USAns to understand how important Football [the real one

Re: Earth Shattering BREAKING NEWS!! (not!)

2006-07-12 Thread Julia Thompson
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Gary Nunn wrote: Ok, does anyone really care that one guy head butted another for insulting his lineage? Definitely don't think this warrants a BREAKING NEWS! Alert from ABCnews.com. They must be bored today :-) Is it so hard to USAns to understand how important

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