Re: Evolution vs. Creation - aka. Mass Stupidity Hits Ohio

2002-10-17 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- "John D. Giorgis" wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > [aside: when I > >saw 'Genesis' in concert spring '92 there, Phil > >Collins introduced the song 'Jesus He Loves Me' by > >saying 'No one in the vicinity resembles this, do > >they?' At least, I think that's the title - it's > >certainly in

Re: N. Korea Says Has Nukes

2002-10-17 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Doug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 10:04 PM Subject: Re: N. Korea Says Has Nukes > J. van Baardwijk wrote: > > > > > > > So, can we expect an American invasion of North Korea in the near > > future? If nothing el

Re: N. Korea Says Has Nukes

2002-10-17 Thread Steve Sloan II
J. van Baardwijk wrote: > > So, can we expect an American invasion of North Korea in > > the near future? If nothing else, the US would at least show > > something resembling consistency by invading North Korea. Doug wrote: > No Oil. > > 8^( Or less cynically, a harder country to invade. We sp

Re: N. Korea Says Has Nukes

2002-10-17 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 10:05 PM Subject: Re: N. Korea Says Has Nukes > At 08:25 PM 10/16/2002 -0500 The Fool wrote: > >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37017-2002Oct16.html >

Re: brin: traffic cameras

2002-10-17 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 11:50 AM 10/17/2002 -0700 d.brin wrote: >>http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20021017-78921861.htm >> >>AAA pulls its support for traffic cameras >>By Brian DeBose >>THE WASHINGTON TIMES >> >>One of the foremost advocates of traffic safety has withdrawn s

Re: Evolution vs. Creation - aka. Mass Stupidity Hits Ohio

2002-10-17 Thread Julia Thompson
"John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > At 07:02 PM 10/17/2002 -0700 Deborah Harrell wrote: > > [aside: when I > >saw 'Genesis' in concert spring '92 there, Phil > >Collins introduced the song 'Jesus He Loves Me' by > >saying 'No one in the vicinity resembles this, do > >they?' At least, I think that's the

Re: brin: war

2002-10-17 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- "Adam C. Lipscomb" wrote: > And, in light of our recent discussions, this > fascinating and > thought-provoking interview with retired general > Anthony Zinni in Salon: > http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2002/10/17/zinni/index.html > > Zinni... challenged their suggestion > that installing

Irregulars question: Bay area folks

2002-10-17 Thread Julia Thompson
Does anyone in the San Francisco Bay area know of a store there selling Shiner Bock? The closer to San Rafael, the better. Close to Alameda is pretty good, as well. TIA! Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: N. Korea Says Has Nukes

2002-10-17 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 08:25 PM 10/16/2002 -0500 The Fool wrote: >http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37017-2002Oct16.html > >U.S. Source: N. Korea Says Has Nukes Defense Secretary Rumsfeld today said that he personally believes that the DPRK already has nuclear weapons. Now, as they say, it is too late.

Re: Evolution vs. Creation - aka. Mass Stupidity Hits Ohio

2002-10-17 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 07:02 PM 10/17/2002 -0700 Deborah Harrell wrote: > [aside: when I >saw 'Genesis' in concert spring '92 there, Phil >Collins introduced the song 'Jesus He Loves Me' by >saying 'No one in the vicinity resembles this, do >they?' At least, I think that's the title - it's >certainly in the chorus.].

Re: N. Korea Says Has Nukes

2002-10-17 Thread Doug
J. van Baardwijk wrote: So, can we expect an American invasion of North Korea in the near future? If nothing else, the US would at least show something resembling consistency by invading North Korea. No Oil. 8^( Doug ___ http://www.mccmedia.co

Re: brin: war L3

2002-10-17 Thread Doug
Steve Sloan II wrote: Doug wrote: Dan Minette wrote: a lot of stuff which I wish I had more tome to reply to... Was that a Freudian slip? ;-) ROTFL! I wish it had been intentional. 8^) Doug ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-

Re: [Brin-l] Re: Attack Iraq, Alone If We Must

2002-10-17 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 10:42 AM 9/25/2002 -0400, David Hobby wrote: >> JDG - Who, just for the record, is taking this kind of insult to the man he >> votes for personally. > > Come off it! You're actually PROUD of Bush as a >president? I'm sure that you could come up with a long list >of (rabidly conservativ

RE: brin: war

2002-10-17 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 07:00 PM 10/13/2002 -0700 d.brin wrote: >Do you have ANY british friends? have you bothered even remotely to >find out what other people in other lands think? Under Clinton we >were admired. Nearly all foreigners were puzzled/amazed by >Monicagate. They nearly now all think we are crazed

Re: brin: war L3

2002-10-17 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 12:16 AM 10/17/2002 -0700 Doug wrote: >>Unfortunately, from my vantage point, the support was a mile wide and an >>inch thick. >> >But it was something decent leadership could have worked with rather >than treating it with veiled contempt. Now that's uncalled for. the Bush Administration

Re: brin: war

2002-10-17 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 09:30 PM 10/16/2002 -0700 d.brin wrote: >>d.brin wrote: >I totally agree with this. Indeed, anyone who peers forward 100 >years and foresees this as stable is crazy. Pax Americana can only >be a transition state... like all other Paxii. Well actually, aren't all states "transitional" in th

Re: brin: war

2002-10-17 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 04:23 PM 10/15/2002 -0500 Dan Minette wrote: >> Dig it again, folks. The Brits have come aboard, but read their >> press. Even THEY don't want this dogwag spasm. And when the brits >> don't want a war, something is very very bad about the plan. > >So, we have a fairly contemporary example of

Re: brin: war

2002-10-17 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 02:14 PM 10/14/2002 -0700 d.brin wrote: >Choice One: Break up Iraq with almost no cost and get kissed and >deny SH all his funds. > >Choice Two: Streetfight in downtown Baghdad and put SH in fear for >his life, which is the ONLY time he will use WMD. > >This is a no-brainer. Which describes

Re: brin: war L3

2002-10-17 Thread Steve Sloan II
Doug wrote: > Dan Minette wrote: > > a lot of stuff which I wish I had more tome to reply to... Was that a Freudian slip? ;-) __ Steve Sloan . Huntsville, Alabama => [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brin-L list pages ..

Re: Evolution vs. Creation - aka. Mass Stupidity Hits Ohio

2002-10-17 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Gary Nunn wrote: > > This has been going on for a few months, but it > seems to be making headlines > again as the final vote draws near. > > With all of the academic talent in Columbus, I am > ashamed to admit that this debate is even going on.. My condolences. :P My birthstate, Georgia, h

Re: brin: war L3

2002-10-17 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
Dr. Brin wrote: > > > From: Dan Minette [mailto:dsummersminet@;houston.rr.com] > > > > > In short, the practical way to stop a unipolar world is not > > > for the US to > > > promise to get permission before it acts at all. Rather, it > > > is for other > > > countries to be able to actually act,

Evolution vs. Creation - aka. Mass Stupidity Hits Ohio

2002-10-17 Thread Gary Nunn
This has been going on for a few months, but it seems to be making headlines again as the final vote draws near. With all of the academic talent in Columbus, I am ashamed to admit that this debate is even going on, but fortunately, it seems that reasonable heads prevail. For those not familiar,

Re: Two-headed baby born in Minas Gerais, Brazil

2002-10-17 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Alberto Monteiro wrote: > and I am watching him right now, in tv.br. CNN > will > probably show him soon. The mother is a 14-year-old > girl, and the father is 16 years old. "Them" actually - this is a form of conjoined (Siamese) twins called 'dicephalus.' Here is an (incomplete) site ab

Re: A super-sized bird in Alaska

2002-10-17 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Deborah wrote: > I read somewhere (too long ago to have _any_ idea > where) that people in the Eurasian steppes (can't > remember if it was Hun- or Mongol- types) used to > hunt wolves with golden eagles: the eagles' > talon-pressure > generates some ridiculous pounds-per-square-inch > (sorry

Fwd: Thomas Midgley: A Commentary from Bill Hammack

2002-10-17 Thread Deborah Harrell
I get these commentaries once a week; sometimes they're really interesting, and this one involved two recent threads: Thomas Midgley : A commentary from Bill Hammack's public radio program You can listen to this commentary at http://www.engineerguy.com 'Two of the greatest environmental threats o

Re: A super-sized bird in Alaska

2002-10-17 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Julia wrote: > I wonder how a bird as big as some of the larger > estimates would do against a wolf? I read somewhere (too long ago to have _any_ idea where) that people in the Eurasian steppes (can't remember if it was Hun- or Mongol- types) used to hunt wolves with golden eagles: the eagle

Two-headed baby born in Minas Gerais, Brazil

2002-10-17 Thread Alberto Monteiro
and I am watching him right now, in tv.br. CNN will probably show him soon. The mother is a 14-year-old girl, and the father is 16 years old. www.redetv.com.br Mutants Rule Maru Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-

RE: Scouted: Ginseng Berry For Diabetes And Obesity (andcholesterol?)

2002-10-17 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Kevin Tarr wrote: > I'm trying to say this in a non snide condescending > way. It may read that way, but I mean it truthfully. > > So we have drug companies which have spent billions > of dollars to cure > baldness and give a formally impotent man blue steel > for three hours... Yeah, noth

Re: N. Korea Says Has Nukes

2002-10-17 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 20:25 16-10-2002 -0500, The Fool wrote: WASHINGTON ­­ North Korea has told the United States it has a secret nuclear weapons program in violation of an agreement signed with the Clinton administration, a senior administration official said Wednesday night. North Korea also told U.S. diplomats

Re: Saudi/Soviet dealings

2002-10-17 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/17/2002 6:45:12 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Pravda must be again in the True Path of Virtue, > back to the Old Communist Days, when it was the > sponsor of Freedom and Liberty in a world > oppressed by imperialism. Brazil is going to lead > the

Re: brin: traffic cameras

2002-10-17 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/17/2002 1:50:59 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >One of the foremost advocates of traffic safety has withdrawn support for > >the District's traffic camera enforcement program after city officials > >conceded revenue was a primary motivation. > > > Thi

Re: brin: traffic cameras

2002-10-17 Thread d.brin
http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20021017-78921861.htm AAA pulls its support for traffic cameras By Brian DeBose THE WASHINGTON TIMES One of the foremost advocates of traffic safety has withdrawn support for the District's traffic camera enforcement program after city officials conceded re

RE: brin: war L3

2002-10-17 Thread d.brin
> From: Dan Minette [mailto:dsummersminet@;houston.rr.com] > In short, the practical way to stop a unipolar world is not > for the US to > promise to get permission before it acts at all. Rather, it > is for other > countries to be able to actually act, instead of just telling > the US how to > ac

RE: brin: war L3

2002-10-17 Thread Horn, John
> From: Dan Minette [mailto:dsummersminet@;houston.rr.com] > In short, the practical way to stop a unipolar world is not > for the US to > promise to get permission before it acts at all. Rather, it > is for other > countries to be able to actually act, instead of just telling > the US how to >

Dolphin FAQ

2002-10-17 Thread Alberto Monteiro
I've just found an excellent Dolphin FAQ, at... http://www.dolphin-isl-greenware.org/marine_lab/blue_hangar/egdolfaq.htm ... [or, breaking in two parts: ... http://www.dolphin-isl-greenware.org/ marine_lab/blue_hangar/egdolfaq.htm ... ] that has everything I wanted to know about Dolphin speed

Re: Saudi/Soviet dealings

2002-10-17 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Russell Chapman wrote: > On a completely different track, why is Pravda > published (electronically at least) in English, > Russian and Portugese? > No offence, Alberto, but isn't Portugese a fair > way down the list in terms of international > languages? > Not if you consider European La

Fw: online clock

2002-10-17 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Stephen Fulljames" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 5:08 AM Subject: online clock > http://www.yugop.com/ver3/stuff/03/fla.html > > I like this > > steve > Yes, its cool! xponent Timepiece Maru rob __