You have know the right 7 chevrons.
George A
- Original Message -
From: Marvin Long, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:20 PM
Subject: Re: B5 dvd
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003, G. D. Akin wrote:
I don't know, but do you know when Season 3 of
Jon Gabriel wrote:
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
On Behalf Of Jean-Louis Couturier
At 23:31 2003-01-28 -0500, Damon wrote:
I finally met someone I fell in love
with. We're looking to get married sometime this summer...
Damon.
Félicitations!
Welcome to the club :
At 01:46 AM 2/6/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Can I add some experience, which has nothing to do with dating but the
process? I'm logged onto two internet sites. The one site is popular, but
some of the things I want to limit, don't limit my search options. I have
a number one criteria, which it
Andrew Crystall wrote:
G-d didn't dictate you leave your poor to starve in the street
either.
You sound like Lula O:-)
Alberto Monteiro
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I was thinking that perhaps I would try and pick up the slack where JDG
left off and volunteer to try my hand at a chapter by chapter summary of
a Brin book of the list's choosing.
So, I have a couple of questions and requests before I volunteer:
a) Which book would we like to review and
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 10:59:41PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
If you want, John, I can do a Monte Carlo analysis on the probability
that random variations could have caused the difference between the
stock market performance under Republicans and Democrats.
I'm not John, but I would like to
At 10:59 PM 2/5/2003 -0600 Dan Minette wrote:
Indeed, from 1994 to 1999, capital gains reports under Adjusted Gross
Income more than tripled in nominal terms.
That's because there was a capital gains tax cut in '97. It give folks a
chance to cash in on their capital gains while paying minimal
At 11:21 PM 2/5/2003 -0600 Dan Minette wrote:
I was able to obtain some government numbers at
http://www.nber.org/~confer/99/TAXATION/sinai.pdf
and the average from '92 to '97 was 30 billion.
I did not find these numbers.The numbers I did see on page 42 seemed to
indicate that even in the
Proof positive that psychiatric hospitals are now providing net access to
their patients. Where on Earth did you find that? It read like a bad
x-files plot or B movie with xenophobic, anti-communist, anti-authority,
antisemitic and anti-big-business themes.
Jon
GSV Sticking to Vinge, Thanks
Rimshot! :-) Actually, I just thought the movie was incredibly dumb.
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, G. D. Akin wrote:
You have know the right 7 chevrons.
George A
- Original Message -
From: Marvin Long, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:20
In a message dated 2/6/2003 6:51:56 AM US Mountain Standard Time, Ronn!
Blankenship writes:
As Dave Barry would say: I am _not_ making this up
Who stold the line from Anna Russell.
William Taylor
-
Who she stold it from I don't know.
--- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Maybe, but how? During 1999 and 2000 as the Fed
raised interest rates
(and after Greenspan's famous irrational
exuberance comment), the
market continued to increase at a dramatic rate.
What more could have
been done to combat the madness of crowds?
From: Marvin Long, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: B5 dvd
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 08:48:50 -0600 (CST)
Rimshot! :-) Actually, I just thought the movie was incredibly dumb.
The show is amusing and on some rare occasions could be called pretty
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Jon Gabriel wrote:
re: Stargate
The show is amusing and on some rare occasions could be called pretty decent
scifi. It's a tremendous improvement on the film, which was awful. (Has
Kurt Russell ever made a *good* movie??)
Big Trouble in Little China may be as good as it
Spent from 1:20 yesterday afternoon to about 8 p.m. in the E.R. with an
acute abdomen that hit me like a freight train just as a meeting was
starting. They not sure what it was, but I still feel really lousy.
Supposed to see my primary care doc today. Luckily, the ER and my doc are
only a few
The Culture's CDR posted this link in it's livejournal (I'm not even gonna
try to explain)
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB1038261936872356908,00.html
Jon
GSV Next, on Jerry Springer
Excerpt:
If TiVo Thinks You Are Gay, Here's How to Set It Straight
What You Buy Affects
- Original Message -
From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 7:34 AM
Subject: Re: Plus the NY Times Re: The Washington Post Editorial on Iraq
At 10:59 PM 2/5/2003 -0600 Dan Minette wrote:
Indeed, from 1994 to 1999, capital gains
Ticia wrote:
I actually have quite a bit of experience with online dating, just not much
time to write it all up for you right now. The key is to be discerning,
always remain friendly/ polite, and *persevere*. See the form-posting and
online sifting procedures as just another way of
:(
Ack.
Hope it's something simple and that you feel better immediately.
Jon
From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Sick Nick
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 08:22:26 -0800
Spent from 1:20 yesterday afternoon to about 8 p.m. in the E.R. with an
Ticia wrote:
May be due to what you write them. Do you come on too strong? Tell too much
about yourself? (I once got this huge bio of a man who claimed it was for
sifting purposes. Not one word about my profile or why he had chosen me to
write to. And really, you don't want to know every
Ah, but the series has Richard Dean Anderson. :) And Christopher Judge is
a hoot.
Julia
Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
Rimshot! :-) Actually, I just thought the movie was incredibly dumb.
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, G. D. Akin wrote:
You have know the right 7 chevrons.
George A
Jon Gabriel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A downturn that occurs during a specific party's term is not
necessarily an indication that that party's policies are at fault.
Yes, it takes time for policies to take effect. Given enough years,
it seems likely that good and bad `shocks' that are
- Original Message -
From: Robert J. Chassell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 11:39 AM
Subject: RE: Plus the NY Times Re: The Washington Post Editorial on Iraq
Jon Gabriel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A downturn that occurs during a
- Original Message -
From: Marvin Long, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: BRIN-L Mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:56 PM
Subject: war and peace
A musing that occurs to me as I stay up past my bedtime.
One. Nobody has any moral credibility w/respect to
--- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The closest the US/UK have come to achieving the
former is Bush mumbling
a
rehashed version of manifest destiny suggesting
it's America's turn to
take up the 21st century version of the White
Man's Burden.
Why mock his view like that? The US
Julia Thompson wrote:
Ah, but the series has Richard Dean Anderson. :) And Christopher Judge is
a hoot.
Oh, and if there are any Ranma 1/2 fans who watch the American-dubbed
version, the actress who did the voiceover for Kodachi Black Rose Kunou is
on the show, although her Stargate SG-1
Dan Minette wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Marvin Long, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: BRIN-L Mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 11:56 PM
Subject: war and peace
Plus some
mumblings about putting Iraqi exiles (whom Iraqis living in Iraq mostly
Julia Thompson wrote:
Ticia wrote:
I actually have quite a bit of experience with online dating, just not much
time to write it all up for you right now. The key is to be discerning,
always remain friendly/ polite, and *persevere*. See the form-posting and
online sifting procedures as just
- Original Message -
From: Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: war and peace
Unless you
know of something the US can do that would be _better_
for the people of Iraq than toppling Saddam Hussein,
maybe you
Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Also, as with Farscape, there are many subtle (and not-so-subtle) jokes
slipped in to the dialog for the at-home viewer. Guest star John Billingsly
(who plays Dr. Phlox on ST: Enterprise,) hailing all things Vulcan in a
--- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Unless you
know of something the US can do that would be
_better_
for the people of Iraq than toppling Saddam
Hussein,
maybe you should be a little bit more sympathetic
to
the President.
Huh? My position is that I lean against invading
-Original Message-
From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 07:58 PM
To: Mark C. Brighton
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Bush vs. Clinton on CAFE
At 04:58 PM 2/5/2003 -0800, Mark C. Brighton wrote:
C'mon, imposed by the Clinton
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-983552.html
Patent scare hits streaming industry
By John Borland
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
February 6, 2003, 4:00 AM PT
Michael Roe, proprietor of the small RadioIO Webcasting station, got a
surprise FedEx package this week, containing a notification that he
IS AMERICA ABOUT TO BE PULSED? IS COLUMBIA A WARNING OF THINGS TO COME?
IS RUSSIA AND CHINA PLANNING ON DISINTEGRATING UNITED STATES ELECTRICAL AND
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY ON FEBRUARY 7-8 - TO HEAD OFF A HIT ON IRAQ PLANNED FOR
FEBRUARY 15th
Damn! Has the US fallen behind in the
--- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Spent from 1:20 yesterday afternoon to about 8 p.m.
in the E.R. with an
acute abdomen that hit me like a freight train...
Would really, really like to know what's going on,
but I guess half of these
situations never are diagnosed, they just go away.
Like I said, Clinton's relative effectiveness on issues is up for debate. My biggest
criticism of that administration is that they ceded a lot of ground (i.e. letting
republican senators provide judicial nominations) and getting bogged down in stupid
side issues. I blame much of this on the
- Original Message -
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 6:34 AM
Subject: Re: Plus the NY Times Re: The Washington Post Editorial on Iraq
On Wed, Feb 05, 2003 at 10:59:41PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
If you want, John, I can do
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_747664.html?menu=news
Scientists develop darkest substance on earth
British scientists have invented the darkest material on Earth.
The super-black coating was developed by researchers at the National
Physical Laboratory in London.
It could revolutionise
On 6 Feb 2003 at 0:44, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
As Dave Barry would say: I am _not_ making this up
And they blame the Jews. How origional.
Andy
Dawn Falcon
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On 6 Feb 2003 at 9:26, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Andrew Crystall wrote:
G-d didn't dictate you leave your poor to starve in the street
either.
You sound like Lula O:-)
It was a comment in the same style as the one I was replying to.
Andy
Dawn Falcon
--- Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
As Dave Barry would say: I am _not_ making this up
quote
RUBY ALERT: Columbia Hit by Particle-Beam Weapon -
WWIII Prelude?
by Christopher Ruby, Cognitive Dissident
**
Be the WATCHMAN ON THE WALL
-
- Original Message -
From: Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 1:06 PM
Subject: Re: war and peace
.
Hi Dan - sorry - if it wasn't clear, I was replying to
Marvin, not you.
Oh, that makes a lot more sense.
I pretty much agree with
Nick Arnett wrote:
So, I'll be mostly MIA for a while. Julia has the helm, knows the backup
person (though he's been with me through most of this).
Abdominal pain requiring morphine trumps sick kid giving cold to Mommy and
Mommy running on a 2-hr/night sleep deficit.
If I don't get back to
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Dan Minette wrote:
I'll agree that the main motivation is the perceived self interest of the
United States. I'd also say that was the motivation for the Marshal Plan
too. But, an argument could be made in both cases that the actions would
benefit the people of the
--- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
I sometimes nibble (no more than 2 squares a day) on
http://www.chocolatebar.com/MN.asp?pg=productsspecific=125from=5
Or should I switch to
http://www.chocolatebar.com/MN.asp?pg=productsspecific=131from=5
?
(I have something like 3
I heard from someone on an Austin mailing list that, as she was getting
onto MoPac from US 183 (2 of the major highways in Austin, and no, I don't
know which direction for those of you who know where I'm talking about,
but I suspect southbound for both highways), the ditch to the right had
big
http://www.brook.edu/dybdocroot/views/papers/brainard/20030204.pdf
Table 1 clarifies that for the combined total of the Global AIDs Initiative and the
Child Survival and Health account (which includes the bulk of HIV/AIDs assistance in
H.J.RES.2), the Administration's request for fiscal 2004
Andrew wrote:
On 6 Feb 2003 at 0:44, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
As Dave Barry would say: I am _not_ making this up
And they blame the Jews. How origional.
Yeah, but he left-out the Reptoid Antarctic Space Nazi Hollow
Earth-dwelling Masonic/Templar conspiracy. Frickin' amateur.
Adam C.
Deborah wrote
The Pellet With The Poison's In The Flagon With The
Dragon Maru
You laid awake at night to think that one up didn't you? ;-)
Gary
Cold medicine cuts my IQ in half Maru
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--- Gary L. Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Deborah wrote
The Pellet With The Poison's In The Flagon With
The Dragon Maru
You laid awake at night to think that one up didn't
you? ;-)
gasp
Is it possible that you haven't seen the genius of
Danny Kaye in _The Court Jester_? In
Gary wrote:
Deborah wrote
The Pellet With The Poison's In The Flagon With The
Dragon Maru
You laid awake at night to think that one up didn't you? ;-)
Watching AMC or TCM perhaps?
O-Kaye then... ;-)
Sean
But which was the brew that was true?
I swear... I was about to hit send when
--- Sean Kane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
O-Kaye then... ;-)
But which was the brew that was true?
And what will happen if they break the Chalice From
The Palace? (Or is it the chalice with the *figure*
of a palace...?)
GSV Pestle
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The White man's burden has been sung. Who will sing the Brown man's?
Mark Twain
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
Apart from which, has anyone actually read The White
Man's Burden? It was racist to modern ears -
although not to those of his time, let's give Kipling
some credit,
Ouuuch!
Get better!
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)
http://www.breakyourchains.org/john_poindexter.htm
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At 12:28 PM 2/6/03 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote:
I'll ask my cats to scan you (they have that
interdimensional psychic epiphenomenon thing, you
know)... Health!
And then send him a bill for $1000 for a cat scan . . .
Gets Them Free All The Time, But The Results Are Always Humans Are
At 02:23 PM 2/5/03 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote:
I think some vets will loan out live traps as well,
Mine did. All we ever caught in it was the neighbor's cat, though . . .
Debbi
who has used her (leashed) cats to chase out birds from the house
Yours will actually tolerate being on a
In a message dated 2/6/2003 6:04:33 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Deborah wrote
The Pellet With The Poison's In The Flagon With The
Dragon Maru
You laid awake at night to think that one up didn't you? ;-)
Gary
As I was going to write:
At 10:15 AM 2/5/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
As long as it doesn't get dumped down the sink and solidify, causing a nasty
clog, what's the problem? :)
Julia
Been there, done that, took apart the drain pipes
The people who clean the Harman (math science) Building have been told
At 04:55 PM 2/5/03 +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
Then there is the mess when the rocket doesn't make it. Parafine splattered
all over the place what a mess.
While we're on the topic, does anyone have any helpful hints on removing
spilled candle wax from carpet?
Oops Maru
At 06:21 PM 2/4/03 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote:
For those who aren't already subscribed to the free
NASA newsletter:
NASA Science News for January 29, 2003
Forget antimatter and dilithium crystals. The next
hot rocket fuel is candle wax!
--- Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
snip
Debbi
who has used her (leashed) cats to chase out birds
from the house
Yours will actually tolerate being on a leash?
Back when I was travelling a lot for work, I knew that
the only way they would get to be outdoors, most of
the time,
On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 04:29:19PM -0600, Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
2. Install military government while making current Iraqi exiles a
local authority/advisory council (in spite of the fact that no one in
Iraq wants them).
How do we know that most people in Iraq would hate a government
--- Ronn! wrote:
Sonja wrote:
Then there is the mess when the rocket doesn't make
it. Parafine splattered
all over the place what a mess.
While we're on the topic, does anyone have any
helpful hints on removing
spilled candle wax from carpet?
I'm afraid that I resorted to
I seem to recall something about ironing over a paper bag (that would absorb
it), but I would wait for someone to validate that before trying it
Dee
***
While we're on the topic, does anyone have any helpful hints on removing
spilled candle wax from carpet?
Oops Maru
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Erik Reuter wrote:
2. Install military government while making current Iraqi exiles a
local authority/advisory council (in spite of the fact that no one in
Iraq wants them).
How do we know that most people in Iraq would hate a government
organized by the INC?
I
At 11:41 AM 2/6/2003 -0800 Miller, Jeffrey wrote:
Still, if Bush succeeds in his proposal, he will have done
more to raise
the CAFE in three years than Clinton managed in eight.
If nothing else, it would make a lot of this hysteria from
environmentalists about the Bush Administration
The Final Jeopardy Answer:
At 10:46 AM 1/17/2003 -0600 Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
Wank. Wank.
Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank.
Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank.
Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank.
Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank.
Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 12:41 PM 2/6/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
Julia Thompson wrote:
And Christopher Judge is a hoot.
Agreed.
Oh, and if there are any Ranma 1/2 fans who watch the American-dubbed
version, the actress who did the voiceover for Kodachi Black Rose Kunou is
At 12:49 PM 2/6/2003 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote:
I'm not entirely optimistic about how well that's going to work out.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110002947
Julia, I think that it is important to keep in mind that this is simply an
opinion column that is presenting
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I seem to recall something about ironing over a paper bag (that would absorb
it), but I would wait for someone to validate that before trying it
Dee
***
While we're on the topic, does anyone have any helpful hints on removing
spilled candle
It took you a month to come up with that??? :)
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, John D. Giorgis wrote:
The Final Jeopardy Answer:
The Question:
Alex, What is what Bill Clinton had to do once Monica was uncovered?
(ducking)
JDG - Mental Masturbation Maru!
Julia Thompson wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I seem to recall something about ironing over a paper bag (that would absorb
it), but I would wait for someone to validate that before trying it
Dee
***
While we're on the topic, does anyone have any helpful hints
At 11:06 AM 2/6/2003 -0800 Gautam Mukunda wrote:
Hi Dan - sorry - if it wasn't clear, I was replying to
Marvin, not you. I pretty much agree with what you're
saying, except that from what I've heard, the Bush
Administration has put a lot more thought into
post-war Iraq than you're giving them
At 08:52 PM 2/6/2003 -0600 Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
It took you a month to come up with that??? :)
You sent that a month ago?
JDG
Full Disclosure:
(Sorry, but these days I only even see a fraction of even the Brin-L
subject lines that come into my mailbox. let alone the small
percentage
- Original Message -
From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: war and peace
To speculate that the Bush Administration would abandon Iraq is to
speculate that the Bush Administration is profoundly incompetent
From About.com
Did a search for remove candle wax carpet
Jon
How to Remove Candle Wax From Carpets
From your Stay-at-Home Parents Guide
Did a candle drip on your carpet? These tips will help you remove the
wax easily.
Difficulty Level: AverageTime Required: 15 minutes
http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/2003/02/06/
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At 03:20 PM 2/6/2003 -0600 Dan Minette wrote:
If that's true, why are they wasting a golden opportunity in Afganistan?
I take exception to this.
First, the rest of the world has hardly borne their full share of the load
in rebuilding Afghanistan, and the US is stretched thin by the need to
John D. Giorgis wrote:
Additionally, much of the work is probably being performed not by soldiers,
but by various charitable NGO's (with a good deal of official US support) -
and thus this stuff is harder to take credit for.
Can you point me to a list of accomplishments so far, no matter
At 09:14 PM 2/6/2003 -0600 Dan Minette wrote:
Will the nation building in Iraq be on the same scale as the nation
building in Afganistan?
I would say that it certainly will be much greater, if just for the
difference in strategic reasons and the ready availability of oil revenue
to the first
- Original Message -
From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 10:22 AM
Subject: Sick Nick
Spent from 1:20 yesterday afternoon to about 8 p.m. in the E.R. with an
acute abdomen that hit me like a freight train just as a meeting was
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Deborah Harrell
...
Wonderfully concentrating, isn't it? wry smile
I'll ask my cats to scan you (they have that
interdimensional psychic epiphenomenon thing, you
know)... Health!
If I need a cat
At 04:29 PM 2/6/2003 -0600 Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
I'm mocking it because
No, your sig file provides all the evidence anyone needs of why you are
mocking it.
Preemptive conquest and
nation-building looks a lot like colonialism to a lot of people,
especially the conquered.
What evidence
At 10:59 PM 2/5/2003 -0600 Dan Minette wrote:
Indeed, from 1994 to 1999, capital gains reports under Adjusted Gross
Income more than tripled in nominal terms.
That's because there was a capital gains tax cut in '97. It give folks
a
chance to cash in on their capital gains while paying
Nick Arnett wrote:
Any thoughts?
Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Nick.
Doug
Who thinks it must be a good sign that you are posting to the list
despite your troubles.
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Nick Arnett wrote:
Below is some stuff that the sqeamish might want to skip.
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Still very miserable, but today better than yesterday. My primary care doc
suspects colitis; he's got me on Cipro and Metronidazole, plus the
ever-thrilling BRAT
On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 02:47:12PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
The simulation I did was for the change in the GDP from 1929 to 2002.
During that time period, the Democrats have been in office 40 years,
and the Republicans 34. I took as my base sample, the change in the
GDP from one year to the
John D. Giorgis wrote:
At 10:59 PM 2/5/2003 -0600 Dan Minette wrote:
Indeed, from 1994 to 1999, capital gains reports under Adjusted Gross
Income more than tripled in nominal terms.
That's because there was a capital gains tax cut in '97. It give folks
a
chance to cash in on
--- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snippage
Still very miserable, but today better than
yesterday. My primary care doc
suspects colitis; he's got me on Cipro and
Metronidazole, plus the ever-thrilling BRAT diet...
snipped icky parts :P
Some very brief reading (I'm mostly resting,
From UN WIRE, 10/11/2002
U.S. Post-Hussein Plans
Regarding a post-Hussein Iraq, the Bush administration
is considering plans that would involve a large U.S.
military occupation of the country, senior U.S.
officials said yesterday.
Under the plan, U.S. troops would take control of Iraq
after
- Original Message -
From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: war and peace
At 03:20 PM 2/6/2003 -0600 Dan Minette wrote:
If that's true, why are they wasting a golden opportunity in Afganistan?
I take
On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 11:01:08PM -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote:
Anyhow, my argument is that Clinton managed surpluses in large part
because of a stock market bubble.
Previously, JDG wrote:
In 1999, 6% of federal receipts were from capitol gains. i.e. $110bil
out of $1.828 tril.
Combining
At 10:02 PM 2/6/2003 -0500 John D. Giorgis wrote:
Unlike, Mr. Friedman, I am not buying that the Bush Administraiton needs to
lay open its post-occupational plans for Iraq right from the outset.
Indeed, I forgot the most important reason to not lay out these plans now.
At least one key ally and
If you want to read the last 3/4 of the article that discusses the room for
improvement in Afghanistan, you'll have to buy the article from The
Economsit. :)
http://www.economist.com/research/articlesBySubject/displayStory.cfm?subject
id=796681story_id=1524657
So far, yes. Afghanistan is better
While depriving myself of sleep and looking through some old stuff on my
hard drive, I ran across this really old (1994) software package called
Story Gen The name is self explanatory. After playing with it and
reading some of the silly plots, I thnk that I have discovered where
cable TV comes up
John D. Giorgis wrote:
If you want to read the last 3/4 of the article that discusses the room for
improvement in Afghanistan, you'll have to buy the article from The
Economsit. :)
Print version? On the newsstand right now?
Julia
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- Original Message -
From: Marvin Long, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 7:29 PM
Subject: Re: war and peace
The White man's burden has been sung. Who will sing the Brown man's?
Mark Twain
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 08:40:24PM -0600, Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
I don't, really. But several reports out of Iraq that I've seen and
heard contain a notes about how the locals consider the Iraqi exile
community a bunch of elitists who escaped when the going got tough
and who hope to lord it
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Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 8:18 PM
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At 04:55 PM 2/5/03 +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
Then there is the mess when the rocket doesn't make it.
- Original Message -
From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: war and peace
First, these arguments smell awful strongly of simply being a list-ditch
effort of the peaceniks to find *any* reason to avoid what
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