Worldcon

2004-06-03 Thread G. D. Akin
Who's going to the Worldcon this coming Labor Day? I get there the evening of Sep 2nd and am staying at the Marriott. This is my first Con ever and am really looking forward to it. George A ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Atheists Purge History

2004-06-03 Thread kerry miller
--- iaamoac [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the sort of move that only The Fool could love, the ACLU has recently succeeded in purging references to the role of the Spanish Missions ins settling California in the Seal of the City of Los Angeles. After all, we all know that the City of

'Liberal Media Bias'

2004-06-03 Thread The Fool
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/politics/ny-flnpr3818138may 25,0,7908246.story?coll=ny-lipolitics-print Watchdog group report BY PETER GOODMAN STAFF WRITER May 25, 2004 Despite a perception that National Public Radio is politically liberal, the majority of its sources are

Re: 'Liberal Media Bias'

2004-06-03 Thread Gary Denton
On Thu, 3 Jun 2004 10:18:22 -0500, The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Despite a perception that National Public Radio is politically liberal, the majority of its sources are actually Republicans and conservatives, according to a survey released today by Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting, a

Did you want the naked bike ride or the church youth group ride?

2004-06-03 Thread Gary Denton
A planned nudist bicycle tour in the Netherland's so called bible-belt has upset local churchmen who are holding their own youth charity bike ride the same day. They have tried in vain to get local authorities to ban the nudists to stop them clashing with the youth chapter of the Reformed Church

Scouted: Research supressed by company

2004-06-03 Thread Deborah Harrell
Incidences like this are why I view the claims for most new drugs in the 'huge lucrative potential' category with a rather jaundiced eye: http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/drugs/2004-06-02-spitzer_x.htm ...The lawsuit, filed in the New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, charged

Re: Did you want the naked bike ride or the church youth group ride?

2004-06-03 Thread Matthew and Julie Bos
On 6/3/04 1:32 PM, Gary Denton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They have tried in vain to get local authorities to ban the nudists to stop them clashing with the youth chapter of the Reformed Church when they both take to the road in the eastern town of Apeldoorn on June 12. Wow, I didn't even know

Jesus-anity (was: New Hate-Mongering Chick Tract is out)

2004-06-03 Thread Deborah Harrell
Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DISCLAIMER: I'm a rather agnostic fellow who has some major problems with organized religion. I think that should clear up any potential misunderstandings below. snip I really should add something more though. You say that the Christianity

Re: Hyperiod Re: brin-l-books stats

2004-06-03 Thread Richard Baker
JDG said: At any rate Fall of Hyperion just seemed like a muddled mess to me - difficult to follow, and as Rich noted, a very unclean ending. I must admit that I like the non-Pilgrims part of the ending, just not the resolution of their thread. I remember reading an interview with

Re: Did you want the naked bike ride or the church youth group ride?

2004-06-03 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:32 PM 6/3/04, Gary Denton wrote: Or perhaps he is worried about what else could happen: Nine naked men walking down the road would cause a heap of trouble for all concerned. Flash video - ^ http://www.pureesoiree.be/Post/?P_ID=3869 It Could Be An .avi File And It Would Still Qualify

Re: Jesus-anity (was: New Hate-Mongering Chick Tract is out)

2004-06-03 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 05:44 PM 6/3/04, Deborah Harrell wrote: Moreover, Jesus was quite anti-hierarchical in his behavior [...] Did he wear fancy clothes, drive the latest chariot, sup from golden chalices, hoist a mighty sword? Did He wear a pinky ring? Did He drive a brand new car? Did His wife wear furs and

Archbishop Chaput of Denver

2004-06-03 Thread JDG
Archbishop's column, taken from the Denver Archdiocese website: It's a matter of honesty: to receive Communion, we need to be in communion If we claim to be Catholic, we need to act like it — all the way, all the time, without excuses Relationships have consequences. They shape the way we

Re: 'Liberal Media Bias'

2004-06-03 Thread Kevin Tarr
This is as idiotic as Dan's theory (from the NYT) that you can compare a rebuilding effort on a per capita basis, ignoring the 4x difference in population and 25x difference in land area. Do they define their terms? They say source an awful lot, but is it a five second clip, or a half hour