At 09:54 PM 6/5/2004, you wrote:
On Sat, Jun 05, 2004 at 07:19:34PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
From: Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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
At 05:27 PM 6/4/2004, you wrote:
http://www.tricklefan.com/southern/test.html
I got 30/71...
Had to really ponder some of them. The music/hunting/fishing/drinking ones
saved me.
42/71
Kevin T. -VSouthernRWC
The war of Northern
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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
Believing it is impossible for the Church to retard learning between
500-1000 because it barely survived is silly. It was destroying
libraries and books before that time.
Cite please. Specifically how the church was burning libraries and books.
This is contrary to anything I've heard.
Damon.
Xander's in Africa. He sent me an mbuna fish, says Andrew. And
Willow and Kennedy are in Brazil. They're based in Sao Paulo, but, um,
every time I talk to them, they're in Rio.
Rio seems to have an image in America and the UK as a sexy gay vacation spot.
Gary - Blami It on Rio Maru
What part of
At 12:05 AM 5/21/2004, you wrote:
In a message dated 5/20/2004 7:57:48 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The web server was just unhappy... but I believe I just fixed it.
Nick
Voice of the web server:
What do you mean it was out?
Aww come on, it was in by a mile!
Are you
At 02:37 PM 5/15/2004, you wrote:
At
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/13/business/13scene.html
There was a report detailing how limited the effort in rebuilding
Afganistan has been. The claim here is that the donations to Afganistan
has been substantially lower than other recent aid efforts.
quote
At 09:54 PM 5/13/2004, you wrote:
Steve Sloan wrote:
Doug Pensinger wrote:
What did the U.S. have to gain by intervening in Rwanda?
Diddly squat, but that doesn't mean dedicated critics of the
US couldn't come up with something. Presumably, Rwanda had
something useful enough for past
April 26, 2004
The Flat Tax at Work in Russia: Year Three
by Alvin Rabushka
On January 1, 2001, a 13% flat-rate tax on personal income took effect in
Russia. (The general principles and beneficial economic effects of the flat
tax appear in The Flat Tax.) Russia's 13% flat tax replaced a
I know the underlying science for representing analog sound in a digital
format but I'm missing something important. More than a few new and older*
CDs are quiet. *(Stuff originally recorded back in the 70s, i.e. not new
music). If I go from the radio to a CD, I have to turn the volume up to
At 06:38 PM 4/28/2004, you wrote:
Kevin Tarr wrote:
I know I'll have to make this choice on my own. Just wondering what I
might be missing.
Well, you listed a whole bunch of negatives, and the positives you listed
were qualified with caveats, and yet you posed the question to the list.
Reading
At 04:46 AM 5/3/2004, you wrote:
Ritu, who is not sure if Mike really believes what he says or if he
is just good at parody
I would filter him out but silence equals assent.
But I don't have time to respond to each of his over the top
statements. Reminds me of some frequent posters I tracked
At 01:31 AM 4/30/2004, you wrote:
At 10:56 PM 4/29/04, The Fool wrote:
Key government offices dedicated to addressing the needs of women have
been disbanded, according to the report.
Well, heck, we know that all women need is to find a man and have children
so they can sit around all day
At 09:10 PM 4/28/2004, you wrote:
http://www.news-press.com/news/local_state/040426land.html
Land seized for private use possible
Legislation would help developers
Ahh, another place where the fool's and my views intersect. Would she
support going the other way; land should only be seized
This is very similar to how George W. Bush, when he was an owner of the
Texas Rangers, got the Ballpark at Arlington built. The Texas
legislature passed a bill permitting them to condemn privately owned
land for the stadium. And some of Bush's partners (including the
current owner) went around
http://www.washtimes.com/commentary/20040426-090538-2682r.htm
A feverish fate for scientific truth?
Some things are sacred to scientists: Facts, data, quantitative analysis,
and Nature magazine, long recognized as the world's most prestigious
science periodical.
Lately, many have begun to
At 04:00 PM 4/27/2004, you wrote:
Yesterday Dick Cheney blasted John Kerrey for voting in the Senate
against various defense spending bills. It turns out, the Bush
Administration REQUESTED most of those cuts!
Cheney: Kerrey voted against defense spending.
Reporter: But, sir...you ASKED him to
I know I'll have to make this choice on my own. Just wondering what I might
be missing.
My company has an opening at another location. Right now I am at the HQ:
promotions can come quickly, many other chances for job opportunities. I
live ten miles from the job, but it takes me 30 minutes to
On Earth Day Remember: If Environmentalism Succeeds, It Will Make Human
Life Impossible
By Michael S. Berliner
Earth Day approaches, and with it a grave danger faces mankind.
The danger is not from acid rain, global warming, smog, or the logging of
rain forests, as environmentalists
At 03:42 PM 4/20/2004, you wrote:
I won't be trying this:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4783035/
Tom Beck
(PBS show about low cal diets and long life)
http://tinyurl.com/2vvvq
Doctor featured on the show. He was born June 29, 1924 and I assume still
going strong:
http://www.walford.com/
Tried this over on the subservient list, but got no response. Any help here?
I'm a clueless bachelor. On a few TV shows, Seinfeld FEX, they drop off a
mesh laundry bag at the laundry/dry cleaner. What exactly is going on? Is
it just dry clean clothes, regular wash clothes or a mix? If one type,
Getting your taxes done two days earlyand the printer's ink quits after
two pages. I work 13 hours tomorrow and then need to drive three hours for
a Thursday meeting with nursing home people. I'll be lucky to be back by
6pm, with or without new ink cartridges.
Kevin T. - VRWLC
And the red
At 08:49 PM 4/8/2004, you wrote:
And in other news...
The discovery of a cat burial by French scientists pushes
the known date of cats as pets back more than 5,000 years.
The further discovery that the cat in question was not
actually dead at the time of burial demonstrates that
the
At 08:16 PM 4/1/2004, you wrote:
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_medical/story.jsp?story=5074
91
Revealed: How the fish got its fingers By Steve Connor, Science Editor
02 April 2004
A two-lane highway in America has helped scientists to explain one of
life's most enduring mysteries:
I explictly stated that.
(This calculation, BTW, includes both the company and the
individual contributions)
So, the answer is yes.
Second, and this
helps his argument, what are the historical 30 year returns since 1935? I
was to a retirement seminar last week and the speaker was using 11%
At 04:09 AM 4/5/2004, you wrote:
http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/news/celebrity/sns-ap-arabs-and-passion,0,6296551,print.story?coll=mmx-celebrity_heds
http://tinyurl.com/22h3p
rob
No mention that Israel has so far banned showing the movie. They said it
wasn't the right time.
Kevin T.
At 11:39 AM 4/4/2004, you wrote:
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/04/national/04WAGE.html?hp
Altering of Worker Time Cards Spurs Growing Number of Suits
snip
Tom Beck
What's with the character assassination? Can't we all just get along?
Kevin T. - VRWLC
I don't like to wear suits
At 12:39 PM 4/4/2004, you wrote:
| And George Bush is involved in/responsible for this how?
So I suppose the fact that maybe Bush isn't responsible for this makes
it all okay for these companies to be doing what they're doing? That
some of you Bush apologists are so avid to scream at the least
At 12:34 PM 4/4/2004, you wrote:
What's with the character assassination? Can't we all just get along?
Can't we all just focus on the issue rather than snipe at my
deliberately provocative subject line?
--
Tom
Cannot find the story about this, and really doubt more than three people
on list care, but want to pass along the info. Saw it on the local news.
Apparently crooks are using the TTD* network to order products over the
phone with stolen credit card numbers. They are using the TTD network so
At 05:51 PM 4/4/2004, you wrote:
- Original Message -
From: JDG [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, April 04, 2004 4:12 PM
Subject: Re: Welcome to life in George W. Bush's America
At 04:01 PM 4/4/2004 -0500 Dan Minette wrote:
I wouldn't really
At 01:50 PM 4/3/2004, you wrote:
I have an administrative issue that I need the list's input on. A new
list member joined recently, using the name John Doe on an msn.com
account. This person's messages are originating in the Netherlands.
As those who have been on the list for a while know,
At 07:49 PM 4/3/2004, you wrote:
Nick Arnett wrote:
Analyzing the language of John Doe's postings (an area in which I have a
fair bit of expertise), I see a disturbing similarity to that of the
aforementioned banned member.
Don't you think that it's an evidence that JD is _not_ that member?
At 06:00 PM 4/2/2004, you wrote:
On Fri, Apr 02, 2004 at 04:54:41PM -0600, Horn, John wrote:
Better attention to what? I must not have been paying attention...
The flow and logic of the discussion. Several people haven't been
following.
--
Erik Reuter
Damn you are right, as usual. But I
At 08:01 PM 3/29/2004, you wrote:
Decreasing prenatal exposure to pesticides reduces the
number of underweight and SGA [small for gestational
age] neonates.
http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/84/98156.htm?printing=true
...Whyatt's team collected data from 316 pregnant
African-American and
This has a nice picture:
http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/
or the story:
http://www.philly.com/mld/dailynews/8301851.htm?1c
STATE TROOPERS on the Pennsylvania Turnpike have clocked Gov. Rendell's
Cadillac limo at more than 100 mph at least nine times since November,
according to sources.
At 05:57 PM 3/28/2004, you wrote:
From: Mike Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Winning the War on Terror
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 21:17:20 -0800
I'm tired of being moderate. And I'm not scared of Islam in
At 08:11 PM 3/28/2004, you wrote:
- Original Message -
From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2004 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: Bush's brand new enemy is the truth
At 08:23 PM 3/27/2004 -0600 Dan Minette wrote:
3) If he is
What is really scary is that their is a significant minority of
'Christians' who believe exactly like Mr. Lee does. It is one of the
reasons why I believe homo sapiens will go extinct within the next
century.
At least all the ones alive now will be extinct.
OSL
Kevin T. - VRWLC
In honor of
http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/welcome.aspx
Found this accidentally. Gives an estimation of TV stations that can be
picked up over the air at your location, with types of antenna needed. At
my house I can get four stations easy, two more with a powered antenna, and
another ten weak signals. I
At 09:57 PM 3/28/2004, you wrote:
Kevin wrote:
60 Minutes' Lesley Stahl just offered an apology for not stating the
Clarke book was published by a CBS sister company.
That was in all the articles about the interview at the CBS website -
including those published before the interview.
The
Mostly agreeing with all Mike wrote, but there are other sides of the story
too, where the gov should have been doing something and didn't.
Bethlehem steel is the biggest one I know; they didn't fund their
retirement plans properly, they declared bankruptcy and the gov is left
holding the bag.
At 12:00 AM 3/29/2004, you wrote:
This weekend I watched my friend put his new two-seater ultralight into the
air. While doing this we ate Oreo's and chocolate milk. Anneka walked for
8 consecutive steps! Then we ate hot dogs at the park.
Just a non-political break in the action,
Matthew Bos
At 12:26 AM 3/29/2004, you wrote:
Kevin wrote:
What was in the articles, the apology?
The fact that the book was published by an affiliate of CBS.
So Rice had no idea what/who Al Quedia was even though she gave a speech
about them a year before?
'sfunny how a person can write a book and
Kevin Tarr:
In fact, it wasn't a job transition. He retired; he retired because he
wasn't offered a better job. You think the public wouldn't notice if he
dissed the president when he quit and they retaliated by canceling his
pension or some such?
Many people retire from government
Hardly anybody thinks that businesses that go under should be compensated
and cuddled by the government for having their livelihood disappear. If a
business can't cut it in the marketplace, tough. Worse than that, when a
business is going under, and the owner must liquidate inventory at a loss,
http://dilbert.com/comics/getfuzzy/archive/getfuzzy-20040323.html
Kevin T. - VRWC
What do I care
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If it had a maximum score, it wasn't the standard IQ test, and so the
number you are quoting is not an IQ as it is normally understood. Quite a
few people have IQs over 150. A very few have IQs over 200. Where did
you take this test that claimed to be an IQ test with a maximum score of 150?
At 05:59 PM 3/21/2004, you wrote:
On Sun, Mar 21, 2004 at 10:50:38PM +, Richard Baker wrote:
I don't know about that. Even so, I still don't think that would
disprove the Fool's assertion. In this case, There could be very
many smart people like Debbi indeed and still the atheists could
Ugh. The two teams I picked for the final are out. I only have 7 of 16 and
5 of 8 (if I get them). I spend two days off work for this?
The only upside: I got very good at GoldenTee golf.
Kevin T. - VRWC
back to work
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In my case, I think that learning being so easy for me, made me lazy.
Not having to work very hard to learn encouraged a lot of bad habits.
Any advantage I might have ever had I pissed away.
And I'm still lazy.
rob
This matches what I could have written about myself. Though there were
other
At 11:48 PM 3/19/2004, you wrote:
Mentioned by Jay Leno in his monologue tonight: calls from welfare
recipients in Utah to the state office are being answered in India . . .
http://www.sltrib.com/2004/Mar/03172004/business/148517.asp
-- Ronn! :)
Same here in PA. I don't recall the
At 05:02 PM 3/18/2004, you wrote:
John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Horn, John wrote:
From: Kevin Tarr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.bcaplan.com/cgi/purity.cgi
11.
Kinda reassuring, actually.
What is reassuring is that *someone* finally had a
lower score than I did.
18
At 09:07 PM 3/15/2004, you wrote:
On Mar 15, 2004, at 4:25 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[snip]
BTW anyone see the Enterprise Season Final? Enterprise is getting its ass
kicked... Very cool.
My local station decided to pull it for the current season, the bastards!
Is Enterprise being carried
G. D., were you out of the country for a while? What's going on there? I
saw some bizarre images on TV about the SK government, yet it was only
covered once on PBS news hour. Asking what you can add or clarify.
Kevin T. - VRWC
Too lazy to find on my own
At 09:36 PM 3/16/2004, you wrote:
http://www.click2houston.com/entertainment/2925553/detail.html
snip
rob
Plus all the middle eastern/Muslim countries that want to show the movie?
Iran, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon. Saudi Arabia is dropping it's ban against
images that show a Prophet* so the movie
First a very poor statement, to get it out of my head: There are a few
hundred million people who do think the world has gone to hell, and it
started 1400 years ago. Maybe you've seen their work?
I'm not claiming the world is going to hell since there is no such place.
If our society doesn't
City falls victim to Internet hoax, considers banning items made with water
http://www.sacbee.com/state_wire/story/8518740p-9447551c.html
ALISO VIEJO, Calif. (AP) - City officials were so concerned about the
potentially dangerous properties of dihydrogen monoxide that they
considered banning
At 10:39 AM 3/15/2004, you wrote:
Speaking of Bill Maher...
Found on another mailing list...
http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/03/13/washingtonoutsiders/
New rule: You can't be a Washington outsider if you're already
president.
by Bill Maher
March 13, 2004
Hearing President Bush these
At 04:46 PM 3/15/2004, you wrote:
New Distant 'Planetoid' Seen in Our Solar System
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A newly discovered dark and frigid world, a bit
smaller than Pluto and three times farther away, has emerged as the most
distant object in the solar system, astronomers said on Monday.
The
I stand on the threshold of tommorow, atop the stairway of yesterday,
holding the key to today, staring through the door into the future.
-Nick Lidster
26 May 2003
Have you said, has anyone asked, why you list that date?
It's my favorite day of any year.
Kevin T. - VRWC
I watch Hellfighters to
At 05:47 PM 3/15/2004, you wrote:
DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE
snip
The bottom line - Don't let gays destroy marriage - that's the job of
the
Republicans!
rob
I know how this game is played! If I wasn't in the military, I can't have
an opinion about it. If I was in the military, but
At 09:44 AM 3/14/2004, you wrote:
I'm not really a gadget person, but I just acquired a digital cable
box with an integrated Digital Video Recorder (DVR) from my cable
company, for less than I was paying for the digital converter by itself,
and I have to say that it is nothing short of awesome
Here's a question: If you tell it to record, frex, _The Simpsons_ (since
_Futurama_ is no longer on) and the whole show starts 20 minutes late
because some blasted football game on the same station runs overtime yet
again (or you want to record a show during the week but the President
makes
I know the response I'll get from some people but I want some reasoned
answers. I'm not saying opinions about unfunded mandates are false. There
is a study that shows federal mandates and funding are above the projected
costs to local and state governments.
To me the problem is, even with
At 11:33 PM 3/12/2004, you wrote:
At 07:42 PM 3/12/04, Kevin Tarr wrote:
I've heard (maybe you can confirm or correct this) that many times the
drunk driver is so relaxed that he is less injured while the sober person
he hits is wide awake and frantically trying to do something to avoid
Particular interest for Julia? Maybe she doesn't carry hers that much. (Not
the story I first say that talked about a complete ban on carrying to take
effect in July)
http://abc.net.au/news/australia/vic/200403/s1055935.htm
Brawl prompts police crackdown on weapons
Victorian Police Minister
I saw an elderly women vacuuming her lawn.
A women yelled at me because my truck was blocking her view of the street.
It was in a legal parking spot. The street was one way, my truck was
blocking the view of the direction that cars don't come from. (not saying
that right, but should be
At 02:37 PM 3/12/2004, you wrote:
Ronn said:
At most, this will show that the US Constitution doesn't protect
freedom of speech.
What do you mean?
I mean that a freedom isn't a freedom if it's constrained, so that if
constitutional scholars consider such a constrained freedom freedom of
I lost $130 in an ATM Saturday night. Called my bank Monday and they
credited me the money while they contacted the other bank for redress. I
just saw on my statement, the other bank credited me that Monday also. from
time stamp there's no way my bank had the time to contact them.
This other
At 07:18 PM 3/12/2004, you wrote:
At 05:41 PM 3/12/04, Kevin Tarr wrote:
I saw an elderly women vacuuming her lawn.
With a lawn vacuum or with a regular indoor vacuum?
Maybe I'll go to bed and try and sleep for 20 hours.
Sounds like a capital idea.
-- Ronn! :)
It was a shop vac
I've heard (maybe you can confirm or correct this) that many times the
drunk driver is so relaxed that he is less injured while the sober
person he hits is wide awake and frantically trying to do something to
avoid the accident and so is tensed up and likely to be more seriously
injured . . .
I've heard (maybe you can confirm or correct this) that many times the
drunk driver is so relaxed that he is less injured while the sober
person he hits is wide awake and frantically trying to do something to
avoid the accident and so is tensed up and likely to be more seriously
injured . . .
http://www.bcaplan.com/cgi/purity.cgi
I had 40.
Kevin T. - VRWC
Failed again
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At 09:12 PM 3/12/2004, you wrote:
In a message dated 3/12/2004 1:36:24 AM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Some people say that anyone who murders innocent people without warning is
by definition a coward because he is too cowardly to give his victims a
fair chance.
But
At 02:06 AM 3/11/2004, you wrote:
Kevin Tarr wrote:
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleyindependent/news/s_183239.html
State lawmaker accused of drunken driving
Friday, March 05, 2004
By Ed Blazina, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
State Rep. David Levdansky, D-Forward, is scheduled
An interesting editorial from salon.com details the VRWC's latest attacks
on Kerry. I guess Republicans are now seeing him as a serious threat.
Editorial is here:
http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2004/03/09/conspiracy/index.html.
Jon
So Republicans shouldn't consider the Democratic nominee
NPR's own official ombudsman, Jeffrey Dvorkin, admitted a liberal bias in
NPR's talk programming. The daily program Fresh Air with Terry Gross -- a
60-minute talk show about the arts, literature and also politics -- airs on
378 public-radio stations across the fruited plain. Gross recently
At 07:47 PM 3/11/2004, you wrote:
--- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Coerced speech is a violation of
the most fundamental principles of the United
States.
It is ironic and revelatory that people who think
preventing flag burning is an atrocity are fine
with NPR.
So, are you
At 08:46 PM 3/11/2004, you wrote:
I just checked the local public radio website and got the following number
Nearly 90% of Houston Public Radio's annual operating budget comes from
the local community
60% comes from individual listeners, a lot comes from local companies. I
don't think Houston
At 09:15 PM 3/11/2004, you wrote:
NPR's own official ombudsman, Jeffrey Dvorkin, admitted a liberal bias
in NPR's talk programming. The daily program Fresh Air with Terry
Gross -- a 60-minute talk show about the arts, literature and also
politics -- airs on 378 public-radio stations across the
At 09:47 PM 3/11/2004, you wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: LIBERAL TALKRADIO NETWORK TO LAUNCH MARCH 31
There was an editorial I read, it may have been on here
At 09:47 PM 3/11/2004, you wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 11, 2004 8:18 PM
Subject: Re: LIBERAL TALKRADIO NETWORK TO LAUNCH MARCH 31
There was an editorial I read, it may have been on here
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/valleyindependent/news/s_183239.html
State lawmaker accused of drunken driving
Friday, March 05, 2004
By Ed Blazina, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
State Rep. David Levdansky, D-Forward, is scheduled for a hearing next
month on drunken driving and other charges as the
Besides the obvious, does anyone know a good legal source for government
openness information? There was a tiff at work today that almost broke down
into a yes they can/no they can't fight. I agree with the yes they
can side, but the other party is more knowledgeable. (I was only a spectator.)
Better yet, avoid alcohol, smoking and spicy food altogether. :)
Jon
Yeah right! (Just making fun of that idea. But...) I don't smoke and have
gone months without the spicy food and alcohol with no benefit. While there
may be no correlation, my AR started after I began eating healthier
At 10:49 PM 3/10/2004, you wrote:
Tom Beck wrote:
Anyone who would wish Ashcroft personally ill is a jerk. I can't stand
the job he's done as AG, but I bear him no ill will as a human being.
I agree, and I wish him well, but I still think the Bill Maher line is
pretty funny.
--
Doug
Why, is he
At 10:38 PM 3/10/2004, you wrote:
No, you'd be honest about it if you admitted that you
already had one - it's called NPR - paid for with my
tax dollars. If you want to waste _your_ money on
such a thing, be my guest.
Rightwingers love to bitch and moan about NPR, but it's actually far
more
At 11:36 AM 3/9/2004, you wrote:
From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Your symptoms do sound as if they may have had an element of
GERD to them.
If you're interested, I have a ton of links pertaining to it. I
take
medication for reflux myself.
And if you want even more information,
snip
I could taste chocolate and stomach acid in my mouth and figure that
maybe my body was trying to keep me from inhaling the contents of my
stomach.
Or it could be some sort of acid reflux.
Then again, I might be suffering from some form of sleep apnea, in
which case I need to make an
At 08:55 PM 3/8/2004, you wrote:
I have probably asked this here before, but I'll try again just in
case
I am looking for the name of a movie that might have been a series pilot
attempt around 1990 or 1991.
It was about a police station that was at an old bakery. The movie
followed the same
Hardly reasonable compared to the rest of the civilised world :-)
Cost here at present is approx A$1 per litre (US$3.50? per gal) and rising.
Not quite as bad as UK. Poor William.
Regards, Ray.
Wouldn't that be related to gas taxes and production though? Anyone know
the true cost of the gas? Not
Also broken bike, flood watch.
On the way back on bike ride, going past three mile island, I saw a van
pull off the road where there is no parking (no room to pull off). I could
see the passenger using a camera aiming at the island and facilities. When
I was 15-20 feet from them they pulled
Every State has the right to split into multiple States under Article IV,
Section III:
New states may be admitted by the Congress into this union; but no new
states shall be formed or erected within the jurisdiction of any other
state; nor any state be formed by the junction of two or more
At 04:55 PM 3/7/2004, you wrote:
Tom Beck defended the poor from higher consumption taxes:
Except, the poor have no choice but to consume (we all have
to consume SOMETHING), and nothing to invest (because they've
spent all their little money).
An assumption being made here is that the poor
At 10:45 PM 3/4/2004, you wrote:
Kevin Tarr wrote:
The debate here is to lower the sales tax from 6 to 4%, but tax everything.
Currently uncooked food and clothes are exempt. The hue and cry of course
is that this will unfairly target the poor. But most studies show that
overall the consumer
should the east coasters provide answers for the rest of the country?
OSL
Kevin T. - VRWC
My cat's breath smells like cat food!
(or, this is my friday night? sob)
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At 08:17 PM 3/5/2004, you wrote:
Kevin wrote:
should the east coasters provide answers for the rest of the country?
OSL
Sure, why not.
Which answers would those be, BTW? And what's OSL?
Kevin T. - VRWC
My cat's breath smells like cat food!
(or, this is my friday night? sob)
OK, everyone's an
At 08:22 PM 3/5/2004, you wrote:
Or, of course, to shift the tax burden from investment
to consumption...
Except, the poor have no choice but to consume (we all have to consume
SOMETHING), and nothing to invest (because they've spent all their
little money).
If you have to increase the sales
At 06:01 PM 3/5/2004, you wrote:
What I didn't add: the main reason for moving the ST was to bring
property tax relief.
In other words, shift the tax burden from the well-off (property
owners) to the less-well-off (the poor, who spend a much higher
percentage of their income and thus are much
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