Re: Double Standards on Regional Bigotry

Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > The Fool wrote: > > > > Bullshit. The Republican party is _built_ on confederate loving, racist, > > bigoted, bible thumping fundamentalists in the south. Republicans > > couldn't win without the bigot vote. Republicans like Rush, and > > Buchanan, routinely pander

Re: Uplift Timeline

Trent Shipley wrote: > > On Wednesday 2004-01-28 19:30, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > William Taylor wrote: > > > You leave out the very important: > > > > > > 41M BxY: Rediscovery of transfer points to galaxies originally numbered > > > Seven and Eleven, now renumbered Two and Four. > > > > > > Ear

Re: Br!n: LotR and Conservatives

"John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > I was not providing a list of policies that you would agree with. > Rather, David Brin made the following pretty baseless assertion: > > >That the current GOP is dominated by > >kleptocratic frat boys with NO other agenda but > >stealing 4 TRILLION DOLLARS from our g

Re: Tyranny

The Fool wrote: > >> From: Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> >> You know, when I witness the joy that the San >> Fransisco initiative has brought to those that >> have hertofore been unable to make their love for >> >> each other official (however temporal it's >> legitimacy),it makes me

Re: Bush Administration suckered?

"Robert J. Chassell" wrote: > (snip) > > Presuming either that the US invaded Iraq in order > to intimidate other Moslem countries, as I think, > or to destroy dangerous weapons, or to enforce a > mandatory UN resolution, or, as enemies of the > Adminstration claim, in order to delay the pricing >

Re: Do as I say, not as I do Democrats

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 for a hearing next > month on drun

Re: Do as I say, not as I do Democrats

Kevin Tarr wrote: > > 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 > >

Re: Emulation (was: Federal Marriage Amendment)

"Horn, John" wrote: > > > From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Then there's the trick where you remove your underwear > > without removing > > the shorts you're wearing over them. If you're not wearing > underwear, > > you can't do that trick. :) > > I've seen that one with a

Re: Libertarian Purity Test

Kevin Tarr wrote: > > http://www.bcaplan.com/cgi/purity.cgi > > I had 40. > > Kevin T. - VRWC > Failed again > 14. Many of the questions were just a bit too strongly worded to get a 'yes' vote. -- Matt ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: New Distant 'Planetoid' Seen in Our Solar System

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 3/15/2004 8:31:53 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Is there some real consideration that planetoid will officially be > > considered a planet, or was it just newspaper cluelessness? > > > > -bryon > > > > > > In the f

Re: Stargate SG-1

Gary Nunn wrote: > > > and yes more T&A in Stargate would be nice, perhaps good old > > RDA hooking up with some sweet alien loving like kirk... I > > mean was their a alien Kirk didnt do? > > -Nick Lidster > > If memory serves, the producers DID throw some T&A into SG-1 a few years > ago when th

Re: New Pentagon Papers Author

"John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > At 03:15 AM 3/18/2004 -0800 Gautam Mukunda wrote: > >In 1944, FDR ran ads asking "How many divisions is a > >Republican victory worth to the Nazis?" I don't see > >Bush doing that yet... > > I believe that he also kicked off his campaign in Pearl > Harbor, and issued

Re: Mexico [was: Terrorists Win in Spain]

Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > JDG wrote: > > > > (As an aside, I don't think that *anyone* would call Mexico one of our > > strongest "allies". Indeed, Mexico recently withdrew from their formal > > military alliance with us (this alliance also includes Haiti, St. Kitts and > > Nevis, and Venezue

Re: Terrorists Win in Spain

Travis Edmunds wrote: > > >From: Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: Terrorists Win in Spain > >Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 23:42:08 -0800 > > > >Travis wrote: > > > > > >>Being a proud

Re: The Closest Near Miss On Record - Today

Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > The object, designated 2004 FH, is roughly 30 meters > > > >> Using Shoemaker's formula, a crater of diameter approximately > >> equal to 8.5 meters, or the equivalent to 0.1 kilotons of TNT [1% of > >> Hiroshima - I wonder how much wa

Re: Due Process in Europe

"John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > > > Just imagine if Ashcroft had done this > > > > http://tinyurl.com/3y9uj (Thanks, Julia) > If Ashcroft had tried this, he would have said the reporter illegally had secret/confidential information, and was some kind of spy. If you want to include being held

Re: Nasty cuts Re: Book Binding

Julia Thompson wrote: > > Kitchen accidents? > > My worst was while cleaning a drain stopper/strainer by hand. A metal > one. I cut the middle finger of my left hand (I described it as my > 'cde' finger when notifying people by e-mail), went to the doctor, got a > tetanus booster and a steri-st

Re: Offshoring

Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2004 at 08:52:02AM -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > > > http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20040501faessay83301/daniel-w-drezner/the-outsourcing-bogeyman.html > > Excellent article! Thanks for posting the link. > > Here it is in a more easily clickable form: >

Re: Square Wheels

"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 12:02 AM 4/6/04, The Fool wrote: > ><> > > > >Riding on Square Wheels > >Ivars Peterson > > > >A square wheel may be the ultimate flat tire. There's no way it can roll > >over a flat, smooth road without a

Re: [ADMIN] Pseudonymous postings from the Netherlands

William T Goodall wrote: > > On 7 Apr 2004, at 4:08 am, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > > Care to take the "How grammatically sound are you?" test at > > quizilla.com? > > http://quizilla.com/users/BaalObsidian/quizzes/ > > How%20grammatically%20sound%20are%20you%3F/ > > http://tinyurl.com/2e4mn > > >

Re: Pregnancy update

Julia Thompson wrote: > > I had my first (but not my last) ultrasound exam with this pregnancy. > > Both twin girls are fine so far. > > Their parents, on the other hand, are in a bit of shock at the news. > > And their big brother doesn't quite understand what's going on, but was > interested

Re: Pregnancy update ...um Dor-hinuf's

Reggie Bautista wrote: > > I'm near the end of Greg Bear's > _Darwin's Radio_, and without being too > spoilerish, there's a character that swears her > unborn child can hear it's father singing it to > sleep. > Just ask any expecting mother how their little one reacts to noises, and which so

Re: An aircar in every garage

Julia wrote: > >who would have *liked* for the car > >to take over at some point this afternoon, > >actually > Dee wrote: > As time constraints get tighter and tighter, a > self directed vehicle would sure make my life a > bit nicer. At a minimum I could get more reading > done (I may eat, talk

Re: uranium

Chad Cooper wrote: > > > > > > > Other researchers suggest new types of radioactive > > > weapons may have been used in Afghanistan. > > I am not a nuclear physicist, but I would think > that weapons scientists would use some other > (man-made) radioactive material other than > Uranium. AFAIK, U

Re: An aircar in every garage

Julia Thompson wrote: > > Matt Grimaldi wrote: > > > I would love a car that could reliably and safely > > drive itself to my destination, leaving me to read, > > play video games, read email, or just nap on my > > daily commute. > > > > Instead I

Re: An aircar in every garage

Matt Grimaldi wrote: > > >So I found a deal on a van that runs on natural > >gas. > Erik Reuter wrote: > > So, how far do you have to drive to fill up the > tank with natural gas, compared to the nearest > gasoline station? > Well they're not on every ot

Re: Too Smart To Be So Dumb

> Julia Thompson wrote: > >One major point is that smart != good. > Jim Sharkey wrote: > > At least that's been my observation for a long > time. All I know is, when you're growing up, > being smart is the biggest sin of all. Maybe > there's a chicken/egg thing, where smart people > start off

Re: An aircar in every garage

Kevin Tarr wrote: > > > I want to ask a different question. I looked > on-line but saw no information. You say the same > type of engine, but is it exactly the same? I > meanwell I don't know how much you know about > mechanics. Not physics/mechanics, but how an > engine works. What I'm

Re: An aircar in every garage

Kevin Tarr wrote: > > At 02:31 PM 6/1/2003 +, you wrote: > >Erik Reuter wrote: > > > > > So, how far do you have to drive to fill up the tank with > > > natural gas, compared to the nearest gasoline station? > > > >and Matt Grimaldi

Re: Use of cameras

Doug Pensinger wrote: > > Russell Chapman wrote: > > > My questions are: > > 1. Does your state/province have photo radar? > > Not that I know of (Ca.) > > > 2. Has it ever? (I'm pretty sure Colorado stopped using them, and > > Ontario as well) > > Don't think so. > Yes. There are a few exp

Re: Are you a model citizen?

Damon wrote: > > Heh heh...I got 0 years in prison and no fines... > > I especially enjoyed #19 as I live right next to > Allentown and often go to > the Mall there... > > Damon. It's good to know that something aroused your interest. ;-) -- Matt 14.5 yrs, 0£ fine, though I stretched some thi

Re: Picking apart the Matrix - spoilers

William T Goodall wrote: > > On Sunday, June 8, 2003, at 01:09 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > In a message dated 6/7/2003 2:36:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > >> In addition, how does this all work? where does the energy to power > >> the > >> humans come fro

Re: Picking apart the Matrix - no spoilers

Gary Nunn wrote: > > > Yea, I guess I am hoping that if they are at least clever > > enough to steal from philosophy then they are clever enough > > to steal from Level 13, Brazil, Dark Planet, level 13 (the > > movie), Max Headroom, etc. > _ > >

Re: Picking apart the Matrix - no spoilers

Jan Coffey wrote: > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 6/7/2003 2:36:37 PM Eastern Standard Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > In addition, how does this all work? where does the energy to power the > > > humans come from? We get out energy from food, which inevitably

Annoying movie writers (was: Picking apart the Matrix - spoilers)

Bryon Daly wrote: > > I'm hoping for the latter, but I fear the former. > A lot of tv/movie sci-fi producers seem to think > that the audience is dumb and won't care about > logical consistency. "Hey, it's all make-believe > anyway - who cares about the details!" > > I think that every sci-fi mo

Re: Switching to NO-MAIL

Chad Cooper wrote: > > >-Original Message- > >From: Chad Cooper > >Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 1:19 PM > >To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' > >Subject: RE: Switching to NO-MAIL > > > > > > > >> > >>I'm kind of amazed, though, that I can do this, using > >wireless, at all. > >> > >>Now I will s

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

Richard Baker wrote: > > Julia said: > > > The thing is, Texas has more to lose by leaving the US than it has to > > gain, and most of us understand that. The parallel doesn't quite work. > > Okay, choose some other state. I was just trying to make people imagine > how they might feel if a forei

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

Richard Baker wrote: > > > In your opinion, are the European media more > biased than the US media? In my opinion, the > British media, at least, are considerably more > balanced than those US news channels I see (CNN, > Fox). I can't speak for newspapers though - I > just read the (London) Sund

Hemline Theory

Are skirt hems a leading indicator of stock market performance? http://tinyurl.com/f2g2 http://tinyurl.com/f2ge -- Matt Honest honey, I wasn't looking a her legs, I was evaluating the stock market! :-) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/b

Re: Finished the new Harry Potter

> Gautam Makunda wrote: > > > Why isn't anyone discussing this? > William Taylor wrote: > > > C. Because Rowling isn't a Hoon. Perhaps she can be persuaded to include Hoon and/or Tytlal characters? > D. No one else reads that friggen fast? E. Some of us have the book, but have to wait fo

Re: Catholicism Re: james ossuary a fake - scientists

> On Behalf Of Robert Seeberger: > > > The meme that claims the Bible as the only > > source of christian truth is a protestant myth > > that totally ignores the truth of the Bibles > > origins. > > > Jon Gabriel wrote: > > I have a number of Baptist (bible-literalist) and > Protestant friends

Re: Catholicism Re: james ossuary a fake - scientists

> Nick wrote: > >You (plural) don't believe that Jesus is fully human? > Reggie Bautista wrote: > > To further muddy matters, some Catholics > use the term "Christian" as short-hand > for "Fundamentalist Christian." I've only heard that from the other direction, as in "I'm not Catholic, I'm Chr

Re: Constantine's "cross" may have been mushroom cloud from meteorimpact

> --- Damon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Or that it was a medieval German > >that invented the printing press. > Jan Coffey wrote: > > The chinese invented the printing press. > That german just copied it. > Gutenberg is credited for inventing movable type. There had been other methods for pr

Re: this might be an interesting article

Deborah Harrell wrote: > > Question: What would a Southern Baptist have to say > if his/her child came home from school with a flier > inviting the child to 'Join the fellowship of Allah: > follow the adventures of Ahmed and Fatima as they > learn to apply the lessons of the Koran to everyday > l

Re: God, Religion, and Sports

iaamoac wrote: > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I suspect JDG is taunting you, Fool. Remember, he liked to > > provoke Jeroen and then complain to the listowners when Jeroen > > reacted. Recently, JDG posted his silly whining about how he thinks > > there ar

Re: Same-sex marriage

William T Goodall wrote: > > So why are US Conservatives against same-sex > marriage? Do they want to force same-sex couples > to live in sin? > Good joke, though you need a rimshot sound effect. -- Matt ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/b

Re: God, Religion, and Sports

John D. Giorgis wrote: > > In practice, I think that many, if not most, > agnostics are simply "honest atheists." Since > true atheism would require a matter of faith - > since a negative cannot be proved, many people who > might casually be thought of as "atheists" tend to > self-characterize t

Re: More Sci-Fi Channel sadness....

Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 08, 2003 at 11:07:22PM -0500, Steve Sloan II wrote: > > > I would be very interested to know how much of those ratings came from > > Stargate (their last surviving serious SF show), how much came from > > Tremors (mediocre, occasionally cute, but not evil), and

Re: GOP axis of hate

The Fool wrote: > > http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Jul/07072003/commenta/73077.asp > > Is U.S. Congress being led by grand old gay bashers? > > By Harold Meyerson > Special to The Washington Post > > Scalia's justifications for discriminatory conduct sound terribly > familiar. Change "homosexua

Re: What would you have to believe?

Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > That's the name of a drill we use to sanity check > ideas. It's probably at the root of my frustration > over a lot of what's being discussed with regards to > Iraq. > > What would you have to believe to believe that the > Bush Administration faked WMD evidence in order

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

Doug Pensinger wrote: > > What's rotten is the Bush administration, from the > $500B deficit and the unashamed favoritism > towards the well to do, to the secret military > tribunals and prisoners held without being > charged, to severely mismanaged foreign policy and > an unnecessary war stirre

Re: When does it end? (RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words)

Nick Arnett wrote: > > > If this is not the future we want to create, then shouldn't > > we return to normal political discourse, in which one is > > not branded a traitor for questioning the leadership. If we > > can't question and criticize our leaders today, what is > > going to change to allo

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > --- Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I do think that without serious citizen oversight, > > the > > Ashcroft Justice Dept. would (or will) make a > > mockery > > of the Constitution. If people don't make noise > > about > > it, we will lose some of our civi

Re: How we were hoodwinked

Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 05:49:58PM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > > Erik Reuter wrote: > > > > > Since we are being snippy... > > > > > > > > (All this snipping is reminding me of the story about the 3 mythical > women who cut the strings of people's lives when their tim

Re: Gray Davis Recall Election Set for Sep-Oct

Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > It certainly looks to me like he's screwed and that the Democrats are > (rather stupidly, imo) pinning all their hopes on him. Then again, CA > Dems aren't coming across as geniuses in general these days. Did you > see the report yesterday about the CA state legislators

Re: Windo$e

Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > > >But the user shouldn't be able to make the OS > >crash, however much of an ID10T they are. > > Tell that to the third party software makers, > please. Some of it is just badly written for Macs > AND PC's. AOL used to freeze my computer pretty > darn frequently in OS9

Re: Windo$e

> William T. Goodall wrote: > > The Linksys WET11 I use to connect the G3 server > > to the network never crashes - but it doesn't do > > anything very complicated so it doesn't have any > > excuses. > Reggie Bautista wrote: > > I bought a Linksys 8-port router and switch about > a year and a ha

Re: Harry Potter 5 (no spoilers)

"Horn, John" wrote: > > I do like how the books are becoming more mature > and sophisticated as Rowling has gone on. I > wonder how much of that is intentional or just a > result of her maturing as a writer. That is intentional. IIRC, Rowling is writing the books to be age appropriate for the a

Re: Hello!

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello everyone, > My name is Patrick Schlichtenmyer. Hello, and welcome back! > I have recently got into the hobby of > chainmailling. Not for any role-playing > reason, but simply because (to my suprise) I enjoy > doing it for its own sake. I have a nice patch

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Don't use it in the SOU. You don't insult the > > british by not using the information. But by the way > > why is it "as is usual"? It would seem to me in > > something this important the british could share > > their specific information. I would suspect that > >

Re: Harry Potter 5 (spoilers)

Spoiler warning! . . . . . . . . . Reggie Bautista wrote: > > David Hobby wrote: > > I kept hoping that Harry's anger would be > partially explained as psychic overflow > from Voldermort. I guess that it still could be, > but the evidence so far points to Harry being a > rathe

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > Behalf Of John D. Giorgis > > Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 12:46 PM > > To: Killer Bs Discussion > > Subject: Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words > > > > At 09:25 PM 7/22/2003 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >Wh

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

> At 03:35 PM 8/1/2003 -0700 Matt Grimaldi wrote: > >So then the President used information that ultimately > >came from French Intelligence, a country which his own > >administration has all but accused of having a conflict > >of interest wrt Iraq? This sounds wor

Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight the evilof price discrimination

Jan Coffey wrote: > > Remember we didn't invade > pakistan just becouse they > have nukes. That sentence is a bit ambiguous, are you saying that the only reason we haven't invaded Pakistan is because they have nukes? If so, I would disagree, beginning with the fact that Pakistan seems to be our

Re: Did you catch the noon Paul Harvey, Debbi?

Jon Gabriel wrote: > > >From: Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: Did you catch the noon Paul Harvey, Debbi? > >Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 14:59:42 -0700 (PDT) > > > > > > > > Contra

Re: Battlestar Galactica

> > Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > > > SciFi bats at a bit less than .100 IMO. I know a lot of people *like* > > > SG1, but it seems fairly pedestrian to me, and people like it mainly > > > because there is nothing substantially better offered. > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > Interesting. SG1 starte

Re: Battlestar Galactica

Damon Agretto wrote: > > > >I only watch Cartoon Network religiously. > > > > > > I thought that IYO religion is evil . . . > > Any network that airs "Ed, Ed and Eddy" MUST be evil... > > Damon. > They are TOTALLY redeemed by running "Aqua Teen Hunger Force", "Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law"

Re: Battlestar Galactica

Thomas Beck wrote: > > > Space: Above and Beyond had a great first season, then it seemed like > > they started to run out of ideas by the end of the 2nd season. > > > > Except...it only _had_ one season... > (http://epguides.com/SpaceAboveandBeyond/) > (sorry about the late response, things a

Re: More on the environmental movement

Dan Minette wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 6:12 PM > Subject: Re: More on the environmental movement > > > > > I didn't know that. All I knew was, a certain amoun

The Good Doctor on NPR

Did anyone else catch Brin in a panel discussion on today's "Talk of the Nation"? http://www.npr.org/rundowns/rundown.php?prgDate=18-Jun-2004&prgId=5 -- Matt Now I have to go to Seattle to see a certain museum... ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/ma

Re: B5 dvd

Robert Seeberger wrote: > > Big Trouble In Little China Is great fun. > You guys need a version with a laugh track? > No, I agree. It was a fun movie, just not a *good* one. I do have fond memories, though. -- Matt ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailm

Re: Hello from Mortgage Clearing House!

Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 01:28:05AM -0800, Matt Grimaldi wrote: > > Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > > > > - Original Message - > > > From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > On Fri

Re: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book?

Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 09:47:29PM -0800, Doug Pensinger wrote: > > Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > > > >Can I offer two suggestions? What about _Atlas Shrugged_, > > >or one of the Gor books? > > > > > ROTFL! Thanks for that, Alberto, needed a good laugh. > > I didn't know an

Re: German Giant Taking Over American Water Supply

Robert Seeberger wrote: > > http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGASBSOGWBD.html > > The influence of foreign business can be seen across America, with consumers > cheerfully buying Japanese cars, Korean TVs and clothing made in China. > But many Americans aren't so happy about foreigners controlling t

Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

Jeroen van Baardwijk wrote: > > > > Lemme guess -- you're American, aren't you? Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > Let me guess, you're displaying more anti-American > > > attitudes, aren't you? Jeroen van Baardwijk wrote: > > Only if you're a member of that intolerant and self-righteous > > subset of US

Re: The Decline of the American Sitcom ( Was RE: POLICY PROPOSAL)

Jon Gabriel wrote: > > Nice factoids!! Thanks. I can add that in 1972 alone, > > AitF won 7 Emmy > > > Awards and 2 Golden Globes. Quite an achievement for > > a sitcom!! > > > > I can add a few. Their easy chairs are at the Smithsonian > (Edith and Archie's -- I saw 'em.) I know that they >

Spin-off shows and resurrected actors

Since we're on the subject of spin-offs, I'd like to ask if anyone else has noticed connections between the "Soap" spinoff "Benson". It seems like so many actors from the latest star trek shows (DS9 & Voyager especially) were all on "Benson" together. Does anyone know the story? -- Matt __

Re: Spin-off shows and resurrected actors

Julia Thompson wrote: > > Matt Grimaldi wrote: > > > > Since we're on the subject of spin-offs, I'd like to ask > > if anyone else has noticed connections between the "Soap" > > spinoff "Benson". It seems like so many actors from the &g

Re: Irregulars Question (New), was Re: Book Suggestions: TheBestofCurrent SciFi?

Reggie Bautista wrote: > > _Blood Music_ is one of my favorite novels ever, and is IMHO > the best thing Greg Bear has written. > > Has anyone here read the original Hugo and Nebula > winnning novellette version of _Blood Music_? Is > it still available for purchase anywhere? > Yes. In fact,

Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

"Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo" wrote: > > Hi, guys... Once again I want to probe your tastes. (And YES, > it is the only thing I'm interesting in probing, THANK YOU VERY > MUCH). :) > > I'm a movie soundtrack lover. Right now, I'm playing the Star > Wars: ESB on my CD player. > > Which makes me wonder..

Re: EU Warns Iraq It Faces 'Last Chance'

Erik Reuter wrote: > > > I think the war decision is mostly dependent on > the President, even if Congress technically has > the power to declare war. Anyway, I can't see > Congress going against the Commander-in-chief > on this. They gave that away last year. He doesn't even have to get approv

Re: Star Trek [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?]

"Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo" wrote: > > > Hey, hey!! Don't mess with Q!!! :) > > The idea of an omnipotent character is something that continually surfaces > in Rodenberry's work. In TOS, it was Trelane, then Q. I found Trelane > really annoying. But Q is a piece of work. I think John DeLancie plays i

Re: EU Warns Iraq It Faces 'Last Chance'

Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 09:46:12PM -0800, Matt Grimaldi wrote: > > > Erik Reuter wrote: > > > > I think the war decision is mostly dependent on the President, even > > > if Congress technically has the power to declare war. Anyway, I &g

Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy MovieSoundtrack?]

Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote: > > > > If I have to choose between coding COBOL and coding RPG, > > I would much rather go for COBOL. > > > What is RPG? I know two things that use this AFT, but > none of them are computer languages. RPG is/was a programming language that g

Re: Clinton, Bush, Israel, PalestineRe: GWB may owe Saddam athankyou for being stupid note

> At 10:07 PM 2/27/2003 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Bush didn't try to get Israel to commit suicide and > > he didn't try to get Arafat to stop using suicide. > > He did nothing and let a bad situation get out of > > hand. The Israeli Palestine conflict worsened our > > relationships with th

Re: Clinton, Bush, Israel, PalestineRe: GWB may owe Saddam athankyou for being stupid note

> At 10:07 PM 2/27/2003 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Bush didn't try to get Israel to commit suicide and > > he didn't try to get Arafat to stop using suicide. > > He did nothing and let a bad situation get out of > > hand. The Israeli Palestine conflict worsened our > > relationships with th

Re: bill o'reilly

(Bill O'Reilly quote) > "I don't want to demonize anyone, > but anyone who hurts this country > in a time like this, well. Let's > just say you will be spotlighted." "Hurts this country"? Almost anything can be twisted to fit that statement, INCLUDING that statement... The Fool wrote: > > Once

Re: Duplicate Messages

"Horn, John" wrote: > > Does anyone else get duplicate message from the list occassionally? I get > them alot on Zimmie's messages and just got one from Matt... > > Don't know if this is a problem on my end or the list end... > > - jmh > ___ > http:/

Re: Duplicate Messages

"Horn, John" wrote: > > Does anyone else get duplicate message from the list occassionally? I get > them alot on Zimmie's messages and just got one from Matt... > > Don't know if this is a problem on my end or the list end... > > - jmh > ___ > http:/

Re: Enough, children

Richard Baker wrote: > > Gautam said: > > > The Complete Military History of France > > Not quite. > > You've missed a few here: > (snip) > > * Frenchified Normans invade and conquer England. It was a condition of surrender that the conquerers not call themselves "French" :-) ___

Re: PC-Vgames and Eye Problems: Help!

"Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo" wrote: > > I've experienced serious dizzy spells and nausea > bouts while playing computer/video games. The type > of games that seems to affect me are those in > the style of "Wolfenstein 3D", "Hitman", "Hitman2", > and (unfortunately) "Bounty Hunter". My dizzy spells > seem

Re: College to apologize to Bush for professor

Kevin Tarr wrote: > > At 05:41 PM 3/8/2003 -0600, you wrote: > >http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030307-093444-9730r > > > >FIRE's Chief Executive Officer, Thor L. Halvorssen, praised the school. > >"When fully informed of a frightening violation of freedom of conscience, > >the college admin

Re: SADDAM'S SOLDIERS SURRENDER

Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > TERRIFIED Iraqi soldiers have crossed the Kuwait border > and tried to surrender to British forces - because they > thought the war had already started. > > The motley band of a dozen troops waved the white flag > as British paratroopers tested their weapons during

Re: Stargate SG-1

William T Goodall wrote: > > In more recent seasons they have streamlined this a bit (how boring is > a 'learning the language' scene in every ep?) - feel free to imagine it > for yourself if it bugs you :) > Basically, the aliens either have a universal translator, or the first contact team fi

Re: College to apologize to Bush for professor

Kevin Tarr wrote: > > At 05:41 PM 3/8/2003 -0600, you wrote: > >http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030307-093444-9730r > > > >FIRE's Chief Executive Officer, Thor L. Halvorssen, praised the school. > >"When fully informed of a frightening violation of freedom of conscience, > >the college admin

Re: PC-Vgames and Eye Problems: Help!

"Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo" wrote: > > I've experienced serious dizzy spells and nausea > bouts while playing computer/video games. The type > of games that seems to affect me are those in > the style of "Wolfenstein 3D", "Hitman", "Hitman2", > and (unfortunately) "Bounty Hunter". My dizzy spells > seem

Re: SADDAM'S SOLDIERS SURRENDER

Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > TERRIFIED Iraqi soldiers have crossed the Kuwait border > and tried to surrender to British forces - because they > thought the war had already started. > > The motley band of a dozen troops waved the white flag > as British paratroopers tested their weapons during

Re: Stargate SG-1

William T Goodall wrote: > > In more recent seasons they have streamlined this a bit (how boring is > a 'learning the language' scene in every ep?) - feel free to imagine it > for yourself if it bugs you :) > Basically, the aliens either have a universal translator, or the first contact team fi

Re: The War on Schools

John D. Giorgis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >However, AFAIK, there isn't much of a teacher > > >shortage in the country these days... which > > >implies that teachers are being paid plenty. > > >I'd believe that teachers are underpaid if you > > >could demonstrate a nationwide teacher > > >shor

Re: Man wins tie sex ruling

> On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 05:35:27PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > > I wonder if the policy-makers had anything in mind with respect to bras? > Erik Reuter wrote: > > Did you see the Seinfeld episode where Elaine was upset about the woman > who never wore a bra, so Elaine gave her a bra for a

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