Re: Br!n: Libertarian Morality--Up with good King John, down with Robin Hood.

2009-08-10 Thread tshipley
Libertarianism is radically individualistic. It sees civilization as a network of social contracts between individuals. Government and taxes are evil. One reason, among many, is that taxes burden the individual for the sake of the collective. Maybe an individual should contribute to the collecti

Health care reform dead

2009-08-26 Thread tshipley
The Democrats can't close debate in the Senate. Republicans have no incentive to compromise. U.S. health care reform is dead. Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

Re: More Pluto Goofyness . . .

2009-08-26 Thread tshipley
Maybe the 4 body problem is unstable. Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel -Original Message- From: David Hobby Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:03:02 To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Subject: Re: More Pluto Goofyness . . . Alberto Monteiro wrote: > Charlie Bel

Re: The wikipedia trolls may win again :-/

2009-12-27 Thread tshipley
Let's be more ambitious. A science fiction and fantasy literary wiki! (And just when I needed a new project too.) --Original Message-- From: Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro To: Brin-L ReplyTo: Brin-L Subject: The wikipedia trolls may win again :-/ Sent: Dec 27, 2009 4:56 PM Article Al

Re: Another Conserpadia accidental joke: Fidel Castro is dead

2009-12-30 Thread tshipley
No, this one may be right. Fidel got too sick to rule and was followed by his brother Raul(?). Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel -Original Message- From: "Alberto Monteiro" Date: Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:41:18 To: Killer Bs \(David Brin et al\) Discussion Subject: Anot

Re: Weekly Chat Reminder

2010-05-19 Thread tshipley
Weekly chat is dead. Who is on GMT -7 (PDT)? Sent from my BlackBerry Smartphone provided by Alltel -Original Message- From: William T Goodall Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 11:00:22 To: ,; Subject: Weekly Chat Reminder The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over ten years. W