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What is basicly wrong with Timmy? Personally, I find Timmys to be quite cute. I don't think they are frightening at all. I find that the "story of 'Evil Timmy'" to be quite hilarious, but not quite believeable. The line it came from, now that was (...) (22 years ago, 8-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I gotta dig up an old article about defining "inverse hyperbolic co-tangent" that I wrote years ago--I think you'd appreciate it. At the very least, you'll say it's pure Dave K :) (...) Ow, shot right in my heart--I'll take that ;) That said, (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) But if you're dismissing the conclusion of Source A because it is flawed, then you must dismiss the same conclusion from Source B. If you're dismissing the conclusion from Source A because you believe that Source A is biased (which still (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I don't think you have clearance for that. He only speaks when he's in Undisclosed Locations.... (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) We are alike in kind, my friend, as far as digression goes. We differ only in degree. My digressions are short, while yours... what was it J2 said? "novella" I believe. Oh, and by the way, when I said I was going to let you have last word on (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Just to make sure we're clear here. Are you saying it would have been better had no one ever discovered North America? Are you saying that you'd rather that the western hemisphere forever remained the domain of its then current inhabitants? (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) No. If two sources come to the same conclusion about something and one is biased and unworthy of further consideration that does not so tar the other source. (...) But I am not, in fact arguing that at all. I'm arguing for private exploitation (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Religious bigotry = Patriotism, say State Representatives
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(...) Here's another take that makes it even more dubious that this guy (a judge?) has much justification for complaining. (URL) (scroll down to "Birth of an Urban Legend" and I can't say how long this cite will work)... -start- Birth of an Urban (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) If by "assertions with bias (but no cites)" you're referring to the listed citations of statements by the American Society for Cell Biology, Bob Park, and Joel Achenbach, I'm afraid the burden is on you to establish that these are biased (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: W
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(...) Oh I forgot the Quayle! Oh how that brings back the SNL skits... VP Cheney doesn't seem to get in the news as much--only thing I hear about him is his poor health and his oil ties with Iraq. I don't think I've ever heard him speak. Dave K (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes: <snip> (...) And that's different for you... ;) Dave K (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) But Carter, if memory serves, said "nukuler". Even more amazing considering his job in the navy as a nuclear power plant technician/engineer (I forget the exact title). W. fumbles and bumbles pretty much the same as his Dad, who was not the (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) It certainly does. I think less of that particular source each time I see it cited. He has no idea what he's talking about in this case, and his collection of assertions is just that, a collection of assertions with bias (but no cites) behind (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Try this search string at Google: "moonbase cost estimates" The Artemis project may be all wet, but given the several orders of magnitude difference in their estimates (using commercial grade assumptions) from NASA's, maybe these numbers of (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I didn't even see that... How appropos! Dave K (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Megan's Law, and its implications
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(...) **snip of further good analysis** I knew you'd be the guy with the answer! Good points, all. I wasn't aware that Megan's law doesn't permit the records to be sealed or even, apparently, to have the entire case re-examined. I think people (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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It's not "W" it's "dubya"; as in "dubya-dubya-3". Scott A (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Why do we climb a mountain? Why do we explore the depths of the sea? Never underestimate the merit of 'The Cool Factor'! ;) Why should be go into space? Because it's the next step We came out of the caves and wondered at the possibilities... (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I have to stop watching CNN.... Yeah, that 45 minute 'Infomercial' last night... Ah, he wasn't the first peresident who wasn't an eloquent spokesperson, and it's probably a given that he won't be the last... We've been coddled since Carter--he (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) (URL) Dave! (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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I don't care how much of the Bill of Rights he's trashed, I don't care if he engaged in insider trading at Harken, I don't care that he's wholly in the pocket of corporate interests, I don't care if he sorted coke, or drove while under the influence (...) (22 years ago, 7-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) I have very serious reservations about this issue. One problem is that there is no way to pettition to be removed from the posting. You can petition to have criminal records sealed. Another problem is that there is a difference between (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) are people's thoughts on this? I've heard arguments in the past that mandatory registration for sex offenders is some kind of double punishment after they've already served their prison terms. I've also heard arguments that criminal records (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Better yet, we could move the Sun closer to Mars. Honestly, I should work for NASA. Dave! (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) And change the entire gravitational map of the solar system? No thanks. I don't think we could calculate the possible repercuissions of such a move... Jason (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yeah, there's slightly more to the story... a history really... (quickie summary) Sounds like back in December there were a bunch of quasi-protesters who decided they'd walk around the mall at Christmas time wearing peace/anti-war garb, just (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) In a similar vein... (URL) which a man was arrested for wearing a 'peace' t-shirt... I'm thinking there has to be more to the story than just what's there--Mall security wouldn't walk up to anyone in a t shirt and try to kick them out of the (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) My understanding, which I'm happy to modify if presented with contrary evidence, is that much of the spending allotted for public schools has not gone toward "education" per se, but has instead been used to support lunch programs for low (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) www.jpl.nasa.gov Then you won't be saying things like there is nothing in space now... :-) -->Bruce<-- (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) (URL) money, education is substantially more difficult to achieve. with proper funding, drawing more motivate personel and updated equipement.. not to mention properly feeding the children/teens.. education becomes something more akin just (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Can you provide a cite for that 9 to 1 ratio? Education is good, if that's what you get for the money. But public education money doesn't seem to actually deliver education. (...) Who said anything about transporting the infrastructure from (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Jeff Berry's Intolerance [Re: Dan Rather is a Useful Idiot Extraordinare]
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(...) Right now I'm reading Jon Ronson's "Them". In the text, he interviews Jeff Berry [Imperial Wizard of American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan]. Later, he switches on the TV and finds Jeff Berry on CBS ["48 Hours"?]. This is how Ronson describes (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) FWIW, I think these Reps were wrong, especially after having heard the content of the entire prayer itself. This Imam is scheduled to pray again in the senate soon-- let's wait and see if the Reps in question change their mind and not walk out (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) The real shame is the walkout idiots missed the whole point of the thing in the first place. Sometimes I think we need to invent stupidity seeking missles. Of course then we would have the nasty problem of them turning around and smacking us (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Gun Control issues (was Re: Dan Rather is a Useful Idiot Extraordinare)
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[Snip] (...) I want to know where all these pro-gun whacko sites are getting their numbers from. (URL) find it interesting that I can not find any numbers from the anti-gun whacko sites. (...) I had said that from the get go. (URL) (...) not. (...) (...) (22 years ago, 5-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Yes, it's not as if Christian zealots in the past haven't tried to do bad things to their fellow Americans... Any religion has the problem of radical extremists To boycott 'good' religion, whether it's leaving during a prayer "in protest", is (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(URL) now dissenting opinion is unpatriotic, and Islam is the font of hatred. Very nice! Dave! (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Umm.. Excuse me? You mean Columbus who kidnapped a native child to bring back as a trophy to his queen? You mean the discovery that launch the largest genocide in the history of humanity? The destruction of so many cultures and people that we (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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(...) Eep! Pot smoking isn't a national seurity issue, it's a health care issue, much like alcohol. If 'consenting adult type' folks are using either in moderation, leave 'em alone! Go after the criminals that adversely affect the safety and (...) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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Well I dunno about you but *I* feel a lot safer. (not) (URL) the only drugs Ashcroft likes are Pentothal, Pavulon and Potassium Chloride... (URL) (22 years ago, 4-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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