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  John Poindexter (was Re: TIA (was Re: A serious clone question)
 
How does the right justify this guy? He's Mr. Secret Government! (URL) Mr. Poindexter was indicted on March 16, 1988 on seven federal felony charges stemming from the Iran-Contra scandal. The counts included participating in a criminal conspiracy (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
 

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  All the fake news, all the time...
 
NOW: In Depth Transcript -- Bill Moyers Interviews Jon Stewart (URL) Stewart: Well, that's interesting. Well, that's a difference of opinion, and certainly that's what this country is about. Differences of opinion. Mr. President, let me just get (...) (21 years ago, 15-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
 

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  Re: Finally--a use of public funding that I can really get behind!
 
(...) 8^) I don't give a lot of credence to interpretive personality assessments, such as psychoanalysis, palmistry, or Myers-Briggs tests, since such tests seem generally to reveal more about the expectations of the reviewers than about the actual (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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  Re: Latter Day Saints (was:Re: God and the Devil and forgiveness (was Re: POV-RAY orange color))
 
(...) To some extent elected officials, but mostly businesses which have a strong lobby. (...) Right, but they don't do too bad either. (...) Well, I'm glad that I entertain you. They who? Governmental employees? Supporters of the government? Which (...) (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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  Re: Unexplained power outages in New York, Toronto, and other cities
 
(...) A long while back, I was driving home one night and I just happened to be behind a rig hauling propane. Well, the light goes red up ahead of the rig so he starts putting on his brakes. The trailer full of propane starts skewing sideways so he (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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  Re: Unexplained power outages in New York, Toronto, and other cities
 
(...) So now here we are a few days after the fact and a few things are becoming clearer (politically) To start (and I have no idea of this is going to be a one point rant or a many point rant so I'll start by saying 'to start', but there may be no (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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  Re: Unexplained power outages in New York, Toronto, and other cities
 
(...) I'm curious of what conditions you considered in your maths. (...) It is true that the consumption is greatly reduced at night time, which is not to say electricity is not produced or used at all. In fact, much of the electricity generated at (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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  Re: Finally some church/state mingling that I can really get behind!
 
Rearranged slightly to make a point (...) All good. Assuming you did your research, that is. (...) Terrible idea. Why would you want to do that?(1) ALL your examples above are worthy charities (based on the assumption that you as donor have (...) (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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  Re: Unexplained power outages in New York, Toronto, and other cities
 
(...) Um...no. The reactor is called "TRIGA", and is located in Torry Pines, at General Atomic(s?) site. It CANNOT expode, or melt down. Physics dictate how anything will act, and it WILL NOT explode/PCI, no matter what you do with it- remove the (...) (21 years ago, 18-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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  Re: Finally some church/state mingling that I can really get behind!
 
(...) Well-put, and I don't disagree with the sentiment. After all, I'm supporting a position that good works are a reward in and of themselves without regard to any fiscal gain or loss! But to be a contrarian, a social contract isn't enforceable (...) (21 years ago, 14-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
 

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  Re: Finally some church/state mingling that I can really get behind!
 
(...) All right, but the point remains. Under my example, the low-wealth person *is* participating in the tax framework, just as readily as if you'd assigned some low figure as an appropriate level of taxation. I don't think it's material to quibble (...) (21 years ago, 13-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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  Power (was: Unexplained power outages in New York, Toronto, and other cities)
 
There's a bunch of stuff I wanted to comment on so I'm just rolling it together here. I'll also preface with the clear statement of my stance: I am part of cult of alternative energy. I have done the research needed to completely back off the grid. (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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  Re: Unexplained power outages in New York, Toronto, and other cities
 
(...) Sorry, misunderstood that in your post. (...) No they wouldn't, since all solar powered systems are pretty much unreliable. It's not that they do not work in cloudy conditions, only they work at a very unneficient pace (so to speak). And then (...) (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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  Re: Unexplained power outages in New York, Toronto, and other cities
 
(...) OK, that's great. But how much do you think it would cost you to cover your house in enough panels to just break even on energy consumption? If over $10K, what's the point, except the feeling of self-reliance (nothing wrong with that), or the (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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  Re: Newsbits: CA Recall and IMF-Argentina Negotiations
 
(...) <snip> (...) You, the rest of your country, and the rest of the world. Get the moron out of office--all this reeks to high heaven! Davis was recalled for far less. Dave K (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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  Re: Unexplained power outages in New York, Toronto, and other cities
 
[snip] (...) Well I have done the math it would save my household about $10,000 over the course of the solar panels lifetime versus the current electric bill. (...) Well my house has a gas generator for back-up power already. It is slightly more (...) (21 years ago, 17-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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  Re: Unexplained power outages in New York, Toronto, and other cities
 
(...) And extremely costly. Consider that by the time the solar panels would require replacement, they still wouldn't have paid off their initial cost. Why else do you think non-oil producing countries have not implemented the system? It's not as if (...) (21 years ago, 16-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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  Re: All the fake news, all the time...
 
(...) <snip> I loved The Daily Show! But alas, I cancelled my extended cable package and no longer get Comedy Central. Dave K (21 years ago, 15-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
 

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  Re: Newsbits: CA Recall
 
(...) Sure, over 100 years ago, before a war was fought and the area was in essence sold to the US. (...) I feared when I made my post that I would be called a racist, however as a grandchild of immigrants who followed legal chanels to become (...) (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
 

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  Re: Unexplained power outages in New York, Toronto, and other cities
 
[snip] (...) Not the ones that are illegal for me to purchase. They are based on the same technology NASA uses for its satellites. [snip] (...) Wish I knew. I do know that where I live the power company is required to buy back any power you generate (...) (21 years ago, 15-Aug-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 

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