Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
04-30-2007, 02:52 AM
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Replies: 53
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Re: Please respond: a short fiction piece
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nobody cares about jackson. the story doesn't care and the reader doesn't care.
edit: on second thought, i'm gonna go with john on this one. disregard my previous comments on this...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
04-30-2007, 02:26 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 196
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
04-30-2007, 01:56 AM
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Replies: 53
Views: 196
Re: Please respond: a short fiction piece
I think it loses a lot of substance if you end it after the first paragraph. That said, it could end somewhere in the middle of the second paragraph, maybe after "...heart began to flutter."
I...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
03-21-2007, 05:01 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 48
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
03-19-2007, 02:03 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 51
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
03-19-2007, 03:11 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 51
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
03-19-2007, 02:43 AM
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Replies: 591
Views: 3,769
Re: What Movies Have You Watched Recently?
We've seen a bunch since my post above. Here are the last four (minus one which would ruin the symmetry.):
Bullit -- McQueen. Quite a good police detective story, it holds up well.
Baby the...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
03-19-2007, 02:27 AM
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Replies: 7
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
03-13-2007, 11:11 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 202
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
03-13-2007, 10:59 PM
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Replies: 58
Views: 202
Re: the great global warming swindle
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Are you aware that silicone breast implants have been approved again for use? And, that the bulk of the "science" and medical positions as to the dangers of silicone breast implants were...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
03-12-2007, 02:45 PM
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Replies: 36
Views: 132
Re: Do you honestly care about Global Warming?
Other scientists are just as capable of warning of alarming outcomes of not funding their research. But the only ones being accsused of it seem to be the climate scientists.
There could be a few...
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
03-12-2007, 02:23 AM
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Replies: 36
Views: 132
Re: Do you honestly care about Global Warming?
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Most of these people spent 4-5 of their post college years living off of what is probably a $6 an hour 'stipend' earning their Ph.D. only to get an academic job that pays less than an...
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Forum: Books and Publications
03-11-2007, 04:55 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 92
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Forum: Science, Math, and Philosophy
02-28-2007, 06:23 PM
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Replies: 33
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Re: Under the Texas moonshine
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How can a finite mass be also infinite?
Are you drunk?
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Mickey,
You may already have noticed; there are shockingly large numbers of inebriated citizens walking...
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Forum: Politics
02-28-2007, 05:53 PM
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Replies: 222
Views: 711
(John K., pvn, etc) My bow out post
To John K., pvn, etc.,
I'm sure we could go back and forth for a few weeks, maybe more. I think I see your view clearly enough now that I'll stop here. There's nothing more to be gained.
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Forum: Politics
02-28-2007, 05:32 PM
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Replies: 222
Views: 711
Re: Virginia apologizes for slavery... why?
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What of the Indians who drove other Indians from their lands? North America wasn't just divied up and all the Indians lived in peace and harmony till colonization.
And before the...
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Forum: Politics
02-28-2007, 05:30 PM
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Replies: 222
Views: 711
Re: Virginia apologizes for slavery... why?
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Who's "we"? In order to "give them several sizable states" the party doing the giving would need to own those several sizable states, don't you agree?
If you want to give a native...
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Forum: Politics
02-28-2007, 05:25 PM
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Replies: 222
Views: 711
Re: A fleeting thought
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Again, who's "we"? What wrongs have you personally committed against "the American Indian" (is there only one?)?
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Come on. pvn, it's like your whole comment is a study in...
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Forum: Politics
02-28-2007, 05:22 PM
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Replies: 222
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Re: Virginia apologizes for slavery... why?
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No American Indian today is any more trapped in poverty than any white person born today into equally poor circumstances.
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That is to ignore the power of culture and the...
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Forum: Politics
02-28-2007, 03:18 PM
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Replies: 222
Views: 711
Re: A fleeting thought
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On the one hand, restitution for the American Indian or the African Negro from the part of the White Man. Noble -- on account of past history, which involves genocide and slavery. On the...
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Forum: Politics
02-28-2007, 03:15 PM
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Replies: 222
Views: 711
Re: Virginia apologizes for slavery... why?
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And certainly, we've done very, very little to make amends.
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Again I must quibble. They did very little to make amends. We had, and have, nothing to do with...
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Forum: Politics
02-28-2007, 05:50 AM
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Replies: 222
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Re: Virginia apologizes for slavery... why?
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The Pilgrims left England to avoid religious persecution. First they went to Holland, but after settling in that liberal place, found themselves again threatened (by the possibility of...
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Forum: Politics
02-27-2007, 11:26 PM
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Replies: 222
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Re: Virginia apologizes for slavery... why?
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Many gross injustices can never be redressed, though.
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But is there something in between perfect redress and doing very little at all?
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By the way, I also...
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Forum: Politics
02-26-2007, 05:08 PM
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Replies: 222
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Re: Virginia apologizes for slavery... why?
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When a corporation spills a bunch of chemicals 60 years ago, the corporation is responsible for cleaning up the mess today.
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Good analogy. And even without it, if a...
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Forum: The Lounge: Discussion+Review
02-17-2007, 03:46 AM
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Replies: 591
Views: 3,769
Re: What Movies Have You Watched Recently?
We've seen quite a few movies recently, so here are a few, some of which I'd of course seen before:
"Lust for Life" - Classic about Vincent Van Gogh, starring Kirk Douglas. Very well done, I...
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