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Eastern Seaboard - SteveS - 5/31/2006 5:01:03 PM
- And what's the story on naming rivers KILL? - carl - 6/1/2006 10:45:00 PM
  - Dutch settlers - Mary Anne - 6/1/2006 11:18:21 PM
    - Place names - REB - 6/2/2006 4:00:34 PM
      - History teachers are mostly not trained in history. - Mary Anne - 6/2/2006 8:35:44 PM
- Seaboard - Mary Anne - 6/1/2006 12:16:17 AM
  - Thanks! - SteveS - 6/1/2006 10:17:20 PM
- re: From England? - Raoul - 5/31/2006 7:39:54 PM
  - Lancastrians, Merseysiders and Cornishmen, rise up against the Belgian unbelievers! (n/t) - Tony - 6/1/2006 6:14:36 PM
    - re: Haa, Dame Vera! - Raoul - 6/1/2006 6:54:51 PM
  - Possibely where it came from... - SteveS - 5/31/2006 10:17:22 PM

The youngest pirate - ljk - 6/2/2006 1:53:15 PM
- re: The youngest pirate - ER - 6/2/2006 3:02:06 PM
  - re: The youngest pirate - ljk - 6/2/2006 3:10:39 PM
    - Pirates- aaarrrrrrga - REB - 6/2/2006 3:47:40 PM
      - Some of them were even scientists - LJK - 6/2/2006 4:16:46 PM
        
        Shiver me timbers. - ER - 6/2/2006 4:51:18 PM

Anybody see NOVA on Alternate dimensions+SPARTICLES? - carl - 6/1/2006 10:48:27 PM
- Is this the program you are referring to? - ljk - 6/2/2006 1:57:38 PM
  - Yup, it's like HEAVY, MAN - carl - 6/2/2006 3:32:29 PM

California Trilogy # 1 - ER - 6/1/2006 2:13:04 AM
- Okay, okay. - Tom Brosz - 6/1/2006 2:54:35 AM
  - re: Okay, okay. - ER - 6/1/2006 2:57:21 AM

The Quotable Jefferson - ljk - 5/31/2006 5:50:18 PM

Honoring our Soldiers - Lindy - 5/30/2006 9:47:00 AM
- Very well said (n/t) - McFly - 5/31/2006 1:36:30 AM

Next on NOVA: "The Boldest Hoax" - ljk - 5/30/2006 7:46:34 PM

Memorial Day - Tom Brosz - 5/26/2006 7:45:12 PM
- re: Memorial Day - REB - 5/30/2006 6:01:11 PM
- re: Memorial Day, and................. - RNE - 5/30/2006 4:06:15 AM
  - Thanks. - Tom Brosz - 5/30/2006 6:03:05 AM
- re: Memorial Day - Tom Brosz - 5/29/2006 7:23:53 AM
  - Christopher Hitchens - Tom Brosz - 5/29/2006 6:24:09 PM
    - Poetry - Tom Brosz - 5/29/2006 8:15:14 PM

Invisibility theoretically possible - Johannes - 5/28/2006 3:00:54 AM
- "'To be realistic, it's going to be fairly thick. Cloak is a misnomer. Shield might be more appropriate,' he said." - Fox - 5/29/2006 12:27:35 AM
- A cloaking device? Cool! - Mary Anne - 5/28/2006 10:28:27 PM

US Invaded Iraq because they switched currency to Euros for sale of oil - SDF - 5/26/2006 3:03:55 AM
- It didn't hurt, that's for sure. - et - 5/27/2006 9:07:45 PM
- re: Can this justify a war? - Raoul - 5/26/2006 9:59:00 AM
  - Because the US Federal Reserve has printed money so that foreign countries can trade with it - SDF - 5/26/2006 10:55:33 AM
    - re: Because the US Federal Reserve has printed money so that foreign countries can trade with it - Raoul - 5/26/2006 7:02:22 PM
      - Safeguard #1 -- military action - SDF - 5/27/2006 2:32:14 PM
        
        Does an economic war use silver bullets? - podrock - 5/27/2006 7:48:38 PM
- The Iranian Oil Bourse (IOB) - SDF - 5/26/2006 4:07:42 AM
  - Wikipedia --- The Iranian Oil Bourse (IOB) - SDF - 5/26/2006 4:11:25 AM
    - If Iran halts enrichment, Bush says he'll consider incentives - SDF - 5/26/2006 5:03:51 AM
      - Russia and China increasing their holdings of Euros. - SDF - 5/26/2006 5:17:43 AM
        
        Russia aims to trade its oil in Rubles. - podrock - 5/26/2006 10:37:51 PM
        
        An altered state of reality................... - Publius - 5/27/2006 2:43:40 PM

DVC Fever - azstrummer - 5/22/2006 6:22:59 PM
- What's up with Jesus kissing Mary? - Lindy - 5/22/2006 6:46:11 PM
  - Mary Magdalen - SteveS - 5/24/2006 2:44:36 AM
    - re: Mary Magdalen - ljk - 5/24/2006 2:56:31 PM
      - Luke 8-2.3 - SteveS - 5/24/2006 8:53:23 PM
        
        re: Luke 8-2.3 - ljk - 5/24/2006 8:55:37 PM
        
        The official Catholic character sketch - Mary Anne - 5/24/2006 11:20:39 PM
        
        Keep in mind............. - Publius - 5/25/2006 5:23:45 PM
        
        God, it turns me on when you speak "Python" (n/t) - azstrummer - 5/24/2006 11:56:13 PM
        
        re: Luke 8-2.3 - ER - 5/24/2006 11:20:25 PM
        
        re: Luke 8-2.3 - Mary Anne - 5/26/2006 12:59:13 AM
  - Wasn't mary jesus' mother, joseph's lover? - SDF - 5/23/2006 7:00:36 PM
    - Different Mary. - Mary Anne - 5/24/2006 2:14:01 AM
      - was actually Marezy Doats and Dozey Doats and Little Lamsey Divey (n/t) - azstrummer - 5/24/2006 11:05:08 PM
        
        Not cabbage juice! (sorry - inside joke) (n/t) - alcaray - 5/26/2006 1:43:43 AM
    - I've traveled with women without... you know (n/t) - alcaray - 5/23/2006 10:59:55 PM
    - The Da Vinci Code is just a symptom of people's latent suspicions - SDF - 5/23/2006 7:18:34 PM
      - re: The Da Vinci Code is just a symptom of people's latent suspicions - azstrummer - 5/23/2006 9:41:43 PM
        
        Islam can't make much of it. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/24/2006 12:59:48 AM
        
        In Canada and the U.S. everyone has the right to freedom of belief - SDF - 5/23/2006 10:35:53 PM
  - Gospel of Phillip - Jesus often kissed Mary on the -blank- - azstrummer - 5/22/2006 9:18:49 PM
    - They weren't kissing... - R.L. - 5/23/2006 11:19:08 AM
      - not only that, - podrock - 5/23/2006 3:18:50 PM
        
        Ever read the Song of Solomon? - ljk - 5/23/2006 5:01:38 PM
        
        I was waiting for the movie. (n/t) - podrock - 5/23/2006 10:57:25 PM
    - Oh that Phillip! - podrock - 5/22/2006 11:50:16 PM
  - re: What's up with Jesus kissing Mary? - ER - 5/22/2006 8:53:43 PM
    - Actually the Nazis were "progressives" regarding sex. - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/22/2006 11:29:53 PM

Re-elect New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Billboards - REB - 5/25/2006 1:59:39 PM
- The billboard was just a sign of the times....... - Publius - 5/25/2006 5:14:23 PM

Battlestar Galactica News - ljk - 5/24/2006 7:28:34 PM
- Best show on TV IMO. - REB - 5/25/2006 2:00:15 PM

Who Wants to Live Forever? - ljk - 5/23/2006 4:55:38 PM
- Bad idea unless we get major space colonies going. - Tom Brosz - 5/24/2006 7:02:38 AM
- It's coming - FrankC - 5/24/2006 2:06:12 AM
  - Abandoning Earth and our bodies - ljk - 5/24/2006 2:54:13 PM
- It depends. Do I get to keep my joints? - Mary Anne - 5/24/2006 1:50:36 AM
  - Sure. The bong, too! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/24/2006 4:35:01 AM
    - Tom said "bong"? (n/t) - azstrummer - 5/24/2006 11:57:52 PM
- Or how to ensure the death of the Social Security Fund - SteveS - 5/24/2006 1:04:43 AM
- re: Who Wants to Live Forever? - ER - 5/23/2006 5:19:38 PM
  - Can you imagine immortal Popes and SC Justices? - alcaray - 5/23/2006 10:22:26 PM
  - re: Who Wants to Live Forever? - REB - 5/23/2006 6:29:16 PM
    - re: Who Wants to Live Forever? - ER - 5/23/2006 6:32:07 PM

Remember Tom Swifties? - Laurie Street - 5/9/2006 8:24:06 PM
- Do Tom Swifties have anything to do with quickies? (n/t) - Publius - 5/11/2006 12:55:58 AM
  - re: Do Tom Swifties have anything to do with quickies? - Laurie Street - 5/11/2006 4:13:33 PM
    - "Democrats are evil!" "Democrats are evil!" "Democrats are evil!" "Ditto!" (n/t) - said Tom fourthrightly - 5/13/2006 12:30:27 AM
      - LOL! - Tom Brosz - 5/13/2006 4:49:50 PM
    - Touche'.........said Tom pointedly (n/t) - Publius - 5/12/2006 6:30:50 PM
    - Touche'.................... - Publius - 5/12/2006 6:28:06 PM
    - re: Do Tom Swifties have anything to do with quickies? - Tony - 5/11/2006 8:39:22 PM
      - Theres commies under my bed (n/t) - said Tom rightly - 5/12/2006 2:21:55 PM
        
        "I'm starting to wonder about Bush" said Tom conservatively. - Tony - 5/12/2006 6:05:16 PM
        
        "I'm starting to wonder about Bush" (n/t) - said Mary Cheney innocently - 5/14/2006 4:33:19 AM
        
        "Of course I'm a conservative" (n/t) - said Tom archly - 5/13/2006 12:37:09 AM
        
        "I'd like to broach the subject of levies" (n/t) - said Tom taxingly - 5/13/2006 12:34:45 AM
- Sure do - Fox - 5/10/2006 2:37:06 AM
  - The real Tom Swifts - ljk - 5/24/2006 7:23:07 PM

I thought I knew East Texas - Bigfoot in Texas. - REB - 5/22/2006 4:47:14 PM
- re: I thought I knew Bigfoot - what's he doing in Texas? - SDG - 5/23/2006 4:11:26 AM
  - We have more drunk rednecks in East Texas... - REB - 5/23/2006 12:39:52 PM
- re: I thought I knew East Texas - Bigfoot in Texas. - ER - 5/23/2006 3:27:41 AM
  - Skunk Apes - Lindy - 5/23/2006 8:18:17 PM
  - re: I thought I knew East Texas - Bigfoot in Texas. - REB - 5/23/2006 12:40:47 PM
    - Don't forget Chupacabra! - ljk - 5/23/2006 2:04:15 PM
      - re: Don't forget Chupacabra! - REB - 5/23/2006 2:23:08 PM
        
        re: Don't forget Chupacabra! - ljk - 5/23/2006 2:27:37 PM
        
        Or the Ogopogo in Lake Okanagan? (n/t) - Lindy - 5/23/2006 8:20:06 PM
        
        Or Cadborosaurus in Cadboro Bay, or the Cultus Lake monster or.... - Laurie Street - 5/24/2006 5:34:55 PM

If Da Vinci Code is right - azstrummer - 5/10/2006 6:19:52 PM
- The reviews of the movie are in - Tony - 5/18/2006 1:34:45 PM
  - Saw it tonight - azstrummer - 5/20/2006 6:19:33 AM
    - Me too. - Mary Anne - 5/22/2006 3:45:24 AM
      - re: Me three - Laurie Street - 5/24/2006 4:13:36 PM
      - So, what did you think of the movie? (n/t) - Lindy - 5/22/2006 4:44:48 AM
        
        Not bad. - Mary Anne - 5/24/2006 3:02:22 AM
        
        "...the problem with Christianity..." - ER - 5/24/2006 12:58:45 PM
  - Bad reviews = good movie doesn't it? - SteveS - 5/19/2006 4:10:15 AM
  - OPIE makes no SPLASH!!!! - carl - 5/18/2006 4:24:08 PM
    - Hey guys..... - Lindy - 5/18/2006 11:48:22 PM
- Was DVC better written than Digital Fortress? - Tony - 5/17/2006 8:28:41 PM
  - Summation - a beach book with sloppy history thrown in - ljk - 5/17/2006 9:09:19 PM
    - Expectations - Mary Anne - 5/19/2006 4:47:33 PM
      - re: Expectations - Fox - 5/20/2006 4:41:56 AM
    - re: Summation - a beach book with sloppy history thrown in - azstrummer - 5/17/2006 9:40:02 PM
- Evil Within the Catholic Church - Lindy - 5/11/2006 5:00:30 PM
- Da Vinci Code is pure fiction but raises important points - sz - 5/11/2006 3:02:41 AM
  - re: Da Vinci Code is pure fiction but raises important points - azstrummer - 5/11/2006 4:15:08 PM
  - You know about the dyslexic agnostic insomniac? - Eirual Teerts - 5/11/2006 4:11:02 PM
    - LOL - podrock - 5/12/2006 12:53:55 AM
    - hehehehehe... (n/t) - Lairt Serretotce - 5/11/2006 5:22:52 PM
- re: If Da Vinci Code is right - Raoul - 5/10/2006 6:42:59 PM
  - Big difference between this theory about the Holy Grail and Roswell aliens - azstrummer - 5/10/2006 11:47:10 PM
    - It's always good to Question Authority - keeps us from becoming drones - ljk - 5/17/2006 2:44:43 PM
      - Good article....but - azstrummer - 5/17/2006 6:10:12 PM
        
        NYT review of DVC - ljk - 5/19/2006 4:51:32 PM

Imaginary Weapons - ljk - 5/19/2006 5:00:39 PM
- Not just imaginary weapons - SDF - 5/20/2006 1:31:40 PM
  - What has been done in encouraging alternative fuels - Tom Brosz - 5/20/2006 4:54:38 PM
    - That's still $1.2 billion for a hypothetical physically impossible concept - SDF - 5/22/2006 6:00:29 AM
      - But, ahem, if they want to give away $1.2 billion..... there's all kinds of things I always wanted to buy (n/t) - SDF - 5/23/2006 1:55:01 AM
    - re: What has been done in encouraging alternative fuels - ER - 5/21/2006 12:46:50 AM
      - Ethanol - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2006 3:43:51 AM
        
        re: Ethanol - ER - 5/21/2006 2:48:34 PM
        
        Discovery - podrock - 5/21/2006 8:40:38 PM
        
        Treasure of the Sierra Madre - ER - 5/21/2006 9:05:03 PM
        
        Reserves - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2006 3:49:19 PM
        
        re: Reserves - ER - 5/21/2006 8:35:26 PM
        
        re: Reserves - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2006 11:17:40 PM
        
        re: Reserves - ER - 5/22/2006 12:11:45 AM
        
        Black projects don't seem to be having any budget problems... - ljk - 5/23/2006 7:51:51 PM

Putting the Puzzle of Life Together - ljk - 5/22/2006 3:26:55 PM
- New Clues To Limb Formation (And Loss) In Sea Mammals - ljk - 5/23/2006 1:20:57 PM

Modern Day Romance - Lindy - 5/22/2006 6:31:09 PM

Liberal fantasy of the week... - Tom Brosz - 5/22/2006 5:00:57 AM
- couldn't find my particular fantasy, but...... - Publius - 5/22/2006 6:23:40 PM
- Cool - Robert - 5/22/2006 5:31:58 PM

Lincoln's original material - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2006 4:17:58 AM
- What would it be worth? - Mary Anne - 5/22/2006 3:55:55 AM

North East at Risk for a Bad Hurricane - Lindy - 5/20/2006 7:23:06 PM
- re: North East at Risk for a Bad Hurricane - Fox - 5/21/2006 3:01:00 AM
  - Do you remember when you wrote that? - Lindy - 5/21/2006 3:51:04 AM
    - I can narrow it down - Fox - 5/21/2006 4:16:33 AM
      - You know, the west coast of Canada doesn't get a lot of hurricanes... (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 5/21/2006 2:04:23 PM
      - The winds of change.... - Lindy - 5/21/2006 5:00:43 AM

Medical malpractice lawsuits... - alcaray - 5/18/2006 11:16:55 PM
- re: Medical malpractice lawsuits... - Lindy - 5/19/2006 6:21:32 PM
  - re: Medical malpractice lawsuits... - Lindy - 5/20/2006 4:05:09 AM
    - good luck to you! (n/t) - alcaray - 5/21/2006 2:33:42 AM
      - Thanks, I'll need it. - Lindy - 5/21/2006 2:36:12 AM
  - Do you have an issue with a doctor? (n/t) - alcaray - 5/19/2006 7:00:49 PM

Really getting lost in the moment - LJK - 5/17/2006 1:47:14 PM
- The real question is... - SDAI-Tech1 - 5/17/2006 7:51:53 PM
  - yes, no, no, no, no, yes, no, #2, #1 - Robert - 5/18/2006 5:45:56 PM
    - Huh? - Lindy - 5/18/2006 11:45:25 PM
      - Kinda hard to say based on empirical evidence, isn't it? (n/t) - Robert - 5/19/2006 12:39:56 AM
        
        Thinking about Android Epistemology - ljk - 5/19/2006 4:58:57 PM
        
        Waiting for AI - Robert - 5/19/2006 6:45:41 PM
        
        Have you heard of Hugo de Garis? - ljk - 5/19/2006 7:54:45 PM
        
        re: Have you heard of Hugo de Garis? - Robert - 5/20/2006 8:43:08 PM
        
        Conway's life - ER - 5/21/2006 1:29:23 AM
        
        "I'm engaged in dimensional engineering" - Lindy - 5/20/2006 11:36:13 PM
        
        "sat night alone with our computers" - ER - 5/21/2006 12:38:15 AM
        
        Best candidate for the cradle of spontaneous AI - Robert - 5/20/2006 8:56:07 PM
  - re: The real question is... - Elisee Recluse - 5/18/2006 12:37:44 AM
  - Have you been reading Skinner lately? (n/t) - alcaray - 5/17/2006 10:22:36 PM
    - The Brain's Executive Is An 'Event Planner' - ljk - 5/19/2006 2:37:29 PM
      - In the Tool Shed, Apes Plan Ahead - ljk - 5/19/2006 8:08:32 PM

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