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Re: End of Western World & The Birth of New Global Order

2009-11-30T04:20:01Z

Funny how fractions work. I take your point, though.
They are selling something, whether they know it or not. No question
it's popping there, but ... this isn't anything *like* Hayekian
spontaneous order.
Nah. They're pretty good at general stability.
There will be changes of various frequency. The present furor can't

Re: This week we must remember why we give thanks for CAPITALISM and FREE TRADE!

2009-11-30T04:12:06Z

I think about that when people call me skinny (5'8", 125 lb.)
Thank-you, I enjoyed that.

Re: Ian Plimer's 'Heaven & Earth' Checking the GHG/GW/CC Claims

2009-11-30T04:11:49Z

bigflet...@gmail.com wrote
Yes, but they werent the first to fuck things up very comprehensively indeed.
Yes.
Yes.
Some of them did, some of them didnt.
Ghandi changed sweet fuck all. Jinna in spades.
Pol Pot in spades.

Re: End of Western World & The Birth of New Global Order

2009-11-30T04:09:01Z

Indeed. And I doubt it'll remain the same after passing
through China.
In absolute numbers? So proportionately 330M/1330M
less?
I'm impressed, then.
Makes sense.

Re: End of Western World & The Birth of New Global Order

2009-11-30T04:07:53Z

James A. Donald wrote
Nope, there have always been terminal stupiditys like that, and always will be too.
Nope.
Just another of your silly little fantasys on that last.

Re: End of Western World & The Birth of New Global Order

2009-11-30T04:06:15Z

The towers were, frankly, a white elephant. They were a fiat of
David (or Nelson, depending) Rockefeller.
Or it could be that development on that patch of land simply isn't
feasible.

Teaching "Ask Yourself" 1-5-97

2009-11-30T04:04:40Z

This Teaching asks,
"How many people do I know that
believe in their having a Portion of God
within them called ‘The Soul’?"
TEACHING DELIVERED THROUGH FRANCES M. KLUG ON
JANUARY 5,1997
“ASK YOURSELF”
“How many people do I know that
believe in their having a Portion of God
within them called ‘The Soul’?

Re: The paradox of argument.

2009-11-30T04:04:15Z

On Nov 29, 6:49 pm, "bigflet...@gmail.com" <bigflet...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Difference amplification is the process whereby baseline differences
between two competing members of the same group are magnified by the
outcome of the competition through its effect on relative status,
mood, self-confidence and attractiveness. Success tends to increase

Re: End of Western World & The Birth of New Global Order

2009-11-30T04:03:41Z

And I think that explains more than you might realize. We got a lot
of mileage out of youth culture, but ... we're not so young now. Our
youth are now directed inward, and we're developing our calculus of the
Mandarin. But we still use the language of youth, and we no longer
believe in it:
[link]

Re: DemocRAT Congress won't repeal Patriot Act. Why not?

2009-11-30T04:01:49Z

Threats of violence are acts.
If a liberdope starts to fantacize out loud about using his 2nd
Amendment "pocket veto" to "check them feds" the liberdope goes to
jail.
Bret Cahill

Aptera Electric Car Makes Waves

2009-11-30T03:59:22Z

I am now a dadaism electric vehicle fan, though would I actually buy
one is sorta an existential question
The merrier the more bizarre
There are going to be other makes sold in the U.S. in the next few
years
Here's a MOTOR TREND picture of the Aptera
There's a lot of info via google (and bing) on your internet

Re: DemocRAT Congress won't repeal Patriot Act. Why not?

2009-11-30T03:56:05Z

That's why the Patriot Act ain't gonna be repealed until 2016.
Everyone, delusional rightards as well as normal folk, think it is a
good thing right now.
Bret Cahill

Re: This week we must remember why we give thanks for CAPITALISM and FREE TRADE!

2009-11-30T03:55:26Z

<snip>
Is "The Forgotten Man" or "Machineries of Freedom" a textbook? The
Smoot-Hawley "disaster" isn't particularly arguable. It's applicability
to the present time may well be.

Re: This week we must remember why we give thanks for CAPITALISM and FREE TRADE!

2009-11-30T03:53:41Z

One was exchanged almost one for one for the other. Then they
were paid for with home refis and credit cards at the retail
level.
Meanwhile, it's not exactly a Hayekian paradise over there.
Nothing spontaneous about this order. It would make Milo
Minderbinder proud.
Maybe.
But that seems evidence that the game is rather rigged. We do all the

Re: DemocRAT Congress won't repeal Patriot Act. Why not?

2009-11-30T03:44:43Z

Hey we could just claim everyone is guity till proven innocent, mabey
we could just use constitutions as toilet paper. Don't you see that
this is a similar argument to the one your presenting? If they catch
more crooks, dam the rights of individuals right? Maybe if this
attitude was adapted to corporate crooks and business, our economy