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Looks like we're going to have the hard left trying to ram Pravda down our throats if they can get away with it. Seems like the free speech kind of bugs them, unless it's THEIR free speech. I'm always puzzled about these kooks. Are they Nazis or Commies? Either way, seems like they have...

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/09/va.senate/index.html

Consider that * the US has a long record of dealing with "friendly" terrorists, like the Nicaraguan Contras and Afghani resistance during the Soviet invasion. * The US government has not displayed an attitude that it will not deal with groups using terrorist tactics. * Whether the US...

In theory, that might be possible. Except... do you think science can ever control for the variable time? This is slightly (philsophically) problematic since even exact repetitions would not be the same on all variables, since time would be different.

I would appreciate if James Randi would visit these webpage: http://www.book-of-thoth.com/ftopic-8297-days0-orderasc-20.html and http://www.book-of-thoth.com/article_submit/paranormal/esp-telepathy/am-i-a-mutant.html

The Devil - mind control or a way to discribe the fact that " evil " exists? I've been thinkin' a lot lately about this one so much that I'm at a bit of a crossroads, so to get a range of other opinions.... ...guess where I come!

http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=57694 KNIFE CRIME IS SPIRALING OUT OF CONTROL!!!! Or so says the media! GET RID OF POINTY KNIVES says a doctor. So, what do you think? Noise at 11!

For those of you in the UK, you can't have failed to notice the "knife crime out of control" headlines of the last few days.... The shadow of the knife The Mail...

I am all for Singapore style control. Gum sucks! I dont care if people gum if they could learn to keep the crap in their mouths.

Here's a subject I don't know whether to believe or not. If you read a book about cult mind control, it will most likely make reference to such things as "brainwashing" and "hypnotism". However, I've seen very convincing articles that brainwashing, in the sense of creating robotic control in...

I won't comment on this latest development, I just wanted to bring it to your attention. http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/31753/

You imply that if the would-be assaulters had a gun that instead of the conflict being stopped, it might have escalated to deadly force (as though tire-irons are not already deadly when used as a weapon) but the truth here is this: If the assaulters had been willing to continue the conflict...

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- A summit focusing on narrowing the digital divide between the rich and poor residents and countries opened Wednesday with an agreement of sorts on who will maintain ultimate oversight of the Internet and the flow of information, commerce and dissent. The World Summit on...

The UN seeks to exercise governance over the internet. It's a bad idea for a few reasons, not the least of which is as an avenue to raise money. The UN cannot tax it's member nations, it must extract donations and dues. It seems to me that governance of the internet would give the UN a way to...

I often need to strip control characters from excel spreadsheets for data imports...(tabs carriage returns etc) . I do it at the moment by saving as a text file and sticking it on a unix box to do it....but I reeeeeely would like to be able to do it in windows, preferably in excel. Anyone got...

Do you know if there's a way to force only one instance of Windows Volume Control?

From this thread I take issue with this. I think that the interest is in reducing the soverignty of the individual at the expense of government. "Innocents" are a fator that is blithly ignored when studies show that the drawing of a gun absent any violence often leads to a perp skulking away...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4296646.stm When I read the article, I thought of old King Canute sitting in the sea, telling the tide to turn back. Is there an " Off " switch somewhere, for the Internet? Is it a big red button sticking out of the desert in Tunisia? With a palm...

Here is the American Automobile Association's Retail Gasoline Price web page. You can look up average prices for all grades of gas and diesel by national average, state and major cities. Some listings give the highest and lowest recorded prices, and the time of the update is listed at the top...

Human population needs something to keep it under control. The hard question is; what would be the best way? Or what way is prefered?

I recently had a discussion about acupuncture, and i had to cave in on one subject, due to lack of knowledge. Basicly the girl i was talking to(not into most of the woowoo stuff, but believes in some of it, seems mostly skeptical enough) claimed that acupuncture worked. She brought out the...

Next Monday's (6/27/05) Penn & Teller: BullSh*t will be on the topic of gun control.

Hello folks, Has anyone here seen the documentary "Control Room" by Jehane Noujaim? For the uninitiated, here are some links: The movie's website: http://www.controlroommovie.com/ The IMDB entry: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0391024/ Rotten Tomatoes...

Do they say that there must be no effort to lower the probability of conception? Do they say that the probability of conception must be higher than some particular number? Do they say that it must be possible for conception to occur even if there is no miracle?

A growing number of pharmacists across America are refusing to dispense birth control and the morning-after pill, because it goes against their religious and moral convictions. This development has led to state legislatures across the country taking action, either to protect women's rights to...

http://www.firearmsandliberty.com/cramer.racism.html

I started this a couple of time and each time it seemed more implausible that the last. Read the article for yourselves. Capitol bill aims to control ‘leftist’ profs THE LAW COULD LET STUDENTS SUE FOR UNTOLERATED BELIEFS. http://www.alligator.org/pt2/050323freedom.php excerts House Bill...

I've heard some people on the radio say that cap-and-trade is good for everything and others say it is good for everything except mercury. EPA regulations are being discussed this month and mercury may be included in the new c-a-t initiative. Can someone explain to me why mercury should or...

I notice that “discussions” of the various aspects of gun control tend to get rather contentious…. I plan to muddy the water even further with my thoughts: I admit to having rather ambiguous notions on this issue. I’m a police officer; in the biz for 30+ years. I’m also a weapons...

There have been numerous claims made on this board by gun control advocates about instances of DGU (defensive gun use) and how it's much more likely that the person will be killed by his own gun or has little hope of outshooting the attacker. So, here, I present seven examples of successful...