Or even an economist - one of his points was that CO2 only contributes 1 percent to the heat retention. Ask an honest financial advisor what 1% compounded...
Gary Jones
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Nov 6, 2009 12:56 pm
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http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-november-5-2009/the-11-3-project  Runs about eight & a half minutes . . . the hardest I have laughed in a long time!...
God has a place in our nation Recent letters have discredited the notion that our nation's foundation has been heavily influenced by religious thought. Do we...
Jim Bechtel
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Nov 6, 2009 3:45 pm
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But "one percent" of what? A cyanide pill would be a lot less than one percent of my body but .... Water vapor is part of a pretty stable cycle, so ceteris...
If he's a biochemist, I wonder if his colleagues know about his anti-isotope attitude! It's about as absurd as stating that you're opposed to weighing things...
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Nov 6, 2009 7:57 pm
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He's baaaack! Still trying to sort through billions of emails, so might not be such an obsessive contributor for a while until I get this mountain of emails...
Dave - Good effort on the trip, but now you have to go back and visit Canyon De Chelly, Taos, Santa Fe, The Bisti Badlands, Mesa Verde, and that's just in the...
If anyone is up at this ungodly hour on a Saturday morning and looking for a diversion, I'll be debuting a radio program called "Science Odyssey" on KZUM, the...
I searched for :Science Odyssey" on the KZUM website but it brought up "zero results." ... From: Clayton Naff To: Clayton Naff Sent: Saturday, November 07,...
Jim Bechtel
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Nov 7, 2009 4:14 pm
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Yeah, they're trailing behind a bit. And the show's not archived, but there's a "listen now" function, I believe. Anyway, I got through it, and will hopefully...
As someone who grew up in a "content-rich" environment, I agreed with everything until I ran into the totally gratuitous sneer at "today's America-hating far...
Jim Bechtel
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Nov 7, 2009 5:00 pm
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Hey Clay! Congrats for lining up the radio show. I hope it's archived so I can listen in....
Hiya, Harv. Sorry I've been a bad correspondent, lately. Overwhelmed as usual. I must be crazy to take on yet another project, but I cain't help myself. It's...
Great shots! Thanks for the encouragement, Harvey, I guess I'll have to go back, eh? This part of the U.S. is my favorite, and I'm still asking myself why I...
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-11/aiob-apd110609.php 6-Nov-2009 AIBS publishes Darwin articles open access Scholars contribute to the year of...
Taxpayers to pay for prayer in health care reform bill? Instead of limiting it to "paying for care that produced proven mediÂcal results." ... Provision would...
Jim Bechtel
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Nov 8, 2009 4:52 pm
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... to Chip Maxwell's recent right-to-life essay (not mentioned by name): MIDLANDS VOICES Vital embryonic research upholds university mission B Y SANFORD M....
Jim Bechtel
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Nov 8, 2009 4:58 pm
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Well done, Sandy! Thanks for your untiring efforts over, what is it now, more than a decade? We owe you a lot of gratitude. Best regards, Clay ... -- Clay...
Talks <http://www.ted.com/talks> Richard Dawkins on militant atheism http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/richard_dawkins_on_militant_atheism.ht ml It's long (29...
Thanks, Clay. Working on the 10th year. Being able to ground myself in REASON sure helps. Please contact your regent. Go to www.nebraskacures.com to easily...
Reminder from: Reason-Omaha Yahoo! Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Reason-Omaha/cal Reason Coffeehouse Wednesday November 11, 2009 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm (This...
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Nov 9, 2009 12:58 am
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The article in the OWH yesterday about the impact of the railroads on Nebraska had an important element in it undermining all the anti-government hypocrisy in...
Article this morning celebrating the publication of his autobiography emphasizes "creativity." Creativity linked with critical reason produces science (think...
Jim Bechtel
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Nov 9, 2009 2:40 pm
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Hmmm, good idea .... ... From: Sanford M. Goodman To: Reason-Omaha@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 7:17 AM Subject: [Reason-Omaha] Idea for a...
Jim Bechtel
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Nov 9, 2009 6:56 pm
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Coincidentally, I opened The New Republic on a plane today and saw the attached. ________________________________ From: Jim Bechtel <jimbechtel2@...> To:...
E-Mail This This piece helped me realize the feeling about the fall of the Berlin Wall that I had completely missed in 1989. Quite a day. Harv INTERNATIONAL /...
Cool web page that allows one to manually zoom at any speed desired back and forth through the scale of biological entities, from a grain of rice down through...