Folks, First, a quick aside: bravo to Jim B. for a powerful letter to the OWH. Hope it sees print. Now, on to Canola. While I share Sam's outrage at the...
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Bill Slawson
slawsone@...
Feb 1, 2001 12:58 pm
Re: Sam and Jim on Wed afternoon - - This on 02/01/01, early In fairness, Urban Legends does have a piece on Canola. Sometimes I get paranoid and...
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Bill Slawson
slawsone@...
Feb 1, 2001 2:51 pm
Clayton Naff wrote: ..> These are just my top-'o-the-head thoughts, but a "How to Spot a Hoax" page might be something REASON would like to develop into a...
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john bechtel
dsidnt@...
Feb 1, 2001 4:06 pm
Bill et al, Sometimes I get paranoid and wonder if ... I'm sure (being a paranoid cynic myself) that the practices of infiltration perfected during the hey-day...
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Bill Slawson
slawsone@...
Feb 1, 2001 4:25 pm
Yep, yep - - About the time focus of a stand, one way or the other - - If you're a quote maven, maybe you can help me tie this down. I have repeated the gist...
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Bill Slawson
slawsone@...
Feb 1, 2001 4:37 pm
Related to Jim Bechtel? Yeah, it could require a bit more research . . . and soul searching. Bacon grease is a great fat. Actually, the best browned potatoes...
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Mark Wooge
mwooge@...
Feb 1, 2001 5:52 pm
... Couldn't find it at: http://www.findsame.com/ This is a web site for finding text strings in published and other works....
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Dan Prescher
prescher@...
Feb 1, 2001 6:29 pm
Speaking of government conspiracies to keep consumers in the dark: Could the Scientists Be Wrong on Madcow Disease? Updated 9:10 AM ET February 1, 2001 By...
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john bechtel
dsidnt@...
Feb 1, 2001 7:18 pm
... Yup. Nephew. Bacon grease is a great fat. ... That's right. And it hasn't killed Homer Simpson yet. Later, John ...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Feb 1, 2001 7:48 pm
"By keeping the causal agent as something mystified ..." That's the beauty of epidemiology, with its incredibly powerful & sophisticated analytical tools. If...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Feb 1, 2001 7:51 pm
I'm receiving some things in triplicate. Part of the switch-over to Yahoo? BTW, thanks to Clay for the useful tips on how to spot hoaxes. ... From: Liz...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Feb 1, 2001 9:25 pm
Mark Wooge; Is there such a thing as "Advanced Mensa"? Have you heard "the City" 106.9's afternoon d.j., Scott Barnett? He claims to be a member of "Advanced ...
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Bill Slawson
slawsone@...
Feb 1, 2001 11:49 pm
Not that it matters - but are you the nephew or uncle? Yeah, me and Homer. "I plan to live forever . . . so far, so good." Bill ... [Click Here !]...
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Skryja, David
dskryja@...
Feb 1, 2001 11:50 pm
From http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/sti/2001/01/21/stirevnws02003.html January 21 2001 In his latest book, the leading scientific writer Stephen Jay ...
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Dan Prescher
prescher@...
Feb 2, 2001 12:30 am
I call your attention to the front page of the OWH Midlands section, story titled "Pro-Marriage Group Turns To Divorce." Dan Parsons -- executive director of...
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Clayton Naff
claynaff@...
Feb 2, 2001 1:05 am
A word on government cover ups. There is no dodge more satisfying or distracting for any hoaxer (even a self-delusory hoaxer) than the claim of "government ...
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Chris Peters
alpha_leonis@...
Feb 2, 2001 1:57 am
All, Just a quick note to say that I may be late to this weekend's meeting, if I'm able to attend at all. I have other obligations: dress rehearsal at the...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Feb 2, 2001 2:49 am
John, I think you might like to be on the list for these guys, professional media watchdogs, keeping us up to date on "cover-ups." Come to think of it, others...
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REASON - Omaha
reason01@...
Feb 2, 2001 4:18 am
A quick note, before the point of the message. I'm happy to report the mailing list passed 50 members today, with the re-introduction of a couple of previous...
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Ken Munzesheimer
munzes@...
Feb 2, 2001 5:22 am
If what they did previously was minuscule, a revival of the Inquistion may not be too far behind. ... www....
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Mrjbriscoe@...
Feb 2, 2001 5:32 am
Hi folks, Sorry, but I'm going to have to continue my cowardly trend of missing our regular meeting for at least one more time......the company for whose...
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Harvey Madison
cfct@...
Feb 2, 2001 7:08 am
Comments, anyone? Harv Texas A&M University Physicists Have Devised A Way To Stop Light Texas A&M University physicists have devised a way to stop light, an ...
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Harvey Madison
cfct@...
Feb 2, 2001 8:59 am
This will be WAY too brief, but I have insufficient time to comment properly. Gould proposes that, since science is limited to the empirical description of the...
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Clayton Naff
claynaff@...
Feb 2, 2001 11:22 am
Well said, Harvey. To which I would add that it is wishful thinking even to propose bottling up religion in the "meaning and values" sphere. Religion by and ...
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sgcol50326@...
Feb 2, 2001 1:38 pm
I like the idea Clay. Not that I think most of the folks who react with a "My goodness I didn't know how bad that was!" will learn much from an...
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Mark Wooge
mwooge@...
Feb 2, 2001 1:40 pm
... which ... Mensa is for peple in the top 2%. There's some organization that's for the top 0.5%, I think, but there is no "Advanced Mensa". Never tuned into...
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Dan Prescher
prescher@...
Feb 2, 2001 1:58 pm
Suggested reading in this vein = "Darwin's Dangerous Idea - Evolution and the Meanings of Life" buy Daniel Dennett. Dennett pays some characteristically...
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Dan Prescher
prescher@...
Feb 2, 2001 2:18 pm
I should probably attend a meeting or two before asking this -- there may already be some kind of organization in place, but... A group with 50+ members ought...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Feb 2, 2001 5:33 pm
Yeah, by all means give him a try. It's a mystery how he does it. The number is 561 1069, afternoons. ... From: Mark Wooge <mwooge@...> To:...
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Jim Bechtel
jbechtel@...
Feb 2, 2001 5:33 pm
Light travels at different speeds in different media, that's what causes diffraction (bending). But this is something more, evidently. "This results in an...
