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Steven M. O'Neill

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Jul 11, 2009, 9:53:30 PM7/11/09
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Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>jtu...@localnet.com wrote:
>>Ubiquitous wrote:
>
>>> Here's a report from Reuters that ought to be shocking:
>>>
>>> Nobel Peace Prize winner and environmental crusader Al Gore
>>> urged young people on Wednesday to engage in civil disobedience
>>> to stop the construction of coal plants without the ability to
>>> store carbon.

Yawn.

Sure has been quiet in here. Wish I had something fun to say.

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Steven O'Neill ste...@panix.com
Brooklyn, NY http://www.panix.com/~steveo

Richard Bos

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Jul 13, 2009, 6:42:16 AM7/13/09
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Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:

> jtu...@localnet.com wrote:
> >Ubiquitous wrote:
>
> >> But then, isn't this part and parcel of Bill Clinton's legacy? It
> >> was Clinton, after all, who violated the law but stayed in office
> >> because his defenders insisted it was "only about sex."
> >
> >Not getting any, eh?
>
> Why are leftists so obsessed with sex?

The left isn't obsessed with sex. To the left, sex just _is_. It's the
right which is obsessed, as amply demonstrated by their incessant
yapping about Clinton's sex life despite him being out of office for a
full eight years.

> It is simply breathtaking to watch the glee and abandon with which
> the liberal media and the Angry Left have been attempting to turn
> our military victory in Iraq into a second Vietnam quagmire. Too bad
> for them, it's failing.

*Snigger* Never seen any news except Fox, have you?

Richard

Eli the Bearded

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Jul 27, 2009, 6:50:26 PM7/27/09
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In alt.dev.null, Steven M. O'Neill <ste...@panix.com> wrote:
> Yawn.
>
> Sure has been quiet in here. Wish I had something fun to say.

Maybe you could siphon some vitriol out of pcp?

Elijah
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has not looked in there for a month or so

Steven M. O'Neill

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Jul 27, 2009, 10:35:19 PM7/27/09
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Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
>In alt.dev.null, Steven M. O'Neill <ste...@panix.com> wrote:
>> Yawn.
>>
>> Sure has been quiet in here. Wish I had something fun to say.
>
>Maybe you could siphon some vitriol out of pcp?

But then I'd likely get TOSsed.

>Elijah
>------
>has not looked in there for a month or so

Been probably at least a year for me.

Eli the Bearded

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Jul 28, 2009, 7:22:45 PM7/28/09
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In alt.dev.null, Steven M. O'Neill <ste...@panix.com> wrote:
> Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
>> Maybe you could siphon some vitriol out of pcp?
> But then I'd likely get TOSsed.

Just the vitriol, not the words.

>> has not looked in there for a month or so
> Been probably at least a year for me.

Just shy of 76,000 unread articles now.

Maybe I'll 'c'atchup when I reach six figures.

Elijah
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distilled essence of Mark/Melinda "debate" is a controlled substance

Steven M. O'Neill

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Jul 28, 2009, 8:48:24 PM7/28/09
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Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
>In alt.dev.null, Steven M. O'Neill <ste...@panix.com> wrote:
>> Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:
>>> Maybe you could siphon some vitriol out of pcp?
>> But then I'd likely get TOSsed.
>
>Just the vitriol, not the words.

Aha!

>>> has not looked in there for a month or so
>> Been probably at least a year for me.
>
>Just shy of 76,000 unread articles now.

The highest article read in my previous .newsrc was 151607.

What's the last article now, and how do I find that out without
using trn?

>Maybe I'll 'c'atchup when I reach six figures.
>
>Elijah
>------
>distilled essence of Mark/Melinda "debate" is a controlled substance

I'm enjoying abstaining!

Eli the Bearded

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Jul 31, 2009, 4:17:14 PM7/31/09
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In alt.dev.null, Steven M. O'Neill <ste...@panix.com> wrote:
> The highest article read in my previous .newsrc was 151607.
>
> What's the last article now, and how do I find that out without
> using trn?

179166. Use "nntplist -x GROUP.NAME", the group name can contain
"*" wild cards.

Elijah
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columns in output are name, highwater, lowwater, and flag

Steven M. O'Neill

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Jul 31, 2009, 4:45:34 PM7/31/09
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Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> wrote:

Thanks!

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