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Various discussions not fitting in any other group.
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Gulliver's Spree
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Gulliver's Spree are a traditional Newfoundland band with co-leaders Dave Panting and Tom Boland and sometimes Derek Pelley on bass and occasionally Graham Wells on accordion. Their web site is [link] . This weekend (Nov. 6 and 7) they are playing Erin's Pub on Water St. in St. John's, Newfoundland. It will be the three... more »
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MEMO COPY in re Chez Watt Ballot November 5, 2009
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... > Yesterday there was a much less important > election. Today there is a much more important > election Between this and school bond issues, Chez Watt votes are _far_ more meaningful. [What kinds of morons choose to run school systems on a crippling load of debt basis instead of a "pay as you go out of current... more »
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MEMO COPY -- tipping points and ecosystem collapse
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Was: Mr Forrest presents a pliosaur ... > I was just about to post about this monster > anyway, when I suddenly realised who was > presenting it :-) > [link] > Wow, what a beast! Err...the fossil that is, not > Mr Forrest. On the sidebar to that or a closely related pliosaur... more »
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MEMO COPY in re Union College
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...[snip] >>> I have been wondering how one adds gods to >>> biology, chemistry, mathematics, and physics; >>> damned if I can think of any way. I admit I have >>> no idea what the calculus is or can do, and my >>> algebra sucks, but nobody I ever heard speak of >>> these things ever mentioned gods in them.... more »
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MEMO COPY The Theory of Evolution _is_ falsifiable.
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In response to the thread: Evolution's nervous breakdown. but retitled to highlight a different aspect of what was achieved in hershryh's excellent News article. ... >> Who said natural selection is a valid method > I, for one, say that natural selection occurs and > is a valid mechanism that exists in the real world... more »
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Can we blame the Black Holocaust on the Christians?
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... > Can we blame the Black Holocaust on the Christians? Since the traditional enslavement of blacks (or any other lesser-armed peoples) far precedes Christianity, probably not. Among traditional enslavers of blacks preceding the Christian era were ... other black africans. The enslavement of blacks by Egyptians is better... more »
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Hallowe'en, etc.
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I didn't go downtown on Hallowe'en night after all. I had been up fairly early that morning and the morning before and was tired and had a bit of a headache so I didn't go out. I did go out on Thursday night though to hear Dave Panting at Erin's. I haven't been out to folk night at The Ship for the... more »
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Thought for the day
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Never play leapfrog with a unicorn. "You must be an intellectual to believe such nonsense. No ordinary man could be such a fool." George Orwell
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