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South Africa: Legal Experts Give Ok to Scorpions Bills (AllAfrica.com)

ad...@ng2000.com — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:09:46 UT

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The state's legal experts have given the thumbs-up to the two controversial bills aimed at shutting down the Directorate of Special Operations (DSO) - the Scorpions - and establishing a new organised crime unit within the police service.

Re: I'm back .....

moir...@wol.co.za (Moira de Swardt) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 20:15:08 UT

... and I've been posting very little. But with Bodie back ... :-)

If true of chauvinists could the same effect be true with racists?

lanceg...@gmail.com (Gary) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 13:51:23 UT

Chauvinists less unnerving than ambiguous men
03 September 2008
NewScientist.com news service
CHAUVINISTIC men can be petty and infuriating, but that might be as
far as it goes. Women are more unnerved by not knowing a man's views
than by overt sexism - so much so that they perform worse in exams.
Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton at the University of California, Berkeley,

Re: Having an alcoholic parent does influence the ways a politician leads

lanceg...@gmail.com (Gary) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:57:19 UT

On Sep 5, 6:22 am, "Peter H.M. Brooks" <Peter.H.M.Bro...@gmail.com>
wrote:
I think it might be an interesting research topic.
Lance

Virtual twins - it seems that nature is more important than nurture

lanceg...@gmail.com (Gary) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:56:20 UT

NYT
September 4, 2008
Living Together
In Studies of Virtual Twins, Nature Wins Again
By SARAH KERSHAW
Ramona, Calif.
AS sisters only four months apart, Julie and Sara Curry grew up being
peppered with questions from confused classmates. Your mom was in
labor for four months? asked one friend, said Sara, 19. How is it

Re: Having an alcoholic parent does influence the ways a politician leads

peter.h.m.bro...@gmail.com (Peter H.M. Brooks) — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 04:22:30 UT

That's interesting - particularly the excessive loyalty bit. Do we
know anything about the alcoholic status of the parents of politicians
closer to us in space and time?

Having an alcoholic parent does influence the ways a politician leads

lanceg...@gmail.com (Gary) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 22:28:09 UT

Ronald Reagan's Presidency: The Impact of an Alcoholic Parent
Robert E. Gilbert*
*Northeastern University
Copyright © 2008 International Society of Political Psychology
ABSTRACT
Ronald Reagan enjoyed a successful political career. Nevertheless, his
political life was affected dramatically by the fact that he was the

Re: Silly voice - dead at last!

peter.h.m.bro...@gmail.com (Peter H.M. Brooks) — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:06:56 UT

You'll be saying that democracy is a way of arriving at truth next!
Obviously it was popular - something being popular is most certainly
no demonstration that it isn't crap - look at McShite for another
glowing example.

Re: Silly voice - dead at last!

bluuu...@rajah. (Bluuuue Rajah) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 13:55:15 UT

"mack" <macke...@dslextreme.com> wrote in
@e39g2000hsf.googlegroups.com.
No, Star Wars never had any sequels, and it quickly disappeared into
obscurity, like many other badly written sci-fi franchises, including
Star Trek, Alien, Terminator and 2001. Star Wars was garbage, and the
kids thought it was awful. :(

Re: Silly voice - dead at last!

macke...@dslextreme.com (mack) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 08:02:14 UT

You're right - it is the 'number of them' that's the qualification,
preventing it from being all of them.
I agree that, mainly, the above films didn't need the voice to let us
know they were crap - because they weren't. The voice was perfect for
Star Wars however, which was certainly crap, good crap, gold-plated

Re: Silly voice - dead at last!

peter.h.m.bro...@gmail.com (Peter H.M. Brooks) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 07:10:09 UT

Re: Silly voice - dead at last!

jumble...@prodigy.spam (Jim Beaver) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 06:02:30 UT

It would be, if I'd missed all of them. I think that, if you read what
I said, I was put off seeing a number of them.
(snip)
It is a rather good reason, actually. If the film is so crap that they
think it needs that sort of treatment, then it is probably, at least
quite often, worth missing.
RESPONSE:

Re: Silly voice - dead at last!

peter.h.m.bro...@gmail.com (Peter H.M. Brooks) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:17:08 UT

It would be, if I'd missed all of them. I think that, if you read what
I said, I was put off seeing a number of them. I've made a point of
avoiding trailers, as I said, where possible - so that reduces the
number considerably - and, despite being annoyed by the breathless and
nonsensical delivery, I've still been to see some that have had these

Re: Silly voice - dead at last!

jumble...@prodigy.spam (Jim Beaver) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:45:17 UT

Since LaFontaine did over 5,000 trailers since the 1970s, that's an awful
lot of films you've missed --- and for what seems like a pretty silly
reason.
Jim Beaver

Silly voice - dead at last!

peter.h.m.bro...@gmail.com (Peter Brooks) — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:55:14 UT

I've nothing against the man himself:
[link]
However, the inane strings of phrases gasped out over trailers have
pissed me off for years. I had no idea they were all coming from one
chap. As an optimist, I'd like to think that his death would signal