this is certainly true. But they haven't forgotten the sinning. The sinning is the "sign" of the sinner, of the enemy, so to speak. The flag, the indicator....
Another discussion list I participate in is mainly devoted to economics, and most participants are economics professors. Their recent discussion of FDR and the...
Gee, I didn't know Stravinsky was a fascist: http://www.digitalronin.f2s.com/politicalcompass/composers.php Just for balance, Lou Harrison should go further...
For ten years or more I suffered from certain digestive troubles (let them remain unspecified here). I never went to the doctor for these troubles, but last...
A Musical / Political Silly Chart. [Below] Re Stravinsky. As Timmo points out -- LOL. Very silly. Unless there is some weird quote running around - given his...
Good points. On this . . . ... . . . I would put Stalin in the far upper left corner of the chart. But many Stalin sympathizers would put themselves in the...
... I'm in the midst of reading "Mao: The Unknown Story" by Jung Chang, Jon Halliday. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679422714/ I'm reading it for the...
anti-property - come off it! very much pro-property for themselves just anti- for other people jim...
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Jun 3, 2006 1:59 pm
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... Subject: RE: [nwgreens] Chilean glacier plunder Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 15:45:49 -0400 From: Javsicas, Peter <javsicas@...> Reply-To:...
jim stasheff
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Jun 4, 2006 12:43 am
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... Subject: Fw: Air Force One (fwd) Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 18:03:29 -0500 (CDT) From: Sufian Husseini <husseini@...> To: elizabeth h. reiss...
jim stasheff
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Jun 4, 2006 12:48 am
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LOL ... Subject: Fw: Air Force One (fwd) Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 18:03:29 -0500 (CDT) From: Sufian Husseini To: elizabeth h. reiss , jim stasheff , tamara...
Radley Balko is a blogger (http://www.theagitator.com) whose work on the Cory Maye case may actually help get the guy off death row. In the context of the...
Jim Stasheff jds@... Home page: www.math.unc.edu/Faculty/jds As of July 1, 2002, I am Professor Emeritus at UNC and I will be visiting U Penn but...
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Jun 7, 2006 2:54 pm
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I liked these, understanding MOST if not ALL.... ... I was surprised not to see these obvious "jokes": 666 2.0 - software version number of the Beast 10666 -...
I was surprized by that, as well. They dropped a bomb, rather than circling the place and shooting it up, which is the way they (supposedly) killed Saddam's...
two 500 pound bombs and there was still enough face to recognize fingerprints maybe jim...
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Jun 8, 2006 8:22 pm
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Tony Blair: In London, British Prime Minister Tony Blair called al-Zarqawi's death "a very important moment in Iraq. A blow for al Qaeda in Iraq is a blow for...
... Subject: From Where I Stand: Joan Chittister Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 09:56:14 -0500 From: From Where I Stand <FromWhereIStand@...> Reply-To: From...
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Jun 10, 2006 10:33 pm
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IMAGINE MY JOY IN GETTING THIS E-MAIL! ~John J. Kwiatek ANNUAL NEOLOGISM CONTEST Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions to its...
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Jun 10, 2006 10:47 pm
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It is very good. ... Subject: From Where I Stand: Joan Chittister Date: Fri, 9 Jun 2006 09:56:14 -0500 From: From Where I Stand Reply-To: From Where I Stand ...
A pretty awful article on BBC, about a fine composer dead: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5072858.stm Influential composer Ligeti dies Gyorgy Ligeti ...
... Subject: Tell Bush: "End America's Shame - Close Guantanamo NOW!" Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2006 15:15:22 GMT From: Faithful America <mail@...> ...
jim stasheff
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Jun 13, 2006 4:21 am
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I was told by somebody or other that over last weekend - or was it the weekend before? - spam got another step more illegal and dangerous to do. As if to...
A while ago I made the mistake of signing up for some Dow Jones/WSJ service which I soon found out was NOT worth it so unsubscribed but ever since I've had a...
jim stasheff
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Jun 13, 2006 1:25 pm
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My current spam refers to "mailer rejects". It also constantly changes - anyhow, so far, the Yahoo spam catcher is basically letting it through. I don't know...
From Tim Slagle's website, a guest-spot blog entry . . . a slightly different take on the supposedly "socialistic" north: I have been living in Europe for a...
Please explain why the private system is so inexpensive? Jim Stasheff jds@... Home page: www.math.unc.edu/Faculty/jds As of July 1, 2002, I am...
James Stasheff
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Jun 14, 2006 3:08 pm
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... I imagine for the same reasons that free systems are always less expensive and higher quality than coercive ones: competitive pressure to perform and ...