Hello and Happy Candlemas Day! Today, indeed, is Candlemas Day (February 2.) It is also the day of the Purification of the Virgin, and the day of the ...
... he's headed ... Whatever is happening to the groups, I will be online and back to monitoring these lists sometime later this week. I think. If the phone...
In a message dated 2/11/2002 2:22:12 PM, houyhnhnm@... writes: << Oh, I wouldn't say I'm in warmer climes. Wetter, yes, but not exactly warmer. Or much...
Ralph Raico, a libertarian historian who has made few waves outside of libertarian waters, reminisces about Robert Nozick and his old pal Bruce Goldberg: ...
Happy Mardi Gras: And in the absence of the ability to send a graphic, I'll simply invite you to contemplate this scene of riotous excess: A certain future...
B U Z Z W O R D O F T H E D A Y http://www.buzzwhack.com PFBNB: Paid For But Not Bought. The popular defense chosen by politicians that contends while they...
In a message dated 2/13/2002 1:53:26 PM, houyhnhnm@... writes: << PFBNB >> And of course the all time champ for: PFDAK Paid For Delivered and Kept The so...
By the way, the PFBNB claim... ... ...is not really all that risible. As one politician astutely put it, you do not buy politicians, you rent them! Or, as...
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In a message dated 2/14/2002 12:52:34 PM, editor@... writes: << But generally, it makes the most sense to invest in access to those politicians...
Ken Lay .... I think it's actually possible that he WAS duped by the guys under him. When he was told about it was too late to do much except take what money...
I meant to read it years ago. But all I did was skim it. The "it" here is David Gauthier's "Morals by Agreement," a work of philosophy that impresses in a way...
Tim asks for those who would like to read along with him in MbA: David Gauthier's "Morals by Agreement." PROLEGOMENA FOR FUTURE DIFFERENCES OF OPINION ...
... I quote from him. Points 6 and 8 get to the payoff. He's a philosopher, so don't expect a monetary payoff. The cash-value of a philosophical idea can ...
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... Yes, her egoism makes sense only if construed as an "enlightened self-interest" along the lines that Gauthier - and, for that matter, Hobbes before him -...
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Or may not. It is going the net rounds. Today of course was 02/20/2002. I pointed this out to several people and they all looked at me like a half-wit. (As if...
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http://www.futurist.com/portal/future_trends/david_brin_empowerment.htm I think Brin is on the right track, here. The fourth plane is obviously the most...
Cousin Lynn asks about the whereabouts of "2001 Space Oddities." Do I have it? If so, I don't know where. I wonder if Jubee knows (or remembers) where it might...
Dear Tim, I don't know what you mean. I'm not disagreeing with you; I just don't know what you mean. Silly, why? Too narrow, why? What importantly is left out,...
... That's OK. I wasn't planning on explaining myself. Yet. I was hoping somebody would comment on the interview, from their own perspective... -- Timothy...
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origin unknown (by me): French Intellectuals to be Deployed in Afghanistan to Convince Taliban of Non-Existence of God The clean-up portion of the ground war...