No, the sole purpose was to destroy logging machinery. There has probably been no tree spiking since 1990 when it was renounced by Earth First! And probably not too many incidents of it before that. See this link for a little more info.
I don't know about those "freaks over at PETA," but I can think of some other groups whose goal is to force the rest of us to live our lives exactly as they command us to, and they're not exactly liberal.
There are really no need for web standards. All you have to do is repeat what is so often written here with regards to bad spelling, poor grammar and incorrect usage: "Hey man, the language is dynamic and evolving."
This is a less rosy and more realistic look at what's going on with salaries. During the bubble there may have been a rising powerbase of nerds but that's long gone and you can be sure the market will work hard to never have to pay those kinds of salaries again.
So because they didn't poll at 15%, the Greens and the Libertarians can't make monkies out of the Demopublicans and the Republicrats.
Even if they did, the American public probably wouldn't recognize that such a thing had happened. They still be like "Well, I guess I'm voting for that shorter monkey."
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Radcon technique #13: Sound dimissive and call whomever disagrees with you names. Very effective, if juvenile.
Pointing out something terrible that Ronald Reagan did does not make me anti-American any more than your defense of hypocrisy makes you American.
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I reject the idea of situational morality. I think that the civilized world as a whole does as well.
Actually, I don't think you do. I'm sure you'd defend the actions of President Reagan when he trained death squads in Central America, whose targets were often non-military. Unless you define a military target as someone who disagrees with you.
Do you know how many people in the world think George Bush is a criminal thug and should be overthrown?
Something like 65%? Oh, you mean outside the U.S.? I have no idea....
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Typical Radcon reply. It isn't so because you say it isn't so. It's also a typical Radcon technique to call names. The tables are slowly turning, and the liberals will soon be playing by the same rules. You'd better think of a new tack.
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Or are you pissed that the Rangers are privately owned and not a public utility?
Dusty past? Right. No, what bothers me is that the city, as you pointed out, taxed the people to get the thing built to the tune of $191 million dollars and George and Co. had it negotiated so they could then buy it back for $60 million. If that isn't welfare for the rich I don't know what is. It may be privately owned, which I'm all for, but it just so happens that it's not really owned by the people who paid for it.
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You might want to mention, you know, in passing, maybe in parentheses, that what makes a terrorist a terrorist is the fact that he deliberately murders innocent people by blowing them to bits for absolutely no reason or by sawing off their heads while they scream and struggle and cry.
Yes. A good example of this would be Battalion 3-16 that the CIA trained to torture and "disappear" scores of people in Honduras at the behest of Ronald Reagan.
We Republicans talk about it whenever the subject comes up. We say that the redistribution of wealth by the state is (a) immoral and (b) unconstitutional. The conversation rarely goes beyond that, granted.
Do you mean, for instance, using eminent domain to take away private holdings and getting the state to tax the people in order to fund a private venture? Such as President Bush did with the Texas Rangers Stadium?
ANSWER is not pro-Bathist
Yes, they are very much pro-Baath party.
This is a Radcon technique, to assert something without proof until it is believed to be a fact. They have learned Madison Avenue's tricks rather well and use them to advantage. Liberals would do well to take note and begin playing by the same rules.
The poster should be asked to provide proof for such a statement. The poster should also be reminded that when being asked for proof of his statements that he not switch the topic, as he does in the last paragraph by equating an attack on ivory-tower neocons to an attack on our President. Another Radcon technique to learn from, by the way.
The group International Answer does exist but their agenda does not seem to be to support Saddam Hussein, as the parent would suggest. They may not even be radical leftists.
A thing may indeed be impossible to achieve, but that does not mean one should not attempt it anyway. I don't think we'd be well served to go back to the yellow journalism days. Thompson's Gonzo journalistic style--which is really just a first person narrative or even documentary--has a place but there are those of use who want a more complete perspective.
This does not mean getting exact opposite pieces of information from both sides. It means getting both sides to comment on a topic.
Aiming for a high standard but not reaching it is better in my mind than aiming for a low standard and hitting your mark.
Might you possibly mean TerraBrowser? Yes, the images are outdated but it's still fascinating to look at terrain you know today as it appeared over a decade ago. A little like flying around in a time machine.
...I just didn't "get" Cryptonomicon. Yes, lots of running around, intrigue and so on. But in the end I didn;t find it satisfying.
Similar experience here. After reading about 600 pages I just couldn't read any more. The cryptography and the math were interesting but the characters were just so cold. Lots of gory, senseless death, which I don't seem to enjoy as much as most, but without much examination of how these things would/should affect the characters. Most of the characters had the emotional depth of a mob hit man. Or perhaps an amoeba.
When people take shortcuts and use stupid abbreviations, that signifies that the written language is evolving.
This is the usual response people give to defend bad grammar and spelling. It's funny that a bunch of geeks who keep railing about standards in coding suddenly become anarchists when it comes to language. We have standardized our language for a reason, and that reason is effective communication. It's harder to communicate if people start redefining the rules whenever they feel like it.
Of course the language is evolving, but that is not an excuse for a free-for-all.
I finally realized one thing this quarter. It's really difficult to grep paper notes. I took the last few days of my assembly class notes on the computer and when I was looking for something later I simply grepped all the notes files and (if you're lucky your version of grep has this option) saw which particular day's notes file had what I was interested in.
Just because you get a printed receipt doesn't mean that's the vote the software tallied. Paper and pen, it's the only way to go. I don't care if it take a few days to count the votes.
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I don't know about those "freaks over at PETA," but I can think of some other groups whose goal is to force the rest of us to live our lives exactly as they command us to, and they're not exactly liberal.
Probably not. But a Mastercard with a really large limit would be helpful.
I do not feel better off than I did four years ago. I don't even feel the same as I did four years ago.
You realize, don't you, that America got help from the French for the Revolutionary War?
Is that with a 3 wood or a driver?
It was meant to be a joke. I was poking fun at what people say about English while at the same time pining for "standards" in coding.
There are really no need for web standards. All you have to do is repeat what is so often written here with regards to bad spelling, poor grammar and incorrect usage: "Hey man, the language is dynamic and evolving."
This is a less rosy and more realistic look at what's going on with salaries. During the bubble there may have been a rising powerbase of nerds but that's long gone and you can be sure the market will work hard to never have to pay those kinds of salaries again.
Even if they did, the American public probably wouldn't recognize that such a thing had happened. They still be like "Well, I guess I'm voting for that shorter monkey."
Pointing out something terrible that Ronald Reagan did does not make me anti-American any more than your defense of hypocrisy makes you American.
Actually, I don't think you do. I'm sure you'd defend the actions of President Reagan when he trained death squads in Central America, whose targets were often non-military. Unless you define a military target as someone who disagrees with you.
Something like 65%? Oh, you mean outside the U.S.? I have no idea....
Typical Radcon reply. It isn't so because you say it isn't so. It's also a typical Radcon technique to call names. The tables are slowly turning, and the liberals will soon be playing by the same rules. You'd better think of a new tack.
Dusty past? Right. No, what bothers me is that the city, as you pointed out, taxed the people to get the thing built to the tune of $191 million dollars and George and Co. had it negotiated so they could then buy it back for $60 million. If that isn't welfare for the rich I don't know what is. It may be privately owned, which I'm all for, but it just so happens that it's not really owned by the people who paid for it.
Yes. A good example of this would be Battalion 3-16 that the CIA trained to torture and "disappear" scores of people in Honduras at the behest of Ronald Reagan.
Do you mean, for instance, using eminent domain to take away private holdings and getting the state to tax the people in order to fund a private venture? Such as President Bush did with the Texas Rangers Stadium?
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This is a Radcon technique, to assert something without proof until it is believed to be a fact. They have learned Madison Avenue's tricks rather well and use them to advantage. Liberals would do well to take note and begin playing by the same rules.
The poster should be asked to provide proof for such a statement. The poster should also be reminded that when being asked for proof of his statements that he not switch the topic, as he does in the last paragraph by equating an attack on ivory-tower neocons to an attack on our President. Another Radcon technique to learn from, by the way.
A thing may indeed be impossible to achieve, but that does not mean one should not attempt it anyway. I don't think we'd be well served to go back to the yellow journalism days. Thompson's Gonzo journalistic style--which is really just a first person narrative or even documentary--has a place but there are those of use who want a more complete perspective.
This does not mean getting exact opposite pieces of information from both sides. It means getting both sides to comment on a topic.
Aiming for a high standard but not reaching it is better in my mind than aiming for a low standard and hitting your mark.
Not to mention--but I couldn't find the source--that I think over 50% of newspapers endorsed Bush in 2000.
Might you possibly mean TerraBrowser? Yes, the images are outdated but it's still fascinating to look at terrain you know today as it appeared over a decade ago. A little like flying around in a time machine.
Similar experience here. After reading about 600 pages I just couldn't read any more. The cryptography and the math were interesting but the characters were just so cold. Lots of gory, senseless death, which I don't seem to enjoy as much as most, but without much examination of how these things would/should affect the characters. Most of the characters had the emotional depth of a mob hit man. Or perhaps an amoeba.
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This is the usual response people give to defend bad grammar and spelling. It's funny that a bunch of geeks who keep railing about standards in coding suddenly become anarchists when it comes to language. We have standardized our language for a reason, and that reason is effective communication. It's harder to communicate if people start redefining the rules whenever they feel like it.
Of course the language is evolving, but that is not an excuse for a free-for-all.
I finally realized one thing this quarter. It's really difficult to grep paper notes. I took the last few days of my assembly class notes on the computer and when I was looking for something later I simply grepped all the notes files and (if you're lucky your version of grep has this option) saw which particular day's notes file had what I was interested in.
Just because you get a printed receipt doesn't mean that's the vote the software tallied. Paper and pen, it's the only way to go. I don't care if it take a few days to count the votes.