It amazes me that so many allegedly "educated" people have fallen so quickly and so hard for a fraudulent fabrication of such laughable proportions. The very idea that a gigantic ball of rock happens to orbit our planet, showing itself in neat, four-week cycles -- with the same side facing us all the time -- is ludicrous. Furthermore, it is an insult to common sense and a damnable affront to intellectual honesty and integrity. That people actually believe it is evidence that the liberals have wrested the last vestiges of control of our public school system from decent, God-fearing Americans (as if any further evidence was needed! Daddy's Roommate? God Almighty!)
Documentaries such as Enemy of the State have accurately portrayed the elaborate, byzantine network of surveillance satellites that the liberals have sent into space to spy on law-abiding Americans. Equipped with technology developed by Handgun Control, Inc., these satellites have the ability to detect firearms from hundreds of kilometers up. That's right, neighbors.. the next time you're out in the backyard exercising your Second Amendment rights, the liberals will see it! These satellites are sensitive enough to tell the difference between a Colt.45 and a.38 Special! And when they detect you with a firearm, their computers cross-reference the address to figure out your name, and then an enormous database housed at Berkeley is updated with information about you.
Of course, this all works fine during the day, but what about at night? Even the liberals can't control the rotation of the Earth to prevent nightfall from setting in (only Joshua was able to ask for that particular favor!) That's where the "moon" comes in. Powered by nuclear reactors, the "moon" is nothing more than an enormous balloon, emitting trillions of candlepower of gun- revealing light. Piloted by key members of the liberal community, the "moon" is strategically moved across the country, pointing out those who dare to make use of their God-given rights at night!
Yes, I know this probably sounds paranoid and preposterous, but consider this. Despite what the revisionist historians tell you, there is no mention of the "moon" anywhere in literature or historical documents -- anywhere -- before 1950. That is when it was initially launched. When President Josef Kennedy, at the State of the Union address, proclaimed "We choose to go to the moon", he may as well have said "We choose to go to the weather balloon." The subsequent faking of a "moon" landing on national TV was the first step in a long history of the erosion of our constitutional rights by leftists in this country. No longer can we hide from our government when the sun goes down.
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An Ancient Reality Modification Device (Culture) By dTaylorSingletary Mon Jul 8th, 2002 at 01:44:42 PM BST
Salvia divinorum is one of over a thousand species of sage and the only known to induce visions. At the time of this writeup it is legal to grow, consume, and distribute in every country on Earth. Effective June 1, 2002 anyone living in Australia or its territories will have their right of use denied, as the government has scheduled the substance.
It has also been called Ska Maria Pastora, Diviner's Sage, and just plain Salvia. It is to me, one of the most curiouser elements of this strange little world we find ourselves in.
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You are being watched: a call for randomness (Freedom & Politics) By Geoffd1 Mon Jul 8th, 2002 at 09:15:18 AM BST
If you're not into this this kind of stuff, you've probably had a lingering suspicion or two. I'd prefer to make it clear: information about you has been gathered.
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A Treatise on Marxism-Leninism: Lenin and Revolution (Freedom & Politics)
By Dave Madsen Mon Jul 8th, 2002 at 04:33:07 AM BST
With Marx out of the way, it is now time to turn our attention to Lenin (hence "Leninism" in the title).
Section One: Foreword and Chapter One Section Two: Marx's Later Days Section Three: A Look at Russia
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The Shortcomings of Eugenics (Op-Ed)
By la princesa Mon Jul 8th, 2002 at 03:12:10 AM BST
Recent advances in genetics and gene therapy have raised the old specter of eugenics. Eugenics can be divided into two categories: positive, or utopian eugenics, and negative eugenics. Positive eugenics has a shorter history than negative eugenics, as it dates from roughly the middle and late nineteenth century. Its focus is on helping people produce offspring with the most genetically suitable traits. Negative eugenics, conversely, deals with killing off or sterilizing those with genetically defective traits. It is this type of eugenics that people tend to think of when they hear the word "eugenics".
Negative eugenics are what Hitler's Nazi scientists practiced. This form of eugenics goes all the way back to Plato's Republic, which detailed a plan to prevent genetic undesirables from mating and producing offspring. It is this form of eugenics that is often invoked when genocide occurs. Genocide in the cause of negative eugenics is rationalized as weeding out a genetically inferior race so that a supposedly superior one can continue on.
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RAVE Act: RIP Live Electronic Music (Op-Ed)
By Luminescent Sun Jul 7th, 2002 at 12:26:12 PM BST
The RAVE Act, whose acronym stands for "Reducing Americans' Vunerability to Ecstacy", would fine people or companies that organize or host events "featuring loud, pounding dance music" up to $2,000,000, and allows promoters to be jailed for up to 20 years, without requiring officials to prove that any of the attendees actually possessed drugs. This law not only is a danger to civil liberties, but also would effectively eliminate live electronic music in the US, given the enormous risks now associated with it.
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Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw Part V (Freedom & Politics)
By thelizman Sun Jul 7th, 2002 at 05:12:13 AM BST
In the fifth and final installment of this series, I examine the root causes of failure in Operation Eagle Claw. A bibliography and hyperlink index is also provided. Reference
Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw Part I Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw Part II Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw Part III Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw Part IV
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2600 Magazine Drops DeCSS Appeal (Technology)
By amike Sun Jul 7th, 2002 at 02:33:44 AM BST
After two and a half years and much debate, 2600 Magazine, the self-proclaimed "Hacker's Quarterly," announced Wednesday that it will not ask the Supreme Court to review the decision of a federal court order prohibiting 2600 from publishing or linking to sites containing DeCSS, a computer program that decrypts the Content Scrambling System (CSS) found on DVDs. The decision ends a long legal battle with the MPAA over an article 2600 posted on their website in December 1999 containing the software and links to mirror sites. The case was one of the first to involve the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA), a 1998 law prohibiting the distribution, use, or possession of technology that circumvented technological copy-protection systems.
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Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw Part IV (Freedom & Politics)
By thelizman Sat Jul 6th, 2002 at 01:05:19 AM BST
In part four of Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw I conclude the narration of the events of Desert I.
Reference
Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw Part I Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw Part II Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw Part III
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Enough of this insanity (Op-Ed)
By ariux Fri Jul 5th, 2002 at 05:07:14 PM BST
These plans for invading Iraq have gone far enough. In our country, which is a republic, the leaders need a mandate from the people. Getting such a mandate is not as simple as running a few TV commercials, when the matter in question involves massive loss of life, destruction, chaos, and expenditure. If Bush ever had a blank check, this is the point at which it will bounce.
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Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw Part III (Freedom & Politics)
By thelizman Fri Jul 5th, 2002 at 04:15:02 PM BST
In part III of VI in this series on Modern Warfare:Special Operations, I begin the narration of the events at Desert I.
Previously
Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw Part I Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw Part II
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Get of IRC the lot of you and help the CLiT.
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I agre....
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What's the solution then?
We're all agreed then.
MOD EVERYONE UP (and don't use too many caps)
The MPAA are also bad.
There - that's all it takes to get modded up, isn't it?
I agree with almost all of the posts above.
Slashdot requires you to wait at least 2 minutes between posting because you're probably running Mozilla or something really fucking slow.
absolutely nobody is listening to the musicians
Surely the RIAAs problem is that lots of people are listening.
I disagree with this post.
I agree with both posts.
I agree - providing you mean B&H.
I agree with him agreeing with the other post.
What stuffing would you recommend with that?
Hmm. What do you need to clean up in the vacuum of space? OF COURSE! A Vacuum Cleaner!
It amazes me that so many allegedly "educated" people have fallen so quickly and so hard for a fraudulent fabrication of such laughable proportions. The very idea that a gigantic ball of rock happens to orbit our planet, showing itself in neat, four-week cycles -- with the same side facing us all the time -- is ludicrous. Furthermore, it is an insult to common sense and a damnable affront to intellectual honesty and integrity. That people actually believe it is evidence that the liberals have wrested the last vestiges of control of our public school system from decent, God-fearing Americans (as if any further evidence was needed! Daddy's Roommate? God Almighty!)
.. the next time you're out in the backyard exercising your Second Amendment rights, the liberals will see it! These satellites are sensitive enough to tell the difference between a Colt .45 and a .38 Special! And when they detect you with a firearm, their computers cross-reference the address to figure out your name, and then an enormous database housed at Berkeley is updated with information about you.
Documentaries such as Enemy of the State have accurately portrayed the elaborate, byzantine network of surveillance satellites that the liberals have sent into space to spy on law-abiding Americans. Equipped with technology developed by Handgun Control, Inc., these satellites have the ability to detect firearms from hundreds of kilometers up. That's right, neighbors
Of course, this all works fine during the day, but what about at night? Even the liberals can't control the rotation of the Earth to prevent nightfall from setting in (only Joshua was able to ask for that particular favor!) That's where the "moon" comes in. Powered by nuclear reactors, the "moon" is nothing more than an enormous balloon, emitting trillions of candlepower of gun- revealing light. Piloted by key members of the liberal community, the "moon" is strategically moved across the country, pointing out those who dare to make use of their God-given rights at night!
Yes, I know this probably sounds paranoid and preposterous, but consider this. Despite what the revisionist historians tell you, there is no mention of the "moon" anywhere in literature or historical documents -- anywhere -- before 1950. That is when it was initially launched. When President Josef Kennedy, at the State of the Union address, proclaimed "We choose to go to the moon", he may as well have said "We choose to go to the weather balloon." The subsequent faking of a "moon" landing on national TV was the first step in a long history of the erosion of our constitutional rights by leftists in this country. No longer can we hide from our government when the sun goes down.
He's a quadraplegic.
The DoD would probably help if they'd point it downwards one week a month.
Insightful.
Please mod as Lovely, thank you.
Please mod as Insightful, thank you.
Please mod as twat, thank you.
Until Opera etc. get full wide-page support, they will never be competetive.
Blah, blah, blah ....
I wonder what's happening on K5:
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Most Elaborate Troll by medham MLP::Humour
Teenager gang-raped by order of tribal jury by spiv MLP::Culture
RIAA to Start Suing Pirates by dipierro MLP::Music
Music as Art, Not a Commodity: Three Models by tuj
Media::Music
a vain attempt to organize thoughts at 7:20 am by Optical
scene for the subway by refulgence
duxup's side of a conversation with several customers this morning: by duxup
~grumbles~ by fink
Another ludicrously short weekend. by crankie I Barfed In A Bar by anylulu
Returning from the third world.. by tonyenkiducx
Michael Eckman: Uhh, excuse me, just one question before we start. Should you be drinking alcohol wh by pqbon
potential stumbleupon.com MLP by EricBoyd
Front Page The best stories of the day, chosen by you.
An Ancient Reality Modification Device (Culture) By dTaylorSingletary Mon Jul 8th, 2002 at 01:44:42 PM BST
Salvia divinorum is one of over a thousand species of sage and the only known to induce visions. At the time of this writeup it is legal to grow, consume, and distribute in every country on Earth. Effective June 1, 2002 anyone living in Australia or its territories will have their right of use denied, as the government has scheduled the substance.
It has also been called Ska Maria Pastora, Diviner's Sage, and just plain Salvia. It is to me, one of the most curiouser elements of this strange little world we find ourselves in.
Full Story (56 comments, 56 new, 3261 words in story)
You are being watched: a call for randomness (Freedom & Politics) By Geoffd1 Mon Jul 8th, 2002 at 09:15:18 AM BST
If you're not into this this kind of stuff, you've probably had a lingering suspicion or two. I'd prefer to make it clear: information about you has been gathered.
Full Story (73 comments, 12 new, 1371 words in story)
A Treatise on Marxism-Leninism: Lenin and Revolution (Freedom & Politics)
By Dave Madsen
Mon Jul 8th, 2002 at 04:33:07 AM BST
With Marx out of the way, it is now time to turn our attention to Lenin (hence "Leninism" in the title).
Section One: Foreword and Chapter One
Section Two: Marx's Later Days
Section Three: A Look at Russia
Full Story (11 comments, 11 new, 3565 words in story)
The Shortcomings of Eugenics (Op-Ed)
By la princesa
Mon Jul 8th, 2002 at 03:12:10 AM BST
Recent advances in genetics and gene therapy have raised the old specter of eugenics. Eugenics can be divided into two categories: positive, or utopian eugenics, and negative eugenics. Positive eugenics has a shorter history than negative eugenics, as it dates from roughly the middle and late nineteenth century. Its focus is on helping people produce offspring with the most genetically suitable traits. Negative eugenics, conversely, deals with killing off or sterilizing those with genetically defective traits. It is this type of eugenics that people tend to think of when they hear the word "eugenics".
Negative eugenics are what Hitler's Nazi scientists practiced. This form of eugenics goes all the way back to Plato's Republic, which detailed a plan to prevent genetic undesirables from mating and producing offspring. It is this form of eugenics that is often invoked when genocide occurs. Genocide in the cause of negative eugenics is rationalized as weeding out a genetically inferior race so that a supposedly superior one can continue on.
Full Story (85 comments, 85 new, 1137 words in story)
RAVE Act: RIP Live Electronic Music (Op-Ed)
By Luminescent
Sun Jul 7th, 2002 at 12:26:12 PM BST
The RAVE Act, whose acronym stands for "Reducing Americans' Vunerability to Ecstacy", would fine people or companies that organize or host events "featuring loud, pounding dance music" up to $2,000,000, and allows promoters to be jailed for up to 20 years, without requiring officials to prove that any of the attendees actually possessed drugs. This law not only is a danger to civil liberties, but also would effectively eliminate live electronic music in the US, given the enormous risks now associated with it.
Full Story (292 comments, 292 new, 769 words in story)
Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw Part V (Freedom & Politics)
By thelizman
Sun Jul 7th, 2002 at 05:12:13 AM BST
In the fifth and final installment of this series, I examine the root causes of failure in Operation Eagle Claw. A bibliography and hyperlink index is also provided. Reference
Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw Part I
Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw Part II
Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw Part III
Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw Part IV
Full Story (69 comments, 69 new, 2675 words in story)
2600 Magazine Drops DeCSS Appeal (Technology)
By amike
Sun Jul 7th, 2002 at 02:33:44 AM BST
After two and a half years and much debate, 2600 Magazine, the self-proclaimed "Hacker's Quarterly," announced Wednesday that it will not ask the Supreme Court to review the decision of a federal court order prohibiting 2600 from publishing or linking to sites containing DeCSS, a computer program that decrypts the Content Scrambling System (CSS) found on DVDs. The decision ends a long legal battle with the MPAA over an article 2600 posted on their website in December 1999 containing the software and links to mirror sites. The case was one of the first to involve the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA), a 1998 law prohibiting the distribution, use, or possession of technology that circumvented technological copy-protection systems.
Full Story (7 comments, 7 new, 537 words in story)
Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw Part IV (Freedom & Politics)
By thelizman
Sat Jul 6th, 2002 at 01:05:19 AM BST
In part four of Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw I conclude the narration of the events of Desert I.
Reference
Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw Part I
Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw Part II
Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw Part III
Full Story (18 comments, 18 new, 2057 words in story)
Enough of this insanity (Op-Ed)
By ariux
Fri Jul 5th, 2002 at 05:07:14 PM BST
These plans for invading Iraq have gone far enough. In our country, which is a republic, the leaders need a mandate from the people. Getting such a mandate is not as simple as running a few TV commercials, when the matter in question involves massive loss of life, destruction, chaos, and expenditure. If Bush ever had a blank check, this is the point at which it will bounce.
Full Story (361 comments, 319 new, 1026 words in story)
Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw Part III (Freedom & Politics)
By thelizman
Fri Jul 5th, 2002 at 04:15:02 PM BST
In part III of VI in this series on Modern Warfare:Special Operations, I begin the narration of the events at Desert I.
Previously
Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw Part I
Modern Warfare: Special Operations, Operation Eagle Claw Part II
Full Story (11 comments, 1 new, 2321 words in story)
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