651. Muslim countries win concession regarding religious debates

Comment #196838 by Tezcatlipoca on June 20, 2008 at 1:26 pm

al- a friend told me as we were driving somewhere in the bay area on the way to fishermans wharf that the cranes on the oakland docks were Lucas's inspiration for imperial walkers. I kind of got that impression although after he said it it could have been paradolia.

652. Muslim countries win concession regarding religious debates

Comment #196832 by Tezcatlipoca on June 20, 2008 at 1:21 pm

for the record I'd like to whine about the 18% profit that the health industry makes re FF's post 196808

653. Muslim countries win concession regarding religious debates

Comment #196820 by Tezcatlipoca on June 20, 2008 at 1:11 pm

Al-I must add that if they wear pachouli they are definately "fair game".

654. It Doesn't Take an Einstein

Comment #196795 by Tezcatlipoca on June 20, 2008 at 12:50 pm

Emmanuel Chiriqui oil wrestling Bar Rafaeli with me officiating...

655. Muslim countries win concession regarding religious debates

Comment #196716 by Tezcatlipoca on June 20, 2008 at 11:16 am

hahaha

pop just shot out my nose! Quite a few of my friends are sandle wearing granola eaters and yes...they work at "The Giving Tree." An organic farm.

p.s. I'd like to mention, that Zohan, in the second to last scene wore Keen's. An exceptional sandal for the fat footed btw...

656. Bright Chunks At Phoenix Lander's Mars Site Must Have Been Ice

Comment #196714 by Tezcatlipoca on June 20, 2008 at 11:13 am

BRM- It's all a big soundstage...haven't you seen Capricorn 1... ;p

657. Muslim countries win concession regarding religious debates

Comment #196704 by Tezcatlipoca on June 20, 2008 at 10:58 am

Condom? We don't need no stinking condoms! Ugh...

edit-Guns, Germs and Steel is in the must read pile at home.

658. Muslim countries win concession regarding religious debates

Comment #196688 by Tezcatlipoca on June 20, 2008 at 10:38 am

So,

speaking on behalf of my maternal Deutschlander relatives...does this mean we get to keep the art or is there some statute of limitations?

Mordicious...aren't you supposed to use a non petroleum based lubricant to maintain the integrity of the latex?

659. Muslim countries win concession regarding religious debates

Comment #196655 by Tezcatlipoca on June 20, 2008 at 9:48 am

Al-

Unless you mention that you were formerly catholic as well then I don't think you can properly conceptualize guilt...hahaha

out to lunch...back in 45 maybe...

edit change are to were formerly

660. Muslim countries win concession regarding religious debates

Comment #196653 by Tezcatlipoca on June 20, 2008 at 9:44 am

I don't think I would call it a policy of genocide either. I don't think the disease transmission was deliberate. The result was genocidal. The spaniards certainly wouldn't have wanted to depopulate their labor pool. Lack of a "Protestant" work ethic I suppose...hahaha...

661. Muslim countries win concession regarding religious debates

Comment #196647 by Tezcatlipoca on June 20, 2008 at 9:30 am

The confederation was made up of member nations. They were not united on which side of the conflict they were on. It is possible I misnamed the cofederation by applying just Iroqouis to it. If I was at home near my bookcase I'd be happy to oblige.

662. Muslim countries win concession regarding religious debates

Comment #196638 by Tezcatlipoca on June 20, 2008 at 9:21 am

No, Ronald Wright is telling you that George Washington destroyed the crops of certain members of the Iroquois confederation causing some famine. Much of the depopulating was done by disease transmission from either contact with Europeans or with carriers. It is my opinion that the small pox blankets thing is a myth. While Europeans had developed some resisistance I doubt they wanted to be anywhere near something tainted by smallpox. It still killed them as well.

663. Muslim countries win concession regarding religious debates

Comment #196633 by Tezcatlipoca on June 20, 2008 at 9:04 am

George was quite good at destoying crops and causing famine however

edit Per Ronald Wright in Stolen Continents 1992 Penguin Books

664. Muslim countries win concession regarding religious debates

Comment #196629 by Tezcatlipoca on June 20, 2008 at 8:58 am

George Washington (while he was a British subject) and Andrew Jackson both got their hands a little dirty. A high percentage of initial deaths in the Americas was due to introduced disease spread by disease, which vectored along indiginous trade routes, that predated non Spanish colonization.

665. Muslim countries win concession regarding religious debates

Comment #196619 by Tezcatlipoca on June 20, 2008 at 8:34 am

I was in a little bar brawl about 2 years ago in an establishment fittingly named "the Nuthouse" Very cathartic. The next few days of moaning and groaning convinced me I was pretty much done with the nonsense.

666. Muslim countries win concession regarding religious debates

Comment #196613 by Tezcatlipoca on June 20, 2008 at 8:22 am

just to add to the list regarding U.S. force projection...

Dominican Republic 1964

Pops was at Fort Benning when his airborne unit went on "field manuevers" for 30 days,

667. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #196260 by Tezcatlipoca on June 19, 2008 at 2:32 pm

Witches burn and float because they are made of wood. Innocent people sing (and drown) when you place them in water... sheesh!

edit-I don't know if they sing, maybe they do when water boarded but...I meant sink.

668. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #196138 by Tezcatlipoca on June 19, 2008 at 10:46 am

And they were given the "word"...and the word was "Fred".

669. George W Bush meets Pope amid claims he might convert to Catholicism

Comment #193990 by Tezcatlipoca on June 16, 2008 at 9:08 am

mmmm, I like rutkohl and roladen...

Rainer

670. Town moves against Islamic school

Comment #189468 by Tezcatlipoca on June 6, 2008 at 10:16 am

Al-

true, I thought about that after my post. They would be traitors.

671. Blogger spreads the gospel of science

Comment #189467 by Tezcatlipoca on June 6, 2008 at 10:14 am

Let us not forget Hell Michigan...good camping and fishing around there...

672. Blogger spreads the gospel of science

Comment #189456 by Tezcatlipoca on June 6, 2008 at 10:06 am

What's with the anti-ojibway sentiment Cart?

Isn't Utica from Greece? (edit)

673. Town moves against Islamic school

Comment #189454 by Tezcatlipoca on June 6, 2008 at 10:04 am

Al-

agree with your first definition of traitor.

I think the second should say something about overthrowing a popular or democraticically elected etc government and way of life.

674. Blogger spreads the gospel of science

Comment #189434 by Tezcatlipoca on June 6, 2008 at 9:20 am

Irate,

um, thanks, I think...

p.s. hahahahaahahaaha!

675. Blogger spreads the gospel of science

Comment #189430 by Tezcatlipoca on June 6, 2008 at 9:06 am

irate,

what is a blighter? Is it a pejorative that has something to do with someone who caused blight? I saw a few WWII movies where it was used by RAF characters etc but wondered about the specifics of the word.

676. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #189429 by Tezcatlipoca on June 6, 2008 at 9:02 am

Thanks Al

I haven't been to rotten in years. The car wreck aspect of the site got old quick (no pun intended, of course...)

Wasn't Henning the one who got fleeced by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, thought bouncing up from the ground by flexing his buttocks was levitating and died of a jacked up liver? I thought TM was supposed to have helped him to go to another state (montana perhaps...bada boom!) that kept his body from being affected by worldly afflictions.

677. Lying for Jesus?

Comment #189423 by Tezcatlipoca on June 6, 2008 at 8:47 am

diacanu

I would hit that rotten.com link but my employer's filters would start all kinds of bells and whistles to flashing. But considering it's Doug Henning I'm sure it's pretty gruesome considering the transmeditational road he went down.

678. Blogger spreads the gospel of science

Comment #189418 by Tezcatlipoca on June 6, 2008 at 8:38 am

edit-for LaurieB re cfi at GVSU

Grand Rapids MI is in Kent county. Grand Valley State University is in Allendale pretty near Grand Rapids. They do have a Center for Inquiry group there in that area. The survey is probably legit. I believe there is a myspace page under cfi michigan or center for inquiry michigan. I would look up the link but my employers restrictions on myspace would get a big warning page to come up if I tried.

679. The Great Evangelical Decline

Comment #188764 by Tezcatlipoca on June 4, 2008 at 1:55 pm

I got this vibe in Tampa about my sister's church. (She counts de money...demonay, demonay!) When they have 60 people it's remarkable.

680. A New Step In Evolution

Comment #188172 by Tezcatlipoca on June 3, 2008 at 9:48 am

Yahoo! Michigan State University!

To balance the scales however, I was driving by and say a mobile billboard go by that had 4000 b.s. and dinosaurs. I'm guessing it was an advert for a young earth bible camp. Still, Yahoo MSU!

edit-hahaha I can't believe I put b.s. after the 4000...b.c. it must have been subconcious

681. Louisiana's latest creationism bill moves to House floor

Comment #188138 by Tezcatlipoca on June 3, 2008 at 8:56 am

Ugh! I was driving to work this morning and saw a mobile bill board that had an advertisement for summer camp. It had 4000 b.c. in big letters. When I took a closer look I saw that their jungle scene had dinosaurs in it. Ugh! An outbreak of young earth creationism by Michigan State University. I almost went kamikaze but I just got my car this spring.

682. Storm erupts over 'virginity' divorce

Comment #187732 by Tezcatlipoca on June 2, 2008 at 1:38 pm

Sure do, it was nice vaginal sex btw...hahaha

683. Storm erupts over 'virginity' divorce

Comment #187721 by Tezcatlipoca on June 2, 2008 at 1:29 pm

click-clack, click-clack, who's walking on my bridge?

684. Storm erupts over 'virginity' divorce

Comment #187705 by Tezcatlipoca on June 2, 2008 at 1:18 pm

Can someone kill the italics...I'm fairly blind as it is...

685. Storm erupts over 'virginity' divorce

Comment #187689 by Tezcatlipoca on June 2, 2008 at 1:05 pm

Good Grief! Not the "think of the children" gambit...

686. Storm erupts over 'virginity' divorce

Comment #187684 by Tezcatlipoca on June 2, 2008 at 1:01 pm

Oh there's a nice steaming pile of straw mixed with...

edit-but then again it does demonstrate Appleby's opinion of homosexuals. Non-human.

687. Storm erupts over 'virginity' divorce

Comment #187669 by Tezcatlipoca on June 2, 2008 at 12:44 pm

The last page is about all that's needed. The rest is just a bunch of smoke. Your fearmongering around unsupported what ifs says it all. Poof..

688. Storm erupts over 'virginity' divorce

Comment #187660 by Tezcatlipoca on June 2, 2008 at 12:37 pm

Invoking boogeymen. Classic.

689. Storm erupts over 'virginity' divorce

Comment #187655 by Tezcatlipoca on June 2, 2008 at 12:29 pm

Al-

sometimes a spade is a spade.

690. Storm erupts over 'virginity' divorce

Comment #187654 by Tezcatlipoca on June 2, 2008 at 12:27 pm

Hmm,

I suppose last week, while I was visiting my sister and her partner I should have reported them for contributing to the inevitable delinquincy of my niece. That would have been pretty amusing for the authorities since the "partner" is a case worker for child protective services...

691. Storm erupts over 'virginity' divorce

Comment #187648 by Tezcatlipoca on June 2, 2008 at 12:20 pm

So then, what about real, non biological, adoptive parents? We simply don[t know about them. Unless perhaps they've had their own children. Or what about a male and female couple who have children, then one partner or the other realizes they are homosexual, say for instance after the children are adults (say 18years old) and then they split up and one parent goes into a same sex relationship? The children turn out fine with the exception of having to deal with their parents splitting up. Hmm, that seems to happen quite a bit no matter what the parents orientations.

692. Car dealership advert tells atheists to 'shut up'

Comment #185920 by Tezcatlipoca on May 29, 2008 at 5:00 am

My Ford's have been okay. I think the latest trucks to have a ball joint bugaboo were the Dodge Dakota line. GM's V-6's had a rep for spinning rear main bearings. I've been unable to break the 300 straight six in my old ford pick up but that's probably why they stopped making that motor.

693. How to reconcile Richard Dawkins?

Comment #183998 by Tezcatlipoca on May 23, 2008 at 11:33 am

thanks for the info.

I've had similar good and bad experiences with unions. I've been a steward and I've been blacklisted. (CWA) We had an interesting round of discussions amongst friends, mostly grad students and profs, about whether the newly hired prof friend (he just completed his first year as an instructor at Mich. State) was working class. His wife, who is going to defend her dissertation at New Mexico, and is a guest lecturer, said they were still working class. There was quite a bit of discussion on that. She still has callouses on the palms of her hands from quite a few years of working in the fields picking crops. It made for a few weeks worth of intersting back and forth emails.

694. How to reconcile Richard Dawkins?

Comment #183980 by Tezcatlipoca on May 23, 2008 at 10:51 am

I haven't read the manifesto (yet?) but I have heard some folks say Marx in talking about marriage, is saying that the Bourgeouis class seeks to keep wealth/property, whatever in a closed system. Yeah, I should read it before I comment but it's pretty far down the list. I'm only half-way through Demon Haunted World and have a pretty big stack to work on before I bother. Does anyone have any clarification on that. Thanks for posting you all keep my workday interesting.

695. Sun's properties not 'fine-tuned' for life

Comment #183958 by Tezcatlipoca on May 23, 2008 at 10:03 am

I was under the impression that after a few light years our electromagnetic emissions become indistinguishable from the background "noise".

696. Richard Dawkins Responds to Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Comment #183879 by Tezcatlipoca on May 23, 2008 at 4:58 am

DingoDave,

say it ain't so! Gamera doesn't exist! That would mean that neither does Godzilla! Who will save us from 3 headed flying space dragons? Mothra? Obviously you have been subverted by the evolin illogic...

697. Losing Our Spines to Save Our Necks

Comment #183678 by Tezcatlipoca on May 22, 2008 at 1:17 pm

Just a slight digression. At a conference in Austin I asked a Librarian/Archivist friend, who was going to meet a couple of peers, what that group would be described as. She replied, "a coven." So now you know what to call a group of three or more Librarians. Ha-ha-ha.

698. Kenya mob reportedly burns 11 'witches'

Comment #183618 by Tezcatlipoca on May 22, 2008 at 11:25 am

Duh, of course the witches burned...they were made of wood!

699. 'Reverse Evolution' Discovered in Seattle Fish

Comment #183613 by Tezcatlipoca on May 22, 2008 at 11:11 am

There's an article in May 2008 Scientific American titled Regulating Evolution. It has a case study example that features the three-spined stickleback and the loss of a prominent spiny pelvic fin for the shallow water stickleback. Something to do with variations in the Pitx1 gene.

700. Richard Dawkins lecture at ASU's Tempe Campus

Comment #183545 by Tezcatlipoca on May 22, 2008 at 8:46 am

Whoop Whoop! Dawkins is at Michigan State March 2nd 2009!