The following is what I said at the City Council hearing on Thursday....I hope you share my sentiments and if you do let the council and the Pellinis know...in the spirit of consensus, Magick

You...

Friends--

Could some knowledgeable person describe for me, or point me to an objective website, the exact nature of sovereignty of lands federally recognized as Indian tribal property? To what...

I'm sorry, but I'm totally confused now. I don't want to touch the validity of the premise (as far as gender based differences in thought/perception) but I don't understand how someone who feels the...

>>>I have heard men on this board assume that I am responsible for defending the points in the articles I post. I have no interest in doing so, nor do I think I should.

Dear Ubaru--

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Vote for a 'third party', or vote for Ron Paul?...

I might as well shoot myself in the head...

Both these 'options' are absolutely insane right now as far as I'm concerned. We have a uber,...

Patrick,

I agree that Toxic Reverend's slander of you is unfounded and absurd.

One quibble, I didn't look before you stated that he does not use his actual name in his profile, so I don't...

Toxic, do you even read this stuff you post? A quick search of the UCS site shows NO documents on fluoride and the sheet you linked to had this as the most salient piece of information: "• Nearly...

Dear David and "Reverend",

If you have a verifiable point to make, and I believe you do, asking other to follow "links" or use search engines does nothing to help your cause. I am not sure if your...

Dear Ubaru--

Since you see the Affordable Healthcare act as an abomination, what are your own ideas about what should be done (and if not by the gov't then by whom?) to deal with the state of...

Liz, even though you're almost mind-numbingly cute, I can't allow you your lapses in logic.

The fact that we can cite lots of examples of stupid, repressive laws and rules doesn't mean there...

Yes, thank you for conveying Rep. Ron Paul's stance on the birth control mandate. Although I like his platform on civil liberties and ending foreign wars, this piece is an example of why I could...

Dear Richard:
As long-standing denizens of the plant community you dismiss as "invasive" chaparral, we, the undersigned, must vehemently protest your mischaracterization of us. Both as individual...

Published by the British newspaper, The Guardian:
https://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/dec/19/bastardised-libertarianism-makes-freedom-oppression

This bastardised libertarianism makes...

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/george-lakoff/occupy-rhetoric_b_1133114.html?ref=daily-brief?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=120711&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BlogEntry&utm_term=Daily%20Brief
...

I just listened to this and I want to put a shout out there that it is powerful, inspirational, and it will help the Occupy movement and your own spiritual development for you to watch it.

Here...

i've only watched half of this, so far, and it's fantastic:

https://vimeo.com/32070581

This is the issue. At best one can only use the Rule of Plausibility to decipher what Jesus might have said. To say any bible is the definitive text of the inerrant word of god sets up what we...

astroturfing on Wacco? I would say, Yes.

https://www.guardian.co.uk/environmen...m-astroturfing
The need to protect the internet from 'astroturfing' grows ever more urgent

The tobacco...

One of the consequences of an invasion by a Troll is that people stop reading the important information that often appears on the WaccoBB bulletin board. I hope you're listening Barry. I am closing...

I suppose, but...
not having much inclination to check out Haramein, I won't comment on his stuff in particular. But I find it unfortunate that mainstream science is being tied to conformity and...

Here's the fixed URL for the Feynman video: https://www.youtube.com/user/pbrinton?feature=mhee#p/f/0/wMFPe-DwULM
In fact, here's the video:


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Miles, you and I have been substantially simpatico over the years, and I know you're capable of proper reasoning. But lately I've seen you lapse unaccountably a couple of times into elementary...

Miles, you seem to be challenging Patrick and Dixon to prove a negative, in your first and final paragraphs. You probably know that's actually impossible.

It's my belief that most of the racism...

This is an example of the logical fallacy known as the ad hominem attack--i.e., attacking the person rather than addressing the issues--in this case by making an insulting and manifestly untrue...

>>>I made the sweeping claim that anyone who asserts that Cristobal Colon and his ilk were merely acting according to the norms of behavior for their time, and are therefore not subject to the moral...

yes ross, this sure is a wonderful forum

yes ross, this sure is a wonderful forum,
in our post-modern, "cyber democracy" fall;
but still there remains a more excellent quorum:
= that old...

man, the sense of victimization always amazes me. Who says "evil"?? where's the gun?? where's the Christian ethics that so many profess??? I don't recall "help the deserving... the rest of those...

Folks, I gotta say it. I believe that the idea of the "American Way" founded on honest competition in the marketplace is one of the most pernicious theories anyone ever thought of. Actually, I'm...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUCSJQjPEu4

My opinion involves a question to myself. How does it affect my personal life? I don't expect
anyone to live up to my personal morality, or any morality that stands in judgement of another's...

Yep. There are plenty of wackos in this wacky world. Wouldn't you agree? Perhaps you think I'm one? Perhaps if I knew you, I'd think you're one? Perhaps we'd both be right? Or neither?

Obviously...

Since this discussion has somewhat veered onto the topic of acupuncture, I thought some of you might be interested in this series of articles from Chris Kresser (The Healthy Skeptic) on Chinese...

back to the thread's theme --
A lot of the discussions about the nature of reality seem to suggest there are categories of phenomena where science can't be applied. That's not a silly argument,...

well, lots of skepticism because of a couple of key problems: a treatment's efficacy is easier to test and accept if there's a proposed mechanism by which the treatment works, based on other...

Hey Barry, thanks for responding so expeditiously with an attempt to clarify. When I'm feeling misunderstood, abused, etc., I'm always in a hurry to get things resolved to stop my, and everybody's,...

I already privately emailed Patrick Brinton my thanks for his splendid contributions to this horrendous thread, but have since decided it's better to give people thanks publicly. Thank you, Kathy,...

Barry I'm puzzled at your attempts to douse this excellent conflagration. I don't think I've ever seen that before from you--maybe I've just missed it. I've been following it as an avid fan of...

What Can Man Do?




Dear John Box: With regards to your last statement :

"He requests the AG issue an opinion that nobody can be declared a vexatious litigant? Are you kidding me? ...

PD Editorial: The unsavory lightness of Jenkel's undoing
https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20110602/OPINION/110609844?p=all&tc=pgall

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I can't stand to see it happening in the West County.

I lived in the Geyserville hills surrounded by oak woodlands. Those groves were like fairy land, the magical quality obvious even at a...

Sure seems to me that large parts of the "right" are driven by fear, an animal instinct (and greed, which is related to fear). I'm sure the "liberal media" is both willingly and unwillingly...

Brainwash Personified


We are excited at the achievement that we did it, we killed him
Are we all asleep, in that we are choosing to be thrilled that someone died

Congratulating the...

Considering Hotspring's concern about sanitation, I have to admit that often I go fully clothed to the grocery store, and sometimes in shirt and pants I've worn a day or more.

>>>Some people will...

I saw that as well, and it helped me clarify some thoughts I've had recently, since there's been so much discussion of science vs. magic/mystical/wishful/anecdotal/imaginary approaches to things like...

(I accidentally posted this before it was finished. I deleted that one and this is the finished version.)

There's been a lot of sniping back and forth in this thread. Let's see if we can get...

I enjoyed the reply from Podfish. I'm sure such an eloquent person knows that issues of personal privacy are largely societally determined. Having lived most of my adult life out of the States, I...

Yup, that's why you don't like them. You've gotta be willing to lose gracefully in order to fully enjoy playing--and in order to be fun to play with!

For me games work best when everyone involved...