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Re: conscious ships

wdst...@panix.com (William December Starr) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:11:49 UT

In article <he64id$j1...@news.eternal-sep tember.org>,
mstem...@walkabout.empros.com (Michael Stemper) said:
Did it, technically speaking? I thought "Rammer" ended with Corbell
sending Peersa et al a singing fuckyougram over the radio as he flew
off, with the arrival and announcement of the presence of the Peersa

Re: Starving people refuse to eat food aid

prufer.pub...@mnet-online.de.invalid (Thomas Prufer) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:06:26 UT

That's just because Bavarians are much grouchier, and deliberately talk
gibberish at forriners. But the most disliked forriners are the German
forriners. Forriners from far away is usually all right, sort of, also because
there's hope they'll go back home presently.
Thomas Prufer

Re: conscious ships

wdst...@panix.com (William December Starr) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:05:10 UT

In article <1258593...@sheol.org>,
thro...@sheol.org (Wayne Throop) said:
Did HAL ever talk about having the greatest enthusiasm about the
ship? I only remember him reporting on its condition, most
specifically the radio antenna that was out of alignment.
Pretty much the latter, I think. One test is whether the AI

Barack Obama Sr. And His Genocidal Plan For Kenya

soundoftrum...@dcemail.com (Sound of Trumpet) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:51:45 UT

[link]
Barack Obama Sr.'s Mugabeist plan for Kenya
Kenya was a Cold War ally of the U.S. For example, Kenya boycotted the
1980 Moscow Olympic Games at President Jimmy Carter's request, a
bigger sacrifice for Kenya than most of other 28 countries that

Re: The Simplest Methods Which Break The Will: 31 Methods Of Torture Used By Stalin's Atheist Executioners

tcros...@hotmail.com (Terry Cross) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:20:07 UT

Heh -- what do you know of Stalin's schooling? What are your sources?
TCross

Re: [YASID] trying to find a book title / author

grschm...@acm.org (Gary R. Schmidt) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:09:42 UT

Added the YASID tag...
Sounds like a Mack Reynolds "United Planets" and "Section G" piece.
Do "United Planets" or "Ronnie Bronston" or "Ross Metaxa" ring any bells?
Cheers,
Gary B-)

Re: Where do you go to hear about new books?

wmgfr...@newsguy.com (William George Ferguson) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:50:28 UT

On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:48:58 -0700, Howard Brazee <how...@brazee.net>
wrote:
Well, he never published a sequel. According to several sources he did
indeed write one, Karres Venture, but the manuscript was lost, and he
failed to recreate it before his death. Among others, Gharlane had read
the manuscript.

Re: Starving people refuse to eat food aid

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:13:49 UT

In article <1ahhg59n2lsj203s8066t6ke062ft ki...@4ax.com>,
Butter Beans are great, Lima Beans, not so much. In fact I never considered
that they might be related. And in fact, it's not entirely clear, but
Wiki suggests that what we Southerners commonly call a butter bean is
a different cultivar than what is normally called a lima bean (Sieva / Dixie /

Re: The Books That Founded D&D

marko.amn...@kolumbus.fi (Marko Amnell) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:12:51 UT

d5bb0fe4-fb63-4f6a-9292-7e2e95 7cd...@j14g2000yqm.googlegroup s.com...
[...]
Patok mentioned Cthulhu, so it sounds like he is interested in
Lovecraft's mythos stories in particular. I would
suggest that another way of approaching Lovecraft would
be to sample some of the adaptations of his mythos stories

Re: The Simplest Methods Which Break The Will: 31 Methods Of Torture Used By Stalin's Atheist Executioners

vith...@gmail.com (Eris) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:11:36 UT

The brutality that he was subjected to. Spare the rod spoil the child

Re: YASID: TV series about ancient astronauts

s...@kithrup.com (Sean Eric Fagan) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:32:50 UT

[...]
I suspect it's "The Phoenix" --
[link]) -- instead.

Re: The Simplest Methods Which Break The Will: 31 Methods Of Torture Used By Stalin's Atheist Executioners

tcros...@hotmail.com (Terry Cross) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:58:28 UT

Then why do you attribute Stalin's character to his schooling?
TCross

Re: Concentrated nostalgia

seanoh...@gmail.com (Sean O'Hara) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:54:59 UT

In the Year of the Earth Ox, the Great and Powerful Paul Ciszek
declared:
Anything published between 1923 and 1964 is public domain unless the
copyright holder filed a renewal. Most of the big name sci-fi
authors did so -- the major exception is H. Beam Piper whose books
are almost all PD -- but many individual works slipped through the

Re: The Simplest Methods Which Break The Will: 31 Methods Of Torture Used By Stalin's Atheist Executioners

smit...@truth.gov.oc (William Smith) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:41:30 UT

A method not listed here is waterboarding. It was invented by Spanish
Inquisition and was later described in a book by Juan Antonio Llorente.

Re: Starving people refuse to eat food aid

reunite.gondw...@gmail.com (Reunite Gondwanaland (Mary Shafer)) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:03:21 UT

On Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:34:35 -0800, Kurt Busiek <k...@busiek.com>
wrote:
On the other hand, butter beans, which are fully ripened and dried
lima beans, are really good. I like to heat up a can, with a little
real butter, and pour the beans and juice onto a slice of sourdough
bread, adding salt and black pepper. I suspect this, with regular