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In Japan, you'll usually find "The Teaching of Buddha" with (or instead of) the Gideon's Bible. Credit the Bukkyo Dendo…
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Yes, it certainly hasn't had the kind of disclosure and review that would make me comfortable. BTW, I've made some…
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...just a new way to generate electricity... Yes, but in a sense it's even more ordinary: just new way to…
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I'm far from understanding his ideas "completely"! I did take a class in plasma physics once, but it's a nasty…
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I've listened to the lecture now, and his approach is indeed very different from those I'm familiar with. It is…
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Some confusion in the reporting here -- If the solid containment system isn't working (it will never work in his…
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And this is not just any poisoning. The use of a short-lived synthetic isotope says that this was done by…
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I'm sure that, with enough pressure, they'll provide a version of the program to audit.
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A reasonable rule-of-thumb would be to make up lost ground before attempting to gain new ground. For example, in the…
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I can simply and briefly state an alternative proposal for voting in the U.S. that is detailed, comprehensive, and workable:…
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...how could we have defeated Lenin? Why, by listening to the only voice of reason in the 1917 British Government…
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If I understand correctly, Teach313 has recommended some actions to us all, and you (and, I assume, others) have been…
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Following the strategy I suggest below, we'd give rank-and-file Republicans a pass but explicitly and repeatedly call the Bush wing…
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It seems that the Bush crowd is cooperating with what I think should be a Democratic strategy: Marginalise the the…
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...Republican Senators die or get arrested that come from states with Democratic Governors. What are the prospects for a third…
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Yes, I'd prefer labels like "absolutist" and "theocratic" to "fascist". That F-word has been muddled and devalued by the left,…
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I'm not participating... But consider: If voting didn't matter, why would Republicans work hard to suppress it?
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.BE WILLING TO LET THEM LOSE. Better to build local movements, foster community-tied leaders who can offer real alternatives...Perhaps it's…
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There's more likely to be a strong reaction if people half-expect that the Republicans will try something. To repeat a…
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