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Hey little sister what have you done Hey little sister who's the only one Hey little sister who's your superman Hey little sister who's the one you want Hey little sister shot gun! It's a nice day to start again It's a nice day for a white wedding It's a nice day to start again.

It's required by law.

The dystopia is shaping up rather nicely. Last week, John Roberts wrote Bush a blank check.

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Discontent is prerequisite to creativity.

Sure, why not? In a general sense, you could call every action a creative act when we bring a mental concept into physical manifestation. But traditionally, I believe that the creative process tends to refer to what artists do, as opposed to what scientists do. Scientists tend to unveil the workings of nature or the laws of nature. As far as false patterns: Picasso says-"Art is a lie that lets us recognize the truth." I would say, sometimes, if I had to choose between 'beauty' (the illusion) and truth, I would choose the illusion.

Tantric Buddhism has something similar called the 'seed syllable. Other philosophies refer to the 'monad'. That Eskimo story makes one consider the meaning of individuality, whether our individuality is actually constrained by this 'boundary' of skin or whether our individuality extends beyond our body, an interaction with the environment whereby what we think constitutes our being also includes our surroundings to an extent.

Is something wrong with this picture? Oversized heads and limbs characteristic of children, other characteristics such as widely dilated eyes, etc. suggestive of child-like appearance----yet bloodied bayonet????? BTW, did ya notice that the Congressman who called for dropping a nuke on Mecca represents Littleton, Colorado? Does it mean anything? Prolly not, but unusual nevertheless.

Rove says, "hey bitches, you can't touch me!"

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BTW, here's a quote from someone who marked the anniversary of the Trinity testing (July 6, 1945) in an event called SIMNUKE: I am not a pacifist. I do believe violence is sometimes necessary -- especially when dealing with those who only understand violence. But the bomb is not an appropriate weapon for war. It is simply not a weapon that can be used against an army. It is too large. It is a weapon that is used against a civilian population only. For that reason, it should be banned globally. A raw human feeling of the weapon we wield -- and the sorrowful impact it has -- is necessary for making decisions on how to use it. That is the essence of SimNuke.

In terms of sheer number, what is the greater crime against society? This philosophy of fighting (what he perceived as) evil with evil, or (what he perceived as)violence with violence is flawed when the general consensus is against you. But, it is the rare individuals who precede shifts in society. I don't want to get in an argument condemning or condoning abortion. I currently hold the view that it should be legal but rare but perhaps the U.S. Supreme Court erred by not allowing the States to have to power to decide whether this medical procedure should be legal. I did call it a medical procedure because I personally am against it's use as a birth control measure in later stages of pregnancy. And, I don't have the numbers or details surrounding its usage.

It's hard to believe this guy represents a constituency. Seems like a very loose cannon sort of thing to say. As if Islam itself was the ideology we are fighting against. Can you say crusade? I don't believe Islam is at fault if taught in a particular way, rather I think it is radicalism arising from a fundamentalist view that fuels the fire. It wouldn't be much different from a radical fundamentalist Christian activist who believes in the power of the deed as a political tool for change. Abortion clinic bombings? This guy's rhetoric reminds me of the man who solves every problem with a hammer.

Seems the examples are two different things. The first appears to be deterministic and does not indicate a creative process. The individual merely discovers a pattern and reveals it. Our minds are great at seeing patterns. Sometimes we even see meaningful but false patterns. I suppose you could write the song and do different variations on that song or theme to produce slightly different results. It's like when Dread Zeppelin does Zeppelin covers. The song is still recognizable but certain elements must remain the same. The second example indicates the potentiality inherent in something, raw material, etc. There is a creative process but this creative process can lead to different results. There would be some physical limitations, e.g., fracture planes and other structural features, etc. that would tend to limit the potentiality of what a stone could be chiseled into. It seems the creative process is seeing in your mind's eye the finished product when gazing on the lump of material. The importance should be placed on the human action intended on the material, this unleashing IYW of an idea or pictoral concept. I'd have my reservations calling route establishment a creative process unless you're chipping holds. I believe it's more seeing a pattern. But, I suppose in a general sense you could call almost any activity a creative process.

Life explained: Any questions? How the other sex experiences pleasure

As I understand, the gatherings at Bayreuth to hear the Wagnerian operas were a cultural phenomenon to celebrate the idea of a Teutonic golden age. It was serious shit. Link to Wikipedia article on Bayreuth.

Observers predicted that the G8 conference would focus on global climate change and greenhouse emissions. Looks like that probably won't be the case now. And, this coming at a time of flagging British support of the Iraqi occupation. As far as we currently know, the bombings have nothing to do with the Iraqi situation, although I suspect it'll be spun to bolster support for the Iraqi occupation.

If I understand correctly from the standpoint of evolutionary theory, there is no reason for a woman's ability to orgasm to be selected for during reproduction. Although I don't subscribe to ID, maybe this is a argument for ID and that God is a woman . Uh, well...for the women who do orgasm.

See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda. George W Bush, 5/24/05 [ mp3 ]

Yeah,... But in a new book, Dr. Elisabeth A. Lloyd, a philosopher of science and professor of biology at Indiana University, takes on 20 leading theories and finds them wanting. The female orgasm, she argues in the book, "The Case of the Female Orgasm: Bias in the Science of Evolution," has no evolutionary function at all. Dr. Lloyd said scientists had insisted on finding an evolutionary function for female orgasm in humans either because they were invested in believing that women's sexuality must exactly parallel that of men or because they were convinced that all traits had to be "adaptations," that is, serve an evolutionary function. A Critic Takes On the Logic of Female Orgasm

Maybe the question should be reframed as: Why isn't marijuana legal? How would alcohol and tobacco sales be affected if marijuana were legal and regulated for sale?

In medical marijuana case, Supreme Court says everything is interstate commerce

But how do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values, which then become subject to unexpected and prolonged contractions as they have in Japan over the past decade? (…) ("The Challenge of Central Banking in a Democratic Society" (http://www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/speeches/1996/19961205.htm ), December 5, 1996)

I guessing due to a psychological phenomenon called 'loss aversion'?