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there are those women climbers that set their own topropes and anchors and there are those women climbers that let their ropeguns do all that shizzle. or does it just depend?

They named her Lucy, as in Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.

Damn, you're forcing me to use my head. And what comes out can only be as good as my assumptions (if I stay on track). I have reservations about using the isolationist approach to all problems. No crystal ball here either. There's just no way around this conundrum of making a seamless transition from a hydrocarbon-based economy to that of its successor (or at least I'm not aware of one). Also, something does not seem right about this hypothetical scenairo of us in the Middle East to control Iraqi oil (2nd largest world reserves). Seems to make perfect sense yet there's something deeply flawed about it. I don't see how it would be beneficial to the greater community of nations to control the free flow of oil. It doesn't seem to make sense in the greater order of things given a free market of world trade. It seems to make sense to prevent us from being blackmailed as we were during the Arab oil embargo of 1973. I can't foresee this happening again unless we allow the arabs to develop an arsenal of nuclear weapons. But you know, we're the ones that let the genie out of the bottle, so to speak, when we 'shared' nuclear secrets with Israel. Ok, I don't know that for a fact but don't we turn a blind eye to Israel's possession of WMD?

Just some ideas... That is interesting but I don't take it so much as a Cassandra warning. It would seem to be such if conditions remained the same as regards the influence of an aging population on economic activity. Consider the convergence of technology. There is a movement underway to usher in the use of robots from the industrial realm into the domestic realm. Seems I read somewhere that Japan was a strong proponent of introducing widespread use of robots in many different facets of life. It seems the limiting factor would be availability of inexpensive energy, in what form could it be readily available and at the same time be relatively safe? There's a lot of space between here and there but is this 'brave new world' that far into the future?

The domino theory didn't hold any water back then nor did it hold any water for Central and South America back in the 80's when Ronald Reagan was president. The theory that communism would take root and spread to eventually threaten our very existence was full of holes. A greater threat to our existence was the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction encouraged by the respective governments of the United States and the Soviet Union. The idea that Kerry or for that matter, McCain, prevented the continued search and extraction of former POWs is a complete lie. There were opportunists who sought to profit from these operations designed to elicit public money in the name of 'saving' POWs. One of the main instigators of these rumors is the chief profiteer and convicted of assault against one of McCain's aides.

Larry David, who served in the Army Reserve in the 1970's, appears in the HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm."

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Did anyone see the news about the new alcohol delivery system? "Drinks including vodka and absinthe can be “snorted” into the nose or inhaled into the mouth through a tube using a new device known as an Alcohol Without Liquid (AWOL) vaporiser." http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2538295 Add that bad boy to the sauna.

Didn't see Folsom listed in this list of craptowns.

Dick Cheney will not run. Bush will have a field of candidates to choose from, but will eventually settle on New York governor, George Pataki. Bush will win but a major scandal will develop in his second term. Party Republicans will call for his ouster to limit fallout to other party candidates. Huge glaring cracks whose beginnings formed incipiently during the Bush administration will begin to be seen in the party platform. The price of gasoline will rise this summer to about $2.40/gallon, which will cause people to reconsider their purchase of a SUV. But it won't be until a terrorist event occurs within the next four years on the Saudi pennisula, that causes the SUV trend to end. SUV's will be replaced by hybrid cars as the hot consumer item. The purchase of these hybrids will be seen as a smart investment. The market will respond by producing 'sexier' models, accelerating the new trend. Bohanon will begin to be known by the diminutive version of his name: Hans. MTV will essentially be neutered by the FCC so that this once groundbreaking music channel will be a shadow of its former self. Independent websites will take the place of MTV in setting youth trends in music, etc. Returning soldiers will be called to quell a domestic disturbance. Polarization will continue.

Super Patriot

Hmm...is that all the trad gear you have left? Where's the Black Diamond? All I see is Trango and maybe Metolius. Betcha money she'll become a sport/gym climber.

check the mirror site on post 2--other mirrors listed on that page

Rolling Stone comments.. mirror site

DJ Danger Mouse remixed Jay-Z's "Black Album" with the Beatles "White Album" to create... The "Grey Album," of course. ...hailed as a innovative hip-hop triumph. Despite that and the fact that only 3,000 copies of the album are in circulation, EMI sent cease and desist letters yesterday to Danger Mouse and the handful of stores that were selling the album, demanding that the album be destroyed. ... which of course makes the Grey Album even more desirable as a collector's item, so now the whole album is available for download. ...has garnered critical acclaim in Rolling Stone (which called it "the ultimate remix record" and "an ingenious hip-hop record that sounds oddly ahead of its time"), the Boston Globe (which called it the "most creatively captivating" album of the year), and other major news outlets. So is the Grey Album any good? Hell yes! I've been listening to it for a few days, and it grows on me more and more with each listen. Take a listen to 'December 4' or '99 Problems'. Here the goods

Follow the nose.

Is there a third option? How about a two-fer?

Uh, huh. Just change the rules.

Try this mind hack. Do it now! While sitting at your desk, lift your right foot slightly off the floor and make clockwise circles with your foot. Now, while doing this, draw the number "6" in the air with your right hand. Your foot will change direction..... counter clockwise... You can't help it! -- source

I've been going through that Hamlet moment of existential crisis where I see the world for what it is. The underlying reality underneath the facade. The dropping of the veil as it were...

I appreciate your comments as far as expanding my knowledge of national affairs, legal understandings, etc. I also share some of your beliefs, for example, regarding such things as stability. I suppose in a way it's much easier to look beyond the personalities and look beyond the pain of everyday transition and to look at things as a historical current. Where is it leading us? It's funny also to think that once democracy takes root (if it does) in the Middle East then we may be faced with potential economic competitors just as Germany and Japan posed the same dilemma.

Well, I call bullshit on everything. And, I question your ability to think beyond your preconceived notions. Now you can get mad and take that personally or you can see it as a legitimate criticism. That particular quote is not necessarily about a specific fact. The intent is not to get bogged down in endless bantering about the intricate details of a military excursion. The whole point is how the publicly expressed motivation for going to war is skewed to sway the public opinion. If the real reason concerns the construction of a large runway by Cubans (as we constructed a similar runway in Honduras in the 80’s), then why all this BS about some humanitarian mission to save some stranded medical students threatened by anarchy and communism? Look—if it’s Jack Nicholson’s character shouting, “You can’t handle the truth!” or if it’s real live character, Col. Ollie North testifying, “Covert actions are necessary to maintain a viable democracy.”—it’s the same goddamn thing. Also, there was no failure of intelligence regarding Iraq. The information was available but was conflicting at times or not conclusive. The decisions were not made in a vacuum absent of information. The issue was the method of developing further intelligence. Bush and friends were chomping at the bit to rush to war and they saw an opportunity to act while the people were under the sway of 9/11. You see, what if we had waited and the intelligence indicated that no imminent threat existed from Iraq? It was a misrepresentation of intelligence, just as William Casey misrepresented the threat of the USSR to justify the huge arms increase under Reagan’s watch. The fall of the Soviet Union was foreseen but the actual state of its affairs was grossly depicted as a real bogeyman. How could anyone alive in 1984 forget a movie like Red Dawn? So, this is what the world is actually like? Governments will always deceive or manipulate the people. Right, for their own good.