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You'll have to ask Thinker about that. He was the one who mentioned it.

I belong to a faith which has but one adherent.

The Intelligence Authorization Act will make a great political tool. The FBI and Bush will be better able to blackmail opponents into submission. They'll be able to find out which democratic congressmen are keeping mistresses and then they'll be able to manipulate them with the implicit threat of exposure. None of us will ever know what's going on.

Well put, Kurt.

I believe that great care should be taken when trimming posts. Offending material should be moved to Spray unless it violates the rules, that is, obscene or violent. I don't think it should be deleted just because it is off topic.

Push a button and get back to Spray.

Yeah, Dru, I mean ChickenShiite911, you are probably right. Still, mad cows will fly before I vote for Bush.

That is because "militant atheist" is not a religion. The closest you'll get is Unitarian Universalist, I believe.

1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Secular Humanism (95%) 3. Liberal Quakers (89%) 4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (87%) 5. Neo-Pagan (74%) 6. Nontheist (69%) 7. Bahá'í Faith (67%) 8. Theravada Buddhism (67%) 9. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (61%) 10. Reform Judaism (54%)

Check out the China Forum. The Tiwanese and the Mainlanders have a go at each other. The most striking thing is that their English is much better than ours! I wonder if Harry Pi is registered there?

You must be referring to Capricorn One starring O.J. Simpson.

Pravda may be a Russian forum, but it seems to be dominated by a couple of Middle Easterners.

Here's a good one. The US sunk the Kursk.

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I think that many of the barbs they hurl are well-deserved, but this "grob" guy is just out in a world of his own.

I call your bluff.

Did you know that Pravda has a bulletin board? I sort of get the impression they don't like us too well over there.

That one had to be in the news. Can anyone come up with the link?

Dru was all over me when I re-posted the 1500 lb snaffle link.

Be sure to floss the teeth you want to keep.

Who was the guy in the Seattle Times photo being pulled on skis behind an SUV, wearing only his boxer shorts?

My recollection is that the request was to replace a previously existing bridge on an existing route. This I'm not confident that I remember that correctly though.

I can think of an example in which federal wildlife biologist have tried to cut off human access. A few years ago, the Pacific Northwest Trail organization wanted to route the trail up Swift Creek near Baker Lake to reach Artist's Point. There is a rough existing trail that follows the creek, however the lack of a bridge at the crossing makes it very dangerous to cross except at low water. PNT asked the Forest Service to build a bridge. FS asked a wildlife biologist to review the plan. He put a big circle around the area saying it was "grizzly habitat". He didn't mean there were actually grizzlies there, just that due to it's relative isolation, it would make good habitat. On the basis of that summary judgment, the FS decided not to build the bridge, and the PNW was forced to reroute to a less desireable alternative.

They certainly seemed proud of themselves. They are lucky they didn't shoot each other.

There are those who would have you believe that any restriction on access by climbers is a slippery slope leading to a complete ban on all access. I'm not one of them. I think we have to accept occasional restrictions, provided there are good reasons for them.