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Murray, I'd say it was the latter.

It seems totally counterintuitive that anything farmed should be worse for the environment than taking wild creatures. There must be a way to farm salmon without harming the environment.

In a related story from the same site. You too can become Space Junk.

Why even have insurance then? We got dropped shortly after making a $600 claim on stuff that was lost when our van was stolen. They claimed our roof was not in good condition- a total red herring.

Candidate for what, your next one night stand?

More cannon fodder.

Do you speak from experience? I have had some good farmed salmon and some bad farmed salmon. It varies.

Sounds interesting, but what if there isn't enough friction on the ATC. Seems like a biner brake would make more sense.

He's a politician. His campaign contributors sign the checks. They wag the dog.

Chirac is not acting on his own trask. He has a lot of backing on this.

Poverty is defined by the dominant consumer culture in this country. Before the whiteman came to North America, the natives probably didn't consider themselves as a whole to be "impoverished". And yet, but our standards they were. Any attempt to subsist by a hunter gatherer lifestyle will be labeled impoverished. The reservations were created to allow native americans to continue to live as their ancestors had done, except that they were given poor quality lands, in general. Today most native Americans no longer wish to live a subsistence livestyle. They want to continue to live on their reservation, AND enjoy the same prosperity as non-tribal citizens. They want a nice house, two cars in the garage, the DVD and all the modern accouterments. The reservations that happen to abut urban areas have been the ones that have been able to best take advantage of gaming. I am sure they would like to be less dependent on a single source of income, but because the reservations are subject to tribal law it has been difficult to attract the capital needed to provide jobs. Uncertainty is bad for investment. It seems the tribes are getting smarter and tightening up their laws and trying to make them more consistent with the state and Federal laws.

Glacier, your stream of conciousness style is reminiscent of MtnGuide- one humongous paragraph. Can you explain what you mean by "droplet spectra"?

I didn't know Gorton was on the commission. He's a pretty straight up guy. I'd tend to trust him.

This is a really tough thing to call. I can see arguments on both sides of the issue. Secularism is very important to continued peace and harmony, yet religious freedom must be upheld as well. Where do you draw the line? I'd say no to veils, but yes to head scarves.

I watched some people doing it off of Martha Tower at Frenchman's Coulee "for fun".

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I think that trask and klenke have traded passwords.

I picked it specifically because it is doable with marginal weather by someone like me who is typically out of shape in December. BTW, I think it would be just grand if Dru would break trail and kick in the steps. Knowing him as I do, I'll break trail and he'll pass me just as I am approaching the base of the tower.

Come on. If you look hard enough, I am sure you will find that someone has already done it in winter.

Hi anna. Long time no see. Where's your little airplane?

It could be done in a day, but it would be a hard day.

Dru, spoken like a true optimist.

I wish people would get over the myth of Bush-as-Idiot. The only reason people think he is an idiot is because they can't believe such a seemingly nice guy would do such evil and malevolent things on purpose.