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I don't understand the net well enuf to understand your comment re. proxies failing, but the law did not address web access, only method of payment. S

I'm not a gambler (too much like trading). In general terms, whenever the US tries to outlaw a vice, it usually fails: Prohibition was an example, thewar on drugs failure is another. Prostitution is doing well last I checked. (Just what my friends tell me.) You can get a drink in a dry...

Seems this one has some loop holes. First, banks get about 9 months to see if they can figure a way to enforce the new law. If they don't then well maybe there is less of an impact. NetTeller may be a big winner or someone like them. IE, an intermediary between your bank and the punters...

I tend to agree with you but the important powers in this don't. Namely the largest emitters: China, INdia and the USA. China and India both got a free pass on the Kyoto treaty even though China is likely the largest CO2 emitter (when you count the underground coal fires they have that...

ALso, Ca likes to think it is the national leader in matters like these. Certainly, they may sue; but they will also have to show damages and prove that automakers are the cause of said damages. Should be fun to watch and difficult to prove a casual relationship between auto emissions and...

Interesting study in the Journal of Religion and Society by Gregory Paul. It looked at the correlation of the degree of secularism and antisocial behavior. The stunning conclusion: The more religious a society is the more anti social it is. The least religious societies had the lowest...

I declare you to be using the fallacy of circular logic. Since the Bible told of Jesus rising from the dead and since the bible declares itself the word of God, a classic case of circular logic. I never said there is no God. I said no one can prove it one way or the other. The Bible is not...

I find you guilty of using a straw man fallacy. Pluto is still there merrily going around the sun. No one knows if there is or is not a God and no one should take an authoritative position either way. Science does not preclude the existance of a God and the Bible or any other of the...

So true. Others: The 10 commandments are from the Egyptian Book of the Dead, except the one that states there is only one God. The story of Noah's flood is either from the epic of Gilgamesh or older stories. The Garden of Eden (actually "Edin"meaning flat plain) is likely a Sumer story...

Damn Bush-my wife is making tuna cassarole for dinner tonight and I hold him responsible. Seneca

The Pope may have stumbled on a way: He inadvertently called (or so he says) Islam a violent religion. The next move is up to them: Will they vehemently deny they are violent or will they act with violence? If they say they are peacefull, it seems they will have to look inward to see if...

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What is a theory?

4 Classic use of the fundie technique of claiming that an entire science, in this case astronomy, is incorrect because a flaw was found in it. Actually , there is no flaw as scientists determine what is and is not a planet. As the means to observe get better, there comes a time when...

A typical and wrong essay by a typical creationist who is clueless: "Now we have a generation of children being taught in school that they are just accidents of nature and have evolved from algae" Aynyone who has studied evolution or basic biology will tell you that this comment re. people...

Fall is also turnaround season for refineries; another cause of lower prices. Seneca

It amazes me that the "private sector does it best" crowd won't look at the great and much less costly system France has. It is based on personal experience, vastly better than the USA and costs far, far, less. IN the USA, the private sector has IMO failed miserably to deliver effective and...

I have a question re. "family values". It seems the Republican/Christian agenda is to promote "family values" and that includes monogomy. Where in the Bible does it say a man should only have one wife? Seneca

z9- here is a question: The Synoptic Gospels make a statement re. how one should treat your enemies: Matthew 5:44 Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. Luke 6:35 But love ye...

I'm glad you are using the cheap fundie fallacy of circular logic: The Bible says it is god's word therefore it is true because it is god's word. DUHHHHHHHHHHHHH? BTW-who wrote the quote you criticized? And why should you kill a potential killer? Doesn't that violate one of the 10...