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- Wed Jul 28, 2010 7:16 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Activist Massachusetts By-Passes the Electoral College
- Replies: 8
- Views: 9841
Re: Activist Massachusetts By-Passes the Electoral College
It's an interesting idea. The requirement for the Electoral College is in the Constitution but the allocation of votes is based on state law. Since the electors can vote for someone who did not get a majority of popular votes in the states it would appear that the doctrine of One Person One Vote (Ba...
- Thu Jul 15, 2010 10:23 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Two back teeth out July 15th ...
- Replies: 29
- Views: 22382
Re: Two back teeth out today ...
Been there. You have my sympathy. Feel better fast!
- Wed Jul 14, 2010 1:32 pm
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: Happy Birthday, Ralph!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 16294
Re: Happy Birthday, Ralph!
Thank you very much. I don't have much time to post these days but I miss you guys.
- Sun Jul 11, 2010 9:27 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: CMG meet-up in countdown phase
- Replies: 20
- Views: 17580
Re: CMG meet-up in countdown phase
It was a great evening!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Fri Jul 09, 2010 9:57 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Happy Birthday BARRY!
- Replies: 35
- Views: 25049
Re: Happy Birthday BARRY!
A tardy but very sincere Happy Birthday!!!!
- Sun Jul 04, 2010 12:46 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: What Magazines Do You Subscribe To ?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 18412
Re: What Magazines Do You Subscribe To ?
Oh and I'm reading the latest issue of National Geographic rght now.
And every issue of JAMA and The New England Journal of Medicine is delivered to my office.
And every issue of JAMA and The New England Journal of Medicine is delivered to my office.
- Fri Jul 02, 2010 11:02 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: What Magazines Do You Subscribe To ?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 18412
Re: What Magazines Do You Subscribe To ?
and there are more but I have a class to go teach. :) Well at least we've seen the kind of elevated topic that will entice you back to post again. :) I've dropped all my subscriptions except Architectural Digest, which, the way things are going, may not be long for this world. ***** I just don't ha...
- Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:57 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Tiger and Elin are divorcing
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8186
Re: Tiger and Elin are divorcing
I am truly shocked. I thought they were so happy together.
- Thu Jul 01, 2010 3:56 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: What Magazines Do You Subscribe To ?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 18412
Re: What Magazines Do You Subscribe To ?
A lot. Putting aside professional journals: Time Scientific American Gramophone BBC Music Magazine Mind Knowledge Foreign Affairs At least 6 or 8 Civil War and military history magazines Wired Shutterbug Popular Science Popular Photography American Anthropohagist Archeology Atlantic Monthly New York...
- Wed Jun 23, 2010 3:58 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Opinions on Stieg Larsson's three novels?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6580
Re: Opinions on Stieg Larsson's three novels?
Yeah, read them!!!!!!! You won't put them down.
- Thu Jun 17, 2010 9:23 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Among E-Readers, Competition Heats Up
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5931
Re: Among E-Readers, Competition Heats Up
It's ONE way to read. This week I've already read four real books, two novels and two history and I'm also reading two books on my Kindle. The ease of using the Kindle, I carry it everywhere, adds to my reading time. For example, holding a book while driving is awkward but I can read the Kindle by h...
- Sat May 29, 2010 6:54 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: I have become a gun owner
- Replies: 77
- Views: 44228
Re: I have become a gun owner
This was my first gun when I moved to a house. I am having trouble buying ammo and would appreciate any tips.
- Tue May 25, 2010 9:28 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Reality About Our Service Academies?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7339
The Reality About Our Service Academies?
From The New York Times: May 20, 2010 The Academies’ March Toward Mediocrity By BRUCE FLEMING Annapolis, Md. THE idea of a football star receiving lenient treatment after testing positive for drug use would raise no eyebrows at most colleges. But the United States Naval Academy “holds itself to a hi...
- Mon May 24, 2010 10:30 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Top Two Cadets-West Point, Class of 2010
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5964
Top Two Cadets-West Point, Class of 2010
CNN Alexandra Rosenberg and Elizabeth Betterbed For the first time, two women graduated with the two top highest honors in West Point's 208-year history. According to the U.S. Army, 2nd Lt. Alexandra Rosenberg of New York earned the highest cumulative academic quality point average and was named the...
- Mon May 24, 2010 7:10 am
- Forum: Classical Music Chatterbox
- Topic: CMG NYC meet-up change of plans
- Replies: 40
- Views: 39434
Re: CMG New York meet-up: Time to choose the menu
I prefer the $66 menu but will be happy with both. I expect that Larry Rinkel will attend also.
I miss posting on this board but life has become extremely busy professionally and I have little free time. Looking forward to 10 July.
I miss posting on this board but life has become extremely busy professionally and I have little free time. Looking forward to 10 July.
- Sun May 23, 2010 9:19 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Is Stem Cell Research Ethical?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 23196
Re: Is Stem Cell Research Ethical?
*****MarkC wrote:IMO it's unethical not to do stem cell research.
Amen!
- Sun May 23, 2010 9:18 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Fergie caught in tabloid sting
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6373
Re: Fergie caught in tabloid sting
Oh for the days of King Harry!!!!
- Wed May 12, 2010 1:56 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Gray whale off Israel : ‘most amazing sighting in history'
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8395
Re: Gray whale off Israel : ‘most amazing sighting in history'
*****SaulChanukah wrote:One day, Ralph, you will have antennas coming out of your headRalph wrote:It's all part of Evolution, Saul.
Oh that happened a few years ago.
Just saw a report from the Israel Navy that their sonar techs are picking up distress calls from the whale's belly. Some guy named Jonah wants out.
- Wed May 12, 2010 1:50 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Founding fathers roll over in their graves
- Replies: 8
- Views: 8768
Re: Founding fathers roll over in their graves
certainly the founding fathers of the CSA thought it a grievous error that God had not been written into the US Constitution We, the people of the Confederate States, each State acting in its sovereign and independent character, in order to form a permanent federal government, establish justice, in...
- Wed May 12, 2010 10:15 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Gray whale off Israel : ‘most amazing sighting in history'
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8395
Re: Gray whale off Israel : ‘most amazing sighting in history'
It's all part of Evolution, Saul.
- Tue May 11, 2010 10:32 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Obama to Host Jewish American Heritage Bash
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10694
Re: Obama to Host Jewish American Heritage Bash
Washington - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will hold what the White House says will be its first reception in recognition of Jewish American Heritage Month. The May 27 event will celebrate the depth of Jewish American heritage and the range of contributions Jews have made to ...
- Mon May 10, 2010 10:49 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Obama to Host Jewish American Heritage Bash
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10694
Re: Obama to Host Jewish American Heritage Bash
Washington - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will hold what the White House says will be its first reception in recognition of Jewish American Heritage Month. The May 27 event will celebrate the depth of Jewish American heritage and the range of contributions Jews have made to ...
- Mon May 10, 2010 10:28 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Obama to Host Jewish American Heritage Bash
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10694
Obama to Host Jewish American Heritage Bash
Washington - President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will hold what the White House says will be its first reception in recognition of Jewish American Heritage Month. The May 27 event will celebrate the depth of Jewish American heritage and the range of contributions Jews have made to A...
- Mon May 10, 2010 1:29 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Lena Horne, R.I.P.
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6164
Re: Lena Horne, R.I.P.
What a great lady. Think of the career she deserved and was denied because of viral racism.
- Mon May 10, 2010 1:28 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Kagan
- Replies: 35
- Views: 32997
Re: Kagan
Washington - President Obama to Name Jewish Woman Elena Kagan to U.S. Supreme Court Published on: May 9th, 2010 at 10:28 PM News Source: VIN News/ NBC News Washington - President Barack Obama will nominate U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan to serve as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court...
- Mon May 10, 2010 1:22 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Kagan
- Replies: 35
- Views: 32997
Re: Kagan
The important thing about Kagan, from my point of view, is that she's an oboist. There simply cannot be too many oboists in the greater DC area to suit me. But for a humorous take on the unique qualifications of an oboist for a position as supreme court justice, see this article from the LA Times. ...
- Sun May 09, 2010 10:50 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Kagan
- Replies: 35
- Views: 32997
Re: Kagan
It's from a Jewish news service. It was the first bulletin I got. The Times and other media have posted the same report now.
- Sun May 09, 2010 10:14 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Kagan
- Replies: 35
- Views: 32997
Kagan
Washington - President Obama to Name Jewish Woman Elena Kagan to U.S. Supreme Court Published on: May 9th, 2010 at 10:28 PM News Source: VIN News/ NBC News Washington - President Barack Obama will nominate U.S. Solicitor General Elena Kagan to serve as an associate justice on the U.S. Supreme Court,...
- Sun May 09, 2010 8:08 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Neanderthal in All of Us
- Replies: 28
- Views: 29242
Re: The Neanderthal in All of Us
I'm listening to Dittersdorf now, Saul, and I'm eating a second banana. So drawn to that fruit!
- Sat May 08, 2010 10:22 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Neanderthal in All of Us
- Replies: 28
- Views: 29242
Re: The Neanderthal in All of Us
http://bp0.blogger.com/_Q_4mbCuV7QE/RoaTs0UFXUI/AAAAAAAAAzc/VnmmYDlpVz0/s400/clever-monkeys.jpg Welcome to Monkeys Against Evolution, the web’s number one site by creationist monkeys. It’s been more than a hundred years since Mr. Darwin put forth his Sapienist nonsense in the form of his so called ...
- Fri May 07, 2010 8:47 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Neanderthal in All of Us
- Replies: 28
- Views: 29242
Re: The Neanderthal in All of Us
What I wonder is how that would have gone on. I mean really "how." :) Was it mostly "consensual"? Or did the Neanderthals rape the whomevers? (They call it "humans.") Or did the whomevers rape the Neanderthals? Were there attitudes in the different groups about each other? Like, did many of the who...
- Fri May 07, 2010 1:24 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Neanderthal in All of Us
- Replies: 28
- Views: 29242
Re: The Neanderthal in All of Us
*****NancyElla wrote:Who will play the shy Neanderthal maiden? Who will play the dashing human lad? Who will be the angry parents -- two Neanderthal, two human? What possibilities!
Obviously Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes and they will show how Neanderthals discovered Scientology.
- Fri May 07, 2010 1:24 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Neanderthal in All of Us
- Replies: 28
- Views: 29242
Re: The Neanderthal in All of Us
What I wonder is how that would have gone on. I mean really "how." :) Was it mostly "consensual"? Or did the Neanderthals rape the whomevers? (They call it "humans.") Or did the whomevers rape the Neanderthals? Were there attitudes in the different groups about each other? Like, did many of the who...
- Fri May 07, 2010 9:06 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: The Neanderthal in All of Us
- Replies: 28
- Views: 29242
The Neanderthal in All of Us
From The New York Times: May 6, 2010 Signs of Neanderthals Mating With Humans By NICHOLAS WADE Neanderthals mated with some modern humans after all and left their imprint in the human genome, a team of biologists has reported in the first detailed analysis of the Neanderthal genetic sequence. The bi...
- Thu May 06, 2010 8:46 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Whats a nice Jewish girl like me doing in a place like this?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7785
Re: Whats a nice Jewish girl like me doing in a place like this?
Propose Saul!!!!!! This is your soul mate!!!! Some wet towels will suit you well, Ralph. ***** I don't know if others here notice it but in the last year, Saul, your grasp and usage of idiomatic and vernacular English has clearly advanced. I wonder if CMG has subtly aided this welcome development.
- Thu May 06, 2010 8:44 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Hunter meets prehistoric being!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5240
Re: Hunter meets prehistoric being!
Turtle Soup 1 Snapping Turtle Any old soup recipe will work for (snapping) turtle soup. The main problem with turtle soup is cleaning the turtle. You have to be certain that every last speck of fat is removed from the meat before cooking. This is not too difficult because the fat is between the skin...
- Thu May 06, 2010 8:43 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: What is Love?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5595
Re: What is Love?
Now I know Saul how you feel about me and I am deeply touched.
- Tue May 04, 2010 10:28 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Whats a nice Jewish girl like me doing in a place like this?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7785
Re: Whats a nice Jewish girl like me doing in a place like this?
Propose Saul!!!!!! This is your soul mate!!!!
- Fri Apr 30, 2010 7:24 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Saul, the Messiah has returned to your people!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8465
Re: Saul, the Messiah has returned to your people!
Pittsburgh, PA - Car Driven By 'Messiah' Hits Shul; Police Say Man Spoke About Bin Laden Published on: April 29th, 2010 at 08:41 AM News Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh, PA - The afternoon service at Poale Zedeck Orthodox synagogue on Tuesday had drawn to a close, and some of the congreg...
- Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:31 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Saul, the Messiah has returned to your people!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8465
Saul, the Messiah has returned to your people!
Pittsburgh, PA - Car Driven By 'Messiah' Hits Shul; Police Say Man Spoke About Bin Laden Published on: April 29th, 2010 at 08:41 AM News Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh, PA - The afternoon service at Poale Zedeck Orthodox synagogue on Tuesday had drawn to a close, and some of the congrega...
- Thu Apr 29, 2010 9:30 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: How do you prove your soul is American?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5095
Re: How do you prove your soul is American?
How many great Americans were born abroad of American parents? Did something enter their soul at birth? And what extactly is a "soul?" Is it a religious concept? Or does it relate to understanding soul music and soul food?
- Wed Apr 28, 2010 3:29 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Theoretical legal opinion
- Replies: 9
- Views: 9493
Re: Theoretical legal opinion
here is a real example, I have an autistic son that is prone to run away. About 4 years ago he bolted from me and ran into a neighbor's house. The neighbors were away and had left the front door unlocked. So did I commit breaking and entering retrieving him? ***** The doctrine of Private Necessity ...
- Tue Apr 27, 2010 7:36 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Stephen Hawking: Don't Talk to Aliens
- Replies: 5
- Views: 6379
Re: Stephen Hawking: Don't Talk to Aliens
I love it when they lump extraterrestrials into one image. They are just as varied, even more so, than we are. I'm not just talking about physical structure (eight arms or five sets of eyes) but their beliefs, dogma, religion, moral values and history. It's a huge universe!!!!!!
- Tue Apr 27, 2010 7:33 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Malcolm X the Scumbag
- Replies: 24
- Views: 21278
Re: Malcolm X the Scumbag
I feel like even if Saul started a thread denouncing Satan called "Satan the Scumbag" the outcome would be very much the same: jbuck would elaborate on Satan's good points and Ralph would talk about his many pleasant conversations with him. There is no winning for poor Saul, it seems. :P ***** Actu...
- Tue Apr 27, 2010 7:29 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: A Rabbi's warning to U.S. Christians
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6634
Re: A Rabbi's warning to U.S. Christians
The appeasement of Hitler at Munich which later made Neville Chamberlain the poster boy of optimistic diplomatic idiocy, is more complex than many realize. The fact is that in 1938 England was not prepared for war either in the military or political sense. Of course a strong show of force might have...
- Mon Apr 26, 2010 9:18 am
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Malcolm X the Scumbag
- Replies: 24
- Views: 21278
Re: Malcolm X the Scumbag
I met Malcolm X several times and had good conversations with him. His language was immoderate at times but he also provided real leadership. Our racial history produced extreme responses from a minority of blacks. Much of what Malcolm X urged was valid. He was caricatured by the media and he made ...
- Sun Apr 25, 2010 9:55 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Malcolm X the Scumbag
- Replies: 24
- Views: 21278
Re: Malcolm X the Scumbag
I met Malcolm X several times and had good conversations with him. His language was immoderate at times but he also provided real leadership. Our racial history produced extreme responses from a minority of blacks. Much of what Malcolm X urged was valid. He was caricatured by the media and he made m...
- Sun Apr 25, 2010 8:17 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Watching my cats enjoying the sun
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8959
Re: Watching my cats enjoying the sun
My two cats are indoors all the time. They're really great and the male cat is the most cuddly, affecting demanding feline I've ever seen. He actually knocks the laptop off my chest when I'm working in bed so he can lie on my chest and put his face against mine. That said, I'm still not a cat person...
- Sun Apr 25, 2010 2:15 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Porn Leads, Technology Follows
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5303
Re: Porn Leads, Technology Follows
Nothing surprising about that. The porn industry recognizes the demise of DVD products just as it saw videotapes become obsolescent. For all practical purposes, adult porn is virtually fully protected from prosecution these days.
- Sun Apr 25, 2010 2:12 pm
- Forum: Corner Pub
- Topic: Is Violence from the Right the Fear?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6034
Re: Is Violence from the Right the Fear?
I haven't heard about any such concern. I have seen instances of the tea baggers preventing speakers who disagreed with them from being able to speak but even that is occasional.