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Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a nation's war and defense efforts. Since the last attempts at a "Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed considerably enough to make the latest Missile Defense initiatives more successful? Can such an application of science be successful? Is a militarized space inevitable, necessary or impossible?

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rshow55 - 02:48pm Mar 15, 2003 EST (# 10000 of 10007)
Can we do a better job of finding truth? YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and worked for on this thread.

It wouldn't take much checking of reasonably prioritized facts to sort out a lot. But to get that checking - when it actually matters most - against the resistances that are now entrenched - would be a revolution. All of mankind needs that revolution.

rshow55 - 02:50pm Mar 15, 2003 EST (# 10001 of 10007)
Can we do a better job of finding truth? YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and worked for on this thread.

I'm off for a few hours - to see an old friend I owe a lot to. Work associated with some of this.

http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md4000s/md4080.htm http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md4000s/md4083.htm

I'd love to get some neurobiology and math fixed - if I could get the HOW THE BRAIN WORKS thread archived - that would help.

Back in a while. I feel hopeful.

lchic - 06:07pm Mar 15, 2003 EST (# 10002 of 10007)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

When two minds meet ....

http://www.brain-mind.com/BrainStorms.html

http://brain-mind.com/BrainAtlas.html

lchic - 06:14pm Mar 15, 2003 EST (# 10003 of 10007)
~~~~ It got understood and exposed ~~~~

Small mind - big impact!

Marcello's tantrum began as the Airbus A319 bound for London on Sunday was proceeding to the runway. When he was asked to fasten his seat belt, Marcello crawled under his seat. http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/transport/story.jsp?story=386535

lchic - 06:19pm Mar 15, 2003 EST (# 10004 of 10007)
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Mind - of Saddam

Saddam's favorite movie character is Marlon Brando in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather - the archetypal Mafia boss. Saddam watches a lot of videos. He reads a lot of thrillers. And he watches a lot of TV: not only Iraqi but especially CNN, BBC and al-Jazeera. In his unbridled Babylonian narcissism tinged with totalitarian gangsterism, he feels like Emperor Nebuchadnezzar, but also like James Cagney in White Heat - "Look Ma, top of the world". Indeed, much of the future direction of the whole world at this moment hinges on the fate of this Godfather on Ground Zero

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EC14Ak05.html

lchic - 06:23pm Mar 15, 2003 EST (# 10005 of 10007)
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Mind - Johno's - PM Howard - Australia - links

"" Mr Howard said Australia had solid evidence of links between Iraq and the al-Qaeda terrorist network, blamed for the September 11 attacks.

But if Australia had to wait for criminal jury proof, it could result in another Pearl Harbour style attack, he said

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,6125363%5E2,00.html

lchic - 06:26pm Mar 15, 2003 EST (# 10006 of 10007)
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more .. Mind - Saddam

Military leaders and political opponents have probed Hussein's psyche since his rise to power. Analysts are now trying to predict how he might react if Iraq is attacked by looking for clues in his past.

http://www.theaxcess.net/commentary_0122.html

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