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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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lchic - 04:30pm Apr 16, 2003 EST (# 11306 of 11500)
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If SARS/SARSmutations were to literally decimate the world populations ... how would the global economic spin be spun?

lchic - 04:31pm Apr 16, 2003 EST (# 11307 of 11500)
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First female journalist dies in Iraq

An Argentine camerawoman .... http://media.guardian.co.uk/iraqandthemedia/story/0,12823,938048,00.html

gives : War toll: journalists killed or missing in Iraq

lchic - 04:48pm Apr 16, 2003 EST (# 11308 of 11500)
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AUS : Pauline Hanson missed out on a seat in the New South Wales Parliament - Sydney ... beaten on the count by a member of 'The Shooter's Party' !

fredmoore - 06:17pm Apr 16, 2003 EST (# 11309 of 11500)

"The evolution of punishment explained "

What a load of ....

This report is released as Mayor Bloomberg cuts thousands of jobs in NYC.

When downsizing occurs it is customary to devalue Ex-Employees to boost the Morale of those who remain. What better way than to imply that ex-employees are not 'altruistic' enough via a trumped up report.

In my experience the BIG freeloaders and cheats find their way to the top and are master manipulators. Their trick is to make obscene personal profits from ad hoc overdevelopment and overpopulation of cities. When this creates social collapse due to lack of planned social infrastructure they make cuts and besmirch those in the firing line as freeloaders. Nice work if you can get away with it.

As for altruism,it's simple: there is great reward in lowering the entropy or increasing the order in a social system of which you are a part. You don't need a trumped up report to validate the benefits that brings.

There ought to be a shame file for big city entrepreneurs. Shame ... Shame .... Shame.

lchic - 07:57pm Apr 16, 2003 EST (# 11310 of 11500)
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who shall remain nameless .... sueless ... claimless ... blameless

Wow these Fred-words fit in with peceptions on MD

"" ... the BIG freeloaders and cheats find their way to the top and are master manipulators. Their trick is to make obscene personal profits from ad hoc overdevelopment

lchic - 11:50pm Apr 16, 2003 EST (# 11311 of 11500)
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Nauru ---- crooked parliamentary elections complete ... further elections a 'happening' .... the Education Minister has asked that the elections be monitored by outside observers

... the President castigated the Minster

If they can't run a clean election --- then how seriously are they taking their moves to cut money laundering etc

lchic - 11:51pm Apr 16, 2003 EST (# 11312 of 11500)
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Agent Orange

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,938322,00.html

lchic - 11:56pm Apr 16, 2003 EST (# 11313 of 11500)
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Environmental campaigners blame Agent Orange and similar substances for chronic illnesses among American veterans, and for hideous childhood deformities in present-day Vietnam.

The herbicide was banned in the US in 1970.

"The government position had been that it was impossible to do a study because military records weren't any good. We began to work on this in 1998," said Professor Stellman.

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