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Emanual Kann
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:36 am Post subject:
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On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 20:09:35 -0600, Scott Stephens
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| Quote: | Emanual Kann wrote:
I know it's hard to keep all the corrupt Republicans named Ryan straight
in Illinois, but here's an easy way to remember:
Jack - like Jack Kennedy, sex scandal. Jim - like Jim Beam, think of
Judge Roy Bean, false convictions. George - like George Bush -
corruption.
Thanks, that helps! I don't often have the courage to watch the Chicago
news or read the papers, I just here talk.
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In January 2002, after investigating all the cases on death row, and just
before leaving office, he cleared out Illinois' death row, pardoning four
condemned prisoners and commuting the death sentences of 167 others to
life in prison.
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Richard the Dreaded Liber
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:40 am Post subject:
Re: Albert Einstein |
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On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 21:52:35 -0500, Boris Mohar wrote:
How? This link leads to, essentially, nothing. A couple of people saying,
"Yeah, neat show, is it legal?"
WTF?
Thanks,
Rich |
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Emanual Kann
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:40 am Post subject:
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On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 03:57:46 +0000, nutjob repukelican, Richard the
Dreaded Libertarian wrote:
| Quote: | On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 08:24:43 +0000, Kevin Aylward wrote:
Richard the Dreaded Libertarian wrote:
See how easy it is to manipulate the numbers? ;-)
Thank you. You are one of few who _does_ see how easy it is to manipulate
the numbers. Cool! :-)
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Here's a quote from the CIA world factbook on illicit drugs:
cocaine: worldwide, coca is grown on an estimated 173,450 hectares
potential cocaine production during 2003 is estimated at 728
metric tons (or 835 metric tons of export quality cocaine);
coca eradication programs continue in Bolivia, Colombia, and
Peru; 376 metric tons of export quality cocaine are documented
to have been seized in 2003, and 26 metric tons disrupted
(jettisoned or destroyed); consumption of export quality cocaine
is estimated to have been 800 metric tons
Simple arithmetic says that 433 metric tons of cocaine were available for
consumption, whereas the CIA claims 800 tons were consumed. Either
there's a really big inventory of unconsumed cocaine out there (1/2 turn),
or there's something wrong with "war on drugs" math.
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Richard the Dreaded Liber
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:40 am Post subject:
Re: Albert Einstein |
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On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 08:24:43 +0000, Kevin Aylward wrote:
| Quote: | Richard the Dreaded Libertarian wrote:
See how easy it is to manipulate the numbers? ;-)
I know about that. But a doubling is still irrelevant if its a low
number to start with. Claiming the doubling is significant is what is
the statistical lie.
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Thank you. You are one of few who _does_ see how easy it is to manipulate
the numbers. Cool! :-)
Cheers!
Rich
(BTW, just in case you're confused by my nonattacking presentation here -
I'm pleased that you recognized the sarcasm - I only argue with you when
you're being an obvious blockhead, which I'm sure is the same you do for
me. :-) ) |
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Boris Mohar
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 8:41 am Post subject:
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On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 02:05:04 GMT, Richard the Dreaded Libertarian
<eatmyshorts@doubleclick.net> wrote:
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The gang problem is primarily caused by "the war on drugs" which is a
tacit war on blacks. Ultimately, the war on drugs is a war on everyone.
Thanks,
Rich
Did somebody say war on drugs? See what Penn and Teller have to say. |
http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2705.html
Regards,
Boris Mohar
Got Knock? - see:
Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs (among other things) http://www.viatrack.ca |
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 3:32 pm Post subject:
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Emanual Kann wrote:
| Quote: | On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 02:16:25 -0800, nutjob repukelican, bill.sloman
wrote:
Do try to make up your feeble excuse for a mind. How was Ryan was
making
the streets less safe when he "pardoned" everybody on Death Row by
commuting their sentences to life imprisonment, if life
imprisonment is a
worse fate than execution?
Only the falsely convicted were pardoned. The remaining death row
inmates
had their sentences commuted because so much prosecutorial misconduct
was
discovered in the cases that were overturned. In 2000 George Ryan
was
forced to act because 13 death row inmates were found to be wrongly
convicted. 12 were killed before they could be exonerated.
http://www.truthinjustice.org/haltdp.htm
Two of the 13 found to be wrongly convicted, two were railroaded by
Jim
Ryan when he was States Attorney for DuPage County.
As attorney general, it was Jim Ryan's job to look into the George
Ryan
scandal. Instead, he did nothing. As state's attorney, he presided
over
the wrongful conviction of two men in the rape-murder of a young
girl,
which lead to the indictment of four DuPage County sheriff's deputies
and three former prosecutors, and malicious prosecution settlements
for
$3.5 million. Ryan had been told that another man had confessed to
the
murder.
This isn't your familiar right-wing prejudice parade - some of us
have
enough functional brain cells left to remember elements of your
argument
that you have deleted with the (usual) unmarked snip.
Bill, you can't even keep your Ryans straight. |
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 3:39 pm Post subject:
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Emanual Kann wrote:
| Quote: | On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 02:16:25 -0800, nutjob repukelican, bill.sloman
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<snipped rather nice report of the tale of the two Ryans, including the
sort of factual detail that Keith ignored>
| Quote: | Bill, you can't even keep your Ryans straight.
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Since the version of the story that I had - probably from the pages of
the Dutch Volkskrant, but possibly from the U.K. Guardian Weekly -
concentrated entirely on the governor, I wasn't even aware that there
were two Ryans.
It say something about Keith's connection with reality that I could get
closer to the truth than he did when he presumably had the benefit of
exposure to U.S. reports of these events ...
And thanks for the URL - it is always nice to see a post that adduces
real evidence.
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Bill Sloman, Nijmegen |
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Emanual Kann
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Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:57 pm Post subject:
Re: Albert Einstein |
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On Wed, 09 Feb 2005 01:39:32 -0800, bill.sloman wrote:
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Bill, you can't even keep your Ryans straight.
Since the version of the story that I had - probably from the pages of the
Dutch Volkskrant, but possibly from the U.K. Guardian Weekly -
concentrated entirely on the governor, I wasn't even aware that there were
two Ryans.
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Actually there were three Ryans in Illinois Republican politics. It is
confusing to have so many corrupt Republicans with the same last name in
the same state. The one who was governor has the same name as most of the
English kings from Hanover.
Jim - malicious prosecution.
Jack - sex scandal, not illegal and not endearing to the religious right.
George - graft (not to be confused with Raft, actor who played gangster). |
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