| MARCH 7 | German citizen Khaled el Masri tells the American news program 60 Minutes that he and other suspected terrorists have been abducted, tranquilized, and flown to secret CIA prisons. March 7. 2005. | ||
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(Days earlier, Bill had resolved to answer
my announcements with random quotes about economic theory.) Boiskov (1:56:10 AM): CHRIST OUR LORD WAS SEVENTY TWO DAYS OLD THIS DAY Basher Lemming (1:56:30 AM): Freedom is the by-product of economic surplus. Aneurin Bevan (1897-1960), British Labour politician. Quoted in: Michael Foot, Aneurin Bevan, vol. 1, ch. 3 (1962). Boiskov (1:56:48 AM): Wow, you're quick with the retor tonight. In top form, I must say. Boiskov (1:56:53 AM): *retort Basher Lemming (1:57:09 AM): I just got a quote out before I opened AIM this time. :-\ Boiskov (1:57:54 AM): That's dedication. Basher Lemming (1:59:05 AM): Clearly. There aren't as many quotes about economics as I would've thought. Boiskov (2:04:11 AM): "The driving force of industrial civilization has been individual material gain - which has been accepted as legitimate, even praiseworthy on the grounds that private vices yield public benefits (in the classic formulation). It has long been understood, very well, that a society that is based on this principal will destroy itself in time. It can only persist - with whatever suffering and injustice it entails - as long as it is possible to pretend that the destructive forces humans create are limited, that the world is an infinite resource and the world is an infinite garbage can." Basher Lemming (2:06:55 AM): Don't use them up. <>:o Boiskov (2:07:06 AM): "Sometimes gum looks like a penny." Boiskov (2:07:15 AM): I SHALL THWART YOU Basher Lemming (2:08:06 AM): CHRIST OUR LORD WILL BE SEVENTY-THREE DAYS OLD TOMORROW Boiskov (2:09:44 AM): =-O<>:o:-( Boiskov (2:09:46 AM): Truce? Basher Lemming (2:11:11 AM): k |
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| Forbidden City by Steven Sawyer | |||