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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (15846)	8/21/2007 12:11:23 PM
From: average joe	Respond to of 36921

I think your nemesis died from old age and too many cigarettes after escaping from Russia where she would have been exiled to Siberia for expressing her opinion. I'm surprised you don't like Ayn Rand since the official group that supports her ideas endorsed John Kerry for Prez. Peikoff's political positions reflect those of Objectivism. He strongly supports pure, undiluted laissez-faire capitalism, arguing that the role of government in society should be limited to protecting individuals from the initiation of force and fraud. He opposes taxation, public education, welfare, business regulations, etc. He also opposes laws regulating pornography, euthanasia, stem cell research, etc. Many observers have called Peikoff a libertarian, but Peikoff despises this label, saying that Objectivism rejects it. Peikoff endorsed John Kerry (while nevertheless thinking of Kerry as a "disgustingly bad" candidate) against George W. Bush (whom he called "apocalyptically bad"), on the basis of Bush's religiosity and his refusal to crush Islamic regimes, especially Iran. In advance of the 2006 elections, Peikoff recommended voting only for Democrats, to forestall what he sees is a rise in influence of the religious right, adding: "Given the choice between a rotten, enfeebled, despairing killer [Democrats], and a rotten, ever stronger, and ambitious killer [Republicans], it is immoral to vote for the latter, and equally immoral to refrain from voting at all because "both are bad."[1] Peikoff is also known for campaigning on behalf of Elián González's right to remain in Florida, rather than returning to his father in Cuba, stating that "To send a child to rot in the prison of Cuba for the alleged sake of his own well-being is criminal hypocrisy. To send him there in order to preserve his father's rights is absurdity, since there are no parental or other rights in Cuba. To send him there because 'He needs a father, no matter what' is a mindless bromide. Does he need a father who has no choice but to watch his son being broken in mind and starved in body?" He is a supporter of abortion rights but criticizes defenders of abortion who label themselves "pro-choice", arguing that the term ignores the deeper philosophical issues involved. [1] Peikoff also supports increased commercialization of Christmas. [2]" en.wikipedia.org

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (15846)	8/21/2007 3:44:05 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36921

"Boeing promises to cut the delivered price of electricity via concentrated solar to 15 cents per kilowatt hour by 2010, from an estimated 32 cents per kilowatt hour today, and to cut that price in half again by 2015. That would make solar power less expensive than electricity from the grid in much of the United States, where the average price of electricity in recent months has been about 10 cents per kilowatt hour." A typical solar cell generates only one electron per photon of incoming sunlight. Some exotic materials are thought to produce multiple electrons per photon, but for the first time, the same effect has been seen in silicon. Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), in Golden, CO, showed that silicon nanocrystals can produce two or three electrons per photon of high-energy sunlight. The effect, they say, could lead to a new type of solar cell that is both cheap and more than twice as efficient as today's typical photovoltaics... technologyreview.com

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (15846)	8/21/2007 7:58:54 PM
From: average joe	Respond to of 36921

Some Mexican Residents Believe UFOs Will Protect Them from Hurricane Dean By Maggie Lineback TAMPICO, Mexico — We arrived at the airport in Tampico with all of our gear. It’s safe to say, we don't pack lightly. We have boxes and boxes of "penguin" cases — tough, black, waterproof cases that keep all of our gear safe and dry. As we wait to clear customs, there's a group of men in brightly colored yellow uniforms, in their 20s and 30s, who stream into the airport. A guy at customs tells us that they work on the oil rigs out in the Gulf. Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Mexico's state-owned, nationalized petroleum company, has been evacuating employees in anticipation of the storm. We just received an e-mail from meteorologist Rick Reichmuth, that says Dean is now a Category 5 hurricane. Some Mexican Residents Believe UFOs Will Protect Them from Hurricane DeanAirline Passengers' Bill of Rights to be Decided this FallLanguage of NASA: Breaking Down Acronyms One Letter at a TimeFood For Thought: Reporters and Chain RestaurantsBiblical Israeli Cuisine Prepared By a Food ArcheologistFull-page Producer's Perspective Archive An hour passes. We're waiting for the other half of our crew to arrive. We pass the time by talking to people nearby. They say they are not too worried about the hurricane. No one is talking about leaving — maybe at most they might get some extra water and canned food. It is a local legend that UFOs protect Tampico from hurricanes. The area hasn't had a serious one in decades. The story goes that the aliens have their base in the sea, just off the coast, and by protecting their base from hurricanes, they are also protecting Tampico. Fishermen have apparently seen things when they're out at night, things they claim might be the UFOs. For the city's sake, and ours, I hope the UFOs are up there, hovering over us. foxnews.com