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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (241487)	9/10/2007 2:44:05 AM
From: Wharf Rat	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Pakistan awaits Bushehr power plant Sun, 09 Sep 2007 10:21:57 Bushehr power plant, Canofworms, southwestern Iran Secretary of Pakistan's Ministry of Science and Technology says Pakistan is anticipating the inauguration of Bushehr nuclear power plant. Pervez Butt made the remark in a meeting with an Iranian media delegation headed by Deputy Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance for Press Affairs, Alireza Malekian. Pervez Butt said the Bushehr power plant will be the largest nuclear electricity producing center in the region and the Muslim world and that its existence is an honor for all Islamic nations. He described a peaceful application of nuclear technology for progress and development as Pakistan's general policy. "Oil and other fuels will be consumed in the future; nuclear energy can remedy the energy crisis in the world," he said. Pakistani official also pointed to the use of nuclear energy in medicine and agriculture in Pakistan, saying 15 hospitals for cancer treatment and three agricultural centers have been put into operation in the country. Malekian praised the Pakistani government and nation's support for Iran's peaceful nuclear activities. He termed Iran and Pakistan as the region's big neighbors and stressed the expansion of ties and cooperation in science, technology and information. presstv.ir

To: Wharf Rat who wrote (241487)	9/11/2007 3:03:18 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Just because someone is a conservative it doesn't mean they are not smart. All that the study showed is that liberals are faster and more reliable at differentiating between the letter M and the letter W in a timed experiment. I think we may safely extrapolate, and say that we expect this to be true for all differentiation between objects, i.e. liberals could tell the difference between: * a man, a woman, and cop when propositioning someone in the toilets. * a deer and their friend when out shooting. * a WMD and a big fat nothing. * having sexual relations, and just mislaying a cigar. As for going so far as to say conservatives are slow and stupid, that would would be neither fair, nor scientific. Yes, clearly if conservatives are failing in our cognitive experiments, it's a result of a cultural bias in the test. It's hardly surprising, after decades of prejudice against conservatives in the sciences, that the tests are designed to protect the current cultural hegemony. Rather than subjecting conservatives to standardized cognitive experimentation, therefore, we should be using holistic methods in the laboratory, and perhaps speaking to them in their own rich linguistic heritage, which I call "elephonics". ST ...enjoy the rest of your week, I'll be away for week in the Adirondacks.