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001=Usr:0 Null User 06/30/87 20:34 Msg:0 Call:0 Lines:19
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1$If you are in need of help, you need but ask...
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2$************************* INSTALLED: 16 JUN 89 ***************************
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3$Welcome to BWMS II (BackWater Message System II) Mike Day System operator
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4$**************************************************************************
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5$GENERAL DISCLAIMER: BWMS II IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY INFORMATION
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6$ PLACED ON THIS SYSTEM.
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7$BWMS II was created as an electronic bill board. BWMS II is a privately
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8$owned and operated system which is currently open for use by the general
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9$public. No restrictions are placed on the use of the system. As the
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10$system is privately owned, I retain the right to remove any and all
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11$messages which I may find offensive. Because of the limited size of the
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12$system, it will be periodically purged of messages (only 999 lines of data
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13$can be saved). To leave a message, type 'ENTER'. Use ctrl/C to get out
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14$the ENTER mode. The message is automatically stored. If after entering
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15$the message you find you made a mistake, use the replace command to
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16$replace the line. To exit from the system, type 'BYE' then hang up.
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17$Type 'HELP' to see other commands that are available on the system.
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18$**************************************************************************
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19$
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002=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 06/16/89 19:51 Msg:3990 Call:21864 Lines:2
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20 Today is tomorrow's memory. Do something to make it memorable.
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21 ***********************************************************************
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003=Usr:219 Friar Mossback 06/16/89 21:28 Msg:3991 Call:21865 Lines:15
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22 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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23 Wow! At the top! It hasn't happened in recent history.
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24 (Sorry, I had to say it. I don't remember it ever being important on
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25 BWMS I)
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26 Well, things have settled down in China. For the worse, I think.
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27 [][][][][][][][][][][][] Friar [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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28 Like what do you do? Turn the air conditioner on to raise the power bill?
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29 (I work for an electric utility, so that seems fine to me.)
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30 Yes, I remember always sneaking back to the last 25 or so lines to see
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31 what had been written. Didn't she have remote sysop capabilities?
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32 Does she even exist any more? You would know sooner than most, I am
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33 sure.
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34 [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][] F [][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][][]
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35 You also remember that this was her border too? We agreed to coexist.
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36 [][][][]
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004=Usr:4 Milchar 06/16/89 22:00 Msg:3992 Call:21866 Lines:8
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37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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38 Friar: I don't recall if I predate you or not. If it matters, I began
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39 calling BWMS regularly in April 1984, when I purchased a modem for my
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40 Commodore 64 (my computer at the time). Ah yes, loading a terminal
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41 program off of cassette tape, dialing manually and plugging in the handset
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42 into the back of the modem, and reading in 40 columns... Ack. What was
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43 that saying about "good old days"? :-)
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44 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch +++++++++++++++++++++
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005=Usr:286 Jeff Marten 06/17/89 00:43 Msg:3993 Call:21870 Lines:10
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45
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46
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47 {+}{+}{+}{+}
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48
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49 OH I'M SITTIN'....
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50 ON TOP OF.......
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51 THE WOOOOOOOOORRRRLLLLLLLD!!!!!
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52
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53 {+}{+}{+}{+}
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54
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006=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 06/17/89 12:48 Msg:3994 Call:21877 Lines:15
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55 &*&*&*&*'s
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56 I really hate hardware incompatabilities. I just can't seem to get both
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57 hardrives to talk to the same controler. On the plus side I did manage to
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58 format my 10 meg drive, but it doesn't work with the old 10 meg IBM HD
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59 controlers. And the Seagate doesn't work with the newer winchester 10/20
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60 meg controler.
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61
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62 About Ghandi, he was fighting a different sort of war. One in which his 'side'
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63 was so far inferior in terms of weaponry, that they didn't stand much of a
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64 chance. Guns and the knowledge of how to use them would have prevented Ghandi's
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65 people from ever having been in that position.
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66
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67 An Astral Dreamer
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68 &*&*&*&*'s
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69
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007=Usr:286 Jeff Marten 06/17/89 18:27 Msg:3995 Call:21881 Lines:21
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70
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71
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72 {+}{+}{+}{+}
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73 Yessir....I remember lotza ole' stuff. Why, when I first
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74 started on Backwater we usta hafta sneak into the Staff
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75 Jennings junkyard at night to get little pieces of
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76 fiberglass....we'd sand those down real good, and with a
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77 little tin foil from gum wrappers, some candle wax, a little
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78 spit and a promise, why, we had us a modem. 'Course back in
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79 those days Backwater was at 75 Baud. That's why they call it
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80 "posting", 'cos you just sat there like a "post." 'Course we
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81 didn't have keyboards back then....usta hafta get ole'
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82 Underwood typewriters and wire 'em up. Thems was the days,
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83 though....yep, you betcha. I remember lotza ole' stuff.
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84
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85 -+|[ ThingFish ]|+-
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86 Grampa Wisenheimer
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87
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88 {+}{+}{+}{+}
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89
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90
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008=Usr:4 Milchar 06/17/89 23:13 Msg:3996 Call:21888 Lines:4
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91 )()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()()(
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92 YOU had TYPERWRITERS? Why, I hada use eight light bulbs and
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93 a bank of switches, translating ASCII in my head.
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94 )()()()()()()()()()()()( Great-Great-Great Granpa )()()()()(
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009=Usr:1 CISTOP MIKEY 06/17/89 23:43 Msg:3997 Call:21889 Lines:29
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95 You had ASCII!!!! Whaaaaa! I was gipped! I want my money back!!
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96 All we had was baudot!
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97 --------------------------- Adam ----------------------------------
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98 Friar,
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99 The apartment is all electric, so winter sort of makes for a larger spread
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100 in the electric bill. Besides, think of all that power that BWII takes to run!
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101 Yes, Pam was one of the few who had Sysop capabilities.
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102 Pam as an entity here in the Inn is no more. Pam as a person still exists.
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103 She moved to Seattle a couple of years ago when she got a better job offer.
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104 She called for a few months after that, but for obvious reasons of the long
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105 distance, that tappered off rather quickly. The last I heard from her was
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106 July of '87 when she called to say goodby. I tried to convince her to stay
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107 in contact, but for personal reasons she wanted to put Portland behind her.
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108 Who knows, maybe one day she'll surprise us and leave a message.
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109 ******************************* CM ****************************************
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110
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111 Something to consider. China is a nuclear power. They have appoximately 200
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112 bombs. This is a country who's leadership. Wantonly killed thousands of
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113 people systamatically with forethought. No concern for the lives of those
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114 people were given. They were an irritant, so they were killed. After all
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115 the demontrators were advocating that those in power be removed from their
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116 privaleged positions and be answerable to the people.
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117 It's just a bit scary to think that a leadership that has such little concern
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118 over the live's of their own countrymen has the ability to launch 200 bombs
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119 just because they are irritated at what some other country might do or say.
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120 So what if the other country retaliates. What's a few lives when compared
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121 to the loss of the privleges of the leadership.
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122
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123 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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010=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 06/18/89 19:06 Msg:3998 Call:21905 Lines:24
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124 )(*&)(*&)(*&&)*&)(**&)(*&)(*&&)(*&)(**&&)((**&&)**&&)((*)(*&
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125
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126 what is that I heard. a debate trying to emerge from the ether.
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127
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128 well, personally I don't really think that the chinese will launch
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129 at us, maybe. however, I am not so sure about ussr as a target;
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130 the chinese-soviet war was so long ago, they might devide to make
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131 a radiated zone around their northern border (so wat if they get
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132 mongolia, they nothing but a bunch of nomads :-)).
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133
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134 Of course, deng buddy may not be in the most stable condition
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135 right now after his little operation, if ya know what I mean. so
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136 anything may happen; I do believe that those with the real power
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137 will soon dispose of deng (No I can't spell his name) peng and
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138 replace him with someone else (who I haven't the foggiest).
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139
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140 well, I've spouted enough of the rhetoric engrained in my psychie
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141 from my youth daz.
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142
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143 Any comments??
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144
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145 The Mole
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146 )(*&((*&&)(*&)((&((*&)(**)(**&&()(**&(*)(&&((*)*&)(*(*&(*)(&&()(*&
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147
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011=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 06/19/89 01:26 Msg:3999 Call:21916 Lines:13
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148
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149 )&((**&&)((*&&)((**&&)((*&&)((*&)((**&)(**&&)((&)((**&)(*&()(*&
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150 And now back to the sense gibberish of a tortured mind,
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151 AAAAAAIIIIIIGHHHHHH!!!!!!!
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152 this life is a test, this is only a test.
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153 had this life been for real,
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154 you would have been told where to go
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155 and what to do.
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156 again, this life is only a test.
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157
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158 The Mole
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159 )(*&((**&(**&()(*&((*&)((**&)((**&&)((*&()(*&&)((**&)((**&()(**&
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160
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012=Usr:286 Jeff Marten 06/19/89 04:27 Msg:4000 Call:21919 Lines:19
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161 {
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162
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163 {+}{+}{+}{+}
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164
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165 { I See.......
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166
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167 Would that be an Open Book, Open Notes type test ?
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168
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169 We talkin' Pass/No Pass ?
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170
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171 And Who's grading this one ?
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172
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173
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174 { -+|[ ThingFish ]|+-
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175 SchoolBoy Propeller Beanie-Hat Off For Summer
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176
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177 {+}{+}{+}{+}
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178
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179
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013=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 06/19/89 14:23 Msg:4001 Call:21926 Lines:6
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180 &*&*&*&*'s
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181 pseudo-lurk, pseudo-lurk. Beware of the pseudo lurk.
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182
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183 An Astral Dreamer
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184 &*&*&*&*'s
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185
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014=Usr:33 Mike Stanfill 06/19/89 16:35 Msg:4002 Call:21929 Lines:16
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186 /*/*/*/*/*/*/*
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187 Wow, first we record "I think I'm a Clone Now" on the NeXT, then ST:TNG
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188 characters begin to replicate, then I kill two clones with Milch, Mole,
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189 and Astral playing Paranoia, then the latest "Clone Club News Flash" _
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190 arrives just today. What does it all mean? /#)
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191 n n n (#/
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192 / ~~~ ~~~ \/
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193 /*/*/*/*/*/*/* -swob (a Self-Willed Orange Blancmange) /___/____\__\
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194 _
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195 "everybody must get cloned." /#)
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196 -steve taylor & some band, '83 n n n (#/
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197 / ~~~ ~~~ \/
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198 /*/*/*/*/*/*/* -cob (a Cloned Orange Blancmange) /___/____\__\
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199
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200
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201 oops, must be replicative fading.... -swob
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015=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 06/19/89 22:06 Msg:4003 Call:21935 Lines:8
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202 )(*&()(*&&&()(&)((&&)((&()(*&()(&)((()(**&)((*&)((*()*((*)*&(*(*
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203
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204 I should of dropped Milch :-)
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205
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206 The Mole
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207
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208 )(*&)(&)(*&)((**&&)*(*&(*)(*&)(*(*&)((*&)(*&)((*&&)((*&)((*&)*(*
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209
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016=Usr:4 Milchar 06/19/89 22:23 Msg:4004 Call:21936 Lines:12
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210 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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211 I might still have lived, you Commie Mutant Traitor. (For those of
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212 you who don't know, in the world of 'Paranoia', Your Friend the
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213 Computer is waging war against the 'Communist Invasion', which in
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214 that world had died out centuries ago. But some Alpha Complex
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215 Citizens who aren't happy with the way things are (Not Happy In
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216 Utopia? Must be Traitorous Vat-Scum) concluded that anything The
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217 Computer hates that much can't be all bad. Thus the 'Commie Mutant
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218 Traitor' is the ubiquitous enemy and fall guy in this game.)
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219 See you Citizens next daycycle! Smile, or you may be used as
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220 reactor shielding.
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221 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch a.k.a. Elmer-G-LEW-2 At your service!
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017=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 06/19/89 22:51 Msg:4005 Call:21937 Lines:21
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222
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223 {}
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224
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225 YEAH! Paranoia players! It just so happens I have:
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226
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227 The Gamemaster/Player/Adventure Handbooks (older set)
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228 "Vapors Don't Shoot Back", &
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229 "Orcbusters"
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230
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231 I was getting involved with it about a year ago, but I had to move
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232 to Portland (city of the commie-mutant free-enterprise yuppies) before
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233 I could really get a chance to be a Player/Gamemaster. When do you
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234 guys/gals/whoever meet? My days off have been shifted to Monday-Tuesday,
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235 if this helps.
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236
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237 So, who wants that temporary promotion to blue/indigo for "vapors"?
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238
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239 ;->)
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240
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241 Hagbard Celine
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242 {}
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018=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 06/20/89 15:35 Msg:4006 Call:21964 Lines:100
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243 696969696969
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244 HANDGUNS...EVERY CHILD SHOULD HAVE ONE!!!
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245 DEBATE - GUNS-- USA TODAY'S OPINION:
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246 School's out. And kids killing time are shooting themselves and each
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247 other. Parents and children must be taught that guns aren't toys. They're
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248 deadly weapons. That's the surest way to keep our kids' summer from being a
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249 killing season.
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250 OTHER VIEWS:
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251 JOHN DARLING, former member of the board of directors of the Center to
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252 Prevent Handgun Violence: One child a day under 14 is accidentally shot to
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253 death every day in the United States. In Florida in the last two weeks, six
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254 children were shot, although not fatally. Firearms responsibility is your
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255 responsibility. Educating your children is a must, whether you own a firearm
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256 or not.
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257 BOB MARTINEZ, governor of Florida: If we can pass legislation that makes
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258 just one parent act more carefully, that saves just one innocent child from
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259 tragedy, our efforts will be worthwhile. I cannot, and will not, accept
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260 anything less for the innocent children of our state.
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261 STATE REP. HARRY JENNINGS, author of the Florida bill to punish parents
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262 who don't lock up loaded guns: "Something must be done to develop
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263 responsibility."
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264 LEONARD J. SUPENSKI, chief of crime prevention, Baltimore County, Md.,
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265 Police Department: "We need reasonable controls on firearms backed with
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266 realistic education aimed at reducing firearms misuse."
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267 MATTHEW AMBERS, 10, friend of accidental shooting victim Erin Smith,
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268 Miramir, Fla.: "She plays a lot. She laughs. She's funny. I feel bad. I'm
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269 going to miss here."
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270 ST. LOUIS, MO., Dorothy Williams, 27, teacher: "Parents should have some
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271 kind of responsibility. A child's life is very precious, and if one child a
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272 day is being killed, that's one child too many. I'm sure the parents would be
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273 distraught, but they had the ability to prevent the tragedy ..."
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274 THATCHER, ARIZ., Louisa C. Ochoa, 50, beautician: "Something like that
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275 usually happens when the parents aren't around, and the kids knew they were
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276 not supposed to touch the gun. We keep our firearms locked up, and our kids
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277 went to gun-safety classes. But it's usually the kids' curiosity, not parents'
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278 negligence, that causes the accidents."
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279 YARDLEY, PA., Jon Hilson, 53, TV sports producer: "As parents, we're
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280 responsible for a child who gets into the drinking closet, let alone the ammo
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281 closet. If my child were killed in my home with my gun, my grief is
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282 punishment. But if someone else's child were killed in my home, I would expect
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283 some type of punishment ..."
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284 LEE ATWATER, head of National Republican Committee, specializing in "dirty
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285 tricks": "If we can just sell enough handguns, cigarettes, and beer to enough
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286 of our country's young people, I'm sure we can eventually achieve a Republican
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287 Majority in the House."
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288
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289 KEMP VOWS TO PURGE HUD GREED:-6/19/89
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290 Housing and Urban Development Secretary Jack Kemp - who vowed Sunday to
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291 "reform and overhaul" HUD - faces the nation's mayors Monday. Tuesday, other
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292 HUD officials will meet with the mayors to debate the agency's future. The
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293 mayors' stake in HUD is huge: It is a conduit for much of the federal aid
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294 flowing to cities. During the Reagan years, HUD's spending was cut by more
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295 than two-thirds.
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296 The Justice Department is investigating real estate profits in the growing
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297 furor HUD. On Sunday: The New York Times reported that over half the $12
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298 million New York got from a HUD fund went to projects pushed by Sen. Alfonse
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299 D'Amato; and New York Newsday reported an ex-HUD official got a $125,000-a-
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300 year job from people with whom he split a $17 million profit from a HUD deal.
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301 KEMP VOWS TO PURGE `THE GREEDY':-6/19/89
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302 Jack Kemp, Housing and Urban Development secretary, promised Sunday to run
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303 the department "with an eye on help to the needy and get the greedy out of the
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304 process." HUD is beset by influence-peddling and embezzlement scandals.
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305 Charles Dempsey, a former HUD inspector general, says Kemp is moving in the
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306 right direction and that Congress shares blame for the problem.
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307 New woes at the Department of Housing and Urban Development surface almost
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308 daily. The Justice Department is probing real estate agents' profits from the
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309 sale of foreclosed houses. Missing: up to $20 million. Also under scrutiny is
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310 the steering of HUD subsidies for renovation of low-income housing to
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311 politically connected developers and consultants.
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312 More than half the $12 million New York state received from a special HUD
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313 fund went to projects pushed by GOP Sen. Alfonse D'Amato, The New York Times
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314 reported Sunday. Also, New York Newsday reported Sunday that former HUD
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315 official Joseph Monticciolo got a $125,000-a-year job from businessmen who
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316 shared in HUD contract profit.
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317 FINGERS POINTING IN HUD FIASCO:-6/20/89
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318 Some observers say former Department of Housing and Urban Development
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319 Secretary Samuel Pierce followed the Reagan credo, taking jobs away from HUD
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320 employees and contracting them out as part of the "privatization" of
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321 government.
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322 The Housing and Urban Development Dept. was created 1965 to oversee urban
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323 renewal and housing, and mortgage insurance for the elderly, poor and
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324 handicapped. At the center of the HUD scandal: Lawyer Sam Pierce, Reagan's HUD
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325 secretary and the sole Reagan Cabinet member in office for eight years. Dubbed
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326 "Silent Sam," Pierce kept a low profile during his HUD tenure.
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327 The emerging portrait of mismanagement, favoritism, fraud and influence-
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328 peddling affects the 4.3 million people helped by the Department of Housing
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329 and Urban Development, say observers. Example: Boston has about 23,000
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330 homeless - triple the number on the streets just a few years ago - and only
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331 1,200 vacancies in the city's 18,000 public housing units.
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332 Since April, Housing and Urban Development scandals being investigated
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333 include: Maryland real estate agent Marilyn Harrell admitted taking $5.5
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334 million after representing HUD in the sale of foreclosed homes; in Texas, Reba
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335 Louise Lovell was indicted for stealing $2.5 million from the sale of 55
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336 Dallas homes; and the U.S. attorney in Denver is investigating the loss of $1
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337 million.
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338 Washington, D.C., investigators are looking for a lawyer and former
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339 Housing and Urban Development agent who disappeared a year ago. More than $3
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340 million might be missing. In another probe: Sen. Alfonse M. D'Amato, R-N.Y.,
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341 reportedly got HUD funding for a pool in his hometown. Half the state's $12
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342 696969696969696969
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019=Usr:332 Night Watcher 06/20/89 23:30 Msg:4007 Call:21973 Lines:41
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343 :+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:
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344
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345 Early report on BATMAN from someone who has already seen it: Moi.
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346
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347 Keaton: An unconventional choice, natch, but he certainly had high
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348 aspirations for this character to work. While, for the most part,
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349 Keaton maintains the integrity of the character, even he admits that
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350 the project was just too big for him to handle. Strictly on a
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351 psychological level, I would have to say that this only adds to the
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352 character, as Wayne is portrayed as schizophrenic (sp) in the film,
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353 (film), plummeting into the character of the Batman whenever a crime
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354 is committed in his presence, regardless of whether or not he is
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355 wearing the costume.
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356
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357
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358 The Costume: Initially, I found the costum somewhat lackluster, equippred as
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359 it was with false muscles and lifts (Keaton is only 5" 5'). However, the
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360 lifts and muscles are explained away in the film as metal boots (for combat)
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361 and teflon armor plating, respectively. Overall, the only real fault
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362 with it was that the cowl and cape are connected, preventing a great
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363 deal of head mobility. But still, an admirable job considering that
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364 they had to create something that could not possibly exist in the real
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365 world and do it convincingly.
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366
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367 Nicholson: What can be said that isn't already established in the
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368 subconscious of all who know Nicholson's style. He steals the film,
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369 presenting the Joker as much more a tragic, operatic character than
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370 Ceaser Romero (from (guh) the BBatman TV series) ever thought of.
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371 Yes, pained, and tragic, to the bitter finale on the rooftops of the
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372 Gotham Cathedral, when, locked in Mortal Combat, the two adversaries...
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373
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374 (Thought I'd tell, din't ya?)
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375
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376 Special Effects/Sound/Music: This'll be a knockout in THX. I usually don'
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377 have much patience with the plodding style of Elfman, but he carries it off.
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378
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379 Oops, logout in 5. Gotta Run...
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380 :+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:
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381 Night Watchman.
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382 done
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383 /s
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020=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 06/20/89 23:56 Msg:4008 Call:21974 Lines:11
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384
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385 &*&*&*&*'s
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386
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387 This is a test. This is only a test. If this had been an actuall message
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388 you would have seen somthing worth reading.
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389
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390 This was only a test.
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391
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392 An Astral Dreamer
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393 &*&*&*&*'s
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394
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021=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 06/21/89 00:21 Msg:4009 Call:21976 Lines:14
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395 {}
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396
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397 AD - noticed that you had FP stuff for Sozobon - do you intend to
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398 compile the glue for the ST? I can whip up a FP interface to the
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399 Amiga's FFP ROM, and with less effort than trying to port STupid
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400 code
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401
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402 Where have you been - noticed you've only been on sporadically -
|
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403 always trying to catch you on reed...
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404
|
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405 Hagbard
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406
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407 {}
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408
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022=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 06/21/89 15:00 Msg:4010 Call:21987 Lines:19
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409 &*&*&*&*'s
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410 Hagbard, I just saved it because it was there. The pack rat mentality. :-)
|
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411
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412 I've been seduced by the dark side of the force (IBM :-) ) and have spent
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413 the last couple of weeks trying to get the system I am borrowing to work
|
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414 properly. I think I've finally got things working more or leBeing
|
||
415 on the trailing edge of technology is a pain. (4.77Mhz PC, 2 10 meg hard
|
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416 drives. 2(Yes 2) 65? watt power suplies cga (Origional brown IBM version) and
|
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417 a single full height floppy. (360k) It all works more or less, and considering
|
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418 my doller investment I really can't complain.
|
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419
|
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420 I have to reformat my C: drive again. Low power(Not a problem anymore, as I hav
|
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421 e the second power supply) scraged the low level format a bit.
|
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422
|
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423 I now know more about IBM's then I ever wanted to. :-) :-| :-/
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424
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425 An Astral Dreamer
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426 &*&*&*&*'s
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427
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023=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 06/21/89 19:04 Msg:4011 Call:21989 Lines:4
|
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428 )(*(*&((*&)(*&()(*&*
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429 lurk
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430 )((*&)((*&)(**&)(*&)
|
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431
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024=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 06/21/89 19:37 Msg:4012 Call:21991 Lines:77
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432 696969696969
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433
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434 DEBATE - POLLUTERS-- USA TODAY'S OPINION:
|
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435 The country's pollution is as close as your back yard. Congress is working
|
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436 on new environmental laws. This report will help it control more of the
|
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437 pollutants that foul our air and contaminate 595 waterways across the country.
|
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438 We all need to know who's polluting our communities before we can clean up
|
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439 this mess. Or end it.
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440 OTHER VIEWS:
|
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441 DICK FLAVIN, writer and satirist: The age of pollution awareness is upon
|
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442 us. Thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency we can now tell which
|
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443 polluters are poisoning the environment without ever having to set foot
|
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444 outside in the environment. It's an issue who's time has come. You can smell
|
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445 it in the air.
|
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446 PATRICK COX, political and economic analyst: The press, in general, has
|
||
447 fallen in line with environmental reactionaries. Today, any violation of
|
||
448 rights can be justified simply by couching it in ecological rhetoric. Anyone
|
||
449 who questions the apocalyptic obsessions of the true believers is dismissed as
|
||
450 an enlightened assassin of Mother Earth.
|
||
451 WILLIAM D. FAY, Clean Air Working Group: "These are toxic chemicals; some
|
||
452 of them carcinogenic. But they are part of the process by which our economy
|
||
453 runs. We're not going to eliminate them."
|
||
454 WILLIAM REILLY, EPA administrator: "The information in this national
|
||
455 report will no doubt raise concern about toxic releases. This is exactly what
|
||
456 it is meant to do."
|
||
457 JEFFERY VAN, Chemical Manufacturers Association: "Anyone who says you can
|
||
458 make a link between these numbers and health effects is misleading you."
|
||
459 HARBOR CITY, CALIF., Forescee H. Rowles, 32, college instructor: "Air
|
||
460 pollution ... is caused by a combination of oil refineries, cars, the airline
|
||
461 and trucking industries, and buses that are diesel fueled. I'm a native
|
||
462 Californian, and I have watched the problem get worse. The saying, `Don't
|
||
463 breathe deep,' used to be a joke around here. Now, it's serious."
|
||
464 CEDAR FALLS, IOWA, Harry Slife, 66, retired broadcast executive: "We're in
|
||
465 pretty good shape in this area. But in the state, the biggest problem is
|
||
466 groundwater pollution. The concern is that the drinking water supply will
|
||
467 ultimately be affected by chemicals that come from agricultural use. There is
|
||
468 already some evidence of contaminated water from wells."
|
||
469 LEE ATWATER, head of the Republican National Committee: "If we can just
|
||
470 release enough radiation and toxic wastes into the nation's air and water
|
||
471 supply to give cancer to some liberal Democrats, then maybe we can finally
|
||
472 be the majority party in the House."
|
||
473
|
||
474 FIREWORKS HURT 10,000 IN 1988:-6/21/89
|
||
475 In 1988, 10,000 Americans suffered injuries from fireworks. The American
|
||
476 Academy of Opthalmology said this week that more than half of those were
|
||
477 children younger than 16, and many had serious eye injuries. The academy
|
||
478 recommended safety tips for using fireworks this summer. On the list: wear
|
||
479 safety glasses when using fireworks; and don't let kids use fireworks without
|
||
480 adult supervision.
|
||
481
|
||
482 FIRMS WANT TIPS ON FUEL PLAN:-6/21/89
|
||
483 The oil and auto industries hope President Bush's clean-air legislation -
|
||
484 that focuses on alternative fuels - will explain how to sell fuel and vehicles
|
||
485 that consumers might not want. The Environmental Protection Agency says the
|
||
486 answer is in the future price of methanol and industry's determination to make
|
||
487 the program work.
|
||
488 Increased use of methanol will reduce auto emissions of chemicals that
|
||
489 form ozone, the key ingredient in smog, says the Bush administration in its
|
||
490 clean-air proposal. Methanol, a form of alcohol made from natural gas or coal,
|
||
491 is thought by many experts to burn cleaner than gas, the primary source of
|
||
492 smog agents.
|
||
493 If methanol were produced today, it would cost 72 cents to $1.15 a gallon,
|
||
494 the American Petroleum Institute estimates. But vehicles travel only about
|
||
495 half as far on a gallon of methanol as on gas. The comparable per-mile cost
|
||
496 would be $1.30 to $2.07 a gallon. Environmental Protection Agency officials
|
||
497 say the price of methanol will fall as it is produced on a large scale.
|
||
498 Sale quotas for cars using alternate fuels would be set for all automakers
|
||
499 under President Bush's clean-air program. They would probably would be tied to
|
||
500 a company's share of a targeted market. Car makers would get some flexibility:
|
||
501 Those that exceed quotas would accrue credits they could then trade with
|
||
502 competitors.
|
||
503
|
||
504 (my apologies to Lee Atwater for misquoting him above. The word prior to
|
||
505 "Liberal Democrats" should be "enough". sorry)
|
||
506
|
||
507 696969696969696969
|
||
508
|
||
025=Usr:4 Milchar 06/22/89 00:47 Msg:4013 Call:21999 Lines:11
|
||
509 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++`
|
||
510 Hagbard: We play....whenever. Of the people here, Astral Dreamer,
|
||
511 The Mole, Swob, and myself play Paranoia. I seem to have set some
|
||
512 sort of record during our last session, being the only player that did
|
||
513 not lose a clone before our outfitting at R&D (where we stopped playing
|
||
514 for the night). Methinks I shall be a target next round though... but
|
||
515 not if I keep rolling 2's and 3's for saving throws! ("Amazing! Elmer-G
|
||
516 is completely missed by the grenade shrapnel of BOTH grenades as he
|
||
517 chants, 'The Computer is my protector, I shall not want...' You, however,
|
||
518 are dead. Activate new clones...")
|
||
519 +++++++++++++++++++++++ Milch +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
026=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 06/22/89 01:13 Msg:4014 Call:22001 Lines:34
|
||
520
|
||
521 {}
|
||
522
|
||
523 Pack Rat indeed! ;->) No wonder I keep seeing messages from /root
|
||
524 saying "clean that sh*t up or we'll deep format the drive" (just kidding)
|
||
525
|
||
526 As for the IBM - ugh! You must have suffered painfully through the
|
||
527 labotamy! I understand you very well - I took a crash-course in
|
||
528 "IBM Assembly: An Introduction" during my first year. I was limping
|
||
529 around the lab in a matter of hours! Coding for Intel processors is
|
||
530 the most degrading activity a programmer must do (short of removing
|
||
531 their own bugs:->) - and that awful reverse syntax! Read the mnemonic,
|
||
532 then read the action from right to left! The designer of the 8088
|
||
533 must have dropped acid, turned around, and said "Gee, let's make a
|
||
534 half-baked processor that has annoying segments, but doesn't allow
|
||
535 you to swap those segments very well". Gimme RotoMola any day! At
|
||
536 least the instructions are in English, and not the german translation
|
||
537 of Swahili.
|
||
538
|
||
539 So, who is the GM for your group? And do you need one (sure, just
|
||
540 like you need a hypodermic in your posterior, right?) - because I
|
||
541 can guarentee that I'll cycle 3 clones from everyone in the group!
|
||
542 I just love being outright nasty! Sure, I'll give you a better
|
||
543 chance than what the Adventure authors would, but still,
|
||
544 Watch your Step!
|
||
545 Trust No-One!
|
||
546 Keep your Laser Handy!
|
||
547
|
||
548 The Computer (and I be)/is your friend.
|
||
549
|
||
550 H. C.
|
||
551
|
||
552 {}
|
||
553
|
||
027=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 06/22/89 10:50 Msg:4015 Call:22004 Lines:14
|
||
554 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
555 Luckily I don't have to deal with the assembly language. I use Turbo Pascal,
|
||
556 Which BTW is 50000 times as good an enviorment then PC's deserve. The newest
|
||
557 version is even Object Oriented. Now if they'de only come out with a version
|
||
558 for the Amiga. (Compiling 2000 lines often takes less then 20 seconds on
|
||
559 a vanila PC.)
|
||
560
|
||
561 As for Paranoia, Milch is meat. I can't believe he actually managed to live
|
||
562 through two grenade explosions without a scratch! And I was vaporized.
|
||
563 Next Time I'll shove the grenades down the back of his shorts! :-)
|
||
564
|
||
565 An Astral Dreamer
|
||
566 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
567
|
||
028=Usr:332 Night Watcher 06/22/89 12:36 Msg:4016 Call:22006 Lines:17
|
||
568 :+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+
|
||
569 New Data on Upcoming sequels for Batman.
|
||
570 II: Two-Face (Billy Dee Williams)
|
||
571 III: The Penguin (Danny De Vito)
|
||
572 IV: The Riddler (Steve Martin)
|
||
573 V: Killer Croc (Arnold (YOU SPELL IT!!!) Schwarzenegger (Who will be playing
|
||
574 Doctor Manhattan in the upcoming WATCHMEN film.
|
||
575 VI: Creeper (Robin Williams)
|
||
576 VII: Catwoman (Most likely the girl who was the killer in BLACK WIDOW.)
|
||
577 VIII: Mad Hatter (No data at this time, possibly Robin Williams if Creeper
|
||
578 deal falls short).
|
||
579
|
||
580 Night Watchman
|
||
581 :+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+:+
|
||
582 done
|
||
583 .s
|
||
584 /s
|
||
029=Usr:465 Gregg Harris 06/22/89 18:22 Msg:4017 Call:22012 Lines:22
|
||
585 )(**&)((*&)((**)((**&)(**&)((**&)(*&)(*&)(*&)(*&)((*
|
||
586
|
||
587 All I can say about the next game is Milch Toast.
|
||
588
|
||
589 A.D.: unfortunately you will have to kill him when he is asleep, since
|
||
590 milch Will get a save verse that and most likely he will get a one. Of
|
||
591 course if it was me with a macho bonus of two all I'd have to roll is
|
||
592 a three :-).
|
||
593
|
||
594 "Down with the inferior human types" :-)
|
||
595
|
||
596 H.C.: someone by the name of mike wilson is are GM. he doesn't
|
||
597 ,at least i think so, lurk here so you probably wouldn't know
|
||
598 him.
|
||
599
|
||
600 Of course, if wilson was in a good mode Milch would of lost all
|
||
601 six clones; geesh, four benificial mutations.
|
||
602
|
||
603 The Mole (Schwarzenne-G-GER)
|
||
604
|
||
605 )((*&)((*&)((*&&()(*&()(*&&)(*&)((*&(*)(*&)(*&&)((*&()(*&)(*&
|
||
606
|
||
030=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 06/22/89 18:45 Msg:4018 Call:22013 Lines:100
|
||
607 696969696969
|
||
608
|
||
609 WP 06/22/89 MARY McGRORY The Truth According to Gregg
|
||
610
|
||
611 The Iran-contra scandal, which has spawned so many contradictions and
|
||
612 ironies, is going to give us another new ethical concept, "truth-under-the
|
||
613 circumstances." That is not the same as "the whole" and "nothing but," but it
|
||
614 will do for Sen. Charles S. Robb (D-Va.), who voted to confirm Donald P. Gregg
|
||
615 as ambassador to South Korea and told us why.
|
||
616 Gregg's statements, which, incidentally, were given under oath, Robb said,
|
||
617 were "as reasonable and believable as I think we could expect under the
|
||
618 circumstances."
|
||
619 What the "circumstances" were, Robb did not explain. What he probably meant
|
||
620 was that only some crazed purist would imagine that a lifelong CIA man, trained
|
||
621 in the "Eyes Only" and "Need to Know" tradition of "the company," would spill
|
||
622 the beans on what he knew about Iran-contra and what he told his boss when he
|
||
623 was then-Vice President Bush's national security adviser. The literal truth, an
|
||
624 fool could see, would only have killed the nomination and distressed the
|
||
625 president. Get lost, Diogenes.
|
||
626 Gregg's version of events was sometimes, as Robb, a conspicuous contra fan,
|
||
627 admitted, "very difficult to comprehend." The Republicans on the Senate Foreign
|
||
628 Relations Committee, who voted solidly for the nominee because they found the
|
||
629 opposition "partisan," had trouble, too. Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) said
|
||
630 part of Gregg's tales "certainly strains belief."
|
||
631 But the Republicans stood strong partly it seemed because they thought that
|
||
632 Sen. Alan Cranston (D-Calif.), who stalked Gregg down pages of typed questions,
|
||
633 was really after Bush. This idea was pushed hard by Sen. Mitch McConnell
|
||
634 (R-Ky.), Gregg's chief defender. He pointed out that several other diplomatic
|
||
635 appointees who were much more involved in Iran-contra had "sailed through" the
|
||
636 committee, and he said it was Gregg's "closeness to Bush" that activated the
|
||
637 Democrats.
|
||
638 Gregg had woven a thick carpet of "plausible deniability" around each weak
|
||
639 spot in his testimony. Many found more denial than plausibility in much of what
|
||
640 he said. A secretary typed "copter-supply" instead of "contra supply"; his CIA
|
||
641 buddy Felix Rodriguez had misled him about his relations with Oliver L. North;
|
||
642 North had made a misleading entry in his notebook about a meeting with Gregg. H
|
||
643 never wavered in his insistence that he communicated to Bush his guilty
|
||
644 knowledge about illicit gun-running only through The New York Times four months
|
||
645 after he heard from Rodriguez that there was another Watergate in the making.
|
||
646 The amount of information Gregg withheld from Bush was of such volume that h
|
||
647 could have been reasonably asked whether he would, as ambassador, tell the
|
||
648 president if the Commies were coming over the border. But only Sen. Paul S.
|
||
649 Sarbanes (D-Md.) bothered to point out that Gregg's record for being Bush's eye
|
||
650 and ears was pretty poor.
|
||
651 The other two Democrats who defected to Bush were Terry Sanford (N.C.) and
|
||
652 Claiborne Pell (R.I.). Pell had originally begged bush to withdraw Gregg, but h
|
||
653 hates a scrap and went along. In an embarrassed post-vote news conference,
|
||
654 Cranston suggested that Sanford was afraid "the path would lead to Bush."
|
||
655 Sanford confirms this and adds to the "comparative truth" theory: "If Gregg
|
||
656 was lying, he was lying to protect the president, which is different from lying
|
||
657 to protect himself." Sanford does not believe in revisiting Iran-contra - "My
|
||
658 own view is to leave it to history to find out the true facts."
|
||
659 Other Democrats agree. They are scared stiff of the issue. As their
|
||
660 Iran-contra committee walked in fear of turning up impeachable evidence against
|
||
661 Ronald Reagan, Senate Democrats pale at the thought of digging up actionable
|
||
662 dirt on Bush. They echo the GOP caution that the country couldn't stand the
|
||
663 trauma - even though the Republic survived handily when Richard M. Nixon hit th
|
||
664 road. Besides - here's the clincher - before you hurt Bush, think of the
|
||
665 consequences.
|
||
666 Cranston met many jibes in the ~rcloakroom while he was struggling to rally
|
||
667 p
|
||
anti-Gregg votes. "You trying to get us Dan Quayle, Cranston?"
|
||
668 The new House Democratic whip, William H. Gray III (Pa.), said the 12 to 7
|
||
669 vote showed that the Senate is "letting yesterday be yesterday, forget it."
|
||
670
|
||
671 "I don't think that is necessarily good politics," he adds.
|
||
672 But Senate Democrats think it is. Possibly they were persuaded by the happy
|
||
673 endings for the affair's most prominent alumni. Reagan got the Order of the
|
||
674 Bath from Queen Elizabeth II the other day. And Bush, who they all thought was
|
||
675 so pathetic this time last year, stands at 73 percent in the polls. Neither
|
||
676 came clean about Iran-contra. So why should Bush's ambassador to South Korea?
|
||
677 Who cares? Let's settle for "truth-under the circumstances." It's all we're
|
||
678 going to get.
|
||
679
|
||
680 THE RICH GET RICHER:-6/22/89
|
||
681 An annual survey by Financial World magazine says the median income of the
|
||
682 top 100 Wall Street earners tripled in 1988 to $15 million, from $5 million in
|
||
683 1987. Topping the list: indicted junk-bond king Michael Milken, who made
|
||
684 between $180 million and $199 million, FW says. That sum is being withheld by
|
||
685 Milken's former employer, Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc., pending a court
|
||
686 decision.
|
||
687
|
||
688 BUSH BACKS TAX BREAK TO EXXON:-6/22/89
|
||
689 The Bush administration said it opposed a bill to deny a tax deduction to
|
||
690 Exxon Corp. for Alaskan oil spill clean-up costs. It's a "fundamental
|
||
691 principle of business taxation, that ordinary and necessary business expenses
|
||
692 may be deducted," Treasury official Kenneth Gideon told the Senate Finance
|
||
693 Committee.
|
||
694 What's "ordinary and necessary" about the Alaska oil spill?
|
||
695 OIL-SPILL SPENDING LIMIT OK'D:-6/22/89
|
||
696 State laws that place no limit on what oil companies must pay to clean up
|
||
697 a big oil spill and compensate victims would be preempted under a bill
|
||
698 approved by the House Merchant Marines and Fisheries committee Wednesday. The
|
||
699 bill now goes to the House.
|
||
700 A bill approved Wednesday by the House Merchant Marines and Fisheries
|
||
701 Committee would limit an oil company's financial liability for an oil spill to
|
||
702 $60 million unless gross negligence is proved. Remaining cleanup, compensation
|
||
703 and related costs would come out of a fund that oil companies pay into through
|
||
704 a 1.3-cents-per-barrel tax.
|
||
705 Congress has tried for 14 years to pass a comprehensive oil spill
|
||
706 liability law, but has always stalled on language that preempted state laws.
|
||
031=Usr:286 Juff Marten 06/23/89 01:04 Msg:4019 Call:22027 Lines:28
|
||
707
|
||
708
|
||
709 {+}{+}{+}{+}
|
||
710
|
||
711 From those lovable hippies who brought Herbal Tea out of the
|
||
712 Ashram and into your home
|
||
713
|
||
714 CELESTIAL SEASONINGS....
|
||
715 Comes something NEW....and its JUST FOR YOU !
|
||
716 Its Refreshing !
|
||
717 Its Delicious !
|
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718 Its an elocution aid like none other !
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719
|
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720 Its new Celestial Seasonings VERBAL TEA
|
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721
|
||
722 Specially blended for Protest Organizers, Anguished Folk-
|
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723 Singers, Dark Horse Political Candidates, and Dystopian Cafe
|
||
724 Poets...Celestial Seasonings VERBAL TEA is just the thing to
|
||
725 help you talk more better n' stuff.
|
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726
|
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727 Available Now At Selected Food Co-Ops
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728
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729 -+|[ ThingFish ]|+-
|
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730 A Thrbbing Mutation Of The American Dream
|
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731
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732 {+}{+}{+}{+}
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733
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734
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032=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 06/23/89 19:50 Msg:4020 Call:22036 Lines:7
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735 &*&*&*&*'s
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736 Remember when you were young? Everything seemed so much simpler then.
|
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737 Hats off to the human race! I'm amazed we've made it this far.
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738
|
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739 An Astral Dreamer (Not feeling very optomistic right now.)
|
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740 &*&*&*&*'s
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741
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033=Usr:4 Milchar 06/23/89 21:54 Msg:4021 Call:22039 Lines:15
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||
742 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
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743 ANNOUNCING: Tenative "Paranoia" session at my humble abode. About
|
||
744 One O'Clock on Sunday, June 25. Those of you who play know where it
|
||
745 is, except perhaps H.C. Hagbard, you have a private communication
|
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746 channel available perhaps?
|
||
747 As for the planned Milch Toast and Commie Social, all I have
|
||
748 to say is that some Secret Societies are MUCH more useful than others.
|
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749 What do you get when you advance in your SS? Me, I get something
|
||
750 USEFUL...
|
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751 And complaining about my low demise rate? Why, it was a
|
||
752 piece of cake. I mean, really. We haven't even started the MISSION
|
||
753 yet. Just a few interruptions/emergency assignments got in our way,
|
||
754 that's all. Nothing to be worried about. This mission will be fun.
|
||
755 The Computer says so. Can you doubt the Computer? Of course, there
|
||
756 might be some accidental executions, falling at 1000 feet, berserk
|
||
034=Usr:4 Milchar 06/23/89 22:06 Msg:4022 Call:22041 Lines:8
|
||
757 Combots, Happy Citizens... but Hey, all in a daycycle's work! :-)
|
||
758 Milch Toast? Ha. I haven't even STARTED yet. Executing
|
||
759 Elmer-G-LEW without cause is treason, and it seems I have an exemplary
|
||
760 performance record in the eyes of the Computer. Whatever my performance
|
||
761 is in reality has nothing to do with it whatsoever... :-) C'mon. Ya
|
||
762 gotta PROVE I'm a Commie Mutant Traitor. Or some combination of C, M,
|
||
763 and T, anyway...
|
||
764 ++++++++++ Milch +++++++++ At your service, Citizen Jess-U-WAT, Sir! +++
|
||
035=Usr:498 Hagbard Celine , 06/24/89 01:54 Msg:4023 Call:22047 Lines:28
|
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765
|
||
766 {}
|
||
767
|
||
768 Sorry Milch, I have a hot date with my fiance' Sunday. Will try
|
||
769 to make it in the future, though. How about next week?
|
||
770
|
||
771 If you catch me around town, well, look for a new 89 silver-frost
|
||
772 Sentra with a small dent on the trunk and the rear "Nissan" sticker
|
||
773 missing. Chances are, you'll probably hear me coming before you
|
||
774 see me ;->) remember, hearing is believing! Someday, I'll get an
|
||
775 amp for my radio - maybe just a little one...'ya know, around
|
||
776 80 watts per channel? Little spendy for TWO amps, though - I have
|
||
777 a 4-way. I figure if I can't have a nice looking car that moves
|
||
778 100 mph in excess of the federal speed limit, I can at least hae
|
||
779 a decent stereo in the thing.
|
||
780
|
||
781 Say, does anyone want a slightly used 89 Sentra with low miles,
|
||
782 good stereo, and the "New" 12-valve Nissan motor? $189.98 a month>
|
||
783
|
||
784 Whatever you do, don't buy one unless you plan on making some
|
||
785 major investments. Thing has been in the shop twice with only
|
||
786 10K miles on it. Drives me nuts. Now I think I need an alignment
|
||
787 job done on it. It's worse than having a child! It would
|
||
788 be easier to simply feed it my paycheck!
|
||
789
|
||
790 A grumpy Hagbard...
|
||
791
|
||
792 {}
|
||
036=Usr:339 Phantom Specter 06/24/89 02:47 Msg:4024 Call:22049 Lines:7
|
||
793 P H A N T O M
|
||
794 I used to be on here about a year ago.
|
||
795
|
||
796
|
||
797 ((((((P h A n T o M))))))
|
||
798
|
||
799
|
||
037=Usr:286 Jeff Marten 06/24/89 03:36 Msg:4025 Call:22051 Lines:11
|
||
800
|
||
801 {+}{+}{+}{+}
|
||
802
|
||
803 And now you're back
|
||
804
|
||
805 -+|[ ThingFish ]|+-
|
||
806 Was It A Good Year ?
|
||
807
|
||
808
|
||
809 {+}{+}{+}{+}
|
||
810
|
||
038=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 06/24/89 15:40 Msg:4026 Call:22059 Lines:5
|
||
811
|
||
812 I AM Having tO much fun. Today is a warm day.
|
||
813
|
||
814 Blah
|
||
815
|
||
039=Usr:287 Ralph Steadman 06/24/89 18:17 Msg:4027 Call:22063 Lines:100
|
||
816 696969696969
|
||
817 It COULD happen here........BUSH RUMOR PUSHES DOLLAR DOWN:-6/23/8
|
||
818 The dollar sank in wild trading, helped by a rumor that President Bush had
|
||
819 been shot. The White House quickly denied the rumor. Traders also cited a lack
|
||
820 of buying interest, plus the sale of dollars by central banks to prop up the
|
||
821 British pound. But many traders say the weakness is a lull rather than a
|
||
822 fundamental change in attitude toward the dollar.
|
||
823 President J. Danforth Quayle. Think about it.
|
||
824
|
||
825 It DID happen there........OIL SPILL TOUCHES ALL ALASKANS:-6/23/8
|
||
826 The Exxon Valdez oil spill - which as of this week has soiled 727 miles of
|
||
827 Alaskan shoreline - has forced residents of that state to think hard about
|
||
828 their environmental treasures.Gov. Steve Cowper: "There's been a reassessment
|
||
829 of values by most Alaskans."
|
||
830 Alaska politicians, reviewing the effects of the Exxon Valdez oil spill,
|
||
831 are wondering how a state that gets 85 percent of its revenues from oil
|
||
832 concessions keep itself running and yet demand respect and environmental
|
||
833 responsibility from big oil. Alaskans know they are married to the industry -
|
||
834 each gets a yearly oil dividend - $826.93 last year.
|
||
835 Three months after the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Prince William Sound,
|
||
836 Alaska, the destruction goes on. The oil isn't spreading any more, but the way
|
||
837 it keeps sinking and resurfacing makes the cleanup tough, say conservation
|
||
838 officials. The death toll so far: 25,688 birds, 808 sea otters and 84 eagles.
|
||
839 Salmon seasons have been delayed or limited.
|
||
840 Environmental Protection Agency scientists this week began an experiment
|
||
841 spreading a chemical mixture filled with oil-eating bacteria on the beaches of
|
||
842 Alaska's Prince William Sound fouled by the Exxon Valdez tanker oil spill.
|
||
843 Science News magazine reports in its June 25 issue that the tests will compare
|
||
844 mixtures of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers for oil-devouring
|
||
845 capabilities.
|
||
846 On Friday, weather permitting, the temporarily repaired Exxon Valdez
|
||
847 tanker will be towed out of Prince William Sound, Alaska, headed for a $25
|
||
848 million repair job in San Diego, the Coast Guard said.
|
||
849 OIL CONTINUES TO WRECK HAVOC:-6/23/89
|
||
850 Three months after the Exxon Valdez tanker ripped open and dumped 11
|
||
851 million gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound, the destruction goes
|
||
852 on. The oil isn't spreading any more, but the way it keeps sinking and
|
||
853 resurfacing still makes the cleanup tough, says Robert Luch, a conservation
|
||
854 official in Valdez. The death toll as of this week: 25,688 birds, 808 sea
|
||
855 otters and 84 eagles.
|
||
856
|
||
857 EPA ENLISTS BACTERIA IN BATTLE:
|
||
858 Environmental Protection Agency scientists thys week began an experiment
|
||
859 spreading a chemical mixture filled with oil-eating bacteria on the beaches of
|
||
860 Alaska's Prince William Sound fouled by the Exxon Valdez tanker oil spill.
|
||
861 Science News magazine reports in its June 25 issue that the tests will compare
|
||
862 mixtures of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers for oil-devouring
|
||
863 capabilities.
|
||
864
|
||
865 EXECUTIONS CONTINUE IN CHINA:-6/23/89
|
||
866 The execution toll from China's crackdown on dissidents mounted Thursday,
|
||
867 bringing an outcry from Washington for tougher action against the Chinese.
|
||
868 Seven men were executed in Beijing for burning army vehicles. In the town of
|
||
869 Jinan, 17 people were executed; some died for crimes linked to the protests,
|
||
870 others for unrelated crimes.
|
||
871 The executions of pro-democracy demonstrators won't cause the United
|
||
872 States to escalate its war of words against China. Secretary of State James
|
||
873 Baker said the United States would not impose new sanctions on China. Bush has
|
||
874 ordered an end to arms sales, cessation of government contacts and called on
|
||
875 world lenders not to help China. Baker said the limited sanctions were
|
||
876 appropriate.
|
||
877 China's response to world-wide outrage over the execution of pro-democracy
|
||
878 demonstrators remained unchanged Thursday. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Li
|
||
879 Jinhua said other countries were being "unwise" in trying to dictate to China
|
||
880 about domestic trouble.
|
||
881 While the furor about the executions in China might be new, the method
|
||
882 isn't. "The death penalty continues to be used extensively" in China, said
|
||
883 Amnesty International, the human rights organization. Execution - normally by
|
||
884 a gunshot to the back of the head - is used for political and common crimes.
|
||
885 Amnesty has documented more than 1,500 executions in China since 1983.
|
||
886 Chinese students in the United States say they are having a hard time
|
||
887 coming up with cash to pay phone bills for the "freedom faxes" to China after
|
||
888 the Tiananmen Square slaughter. Some copiers were cranking day and night
|
||
889 sending news articles, photos and editorials giving the U.S. view of events.
|
||
890 Now, bills are arriving: At Stanford University, the latest bill ran more than
|
||
891 $3,000.
|
||
892
|
||
893 DOE PUSHING NUCLEAR PLANTS:-6/23/89
|
||
894 Nuclear plants at Seabrook in New Hampshire and Shoreham on Long Island,
|
||
895 N.Y., will overcome obstacles and will operate, predicted Mary Ann Novak,
|
||
896 acting assistant secretary for nuclear energy at the Department of Energy. She
|
||
897 said that nuclear power fit well with the energy policy now being written
|
||
898 aiming at a reasonably priced and environmentally benign energy supply.
|
||
899 New nuclear plants will be ordered in the next five to seven years, said
|
||
900 Mary Ann Novak, an assistant secretary at the Department of Energy. DOE will
|
||
901 try to convince the public of the advantages of nuclear energy, she said.
|
||
902 Novak spoke at a conference in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the U.S. Global
|
||
903 Strategy Council. She said power demand is twice what utilities are planning
|
||
904 for.
|
||
905 HUD INVESTIGATIONS CONTINUE:-6/23/89
|
||
906 After HUD insured $67 million in mortgages for eight Twin Cities housing
|
||
907 projects, two defaulted, two are being refinanced and two are marginal,
|
||
908 reports the Minneapolis Starand Tribune. Also: After local HUD officials
|
||
909 declined to get involved in a 68-unit project, federal HUD officials overrode
|
||
910 them when developers hired ex-Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger's nephew as
|
||
911 a lobbyist.
|
||
912 "Ronald Wilson Reagan: The Legacy" what a movie! what a man!
|
||
913 the most expensive movie of ALL time. You and your neighbors are extras!
|
||
914 Showing now in this country all around you. Tickets start at $300,000! (pop-
|
||
915 corn is extra--and so is the butter and the salt for the wound)
|
||
040=Usr:334 Chris Muns 06/24/89 21:15 Msg:4028 Call:22067 Lines:4
|
||
916 Hi,What is everyone up to?
|
||
917
|
||
918 //s
|
||
919 Chris Muns
|
||
041=Usr:4 Milchar 06/25/89 00:22 Msg:4029 Call:22071 Lines:15
|
||
920 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
|
||
921 Paranoia Update: All of the former meeting instructions were perfect
|
||
922 in every way. The Computer says so. However, certain Traitors have
|
||
923 placed errors within the last transmission. Rest assured the parties
|
||
924 responsible have been executed. The following instructions are even
|
||
925 MORE perfect in every way. Can you doubt the Computer?
|
||
926 MEET: Milch's pad
|
||
927 WHEN: Oh, around 1ish on Sunday, July 2.
|
||
928 WHAT: Traitor Roast and lots of Cold Fun for all loyal Citizens
|
||
929 Due to a new opinion program instituted by the Computer in its wisdom,
|
||
930 random opinion samples are being taken regarding the revised Traitor
|
||
931 Roast schedule. Please go to the nearest Happiness Confession Booth and
|
||
932 let the Computer know how happy you are with the even more perfect
|
||
933 schedule.
|
||
934 +++++++++++++++ Milch, or Elmer-G-LEW-2 At your service, Citizen! +++++
|
||
042=Usr:286 Jeff Marten 06/25/89 04:41 Msg:4030 Call:22076 Lines:18
|
||
935
|
||
936 {+}{+}{+}{+}
|
||
937
|
||
938 Oh God Milch...That sounds just like THX-1138.
|
||
939 Remember that movie ?
|
||
940 Those little electronic confessional boothettes ?
|
||
941 BY THE MASSES......
|
||
942 FOR THE MASSES.....
|
||
943 BUY
|
||
944 BUY MORE NOW
|
||
945 AND
|
||
946 BE HAPPY
|
||
947
|
||
948
|
||
949 -+|[ ThingFish ]|+-
|
||
950 I Did Not Lose My Ship Sir, It Was Taken From Me
|
||
951
|
||
952 {+}{+}{+}{+}
|
||
043=Usr:84 Michael Miller j 06/25/89 12:27 Msg:4031 Call:22082 Lines:12
|
||
953 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
954 Next Sunday? Hmm... Well of course I'll be there. As a loyal friend
|
||
955 of the computer it couldn't be any other way. Happiness will be mine as I serve
|
||
956 the computer in anyway I can.
|
||
957 Anybody seeing ^I's at the begining of some of these lines is a traitor
|
||
958 and should report to the nearest termination center immediatly. Thank you for
|
||
959 your support.
|
||
960 George-R-wel friend of the computer signing out.
|
||
961
|
||
962 An Astral Dreamer
|
||
963 &*&*&*&*'s
|
||
964
|
||
044=Usr:33 Mike Stanfill 06/25/89 22:52 Msg:4032 Call:22097 Lines:35
|
||
965 /*/*/*/*/*/*/*
|
||
966
|
||
967 Friend computer,
|
||
968
|
||
969 I just wanted to tell you how happy I am at being assigned to
|
||
970 this very important mission. Obviously the deaths of my two
|
||
971 predecessors were due to the actions of hostile Communist
|
||
972 Mutant Traitors working even within the confines of Alpha
|
||
973 Complex. I am honored to have the privilege of combatting
|
||
974 this threat to the otherwise serene and peaceful utopia of
|
||
975 Alpha Complex. Friend Computer can be assured of my complete
|
||
976 devotion and willingness to make any sacrifice to complete
|
||
977 my mission.
|
||
978
|
||
979 Slurp! Slurp!
|
||
980 Funny B-oyy
|
||
981
|
||
982 "Sometimes fear can be a useful emotion. For instance, let's say you're
|
||
983 an astronaut on the moon and you think your partner has been turned into
|
||
984 Dracula. The next time he goes out for the moon pieces - wham! - you
|
||
985 just slam the door behind him and blast off. He might call you on the
|
||
986 radio and say he's not Dracula, but you just say,
|
||
987 'Think again, bat man.'" _
|
||
988 -Jack Handey, "Deep Thoughts" /#)
|
||
989 n n n (#/
|
||
990 / ~~~ ~~~ \/
|
||
991 /*/*/*/*/*/*/* -swob (a Self-Willed Orange Blancmange) /___/____\__\
|
||
992
|
||
993
|
||
994 I'm at the bottom! I'm at the bottom! Now what cqn I say to kill off this
|
||
995 disk? - how 'bout another Handey quote:
|
||
996 "I guess I'll never forget her. And maybe I don't wan't to. Her spirit
|
||
997 was wild, like a wild monkey. Her beauty was like a beautiful horse being
|
||
998 ridden by a wild monkey. I forget her other qualities."
|
||
999 -Jack Handey, "Deep Thoughts"
|