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110. Carl Sagan's book "Demon Haunted World" is AWESOME!!!
Edited on Mon Feb-06-06 02:44 AM by file83
I love and miss Carl - Notice how crazy the world got after he left? My roommate and I are watching the entire Cosmos series these next few weeks, we are on episode 5. I'm LOVING it. He is the best. :thumbsup:
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  -i noticed some funny things about the islamic protesters LSK  Feb-05-06 03:16 AM   #0 
  - pretty observant - could  laruemtt   Feb-05-06 03:29 AM   #1 
  - The guy in front in the last shot - could that be...  electropop   Feb-05-06 09:15 AM   #46 
  - Maybe they all hired the same place to make their posters  rpannier   Feb-05-06 03:30 AM   #2 
  - I'm assuming those are all pics from protests in the UK...  DRoseDARs   Feb-05-06 03:31 AM   #3 
  - Organized or not...  fooj   Feb-05-06 03:40 AM   #4 
  - It's not a font  formactv   Feb-05-06 03:41 AM   #5 
  - picky-picky.  BiggJawn   Feb-05-06 10:00 AM   #50 
     - It's the font of the hand that wrote it. Let's call it ExtremismBoldExt  buddysmellgood   Feb-05-06 12:49 PM   #79 
     - It's really just the marker  formernaderite   Feb-05-06 01:17 PM   #82 
     - As a teacher, I have a little experience in looking at handwriting  proud2Blib   Feb-05-06 01:21 PM   #86 
        - Yep. Busy little beaver, huh?  fooj   Feb-06-06 02:35 AM   #105 
     - Carl Sagan's book "Demon Haunted World" is AWESOME!!!  file83   Feb-06-06 02:43 AM   #110 
  - no. some of them really are that deranged by religious passion  PretzelWarrior   Feb-05-06 03:44 AM   #6 
  - *some* of them - indeed  rman   Feb-05-06 05:53 AM   #23 
  - Something I wonder  FreedomAngel82   Feb-05-06 11:23 AM   #64 
  - Probably all written by the same crazy imam  magellan   Feb-05-06 03:47 AM   #7 
  - You don't have to be a "crazy imam" to be angry about sacrilege  Benbow   Feb-05-06 08:00 AM   #40 
     - Yeah! People power!  donco6   Feb-05-06 11:35 AM   #70 
     - I would think South Park would freak them out...  formernaderite   Feb-05-06 01:19 PM   #84 
        - It does seem awfully convenient.  donco6   Feb-05-06 01:25 PM   #89 
     - Sorry, but anyone who encourages violence  magellan   Feb-06-06 12:00 AM   #100 
  - the pics are from the UK  tocqueville   Feb-05-06 03:47 AM   #8 
  - Well this sounds sort of right to me.  izzie   Feb-05-06 07:24 AM   #31 
  - Which to me  FreedomAngel82   Feb-05-06 11:26 AM   #65 
  - BBC link  mrfrapp   Feb-06-06 12:22 PM   #126 
  - I would like to know where those pics were taken  me b zola   Feb-05-06 03:49 AM   #9 
  - Yeah, the choice of words  mmonk   Feb-05-06 09:29 AM   #49 
  - "exterminate - butcher - massacre - slay"  McKenzie   Feb-05-06 04:20 AM   #10 
  - The moderate muslims need to get together and  CJCRANE   Feb-05-06 04:33 AM   #13 
  - Those words stuck out like a sore thumb to me as well  me b zola   Feb-05-06 05:43 AM   #21 
  - I hope we do not have a Corp. paid to do this?  izzie   Feb-05-06 07:35 AM   #35 
     - I think you are... who organized the "orange revolution"?  neweurope   Feb-05-06 01:10 PM   #81 
  - That's what really got me too  FreedomAngel82   Feb-05-06 11:29 AM   #66 
  - The Muslim community here in the US  fujiyama   Feb-06-06 06:29 PM   #140 
  - I agree with you.  donco6   Feb-05-06 11:36 AM   #72 
     - Maybe the radical who wrote them  Yupster   Feb-05-06 01:31 PM   #91 
        - I'm not talking about the actual WRITING .. .  donco6   Feb-05-06 01:34 PM   #92 
           - Maybe he really  Yupster   Feb-06-06 12:07 AM   #101 
  - Signs in England are often written in English!  QC   Feb-05-06 04:22 AM   #11 
  - It does seem like a set-up.  CJCRANE   Feb-05-06 04:29 AM   #12 
  - let's see...  progdonkey   Feb-05-06 04:51 AM   #14 
  - What makes you think the protestors are immigrants?  tenshi816   Feb-05-06 01:17 PM   #83 
     - it was clearly a hypothetical...  progdonkey   Feb-06-06 04:45 AM   #120 
  - It's all wrong  Marie26   Feb-05-06 05:05 AM   #15 
  - I agree 100 %! "The signs are almost a parody, like what a  neweurope   Feb-05-06 05:42 AM   #19 
  - That is the purpose of this whole fiasco  DoYouEverWonder   Feb-05-06 06:06 AM   #25 
  - Black ops. I think you're correct.  truth2power   Feb-05-06 10:54 AM   #59 
     - Unfortunately it is so easy  DoYouEverWonder   Feb-05-06 11:19 AM   #61 
  - If you haven't watch the film "Control Room"  FreedomAngel82   Feb-05-06 11:36 AM   #71 
  - I had another question  malaise   Feb-06-06 02:40 AM   #107 
     - Very good question :)  neweurope   Feb-06-06 12:48 PM   #129 
  - I think you're right.  SmokingJacket   Feb-05-06 12:48 PM   #78 
  - Yes. In my view this is about stiffening European reslove for war.  Henny Penny   Feb-06-06 04:28 AM   #117 
     - Evidently not - what does CND stand for?  neweurope   Feb-06-06 12:50 PM   #130 
        - Campaign for nuclear  Henny Penny   Feb-06-06 03:57 PM   #135 
           - Here in Germany we had a "leftist" movement at the universities that was  neweurope   Feb-06-06 04:26 PM   #136 
  - could you check that URL?  NJCher   Feb-05-06 05:42 AM   #20 
  - you know what the handwriting of the signs reminds me of?  NJCher   Feb-05-06 05:43 AM   #22 
  - Fixed picture URL  Marie26   Feb-05-06 06:04 AM   #24 
  - They did chant about 7/7 too  muriel_volestrangler   Feb-05-06 07:41 AM   #37 
  - Thanks for the info  Marie26   Feb-05-06 02:26 PM   #97 
  - "Islam says -don't insult other peoples' religion"...  QuestionAll   Feb-05-06 08:16 AM   #43 
  - So different aren't they?  FreedomAngel82   Feb-05-06 11:34 AM   #69 
  - Not all long beards are done in  igil   Feb-05-06 11:51 AM   #74 
  - the linguistic armchair detective notes....  NJCher   Feb-05-06 02:17 PM   #96 
     - More armchair detective work ....  Marie26   Feb-06-06 01:44 PM   #134 
  - Yes, I learned my lesson quickly when I started attending anti-war demos.  oblivious   Feb-05-06 05:12 AM   #16 
  - Violent signs at a peaceful protest?  rucky   Feb-05-06 05:19 AM   #17 
  - Makes you wonder whether they were made by the art deparment  JCMach1   Feb-05-06 05:38 AM   #18 
  - They were probably made by the same company that organized  neweurope   Feb-05-06 06:22 AM   #26 
     - Rendon?  Marie26   Feb-05-06 06:25 AM   #27 
        - Yes, I think that was them!  neweurope   Feb-05-06 06:39 AM   #28 
  - Make no mistake about it - The US does have strong influence in events  Nimrod2005   Feb-05-06 06:49 AM   #29 
  - Maybe there is just one guy who has a magic marker?  BlueEyedSon   Feb-05-06 06:51 AM   #30 
  - The demo took place in England  wookie294   Feb-05-06 07:29 AM   #32 
  - Are you kidding?  tenshi816   Feb-05-06 01:22 PM   #87 
     - Uhm  wookie294   Feb-06-06 02:48 AM   #114 
        - Well, I've seen photographs  tenshi816   Feb-06-06 04:34 AM   #119 
  - Is just too wonderful ...  panzerfaust   Feb-05-06 07:31 AM   #33 
  - Good spot  malaise   Feb-05-06 07:33 AM   #34 
  - Psstt... they're not "Islamic" protestors. They're Muslim.  Clark2008   Feb-05-06 07:36 AM   #36 
  - Isn't a peve, its a BIG deal, GOD gave them that special name during one  sam sarrha   Feb-05-06 08:03 AM   #41 
  - You mean they're NOT Islamacists or Mohammedians? Dang!  BlueEyedSon   Feb-05-06 08:55 AM   #45 
  - whatever  wtmusic   Feb-05-06 12:12 PM   #76 
     - Let's ask the angry mob about it  Yupster   Feb-05-06 01:38 PM   #94 
  - This is a very peculiar thread - the pictures were from the UK  Benbow   Feb-05-06 07:53 AM   #38 
  - that is England there's a radical Mosk there, it is probably just 10 people  sam sarrha   Feb-05-06 08:00 AM   #39 
  - 15 or 16  kittynboi   Feb-05-06 09:22 AM   #47 
  - You haven't seen the overhead shots  tenshi816   Feb-05-06 01:25 PM   #88 
  - has England published the cartoons yet?  LSK   Feb-05-06 10:38 AM   #55 
  - Are you sure that's the UK?  Hatalles   Feb-06-06 02:44 AM   #112 
     - I'm sure....  BooScout   Feb-06-06 02:59 AM   #115 
  - I agree that something is not right either,  Earth_First   Feb-05-06 08:15 AM   #42 
  - Yes it looks like a Kuwaiti chorus line  dailykoff   Feb-05-06 08:20 AM   #44 
  - More hate and violence brought to you by the "religion of  Strong Atheist   Feb-05-06 09:27 AM   #48 
  - These protestors are a godsend for Bush and Tony  mainer   Feb-05-06 10:14 AM   #51 
  - They are probably being payed by them.  neweurope   Feb-05-06 11:03 AM   #60 
  - Nice how they have a good close-up photo of the demonstration.  Straight Shooter   Feb-05-06 10:14 AM   #52 
  - The news reports here (in the UK)  tenshi816   Feb-05-06 01:37 PM   #93 
     - Not a small gathering.  Straight Shooter   Feb-05-06 11:32 PM   #99 
        - You're right. We also get crazies at our anti-Bush protests too...  Hatalles   Feb-06-06 02:45 AM   #113 
        - I don't know.  tenshi816   Feb-06-06 04:28 AM   #118 
           - Thank you for the somewhat alarming but educational info.  Straight Shooter   Feb-06-06 10:49 AM   #122 
              - Well said.  tenshi816   Feb-06-06 11:06 AM   #124 
                 - Wikipedia is not always accurate.  Straight Shooter   Feb-06-06 11:50 AM   #125 
  - PROPAGANDA from powers that be.  LincolnMcGrath   Feb-05-06 10:18 AM   #53 
  - Right Wing Fundamentalists lack creativity....  bvar22   Feb-05-06 10:33 AM   #54 
  - dupe  enki23   Feb-05-06 10:43 AM   #56 
  - probably because the same person created them.  enki23   Feb-05-06 10:46 AM   #57 
  - Fantastic 4  Tom Bombadil   Feb-06-06 06:20 PM   #139 
  - One hippy from the 1960s may have made a bunch of picket signs too.  HypnoToad   Feb-05-06 10:49 AM   #58 
  - I gotta say, that is a hell of a catch and the more I look at the signs  OPERATIONMINDCRIME   Feb-05-06 11:21 AM   #62 
  - Makes one wonder  FreedomAngel82   Feb-05-06 11:21 AM   #63 
  - Remember Operation Mockingbird?  FreedomAngel82   Feb-05-06 11:31 AM   #67 
  - Sounds like the work of Rummy's P2OG group to provoke "terrorists"  satya   Feb-05-06 11:32 AM   #68 
  - Scary stuff  Marie26   Feb-06-06 12:32 PM   #127 
  - How would it be if I made some signs...  _TJ_   Feb-05-06 11:42 AM   #73 
  - I wouldn't mind if they were jailed.Then maybe we'd find out who payed  neweurope   Feb-06-06 01:06 PM   #132 
  - check out the guy done up like fidel. it's pushing all our buttons  abex   Feb-05-06 12:02 PM   #75 
  - I get the feeling that someone else is behind this  mirandapriestly   Feb-05-06 12:38 PM   #77 
  - Neo-cons want muslims to look violent as excuse to exterminate them  McCamy Taylor   Feb-05-06 12:52 PM   #80 
  - It would not surprise me in the least.  No Exit   Feb-05-06 01:20 PM   #85 
  - Doesn't mean that the demonstrators aren't real...  Yollam   Feb-05-06 01:29 PM   #90 
  - It means they are well organized. Cause one group or person came  applegrove   Feb-05-06 01:56 PM   #95 
  - Conspiracy? Oh, please.  Odin2005   Feb-05-06 02:37 PM   #98 
  - Think again. And read up about the Bologna train massacre.  neweurope   Feb-06-06 01:07 PM   #133 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Feb-06-06 12:59 AM   #102 
  - Good call.  Vidar   Feb-06-06 01:00 AM   #103 
  - Looks like the same person wrote all the signs. (English because UK). nt  smartvoter   Feb-06-06 01:07 AM   #104 
  - It's not just the handwriting - look at how the signs are made...  file83   Feb-06-06 02:38 AM   #106 
  - Reminds me of the Saddam statue...  jsamuel   Feb-06-06 02:41 AM   #108 
  - I thought the same thing  breakfastofchampions   Feb-06-06 02:41 AM   #109 
  - "Massacre. Butcher. Slay. Exterminate. Demolish."  Bluebear   Feb-06-06 02:43 AM   #111 
  - Your conspiracy theory is all for naught....  BooScout   Feb-06-06 03:02 AM   #116 
  - the cartoons were not published in England as far as I know  LSK   Feb-06-06 12:44 PM   #128 
     - Because there are some well-organised  tenshi816   Feb-06-06 05:46 PM   #138 
        - key word being "extremists"  LSK   Feb-06-06 06:56 PM   #141 
           - Absolutely.  tenshi816   Feb-07-06 06:15 AM   #142 
  - The guy in the fluffy ski jacket looks particularly sinister. (n/t)  dailykoff   Feb-06-06 05:37 AM   #121 
  - Umm...  yibbehobba   Feb-06-06 10:54 AM   #123 
  - Two things I noticed: Their grammar is poor, and they used a Thesaurus  ComerPerro   Feb-06-06 12:52 PM   #131 
  - anthrax envelopes  helderheid   Feb-06-06 04:27 PM   #137 
 

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