L--------------------------------------------------------------------------!-----------!-----------------------R _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ ___ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__ | | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ ___| |__| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 10 April 1988 ***************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #151): 20 MAY 1988 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ***************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by page #), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for the Crossword Connector on Crisis Planning--------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Steve Witham on Fear------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Tundra Wind on the State, and on Supernaturalism--------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Jim Stumm on Minarchy-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Roger Young on Finance, and on Taking the Plunge--------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Roger Young on Tax Haven Banks--------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for L. Garland on Dividing and Conquering-------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for L. Garland on Citizen Questioning of Politicians--------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for L. Garland on Georgeism---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for John Zube-----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 About The Connection-------------------------------------------------------Brick Pillow------------5 Illiterature---------------------------------------------------------------Brick Pillow------------5 Beware the Ides of April---------------------------------------------------Bill Knight-------------6 Tax Tipsters Won't Get Rich------------------------------------------------John Cuniff-------------6 Ha Ha Dept.: Mr. Boffo-----------------------------------------------------Joe Martin--------------6 Floating Luxury Hotel Heads for Australia----------------------------------Associated Press--------6 Walker---------------------------------------------------------------------Bert Wee----------------7 Comments on TC 149---------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven--------------8 Extra Page for TC 150------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------11 4th World Conference Advertisement-----------------------------------------Libertarian Internatio-11 Here's Grit for Your Gears-------------------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------12 Loony Libs and Merry Jeremy------------------------------------------------L. Garland-------------14 Utilitarianism-------------------------------------------------------------L. Garland-------------15 Drunk Driving Laws---------------------------------------------------------L. Garland-------------16 Citizenship by Merit-------------------------------------------------------L. Garland-------------17 Other Universes------------------------------------------------------------L. Garland-------------17 To: Bob B., Brick, David, John, LeRoy, Pee, Steve W. and Tom---------------George Kysor-----------18 The Intercommunication Criterion: Objectivity------------------------------George Kysor-----------19 Another Report on Costa Rica (Continued from TC 149 page 39)---------------George Kysor-----------19 Self-Assessment and Property Tax-------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------20 Non-Voting Libertarians----------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------20 To Be an Asshole Is to Be an Individual------------------------------------Cross & Angry Connecto-22 To Be an Asshole Is to Be an Individual, as by-----------------------------Bob Black--------------22 Letter to Robert Passmore--------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------23 All the Romance of the Tonton Macout (Communication #12 to The Connection)-PeePeeHermEneu(ro)tics-24 Why ALl Sex WIll Be Illegal in a Libertarian Society (Com12 Part 2)--------PeePee HermEneu(ro)tic-27 State of the Art (Advertisement for Liberty Magazine)----------------------R. W. Bradford---------30 Damn, Missed the Deadline--------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------30 Still More Happy Horseshit-------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------31 Galileo's Trial Revisited: Charge May Have Masked a Hidden Agenda----------Paul A. Robinson, Jr.--32 Review of"Order and History, Volume 5: In Search of Order"by Eric Voegelin-Kent R. Hill-----------33 Two Cents' Worth-----------------------------------------------------------W. Joe Fulks-----------35 Two Cents' Worth-----------------------------------------------------------Ol' Sarge--------------35 Not for Everyone (Ad for Ameican Libertarian)------------------------------Mike Holmes------------36 A Lunatic Fringe Credo: The Last International/Workers Against Work--------Bob Black--------------36 Metaphorplay---------------------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------41 Letter to Brick Pillow-----------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------41 Review of SCANDAL by Peter Lamborn Wilson----------------------------------Bob Nerzhin------------41 Freida Rubine--------------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------41 Review of "The Zurich Axioms" by Max Gunther-------------------------------Bob Black--------------41 To Steal or Not to Steal: Taxation Is the Question-------------------------Central News Service---43 First Contribution---------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------44 Drugs and the Democratic Convention----------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------45 Sample Monthly Chart-------------------------------------------------------Mary Shivananda--------45 Mailing Comments on TC 148-------------------------------------------------Hugh G. Recchun--------46 Small Property-Owners Action Network---------------------------------------Elizabeth Ivory Greene-47 The Gullible Inquirer #5---------------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------47 Panarchy, Dialectic Magazine Advertisement---------------------------------LeGrand E. Day---------51 Replies to Connection #149-------------------------------------------------Jon Christopher--------51 Next Time You're in New Orleans,Ask the Ladies for "Jimmy Swaggert" SpecialJeff Schneier----------52 Blasts into the Past-------------------------------------------------------Jeff Schneier----------52 Hi There!!!----------------------------------------------------------------Steve Coapman----------53 What is a Libertarian?-----------------------------------------------------Steve Coapman----------53 Review:"BeyondGeography:WesternSpiritAgainstTheWIlderness"byFrederickTurnerTundra Wind------------54 Comments on TC 149---------------------------------------------------------Tundra Wind------------55 Rune-----------------------------------------------------------------------Rogue------------------58 Comments for David Owens on Supernaturalism--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------59 Comments for Pee Wee Hemeneutics-------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------60 Schrodinger Whispers, Part 2-----------------------------------------------Bob Nerzhin------------60 Comments for Brick Pillow--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------61 Comments for Bob Shea on Anarchist Economics-------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------61 Comments for Bob Black on Language as Metaphor-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------62 Comments for Andrew Muir on "Vonu"-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------62 Comments for Jon CHristopher on Altered States-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------62 Comments for R. S. Jaggard on Medicine and the State-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------62 Comments for Lee Bonnifield on "Noumenon"----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------62 Comments for Tom Palven on "Mental Illness," Etc.--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------63 Here Are 51 Reasons to Subscribe to Liberty (Ad for Liberty Magazine)------R. W. Bradford---------64 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ ___ _ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__ | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ ___| _|__ ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 22 May 1988 ***************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #152): 1 JULY 1988 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ***************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by page #), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Brick Pillow on Agnosticism-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Bob Shea------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Tom Palven on Envy vs.Low SelfEsteem & on Rights as ProtectionFilthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Bob Shea on Taking a Hard Road--------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Hugh G. Recchun-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Jeff Schneier on Military Power in Politics-------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Jeff Schneier on Sexual Obsolescence--------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Steve Coapman on Libertarians and Control of Immigration------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Abigail Bosworth----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Joe Fulks on Pei's Taxes--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Jim Downard on Voegelin and "Gnostics," and on Galileo--------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for L. Garland on Utilitarianism, and on Immigration--------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Rune----------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Lee Bonnifield on Supernaturalism vs. Materialism-------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Bob Black-----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Bob Blackon "Mental" Illness----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Bob Black on Land Ownership-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Jackpine Savage on Coercion-Zappers in SF, & Compound InterestFilthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Jackpine Savage-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Tundra Wind on "Beyond Geography," and on Mysiticsm-----------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Tundra Wind on Ockhamian Notions of "Simplicity"--------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Tundra Wind---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Pee Wee Hermeneutics on What's "Essential" in Movements-------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Pee Wee Hermeneutics------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Roger Young on Max Gunther's "The Zurich Axioms"--------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Words for the Wise---------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm---------------9 Vonu and Me----------------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------10 Ad for Random Writings #18-------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------11 Return of the Schmuck------------------------------------------------------Brick Pillow-----------12 Drug Crackdown at the Border-----------------------------------------------James Wallace----------13 Review of "Underdevelopment is a State of Mind - The Latin American Case"--Tom Palven-------------14 Comments for TC 151--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------15 Letter to George Kysor-----------------------------------------------------Fred Foldvary----------17 Letter from Fred Foldvary, submitted by------------------------------------George Kysor-----------17 To: Lee, Jim S., Hugh, Bob S., Bob N.--------------------------------------George Kysor-----------18 Panarchist Notes to TC 150, Part II----------------------------------------John Zube--------------19 Into the Sunset------------------------------------------------------------The Crossword Connecto-21 Concerto for Bassoon and Whoopee Cushion-----------------------------------David Owens------------23 Soviet Psychic Has Comrades in High Places & Mystical Grip on Moscow Mind--Bill Keller------------24 Sympathy No. 5 in C Minus, Composed by-------------------------------------Steve Myers------------25 Statismo Delenda Est!!!!!: Com13 to The Connection-------------------------Pee Wee Hermeneutics---27 The "Just Say No" School of Epistemology-----------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------32 Aw Gee, Only Modest Benefits?----------------------------------------------L. Garland-------------36 The Solution to All Our Problems-------------------------------------------L. Garland-------------38 Gun Control Is a Steady Aim------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------39 Removing Government's Stranglehold-----------------------------------------Alan W. Bock-----------40 Non-voter Chain Letter; Send No Money!-------------------------------------RP,Box7075,LagunaNigue-40 Comments for Filthy on Finance, Taking the Plunge and Tax Haven Banks------Roger Young------------41 The Gullible Inquirer, Number 6; COmments on The Cnnection #150------------Bob Shea---------------43 SF Convention Register: The Finest SF Con List in the Known Universe (Adv.)Filthy Pierre----------45 The (Lib.) Connection: Everything Your Mother Told You Never to Talk About-Filthy Pierre----------45 Responses to TC 148--------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----46 Responses to TC 149--------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----48 Cryptogram-----------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------51 Nicotine; Tobacco; Harmalines - Harmines-----------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------51 Might Is -- Rights Aren't--------------------------------------------------Skuldson---------------52 Cult Book Wanted-----------------------------------------------------------Skuldson---------------53 Comments on Stupid Stuff---------------------------------------------------Skuldson---------------53 From the Land of Rune------------------------------------------------------Rogue------------------53 Schrodinger Whispers, pt. 3------------------------------------------------Bob Nerzhin------------55 Encore---------------------------------------------------------------------Billy the Scum---------56 Miner Threat---------------------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------58 Book Available: Review of "Neutron Gun" by Gerry Reith---------------------Bob Black, in LP News--58 Books for Thrill Seekers, or Anyone Who Doesn't Want to be Pushed Around---J. W. Judson-----------59 A Letter to the Editor of New Libertarian: Dear High Agorarch--------------Bob Black--------------59 Comments on TC 150---------------------------------------------------------Tundra Wind------------60 "The Empire of the Sun," Reviewed------------------------------------------Tundra Wind------------62 Comments for Bob Shea on the Red Meance------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------63 Comments for Brick Pillow--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------63 Comments for Bob Black on "Oath of Fealty" and on "The Caine Mutiny"-------Filthy Pierre----------63 "The Connection" on the Air? (Friday, June 17, 1AM ET; Actually Sat. 18th)-Filthy Pierre----------63 Comments for Bob Shea on Societies of Bullies,&on Group Size & OrganizationFilthy Pierre----------64 Comments for Tom Palven on "Mental" Illness--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------64 Comments for Tom Palven on Arbitration, and on Lawsuits--------------------Filthy Pierre----------65 Comments for Tom Palven----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------65 Comments for Skuldson on "Rights"------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------65 A Science Fictional Critique for Bob Nerzhin-------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------65 Comments for Timothy E. Peterman on Mechanization--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------65 Comments on Dispute Resolution for Timothy E. Peterman---------------------Filthy Pierre----------65 Comments for Jim Stumm-----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------66 Comments for Roger Young on Touts, and on Penny Silver Stocks--------------Filthy Pierre----------66 Comments for Roger Young on "The Silver Bears," & on Fiduciary Bureaucrats-Filthy Pierre----------66 Comments for Roger Young on Austrian Economic Theory and Investing---------Filthy Pierre----------67 Comments for Roger Young on Prospects for Runaway Inflation----------------Filthy Pierre----------67 Comments for Roger Young---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------67 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__ __| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ ___| |___ ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 3 July 1988 ******************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #153): 12 AUGUST 1988 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by page #), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 About The Connection (thumbnail sketches of currently-active Connectors)---Filthy Pierre-----------2 The Bizarre Is As Close As the Mailbox-------------------------------------Joe Queenan-------------3 Review of "The Abolition of Work and Other Essays"-------------------------James W. Judson---------4 Obsolete Racist Leftist Guilt - Invoking Shibboleths and Other Stories-----Bob Black, Esq.---------5 Radio Interview a No-Show--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Beckmann vs. Einstein------------------------------------------------------Tom Bethell-------------8 Comments fot TC149---------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling-----------9 Schrodinger Whispers, Part 4-----------------------------------------------Bob Nexhin-------------11 Libertarian Plods On -- Alone and Unheard----------------------------------J. M. Kennedy----------13 Libertarian Plods On -- Alone and Unheard, submitted by--------------------Mike Hoy---------------13 Gorbachev's Test-----------------------------------------------------------Barry Newman-----------14 Gorbachev's Test, submitted by---------------------------------------------Mike Hoy---------------14 Comments-------------------------------------------------------------------Mike Hoy---------------15 My Life at Halftime--------------------------------------------------------Stephanie Ann Jackson--16 Comments for Lee Bonnifield on Phenomena vs. Noumena-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------18 Comments for Crossword Connector on Security-------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------18 Smile! You're ON: The IRS Plans to Take a Market Survey--------------------Wall Street Journal----19 Every Question(er) Should Be Answered--------------------------------------L. Garland-------------19 Nailing the Politicians----------------------------------------------------L. Garland-------------21 What Would You Say to a Cannibal?------------------------------------------L. Garland-------------22 The Tao of Fascination (Com14 to The Connection): Replies to TC 151--------Pee Wee Hermeneutics---24 A Man witha a Mission, a Boy with a Gun------------------------------------Pee Wee Hermeneutics---28 You Want White Space, Read the Margins-------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------32 Comments for TC 152--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------34 This Is the Name of This---------------------------------------------------Daniel Ust-------------36 I Was Madonna's Lesbian Lover, or Praise the Luddites----------------------Daniel Ust-------------39 Ust Contra Sartre----------------------------------------------------------Daniel Ust-------------40 Kiss an Anarchist----------------------------------------------------------Brick Pillow-----------41 To: Brick, Pee Wee, Rogue, Fred & Abigail----------------------------------George Kysor-----------44 The 1987 Libertarian Presidential Convention-------------------------------Diogenes of Panarchia--46 Words for the Wise - Books for Sale----------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------49 What Coercion Means--------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------49 Legalize Drugs to Fight Crime, AIDS----------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------50 I'm Not Black and I'm Not Gay But I Live in Atlanta Anyway-----------------David Owens------------52 The Angry Man--------------------------------------------------------------Phyllis McGinley-------53 Liber LXVII----------------------------------------------------------------Rogue------------------54 Responses to TC 151--------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------54 Kometenmelodie One: Comments for TC 152------------------------------------Garrett Brannigan------56 Cryptogram-----------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------57 Third Contribution---------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------57 Comments on #151 (for F. P.)-----------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------58 The Gullible Inquirer -- Number 7, June 17, 1988---------------------------Bob Shea---------------59 Mysticism, Western Culture and Natural Rights------------------------------Jon Christopher--------62 Responses to Comments on My #150 Article-----------------------------------Steve Coapman----------64 Testing the Waters---------------------------------------------------------Venn D'Alamo-----------65 Charge!!!------------------------------------------------------------------Sarge------------------67 Mailing Comments on TC #149------------------------------------------------Hugh G. Recchun--------68 Mailing Comments on TC #150------------------------------------------------Hugh G. Recchun--------68 Mailing Comments on TC #151------------------------------------------------Hugh G. Recchun--------69 More of My Mailing Comments on TC #151-------------------------------------Hugh G. Recchun--------69 Greetings from Sunny New Hampshire-----------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----71 Are the Russian People Happy?----------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----71 The Securitarian Premise and Its Fallacy-----------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----72 The Green Monarchy---------------------------------------------------------FTEC-------------------73 My Country 'Tis of Thee, Sweet Land of Liberty, Let Freedom Ring-----------Jackpine Savage--------75 Comments for David Owens on Kiddie Porn------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for David Owens on Sartre-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for L. Garland on Divide-and-Conquer Politics---------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Further Revisionist History Contacts---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Pee Wee Hermeneutics on Coercion as a Tort or Crime-----------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Roger Young on Investment Advice------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 The Project----------------------------------------------------------------A-albionic Research----78 TTA Enterprises (reply to people responding to Tax Haven New York ad)------Filthy Pierre----------79 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__ __| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ ___| ___| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 11 September 1988 ********************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #154): 21 OCTOBER 1988 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************* ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by page #), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Bob Black on"Menta;"Illness,Semantic Quibbles,Property Rights-Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments on Bethell Article on Beckmann------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Bob Nerzhin and Stephanie Ann Jackson------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for L. Garland on Questin/Answer Services-------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for L. Garland on Participatory Democracy and on Utilitarianism---Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Pee Wee Hermeneutics on Rights,States,Quantum Mechanics,HitlerFilthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Lee Bonnifield------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Tom Palven----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Daniel Ust on C. S. Lewis-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Brick Pillow on Theism----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Diogenes------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Jim Stumm on the Roman Empire---------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Garrett Brannigan on Niven & Pournelle's "Oath of Fealty"-----Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Abigail Bosworth on Vonnegut----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Bob Shea------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Bob Shea on Proprietary Communities (PCs)---------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Sarge on Elections--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Hugh G. Recchun-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments on the Pro-Homeopathic Results Published in "Nature"--------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Roger Young on Financial Markets------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Bob Shea on Women and Controversy-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Bob Shea on Cheap Weapons of Mass Destruction-----------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Bob Shea on the Causes of Communism---------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Steve Coapman on APAs-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Venn D'Alamo--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Dife & Leath in Seattle: A Personal Account of the 1987 National LP Conv.--Mike Hoy----------------9 Libertarian Candidate wants to Legalize Drugs and End Draft----------------S. Renee Mitchell------15 Libertarian Candidate wants to Legalize Drugs and End Draft, submitted by--Mike Hoy---------------15 Schrodinger Whispers Part 5: The Poet Thus Becomes a Liberating God--------Bob Nerzhin------------15 Information Paper #43: The Dynamics of Mob Rule----------------------------Central News Service---17 Responses to TC 152--------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------18 The Utne Reader Puts Work in Its Place-------------------------------------Diedre Donahue---------20 Blatant Commercialism------------------------------------------------------Dan Tobias-------------20 God and American Politics--------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------21 The Dreaded Anarcho-Capitalist Scourge Strikes Again-----------------------Daniel Corey Ust-------23 The Utne Reader Puts Work in Its Place-------------------------------------Diedre Donahue---------25 As Long As They Think We're Crazy, We're Safe------------------------------Bob Black--------------25 Review: The Match!---------------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------27 Update: The War Against Liberty Escalates----------------------------------Anonymous--------------28 The Gullible Inquirer #8---------------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------28 Announcing the Birth of a Newsletter---------------------------------------Lawrence E. Christophe-30 A Difficult Essay----------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------31 Cryptogram-----------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------31 Second Cryptogram----------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------32 Farewell to The Connection-------------------------------------------------Tundra Wind------------32 Radium Rays from the Sales Manager-----------------------------------------Pee Wee Hermeneutics---33 Weirdness, Race-Consciousness, and More AgitProp (Com15.2)-----------------Pee Wee Hermeneutics---37 Screeeeech!----------------------------------------------------------------Peej Weesh-------------40 Responses to TC 152--------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----42 The Survival of Liberty----------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----43 Big Brother is Laughing at You---------------------------------------------The Dizzy 'D'----------46 Big Brother is Laughing at You #2------------------------------------------Dizzy 'D'--------------47 Big Brother is Laughing at You #2------------------------------------------Bureaucratic Pig-------47 Kometenmelodie Two: Comments for TC #152-----------------------------------Garrett Brannigan------48 The Secret of Life---------------------------------------------------------Ivan M. Stache---------49 He's Greedy, He's Seedy, His Eyes Are Beady--------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------51 Public Opposes Legalizing Drugs, Survey Shows------------------------------Cox News Service-------52 To: Bob B., Lee, Dave, Roger, Bob S., Hugh & Fred--------------------------George Kysor-----------53 Letter to George Kysor-----------------------------------------------------Fred Foldvary----------54 Letter to George Kysor, submitted by---------------------------------------George Kysor-----------54 Suffering Fools Badly------------------------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------55 The Theory of the Second Best----------------------------------------------K. J. Arrow------------57 The Theory of the Second Best, submitted by--------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------57 The Arrow Impossibility Theorem--------------------------------------------K. J. Arrow------------57 The Arrow Impossibility Theorem, submitted by------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------57 Thus Spake Stumm-----------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------58 For Sale: Vonu: Book 2, Letters from Rayo (ad)-----------------------------Jim Stumm--------------58 Random Writings #19, June 1988 (ad)----------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------58 Walden, for TC 153---------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------61 Book Ad (The Prince, Sex Without Love, Atheism: The Case Against God)------Prometheus-------------61 Thinking Like a Mountain---------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------62 The Good Lawn--------------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------63 Page 4---------------------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------64 Kahuna Power---------------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------65 Utilitarian Pee Wee Blows His Cover----------------------------------------L. Garland-------------66 Are Humans Wirth Saving?---------------------------------------------------L. Garland-------------67 Doomed or Domed------------------------------------------------------------L. Garland-------------67 Overhauling the Jury System------------------------------------------------L. Garland-------------68 If Guns Are Outlawed, How Can We Shoot the Liberals------------------------David Owens------------69 Comments on TC 151---------------------------------------------------------Sarge------------------71 Stalk a Celery-------------------------------------------------------------Venn D'Alamo-----------75 Czech, Please--------------------------------------------------------------Don Rubin--------------76 From the Land of Rune------------------------------------------------------Rogue------------------77 Governments Make War, Anarchists Make Peace--------------------------------Brick Pillow-----------79 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ ___ _ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__ / | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | |__| | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ ___| | ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 30 October 1988 ********************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #155): 9 DECEMBER 1988 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************* ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by page #), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Roger Young on Wealth Without Work----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Bob Black on Hunter/Gatherers---------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Bob Shea on "Anarchist Movement" as a Contradiction in Terms--Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Pee Wee Hermeneutics on Movements & The Tragedy of the CommonsFilthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Pee Wee Hermeneutics on Retaliation---------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Dizzy 'D' on Coercion and Rights------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Review of Presidential Candidate Ron Paul's Interview on Public TV---------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Bob Nerzhin on the Character Irwin (sic) Strauss--------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Rogery Young on Harry Browne and on Alan Greenspan------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for for Roger Young on Successfully Bucking the Zurich Axioms-----Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Dizzy 'D' on Cooperation,Natural Rights & Comments to TC 152--Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Garrett Brannigan on Libertarian Alienation-------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Jackpine Savage on Constitutions, and for Ivan Stache---------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Fred Foldvary on Georgeism,&Lee Bonnifield on External RealityFilthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Lee Bonnifield on Arrow on Utilitarianism---------------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for Jim Stumm on Pollution Control and on Homesteading------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for Tom Palven on "Walden," & for Brick Pillow on A-Bombing Japan-Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for Brick Pillow on Capital Punishment and Proprietary CommunitiesFilthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for Sarge on Hypertext/Xanadu-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for L. Garland on Utilitarianism,Saving Humanity&"Domed or Doomed"Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for L. Galand on Juries, and for David Owens on Relying on ExpertsFilthy Pierre----------11 Comments for David Owens on Pedophilia-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------12 Comments for Jim Stumm on Occam's Razor------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------13 Conviction or Acquittal: How Much Difference Is There?---------------------L. Garland-------------13 Is Justice a Good Thing?---------------------------------------------------L. Garland-------------15 CUring Crime - Think of It As Waste Disposal-------------------------------L. Garland-------------17 More Discipline in Education-----------------------------------------------L. Garland-------------18 Taxes: Getting More Bucks per Bang-----------------------------------------L. Garland-------------20 Letter to George Kysor (continued from TC 153)-----------------------------Fred Foldvary----------23 Letter to George Kysor (continued from TC 153), submitted by---------------George Kysor-----------23 SA Stock Market Worst Performer. submitted by Tom Palven-------------------Neil Behrman-----------25 Swaziland Plays Host to a Major Conference, submitted by Tom Palven--------Swazi Observer---------25 SA Must Have Dialogue with Its People,says Slabbert,submitted by Tom PalvenJohn Dlamini-----------26 Letter to the Editor of Asbury Park Press: US Slow to Cast Out Slavery-----Tom Palven-------------26 I No Longer Want to Defend SA, submitted by Tom Palven---------------------Paul Mossner-----------27 Goodwill Is There, Jon, But Be Fair, submitted by Tom Palven---------------Realist Not Racist-----27 Doctors Have a Duty to Their Community, submitted by Tom Palven------------C. Robinson------------27 Major Skydives to Fight Drug Abuse, submitted by Tom Palven----------------Uncredited-------------27 No Change in National Service----------------------------------------------Fred deLange-----------28 No Change in National Service----------------------------------------------Sapa-------------------28 No Change in National Service, submitted by--------------------------------Tom Palven-------------28 Consevative Party Pledges to Keep Race Laws, by Tom Palven-----------------Daily News Corresponde-29 No Cash to Churches Backing Sanctions:Inkatha Youth,submitted by Tom PalvenJohannesburg Citizen---29 Letter to the Editor: Haunted----------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------29 Your Vote Still Doesn't Matter---------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------30 Cheap Alternative to TC, and Other Ads for Random Writings and Vonu Book---Jim Stumm--------------31 Comments on Psychology-----------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------33 Ads for Ells, Lembo, Grossack, Gullo & Szasz Books and Tapes for $3--------Inst.Rat./Emot.Therapy-34 Anarchy = Panarchy---------------------------------------------------------Harry S. Robbins-------35 Anarchy = Panarchy, submitted by-------------------------------------------Venn D'Alamo-----------35 Scream in Body Language; and Czech, Please, Answers------------------------Venn D'Alamo-----------35 The Wild Goose Flies-------------------------------------------------------Sarge------------------38 The Peasant Mindset: A Barrier to Liberty----------------------------------Sarge------------------39 They Had a Dream -- and Did Something About It!----------------------------John Zube--------------40 A Challenge to Libertarian Magazines---------------------------------------John Zube--------------42 Noblesse Oblige: You Oughta Be---------------------------------------------John Zube--------------43 Lawyers Eat Their Young----------------------------------------------------Dave Owens-------------44 Some Conundrums (If You Choose)--------------------------------------------Steve Coapman----------46 Selling Beyond-the-Pale Books----------------------------------------------John Schwartz----------48 Selling Beyond-the-Pale Books, submitted by--------------------------------Mike Hoy---------------48 Remarks--------------------------------------------------------------------Mike Hoy---------------48 Cryptogram-----------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------48 Schrodinger Whispers, Part 6-----------------------------------------------Bob Nerzhin------------49 Growth Has Its Limits------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------50 Geography Lesson-----------------------------------------------------------Mike Hoy---------------52 How to Turn $600 into $6000 in Two Years with No Risk:Remarks for R. Young-Mike Hoy---------------52 Quotes on Property Rights--------------------------------------------------J. R. Umbeck-----------53 Quotes on Property Rights--------------------------------------------------J. P. Carse------------53 Quotes on Property Rights, submitted by------------------------------------Mike Hoy---------------53 Quotes on "Belief"---------------------------------------------------------Robert Anton Wilson----54 Quotes on "Belief"---------------------------------------------------------Boyd Rice--------------54 Quotes on "Belief," submitted by-------------------------------------------Mike Hoy---------------54 Ah That's Better, Back to Normal-------------------------------------------Bob Black (?)----------54 The Case for Pee Wee as a Revolutionary Facist-----------------------------RoyalGov.E-C Chancery--55 Against Benausea-----------------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------57 Cryptogram-----------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------58 Comments on #153 (At Last)-------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------58 Jack's Australian Vacation-------------------------------------------------E R--------------------60 Howling at the Moon--------------------------------------------------------Steve Jackson----------60 1980 Census Listing of Counties of Less Than 5000 People-------------------Box 6656---------------61 Self Introduction----------------------------------------------------------Earl Mayer-------------62 Kometenmelodie 3 (Incomplete)----------------------------------------------Garrett Brannigan------64 Free County (continued) [sorry I left this out before -- F. P.]------------B. J. Scumbag----------65 United States Government Department of Anarchy-----------------------------Jackpine Savage--------66 Just Say N20---------------------------------------------------------------Steve Myers------------67 If Guns Are Outlawed, How Can We Shoot the Liberals------------------------David Owens------------68 Review of "Why the Best-Laid Investment Plans Usually Go Wrong" by Browne--Roger Young------------68 Responses to TC 153--------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----71 Responses to TC 153, and Individual Sovereignty: Natural or Artificial-----Timothy E. Peterman----72 The Gullible Inquirer #8---------------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------75 Comments for Jim Stumm on Proprietary Communities(PCs)& on A-Bombing Japan-Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Tom Palven on Genetics and on Green Monkeys-------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | | |__ |__ | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| _|_ __| __| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 11 December 1988 ********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #156): 20 JANUARY 1989 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by page #), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Submission for TC 155 / Democracy in Action, submitted by Tom Palven-------Janet Cherry------------3 Schrodinger Whispers, Part 7: Shogun---------------------------------------Bob Nerzhin-------------5 Letter from Fred Foldvary, submitted by George Kysor-----------------------Fred Foldvry------------9 To: Fred Foldvary; Reference: TC 153, TC 154, and above; from George Kysor-George Kysor------------9 Letting Most of It Hang Our------------------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------11 Low Population Counties----------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------18 Ad for Random Writings #22-------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------19 Insanity, Profanity and Vanity---------------------------------------------Tra-Venn Du------------21 Comments for TC 155--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------22 Review of "The True Believer," by Eric Hoffer------------------------------Tom Palven-------------23 Diary----------------------------------------------------------------------Steve Coapman----------27 Listen, Anarchist!---------------------------------------------------------Chaz Bufe--------------29 Turn On, Tune In, Drop Dead------------------------------------------------Dave Owens-------------33 From the Land of Rune------------------------------------------------------Rogue------------------34 Letter for Simon & Schuster on J. R. "Bob" Dobbs, submitted by Bob Black---Elizabeth McNamara-----36 Comments for Dave Owens on Pedophilia--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------36 Leath and Dife in Boston---------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------36 Comments for Dave Owens on Scholarly Debate--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------37 On Becoming Homo Ludens, submitted by Mike Hoy-----------------------------Cristoph Manes---------40 Mailing Comments on TC 154-------------------------------------------------Mike Hoy---------------41 News from Loompanics, and Book Notes---------------------------------------Mike Hoy---------------43 Some Quickie Comments on TC 154--------------------------------------------Steve Jackson----------44 Replies for Connectors on TC 153 and 154-----------------------------------Roger Young------------44 The Gullible Inquirer #9---------------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------46 Foresight Background: A Dialog on Dangers, submitted by Mike Hoy-----------K. Eric Drexler--------49 Comments for Timothy E. Peterman on Geographic States----------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 Comments for Timothy E. Peterman on r vs. K Reproductive Stragegies--------Filthy Pierre----------50 Information Paper #42: The Pot Calls the Kettle Black: the D. A. and Crime-Central News Serv/ECITC51 Letter to the Editor of the Alligator on Zionism---------------------------Allen Sawyer-----------53 Letter to the Editor of the Alligator on South Africa----------------------Allen Sawyer-----------53 Interview with Jesus, Part 1 and Part 2------------------------------------Allen Sawyer-----------54 Kometenmelodie Four--------------------------------------------------------Garrett Branigan-------54 Buddhist Pub. Soc. Newsletter: Look at Kalama Sutta,submitted by Earl MayerBhikkhu Bodhi----------57 Bureaucratic Pig #3--------------------------------------------------------Bureaucratic Pig-------58 Big Brother Is Laughing at You #4, by Dizzy 'D' aka Bureaucratic Pig aka---Peripatetic Connector--60 Cryptogram-----------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------61 Renewal Letter-------------------------------------------------------------Steve Witham-----------62 National Security vs. Freedom----------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------63 Response to TC 154---------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----65 Political Observations-----------------------------------------------------T. E. Peterman---------66 The Securitarian Premise, Revisited----------------------------------------T. E. Peterman---------67 Security from Freedom Takers-----------------------------------------------T. E. Peterman---------69 On the Campaign Trail------------------------------------------------------T. E. Peterman---------69 Comments for L. Garland----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------70 Comments for Fred Foldvary on Georgism-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------70 Comments for Venn D'Alamo on Proprietary Communities (PCs)-----------------Filthy Pierre----------70 Comments for Woody Welling on Mail Privacy---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------71 Comments for Bob Black-----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------71 Comments for Box 6656 on Low-Population Counties---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------71 Comments for Earl Mayer on Blacks in the Liertarian Party (LP)-------------Filthy Pierre----------71 Comments for Jackpine Savage on Proprietary Communities (PCs)--------------Filthy Pierre----------72 Comments for Timothy E. Peterman on Rights---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------72 Comments for Mike Hoy------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------72 Comments for Steve Jackson on the Equal Rights Amendment-------------------Filthy Pierre----------72 Comments for Rogue on "New Age"--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------72 Comments for Jim Stumm on "Control"----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------72 Comments for Lee Bonnifield on Homemade Housing Hassles--------------------Filthy Pierre----------72 Comments for Brick Pillow on Punishment------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------73 Comments for Tom Palven on Eric Hoffer-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------73 Comments for Tom Palven on Intra-Species Killing---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------74 Comments for Tom Palven on Vietnam Veterans--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------74 Comments for Tom Palven on South Africa------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------74 Comments for Chaz Bufe on Anarchism----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------74 Comments for Dizzy 'D' on Proprietary Communities (PCs)--------------------Filthy Pierre----------72 Comments for Dizzy 'D' on States-------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------75 Comments for Dizzy 'D' on Nature vs. Nurture-------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Dizzy 'D' on Coercion-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Dizzy 'D' on a Life of Crime----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Dizzy 'D' on Motivations for "Competent" Work-----------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Roger Young on Browne's "Permanent Portfolio"-----------------Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments for Roger Young on Real Estate------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments for Roger Young on Investing and Work-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments for on Evaluating Financial Gurus---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments for Bob Shea on the Shroud of Turin-------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Bob Shea on Democratic Party Strategy-------------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Bob Shea on Genocide Against Indians--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Bob Shea on Proprietary Communities (PCs)---------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Bob Shea on Anarchism-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Bob Shea on Welfare Anarchism---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Bob Shea on the "Anarchist Movement"--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Dave Owens on Life After Death--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------81 Comments Dave Owens on Fundamentalist "Science"----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------81 Wagons, Ho...--------------------------------------------------------------Brick Pillow-----------81 Comments for Dave Owens on Objectivity in Science--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------82 I Are a College Student (Com17 to The LibCon(nection))---------------------Pee Wee Hermeneutics---83 Less than 1% of Vote Won by Third-Party Candidates, submitted by Pee Wee H.Associated Press-------87 Do You Suffer from Tired Libertarianism? (Ad for Liberty Magazine)---------R. W. Bradford---------88 Comments for Tra-Venn Du on the Swiss--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------88 Comments for Roger Young on Gugel's Offshore Proposal----------------------Filthy Pierre----------88 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__ |__ | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ ___| |__| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 27 January 1989 ******************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #157): 10 MARCH 1989 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************* ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Move Over, Siskel and Ebert------------------------------------------------Thomas Chan-------------3 Heavenly Harsh-------------------------------------------------------------Stephanie Ann Jackson---5 Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------Anonymous---------------8 Letter to Robert C. Black about J. R. "Bob" Dobbs--------------------------Fred Wilson-------------9 Rational Humorous Songs----------------------------------------------------Albert Ellis, Ph. D.----9 Comments for TC 136--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------10 Motto of the State: Let Us Prey--------------------------------------------Venn-------------------13 Analysis of Contents of The Connection (key at end of page 21)-------------Three Ugly Women-------16 Anarchy Rules!-------------------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------22 Schrodinger Whispers, Part 8: Tongues of Fire------------------------------Bob Nerzhin------------23 The Garland Correction, Party Politics, and Ad for Random Writings #23-----Jim Stumm--------------27 Dispossessed,Homeless,Blacks in LP/Coops,Property/Possessions,Right to LifeJim Stumm--------------28 To: Fred Foldvary----------------------------------------------------------George Kysor-----------29 Letter to George Kysor, from-----------------------------------------------Fred Foldvary----------29 Letter from Fred Foldvary, to----------------------------------------------George Kysor-----------29 New Boston Tea Potty-------------------------------------------------------Box 2179---------------31 Book Reviews for TC 156----------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------32 Responses------------------------------------------------------------------Steve Coapman----------33 The Nude Adventures of Angstrom the Anarchist: The Gods Shall Have Blvb----K. Rothweiler----------34 Comments for Timothy E. Peterman on Defense--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------38 7th Contribution-----------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------39 Comments for Pee Wee Hermeneutics on Surviving at College------------------Filthy Pierre----------40 Invitation to the Beach----------------------------------------------------Steve Coapman----------40 The "Strauss Cube" of Politics---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre--------A-40 I'm Back-------------------------------------------------------------------Jeff Schneier--------B-40 Kometenmelodie Five--------------------------------------------------------Garrett Brannigan----D-40 Counties: Small, Obscure and Fantastic-------------------------------------R. W. Bradford-------F-40 Do You Suffer from Tired Libertarianism? (ad for Liberty Magazine)---------R. W. Bradford-------G-40 Firing Squad---------------------------------------------------------------Feric Jagger-----------40 Kilpatrick-----------------------------------------------------------------Kilpatrick-------------41 Letter to the Editor of The Match------------------------------------------Andy McGehee-----------42 A Reply from the Editor of The Match---------------------------------------Fred Woodworth---------42 Ayn Rand Was a Bitch-------------------------------------------------------Barbara Skelton--------43 Popular Vote for President, 1900 - 1988------------------------------------David Johnson----------44 Communists,Socialists,Democrats,Anarchists,Republicans,Birchers,Libertar'nsChester Smith----------45 A First Contribution-------------------------------------------------------Deborah Colton---------46 How Could I Deny the Problem When I Held It in My Arms?--------------------Susan Tucker-----------47 Comments for Connectors----------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------48 Looking Back on the Future-------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------48 Excerpt from "From Poland to Pol Pot"--------------------------------------Bob Black--------------50 Ad for "The Abolition of Work and Other Essays"----------------------------Bob Black--------------50 The Gullible Inquirer #9: Comments on TC #155------------------------------Bob Shea---------------50 Big Brother Is Laughing At You #5------------------------------------------Dizzy D----------------52 Big Brother Is Laughing At You #5------------------------------------------Bureaucratic Paig------52 A Vision of Liberty: The Libertarian Party---------------------------------Central News Service---55 Mailing Comments on TC 155-------------------------------------------------Mike Hoy---------------55 Is MAYDAY for Real?--------------------------------------------------------Mike Gunderloy---------56 Is MAYDAY for Real?, submitted by------------------------------------------Mike Hoy---------------56 Remarks, and List of Articles in Main 1989 Loompanics Catalog--------------Mike Hoy---------------56 Learning and Earning-------------------------------------------------------Mike Hoy---------------57 Amazon Symbiosis: Social Justice and Environmental Protection--------------Alexander Cockburn----58 Amazon Symbiosis: Social Justice and Environmental Protection, submitted byMike Hoy---------------58 Comments for Jim Stumm on Ockham, and for Abigail Bosworth-----------------Filthy Pierre----------61 Alien Transcipt------------------------------------------------------------Allen Sawyer-----------62 Jesus Christ: Reanimator---------------------------------------------------Anonymous--------------63 Letter to Richard Gugel (December 1988)------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------64 Letter to Richard Gugel (January 1989)-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------65 Buddhist Publication Society Newsletter: Two Faces of Dhamma---------------Bhikku Bodhi-----------65 Buddhist Publication Society Newsletter: Two Faces of Dhamma, submitted by-Earl Mayer-------------65 Buddhist Publication Society Newsletter: The Case for Study----------------Bhikku Bodhi-----------66 Buddhist Publication Society Newsletter: The Case for Study, submitted by--Earl Mayer-------------66 Comments for Roger Young on Financial Advice-------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------67 Comments for Pee Wee Hermeneutics on Political Action----------------------Filthy Pierre----------67 TC Addict Confesses to Narcs: It's Only Rant 'n' Rave, But I Like It!!!----Dave Owens-------------69 Ontological Recapitulation-------------------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------71 Chuck Oliver---------------------------------------------------------------Chuck Oliver-----------73 An Introductory Comment, and People Versus the Environment-----------------Timothy E. Peterman----74 Individual Sovereignty and the Environment---------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----77 The Environmental Ethic----------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----78 Tupaiidae and Kin----------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----79 Replies for Connectors on TC #154 and #155---------------------------------Roger Young------------79 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__ | / | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ ___| | ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 3 April 1989 ***************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #158): 12 MAY 1989 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ***************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Tom Palven----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Attack of the Fifty Foot Condom, or, How I learned to Stop Worrying...-----Garrett Branigan--------3 Comments for TC 157--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven--------------5 Anti-Drug Grandstanding (Letter to the Editor of the Asbury Park Press)----Tom Palven--------------6 Hollyhedge Nursery Ornamental Crabapples-----------------------------------Tom Palven--------------7 Book Reviews for TC 157: Mein Kampf----------------------------------------Tom Palven--------------8 Book Reviews for TC 157: Schizophrenias,Wrinkle in Time,Small is Beautiful-Tom Palven--------------9 Proprietary Community Business Plan----------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------10 Comments for Connectors----------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------12 LC/TC 20th Anniversary-----------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------14 For Sale-------------------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------15 Contents of Living Free----------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------16 As Long As We Think They're Crazy, We're Right,or,Pee Mox Blax Attax(Com18)Pee Wee Hermeneutics---17 How to Finance a Lib Rev with Junk Bonds-----------------------------------Pea Whee Hurminewtix---19 UFOs: Objectivist Secret Weapon?-------------------------------------------Pee Wee Hermeneutics---21 Review: The Voice of Reason: Essays in Objectivist Thought, by Ayn Rand----Roy A. Childs, Jr.-----22 Are You a Victim of the Three "Less-nesses?"-------------------------------Varon Rifas------------23 Adventures in the Skin Trade-----------------------------------------------J B--------------------24 Words from the Woods-------------------------------------------------------Stephanie Ann Jackson--28 Schrodinger Whispers, Part 9: Logic of Empire------------------------------Bob Nerzhin------------30 Mailing Comments-----------------------------------------------------------Bob Nerzhin------------33 Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------Harold Hough-----------34 Letter from Fred Foldvary, submitted by------------------------------------George Kysor-----------36 Letter from----------------------------------------------------------------Fred Foldvary----------36 To: Fred Foldvary----------------------------------------------------------George Kysor-----------36 More Grit for Your Gears---------------------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------38 Tips from Thomas-----------------------------------------------------------Thomas Chan------------40 We Are All One; One Is the Loneliest Number--------------------------------Venn-------------------42 In Memoriam: Gerry Reith: April 7, 1984------------------------------------Anonymous--------------44 Another Utilitarian in Disguise--------------------------------------------L. Garland-------------45 Nuclear War Scenario-------------------------------------------------------L. Garland-------------46 Enough Speculating -- Let's Experiment and Find Out------------------------L. Garland-------------48 The System of Illusions and Deception--------------------------------------Noam Chomsky-----------50 Ad for "The Bhopal Syndrome" by David Weir---------------------------------Sierra Club Books------51 Sanity: Excerpt from the Novel "Rage," by Stephen King writing as----------Richard Bachman--------52 Collective Wisdom----------------------------------------------------------The Collective---------53 Ad for "Corrective Perspective" Map----------------------------------------Laguna Sales-----------54 If Animal Research Is So Bad, Why Do We Not Forego It?---------------------Nat.AntiVivisectionSoc-54 Stormy Mon-----------------------------------------------------------------Stormy Mon-------------56 Imagine Freedom from Governments and Churches------------------------------Stormy Mon-------------57 Ten Introspective Questions------------------------------------------------Rx107------------------58 The Hypocrites Ball--------------------------------------------------------Stephanie Ann Jackson--60 Who Is John Galt, and Why Is He Saying All Those Terrible Things About Me--Big Brother------------62 Meme Wars------------------------------------------------------------------Chuck Oliver-----------62 I'm Patriotic -- Yes-------------------------------------------------------IMWU-------------------64 Free if You Can Afford It, and Ad for "Rants and Incindiary Tracts"--------Bob Black--------------64 Clonella and the Elder Clone-----------------------------------------------Anonymous--------------66 One Scientist and His God--------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------67 Another Scientist and His God----------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------68 Life in Hell---------------------------------------------------------------Matt Groening----------69 Forthcoming Book Announcement for "Judgement Day," by Nathaniel Branden----Mike Hoy---------------70 Review of "The Moral Dimension: Toward a New Economics," by Amitai Etzioni-Loretta Graziano-------70 Firing Squad---------------------------------------------------------------Feric Jagger-----------71 Greetings------------------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------72 Roald Umberto Solomon Tiberius Yobamba XIII--------------------------------R. U. S. T. Yobamba----75 Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------Allen Sawyer-----------76 Responses to TC 155--------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----77 Organizational Forces------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----80 Comments to TC 156---------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----81 Replies for Connectors on TC 156-------------------------------------------Roger Young------------82 Commens on TC 155----------------------------------------------------------Earl Mayer-------------84 Be Bop a Lu Bop a Biff Bam Boom!!!-----------------------------------------David Owens------------85 The Libertarian Movement at the Crossroads---------------------------------LTAC c/o CNS-----------86 Big Brother is Laughing at You #6------------------------------------------Dizzy D----------------88 Dangerous Liaisons---------------------------------------------------------Nada-------------------90 The Gullible Inquirer #10; February, 1989; Comments on TC #156-------------Bob Shea---------------92 Mailing Comments on TC 156-------------------------------------------------Mike Hoy---------------94 Comments for Tom Palven----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------95 Comments for Tom Palven on Jason Alexander---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------96 Hold Yout Tongue Demagogue, or, Turnng a Deaf Ear to Pure Bufe-oonery------Brian & Lawrence-------96 Comments for Stephanie Ann Jackson on Laws---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------97 Comments for Allen Sawyer--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------98 Comments for Steve Coapman, Karl Rothweiler and Susan Tucker---------------Filthy Pierre----------99 Comments for Bob Shea-----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------100 Comments for Fred Foldvary on Land-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------102 Comments for Venn, and for JAckpine Savage on Proprietary Communities------Filthy Pierre---------104 Comments for Jim Stumm on Property vs. Territory,Ockham,Minerva,School Bus-Filthy Pierre---------105 Comments for Box 2159, and For Tom Palven on Animals Killing Their Young---Filthy Pierre---------105 Comments for Tom Palven on Mental Illness,&Jeff Schneier on the Middle EastFilthy Pierre---------106 Comments for Feric Jagger, Kilpatrick, Andy McGehee and Fred Woodworth-----Filthy Pierre---------106 Comments for Barbara Skelton, Chester Smith, and Deborah Colton------------Filthy Pierre---------107 Comments for Jackpine Savage and Living Offshore & Hoy on Blacks in the LP-Filthy Pierre---------107 Comments for Roger Young on Real Estate, & on Evaluating Investment Claims-Filthy Pierre---------107 Comments for Lee Bonnifield on Ockham, Chuck Oliver,& Pee Wee Hemeneutics--Filthy Pierre---------108 Comments for Bob Black, Brian & Lawrence on Anarchism, Young on Empiricism-Filthy Pierre---------109 Comments for David Owens and on Ockham-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------110 Comments for Roger Young on Getting Published, and General Comments--------Filthy Pierre---------111 Comments for Mike Hoy on My Bus Move, and for Dizzy D----------------------Filthy Pierre---------112 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | | |__ |__| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| _|_ __| |__| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 21 May 1989 ******************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #158): 30 JUNE 1989 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************* ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents, Publication Date, and Deadline for Next Issue-----------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Book Reviews for TC 158: Schizophrenia as a Human Process------------------Tom Palven--------------3 Book Reviews for TC 158: Introduced Birds of the World---------------------Tom Palven--------------4 Book Reviews for TC 158: Working and Thinking on the Waterfront------------Tom Palven--------------5 Book Reviews for TC 158: Basement Nukes and Rants and Incendiary Tracts----Tom Palven--------------6 Grand Unification Theory of Human Behavior---------------------------------Tom Palven--------------7 Comments for TC 158--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven--------------8 Open Letter to Lev Chernyi of the Columbia Anarchist League----------------Tom Palven-------------10 Gardening: A Practical Look at the Ritual----------------------------------Tom Palven-------------11 Talk Dirty to Me-----------------------------------------------------------Garrett Branigan-------12 Kill the Judge!------------------------------------------------------------L. Garland-------------14 Boxing, Bullfighting, Beasts and Barbarism---------------------------------L. Garland-------------16 Call It "Health Care" and Send the Bill to Uncle Sam-----------------------L. Garland-------------17 Bill Casey Is Alive and Mumbling in El Salvador----------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------20 Bile with Style------------------------------------------------------------Stephanie Ann Jackson--22 Comments for Stephanie Ann Jackson-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------24 Homelessness, More CNS Correction, and "Random Writings" Is Defunct--------Jim Stumm--------------25 Social Reality, Investment Opportunity, and Ad for Living Free #49---------Jim Stumm--------------26 Sponging, S.Africa, Grenada, FP, Child/Adult, Violence in Africa, For Sale-Jim Stumm--------------27 A Second Contribution------------------------------------------------------Deborah Colton---------28 And Now Ladies and Gentlemen a Good Friend and a Sloppy Roommate-----------Ms Susan Tucker--------29 Schrodinger Whispers-------------------------------------------------------Bob Nerzhin------------30 Untitled Comic Strips------------------------------------------------------Donald Rooum-----------34 Implicit and Explicit Anarchy----------------------------------------------Thomas Chan------------36 It Is Useless to Resist Us!!!!!, or, Liberty is Our Religion (Com19 to TC)-Pee Wee Hermeneutics---38 James Phillip Ian----------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------41 Exxon's Believe It or Not!-------------------------------------------------Lois Stanley-----------45 Collective Wisdom #3, Chester Smith, Dave Johnson and Barbara Skelton, aka-The Collective---------46 The Chester Chart II, a Field Guide to the Connectors----------------------Chester Smith----------47 How Working Long Back-Breaking Hours at Crummy Low-Paying Jobs Can Bring You Financial Independence Mike Hoy---------------48 Mailing Comments on TC 157-------------------------------------------------Mike Hoy---------------49 Comments for Terry Mariner, Abigail Bosworth, Jim Stumm & Jackpine Savage--Filthy Pierre----------51 Biocentrism: Ideology Against Nature (submitted by Mike Hoy)---------------Mikal------------------52 Remarks--------------------------------------------------------------------Mike Hoy---------------58 Me, Myself and I Are No Longer Speaking to Each Other----------------------Venn-------------------59 To: Fred Foldvary and To: Lee Bonnifield-----------------------------------George Kysor-----------61 Letter from Fred Foldvary (submitted by George Kysor)----------------------Fred Foldvary----------62 Disinformation as News Fit to Print (submitted by Chester Smith)-----------Edward S. Herman-------63 Comments for Gung Bai Gim and Barbara Skelton------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------66 Astrological Calculations--------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------67 Some Quick Replies to #156-------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------68 The Ivan M. Stache Oval of Politics----------------------------------------E. Dope----------------69 Cryptogram, and Comments on #157-------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------69 The Idea of the Month Award, and President Christ Enters the Room----------Allen Sawyer-----------70 Vectors #1-----------------------------------------------------------------Thomas M. Terashima----71 Add P to Anarchy-----------------------------------------------------------Le Grand E. Day--------73 Anarchy, a Rose by Another Name--------------------------------------------Le Grand E. Day--------74 Greetings to My Fellow Neotenic Apes---------------------------------------Chuck Oliver-----------74 Every Day Is a Judgement Day-----------------------------------------------Bob Black, Esq.--------76 Dear Processed World People------------------------------------------------Brian Kane-------------76 Preface--------------------------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------77 The Third Scientist's God--------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------77 If Man Was Meant to Fly (or, A Glance at the Good Side of Man)-------------Central News Service---79 There's a New Kid in Town!, introducing------------------------------------Terry Mariner----------81 Incomplete-----------------------------------------------------------------Hawk Lefty-------------82 Dan's Den BBS Goes Online!-------------------------------------------------Dan Tobias-------------82 Drug Czar Doobie-----------------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------83 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------84 Performance of Selected Asset Allocation Funds (submitted by Roger Young)--R. E. Blanchard--------85 Roadkill de Jure: Hello, I'm Dave Owens and I'll Be Your Waiter Tonight...-Dave Owens-------------85 Yobamba Speaks-------------------------------------------------------------R.U.S.T.Yobamba XIII---87 Comments on TC 156---------------------------------------------------------Earl Mayer-------------88 Comments on TC 157---------------------------------------------------------Earl Mayer-------------90 Bits and Pieces------------------------------------------------------------Earl Mayer-------------90 Big Brother Is Laughing at You #7: Comments on Connection #157 (May 1989)--Dizzy 'D'--------------91 Comments to TC 156 (cont.)-------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----93 Why Challenge Freedom?-----------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----94 Peace: Is It Worth It?-----------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----95 Hard Core Reality----------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----96 Responses to TC 157--------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----97 Understanding My Post-Nuclear-Proliferation (PNP) Proprietary-Community (PC) Scenario Filthy Pierre----------98 Comments for Garrett Branigan on Insurance---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------98 Comments for Garrett Branigan, and for Harold Hough in General and On War--Filthy Pierre----------99 Comments for Thomas Chan on Movies-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------99 Comments for Noam Chomsky, and for L. Garland on Utilitarianism------------Filthy Pierre---------100 Comments for Chester Smith, Dave Johnson, Rx107, Nada, & Bob Shea on Bloom-Filthy Pierre---------101 Comments for Timothy E. Peterman, and for Bob Shea on "The Dispossesed"----Filthy Pierre---------102 Comments for Dizzy "D" on Reverse Fabianism--------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------102 Comments for Dizzy "D" on "The Dispossessed," on Convictions, & in General-Filthy Pierre---------103 Comments for Dizzy "D" on Coercion and on Occam----------------------------Filthy Pierre---------104 Comments for Tom Palven on Psychology, and in General----------------------Filthy Pierre---------104 Comments for Lee Bonnifield on Occam---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------105 Comments for Thomas Terashima, Deborah Colton, Owens on Evaluating Science-Filthy Pierre---------106 Faction--------------------------------------------------------------------Pete Mastin-----------107 Resources Available from Decentralize!-------------------------------------Carol Moore-----------108 Read __ __ ___ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ___ __ __ __ It & | | |\ | |_ |__ |__> |_ |_ |__> |__| | _ |_ |__> |_ |__> | |__ |__ | | |_ Weep:|__| | \| |__ | | \ |__ |__ | | | |__| |__ | |__ | \ _|_ __| __| |__| |__ _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | | |__ |__| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| _|_ __| __| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 9 July 1989 ******************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #160): 18 AUGUST 1989 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents, Publication Date, and Deadline for Next Issue-----------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Report on The Connection (TC) on the Air-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 One Page per Piker---------------------------------------------------------Stephanie Ann Jackson---3 An Open Letter to George Bush----------------------------------------------Stephanie Ann Jackson---4 Comments for Mikal on Military Organization--------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Mike Hoy and Dave Owens on Changing My Policy to 1 Free Page--Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Earl Mayer on Rights------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Faction: Satan's Memoirs: Socialism: The Inside Story----------------------Pete Mastin-------------5 You May Not Entirely Agree with Anarchism, But at Least You Admit It's Not Mindless Donald Rooum------------6 Anarchists, eh? Har Har!! Where Do You Keep Your Bombs then?? HarHarHarHar!Donald Rooum------------7 Damn the White Space, Full Speed Ahead-------------------------------------Dave Owens--------------9 Comments for TC 159--------------------------------------------------------Harold Hough-----------10 The Rime of Me-------------------------------------------------------------Terry Mariner----------11 To: Filthy, Reference: TC158:108-------------------------------------------George Kysor-----------12 Letter from Fred Foldvary, submitted by George Kysor-----------------------Fred Foldvary----------12 To: Fred Foldvary----------------------------------------------------------George Kysor-----------12 Comments for TC 159--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------13 Excerpt from "A Civil Tongue," submitted by Tom Palven---------------------Edwin Newman-----------15 Iran: Rising Son?, submitted by Tom Palven---------------------------------Newsweek---------------15 Book Reviews for Debbie (Palven Attempts to Find and Expose His Brain)-----Tom Palven-------------16 Excerpt from "Zadig," submitted by Tom Palven------------------------------Voltaire---------------17 Excerpt from "The Story of a Good Brahmin," submitted by Tom Palven--------Voltaire---------------19 Excerpt from "Philosophical Writings: Twelfth Letter, on Lord Bacon"-------Voltaire---------------20 Ad for Freedom from Religion Foundation------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------20 Imagine Freedom from Governments and Churches------------------------------Stormy Mon-------------21 I Survived Gresham's Razor-------------------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------22 Space Cadet----------------------------------------------------------------Space Cadet------------23 Pig Wings and Other Things-------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------25 Comments for Connectors----------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------25 Anti-Work Nitwits----------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------26 Contents of Living Free #50, June 89---------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------27 9th Contribution-----------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------28 Ein Volk, Ein Warheit...Ayn Rand: Judging "Judgement Day"------------------James Phillip Ian------29 Comments: "Quiet Neighbors"------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------31 Comments: Gold Rules-------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------32 Mailbox--------------------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------33 Zine Scene-----------------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------34 Viva la Revolucion: Emiliano Zapata----------------------------------------Anonymous--------------35 Collective Wisdom #4-------------------------------------------------------Chester Smith----------36 Social Experimentalism-----------------------------------------------------L. Garland-------------39 Utility Is an Idea, Not Semantics------------------------------------------L. Garland-------------41 Heads Need to Roll---------------------------------------------------------L. Garland-------------43 Fifty Million Questions----------------------------------------------------L. Garland-------------44 Garrett Branigan's Final Contribution!!!-----------------------------------Nathan Lynch-----------46 Honey, I Shrunk the Libs; or, Statebusters (Com20.4 to TC)-----------------Pee Wee Hermeneutics---47 If It Feels Good, It's Rational; or, Buckets o' Controversy (Com20 to TC)--Pee Wee Hermeneutics---49 Dedication to the Chinese Who Fought for the 'Reform' Movement-------------Red Dog----------------52 Indian Activist Arrested after 'Arresting' Official, submitted by F. PierreAssociated Press-------52 The Last Temptation of Theodore Bundy--------------------------------------Steve Myers------------53 "No One Is Innocent. Increase the Voltage!" -- Comments for TC 159---------Steve Myers------------53 What's Nation Coming To When Rich Can't Get Arrested?,submitted by J.SavageAl Sicherman-----------56 Every Issue Is a GOOD Issue that Bob Shea Isn't In-------------------------Bob Black--------------56 The Objectivist as Bimbo: If You See Jodi, Give Her Five, sub. by Bob BlackJane Marion/TV Guide---56 Christian Porno------------------------------------------------------------Allen Sawyer-----------57 Untitled Comments----------------------------------------------------------Allen Sawyer-----------57 Government. The Big Lie.---------------------------------------------------Prtnrshp.forGov-FreeAm.58 Plunge---------------------------------------------------------------------BJ---------------------58 Responses to TC 158--------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------59 Vectors #2-----------------------------------------------------------------Tom Terashima----------60 Let's Stop the Media Cop---------------------------------------------------Tubesmasher Brat-------61 From Hawk Lefty------------------------------------------------------------Hawk Lefty-------------61 A View from the Street-----------------------------------------------------AStreetPerson/Bootstrap62 Society for the Legalization of Retroactive Abortion-----------------------Chuck Oliver-----------63 Dangerous Liasons----------------------------------------------------------Nada-------------------64 Comments on #158-----------------------------------------------------------Nada-------------------65 Investing -- Part One------------------------------------------------------Nada-------------------68 Replies to TC 157----------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------69 A Call to Action-----------------------------------------------------------Johnny Potseed---------70 A Response to Jim Stumm----------------------------------------------------Marc Eric Ely-Chaitlin-71 Thank You, Dr. Yobamba, for the Subscription-------------------------------Allen Thornton---------73 Submission No. 6-----------------------------------------------------------Earl Mayer-------------73 Comments on TC 158---------------------------------------------------------Earl Mayer-------------74 FIghting Words on the Future of the Earth, sub. by Hoy (Mother Jones 12/80)Russell Means----------76 Comments-------------------------------------------------------------------Mike Hoy---------------80 Big Brother is Laughing at You #8: Comments on Connection #158-------------Dizzy 'D'--------------80 Environmentalism-----------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----82 Comments to TC 157 (cont.)-------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----84 The Gullible Inquirer #11: Comments on TC # 157----------------------------Bob Shea---------------87 The Gullible Inquirer #11: Comments on TC # 158----------------------------Bob Shea---------------89 Comments for Woody Welling on Theology-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------91 Comments for Edward Herman-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------91 Comments for Nada on Finance-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------91 Comments to Michael Skeet on Science Fiction Fandom as a Semi-Anarchy------Filthy Pierre----------92 Comments for Venn on Precision Warfare-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------93 Comments for Fred Foldvary on Land-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------93 Comments for Roger Young and Dave Owens on Cryonics------------------------Filthy Pierre----------93 Comments for Bob Shea on the Economics of The Connection-------------------Filthy Pierre----------93 Comments for Roger Young on Finance----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------94 Kishes' Marital Problems---------------------------------------------------ER---------------------96 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | | |__ | | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| _|_ |__| |__| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 20 August 1989 *********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #161): 29 SEPTEMBER 1989 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous *********************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents, Publication Date, and Deadline for Next Issue-----------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Space Cadet---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Jackpine Savage on Atheists' Altruism-------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Imagine Freedom from Governments and Churches------------------------------Stormy Mon--------------3 Collective Wisdom #3-------------------------------------------------------CS, DJ, GBG (Collective)4 Mushroom Lesson #6 (Recapitulation) and Comments on #159-------------------Abigail Bosworth--------7 The Warm, Fuzzy Inquirer #12-----------------------------------------------Bob Shea----------------8 Sorry, No Time to Edit to One Page-----------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------11 Having a Wonderful Time. Glad You're Not Here.-----------------------------Stephanie Ann Jackson--14 Isn't It About Time You Subscribed? (ad for Liberty magazine)--------------Liberty Magazine-------16 Matsyanyanyaya and Letter to Fred Foldvary---------------------------------George Kysor-----------17 More Proprietary Community Ideas-------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------18 Comments for Connectors----------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------19 Space Cadet----------------------------------------------------------------Space Cadet------------20 Libertarian Party Follies--------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------21 Books for Sale (ad)--------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------22 Mailing Comments on TC 159-------------------------------------------------Mike Hoy---------------23 The Amazing Adventures of Pee Wee, featuring Old Folks Jackson-------------Mike Hoy---------------26 Book Reviews: A Brief History of Time and Why Men Are the Way They Are-----Tom Palven-------------27 The New Sexism-------------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------28 Conditions of Discipleship (10:18-42, 11:1-9)------------------------------Matthew----------------29 What Women Want: The Message the Man Hears---------------------------------Cosmopolitan-----------29 Contribution to TC 160-----------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------30 Comments for TC 160--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------31 Yet Another Page, & Letters to the Editor of NJ Farmer & Asbury Park Press-Tom Palven-------------33 Enforcemtn of Contracts is Coercion, Unlibertarian-------------------------L. Garland-------------34 Psst, Present, and...Oh Yes, FUTURE Harm-----------------------------------L. Garland-------------34 The Legitimacy of Redistributing the Wealth--------------------------------L. Garland-------------35 Let's Go to the Movies, with-----------------------------------------------Thomas Chan------------37 Faction: Satan's Memoirs, Part Three: Anarchism, Beelzebub's Bane----------Pete Mastin------------38 By Our Love----------------------------------------------------------------Dawn O'Day-------------39 Sgt. Ronald E. Rosser, U. S. Army, Medal of Honor (Savings Bond ad)--------Advertising Council----41 To: TC; from---------------------------------------------------------------Hawk Lefty-------------41 The Sporadic Connector-----------------------------------------------------B. J. Scumbag----------42 Scan the Frontiers of Thinking with FUTURE SURVEY, submitted by------------Millard Zeisberg-------44 Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Nine-------------------------------------------Queen Esmerelda--------45 Roald Umberto Solomon Tiberius Yobamba XIII Yodels-------------------------R.U.S.T.Yobamba XIII---45 Opinions Only--------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------47 Here I Am------------------------------------------------------------------Terry Mariner----------48 New Maps of Sf: Version 1.0------------------------------------------------Thomas M. Terashima----49 Is the Libertarian Party Dead?---------------------------------------------Lib.Tax Abol.Caucus/CNS51 From the Publisher: Behind the Walls---------------------------------------Michael J. Stotts------52 Vectors #3-----------------------------------------------------------------Thomas M. Terashima----53 Submission No. 7 to The Connection: Book Review: The Art of Living---------Earl Mayer-------------54 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------54 Big Brother Is Laughing at You #9: The Nature of Individuals---------------Dizzy 'D'--------------55 Comments on Connection #159------------------------------------------------Dizzy 'D'--------------56 The New York Slimes--------------------------------------------------------Dave Owens-------------57 Several Laurels and a Favor from the Peanut Gallery------------------------Allen Sawyer-----------58 Corruption in the IRS?-----------------------------------------------------Chuck Oliver-----------59 Doolie Had a Feelin We Were Goin to War------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------60 No Mailing Comments--------------------------------------------------------Nathan Lynch-----------61 Police Recruitment Letter--------------------------------------------------Sgt. Maurice Turner----61 Responses to TC 158--------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----62 Pollution and Life, and Comments to TC 159---------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----65 Comments for Roger Young on Real Estate------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------65 A Third Contribution-------------------------------------------------------Deborah Colton---------66 The Rest is Susan's...-----------------------------------------------------Susan Tucker-----------68 Comments for Roger Young on Penny Stocks-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------68 Judging Judgement Day II---------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------69 Mailbox (Comments on TC #159)----------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------70 Unsatisfactory People - August, 1989, and Zine Scene-----------------------James Phillip Ian------71 Comments for Timothy E. Peterman in General, and on Evolution--------------Filthy Pierre----------72 Letter to Michael Skeet on Trends on Science Fiction Fandom----------------Filthy Pierre----------73 Letter to Claustrophobia on Future Human Motivation------------------------Filthy Pierre----------74 Comments for Roger Young on Conservative Financial Vehicles----------------Filthy Pierre----------74 Comments for Roger Young in General, and on My Personal Finances-----------Filthy Pierre----------75 Comments for Stephanie Ann Jackson, and for Dave Owens on Ockham-----------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Harold Hough on Heavy Water and on Insurgency-----------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Chuck Oliver and Dizzy 'D' on Exporting Social Problems-------Filthy Pierre----------76 Remarks to Stumm on ProprietaryCommunities in PostNuclearProliferationWorldFilthy Pierre----------76 Comments for George Kysor on Coercion--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Dave Owens on War, on Mental Illness,on Near-Death ExperiencesFilthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Lee Bonnifield on Quantum Mechanics,& for Space Cadet on SpaceFilthy Pierre----------78 Remarks to Jackpine Savage (Proprietary Communities(PCs)),& J.Stumm(Drugs)-Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments for James Phillip Ian (Strauss Cube), & Chester Smith (Anarchism)-Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Garland on Pop Utilitarianism---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Garland on Corporate Takeovers, and on the "Answer Apparatus"-Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Comments for Venn,Bob Shea & Garrett Brannigan on MasturbationFilthy Pierre----------81 Remarks to Garrett Branigan,& Pee Wee Hermeneutics on Inducements to CoerceFilthy Pierre----------81 Comments for BJ on Petty Rules, and for Hawk Lefty on the Jews-------------Filthy Pierre----------82 Comments for A.Street Person, Chuck Oliver, Nada, Mike Hoy on Russell MeansFilthy Pierre----------83 Comments for Earl Mayer on Ouija Board Experiences,Dizzy'D'on Selfish GenesFilthy Pierre----------83 Comments for Dizzy 'D' in General, and on Proprietary Communities----------Filthy Pierre----------84 Comments for Welling,Palven,Shea(Stumm on"Dispo"),& Garland(Util.vs.Prop.)-Filthy Pierre----------85 Comments to O'Day,Bosworth,Ian(Sex Attitudes),Colton(Nukes),Shea(TC Econ.)-Filthy Pierre----------86 Comments to Jackpine Savage on Internal Security of Proprietary CommunitiesFilthy Pierre----------87 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ _ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | | |__ | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| _|_ |__| _|_ ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 9 October 1989 ********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #162): 24 NOVEMBER 1989 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents, Publication Date, and Deadline for Next Issue-----------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information, and About the Connection--------Filthy Pierre-----------2 To TC----------------------------------------------------------------------Hawk Lefty--------------3 Big Brother is Laughing at You #10-----------------------------------------Dizzy 'D'---------------3 Comments for Dizzy 'D,' and Comments for Rex Torpedo-----------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Jackpine Savage on Proprietary Communities (PCs)--------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 "Hello Luv," I'm Loose-----------------------------------------------------Allen Sawyer------------7 Comments-------------------------------------------------------------------Harold Hough------------7 I'm Here Again-------------------------------------------------------------Terry Mariner-----------8 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young-------------9 Comments for Roger Young on Financial Newsletters, and In General----------Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Harold Hough, and Comments for Stephanie Ann Jackson on Rayo--Filthy Pierre----------10 Rx107----------------------------------------------------------------------Rex Torpedo------------11 Xerox Zines #1, Debby's Dating Tip #2, and My Next Contribution #4---------Deborah Colton---------13 Let's Go to the Movies, with-----------------------------------------------Thomas Chan------------14 Flagman--------------------------------------------------------------------Powell-----------------15 Fun with Logic-------------------------------------------------------------Rooum------------------16 The New Shepherd-----------------------------------------------------------Rooum------------------17 Comments on #160-----------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------18 Comments for TC 161--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------19 Racism/Nationalism---------------------------------------------------------Better Life Society----20 To All---------------------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------20 Building Strong Individuals------------------------------------------------Better Life Society----21 The Better Life Society----------------------------------------------------Better Life Society----22 Oktoberfest-Halloween Party------------------------------------------------Better Life Society----23 Mark Twain Was No Racist: Letter to the Editor of the Asbury Park Press----Tom Palven-------------23 Bean Counter---------------------------------------------------------------M. Anderson------------24 Purloins the Wisdom of the Living and the Dead to Answer the Question: "What Is Anarchy Anyway?" R.U.S.T.Yobamba XIII---25 Slavery, Civilian & Military, and Living Free Photocopy Publishing---------Jim Stumm--------------28 Me Jane--------------------------------------------------------------------Stephanie Ann Jackson--30 To Filthy, Reference 160:77, and To: Fred Foldvary-------------------------George Kysor-----------32 Letter to George Kysor (submitted by George Kysor)-------------------------Fred Foldvary----------32 Imagine Freedom from Governments and Churches------------------------------Stormy Mon-------------33 Biarchy--------------------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------37 Attempted Self-Liberation, and Comments for Connectors---------------------Jackpine Savage--------38 Proprietary Community Ideas, and Book Reviews------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------38 Nouvelle Peezine #1, October 1989, The End of the Librev-------------------Pee Wee Hermeneutics---39 Is Your Marriage the Best It Can Be?---------------------------------------Dan Tobias-------------42 This Title No Verb -- Comments for TC 161----------------------------------Steve Myers------------43 Space Cadet----------------------------------------------------------------Space Cadet------------45 Contestaire of the World Unite---------------------------------------------Oliver-----------------47 Another Day, Another Holler------------------------------------------------Dawn O'Day-------------48 Homecoming-----------------------------------------------------------------Anthony West-----------50 Collective Wisdom #4-------------------------------------------------------Chester, Dave, Bite Me-52 An Open Letter to the Public-----------------------------------------------L. G. Rawl,Exxon Chrm.-53 Portable Shelter Cart, submitted by Mike Hoy-------------------------------Chris Egan-------------54 The Loompanics/Connection Connection---------------------------------------Mike Hoy---------------54 Mailing Comments in TC 160-------------------------------------------------Mike Hoy---------------55 The Stephanie Ann Jackson Treehouse Design Contest! $100 Reward!!!---------Mike Hoy---------------58 Who Do You Believe -- Arrow or Hoozenheimer?-------------------------------L. Garland-------------60 Take This Job and Love It--------------------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------61 The Warm, Fuzzy Inquirer #13, September 1989: Comments on TC # 160---------Bob Shea---------------64 Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------Acid Angel-------------68 CONSTAAFL, the Libertarian Science Fiction Convention, QUESTIONNAIRE-------A. Neil MacDonald------69 Greetings from the Gulag---------------------------------------------------Michael J. Stotts------69 Comments on T. C. 160------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------70 Unsatisfactory People -- September, 1989-----------------------------------James Phillip Ian------73 Vectors #4-----------------------------------------------------------------Tom Terashima----------74 Comments to TC 159 (cont.)-------------------------------------------------T. E. Peterman---------74 How Ron Paul Blew His Chances,& Reasons for Supporting FreeMarket EconomicsT. E. Peterman---------76 Security and Coercion Revisited--------------------------------------------T. E. Peterman---------77 Burning in Deadline Hell---------------------------------------------------Nathan Lynch-----------79 Characteristics of Selected BW Diseases------------------------------------Adcon Corporation------80 Investment Dartboard: Pros Hit Theorists Right Where It Hurts--------------John R. Dorfman--------80 Comments for George Kysor on Retaliation, for Steven Myers, for M. AndersonFilthy Pierre----------81 Comments for Allen Thornton on Biarchy, and for Jim Stumm on the Draft-----Filthy Pierre----------81 Comments for Bob Shea on Vonu, and for Hawk Lefty on the Jews--------------Filthy Pierre----------81 Comments for Mike Hoy in General, and for L. Garland on Utilitarianism-----Filthy Pierre----------82 Comments for Mike Hoy on Carts for the Homeless, and for Lee Bonnifield----Filthy Pierre----------82 Comments for Space Cadet,& on the Wall Street Journal Stock-Picking ContestFilthy Pierre----------82 Comments for Dawn O'Day on Gender and Identity,&on Implied Social ContractsFilthy Pierre----------83 Comments for Anthony West, for Acid Queen, and for Bite Me on Landlords----Filthy Pierre----------83 Comments for Chester on Quantum Mechanics----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------83 Smash the State------------------------------------------------------------Col. Anarchist League--84 A Public Appeal and Declaration: Not Guilty--------------------------------Michael Jeffrey Stotts-84 Zine Scene-----------------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------85 Comments for Tom Terashima on Hypertext, and for Abigail Bosworth----------Filthy Pierre----------85 A Million Years of Evolution-----------------------------------------------CAM--------------------86 Comments for T. E. Peterman------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------86 Comments for Bob Shea on My Writing in The Connection----------------------Filthy Pierre----------87 Quayle Is Very Pretty, But Can He Type?------------------------------------Queen Esmerelda--------88 Comments for Tom Palven----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------88 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | | |__ __| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| _|_ |__| |___ ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 3 December 1989 ********************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #163): 13 JANUARY 1990 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************* ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents, Publication Date, and Deadline for Next Issue-----------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information, Letter to Locus About SF Fandom-Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Allen Thornton and for Jim Stumm------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Mailing Comments on TC 161-------------------------------------------------Mike Hoy----------------3 The Mayor Rides a Harley, from High Times, submitted by Mike Hoy-----------Steven Hager------------3 The Materials We Need to Create a Sustainable Society Lie Close to Home, from Utne Reader, sent in by Mike Hoy----------------------David Morris------------9 Fans of Walter Williams Start Nationwide Club, submitted by Mike Hoy-------Justice Times----------11 Eco-Kamikazes Wanted, submitted by Mike Hoy--------------------------------Gula, Earth First!-----11 Wildcat--------------------------------------------------------------------Rooum------------------12 Comments on T. C. 161------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------13 Towards Politically Correct Images-----------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------19 Unsatisfactory People - November, 1989, and Zine Scene---------------------James Phillip Ian------20 Utilitarian Addict Filthy P. Tests Positive Again--------------------------L. Garland-------------21 Hi, It's Me----------------------------------------------------------------Rosie Scenario---------24 Let's Go to the Movies, with, and Five Dollars Worth of Comments?, from----Thomas Chan------------25 Comments for TC 162--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------27 Rational-Emotive Therapy's A-B-C Theory of Emotional Disturbance-----------Albert Ellis-----------29 Yobamba Bongos-------------------------------------------------------------R.U.S.T.Yobamba XIII---30 Plywood Paradise-----------------------------------------------------------Stephanie Jackson------34 To: Filthy, Reference: TC161:81, from--------------------------------------George Kysor-----------35 Letter from Fred Foldvary (continued from TC161), submitted by George KysorFred Foldvary----------35 Some Quotes from "Cosmos," submitted by Tom Palven-------------------------Carl Sagan-------------36 Of course, you love me. You invented me.-----------------------------------Allen Thornton---------39 Abortion Comments, and Other Comments--------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------41 Ad for Copies of Back Issues of Libertarian Connection (#1 - #79)----------Jim Stumm--------------42 Portraits of Myself, submitted by Jim Stumm--------------------------------Kiersey & Bates--------43 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------44 Freedom Now?---------------------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------45 It Seldom Happens, submitted by Chester Smith------------------------------B. Traven--------------46 Hello All, and Praise the Lord---------------------------------------------Jim Bakker-------------47 A Few Comments on the Colombian Drug War-----------------------------------Harry Butz-------------48 Collective Wisdom #7--------------------------------Mad Hatter,Red Herring,Chester,Dave,Barb,Jeeby49 The Warm, Fuzzy Inquirer #14, Nobamba, 1989; Comments on TC #161-----------Bob Shea---------------55 Crashing Through the Barricades: Comments for TC 162-----------------------Steve Myers------------58 Mike Hoy's Buddy, L. A. Rollins, Racist, EXPOSED!--------------------------Pee Wee Hermeneutics---61 My Next Contribution-------------------------------------------------------Zorilla----------------63 Verb, Verb, Verb-----------------------------------------------------------Zorilla----------------66 101 Ways to Smash the State------------------------------------------------Zorilla----------------67 Space Cadet, PO 317, Almont, MI, 48003-------------------------------------Space Cadet------------68 Warm and Fuzzy Liaisons----------------------------------------------------Nathan Lynch-----------70 Greetings from Shake Town--------------------------------------------------Chuck Oliver-----------73 Intellectual Lemmings, Crippled in Stampede, Fall Behind-------------------Lee Bonnifield---------74 On the Subject of Tourguides-----------------------------------------------Acid Angel-------------77 Comments for Tom Palven on Fraud, and for Stephanie (Steve) Jackson--------Filthy Pierre----------78 Rx107----------------------------------------------------------------------Max Mayhem-------------79 Einstein Quote, via Stephen Boydston, Tom Palven and Al Medwin-------------Albert Einstein--------79 Comments for Yobamba on Prejudice------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Fred Foldvary on Land, for Goerge Kysor, & for Rosie Scenario-Filthy Pierre----------80 Receiving State Benefits---------------------------------------------------B. J. Scumbag----------81 A Public Appeal and Declaration: Not Guilty--------------------------------Michael J. Stotts------84 Good Thing We Didn't Step in It--------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------84 Hi Y'All-------------------------------------------------------------------Terry Mariner----------85 Animal and Fetal Rights, Air Powered Cars, Sub. no. 8----------------------Earl Mayer-------------87 Run and Hide!--------------------------------------------------------------Minitrue 2-------------88 Comments to TC 160---------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----88 Of Pies and People: The Future of Socialism--------------------------------T. E. Peterman---------92 Big Brother Is Laughing at You #11-----------------------------------------Dizzy 'D'--------------92 Tibetan Lion, submitted by Abigail Bosworth--------------------------------AnonymousTibetanArtist-96 Mongo Beongo, submitted by Abigail Bosworth--------------------------------e. dope----------------96 List for a Long Trip-------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------96 Vectors #5-----------------------------------------------------------------Tom Terashimam & C. C.-96 More Comments--------------------------------------------------------------Tom Terashima----------97 Painting it Black----------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------98 Dangerous Liaisons---------------------------------------------------------Nada------------------100 Comments for Roger Young on Finance----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------104 Comments for Dante DeAmicis, and for Tom Chan on Yang the Nauseating-------Filthy Pierre---------104 Comments on "Why Men Are the Way They Are"---------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------105 Comments for L. Garland on Utilitarianism----------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------106 Comments for Roger Young, Harold Hough and Nada on Gold, and for Harry ButzFilthy Pierre---------107 Comments for Chester & Bonnifield on Quantum Mechanics---------------------Filthy Pierre---------107 Comments for Bob Shea on Mass Destruction Weapons, Dan Ust on Epistemology-Filthy Pierre---------107 Comments for Rx107, for Terry Mariner, for Tom Terashima-------------------Filthy Pierre---------108 Comments for Earl Mayer on Morals for Zorilla on Courtesy Peterman on MisesFilthy Pierre---------108 Comments for Tom Palven and Woody Welling on Lenin-------------------------Filthy Pierre---------108 Comments for Dizzy 'D,' for Barb, for Nada, for Woody Welling--------------Filthy Pierre---------108 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__ __| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|_ |__| ___| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 21 January 1990 ****************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #163): 2 MARCH 1990 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ****************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents, Publication Date, and Deadline for Next Issue-----------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Tom Chan on TV, & on SF Books (replies to pp. 9-10 this issue)Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for George Kysor Re Printing Glitch in #162 (see p.8 this issue)--Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Abigail Bosworth on Dungeons & Dragons(reply to p5 this issue)Filthy Pierre-----------2 The First Paradox----------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton----------3 First Bi-Issue Contribution for #163---------------------------------------Abigail Bosqorth--------4 Interlude. Mushroom Recap 2------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosqorth--------5 Support Your Local Zoning Regulator----------------------------------------L. Garland--------------6 Let's Hear It for Proprietary Communities----------------------------------L. Garland--------------7 To Dizzy 'D,' to Lee Bonnifield, to Filthy, to Fred Foldvary---------------George Kysor------------8 Letter to George Kysor-----------------------------------------------------Fred Foldvary-----------8 Let's Go to the Movies-----------------------------------------------------Tom Chan----------------9 #163-----------------------------------------------------------------------Dawn O'Day-------------11 Book Reviews for TC 163----------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------14 Panama Intervention: Uncle Sam was Just Being a Good Neighbor--------------George F. Will---------15 Bold New Plan for Citizen Service, & US Dawdling on Aid Threatens Poland..-David S. Broder--------15 "This Week with David Brinkley" Transcript---------------------------------Friedman,Will,&Brinkley15 A Letter to the Martial Law Troops-----------------------------------------An Army Major----------16 Memzorgu; Neniu Alia Os----------------------------------------------------Senshi-----------------17 Capitalism-----------------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------18 The Hills Are Alive with the Sound of Laughter-----------------------------Stephanie Ann Jackson--20 The Warm, Fuzzy Inquirer #15-----------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------21 Anybody Here Seen My Old Pal Noriega---------------------------------------Unbylined--------------24 A Quaint, Little Handwritten Submission------------------------------------Nathan Lynch-----------25 Vase Entanglement----------------------------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------26 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------27 Collective Wisdom #8-------------------------------------------------------Barb, Dave, & Chester-28 First We Assume We Have a Can Opener---------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------32 Wall to Wall Woman #1------------------------------------------------------Hippopotamus-----------33 Penetration Clearly Visible: Comments on TC 162----------------------------Steve Myers------------34 Nouvelle Peezine: Dawn of the Hiphop Decade, and Replies to TC 162---------Pee Wee Hermeneutics---36 Nouvelle Peezine: Camcorders of the Gods-----------------------------------Pee Wee Hermeneutics---37 Comments for TC 163--------------------------------------------------------Tom and Jan Palven-----38 [Because of delays at the printer, I was able to get these four pages in] Comments for Woody Welling (see page 44 in this issue)---------------------Filthy Pierre---------38A Comments for L. Garland on Utilitarianism----------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------38B Comments for Roger Young on Finance----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------38C Comments for Dawn O'Day----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------38 Bootstrap------------------------------------------------------------------Cowboy-----------------40 How Do You Feel When Someone Defines Libertarianism as the Right to Kill?--Laura Stewart----------41 Michael J. Stotts vs. The United States of America-------------------------Michael J. Stotts------42 Run and Hide!--------------------------------------------------------------Minitrue---------------43 Dangerous Liaisons---------------------------------------------------------Nada-------------------43 Libertarian Isn't Anarchy--------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------44 Silent Revolt -- Re-elect Nobody-------------------------------------------James Hazel------------46 Everything I Do Is Right Because I Am Infallible---------------------------Don Stevens------------46 Lev Chernyi, and Ad for Anarchy: A Journal of Desire Armed-----------------Lev Chernyi------------47 Sectarianism, Bloom, Ouija Board, 9----------------------------------------Earl Mayer-------------48 Comments for Connectors----------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------49 Farewell to TC-------------------------------------------------------------Mike Hoy---------------49 Comments on TC 162---------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----49 A New World?---------------------------------------------------------------T. E. Peterman---------54 Sarge Is Back--------------------------------------------------------------Ol' Sarge--------------55 Random Comments------------------------------------------------------------Dan Tobias-------------55 Comments for #163----------------------------------------------------------BJ Scumbag-------------56 Time for a Quickie---------------------------------------------------------Unsigned---------------57 Breaking In----------------------------------------------------------------DownTown---------------58 It's the Nineties, ALready-------------------------------------------------Terry Mariner----------58 Comments for Barb Skelton on Alternatives to Markets-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------59 Guest Commentary on the US Invasion of Panama------------------------------Robinson Jeffers-------60 Transcript of COngressional Hearing on Circulation of Pornography----------Charles H. Keating-----60 A Few Observations---------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------65 Anti-Pornographer of the Month, and Comments on T. C. 162------------------James Phillip Ian------66 Unsatisfactory People -- January, 1990, Hall of Ill Fame, Zine Scene-------James Phillip Ian------71 Comments for Jim Stumm on Parallel-World JFK Quotes------------------------Filthy Pierre----------71 Comments for Senshi on Logical Languages-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------71 Comments for Jackpine Savage on Being Hassled by the Authorities-----------Filthy Pierre----------71 Comments for Dante DeAmicis on Farrell, and on Abortion--------------------Filthy Pierre----------71 Anarchy, Socialism, Other Heavy Topics-------------------------------------M. Anderson------------72 Comments for Lev Chernyi on Publishing, and for Hippopotamus on Noriega----Filthy Pierre----------72 Welcome to Cowboy and DownTown, and Comments for Earl Mayer on Ouija-------Filthy Pierre----------73 Comments for Dizzy 'D' on Cooperation--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------73 Comments for Nada on Sex---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------74 Comments for Nada on Rayo, and Pee Wee Hermeneutics on Objective Morality--Filthy Pierre----------75 Comments for Tom Palven on Genetic Differences,& Allen Thornton on IdentityFilthy Pierre----------75 Comments for Lee Bonnifield on Quantum Mechanics---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------75 Comments for T. E. Peterman on Japan, & on Ideal Drugs---------------------Filthy Pierre----------75 Comments for Terry Mariner on Nancy Reagan---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------75 Comments for James Phillip Ian on Alternatives to the Libertarian Party(LP)Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Bob Shea on Sex, on Social Skills,& on Proprietary CommunitiesFilthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Dawn O'Day on Silverberg--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Stephanie Ann Jackson on Proprietary Communities (PCs)--------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Nada on Profit------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ _ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__ / | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | |__| | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|_ |__| | ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 10 March 1990 ******************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #165): 20 APRIL 1990 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************* ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents, Publication Date, and Deadline for Next Issue-----------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for John Yasunga (see page 95 in this issue)----------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Objectivism vs. Physics----------------------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield----------3 Song of an American Sailor, submitted by Chester Smith---------------------B. Traven---------------4 Justification for Invasion, and Views Now, submitted by Queen Esmerelda----USSR News Agency/TACC---8 Get Out of the Way, It's---------------------------------------------------Wall to Wall Woman------9 Collective Wisdom #9, from Chester, Barb, Dave, Jeeby and Willy, aka-------The Collective---------10 Barbs at Barb--------------------------------------------------------------Dan Tobias-------------16 Letters from and to Fred Foldvary------------------------------------------George Kysor-----------17 An Anarchist Position on "The Homeless"------------------------------------Al Medwin--------------18 Stephanie is Finished------------------------------------------------------Stephanie Ann Jackson--19 Schopenhauer Was an Optimist-----------------------------------------------Chuck Oliver-----------20 Leaving a Man in the Kitchen-----------------------------------------------M. Anderson------------21 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------22 Can I Charge This Fetus to my Credit Card?---------------------------------L. Garland-------------23 Looking for a Place to Urinate---------------------------------------------L. Garland-------------24 Let's Not Go to the Movies-------------------------------------------------Thomas Chan------------25 Arson, Rape and Bloody Murder----------------------------------------------Rooum------------------26 Yobamba Nog----------------------------------------------------------------R.U.S.T.Yobamba XIII---27 A Few Brief Comments-------------------------------------------------------Brick Pillow-----------30 Echoes of the '50s in Rooney Witch Hunt, submitted w/remarks by Mike Hoy---Dorothy Rabinowitz-----54 Intelligence Test for Chester Smith----------------------------------------Mike Hoy---------------55 Racism at Stanford, submitted with remarks by Mike Hoy---------------------Jared Taylor-----------55 Articles and Features in the Main 1990 Loompanics Catalog------------------Mike Hoy---------------56 Gun...Controversy...Jewish Pro-gun Group,submitted w/remarks by Mike Hoy---Gun Week---------------57 Mike Hoy's Racist Writer, Bob Shea, Racist, Exposed!!!---------------------Wee Wee Humanantics----58 A Camera Is Not a Gun------------------------------------------------------Steve Myers------------60 The Queans of Oz-----------------------------------------------------------e. dope----------------62 The Warm, Fuzzy Inquirer #16-----------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------63 Dead Yuppie in the Road----------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------67 Friendship, Sex and Being Oneself------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------68 Space Cadet----------------------------------------------------------------Space Cadet------------69 If You Want Me, I'll Be in the 1950s---------------------------------------Rosie Scenario---------72 Thoughts on Free Will------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------73 Speculations Regarding Race, Gender, and "Intelligence"--------------------Tom Palven-------------75 Comments for TC 164--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------77 Capitalism Beyond Repair and Force Was Never the Right Answer--------------Tom Palven-------------79 Book Review: Universe, by William J. Kaufmann III--------------------------Tom Palven-------------79 Book Review: A History of Pi, by Petr Beckmann-----------------------------Tom Palven-------------80 How to Put Government Out of Business--------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------83 Comments for Connectors, and Book Reviews----------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------84 The Individual vs. Government/Market---------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------85 #164-----------------------------------------------------------------------Dawn O'Day-------------87 My Next Two Contributions--------------------------------------------------Zorilla Verb-----------89 Rare, Uncensored Comments--------------------------------------------------Steve Witham-----------91 Worshipping the State------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------91 Replies and Comments-------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------92 Jeff Schneier--------------------------------------------------------------Jeff Schneier----------94 Vectors #6-----------------------------------------------------------------Tom Terashima----------94 An Entrance----------------------------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------95 Ol' Sarge Joins the Fray---------------------------------------------------W. Joe Fulks-----------96 Comments for #164----------------------------------------------------------B. J. Scumbag----------97 It's Still the Nineties----------------------------------------------------Terry Mariner----------98 Comments on T. C. 163------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian-----100 The Truth------------------------------------------------------------------Ivan M. Stache--------105 Comments to TC 163---------------------------------------------------------T. E. Peterman--------106 Comments for Thomas Chan on TV vs. Movies----------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------107 Comments for Tom Palven on Beauty, Awe and Understanding-------------------Filthy Pierre---------107 Comments for Brick Pillow on Proprietary Communities-----------------------Filthy Pierre---------108 Comments for Barb on Cooperatives------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------110 Comments for Brick Pillow on the Table of Contents-------------------------Filthy Pierre---------110 Comments for Allen Thornton on Free Will-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------111 Comments for Jim Stumm on Defense of Proprietary Communities (PCs)---------Filthy Pierre---------112 Comments for Mike Hoy on Rollins, Bigots, etc.-----------------------------Filthy Pierre---------113 Comments for Steve Witham on Ted Nelson and Hypertext----------------------Filthy Pierre---------113 Comments for Rosie Scenario on My Adventures in Paris----------------------Filthy Pierre---------114 Comments for Brick Pillow on Mike Dunn, and for Roger Young on Finance-----Filthy Pierre---------114 Comments for Woody Welling, and for Brick Pillow on the Holocaust----------Filthy Pierre---------115 Comments for Lee Bonnifield on Quantum Mechanics---------------------------Filthy Pierre---------115 Comments for Brick Pillow, and for Dawn O'Day------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------116 Comments for Bob Shea on Sex and Social Skills-----------------------------Filthy Pierre---------116 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__ |__ | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ |__| ___| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 22 April 1990 ***************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #166): 1 JUNE 1990 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ***************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents, Publication Date, and Deadline for Next Issue-----------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Brick Pillow on Last Issue------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Whole in One---------------------------------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield----------3 Abbreviated Longwindedness-------------------------------------------------Brick Pillow------------4 Emotivism, Morals, Spirituality, Pluralism---------------------------------Earl Mayer--------------7 The Bourgeoization of America----------------------------------------------Terry Inman-------------8 Here She Is Again----------------------------------------------------------Wall to Wall Woman------9 Try to Think the "Unthinkable"---------------------------------------------L. Garland-------------10 The Warm, Fuzzy Inquirer #17-----------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------12 Scrambled Egg Shells-------------------------------------------------------Stephanie Ann Jackson--14 Comments for Connectors, and Other Miscellaneous Prattling-----------------Jackpine Savage--------15 More Monomaniacal Bullshit from--------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------16 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------17 Barb Thinks Malls Are USELESS? Gag Me with a SPOON!!!, submitted by--------Dan Tobias-------------18 To Fred Foldvary, and to Brick Pillow--------------------------------------George Kysor-----------19 Letter from Fred Foldvary, submitted by -----------------------------------George Kysor-----------19 Beulah Bondi, Si; Beulah Bondage, No!--------------------------------------Rosie Scenario---------20 Comments for TC 165--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------22 A Fresh Look at Mark Twain-------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------24 So Much to Say, So Little Space--------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------26 Living Free Photocopy Publishing-------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------27 Collective Wisdom #10------------------------------------------------------ Chester---------------29 Collective Wisdom #10------------------------------------------------------ Dave------------------29 Collective Wisdom #10------------------------------------------------------ Arbuckle--------------29 Collective Wisdom #10------------------------------------------------------ Barb------------------29 Collective Wisdom #10------------------------------------------------------The Collective---------29 The Chester Chart IV: A Field Guide to Connectors-------------------------- Chester---------------31 The Man with the Short Fuse------------------------------------------------M. Anderson------------32 Cause and Defect: Comments on TC 164---------------------------------------Steve Myers------------34 Get Out Your Magnifying Glasses: The Wet and Sticky Enquirer---------------Nathan Lynch-----------36 A Zenote-------------------------------------------------------------------Oren C. Webster--------38 Salon: A Journal of Esthetics----------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------38 Ct. Barb-------------------------------------------------------------------John E. Kreznar--------39 It's Going to be an Interesting Decade-------------------------------------Chuck Oliver-----------40 Mad Love------------------------------------------------------------------- Nada------------------40 Comments on #163----------------------------------------------------------- Nada------------------41 Comments on #164----------------------------------------------------------- Nada------------------43 LeGrand E. Day-------------------------------------------------------------LeGrand E. Day---------45 Return to The Connection---------------------------------------------------Jim Lippard------------46 Comments-------------------------------------------------------------------Harold Hough-----------47 Tuned In and Turned On----------------------------------------------------- Randdame--------------48 Marching Along with--------------------------------------------------------Ol' Sarge--------------49 The Truth - II-------------------------------------------------------------Ivan M. Stache---------51 Excluded Americans: Homelessness & Housing Policies, by W. Tucker, subm.by-Robert Hauser----------52 Suggested Future Topics for Discussion-------------------------------------Robert Hauser----------53 Wasted Days...-------------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------53 And Wasted Nights...-------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------56 Comments on T. C. #164-----------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------57 Special Swimsuit Issue-----------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------63 Comments on #163-----------------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------63 New Comments to 164--------------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------65 Former Objectivist Residence Ritually Trashed Again by Tricksters----------Dante DeAmicis---------68 Comments for Dawn O'Day----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------69 Comments for Tom Palven on Religion----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------69 Comments on TC 164---------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----69 Comments for Harlod Hough--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------70 Comments for B. J. Scumbag on Space----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------70 Oren C. Webster on Free Will-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------70 Comments for Terry Mariner on the Brain------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------71 Comments for Pat Hartman---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------71 Comments for Steve Myers on Bloom------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------71 Timothy E. Peterman, Libertarian for State Representative, 45th District---Timothy E. Peterman----72 Money: An Important Key to Freedom----------------------------------------- Unsigned--------------72 Smoke----------------------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------73 Comments for M. Anderson on APA Lingo--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------75 Comments for Steve Myers on Sex--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------75 Comments for Dante DeAmicis on Boozhie Bashing-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Terry Inman on Sex--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Space Cadet on Cryonics---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Woody Welling-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Tom Terashima on Open Hypertext-------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Allen Thornton------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Rosie Scenario------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Jackpine Savage on My Businesses------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Jackpine Savage on Dianetics----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Further Comments for Roger Young on Permanent Investments vs. Timing-------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Barb on the Limits of Co-operatives---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Nada on Sex---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments for Nada on Rayo and Vonu-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Nada on Finance-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Joe Fulks-----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for B. J. Scumbag on Non-Violence---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Bob Shea on "The Dispossessed"--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Bob Shea on Sex-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for L. Garland----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Dante DeAmicis------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------81 Comments for Chuck Oliver--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------81 Comments for Roger Young on Finance----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------81 Comments for Brick Pillow on This Issue------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------82 Comments for Lee Bonnifield on Quantum Mechanics---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------82 Comments for Robert Hauser-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------82 Flyer for the SF Convention Register---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------83 Flyer for The (Libertarian) Connection (partial)---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------83 Index to This Issue, Alphabetically by Byline------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------84 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__ |__ | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ |__| |__| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 3 June 1990 ****************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #167): 13 JULY 1990 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ****************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents, Publication Date, and Deadline for Next Issue-----------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Terry Mariner-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 #166-----------------------------------------------------------------------Dawn O'Day--------------3 Libertarian Lambada and Libertine Leanings---------------------------------Tom Palven--------------5 Census Snoops Not Trustworthy (letter to the editor)-----------------------Tom Palven--------------6 A Libertarian Position on Population---------------------------------------Tom Palven--------------7 Comments for Connectors----------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage---------9 Gnostics Do It on Earth----------------------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------10 Recent Freedom Losses------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------11 Living Free #56 (ad for...)------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------12 Letter to George Kysor, submitted by George Kysor--------------------------Fred Foldvary----------14 Comments-------------------------------------------------------------------George Kysor-----------14 Space Cadet----------------------------------------------------------------Space Cadet------------15 Mostly About TC 163--------------------------------------------------------Laura Stewart----------18 Still Another Cowgirl Devoted to Krishna-----------------------------------Rosie Scenario---------19 Two Quotes and a Mushroom Lesson-------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------21 Beauty Parlors -- No Man's Land, submitted by Abigail Bosworth-------------Associated Press-------23 Facts of Life -- Trivial Pursuits, submitted by Abagail Bosworth-----------Nancy Stedman----------23 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------24 Comments on TC 164 and TC 165----------------------------------------------Terry Mariner----------25 Corporate Apologist--------------------------------------------------------M. Anderson------------26 Corporate Apologist--------------------------------------------------------Madame Le Chat---------26 Do Alienated Libertarians Dream of Neurotic Sheep?-------------------------Nathan Lynch-----------28 Peace----------------------------------------------------------------------Brick Pillow-----------29 It All Comes Down to Property Rights---------------------------------------L. Garland-------------36 Is It Legal for Women to Bottle Their Milk and Sell It? & Other Asstd. ?s--L. Garland-------------36 ShouldHumanLifeProliferate?Yes&No:Part 1:TotalSumHappiness vs.Hap.perCapitaL. Garland-------------37 ShouldHumanLifeProliferate?Yes&No:Part 2:Selectivity vs.the MeatAxApproach-L. Garland-------------39 Yo! Ya Got Somethin' Stuck in Your Teeth!----------------------------------James Philip Ian-------41 Comments on T. C. #165-----------------------------------------------------James Philip Ian-------43 Cathy, submitted by James Phillip Ian--------------------------------------Cathy Guisewite--------44 Zine Scene: Survey of Anarchist Zines--------------------------------------James Philip Ian-------45 Real Life Funnies, submitted by James Phillip Ian--------------------------Stan Mack--------------46 The Zine from Hell, submitted by James Phillip Ian-------------------------Living History---------47 Comments for for L. Garland on Population----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------47 Eight Thumbs Up & Five Thumbs Down & Some General T. C. Comments-----------Thomas Chan------------48 Collective Wisdom #11------------------------------------------------------Dave Johnson-----------51 Collective Wisdom #11------------------------------------------------------Chester Smith----------51 Collective Wisdom #11------------------------------------------------------The Collective---------51 Wall to Wall Woman #4------------------------------------------------------ Hippopotamus----------52 I'm Not Wearing Any Pants -- Film at Eleven--------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------53 Connection Commentary------------------------------------------------------Dan Tobias-------------55 Comments to TC 165---------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----56 More Thoughts on Environmentalism, and A Better Way (letter to the editor)-Timothy E. Peterman----59 Astrology for Lovers and Friends-------------------------------------------Merritt Jones----------59 Minds, Persons and Respect: Comments on TC165------------------------------Jim Lippard------------60 For That Matter, Don't Let Them Transcendentalize the Eschaton-------------Jeff Schneier----------61 5/15/90 Booklist:Review of Loompanics Greatest Hits, submitted by Mike Hoy-Ray Olson--------------62 Effort in the Blood--------------------------------------------------------David Sequeira---------62 Something Short 4 (ad for...)----------------------------------------------Daniel Ust-------------63 The Truth 9 1/2------------------------------------------------------------Ivan M. Stache---------64 Sorry, Honey, I Forgot to Buy Conundrums-----------------------------------Allen Thornton---------65 Mad Love------------------------------------------------------------------- Nada------------------66 Zeno-Files: Science & Religion from a Meta-Eleatic Point of View-----------Oren C. Webster--------68 The Down Side (written for TC 165)-----------------------------------------Woody Welling----------70 Anarchists-----------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------72 On TC 165------------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------73 Yet Another Triumphant Return to The Connection----------------------------Bob Black--------------74 No Future for the Workplace------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------74 Copy of Check, submitted by Bob Black--------------------------------------Dow Jones & Co.--------74 Some APA Terms-------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Lee Bonnifield on Quantum Mechanics---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Allen Thornton on Anarchy-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Rosie Scenario on Proprietary Communities (PCs)---------------Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments for George Kysor--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments for Jim Stumm on Living Free--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments for Hippopotamus--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments for Jim Lippard on Neural Nets------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments for Laura Stewart on Anti-Slavery Invasions-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments for Tom Palven on Emotional Attachments to Beliefs----------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Tom Palven on Carl Sagan, on Galileo, and on Population-------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Dan Ust on Ockham---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Reflections----------------------------------------------------------------Ol' Sarge--------------80 Reflections----------------------------------------------------------------W. Joe Fulks-----------80 Comments for Roger Young on the Inefficient Market Fund, and in General----Filthy Pierre----------82 Comments for Roger Young on "Efficiency"-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------82 Comments for Terry Mariner-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------82 Comments for Abigail Bosworth on Quantum Mechanics-------------------------Filthy Pierre----------82 Comments for Oren C. Webster on Quantum Mechanics--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------82 Comments for Dawn O'Day on Fairness----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------83 Comments for Billy Joe Scumbag---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------83 Comments for Nada on Modeling Human Behavior-------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------83 Comments for Nada on Cryonics, and on Sex----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------84 Comments for L. Garland on Rights------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------84 Comments for M. Anderson on Corporations-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------84 Comments for Bob Black on Sex----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------85 Comments for Woody Welling-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------85 Comments for Dante DeAmicis on Proprietary Communities (PCs)---------------Filthy Pierre----------86 Comments for Dante DeAmicis on Boozhie-Bashing-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------87 Comments for Dan Tobias on Poetry------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------87 Comments for Thomas Chan---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------87 Comments for James Phillip Ian---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------87 Comments for Comments for Allen Thornton on Transfinite Numbers------------Filthy Pierre----------87 Index to This Issue, Alphabetically by Byline------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------88 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__ | / | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ |__| | ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 29 July 1990 ********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #168): 7 SEPTEMBER 1990 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents, Publication Date, and Deadline for Next Issue-----------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Billy Joe Scumbag on Race, and on Sex-------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Space Cadet on Cryonics (writen for TC #166)------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Roger Young on Jim Rogers (writen for TC #166)----------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for M. Anderson on Finance (writen for TC #166)-------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Nathan Lynch (writen for TC #166)-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Brick Pillow on Land,on Quantum Mechanics,&in General(for#166)Filthy Pierre-----------4 This is Where "I" Came in, or, Ontology Recapitulates Epistemology---------Lee Bonnifield----------5 Dim the Lights, Raise the Curtain, Here Comes...---------------------------Thomas Chan-------------6 Collective Wisdom #12------------------------------------------------------Dave Johnson------------8 Collective Wisdom #12------------------------------------------------------Chester Smith-----------8 Collective Wisdom #12------------------------------------------------------The Collective----------8 Wall to Wall Woman--------------------------------------------------------- Hippopotamus---------10 Wall to Wall Woman---------------------------------------------------------Wall to Wall Woman-----10 Wall to Wall Woman--------------------------------------------------------- Wall to Wall Woman---10 Sex & Politics-------------------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------11 Guest Column---------------------------------------------------------------M. Anderson------------12 Guest Column---------------------------------------------------------------Madame Le Chat---------12 Guest Column---------------------------------------------------------------Madame Le Chat---------12 Guest Column--------------------------------------------------------------- Madame Le Chat-------12 Comments for Brick Pillow--------------------------------------------------Stephanie Ann Jackson--13 The $5 Bernhard Goetz Lunch Special----------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------14 What's in a Name? (exchange of letters), submitted by----------------------Dante DeAmicis---------16 What's in a Name? (exchange of letters)------------------------------------Jon Bekken (LLR)-------16 What's in a Name? (exchange of letters)------------------------------------William W. Hall (LP)---16 Friedman Agonistes (letter to the editor)----------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------16 Feudalism, Encyclopedia Britannica article submitted by--------------------Dante DeAmicis---------16 Feudalism------------------------------------------------------------------Encyclopedia Britannica16 Feudalism------------------------------------------------------------------ Encyclopedia Britanni16 Libertarian Banquet Event--------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------17 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------19 Do You Ache Within?--------------------------------------------------------Brick Pillow-----------20 They're Cheap, They're Easy, and They're Everywhere, But Predominately...--James Phillip Ian------25 Comments on T. C. #166-----------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------27 The Crisis Crisis, submitted by--------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------29 The Crisis Crisis----------------------------------------------------------Peter Moore------------29 Feminist Pilgrims, submitted by--------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------31 Feminist Pilgrims----------------------------------------------------------Paul V. Mankowski------31 Zine Scene-----------------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------32 A Boy and His Cat----------------------------------------------------------e. Dope----------------34 Truth or Consquences-------------------------------------------------------Kay Nolte Smith--------35 Interconnector Communication: Truth vs. Confusion--------------------------David Manuel Sequeira--36 Letter from Fred Foldvary, submitted by------------------------------------George Kysor-----------37 Letter to George Kysor-----------------------------------------------------Fred Foldvary----------37 Kysor's Comments About TC166-----------------------------------------------George Kysor-----------37 Paradigms------------------------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------38 20th Contribution----------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------39 The Populist Party Places AMERICA First------------------------------------ Populist Party-------40 The Populist Party Places AMERICA First, submitted by----------------------Tom Palven-------------40 Analysis of a Proposed Crucial Test of Quantum Mechanics, submitted by-----Filthy Pierre----------42 Analysis of a Proposed Crucial Test of Quantum Mechanics-------------------M. J. Collett----------42 Analysis of a Proposed Crucial Test of Quantum Mechanics-------------------R. Loudon--------------42 Popper vs. Copenhagen, submitted by----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------43 Popper vs. Copenhagen------------------------------------------------------M. J. Collett----------43 Popper vs. Copenhagen------------------------------------------------------R. Loudon--------------43 Popper vs. Copenhagen------------------------------------------------------Karl Popper------------43 Natural Rights, Other-Defense, Religion: Sub. No. 11-----------------------Earl Mayer-------------45 Randian Paradoxes, Contractarianism, Race Differences----------------------Earl Mayer-------------46 Comments-------------------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------47 A Nose for Gnosis----------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------49 Access to Libertarianism---------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------50 In Came the Lady with the Alligator Purse----------------------------------Rosie Scenario---------51 Comments on TC167----------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------53 Mad Love------------------------------------------------------------------- Nada-----------------53 A Return-------------------------------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------56 Vectors #7-----------------------------------------------------------------Tom Terashima----------57 Pigs Is People, Too--------------------------------------------------------W. Joe Fulks-----------59 Pigs Is People, Too--------------------------------------------------------Ol' Sarge--------------59 Pigs Is People, Too-------------------------------------------------------- Ol' Sarge------------59 A Gust, Blast; a Taunt, Gibe; a Scolding; a Curtain-Lecture----------------Bob Black--------------59 The Nice Report------------------------------------------------------------Robert Hauser----------61 Comments to TC 166---------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----61 In Response---------------------------------------------------------------- Randdame-------------63 Comments by----------------------------------------------------------------Harold Hough-----------64 Comments on TC 166---------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------64 Comments for Last Two Issues (Hey! I listed you this time!--Filthy Pierre)-BJ Scumbag-------------66 Connectionism Abstracts(Smolensky,Fodor,Pylyshyn,McLaughlin),submitted by--Jim Lippard------------67 Details--------------------------------------------------------------------Steve Witham-----------68 Comments for Rosie Scenario on Durk Pearson, and in General----------------Filthy Pierre----------69 The Warm, Fuzzy Inquirer # 18----------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------70 VHS Incredible Inquiry Video (ad)------------------------------------------Al Fry-----------------73 Comments for Nada on Socialism, on Cryonics, and on Finance----------------Filthy Pierre----------74 Comments for Robert Hauser on the Cold War, and for Woody Welling----------Filthy Pierre----------75 Comments for Steve Witham and Tom Terashima on Hypertext-------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Jim Lippard on Science, Scholarship and Artificial IntelligencFilthy Pierre----------76 Comments for John Yasunga on Occam's Razor, and on Godel-------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Harold Hough,for Timothy E. Peterman,& for Bob Black on Nukes-Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments for Bob Black on Leftism,& for Lee Bonnifield on Quantum MechanicsFilthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Thomas Chan on Emotions and Movies, and for The Collective----Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Terry Inman,for M. Anderson,for Bob Shea,& for Dante DeAmicis-Filthy Pierre----------81 Comments for Roger Young on Finance, and for Brick Pillow------------------Filthy Pierre----------82 Comments for Ian,Palven,Mayer,& for Thornton on Proprietary Communities----Filthy Pierre----------83 Comments for Jim Stumm on Gnostics vs. Agnostics, and on County Takeovers--Filthy Pierre----------83 Index to This Issue, Alphabetically by Byline------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------84 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ ___ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__ |__| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ |__| |__| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 9 September 1990 ********************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #169): 19 OCTOBER 1990 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************* ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by page #), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Tom Terashima on Colliding Asteroid---------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 About The Connection-------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Wasted Life in a Wasted Minute---------------------------------------------Fred Fandango-----------3 More Questions-------------------------------------------------------------John Yasunga------------4 Zeno-Files: Science & Religion from a Meta-Eleatic Point of View-----------Oren Webster------------6 Space Cadet----------------------------------------------------------------Space Cadet-------------9 For TC 168-----------------------------------------------------------------Steve Witham-----------10 The Warm, Fuzzy Inquirer #19-----------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------11 Hamilton Vs. Jefferson-----------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------14 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------15 Written and Directed by----------------------------------------------------Thomas Chan------------16 Faulty Economics of Gift-Exchanging----------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------18 Founding Libertarian Communities (ad for compilation from Random Writings)-Jim Stumm--------------19 Ad for Living Free #58-----------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------19 More from the Storage Shed Guru--------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------20 #168-----------------------------------------------------------------------Dawn O'Day-------------23 Policeman, Meighbor Admit Dealing Drugs------------------------------------Paul D'Ambrosio--------24 Movies & More--------------------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------25 This Would Only Take One Page If I Didn't Repeat FIlthy Pierre's 122p27----Lee Bonnifield---------26 Palven Springs for Another Page--------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------28 Philosopher's Column: "Taxes: an Honorable Word" (The Humanist Mar/Apr '90)Konstantin Kolenda-----28 Philosopher's Column: "Taxes: an Honorable Word," submitted by-------------Tom Palven-------------28 We Must Put an End to Racism-----------------------------------------------Peter J. Spaziano------28 We Must Put an End to Racism, submitted by---------------------------------Tom Palven-------------28 Comments for TC 168--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------29 Yet Another (4th) Page from Palven, Aug. 22--------------------------------Tom Palven-------------31 Atheists Seek Millions Over Board's Prayer---------------------------------Tom Brennan------------31 Atheists Seek Millions Over Board's Prayer, submitted by-------------------Tom Palven-------------31 Skip This------------------------------------------------------------------George Kysor-----------32 Collective Wisdom #14------------------------------------------------------Chester Smith----------33 Collective Wisdom #14------------------------------------------------------Dave Gamslooker--------33 Collective Wisdom #14------------------------------------------------------The Collective---------33 History is Happening: Harry Butz on the World------------------------------Harry Butz-------------37 Losing Self-Control--------------------------------------------------------Raven Gildea-----------38 About the Nature of Truth: Interconnector Communication--------------------David Manuel Sequeira--40 Lifestyles of the Big and Fat----------------------------------------------Wall to Wall Woman-----41 Lifestyles of the Big and Fat----------------------------------------------Hippopotamus-----------41 #168-----------------------------------------------------------------------BJ Scumbag-------------43 Stand Back! Here Comes-----------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------44 Priest's Conduct Detailed--------------------------------------------------Laurie Goodstein-------48 Priest's Conduct Detailed, submitted by------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------48 Comments on TC #167--------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------51 Zine Scene-----------------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------53 Twilight in Hell-----------------------------------------------------------Brick Pillow-----------54 Life is a Prom and You're Not Invited -- Comments for TC 168---------------Steve Myers------------56 Si Fidel Maxisto, Yo Soy Groucho-------------------------------------------Rosie Scenario---------67 What Do You Mean, Capitalism?----------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------69 Mushrooms % & 6------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------72 IRS "Wanted"---------------------------------------------------------------Sharen Shaw Johnson----73 IRS "Wanted"---------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------73 COmments on 167------------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------73 25 Years of Mr. Smiley Face: A Retrospective of His Life and Times---------Veley------------------74 Gasoline is Obsolete-------------------------------------------------------Carl Cella-------------75 Musings, Amusings & Abusings-----------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------75 Traumatization Alleged in Suit Against Disney, submitted by----------------Bob Black--------------78 Vectors #8-----------------------------------------------------------------Thomas M. Terashima----79 On Collision Course, submitted by------------------------------------------Thomas M. Terashima----79 Comments to TC 167---------------------------------------------------------T. E. Peterman---------79 Mad Love-------------------------------------------------------------------Nada-------------------83 Reality, COnnectionism, and Other Comments on TC167------------------------Jim Lippard------------83 Anarchists, Part 2---------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------84 Index to This Issue, Alphabetically by Byline------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------88 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ ___ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__ |__| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ |__| __| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 22 October 1990 ********************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #170): 7 DECEMBER 1990 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************* ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents, Publication Date, and Deadline for Next Issue-----------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for John Yasunga on "Imperialism," Space, Neural Nets & in GeneralFilthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Oren C. Webster on Physics, and Space Cadet on Cryonics-------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Steve Witham on Hypertext-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Bob Shea on Sex, and for Jackpine Savage----------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Roger Young on Finance, Thomas Chan on Movies, and Jim Stumm--Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Dante DeAmicis, and for Lee Bonnifield------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments on Minarchy, and Comments for BJ Scumbag on "Basement Nukes"------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Chester, and Comments for Harry Butz--------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for James Philip Ian, and Comments for Brick Pillow---------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Allen Thornton on Capitalism, and on Intelligence-------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for Bob Black, and Comments for Nada on Cryonics------------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for Woody Welling on Banking, and Apology for Jeff Schneier-------Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Timothy E. Peterman-------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------10 All Men Are My Brothers---------------------------------------------------- Hippopotamus----------11 You DO Look Up All These References, Don't You?----------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------12 Some Pretty Profound Remarks-----------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------16 The Warm, Fuzzy Inquirer # 20----------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------18 An Unexpected Return: Movies, Necessary Fictions---------------------------Earl Mayer-------------19 Silver Profits in the 90s--------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------20 (Some Alcoholics Take) Other Roads to Recovery-----------------------------Patti Doten------------21 (Some Alcoholics Take) Other Roads to Recovery, submitted by---------------The Scumbag------------21 Space Cadet----------------------------------------------------------------Space Cadet------------22 Heaping Profligacies on Profusions with Ever-Fresh Vigor-------------------Steve Witham-----------23 Worth One Dollar Off Any Large Pizza---------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------24 Letter to L. A. Rollins----------------------------------------------------R. W. Bradford---------25 Letter to L. A. Rollins, submitted by--------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------25 Works by John Bryant-------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------27 Colors, or: Puerto Rican Power---------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------28 Constitutional Federal Republic--------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------29 Living Free Photocopy Publishing (advertisement)---------------------------Jim Stumm--------------30 Testing... TEST... Test... Is This Mike On?-------------------------------- Ken-------------------32 Fritz---------------------------------------------------------------------- Fritz-----------------38 Evolution and LSD: Comments on TC 168--------------------------------------Jim Lippard------------39 Leaving Drug Free School Zone----------------------------------------------Adam Baum--------------40 Comments for Connectors----------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------41 Alex, Sue and Abia as a Kitten---------------------------------------------e. dope----------------42 Do Lesbians Dream of Electric Eels?----------------------------------------Brick Pillow-----------43 Meme Ecology---------------------------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------57 Letter from----------------------------------------------------------------Fred Foldvary----------58 Letter from Fred Foldvary, submitted by------------------------------------George Kysor-----------58 Comments About TC 168------------------------------------------------------George Kysor-----------58 Listening to the Jukebox at the Aloha Cafe---------------------------------Rosie Scenario---------59 Interconnector Communication-----------------------------------------------David Manuel Sequeira--61 Untitled------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsigned--------------68 Comments for Roger Young, Allen Thornton and Rosie Scenario----------------Filthy Pierre----------70 Comments for Ken, Bob Black and Fritz--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------70 Implicit Neighbor-Bashing Is Still Neighbor-Bashing!-----------------------John E. Kreznar--------71 Responses------------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------71 L'Amour Fou---------------------------------------------------------------- Nada------------------72 Economics as Alchemy-------------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------75 Comments on TC # 168-------------------------------------------------------James Philip Ian-------76 Another Valueless Contribution---------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----80 Beware of Libertarians-----------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----82 I Ain't No Stinking Democrat-----------------------------------------------Madame Le Chat---------83 The Nice Report------------------------------------------------------------Robert Hauser----------84 Comments for Ken on Proprietary Communities (PCs)--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------85 Comments for Terry Inman on "Nun, Witch, Playmate"-------------------------Filthy Pierre----------86 Comments for Robert Hauser, Brick Pillow, Pat Hartman & Timothy E. PetermanFilthy Pierre----------87 Comments for David Manuel Sequeira on Human Nature, and Comments on Sex----Filthy Pierre----------87 Comments for Tom Palven on "Liberty" Magazine------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------87 Comments for Earl Mayer on Town Takeovers----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------87 Cmts. for Dante DeAmicis on Proprietary&Intentional Libertarian CommunitiesFilthy Pierre----------87 Index to This Issue, Alphabetically by Byline------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------88 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ ___ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | | / | | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ | |__| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 15 December 1990 ********************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #171): 25 JANUARY 1991 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************* ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents, Publication Date, and Deadline for Next Issue-----------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for John Yasunga on Science and the Educated Layman--------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Good Evening. This is James Philip Ian Reporting from Washington-----------James Philip Ian--------3 Libertarian Republican Orgainzing Committee Banquet Event------------------James Philip Ian--------5 Zeitgeist Follies----------------------------------------------------------James Philip Ian--------6 COmments on T. C. #169-----------------------------------------------------James Philip Ian-------10 Zine Scene-----------------------------------------------------------------James Philip Ian-------11 Zeno-Files: A Momentumous Problem in Relativity----------------------------Oren C. Webster--------13 Eye Color and Behavior-----------------------------------------------------Oren C. Webster--------14 Responses to TC168 and TC169-----------------------------------------------Oren C. Webster--------15 The Second Kennection -- Forward into the Past----------------------------- Ken-------------------18 Jefferson's Ideas Foster Grassroots Activism in the South------------------Christopher SUllivan---24 Space Cadet----------------------------------------------------------------Space Cadet------------25 Assuming Something Else----------------------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------27 Best Boy-------------------------------------------------------------------Thomas Chan------------31 Thought Poem---------------------------------------------------------------Gary Turchin-----------34 Look Out! It's the Nuclear Family------------------------------------------Norman Dog-------------35 Look Out! It's the Nuclear Family------------------------------------------Larry Gonick-----------35 Light Reading for Heavy Drinkers-------------------------------------------Brick Pillow-----------41 Comments for Connectors----------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------63 Mycology Lessons Recapitulation #3-----------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------64 Clippings from Woodstock Times---------------------------------------------Spider Barbour---------66 Clippings from Woodstock Times, illustrations by---------------------------Anita F. Barbour-------66 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------67 Laws of the Jungle, by Allen Thronton, reviewed by-------------------------Wanda Duck-------------68 Wanda Duck Reviews "Laws of the Jungle" by---------------------------------Allen Thornton---------68 Comments to TC 169---------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----70 Abnormal Research----------------------------------------------------------Earl Mayer-------------74 Bhikkho Bodhi Reviews Martin Wilson's"Rebirth&the Western Buddhist,"sub.by-Earl Mayer-------------74 Review of Martin Wilson's "Rebirth and the Western Buddhist"---------------Bhikkhu Bodhi----------74 Lost Freedoms--------------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------75 Comments for TC 170 from---------------------------------------------------Tom Palvem-------------77 The Omniscient Inquirer----------------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------78 The Baby Killers-----------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------82 BUMF-----------------------------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------84 The Lat Mike Hammer Thriller-----------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------84 Ad for "The Abolition of Work and Other Essays"----------------------------Bob Black--------------86 Wall to Wall Woman #8------------------------------------------------------ Hippopotamus----------87 Letter from Fred Foldvary, submitted by------------------------------------George Kysor-----------88 Letter from----------------------------------------------------------------Fred Foldvary----------88 Comments about TC169-------------------------------------------------------George Kysor-----------88 The Wimpy Inquirer #21-----------------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------89 It's a Breakthrough in Barbie Technology, They Say-------------------------Rosie Scenario---------92 Doing Justice to the APA---------------------------------------------------Chester Smith----------94 Wanted: Jesus Christ-------------------------------------------------------Chester Smith----------94 Freddy Fandango------------------------------------------------------------Freddy Fandango--------96 Clippings from the Asbury Park Press, etc.--------------------------------- Adam------------------97 Swing Along with Ol' Sarge-------------------------------------------------Ol' Sarge--------------98 Swing Along with Ol' Sarge-------------------------------------------------W. Joe Fulks-----------98 Swing Along with Ol' Sarge-------------------------------------------------Papa Joe---------------98 Answering My Critics-------------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------99 Connectionism, Evolution, Skepticism, AIDS: Re: TC169----------------------Jim Lippard-----------100 It Takes a Planet of billions to Hold Me Down------------------------------Nathan Lynch----------101 Untitled------------------------------------------------------------------- Fritz----------------102 Enter---------------------------------------------------------------------- Adrastia-------------103 Two Replies----------------------------------------------------------------Jeff Schneier---------104 Comments for Tom Palven----------------------------------------------------Rabbi H.--------------104 Comments on #169-----------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman-----------105 Son of Untitled/Unsigned---------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis--------106 Ideas and Opinions---------------------------------------------------------W. Welling------------108 Danger: Extinct Theories--------------------------------------------------- Rooum----------------112 Brief Notes for TC 170-----------------------------------------------------Steve Myers-----------112 Hemp for Ecology----------------------------------------------------------- NORML----------------113 A Message from your Local Pig Station--------------------------------------Your Local Pig Patrol-114 Comments on Cryonics for Space Cadet---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------116 COmments for Lee Bonnifield on Physics-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------118 Comments for Lee Bonnifield on Roger Penrose-------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------118 Comments for Brick Pillow on Nukes-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------118 Comments for Brick Pillow--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------119 Index by Byline------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------120 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ ___ _ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | | / | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ | _|__ ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 26 January 1991 ******************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #172): 15 MARCH 1991 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************* ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents, Publication Date, and Deadline for Next Issue-----------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Lee Bonnifield on Fractals------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Bob Black on Nukes, and on Minarchy---------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for James Philip Ian on Michael Milken----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for for Oren C. Webster on Time and Momentum----------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for for Oren C. Webster on Quantum Mechanics----------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Ken on Morals, on Physics, and in General---------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Ken on Social Organization------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Thomas Chan on Movies, and on Sicence Fiction-----------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Brick Pillow on Anarchy---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Abigail Bosworth on "Claustrophobia"--------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Roger Young on Conspiracy Theories----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Earl Meyer on Practical Epistemology--------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Jim Stumm on Historical Freedom-------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Tom Palven, for John Yasunga, for Bob Black, and for Bob Shea-Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Rosie Scenario, for Chester, for Jim Lippard, & for Adrastia--Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Pat Hartman, for Dante De Amicis and for Woody Welling--------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Read My Lies---------------------------------------------------------------George Bush, et al.-----8 Stop and Think-------------------------------------------------------------Brick & BarbWire Pillow-9 Erwin---------------------------------------------------------------------- Shirley--------------10 Standing on the Edge of Time-----------------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------11 Kennection III - Kittens in a Box------------------------------------------ Ken------------------14 Hey, What Have You Got in the Bag, Dad?------------------------------------Rosie "Scoop" Scenario-25 Bob's Hopeless Desert Classic----------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------26 Sanity's Last Stand--------------------------------------------------------Birck Pillow-----------27 I'm Not a Doctor, But I Play One on TV-------------------------------------Rosie Scenario---------41 Evolution and Entropy------------------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------43 Why I Am Not a Jew---------------------------------------------------------David Dvorkin----------44 Why I Am Not a Jew, submitted by-------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------44 Killer B's Triple Feature--------------------------------------------------Mark Voger-------------46 Killer B's Triple Feature, submitted by------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------46 Comments-------------------------------------------------------------------Tom Palvem-------------46 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------47 Just Replies---------------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------48 Book Review, "Paris in the Terror"-----------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------50 Comments to TC 170---------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----51 A Rational Health Care System----------------------------------------------L. Garland-------------56 Second Page of Last Issue's Submission-------------------------------------Ol' Sarge--------------57 Second Page of Last Issue's Submission-------------------------------------W. J. Fulks------------57 Second Page of Last Issue's Submission-------------------------------------Papa Joe---------------57 Interconnector Communication-----------------------------------------------David Manuel Sequeira--58 Manifesto------------------------------------------------------------------David Manuel Sequeira--60 Quotations from "Report from Iron Mountain," compiled by-------------------Len Flynn--------------63 Quotations from "Report from Iron Mountain," submitted by------------------Little Eva-------------63 Comments for TC 171--------------------------------------------------------Adam and Eva-----------64 Comments for TC 171--------------------------------------------------------Eva and Adam-----------64 Deep Ruts and Long Legs----------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------65 Comments for Connectors----------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------66 Comments for TC 171--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------68 Letter to T. P. and Lev----------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------70 Letter to T. P. and Lev, submitted by--------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------70 Letter to Lev, in Reply to Terry Inman-------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------70 Call for Letters----------------------------------------------------------- Anarchy Magazine-----70 Call for Letters, submitted by---------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------70 The Do-Gooders-------------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------71 The Wimpy Inquirer #22-----------------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------74 Mailing Comments on TC 170-------------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------75 Wall to Wall Woman #9------------------------------------------------------ Hippopotamus---------77 War! War! War!-------------------------------------------------------------James Philip Ian-------78 Comments About TC 170------------------------------------------------------George Kysor-----------84 Letter from Fred Foldvary--------------------------------------------------Fred Foldvary----------84 Letter from Fred Foldvary, submitted by------------------------------------George Kysor-----------84 Flinging Extravagances and Colossi Down Aeons of Emptiness-----------------Steve Witham-----------85 Women, Cryonics, Movies, Rights--------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------86 Space Cadet----------------------------------------------------------------Space Cadet------------87 The Great Cryonics Debate #1-----------------------------------------------Ben Best---------------89 Deb in Central Park--------------------------------------------------------E. Dope----------------94 FFRF: Not for Freethinkers-------------------------------------------------Jim Lippard------------94 Guidelines for Nonviolence-------------------------------------------------Muammar Gandhi---------95 Cop Killers----------------------------------------------------------------Lunchwagon Davis-------96 Comments on TC #170--------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------98 The NICE Report------------------------------------------------------------Robert Hauser----------99 Disorganized Thoughts on the Future Applications of Biochemical Terrorism-- Unsigned-------------99 More Opinions--------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling---------106 Comments for Ben Best on Cryonics------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------107 Index by Byline------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------108 __ ___ _ __ _ __ ___ _ _ _ _ __ __ Zx 999 || / |_) |_ |_) |_ \ / | |_) /_\ |_) /_\ | _ |_ Zy 999 _|| / | |__ | \ |__ / \ | | \ | | | | | |__| |__ Zz 999 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | | / __| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ | |___ ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 16 March 1991 ******************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #173): 26 APRIL 1991 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************* ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents, Publication Date, and Deadline for Next Issue-----------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Bob Shea on "Rocky Horror"------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Warning: No Spellcheck-----------------------------------------------------Nathan Lynch------------3 Interconnector Communication-----------------------------------------------David Manuel Sequeira---4 Thru the Looking Glass, or, Awe Shucks-------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield----------5 Comments for TC 172--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven--------------8 Goodbye to TC (TC)--------------------------------------------------------- Adam-------------------8 War Prayer-----------------------------------------------------------------Mark Twain--------------8 War Prayer, submitted by---------------------------------------------------Sandy Grady-------------8 Why I Am Not a Plain Jain--------------------------------------------------Chris Casady & Harptones8 Why I Am Not a Plain Jain--------------------------------------------------Chris Casady & Harptones8 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young-------------9 Comments About TC 171, Et Cetera-------------------------------------------George Kysor-----------10 Evolution and Entropy (continued from TC 171)------------------------------John Yasunga-----------11 The Closeminded Inquirer---------------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------12 Private Property (Categories)----------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------13 Back to the Beginning (ad for photocopies of early Connections)------------Jim Stumm--------------14 Comments to TC 170---------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----16 The Wimpy Inquirer # [Gasp!] 23!: Mailing Comments on TC # 171-------------Bob Shea---------------19 Novus Ordo Seclorum--------------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------22 Vandals Take Down Ribbons, submitted by------------------------------------Bob Black--------------22 Vandals Take Down Ribbons--------------------------------------------------Jay Joschnowitz--------22 Wall to Wall Woman #10----------------------------------------------------- Hippopotamus----------24 Truth About US Involvement in Gulf Is Kept from the People-----------------Howard J. Erlich-------25 The Greater Glory of France------------------------------------------------Eva S.-----------------25 Addendumb, as by-----------------------------------------------------------James "Philip" Ian-----25 Addendumb, as by-----------------------------------------------------------Brick Pillow-----------25 Bob------------------------------------------------------------------------Edgar Allen Palven-----26 An Experiment in Pre-Reduction---------------------------------------------Earl Mayer-------------27 Cleared by U. S. Military Censors------------------------------------------Brick Pillow-----------28 Space Cadet----------------------------------------------------------------Space Cadet------------34 Economics, Libertines, Open Marriages, Genealogy, Reproduction, and...-----Terry Inman------------35 Reality is a Collective Hunch----------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------36 Comments for Connectors, and Conspiracy Theory No. 263---------------------Jackpine Savage--------37 Auntie Cassandra-----------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------38 Don't Look Back; 50,000 Iraqis May Be Gaining On You-----------------------Rosie(Nightm.) Scenario40 The Great Cryonics Debate #2: Mailing Comments Concerning TC171 for TC172--Ben Best---------------42 The Norman O. Brown School of Business-------------------------------------Steve Myers------------49 A Modest Proposal on Altruism----------------------------------------------John Horgan------------49 Letter to George Kysor-----------------------------------------------------Fred Foldvary----------49 Twisted Image--------------------------------------------------------------Ace Backwords----------50 Hi Folks!------------------------------------------------------------------Billy Joe Scumbag------50 Petition to the Congress of the United States of America------------------- Reform America Now!---51 We Had a Good War----------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------51 American Cryonics Society-------------------------------------------------- American Cryonics Soci53 Immortalist Society-------------------------------------------------------- Immortalist Society---54 Cryonics Institute--------------------------------------------------------- Cryonics Institute----54 Psi, MLK2, Azscam----------------------------------------------------------Jim Lippard------------55 Twenty Centuries of Stony Sleep--------------------------------------------Jeff Schneier----------56 Same Old Stuff-------------------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------56 Comments on #171-----------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------58 The Heritage Times V I No. 1: Hello All!!!---------------------------------Mike Heritage----------59 Papa Joe's a Grandpa Now---------------------------------------------------W. Joe Fulks-----------62 Papa Joe's a Grandpa Now---------------------------------------------------Papa Joe---------------62 Ad Hoc Connection---------------------------------------------------------- Adrastia--------------62 Eco-Phobia-----------------------------------------------------------------J. Page----------------64 Further Comments for Nathan Lynch on Race----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------66 Written Early, Typed Late--------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------67 Erwin, Brick, All---------------------------------------------------------- Shirley---------------69 Chanterelles and "Oyster Mushrooms"----------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------70 Good Evening; This is James Philip Ian Reporting from Washington-----------James Phillip Ian------72 Bedtime for Rothbard-------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------74 Jackass of the Month and Comments on TC #171-------------------------------James Phillip Ian------81 Comments for Bob Shea------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------84 Comments for Thomas Chan on "The Wind and the Lion"------------------------Filthy Pierre----------85 Comments for Steve Witham on Machype, and for Space Cadet on Cryonics------Filthy Pierre----------85 Comments for Dante DeAmicis on a Computer BBS as a Medium for TheConnectionFilthy Pierre----------87 Comments for Bob Black, Howard J. Erlich, and for Lee Bonnifield on Race---Filthy Pierre----------88 Comments for John Horgan on Simon on Altruism,& for Mike Heritage and Ken--Filthy Pierre----------88 Comments for Brick Pillow on the Gulf War, and on Proprietary Communities--Filthy Pierre----------89 Comments for Brick Pillow on Land,& Lexicographical Notes for Brick Pillow-Filthy Pierre----------89 Comments for Brick Pillow on Nukes and on Amoralism------------------------Filthy Pierre----------90 Comments for Timothy E. Peterman on Government, on Banking, and in General-Filthy Pierre----------90 Comments for David Sequeira on Primate Sexuality---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------90 Comments for Jackpine Savage on Proprietary Communities,& on my School Bus-Filthy Pierre----------91 Comments for Jackpine Savage, Tom Palven, Allen Thornton and John Yasunga--Filthy Pierre----------92 Comments for Billy Joe Scumbag,Rosie Scenario,&for David Dvorkin on AtheismFilthy Pierre----------92 Comments for Fred Foldvary on Purposiveness,& Steve Witham on Big DatabasesFilthy Pierre----------92 Comments for Lee Bonnifield on Physics-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------92 Comments for Lee Bonnifield on Macroeconomics------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------93 Comments for John Yasunga, and for Roger Young on Finance------------------Filthy Pierre----------93 Comments for Adrastia, and for Ben Best on Financing Cryonics--------------Filthy Pierre----------94 Comments for Fred Foldvary on Land-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------94 Comments for Steve Myers, Papa Joe, and for Woody Welling on the Gulf War--Filthy Pierre----------95 Comments for Nathan Lynch on Race, and Terry Inman on Macroeconomics-------Filthy Pierre----------95 Comments for Rosie Scenario on WW2 Battleships, and on European Gardens----Filthy Pierre----------95 Index by Byline------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------96 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | | / __| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ | ___| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 28 April 1991 ***************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #174): 7 JUNE 1991 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ***************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Jim Stumm on Occam--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 New Title: Monetary Freedom------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm---------------3 Comments for TC 173--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven--------------4 Report from England--------------------------------------------------------Clive Cassady-----------6 Bye------------------------------------------------------------------------Little Eva--------------6 Commentary-----------------------------------------------------------------Irv Pollack-------------7 Jim Baker on Bluejays------------------------------------------------------Samuel L. Clemens-------8 Things to Think About------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman-----9 Comments to TC 172---------------------------------------------------------T. E. Peterman---------13 Whole in One, Part Too-----------------------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------14 Putting the CRIMINAL Back Into Criminal Justice----------------------------Bob Black--------------15 Don't Shoot, I'm Only the Solitaire Player---------------------------------Steve Witham-----------16 In Your Face!--------------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------17 Unrevealed Intellectual Property-------------------------------------------John E. Kreznar--------23 Wall to Wall Woman #11----------------------------------------------------- Hippopotamus---------24 Chan - o - rama------------------------------------------------------------Thomas Chan------------25 Replies to TC172-----------------------------------------------------------Jim Lippard------------27 Spartapuss----------------------------------------------------------------- Rooum----------------28 Letter from----------------------------------------------------------------Fred Foldvary----------30 Letter from Fred Foldvary, submitted by------------------------------------George Kysor-----------30 Reply to Fred Foldvary-----------------------------------------------------George Kysor-----------30 Complete Vindication for---------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------31 Don't Cry for Me, Palookaville---------------------------------------------Rosie Scenario---------32 Cryonics, Evolution and Much Much More...----------------------------------John Yasunga-----------33 Postscript-----------------------------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------35 Sex, Life & Anthropology---------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------36 More Responses/Nothing Original--------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------37 Closing Remarks------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------38 The Chester Chart VI-------------------------------------------------------Chester Smith----------39 Obscure Literature Search, Sociobiology, Occam and More--------------------Earl Mayer-------------40 The Wimpy Inquirer #24-----------------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------41 Standard Deviation---------------------------------------------------------Nathan Lynch-----------43 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------44 Kennection III - Complaint Department-------------------------------------- Ken------------------45 BPIRFMABTL-----------------------------------------------------------------Brick Pillow-----------46 Ad for Twisted Image-------------------------------------------------------Ace Backwords----------77 The NICE Report------------------------------------------------------------Robert Hauser----------78 Two Milligrams' Worth------------------------------------------------------Red Wood---------------79 The Great Cryonics Debate #3: Mailing Comments Concerning TC172 for TC173--Ben Best---------------83 Space Cadet----------------------------------------------------------------Space Cadet------------89 Space Cadet----------------------------------------------------------------Brett Bellmore---------89 Comments for Allen Thornton on Relativity----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------90 Help with Your Income Tax--------------------------------------------------Joe Newby--------------91 Highway 91, Revisited------------------------------------------------------Gary Turchin-----------91 War is Peace---------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------92 Comments for Ben Best on Quantum Mechanics---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------94 Comments for Ben Best on Cryonics------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------95 Comments for Space Cadet on Cryonics---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------96 For Paperwork Reduction Act Notice, See Separate Instructions--------------Laura Stewart----------97 Comments for Connector from------------------------------------------------ Shirly---------------98 Comments for Bob Shea------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------100 Comments for Roger Young---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------100 Comments for Red Wood on Hargis Transfer Orders----------------------------Filthy Pierre---------100 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ ___ _ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | | / / | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | |__| | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ | | ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 9 June 1991 ****************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #175): 21 JULY 1991 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ****************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Eric Geislinger on Cryonics-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Adventures in Typing-------------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis----------3 Comments for John Yasunga on Science and the Layman------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Brick Pillow and Bob Shea on Ideal Societies------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------George Kysor------------5 Natural Outlaw-------------------------------------------------------------John Yasunga------------6 Two Millgrams' Worth-------------------------------------------------------Red Wood----------------7 Birth of Agriculture-------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm---------------8 Property Without Government------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------10 Confused and Reluctant-----------------------------------------------------Little Eva-------------12 Confused and Reluctant----------------------------------------------------- Little Eva------------12 Comments for TC 174--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------13 Chan, Chan, the Movie Man--------------------------------------------------Thomas Chan------------14 Vectors #9-----------------------------------------------------------------Thomas M. Terashima----15 Verdict on Factsheet Five--------------------------------------------------Gerry Reith------------17 Verdict on Factsheet Five, by Gerry Reith, submitted by--------------------Bob Black--------------17 Bob Black Sez--------------------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------18 The Great Cryonics Debate #4-----------------------------------------------Ben Best---------------19 The Wimpy Inquirer #25-----------------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------28 Animal Rights Libertarianism-----------------------------------------------Joseph Armour----------30 Animal Rights Libertarianism, by Joseph Armour, submitted by---------------Earl Mayer-------------30 Case for Animal Rights-----------------------------------------------------Earl Mayer-------------30 Recreational Angst---------------------------------------------------------Nathan Lynch-----------31 Hello Yellow Brick Road (Farewell TC Credibility)--------------------------Nathan Lynch-----------32 Legalizing Drugs Can Remove Drug-Violence----------------------------------Jamie Rulli------------32 Legalizing Drugs Can Remove Drug-Violence, by Jamie Rulli, submited by-----Nathan Lynch-----------32 A New Proprietary Community to Go Public-----------------------------------Roger Young------------33 Wall to Wall Woman #12----------------------------------------------------- Hippopotamus----------34 Whining About APA Abuse----------------------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------35 More from Lee Bonnifield's Imagination-------------------------------------Brick Pillow-----------38 More from Lee Bonnifield's Imagination------------------------------------- Brick Pillow----------38 Sex Is Like Orange Juice---------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------44 Space Cadet----------------------------------------------------------------Space Cadet------------45 Space Cadet---------------------------------------------------------------- Space Cadet-----------45 Denver qua Gilligan: Next Stop Angst Junction------------------------------Rosie Scenario---------48 Kennection IIIII: No Damn Cat, No Damn Cradle------------------------------ Ken-------------------50 Untitled (?) Drawing-------------------------------------------------------e. dope----------------55 Sheathe Me Then Pleathe Me-------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------55 Sheathe Me Then Pleathe Me------------------------------------------------- Jackpine Savage-------55 Comments on #172 and #173--------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------56 Heritage Times, Simplified!------------------------------------------------Mike Heritage----------57 TC #174-------------------------------------------------------------------- Shirly----------------60 Comments to TC 173---------------------------------------------------------Timothy Edward Peterman63 Good Evening, This Is James Philip Ian Reporting from Washington-----------James Philip Ian-------63 Hall of Shame--------------------------------------------------------------James Philip Ian-------64 Comments on TC #173--------------------------------------------------------James Philip Ian-------65 Keeee-ryest, Filthy!-------------------------------------------------------Eric Geislinger--------67 Why I Am Not a Cryonicist-------------------------------------------------- Adrastia--------------67 Adrastia Blathers On------------------------------------------------------- Adrastia--------------69 We Are Number One----------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------73 Review of "Bryant's Law and Other Broadsides"------------------------------Jim Lippard------------75 Comments for Shirly on Conspiracy Theory-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Ben Best on the Mechanics of The Connection (TC)--------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Ben Best on Quantum Mechanics and the Mind--------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Ben Best on the Loss of Information in Cryonic Processing-----Filthy Pierre----------77 Contemporary Cryonics vs. Early Home Computers-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments on the May 1991 Issue of Cryonics Magazine------------------------Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments for Ben Best and Space Cadet on Alcor Demographics----------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Space Cadet on Financing Cryonics-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Adrastia on the Mechanics of The Connection (TC)--------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Adrastia on the Post-Nuclear-Proliferation (PNP) Scenario-----Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Jim Stumm on Agriculture--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Little Eva on Advertising The Connection (TC)-----------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Thomas M. Terashima on "Slam"---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Ben Best on Cryonics and Standards of Proof-------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Ben Best on Social Aspects of Cryonics------------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Ben Best on Cryonics and Asian Culture------------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Bob Shea on the Mechanics of The Connection (TC)--------------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Earl Mayer on Animal Rights-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Roger Young on Money and Power--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Lee Bonnifield on Multiple Personalities in The Connection(TC)Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Lee Bonnifield on Image Compression---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Terry Inman on the Reproduction of The Connection (TC)--------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Rosie Scenario on Dyeing Shoes--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Ken on The Connection (TC) References-------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Ken on Compound Percentages-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | | / |__ | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ | ___| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 28 July 1991 ********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #176): 6 SEPTEMBER 1991 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for John Yasunga on Evolution-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Interracial Bussing Can Be Fun---------------------------------------------Brick Pillow------------3 Comments for Bob Shea on Ideal Societies-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------24 Mushroom Lesson: Giant Puffball (Calvatia gigantea)------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------25 Cryptogram-----------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------25 Comments on #172-----------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------25 Comments on #173-----------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------25 Comments on #174-----------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------26 Restaurants and Entertainment, submitted by--------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------27 Quitter Wins, submitted by-------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------27 Interview with Spike Lee, submitted by-------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------27 Restaurants and Entertainment----------------------------------------------Judi Bari--------------27 Quitter Wins---------------------------------------------------------------Otto de Lea------------27 Interview with Spike Lee---------------------------------------------------Spike Lee--------------27 Wall to Wall Woman #13-----------------------------------------------------Hippopotamus-----------28 APAtharian Inaction--------------------------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------29 The Archaeology of Ignorance-----------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------30 Paradigms and Paedophiles--------------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------31 Ask the Answer Man---------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------32 War Doesn't Make Dollars Flow----------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------33 Bush, Congress Choose Destructive Path-------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------33 The Power of the Mind------------------------------------------------------Earl Mayer-------------34 Fairness Toward Occident and Orient----------------------------------------Earl Mayer-------------34 Letter to Richard Ebeling--------------------------------------------------Earl Mayer-------------34 Minarchic Rules------------------------------------------------------------Earl Mayer-------------35 Relative Benefits of Moralism----------------------------------------------Earl Mayer-------------35 Politics-------------------------------------------------------------------Earl Mayer-------------35 De Medico Mario------------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------36 Comments on Land Ownership-------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------38 Comments on TC 172, TC 173 and TC 174--------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------40 Space Aliens Ate My Brain--------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------41 Who Rules America?---------------------------------------------------------National Vanguard------42 Who Rules America?---------------------------------------------------------National Vanguard------42 Jim and Dante Dialogue-----------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------43 Jim and Dante Dialogue-----------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------43 Jim and Dante Dialogue, submitted by---------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------43 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------45 Life Extension, Girls, My member, Child Consent and My Atheism-------------Terry Inman------------46 Economics, Politics and Trilaterals----------------------------------------Terry Inman------------47 Natural Lawyer-------------------------------------------------------------James Philipo Ian------48 Comments on TC #174--------------------------------------------------------James Philip Ian-------52 Food Addiction-------------------------------------------------------------Glenbeigh Hospitals----53 Food Addiction, submitted by-----------------------------------------------James Philip Ian-------53 The Great Cryonics Debate #5: Mailing Comments Concerning TC174 for TC 175-Ben Best---------------54 A Letter from Fred Foldvary------------------------------------------------Fred Foldvary----------61 A Letter from Fred Foldvary, submitted by----------------------------------George Kysor-----------61 Fred-----------------------------------------------------------------------George Kysor-----------61 The Wimpy Inquirer #26-----------------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------62 And Here-------------------------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------65 A Letter for Gerry Reith to Bob Black--------------------------------------Gerry Reith------------66 A Letter from Gerry Reith to Bob Black, submitted by-----------------------Bob Black--------------66 Any Questions?-------------------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------66 Comments to TC 174---------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----67 Victim Blames Health Offcials----------------------------------------------United Press internati-69 Victim Blames Health Offcials, submitted by--------------------------------Adrastia---------------69 I Apologize----------------------------------------------------------------Adrastia---------------69 I Am New-------------------------------------------------------------------Ernie------------------70 The Connection #175--------------------------------------------------------Shirly-----------------71 Nobel Prize Winner in Debate! (ad for ShareDebate International)-----------R. H. Martin, MA-------75 Nobel Prize Winner in Debate! (ad for ShareDebate International)-----------Applied Foresight, Inc-75 Twisted Image (ad)---------------------------------------------------------Ace Backwords----------76 Imagination and Ennui------------------------------------------------------J. Page----------------76 I Wasn't Planning----------------------------------------------------------Chester Smith----------79 Frefanzine Info, Etc.------------------------------------------------------Steve Myers------------79 Bryant Review--------------------------------------------------------------Jim Lippard------------79 Replies to TC174-----------------------------------------------------------Jim Lippard------------79 Marching Backwards---------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------80 Comments on #174-----------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------81 I Read a Book--------------------------------------------------------------Joe Newby--------------82 The Nice Report------------------------------------------------------------Robert Hauser----------83 Sunday, September 1st, 7 pm at the Marriott in Chicago (event ad)----------Donald Meinshausen-----84 Sunday, September 1st, 7 pm at the Marriott in Chicago (event ad)----------Kitty Kurth------------84 Hari-Kari-Gary-------------------------------------------------------------Gary Turchin-----------85 Highway 91 (continued from TC 173)-----------------------------------------Gary Turchin-----------85 Further Comments on Evolution, and General Comments, for John Yasunga------Filthy Pierre----------86 Comments for Ken on Returns in the Stock Market----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------86 Comments for Tom Donaldson on Cryonics-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------87 Furhter Comments for Tom Donaldson on Cryonics-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------87 Re-Thinking Cryonics-------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------88 Comments for Ben Best on Cryonics------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------89 Comments for Bob Shea on Paul Feyerabend-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------90 Comments for Bob Shea on the Mechanics of The Connection (TC)--------------Filthy Pierre----------90 Comments for Woody Welling-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------90 Comments on "Who Rules America?"-------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------90 Comments for Terry Inman on Conspiracy Theory------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------91 Comments for Allen Thornton on Relativity----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------91 Comments for Earl Mayer on Amoralism and Proprietary Communities (PCs)-----Filthy Pierre----------91 Comments for Roger Young on Ron Paul---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------91 Comments for Tom Palven----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------92 Comments for Adrastia------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------92 Comments for R. H. Martin on "ShareDebate"---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------92 Comments for Ernie---------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------92 Comments for Shirly on Conspiracies----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------92 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | | / |__ | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ | |__| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 8 September 1991 ********************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #177): 18 OCTOBER 1991 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************* ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 About The Connection-------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 The Policeman is Your Fiend------------------------------------------------Brick Pillow------------3 To: The Brick, Re: 175:7, Sex. Eric (complete text of submission)----------Eric Geislinger--------11 Comments for the Submitter of the "National Vanguard" Piece Last Time------Filthy Pierre----------11 Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------E. Dope----------------12 Comments for TC 176 from---------------------------------------------------Little Eva-------------13 Natural Morality-----------------------------------------------------------Ethan Allen------------13 Natural Morality, submitted by---------------------------------------------Little Eva-------------13 Preface ShrinkLit: William Strunk, Jr., and E. B. White--------------------Maurice Sagoff---------13 Preface ShrinkLit: William Strunk, Jr., and E. B. White, submitted by------Little Eva-------------13 Morally, Most Freethinkers Simply Use the Yardsticks of Reason and KindnessFreethought Today------13 Morally, Most Freethinkers Simply Use the Yardsticks..., submitted by------Little Eva-------------13 TC # 175-------------------------------------------------------------------Ernie------------------14 Winnie Mandela, Queerbashing and the Left----------------------------------BAD Brigade------------15 Winnie Mandela, Queerbashing and the Left----------------------------------Boston AD Brigade------15 Winnie Mandela, Queerbashing and the Left, submitted by--------------------Little Eva-------------15 OK, If I Say There's a God, Will It Rain?----------------------------------Rosie Scenario---------16 Repeal the RICO Act (or Kneecaps are Gonna Roll, Capische?)----------------Rosie Scenario---------18 Regarding TC175------------------------------------------------------------George Kysor-----------20 The Posthuman Touch--------------------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------21 The Historical Jesus-------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------23 Comments on TC 174 and 175-------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------23 The Wimpy Inquirer # 27----------------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------24 Maybe We Could Fix It with Some Superglue----------------------------------Allen Thornton---------26 As Eurocentric As I Wanna Be-----------------------------------------------Nathan Lynch-----------28 Life in Hell---------------------------------------------------------------Matt Groening----------29 Life in Hell, submitted by-------------------------------------------------Nathan Lynch-----------29 Last Letter to Brick Pillow------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------30 Look Out for Hurrican Bob!-------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------32 Processed Haughtiness------------------------------------------------------Neal Wilgus------------32 Processed Haughtiness, submitted by----------------------------------------Bob Black--------------32 Reply to "Processed Haughtiness"-------------------------------------------Fred Woodworth---------32 Reply to "Processed Haughtiness," submitted by-----------------------------Bob Black--------------32 The Penis Mightier Than the Sword------------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------33 Kennection IIIIIII - Cow Pies Among the Flowers----------------------------Ken--------------------36 If Washington Hears About This...------------------------------------------James Ostrowski--------46 If Washington Hears About This..., submitted by----------------------------Ken--------------------46 Good Humor Man-------------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------47 Spotlight on the Spotlight-------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------49 The Spotlight (photo)------------------------------------------------------The Spotlight----------53 The Spotlight (photo), submitted by----------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------53 The Spotlight (photo)------------------------------------------------------The Spotlight----------54 The Spotlight (photo), submitted by----------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------54 Populist Committee Officially Launched-------------------------------------Michael Collins Piper--54 Populist Committee Officially Launched, submitted by-----------------------James Phillip Ian------54 Comments on TC #175--------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------54 The Great Cryonics Debate #6-----------------------------------------------Ben Best---------------56 A Circumpolar State?-------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----62 Ideas on Education---------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------64 Replies to TC175-----------------------------------------------------------Jim Lippard------------66 Response Page--------------------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------67 The Unifon Alphabet--------------------------------------------------------Unifon Press-----------68 The Unifon Alphabet, submitted by------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------68 Papa Joe Pops Off----------------------------------------------------------Papa Joe---------------68 The Connection - #176------------------------------------------------------Shirly-----------------70 Snyder Returns-------------------------------------------------------------Richard A. Snyder------73 Exchange Justice vs.RedistributiveJustice w/Respect to Conserving ResourcesRichard A. Snyder------74 Replies to TC 175----------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------75 The Scumbag Resurfaces! Fetch the Harpoon!---------------------------------Billy Joe Scumbag------77 "Some Kind of Anarchy"-----------------------------------------------------Wanda S. Duck----------77 The Grateful Deadwood, or Where's the Rotten Beef?-------------------------Deadwood Dick----------78 Fred Foldvary--------------------------------------------------------------Fred Foldvary----------79 Letter to the Editor-------------------------------------------------------Walt Karwicki----------80 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------80 Comments for Ben Best on Cryonics------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------84 Comments for Tom Donaldson on Cryonics-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------84 __ || __ __ ___ __ __ ___ ||--------. za-------------------84 | /__\ | | |__) |__ |\ | |__| | | | | (__ |__------------. zb-------------------84 |__ * | | * |__| | |___ | \| | | |__| |__| ___) |___-----------. zc-------------------84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------. zd-------------------84 __ ___ ___ __ __ __ ___ ___ __--------------. ze-------------------84 (__ |__ |__ |__) /__\ | _ |__ | \ / | |-------------. zf-------------------84 ___) |___ |___ | | | |__| |___ | \/\/ |__|-------------. zg-------------------84 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | | / | / | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ | | ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 26 October 1991 ********************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #178): 6 DECEMBER 1991 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************* ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 My Policy on Trimming Submissions to "The Connection" (TC)-----------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Report "LA Freedom '91" and the LA "The Connection" Open House-------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Talking Turkey-------------------------------------------------------------Brick Pillow------------3 Talking Turkey-------------------------------------------------------------Fat Fool----------------3 Daddy D--------------------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------13 Why I'm a Minarchist-------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------15 Red Wood's Two Milligrams Worth--------------------------------------------Red Wood---------------16 War Is Only a Symptom; Statism Is the Disease; Secede; US Out of CaliforniaRed Wood---------------20 Yawn!----------------------------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------21 Mike Hoy: A Letter to Bob Black--------------------------------------------Mike Hoy---------------21 Mike Hoy: A Letter to Bob Black, submitted by------------------------------Bob Black--------------21 30th Contribution----------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------22 The Peaceful Dissolution of the Soviet Union and Its Communist Party-------George Kysor-----------23 Eye-Catching Buttocks Instantly--------------------------------------------Rush Industries--------24 Sex------------------------------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------25 All the World's a Stage -- Even @kron--------------------------------------Wanda Duck-------------27 Yeltsin Schmeltsin: What About Moose and Squirrel?-------------------------Natasha Fatale---------28 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------30 The Wimpy Inquirer #28-----------------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------31 Comments for 175-----------------------------------------------------------Adrastia---------------33 Dead Driver Failed 11 Times Before Crash, submitted by---------------------Adrastia---------------37 Brain Delegates Have Questions, Limited Answers----------------------------Bob Bull---------------40 Brain Delegates Have Questions, Limited Answers, submitted by--------------Adrastia---------------40 Cocaine Abuse Cited As Cause of Brain Change, submitted by-----------------Adrastia---------------40 Kennection IIIIIIII - I'll Just Hit and Run, Thanks------------------------Ken--------------------41 The Other Side of Adam Smith-----------------------------------------------William B. Irvine------43 Comments on TC 176---------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----44 Letter to Ron Paul---------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----44 The Big Bang Started It -- I'm Just Retaliating----------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------45 Sesame Street News---------------------------------------------------------Ernie------------------50 The Great Cryonics Debate #7-----------------------------------------------Ben Best---------------51 Cryptogram-----------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------57 Mushroom Lesson------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------57 Comments for Filthy Pierre-------------------------------------------------Ace Backwords----------58 Clarence Thomas and the U. S. Senate: A Consideration----------------------James Phillip Ian------59 The Connection - #177------------------------------------------------------Shirly-----------------63 80% Are Never Charged,Though Modest Homes,Cars,Businesses & Cash Are Taken-Andrew Schneider-------67 80% Are Never Charged,Though Modest Homes,Cars,Businesses & Cash Are Taken-Mary Pat Flaherty------67 80% Are Never Charged, Though Modest Homes,Cars,Businesses..., submited by-Billy Joe Scumbag------67 Comments on and to the Universe at Large-----------------------------------Spike Mordant----------67 Replies to TC176-----------------------------------------------------------Jim Lippard------------71 Letter to George Kysor-----------------------------------------------------Fred Foldvary----------72 In Your Issue #175---------------------------------------------------------Walt Karwicki II-------74 Absolutely Nothing About Cryonics------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------75 Democrats for Libertarian Principles---------------------------------------LeGrand E. Day---------76 Wussup!--------------------------------------------------------------------Rev. Turk--------------76 From Alternative Sources---------------------------------------------------Woddy Welling----------77 Technotranscendence Now!!!-------------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------80 Postscript-----------------------------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------81 Comments for Mike Hoy------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------82 Comments for Ben Best on Technical Issues in Cryonics----------------------Filthy Pierre----------82 Comments for Ben Best on Decision-Making Issues in Cryonics----------------Filthy Pierre----------82 Comments for Ben Best on Social Issues in Cryonics-------------------------Filthy Pierre----------83 Comments for Ben Best on Financial Issues in Cryonics----------------------Filthy Pierre----------83 Comments for Brick Pillow on Military Oaths--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------83 Comments for John Yasunga on Evolution-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------83 Comments for Bob Shea on Ideal Societies, and on APAs----------------------Filthy Pierre----------84 Comments for Richard A. Snyder, Roger Young & Shirly on Conspiracy TheoriesFilthy Pierre----------84 Comments for Fred Foldvary on Land-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------84 Comments for Walt Karwicki II on Land--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------84 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ ___ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | | / |__| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ | |__| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 14 December 1991 ********************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #179): 24 JANUARY 1992 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************* ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Red Wood on Force vs. Fraud-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Laissez Fairy Tales--------------------------------------------------------Fat Fool----------------3 Fair is Foul and Foul is Fair...-------------------------------------------Wanda S. Duck-----------4 Unsettling Old Scores------------------------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield----------6 Letter on "Quantum Pinball"------------------------------------------------Leonard Mandel---------11 Letter on "Quantum Pinball," submitted by----------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------11 Brownian Motion------------------------------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------11 The Jackson-Hoy Memorial Lecture-------------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------11 Comments to TC 177---------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----12 Comments for Lee Bonnifield on Quantum Mechanical Paradoxes----------------Filthy Pierre----------13 Jury Rights Day------------------------------------------------------------Richard A. Snyder------14 Replies to TC 177----------------------------------------------------------Richard A. Snyder------14 Cobalt 60------------------------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------15 Comments for Lee Bonnifield on the Parallel-Worlds Interpretation of QM----Filthy Pierre----------16 Moving in Clades-----------------------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------18 'Scuse Me Jumping In Here--------------------------------------------------Pacotheus--------------19 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------20 The Wimpy Inquirer---------------------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------21 Space Cadet----------------------------------------------------------------Space Cadet------------23 Let's Ask Sen. Howell Heflin (D-Ala.)--------------------------------------Rosie Scenario---------26 For Palven: Against Ethics-------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------28 Kennection IIIIIIIII-------------------------------------------------------Ken--------------------31 Stardust-------------------------------------------------------------------Stardust---------------31 The Fallacy that General Affluence is the Result of Free Trade-------------George Kysor-----------32 Re TC177-------------------------------------------------------------------George Kysor-----------32 Tom Valentine's Talk Forum (continued from TC177)--------------------------George Kysor-----------32 FDA Attacks the Life Extension Foundation----------------------------------Ben Best---------------33 Comments for James Phillip Ian on Clarence Thomas--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------34 Comments for Spike Mordant on "The Connection" (TC) References-------------Filthy Pierre----------34 Speak Up...Before the FDA Seizes YOUR VITAMINS!----------------------------Life Extension Report--35 Comments for Jim Lippard, Spike Mordant and Bob Shea on Kids' "Rights"-----Filthy Pierre----------36 Ladies' Men----------------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------36 Erratum--------------------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------39 Comments on TC #177--------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------39 Comments for Ben Best on Indeterminacy in Human Action---------------------Filthy Pierre----------40 The Great Cryonics Debate #8-----------------------------------------------Ben Best---------------41 Letter to the Editor-------------------------------------------------------Anderson Valley Advert-48 Growing Up and Facing Life Over the Hill-----------------------------------Terry Inman------------50 The Anarcho-Minarchist-----------------------------------------------------Fred Foldvary----------51 A Defense of the Freedom to be Left Alone----------------------------------BAD Brigade------------52 WLS 178--------------------------------------------------------------------Little Eva-------------53 Citizenship by Example-----------------------------------------------------Betty Kraemer----------54 Citizenship by Example, submitted by---------------------------------------Little Eva-------------54 Liberty or Death-----------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------55 Comments for #176----------------------------------------------------------Adrastia---------------56 Man the Lampoons, the Ad Hominum Resurfaces--------------------------------Adrastia---------------60 Companion Piece------------------------------------------------------------E. Dope----------------61 Treehouse Number Seven, Part One-------------------------------------------Joe Newby--------------61 Replies to TC177-----------------------------------------------------------Jim Lippard------------62 Some Notes from the Newest Connector---------------------------------------Amoz-------------------63 Rev. Turk------------------------------------------------------------------Rev. Turk--------------63 Liberty, an Elusive Goal---------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------64 Magic is HIV+--------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------67 Personals------------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------67 LA Freedom '91-------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------67 From-----------------------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------67 This is Ernie, Reporting from Sesame Street--------------------------------Ernie------------------68 The Connection - #178------------------------------------------------------Shirly-----------------69 This APA Sucks, I'll Tell You Why Some Other Time, Meanwhile...------------Bob Black--------------73 Connecting Again-----------------------------------------------------------Joe Fulks--------------73 Many Thanks for the Free Subscription--------------------------------------Walt Karwicki II-------75 Dear Pierre----------------------------------------------------------------James R. Collier-------76 Dear Pierre----------------------------------------------------------------Small-Town Hick--------76 The Need for Court Reform--------------------------------------------------Unsigned---------------79 Radio KAOS-----------------------------------------------------------------Spike Mordant----------80 Comments on the (Lack of) Security in "The Connection" (TC)----------------Filthy Pierre----------85 Comments for George Kysor on the Changes in the USSR-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------85 Letter to the Editor of "Technology Review" (to be published, they say)----Filthy Pierre----------85 Comments for Fred Foldvary on Geoism as a System---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------86 Comments for Fred Foldvary on Land-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------86 Comments for Fred Foldvary on Purposiveness--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------87 Comments on My Policy on Resolving Disputes About the Administration of TC-Filthy Pierre----------87 Comments on Cryonics Magazine----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------87 Comments for Brick Pillow--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------88 Comments for Red Wood------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------88 Comments for Timothy E. Peterman on Gold-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------88 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ ___ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | | / |__| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ | __| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 26 January 1992 ****************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #180): 7 MARCH 1992 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ****************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Ben Best on Cryonics (re: Last Issue)-------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Notes on TC#178------------------------------------------------------------Pacotheus---------------3 Comments to TC 178, and A Letter to Mrs. McIntyre--------------------------T. E. Peterman----------4 This is Ernie, Reporting from Sesame Street--------------------------------Ernie-------------------6 This Is My Friend----------------------------------------------------------Shaggy------------------7 This Is My Friend Shaggy, submitted by-------------------------------------Ernie-------------------7 Elections in the Absence of an Opposition Press----------------------------Richard A. Snyder-------8 A Friend of Mine-----------------------------------------------------------Walt Karwicki II-------11 Farewell to Feyerabend-----------------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------12 For a Few Dollars More-----------------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------13 Why a Duck?----------------------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------14 The Great Cryonics Debate #9-----------------------------------------------Ben Best---------------15 Fat Fool-------------------------------------------------------------------Fat Fool---------------25 Ethics vs. Morals----------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------26 Long Live Anarcho-Minarchism!----------------------------------------------Fred Foldvary----------27 Who Killed JFK?------------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------28 For Sale (advertisements)--------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------29 Happy New Year: Comments for TC 179----------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------30 Itopia---------------------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------31 Two Milligram's Worth------------------------------------------------------Red Wood---------------34 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------36 Out of My Right Mind-------------------------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------37 Deadwood Sprouts-----------------------------------------------------------M. Anderson------------38 The U. S. Economy Is So Bad That the Mafia Had to Lay Off 2 Judges!--------George Kysor-----------39 Aw, Just Round Up the Usual Suspects---------------------------------------Rosie Scenario---------40 The Virtue of Inheritance and the Insanity of Strict Self-Reliance---------Terry Inman------------42 Sexualism & Aphrodisiacs---------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------42 Anthropology, Austrian Economics, Animal Rights? and Printing TC-----------Terry Inman------------43 Cryptogram, and Mushroom Lesson: Morchella Esculentia----------------------Abigail Bosworth-------44 The Wimpy Inquirer #30-----------------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------46 Moira, We Hardly Knew You: An Unfond Farewell to 1991----------------------James Phillip Ian------50 Papa Joe's Rambling Remarks------------------------------------------------Papa Joe Fulks---------54 Self Evident Truths--------------------------------------------------------Mister Frank-----------55 Self Evident Truths--------------------------------------------------------J. F. Helderman--------55 Self Evident Truths, submitted by------------------------------------------Papa Joe Fulks---------55 Comments for Ben Best on Cryonics (re: This Issue)-------------------------Filthy Pierre----------57 Two Hours L. A. Freedom '91 Panels (advertisement for video tape)----------Tad Davies-------------58 Editorial------------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------59 Clippings------------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------60 Peacott Lore---------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------61 Hartman Speaks-------------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------61 Available from the BAD Press Pamphlet Series-------------------------------BAD Brigade------------63 Available from the BAD Press Pamphlet Series-------------------------------Joe Peacott------------63 My Final Contribution After Six Years of Mostly Deadwood Status------------B. J. Scumbag----------63 Letter to the Editor of "Technology Review" as Actually Printed------------Filthy Pierre----------65 A 1947 Libertarian---------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------66 The Connection - #179------------------------------------------------------Shirly-----------------68 Comments on TC 177---------------------------------------------------------Jacob Klein------------71 Comments on TC 178---------------------------------------------------------Jacob Klein------------73 Me Again-------------------------------------------------------------------Small-Town Hick--------75 Comments for Ben Best on Trimming Submissions------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Ben Best on Finance-------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Ben Best on Quantum Mechanics---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Bob Shea on "Political Correctness"---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Space Cadet on Cryonics---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Space Cadet and Spike Mordant on War--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Allen Thornton on Relativity----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments for George Kysor on Conspiracy Theory-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments for Tad Davies on "The Connection" (TC) Finances------------------Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments for Little Eva----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Adrastia------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Bob Shea on Agnosticism---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Woody Welling on Anarcho-Syndicalism--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Shirly on the Gulf War----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Richard A. Snyder on Lawyers----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Pacotheus-----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Roger Young on Conspiracy Theory------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Space Cadet on "The Connection" (TC) Trimming Policy----------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Ben Best on Counterintuitive Physics--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Amoz----------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__| | | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ |__| |__| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 15 March 1992 ******************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #181): 24 APRIL 1992 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************* ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for John Yasunga on Quantum Mechanics-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Richard A. Snyder on Media and the Spread of Ideas------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Richard A. Snyder on the 1964 US Presidential Election--------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Fred Foldvary on Purposiveness--------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Fred Foldvary on Land-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Jacob Klein on the Hunter/Gatherer Lifestyle------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 On the Fallacy Inherent in the Fundamental Forms of PhilosophicalSkepticismJacob Klein-------------5 Dogmatism, or the Insurmountable Wrench in the Machineries of Joy----------Jacob Klein-------------6 On the Problem of a Mixed Economy------------------------------------------Jacob Klein-------------9 Comments on TC 179---------------------------------------------------------Jacob Klein------------12 The Purpose of Leading a Prudent Life: A Manifesto-------------------------Jacob Klein------------13 Bob Shea and Lee Bonnifield Plus More on Karl Popper-----------------------Jacob Klein------------16 Comments for Walt Karwicki II on Social Mobility---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------18 Comments for George Kysor--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------18 Comments for Pacotheus on Food and Drug Labeling---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------18 Comments for Tad Davies on Heterosexual AIDS in Africa---------------------Filthy Pierre----------18 Replies to TC179-----------------------------------------------------------Jim Lippard------------18 The Universe is a Free Lunch-----------------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------19 Comments on TC178 & TC179--------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------20 Greetings & Hello to All You TCers-----------------------------------------Dogstar----------------21 The Connection - # 180-----------------------------------------------------Shirly-----------------23 Comments for TC #178-------------------------------------------------------Rev. Turk--------------25 Hartman Speaks-------------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------26 The Right Wing Flaps On----------------------------------------------------Adrastia---------------27 Dear Erwin-----------------------------------------------------------------Laura Franklin Stewart-33 Willie's Bra Defense Won't Hold Up-----------------------------------------Amy Pagnozzi-----------34 Willie's Bra Defense Won't Hold Up, submitted by---------------------------Laura Franklin Stewart-34 Dear Brick-----------------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------35 The Anarcho-Minarchist-----------------------------------------------------Fredo Foldvario--------36 Did the Mainstream Press Report--------------------------------------------George Kysor-----------36 Did the Mainstream Press Report, submitted by------------------------------Fredo Foldvario--------36 Define or Be Defined II----------------------------------------------------Eva Struction----------37 Newspaper Clippings--------------------------------------------------------Various----------------38 Comments for Tom Palven on Ethics/Morals-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------39 Comments for Bob Shea on Child Sex Abuse-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------39 Comments for Timothy E. Peterman-------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------39 Comments for Roger Young on Making Money vs. Loving One's Work-------------Filthy Pierre----------39 Comments for Allen Thornton on Relativity----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------39 Comments for M.Anderson & Bob Shea on "The Connection" (TC) Policy DisputesFilthy Pierre----------39 Comments for Pat Hartman on Transportation---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------39 Teo Milligrams Worth -- Monday, 1992 February 10---------------------------Red Wood---------------40 Kennection IIIIIIIIII - Anarchy Rules!-------------------------------------Ken--------------------41 Kennection IIIIIIIIII - Anarchy Rules!-------------------------------------Stardust---------------41 Space Cadet----------------------------------------------------------------Space Cadet------------43 Technical Evaluation of Administration-------------------------------------Snakebite--------------48 The Collapse of Utopia-----------------------------------------------------Snakebite--------------49 Comments for Jacob Klein on Competing Governments--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 Comments for Jacob Klein on the Trilateralists-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 Comments for Jacob Klein on Scientific Method------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 Comments for Fat Foll on the Necessity of Nukes----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 Comments for Whoever Inquired About Tensor Lamps---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 Comments for B. J. Scumbag-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 Comments for James Phillip Ian on KGB War Crimes Evidence------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 Comments for Shirly--------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 Comments for Abigail Bosworth----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 A Tale of 3 Brothers-------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------51 For Sale-------------------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------51 Mayor Aardvark Quisling Welcome You to Lillehammer-------------------------Rosie Scenario---------52 Searching for the Lost Condiment-------------------------------------------Allen Thronton---------53 Quantum Schmantum----------------------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------54 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------55 Some of My Flames to the "Extropians"--------------------------------------Steve Witham-----------56 Fat Fool-------------------------------------------------------------------Fat Fool---------------57 Regarding TC179------------------------------------------------------------George Thomas Kysor----58 The Solution---------------------------------------------------------------Richard A. Snyder------59 Sometimes I Just Can't Think of a Problem----------------------------------Ernie------------------61 A Toe in the Water---------------------------------------------------------Thersites3-------------62 Announcing@ the Hyperlinked Connection-------------------------------------Lee Bonnifield---------63 Marriage, Religion, Life Extension-----------------------------------------Terry Inman------------65 The Wimpy Inquirer #31-----------------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------66 The Great Cryonics Debate #10----------------------------------------------Ben Best---------------67 In the Year 16 A. E. (After Elvis)-----------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------75 Government Explained Pt. 1-------------------------------------------------Small-Town Hick--------77 Truth and Understanding----------------------------------------------------King Bookreader--------78 Comments for TC 179--------------------------------------------------------Rev. Turk--------------79 Cat------------------------------------------------------------------------Unsigned---------------79 Comments to TC 179---------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----80 Individual Freedom,3rd Parties Left Out,Wards of the State,Land is Worth...Timothy E. Peterman----81 Who's Goingto Pay, Stifled by Laws, To Be Free, Only for Defense-----------Timothy E. Peterman----82 (178)----------------------------------------------------------------------Walt Karwicki II-------82 The Nice Report------------------------------------------------------------Robert Hauser----------83 Comments on T. C. 179------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------84 An Anarchist Defense of Pornography----------------------------------------BAD Brigade------------85 Return of the Living Deadwood----------------------------------------------Spike Mordant----------86 Notes on TC #179 -- 3/3/92-------------------------------------------------Pacotheus--------------91 Enter, Stage left: Laughing------------------------------------------------Wendell S. Douche------92 O Shea, Can You See?-------------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------93 Political Cube-------------------------------------------------------------Unsigned---------------94 Comments for Small-Town Hick on Socialism----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------94 Comments for Red Wood on Sealand-------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------94 Comments for Terry Inman on Printing "The Connection" (TC)-----------------Filthy Pierre----------94 Editorial------------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------95 Personals, A Great LA Freedon Tape, My Sermon to Another-------------------Tad Davies-------------96 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ _ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__| | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ |__| _|__ ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 24 April 1992 ***************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #182): 5 JUNE 1992 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ***************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Tad Davies on Libertarian Organizing--------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Tad Davies on Mobs, the Soviet Union, My Writings' Format-----Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Tad Davies on TC Economics, and Ben Best on Cryonics----------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Ben Best on Financing Cryonics--------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Ben Best on Cryonics and on Quantum Mechanics-----------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Shirly on Conspiracy Theory-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Space Cadet and Spike Mordant on Assassination----------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Space Cadet(Cryonics),Lippard(Skepticism),Merope,Welling------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for Dogstar,Hartman,Adrastia,Stewart,Kysor,Struction,Wood,Turk----Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Ken,Space Cadet,Snakebite(Utopia),Stumm,Thornton(Relativity)--Filthy Pierre----------11 Comments for Brick Pillow,Snyder(GNP,LP),Bonnifield,Ernie,Inman(Marriage)--Filthy Pierre----------12 Comments for Bob Shea,King Bookreader,Walt Karwicki,W.S.Douche,Bob Black---Filthy Pierre----------13 I Still Haven't Thought of a Title!----------------------------------------Ernie------------------13 A Few Short Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------Roger Young------------14 Replies to TC180-----------------------------------------------------------Richard A. Snyder------15 Editorial #1, Editorial #2, Editorial #3, Politics-------------------------Tad Davies-------------16 Personals------------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------17 Clippings, Beauties & Beasts, New Style, and Tape Promo--------------------Tad Davies-------------18 Responses, and For Sale----------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------19 The Divided States of America, and Libertarian Nevada----------------------Jim Stumm--------------20 La anarki-minarkiisto skribas ankaw, jes!----------------------------------Fred Foldvary----------21 Is It Weird in Here, or Is It Just Me?-------------------------------------Laura F. Stewart-------22 Silicon Romanticism--------------------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------23 Anarchist Fiction----------------------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------24 George Kysor's Replies to TC180, and Chuck Harder's Video Talk Show--------George Kysor-----------25 Tom Valentine's Radio Talk Forum-------------------------------------------George Kysor-----------25 Deadwood Blossoms Only Between Quarters------------------------------------M. Anderson------------26 The Sovereign--------------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------28 Not!-----------------------------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------30 A Toe in the Water (Con't)-------------------------------------------------Thersites3-------------31 Submission to TC 181-------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------32 Yo!------------------------------------------------------------------------Stardust---------------33 Yo!------------------------------------------------------------------------Tiana------------------33 Comments for 179-----------------------------------------------------------Adrastia---------------34 And the Voice of the Marshmallow Chickie is Heard in Our Land--------------Rosie Scenario---------39 Kennection IIIIIIIIIII - The Gadfly Molts----------------------------------Ken--------------------41 The Great Cryonics Debate #11 -- Mailing Comments on TC180 for TC181-------Ben Best---------------55 Notes on TC$180------------------------------------------------------------Pacotheus--------------62 The Wimpy Inquirer #32-----------------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------63 Hartman Speaks-------------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------64 Quotation on Self-Sufficient Order-----------------------------------------Eric H. Erikson--------66 Quotation on Self-Sufficient Order, submitted by---------------------------Pat Hartman------------66 Government Free Zone-------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------66 Replies to TC180-----------------------------------------------------------Jim Lippard------------66 Letter to the Editor-------------------------------------------------------Jim Lippard------------67 King George I v. Sir Patrick, the Errant Duke------------------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----67 Back to Reality------------------------------------------------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----68 Comments to TC 180---------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----69 Deedra Merope--------------------------------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------69 Two Milligrams Worth-------------------------------------------------------Red Wood---------------70 Rev. Turk------------------------------------------------------------------Rev. Turk--------------71 Rev. Turk------------------------------------------------------------------Rev. Turk--------------71 Comments on TC 180---------------------------------------------------------Jacob Klein------------72 Voluntary Simplicity Revisited---------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------72 Bush's New World Order - "Hand Over Your Valuables!"-----------------------James R. Collier-------73 The Connection - #181------------------------------------------------------Shirly-----------------75 IMHO, Just the Facts-------------------------------------------------------Spike Mordant----------78 Comments for John Yasunga on Popper and the Uncertainty Principle----------Filthy Pierre----------84 Comments for Tad Davies on Politics, and for Richard A. Snyder on Media----Filthy Pierre----------85 Comments for Snyder on Oil, and for Davies on Campaigns and TC Growth------Filthy Pierre----------86 Comments for Davies on "Human Nature," on the Bourgeoisie, and in General--Filthy Pierre----------87 My Honor-------------------------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------88 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__| __| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ |__| |___ ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 7 June 1992 ****************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #183): 17 JULY 1992 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ****************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Walt Karwicki on European Jews, and for Jim Stumm on JFK------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for George Kysor on the former USSR, and for John Yasunga---------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for M. Anderson on Austrian Economics-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Thersites? on Weapons, & for Tom Palven, Stardust and Tiana---Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Adrastia on Books and Drugs, and on Anarchy and States--------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Adrastia on Kiddie Porn,&for Ken on Free Will & Determinism---Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Ken on Identity, and in General-------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Ben Best on Cryonics, and for Bob Shea and Woody Welling------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments Timothy E. Peterman on Race, & for Deedra Merope on Relativity----Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Red Wood on State vs. Private Force---------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Jacob Klein on Popper,& for Mary Susan Bein on APA Language---Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Spike Mordant on Might and Right, and for James R. Collier----Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for Terry Inman on Macroeconomics, & for Shirly on Means & Ends---Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for Feed Foldvary on Animal Rights, on Land, and in General-------Filthy Pierre----------10 The Great Cryonics Debate #12----------------------------------------------Ben Best---------------11 Cryptogram for #182, Mushroom Lesson, and Mushroom Recap Four--------------Abigail Bosworth-------19 Errata in 179, Comments on 179, and Comments on #180-----------------------Abigail Bosworth-------19 General Comments, and Comments on 181--------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------20 What? Me Jury?-------------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------21 Comments on TC-------------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------27 So Long It's Been Good to Know Ya------------------------------------------Wanda S. Duck----------28 Staggering to the Grave----------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------29 I Don't Appreciate Being Called a Ghoul; Tell Her That---------------------Rosie Scenario---------31 Comments for TC 182, Political Observation and The Winds of War------------Timothy E. Peterman----33 The Wimpy Inquirer #33-----------------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------34 A Lot Is News on Sesame Street, and Replies--------------------------------Ernie------------------35 Yo, People!!!--------------------------------------------------------------Stardust---------------36 When You Can't Pronounce Alzheimers, You've Got It-------------------------George Kysor-----------37 Found -- At Last!! The Key to Riches in My Junk Mail!!!--------------------Roger Young------------38 Beware the Ides of May-----------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------39 Splash!--------------------------------------------------------------------Thersites?-------------40 The Star Stud--------------------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------41 For TC-182-----------------------------------------------------------------Merilee Stoerm---------43 Rock, Paper, Scissors: Comments on 180-------------------------------------Adrastia---------------45 What if Police Were Right?-------------------------------------------------Jeani Read-------------47 What if Police Were Right?, submitted by-----------------------------------Adrastia---------------47 Better Lett Than Never-----------------------------------------------------Dr. Fred Foldvary------48 On Uplifting---------------------------------------------------------------Innovator--------------49 Missed the Last Deadline---------------------------------------------------Walt Karwicki II-------50 Sam Kinnison RIP: Comments for TC 182--------------------------------------Eva Dee----------------51 Two Milligram's Worth------------------------------------------------------Red Wood---------------52 Reshaping Up---------------------------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------57 Hey Ken!-------------------------------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------58 Kennection IIIIIIIIIIII -- Hint and Runt Connecting------------------------Ken--------------------59 Anarchocapitalism----------------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------60 Editorial #1, Editorial #2, Questionnaire, and Personals-------------------Tad Davies-------------61 Clippings------------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------64 Zine View, and New Look, and Excerpts from a Letter to Brick Pillow--------Tad Davies-------------65 Notes on TC#181------------------------------------------------------------Pacotheus--------------66 Lawlessness Stems from Too Many Laws---------------------------------------Lawrence Grey----------67 Lawlessness Stems from Too Many Laws, submitted by-------------------------Nathan Lynch-----------67 Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------Dogstar----------------67 Anarchism and Civility: BAD Broadside #6-----------------------------------BAD Brigade------------68 Huh?-----------------------------------------------------------------------Spike Mordant----------69 Replies to TC181-----------------------------------------------------------Jim Lippard------------70 The Truth Wilkl Triumph Over Lies, Part 1----------------------------------Richard A. Snyder------71 Replies to TC181, Part 1---------------------------------------------------Richard A. Snyder------72 Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------73 Hartman Speaks-------------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------76 Opinons--------------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------77 The Recession, Our National Object of Hate, Ross Perot, Replies to TC181---Woody Welling----------79 Slick Willie '92-----------------------------------------------------------Snakebite--------------80 Socialist at Large -- Give the Poor Guns-----------------------------------Deedra Merope----------80 Further Comments on T(L)C 179 and 180--------------------------------------SPC Jacob Klein--------82 Excerpt from "The Summa Theologica:" The Existence of God------------------St. Thomas Acquinas----89 Excerpt from "The Summa Theologica:" The Existence of God, submitted by----SPC Jacob Klein--------89 Comments for Fred Foldvary on Human Nature, and for Eva Dee on "Society"---Filthy Pierre----------90 Comments for Snakebite, and for Innovator----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------90 Comments for Brick Pillow on RSVP #1,& Red Wood on Competing Governments---Filthy Pierre----------91 Comments for Deedra Merope on "Giving Up Your Youth,"& Red Wood on Banks---Filthy Pierre----------92 Comments for George Kysor on"The Spotlight,"& Deedra Merope on Socialism---Filthy Pierre----------92 Comments for Yasunga on Erudition vs.Understanding,& Panarchy References---Filthy Pierre----------92 Comments for Jacob Klein on "The Summa Theologica" of Thomas Acquinas------Filthy Pierre----------93 Comments for Tad Davies on TC Mechanics and Style, and on Leadership-------Filthy Pierre----------94 Comments for Richard A. Snyder on Nature vs. Nurture-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------95 Comments for Richard A. Snyder on the LP, & for Pacotheus on C. S. Lewis---Filthy Pierre----------96 Comments for Allen Thornton on Life Extension,&T.E.Peterman on Computers---Filthy Pierre----------96 Comments for Peterman on Ross Perot, and Spike Mordant on US Oil Exports---Filthy Pierre----------96 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__| __| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ |__| ___| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 26 July 1992 *********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #184): 11 SEPTEMBER 1992 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous *********************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Editorial #1---------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies--------------3 Editorial #2---------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies--------------3 Personals------------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies--------------3 Clippings------------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies--------------5 Letter to Brick Pillow-----------------------------------------------------Tad Davies--------------6 From a Letter to Bob Shea--------------------------------------------------Tad Davies--------------7 The Big Bang and Other Lies------------------------------------------------John Yasunga------------8 The Last Practice Connection-----------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------10 Coming to a Theater Near You: State Capitalist Meets Market Communitarian--Dante DeAmicis---------11 Vitamins-------------------------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------13 School, Marriage, etc.-----------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------13 Notes on TC#182------------------------------------------------------------Pacotheus--------------14 Space Cadet----------------------------------------------------------------Space Cadet------------15 A Film Called "Snuff"------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------17 Amerika,1992---------------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------18 Population Growth and Reproductive Freedom---------------------------------Tom Palven-------------19 The "red Brick" Vision of Socialism----------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------19 The Community's Cherished Rites Stripped Away in Freedom's Name------------George F. Will---------21 The Community's Cherished Rites Stripped Away in Freedom's Name, subm. by--Tom Palven-------------21 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------22 This Is Dedicated to the One I Love----------------------------------------Thersites3-------------23 From the Backyard: Invasion------------------------------------------------Joan Gowan-------------25 If You Have to Kill Trees, Do It Mano-a-Mano-------------------------------Bruce Anderson---------25 Cryptogram-----------------------------------------------------------------Fred Gardner-----------25 Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------Margaret Roach---------25 The Unicorn Speaks---------------------------------------------------------Stardust---------------26 Tiana Talks----------------------------------------------------------------Tiana------------------26 It's Really Not New. It's Something You Missed-----------------------------Allen Thornton---------27 Do My Own Thing------------------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------29 Advertisement for "The Abolition of Work"----------------------------------Bob Black--------------29 Advertisement for "The Gemstone File," submitted by------------------------Bob Black--------------29 The Wimpy Inquirer #4------------------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------31 Let Them Karwicki----------------------------------------------------------Rosie Scenario---------33 Put Clever Title Here Befor Mailing----------------------------------------Laura F. Stewart-------35 Welcome Home, Nathan Lynch-------------------------------------------------Nathan Lynch-----------36 If Improvement After Chelation Is a Placebo Effect, Then Why Do...?--------George Kysor-----------37 The Truth Will Triumph Over Lies, Part 2-----------------------------------Richard A. Snyder------38 Bart & Ken's Excellent Adventure-------------------------------------------Ken--------------------39 The Tipper of the Iceberg--------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------41 13 July 1992---------------------------------------------------------------Dogstar----------------47 Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------E. Dope----------------48 Replies to TC182-----------------------------------------------------------Jim Lippard------------48 Sexual Harassment Consent Form, submitted by-------------------------------Jim Lippard------------49 A View from the Street-----------------------------------------------------A. Street Person-------49 Newsletter Started for Homeless, submitted by------------------------------A. Street Person-------51 Comments on TC182----------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------51 On Uplifting---------------------------------------------------------------Innovator--------------52 In Addition----------------------------------------------------------------Small-Town Hick--------52 Ystbybtatr-----------------------------------------------------------------Ystbybtatr-------------53 Smokescreens---------------------------------------------------------------Snakebite--------------54 Socialist at Large---------------------------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------55 Hartman Speaks-------------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------56 Comments to TC 182---------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----58 Politics, Economics, Cryonics, Education, Administration-------------------M. Anderson------------59 Feel the Power: An Almost Universal Theory of Human Behavior---------------M. Anderson------------62 Further Comments on TC 181-------------------------------------------------Jacob Klein------------62 Cts on TC 182--------------------------------------------------------------Jacob Klein------------64 Comments for Ben Best on Cryonics------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------65 Comments for Jacob Klein on Competing Governments--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------67 Comments for Allen Thornton on Mandel's Quantum Mechanics Experiment-------Filthy Pierre----------68 Comments for Allen Thornton on the "White Bear Effect" in Quantum MechanicsFilthy Pierre----------69 Comments for M. Anderson on Macroeconomics---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------69 Comments for M. Anderson on the Placement of My Pieces in The Connection---Filthy Pierre----------69 Comments for M. Anderson on the Rodney King Case---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------69 Comments for M. Anderson on Perot and International Affairs----------------Filthy Pierre----------70 Comments for M. Anderson on Theories of Human Behavior---------------------Filthy Pierre----------70 Comments for George Kysor--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------70 Comments for for Deedra Merope on Organized Radicals-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------70 Comments for Ystbybtatr----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------71 Comments for Pat Hartman---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------71 Comments for Tad Davies on "Ockhamian Necessity"---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------71 A Variation on the Two-Slit Quantum Mechanics Experiment-------------------Filthy Pierre----------72 Comments for Tad Davies on Mobs--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------72 Comments for Tad Davies on My Approach to "The Connection" (TC)------------Filthy Pierre----------72 Comments for Tad Davies on Fashion-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------73 Comments for Tad Davies on Coalitions--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------73 Comments for Jim Stumm on Galambos-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------74 Comments for Terry Inman on Life Extension---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------74 Comments for Roger Young on Finance----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------74 Comments for Bob Black on Religion-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------74 Comments for Bob Shea on Agnosticism vs. Atheism---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------74 Comments for Nathan Lynch, Laura Stewart, James Phillip Ian, John Yasunga--Filthy Pierre----------75 Comments for Ken on Amtrak-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------75 Comments for Small-Town Hick on Barter-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------75 Comments for Dante DeAmicis on Supply and Demand---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Merrilee Stoerm-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Rosie Scenario on My Father-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Space Cadet on Cryonics---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Tom Palven on Orwell------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Jacob Klein and M. Anderson on Empiricism vs. A-Priorism------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments on Society--------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Spike----------------------------------------------------------------------Walt Karwicki II-------78 About "The Connection"-----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ _ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__| / | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | |__| | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ |__| | ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 12 September 1992 ********************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #185): 23 OCTOBER 1992 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************* ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Ben Best on Types of Memory-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Merrilee Stoerm on West Virginia Land-------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 91x44'22" W, 38x21'50" N, Marks the Spot-----------------------------------Thersites?--------------3 No Justice, No Peace, No Excuse--------------------------------------------BAD Brigade-------------4 No Editorial---------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies--------------5 Personals------------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies--------------5 Questionnaire--------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies--------------8 Clippings------------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies--------------8 People---------------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies--------------8 The Truth Will Triumph Over Lies, Part 3-----------------------------------Richard A. Snyder-------9 Regarding TC183 and Other Good Stuff---------------------------------------George Thomas Kysor----11 Comments on 181------------------------------------------------------------Adrastia---------------12 Slaves and Bulldogs--------------------------------------------------------Adrastia---------------16 Ozark Caesar---------------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------17 The Wimpy Inquirer #35-----------------------------------------------------Bob Shea---------------26 Quayle in '94: A Rubber Duck President for a Rubber Check Congress---------Rosie Scenario---------27 Thucydides and Things------------------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------29 Comments on TC #183--------------------------------------------------------Pacotheus--------------30 Inflation & the Economy----------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------31 From San Jose -- The Butthole of Silicon Valley----------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------32 General Comments from an Empiricist----------------------------------------M. Anderson------------34 The Man Without a Society--------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------36 "Christian Science," by Mark Twain, reviewed by----------------------------Eva Dee----------------37 Max Stirner, "The Ego and His Own," reviewed by----------------------------Tom Palven-------------38 Jackpine Savage Drops By---------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------39 Gotta Find a Woman---------------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------39 Bratman Returns------------------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------40 Roguing from Coast to Coast------------------------------------------------Kirby Olsen------------41 Roguing from Coast to Coast, submitted by----------------------------------Bob Black--------------41 The Making of a Pessimist: 1992--------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------42 Bits and Pieces------------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------44 Two Milligram's Worth------------------------------------------------------Red Wood---------------46 Oh God, Aquinas Refuted----------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------49 For Sale-------------------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------49 Accidental Deaths----------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------50 Nevada---------------------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------50 Proportional Representation------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------50 Anarchy--------------------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------50 Beirut---------------------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------50 Austrian Economics---------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------50 Cryptogram-----------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------51 Mushroom Lesson------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------51 Comments on RSVP IV--------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------51 General Comments-----------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------51 Comments on TC #183--------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------52 Gotcha, etc.---------------------------------------------------------------James R. Collier-------52 Gotcha, etc.---------------------------------------------------------------Small-Town Hick--------52 Comments on #182-----------------------------------------------------------James R. Collier-------52 Comments on #182-----------------------------------------------------------Small-Town Hick--------52 Comments on #183-----------------------------------------------------------Small-Town Hick--------53 Comments on #183-----------------------------------------------------------James R. Collier-------53 Hartman Speaks-------------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------55 Super Quotes from "The True Believer," by----------------------------------Eric Hoffer------------57 Super Quotes from "The True Believer," by Eric Hoffer, submitted by--------P. Hartman-------------57 Ystbybtatr-----------------------------------------------------------------Ystbybtatr-------------58 That Subversive 'L' Word---------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------58 Woody, Page 2--------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------59 Give the Poor Guns, $4-----------------------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------60 Comments for Merrilee Stoerm on Conspiracy---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------63 Comments for Tad Davies on The Connection (TC) Format----------------------Filthy Pierre----------63 The Effect of Inflation on Stocks and Business-----------------------------Roger Young------------64 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__| |__ | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ |__| ___| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 26 October 1992 ********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #186): 11 DECEMBER 1992 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Letter to Lew Wolkoff on WorldCon------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for M. Anderson on Economics in a Stateless Society---------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for M. Anderson on Behavior Theory--------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Tom Palven on "Society"---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Allen Thornton on Serial Monogamy-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Jackpine Savage-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Thersites? on Land--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Tad Davies on the Role of Ideas-------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 The Sailor and the Winds: A Fable for Tad Davies on Coalitions-------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Tad Davies on the Size of Political Units in the PNP Scenario-Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for George Kysor--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for George Kysor on Bonding Companies Under Anarchy---------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Deedra Merope on Socialism------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for George Kysor on Criminal Responsibility-----------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for George Kysor on Pearson & Shaw's Writings on Life Extension---Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Adrastia on the State-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Bob Shea on Atheism vs. Agnosticism---------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for Bob Shea on the Role of Ideas in History----------------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for Bob Shea on 12-Step Programs----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for John Yasunga on Greek History---------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for John Yasunga on Quantum Mechanics-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for Pacotheus on Atheism vs. Agnosticism--------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for Dante Deamicis------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for Bob Black on Religion-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for Bob Black on Ockham's Razor-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Bob Black on Spelling-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Abigail Bosworth----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Ystbybtatr----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Pat Hartman---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Ben Best on Cryonics------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Terry Inman on Economics--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Terry Inman on Bourgeois and Proletarian Politics-------------Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Allen Thornton------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------11 Comments for Red Wood------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------11 Comments for Small-Town Hick-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------11 Comments for Deedra Merope-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------11 Congress and Precedents----------------------------------------------------M. Anderson------------12 Some Notes for Connectors, and on Inflation and Stocks---------------------Roger Young------------14 Jungle-Cactus Seeds for Sale-----------------------------------------------George Thomas Kysor----15 Hearing Voices-------------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------16 Fit to Govern? No, Not to Live!--------------------------------------------Rosie Scenario---------18 Kennection IIIIIIIIIIIIII -- Arrogant Opinions-----------------------------Ken--------------------20 The Libertarian Unicorn Speaks: Yo, People! Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi.--------Stardust---------------24 Tiana Talks!---------------------------------------------------------------Tiana------------------24 The Bludgeoning of the People, by the People, for the People---------------Wanda 'Oscar Wilde" Du-25 The Judeo-Christian God, Being Impossible, Does Not Exist------------------Jim Stumm--------------26 The Judeo-Christian God, Being Impossible, Does Not Exist------------------Rev. Jim---------------26 The Great Cryonics Debate #13----------------------------------------------Ben Best---------------28 Comments for TC 185--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------36 Dumb Computer Died---------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------37 He Is the Very Model of a Modern Major General-----------------------------Thersites?-------------38 A Colored Boy Speaks-------------------------------------------------------Nathan Lynch-----------39 This Modern World, Nature Walk, Etc.---------------------------------------Various----------------40 Economics, Life Extension, How to Find Women, and Misc.--------------------Terry Inman------------41 Letter from----------------------------------------------------------------Walt Karwicki II-------42 Letter from Walt Karwicki II, submitted by---------------------------------Tad Davies-------------42 Personal-------------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------43 Freeze!--------------------------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------44 Republic of Plunder--------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------46 The LP and the Political Left----------------------------------------------Richard A. Snyder------53 Cat------------------------------------------------------------------------E. Dope----------------55 Power to the Juries--------------------------------------------------------Ted Cilwick------------56 Power to the Juries, submitted by------------------------------------------Roy Keeley-------------56 Mail Order Bride Update----------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------56 More Screwy Ideas----------------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------57 Ystbybtatr-----------------------------------------------------------------Ystbybtatr-------------57 Rev. Turk------------------------------------------------------------------Rev. Turk--------------58 The First in a Series of Excerpts from the Story "Freedom of Charity"------WRB Press--------------59 Hello, folks!--------------------------------------------------------------Neb Nosdunk------------60 Replies to TC 183----------------------------------------------------------Jim Lippard------------62 Hartman Speaks-------------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------63 Socialist at Large -- Give the Poor Guns #5--------------------------------Deedra Merope----------64 Making Promises You Might Keep---------------------------------------------Small-Town Hick--------66 Making Promises You Might Keep---------------------------------------------Small-Town Hick--------66 The ABCs of Voting: Anybody But Clinton------------------------------------Jacob Klein------------68 Replies--------------------------------------------------------------------Jacob Klein------------69 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__| |__ | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ |__| |__| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 14 December 1992 ********************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #187): 29 JANUARY 1993 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************* ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Ben Best on Styles of Discussion------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Ben Best on the Lloyd Penney Affair---------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Ben Best on Fnancing Cryonics---------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Ben Best of Technical Issues in Cryonics----------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Ben Best on Tradeoffs Involved in Timing Ctyonic Processing---Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Ben Best on Cryonics------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Roger Young on Quality----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Rosie Scenario on the LA Freedom Tape-------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Allen Thornton on Groups and Dominance------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for John Yasunga on Vitamins--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Late Election Returns------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Ken on the Orbis Constitution---------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Ken on "The Connection" Policies------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Ken on Laws and Anarchy---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Ken,J. Klein,N. Nosdunk,T. Inman & P. Hartman on Epistemology-Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Ken on Free Will----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Terry Inman on Life Extension (LE)----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Neb Nosdunk on Atheism vs. Agnosticism------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Jackpine Savage on Debt Among the Rich------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Pat Hartman on Small Business Hassles-------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Pat Hartman on Religion---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Tad Davies----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Deedra Merope-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Buy My Book----------------------------------------------------------------Bob Black---------------9 Connexions-----------------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------10 Bye Bye for About Nine Months----------------------------------------------M. Anderson------------12 In Praise of Slavery-------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------15 A Man Without a Country----------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------17 WRB (Press, Inc.)----------------------------------------------------------WR B-------------------19 WRB (Press, Inc.)----------------------------------------------------------WRB--------------------19 Join the Revolt!-----------------------------------------------------------WR B-------------------19 Join the Revolt!-----------------------------------------------------------WRB--------------------19 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------20 Lounging About-------------------------------------------------------------Wanda S. Duck----------21 Ripe for Revolution--------------------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------22 Austrian Economics Deception-----------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------23 The TCAPA Game-------------------------------------------------------------George Kysor-----------24 Kennection IIIIIIIIIIIIIII - IIIIIIIIIIIIIIInoitcenneK---------------------Ken--------------------25 Notice 784-----------------------------------------------------------------Internal Revenue Servi-26 Notice 784, submitted by---------------------------------------------------Ken--------------------26 Top American Breweries-----------------------------------------------------Modern Brewery Age-----26 Top American Breweries, submitted by---------------------------------------Ken--------------------26 Top American Breweries-----------------------------------------------------Modern Brewery Age-----26 Wholesome Decadence--------------------------------------------------------Nathan Lynch-----------27 Keep It Up, Kid, and You Get a Fruitcake, and I Mean It--------------------Rosie Scenario---------28 Replies and Comments: TC185------------------------------------------------Richard A. Snyder------30 Replies and Comments: TC185------------------------------------------------Richard A. Snyder------30 Like, Yo, People!!!!!------------------------------------------------------Stardust---------------31 Tiana Talks!---------------------------------------------------------------Tiana------------------31 Clinton's Mandate----------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------32 Hartman Speaks-------------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------33 Ystbybtatr-----------------------------------------------------------------Ystbybtatr-------------33 Kulturkamph!---------------------------------------------------------------Jacob Klein------------34 Socialist at large: Abortion Debate (#1)-----------------------------------Deedra Merope----------38 TC 185 Awards--------------------------------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------39 Oink! Oink! (poem)---------------------------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------40 Here's the 2nd in a Series of Excerpts from the Story "Freedom of Charity"-WRB Press--------------40 Here's the 2nd in a Series of Excerpts from the Story "Freedom of Charity"-WR B Press-------------40 The Great Cryonics Debate #14----------------------------------------------Ben Best---------------43 Rolling Americana----------------------------------------------------------Various----------------48 I Am a Rock----------------------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------49 Life and Death-------------------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------49 Chemicals------------------------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------49 Proles and Libs------------------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------49 Bankers--------------------------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------49 Friends & Lovers-----------------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------49 Island Girls---------------------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------49 Science Fiction------------------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------49 Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------Small Town Hick--------50 Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------Small Town Hick--------50 Comments for Jacob Klein on Cantor-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------52 Comments for Jacob Klein on Competing Governments--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------52 Comments for Jacob Klein---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------52 ***[END OF COMMENTS ON LAST ISSUE; BEGINNING OF COMMENTS ON THIS ISSUE]***-Filthy Pierre----------52 Comments for Jacob Klein on Cause and Effect-------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------52 Comments for Jacob Klein---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------52 Comments for Deedra Merope on Socialism------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------53 Comments for Merrilee Stoerm-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------54 Comments for Allen Thornton------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------54 Comments for Thersites-----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------54 Comments for John Yasunga--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------54 Comments for Bob Black-----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------54 Comments for Tom Palven on Human Organization------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------55 Comments for M. Anderson on Stateless Business Practices-------------------Filthy Pierre----------55 Comments for M. Anderson on Psychohistory----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------55 Comments for Wanda Duck on Computer Bulletin-Board Systems (BBSs)----------Filthy Pierre----------55 Comments for Woody Welling-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------56 Comments for George Kysor--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------56 Comments for Pat Hartman---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------56 Comments for Richard A. Snyder---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------56 Comments for Terry Inman on Fractional Reserve Banking, and in General-----Filthy Pierre----------56 Comments for Small-Town Hick-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------56 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__| | / | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ |__| | ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 6 February 1993 ******************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #188): 26 MARCH 1993 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************* ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Ben Best on Cryonics------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 A Page for Pierre----------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies--------------3 Comments for Merrilee------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies--------------3 Comments for Richard Snyder, Terry Inman, Jackpine Savage,Rev.Jim, Hartman-Tad Davies--------------4 Comments for Deedra, Allen Thornton, Rosie, & on Lateness & on Experiences-Tad Davies--------------5 Comments for Small-Town Hick, and more Tad Experiences---------------------Tad Davies--------------6 More on the Libertarian Party (LP)-----------------------------------------Richard A. Snyder-------7 Replies to TC 186----------------------------------------------------------Richard A. Snyder-------7 James Phillip Ian----------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian-------8 Occam-Schlockam------------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------10 Why Did the Cadre Socialist Cross the Road?--------------------------------Rosie Scenario---------11 The Great Cryonics Debate #15: Mailing Comments Concerning TC186 for TC187-Ben Best---------------13 The War Over Health Freedom in America Approaching Crucial Decision--------Durk Pearson-----------19 The War Over Health Freedom in America Approaching Crucial Decision--------Sandy Shaw-------------19 The War Over Health Freedom in America Approaching Crucial Decision--------Skye D'Aureous---------19 The War Over Health Freedom in America Approaching Crucial Decision--------Natalee Hall-----------19 Kennection IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII -- What's in a Name?---------------------------Ken--------------------21 Kennection IIIIIIIIIIIIIIII -- What's in a Name?---------------------------Ken Nector-------------21 The Astrology Project------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------24 Review of "Causal Body"----------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------25 Cryptogram-----------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------26 Mushroom Lesson------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------26 Comments-------------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------27 Sabbatical Letter----------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------28 Things We Didn't Say-------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------29 Comments for TC 187--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------30 Serendipity Aforethough----------------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------31 Stardust-------------------------------------------------------------------Stardust---------------33 Invictus!------------------------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------34 Happy New Year-------------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------36 Orthomolecular Libertarianism----------------------------------------------George Kysor-----------38 Comments on TC #182--------------------------------------------------------Adrastia---------------39 Comments for #183----------------------------------------------------------Adrastia---------------45 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------46 Anarchists! Unite----------------------------------------------------------Thersites?-------------47 Comments on Economics, Cryonics, TC Participation. RSVP. Grammar. Etc.-----Terry Inman------------48 WRB (Press, Inc.)----------------------------------------------------------WRB--------------------49 Here's the Third in a Series of Excerpts from the Story"Freedom of Charity"WRB--------------------50 Kulterkamph!---------------------------------------------------------------Jacob Klein------------51 The Return of Operator #5--------------------------------------------------Operator #5------------52 The Return of Operator #5--------------------------------------------------Operator #5------------52 The Voluntaryist-----------------------------------------------------------Carl Watner------------53 Who Wrote the New Testament?-----------------------------------------------J. C. Isarius----------54 Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------Laura Stewart----------54 Ystbybtatr-----------------------------------------------------------------Ystbybtatr-------------55 A Page of Flaming from the Socialist at Large------------------------------Deedra Merope----------56 Life and Death-------------------------------------------------------------James R. Collier-------56 Hartman Speaks:------------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------57 Libertarians, Wimps, Republicans and Preachers-----------------------------Apostate Liberarian----58 Libertarians, Wimps, Republicans and Preachers-----------------------------Apostate Libertarian---58 Libertarians, Wimps, Republicans and Preachers-----------------------------Woody Welling----------58 Back to TC 186-------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------59 Long Overdue Comments on TC 185--------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------59 Back to TC 184-------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------60 Comments for Ben Best on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)------------Filthy Pierre----------60 Comments for Tad Davies on the Logistics of Publishing---------------------Filthy Pierre----------60 Comments for Tad Davies on Coalitions, and on Political Action-------------Filthy Pierre----------62 Comments for Tad Davies on Leadership, and on Morality in Politics---------Filthy Pierre----------64 Comments for Tad Davies on My Expulsion from MIT---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------64 Comments for Tad Davies on Cheap Weapons of Mass Destruction---------------Filthy Pierre----------65 Comments for Tad Davies on Models of Socialism-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------65 Comments for Roger Young on Beating the Markets----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------65 Comments for Jim Stumm on Ockhamism----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------66 Comments for Terry Inman on Austrian Economics-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------66 Comments for Richard A. Snyder on David F. Nolan, and on Education---------Filthy Pierre----------67 Afterthoughts for Jimm Stumm on Ockhamism,and on Fractional Reserve BankingFilthy Pierre----------67 Comments for Ken-----------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------67 Comments for Terry Inman on Time Value in Cryonics, Etc.-------------------Filthy Pierre----------67 Comments for Terry Inman on Fractional Reserve (FR) Banking----------------Filthy Pierre----------68 A Question for Roger Young-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------68 Comments for Bob Black, for Merrilee Stoerm, and for George Kysor----------Filthy Pierre----------68 Comments for Laura Stewart, for James R. Collier, and for Pat Hartman------Filthy Pierre----------68 Comments for Jacob Klein on the Senses-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------68 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__| |__| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ |__| |__| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 27 March 1993 **************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #189): 7 MAY 1993 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous **************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Jim Stumm on Disappearing California Town---------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Jacob Klein on Epistemology-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Jacob Klein on Transfinite Numbers----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Deedra Merope on Socialism------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 cDeedra Nerope on Contracts------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Adrastia on Drugs---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Adrastia on "Free Will"---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Adrastia on Markets-------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Jacob Klein on "The Five Senses"------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 The Orbis Constitution-----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Drafting a Constitution for Orbis------------------------------------------Spencer H. MacAllum-----5 Drafting a Constitution for Orbis, submitted by----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Orbis: Applying the Proprietary Principle----------------------------------Spencer H. MacAllum-----6 Orbis: Applying the Proprietary Principle, submitted by--------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 A Model Lease for Orbis----------------------------------------------------Spencer H. MacAllum-----7 A Model Lease for Orbis, submitted by--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Selected Bibliography on the Proprietary Community-------------------------Spencer H. MacAllum-----9 Selected Bibliography on the Proprieary Community, submitted by------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Nomadic Survival-----------------------------------------------------------Adam Starchild---------10 Nomadic Survival, submitted by---------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------10 Tormentation---------------------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------10 Title----------------------------------------------------------------------Thersites3-------------11 Oddments and Endments------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------13 Dear Thersites; February 17, 1993------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------14 Comments on TC 188---------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------15 Dear Thersites; March 9, 1993----------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------16 All the Comments That Will Fit---------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------17 Orthomolecular Libertarianism, part 2--------------------------------------George Thomas Kysor----18 Kennection IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII -- Unclean! Unclean!--------------------------Smokey Ken-------------19 Real Men Don't Fry Onions--------------------------------------------------Nathan Lynch-----------20 On the Rag Again-----------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------21 Well, It's True in the Sense That It Could Be True-------------------------Rosie Scenario---------22 Fractional Reserve Banking Is Theft----------------------------------------Terry Inman------------24 Anarcco-Capitalism---------------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------24 Politics-------------------------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------24 Late Comments--------------------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------24 Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------25 New Democracy Wish List, Etc. (clippings)----------------------------------Various----------------26 Crippled Inside------------------------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------27 Replies to TC187-----------------------------------------------------------Richard A. Snyder------29 The Great Cryonis Debate #16-----------------------------------------------Ben Best---------------30 Cashing In on Hyperinflation, wih Applied Ausrian Economics----------------Roger Young------------33 Ystbybtatr-----------------------------------------------------------------Ystbybtatr-------------34 Hartman Speaks-------------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------34 Renew My Subscription to the Ressurection: The Return of Steve Myers-------Steve Myers------------35 WRB Press, Inc.------------------------------------------------------------WRB Press, Inc.--------36 Oppression Watch Newsletter -- February 1993 -- $0.50----------------------Oppression Watch-------36 Kultercommens--------------------------------------------------------------Jacob Klein------------37 I'm Back and I'm Mean------------------------------------------------------Small-Town Hick--------38 I'm Back and I'm Mean------------------------------------------------------Small-Town Hick--------38 Comments on #187-----------------------------------------------------------James Collier----------38 Comments on #187-----------------------------------------------------------James Collier----------38 Back in the Saddle Again---------------------------------------------------W. J. "Papa Joe" Fulks-39 Can I Pique Your Curiosiy?-------------------------------------------------J. C. Isarius----------42 Sell a Thousand Shares of...BOOM!!!----------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------43 The Religious Right and Religious Fascism----------------------------------Woody Welling----------44 Comments for Adrastia------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------48 Comments for Jacob Klein on Banking----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------48 Comments for Jacob Klein on Empires----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------48 Comments for Deedra Merope on "To Each According..."-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------49 Comments for Merrilee Stoerm on US Foreign Policy--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------49 Comments for Papa Joe Fulks------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 Comments for WRB Press on Participation in Foreign Wars--------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 Comments for Bob Black-----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 Comments for George Kysor on Nutrition-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 Comments for Tom Palven on Clubs-------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 Comments for Jim Stumm on Banking------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 Comments for Deedra Merope on Soviet Militarism----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 Comments for Deedra Merope on Employment-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 Comments for Deedra Merope on Private Courts-------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------51 Comments for Woody Welling on the Religious Wars---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------51 Comments for Steve Myers---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------51 Comments for George Kysor on Nutrition-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------51 Comments for Nathan Lynch on Porn Moovies----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------51 Comments for Allen Thornton on Anarchy-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------51 Comments for Terry Inman on Banking----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------52 Comments for Terry Inman on "Studs"----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------53 Comments for Tad Davies on "Roman Virtu"-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------53 Comments for Roger Young on "Buying with Cycles"---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------54 Comments for John Yasunga on Physics---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------54 Comments for Richard A. Snyder---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------55 Comments for Ben Best on the FDA-------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------55 Comments for Thersites3----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------55 Letter from Richard A. Kapnick (good for a yuk)----------------------------Richard A. Kapnick-----55 Letter from Richard A. Kapnick (good for a yuk), submitted by--------------Filthy Pierre----------55 Letter from the IRS--------------------------------------------------------Jerry Rabe-------------56 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__| |__| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ |__| __| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 16 May 1993 ****************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #190): 25 JUNE 1993 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ****************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Bob Black on His Departure from The Connection----------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Orthomolecular Libertarianism, Part 3--------------------------------------George Kysor------------3 The Mail Bag---------------------------------------------------------------George Kysor------------3 Dear Thersites, March 22, 1993---------------------------------------------Tom Palven--------------4 Letter to Tom Palven-------------------------------------------------------Carl P. Schulze, Jr.----5 Letter from Carl P. Schulze, Jr., submitted by-----------------------------Tom Palven--------------5 Letter to Carl P. Schulze, Jr.---------------------------------------------Tom Palven--------------6 Dear Thersites, April 5, 1993----------------------------------------------Tom Palven--------------7 Dear Thersites, April 16, 1993---------------------------------------------Tom Palven--------------8 David Koresh Should Have Used the El Zappo Radio Gun-----------------------Deedra Merope-----------9 Rolling Americana (various clippings)--------------------------------------Ginger Dingus, et al.--10 Very Friendly Fire---------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------11 More Open Wounds-----------------------------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------13 Ploughing Her Furrow-------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------15 Replies to Connecors-------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------16 Anchovie Redux-------------------------------------------------------------Thersites3-------------17 Economics, Rape, Banking, TV, SF, Anarcho-Capitalism, Intelligence---------Terry Inman------------19 I'm Not Responsible--------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------20 Young Davidians "No Longer Amusing;" Bill Sends in the Clowns--------------Rosie Scenario---------21 Toilet Wars----------------------------------------------------------------Unsigned---------------22 The Great Cryonics Debate #17----------------------------------------------Ben Best---------------24 Comments for Terry Inman on Banking----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------28 Comments for Deedra Merope on Transfinite Numbers--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------28 Waco-----------------------------------------------------------------------James Phillip Ian------28 WRB Press, Inc.------------------------------------------------------------William WRB Press, Inc-34 Myths of Civilization------------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------35 One Touch of Nature--------------------------------------------------------William Shakespeare----35 One Touch of Nature, submitted by------------------------------------------Norman Doering---------35 One Touch of Nature, submitted by------------------------------------------J. C. Isarius----------35 Woody Welling, Bob Black, Everybody----------------------------------------Norman Doering---------36 Woody Welling, Bob Black, Everybody----------------------------------------J. C. Isarius----------36 Hartman Speaks-------------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------36 How Do You Tell Where Paranoia Stops and Politics Begins?------------------Woody Small-Town Hick--37 How Do You Tell Where Paranoia Stops and Politics Begins?------------------Small-Town Hick--------37 2000 AD, the End Time------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------38 Fundamentalist Porn Peddlers-----------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------40 Comments on TC 188---------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------41 Despite Many Scientific Skeptics, Cryonics Lives On, submitted by----------Jacob Stack------------42 Dear Strauss---------------------------------------------------------------Bob Black--------------43 Kulterkamph!---------------------------------------------------------------Jacob Klein------------44 Comments for Jacob Klein on Induction--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------44 Comments for Jacob Klein on Banking----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Jacob Klein on Cause and Effect-------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Jacob Klein on "Mental" vs. "Material"------------------------Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Jacob Klein on "Vividity"-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Jacob Klein on Matter-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Jacob Klein on Mathematics------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Jacob Klein on Transfinite Mathematics in Physics & Chemistry-Filthy Pierre----------47 Comments for WRB Press on Strategy-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------47 Comments for Pat Hartman---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------48 Comments for Small-Town Hick-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------48 Comments for Deedra Merope on Employment-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------48 Comments for John Yasunga on the Big Bang----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------48 Comments for George Kysor--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------48 Comments for Roger Young on Cumulative Inflation---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------48 Comments for Thersites-----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------49 Comments for Terry Inman on Bob Black on Science Fiction-------------------Filthy Pierre----------49 Comments for Terry Inman on Sex and the Older Male-------------------------Filthy Pierre----------49 Comments for Terry Inman on Mensa------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------49 Comments for James Phillip Ian---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------49 Comments for John Yasunga on Sachs' Critique of Bohr vs. Einstein----------Filthy Pierre----------50 Comments for Ben Best on Cryonics------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 Comments for Bob Black on His Departure from The Connection (TC)-----------Filthy Pierre----------51 Comments for Norman Doering------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------52 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__| | | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ __| |__| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 29 June 1993 ******************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #191): 14 AUGUST 1993 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by page #),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Norman Doering onLies in Religion-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Some Notes on George Soros and Gold----------------------------------------Roger Young-------------3 A Single-Issue Activist Considers Her Obsession----------------------------Uncredited--------------4 A Single-Issue Activist Considers Her Obsession, submitted by--------------Tad Davies--------------4 RSVP-----------------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies--------------4 Personals------------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies--------------5 Could It Be Our Boy's Done Something Rash----------------------------------Rosie Scenario----------6 The Great Cryonics Debate #18----------------------------------------------Ben Best----------------7 The Camps Were East, But He Wwnt North-------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------10 Free Banking in Scotland---------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------11 For Sale(ads for books)----------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------11 Submission for TC 190: Letters to Thersites?-------------------------------Tom Palven-------------12 Thunderations--------------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------14 6 x 10^27------------------------------------------------------------------Thersites?-------------16 Flash!!! ICE Technical Bulletin--------------------------------------------Thersites?-------------17 Anderson Valley Books ad, and Various Reviews------------------------------Anderson ValleyBooks---18 Orthomolecular Libertarianism, Part 4: Zeta Colloids and Water-------------George Kysor-----------19 Political Economy----------------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------20 Science Fiction------------------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------20 The Future of the Women's Movement-----------------------------------------Teryy Inman------------20 Little Things--------------------------------------------------------------Small-Town Hick--------21 Little Things--------------------------------------------------------------Small-Town Hick--------21 Kulterkamph!---------------------------------------------------------------Jacob Klein------------21 Replies to TC 188 and TC 189-----------------------------------------------Richard A. Snyder------22 Deviance:A Useful Concept for Understanding Human Behavior&Social Control--Russell Eisenman-------22 Mercury Artlink------------------------------------------------------------Mercury Artlink--------23 Mercury Artlink, submitted by----------------------------------------------Lleu Christopher-------23 When Religion Gets into Government-----------------------------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----24 Hartman Speaks-------------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------26 Comments for Woody Welling on Homosexuality--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------27 Comments for Jim Stumm-----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------28 Comments for Tom Palven on "Communities"-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------28 Comments for Tom Palven on Legalism vs. Ethics-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------28 Comments for Merrilee Stoerm-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------28 Comments for Deedra Merope on Postal Costs---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------29 Comments for Deedra Merope on Socialism and the Soviet Union---------------Filthy Pierre----------29 Comments for Tad Davies----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------29 Comments for Roger Young---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------29 Comments for Russell Eisenman----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------29 Comments for Lleu Christopher and Ben Best on David Koresh and Waco--------Filthy Pierre----------29 Comments for Ben Best on Practical Epistemology----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------30 Comments for Jacob Klin on Kinds of Numbers and Epistemology---------------Filthy Pierre----------30 Comments for Jacob Klein on Cantor-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------31 Comments for Richard A. Snyder on Oil--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------31 Comments for Richard A. Snyder on Deception--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------32 Comments for Terry Inman---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------32 The Gospels Cannot Be Read Too Carefully-----------------------------------Norman Doering---------33 Commments on "Einstein's Moon: the Quest for Quantum Reality" by Peat------Filthy Pierre----------34 Mid-Atlantic Anarchist Gathering (ad)--------------------------------------MidAtlantic Anarchists-36 --zz----------------------0 --zzz---------------------0 --zzzz--------------------0 --zzzzz-------------------0 --zzzzzz------------------0 --zzzzzzz-----------------0 --zzzzzzzz----------------0 **********************ADDENDUM TO PUBLISHERS' PAGE***********************--zzzzzzzzz---------------0 --zzzzzzzzzz--------------0 When the page count dropped into the fifties, I attributed it to --zzzzzzzzzzz-------------0 the usual summer lull. But the count has really dropped off the table zzzzzzzzzzzz------------0 this time. Since subscribership has held fairly stable (at last check, --zzzzzzzzzzzzz-----------0 in the high eighties), the drop in printing and postage costs has freed --zzzzzzzzzzzzzz----------0 up some money. So to encourage more submissions, I'm allowing two free --zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz---------0 pages in every issue from each subscriber, instead of one. Extra pages --zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz--------0 beyond that will still be $7 each. Let's hope this is some help. --zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz-------0 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ _ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__| | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ __| _|__ ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 16 August 1993 *********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #192): 24 SEPTEMBER 1993 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous *********************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 About The Connection-------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Introduction to Comments for RSVP #12--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Small-Town Hick on Net Justice--------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Jaime Enrique Baxter on Political and Economic Weakness-------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Ron Tobin on "Lesser of Evils" Choices------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Jim Stumm and David King on "Voluntary vs. Coercive"----------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Tad Davies and Jim Stumm on RSVP Page Size--------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Fred Foldvary and Brick Pillow on the Ethics of Voting--------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Ernie on the Meaning of "RSVP," and for Mary Ben Ami----------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Allen Thornton on Computer Personalities, and on Anarchy------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Thersites? and Ernie on Oliver North--------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Vera Bradova on Stanley Milgram, and for Wally Conger---------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Daniel Ust on Philosophy vs. Friendship-----------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Deedra Merope on Fire Protection, & on Process vs. Results----Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Deedra Merope on Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged"------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Deedra Merope on Responding to Oppression---------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Tad Davies on RSVP, and for Jacob Klein on Hemp---------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Vera Bradova on Working Together Without Coercion-------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Mary Ben Ami on Schooling-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for Allen Thornton on Anarchy vs. Minarchy,& on Being Born Rich---Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for Small-Town Hick on Money and Supply & Demand------------------Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Fred Foldvary on Theory vs. Practice--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Thersites?,& for DavidKing,& for Deedra Merope on Socialism---Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Adrastia and Ken on the Time Consumed by Daily Living---------Filthy Pierre----------11 Comments for Adrastia------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------11 Comments for Wally Conger and Tad Davies on Political Action---------------Filthy Pierre----------12 Comments for Allen Thornton on C. S. Lewis et al., & for Jaime E. Baxter---Filthy Pierre----------12 Comments for Mike Gunderloy on "Factsheet Five," and for Jason McQuinn-----Filthy Pierre----------12 Comments for Tom Palven on Selfishness, & for Ward Nicholson,& for Ernie---Filthy Pierre----------12 Comments for David E. Taylor, and for Small-Town Hick on Technology--------Filthy Pierre----------12 Comments for Jim Stumm, & for Zoltan Farkas, & for Adrastia on Picasso-----Filthy Pierre----------13 Comments for Deedra Merope and Adrastia on the Microwave Gun---------------Filthy Pierre----------13 Comments for Deedra Merope on Welfare as Charity---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------13 Comments for Deedra Merope on Socialism and Nomenklaturas------------------Filthy Pierre----------14 Comments for Allen Thornton on Hitler, and for Terry Inman-----------------Filthy Pierre----------14 Comments for Lee Bonnifield and Tad Davies on RSVP and "The Connection"----Filthy Pierre----------14 Comments on "Ecstasy Journal," & for Lee Bonnifield on Quantum Mechanics---Filthy Pierre----------14 Comments for J.E.Baxter on Media,& for Ron Tobin & Tad Davies on Editing---Filthy Pierre----------14 Comments for Deedra Merope and Fred Foldvary on Land-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------14 Comments for Tad Davies and Ken on Principles and Tactics------------------Filthy Pierre----------15 Comments for Tad Davies and Ken Printed vs. Face-to-Face Dialogues---------Filthy Pierre----------15 Driving vs. Traveling------------------------------------------------------Jeff & Robin Tibbets---16 US Courts Confirm"Driving a Motor Vehicle"is Right-Not a Gov't.Privilege---Jeff & Robin Tibbets---16 Comments for Deedra Meropeon Socialism-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------17 Some Notes on Precious Metals, Inflation & Replies to Connectors-----------Roger Young------------18 It's Gresham's Law, I Tell You, Gresham's Freaking Law---------------------Rosie Scenario---------20 Comments on 188------------------------------------------------------------Adrastia---------------22 Deedra Merope--------------------------------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------26 Mailing Commnts Concerning TC190 for TC191---------------------------------Ben Best---------------28 Doering/Olde Texts, Young/Quantum Fund, Inman/Profits, Stoerm/Concrete-----Jim Stumm--------------31 Stoerm/Living Free, Inman/Economics, and Ad for "Living Free" Magazine-----Jim Stumm--------------32 Damn! I Meant 6 x 10}?-----------------------------------------------------Box 683 Thersites?-----33 Various Clippings----------------------------------------------------------Box 683 Margaretville -35 Free Page, Free Page!------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------37 Judaism and Ethics---------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------40 A Star for the 90s---------------------------------------------------------Ariana-----------------41 Another Quick Dip----------------------------------------------------------Ed Papa Joe------------42 Report from Connecticut----------------------------------------------------Ed Reith---------------43 The Atlantis Project-------------------------------------------------------Norman Doering---------45 Prison Data: by State and by Gender----------------------------------------Russell Eisenman, Ph.D-46 Hartman Speaks-------------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------48 Does Morality Exist? Part 1------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------49 Growth, Population and Ecology---------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------50 Ystbybtatr-----------------------------------------------------------------Ystbybtatr-------------52 So Many Pages -- So Little Text!-------------------------------------------The Hick---------------53 The Closing of the American Behind-----------------------------------------John Yasunga-----------55 Comments for John Yasunga on Science, for David Hoscheidt on Morality-----Filthy Pierre----------56 Tad Editorial (on Lib.Party Chair Mary Gingell's"Distraction,"& Replies)---Tad Davies-------------57 Personals------------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------58 Intelligence Spending Still a Secret---------------------------------------Jim Mann---------------58 Koresh Tapes, and California Prison Update---------------------------------Tad Davies-------------59 Economics, Intelligence, Politics, Periodicals, Personal News--------------Terry Inman------------60 Comments for Adrastia on National Loyalty, and on Terms of Employment------Filthy Pierre----------61 Comments for Deedra Merope-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------61 Comments for Deedra Merope on Democracy, & on the Labor Theory of Value----Filthy Pierre----------62 Comments for Ben Best and Jim Stumm on Waco, & for Ben Best on Cryonics----Filthy Pierre----------62 Comments for Ben Best on the Epistemology of Cryonics, and for Ed Reith----Filthy Pierre----------63 Comments for Thersites? on Redistribution, and on a One-World Government---Filthy Pierre----------63 Comments for M. Stoerm on Employment,& for N.Doering on Atlantis Project---Filthy Pierre----------63 Comments for Norman Doering on Gun Control, and on Religious Lying---------Filthy Pierre----------64 Comments for Woody Welling on War,& for Rosie Scenario,& for Roger Young---Filthy Pierre----------64 Comments for Roger Young on the Federal Reserve,&on Driving vs.Traveling---Filthy Pierre----------65 Comments for The Hick on Health Insurance,& for John Yasunga on Currency---Filthy Pierre----------65 Comments for Tad Davies on the Libertarian Party (LP)----------------------Filthy Pierre----------65 Letter from David E. Taylor------------------------------------------------David E. Taylor--------66 Comments for Tad Davies on Waco,&for Terry Inman on Economic Rationality---Filthy Pierre----------67 --z-----------------------0 --zz----------------------0 --zzz---------------------0 --zzzz--------------------0 --zzzzz-------------------0 --zzzzzz------------------0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------zzzzzzz-----------------0 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__| __| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ __| |___ ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 30 September 1993 ********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #193): 12 NOVEMBER 1993 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Mike Gunderloy------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Deedra Merope on Planning-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Mary Ben Ami--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Small-Town Hick on Sweatshops---------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Thersites? on Bus Depot Security, and on "Straw Man"----------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Ernie on Baby Swans-------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Jim Stumm on Crime--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Jim Stumm on Quantum Mechanics--------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Fred Foldvary-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Ben Best on Cryonics at WorldCon------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Ben Best on Suda's Cat Brain----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Ystbybtatr-----------------------------------------------------------------Ystbybtatr--------------5 Amazing What Some People Will Swallow--------------------------------------Jim Stumm---------------6 The Great Cryonics Debate #20----------------------------------------------Ben Best----------------8 Freedom Group Pubs---------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------11 Ballot Access Groups-------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------12 Replies--------------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------13 What Does Utility-Subsidized Energy Efficiency Really Cost-----------------Paul L. Joskow---------14 What Does Utility-Subsidized Energy Efficiency Really Cost-----------------Donald B. Marron-------14 What Does Utility-Subsidized Energy Efficiency Really Cost, submitted by---M. Anderson------------14 Why Morality Exits (Exists?)-----------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------17 Merrilee, Merrilee, Merrilee, Merrilee, Life Is But a Dream----------------LaVida S. Sue$a--------18 Andrew Wiles: Did He, or Didn't He?----------------------------------------Thersites?-------------20 Recommended Reading: The Franklin Cover-Up---------------------------------George Thomas Kysor----22 "Non-Domestic Mail"--------------------------------------------------------Publius----------------22 Miscellaneous Clippings----------------------------------------------------Various----------------23 Sheet from Summer 1993 SF Convention Register (offset printed)-------------Filthy Pierre----------25 Sheet from Autumn 1993 SF Convention Register (xerox printed)--------------Filthy Pierre----------27 Continuation od Sheet from Summer 1993 SF Convention Register (offset)-----Filthy Pierre----------31 Orthomolecular Libertarianism----------------------------------------------George Thomas Kysor----33 The Martians are Here! Oooooo-laaaaaaaaaa!---------------------------------Deedra Merope----------34 The Voice of the Devil is Heard in Our Land!-------------------------------Deedra Merope----------35 Letter for David Hoscheidt-------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------36 Comments-------------------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------36 Continuing Education Courses at Rutgers------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------37 A Third Return: Deadwood, Subscribing to TC, Decentralism------------------James Dawson-----------38 Institutions, Camille Paglia, In Memoriam: Joe Singer----------------------James Dawson-----------39 Rumblings from Erewhon-----------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------40 More Comments on Inflation, George Soros and Replies to Connectors---------Roger Young------------43 Blowing Bubbles of Money: Wall St. Trader Confronts Threat of Inflation----Victor Sperandeo-------44 Blowing Bubbles of Money, submitted by-------------------------------------Roger Young------------44 My Special Friend----------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----45 Signing On-----------------------------------------------------------------Chuck Lipsig-----------46 Hartman Speaks-------------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------47 The Life and Times of a Small-Town Hick------------------------------------Small-Town Hick--------49 The Life and Times of a Small-Town Hick------------------------------------Small-Town Hick--------49 TC Submission for #192-----------------------------------------------------Lleu Christopher-------51 The Feminist Movement and Anti-Male, Anti-Sex Attitudes--------------------Russell Eisenman-------52 Does Morality Exist?, Part 2-----------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------53 The Return of Daniel Ust! (So what?)---------------------------------------Daniel Ust-------------55 --z-----------------------0 --zz----------------------0 --zzz---------------------0 --zzzz--------------------0 --zzzzz-------------------0 --zzzzzz------------------0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------zzzzzzz-----------------0 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__| __| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ __| ___| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 15 November 1993 ********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #194): 31 DECEMBER 1993 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Mary Ben Ami on Contraception, and on "Aladdin"---------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Mary Ben Ami on the Economics of the Magazine Business--------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Mary Ben Ami on the State, and on Homework--------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Tad Davies on RSVP Format, and on Anti-Bombing Measures-------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Small-Town Hick on the Pace of Technology---------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Lee Bonnifield on "Non-Coercion"------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Harleigh Kyson & Tad Davies on Military Spending & the Debt---Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Fred Foldvary on the Georgeist Conference---------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Jaime Enrique Baxter------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Deedra Merope on the Failures of Socialism--------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Thersites?----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Fred Heiser on the Civil War, and on Morality-----------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Fred Foldvary on Geo(rge)ism----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Fred Foldvary on Land and Poverty-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Excerpt from a Letter to Mike Glyer, About Experiences at the WorldCon-----Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Tad Davies on International Comparisons,&on His Trip to Cuba--Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Jim Stumm on Physics------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Terry Inman on Morality---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Follow-Up on Refutation of Margaret Mead-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Terry Inman on Fractional-Reserve Banking---------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Deedra Merope on Socialism by Computer------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for Deedra Merope on Cultural Attitudes and Economics-------------Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Deedra Merope on the "Underclass"-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Deedra Merope on Entrepreneurs as Supermen--------------------Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Deedra Merope on State Power vs. Market Power-----------------Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Deedra Merope on Hourly Wages, and on Command Economies-------Filthy Pierre----------11 Comments for Deedra Merope on Election Mechanics---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------11 Comments for Bob Black and Pat Hartman on the Debunking of Margaret Mead---Filthy Pierre----------11 Comments for Thersites? on Morality----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------11 Comments for Tom Palven on Ethics and Morals-------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------12 Comments for James Dawson--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------12 Comments for Merrilee Stoerm-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------12 Comments for Chuck Lipsig--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------12 Comments for Pat Hartman on Patents----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------12 Comments for Small-Town Hick-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------12 Comments for Russell Eisenmann on Feminism---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------13 Comments for Daniel Ust on Metaphysics and Volition------------------------Filthy Pierre----------13 Sexual Repression in the United States-------------------------------------Rusell Eisenmann-------14 Religion, Man's Spiritual Dimension, Morals, Etc.--------------------------James Dawson-----------15 Comments to Connectors, the Party of Principle and Me----------------------James Dawson-----------16 Cosmic Event of the Century, True Fiction, Light Pollution Notes-----------Various----------------17 Crystal Desert, Surviving the Cold, Love Hurts, Postscript, Great Wheel----Various----------------18 Off Dey Land We Boot Em, Den Line Em Up and Shoot Em-----------------------Deedra Merope----------19 Concering the Cow of Glaspenscow-------------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------20 Comments for TC 193--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------21 More on "Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand;" Perception--------------Daniel Ust-------------23 Rand's Estheitics: A Neglected Part of Her Philosophy----------------------Daniel Ust-------------24 Philosophy and Other Parlor Games------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------25 Ad for "Ethics of an Atheist"----------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------25 Comments on #191-----------------------------------------------------------Adrastia---------------27 Comments on #192-----------------------------------------------------------Adrastia---------------27 I Had a Great Title, But I Forgot It---------------------------------------Thersites?-------------29 Bumbling Along Like a Tumbling Tumble Weed---------------------------------Joe Fulks--------------32 Is Order Spontaneous? Is Change Painless?----------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------35 Kidnapers------------------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------36 My Kind of Town, South Philly is My Kind Of Town---------------------------Rosie Scenario---------38 Cuba and Back--------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------40 Personals------------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------44 Why Morality Exists, Part II; On Slavery; Those Phillistines---------------Terry Inman------------45 Eye Jobs, Cryonics, Orthomolecular Libism, Waco,Individualism vs.Elitism---Terry Inman------------46 Jury Nullification, The Economy, Deadwood Readers, Relationships-----------Terry Inman------------46 About Trina (reprinted from 192 at publisher's expense; sorry for mixup)---Small-town Hick--------47 Conspiracy and True Believers----------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------48 If God Had Meant for Man to Vote, He'd Have Given Him Candidates-----------Da Hick----------------49 Ystbybtatr-----------------------------------------------------------------Ystbybtatr-------------51 Turtle Power!!!!-----------------------------------------------------------Chuck Lipsig-----------52 Decentralism...Health Care...National I.D.---------------------------------Lleu Christopher-------53 Norman Doering-------------------------------------------------------------Norman Doering---------54 Freebies-------------------------------------------------------------------George Thomas Kysor----57 The Compleat Good Citizen--------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------57 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ _ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__| / | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | |__| | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ __| | ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 2 January 1994 ********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #195): 11 FEBRUARY 1994 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Tad Davies on Worker-Owned Businesses-------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Tad Davies on Changing the World------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Tad Davies on Cuba--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for James Dawson on Human Behavior Theory-------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for James Dawson on Ockham and Morality---------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for James Dawson on Evolution/History vs. Parapsychology----------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for James Dawson on Morals----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for James Dawson on the Libertarian Party (LP)--------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Deedra Merope-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Tom Palven on Morals and Ethics-------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Daniel Ust on Perceptions, Sensations and Reality-------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Another Take on Quantum Mechanics and Objectivity for Jim Stumm------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Thersites? and Terry Inman on "The State"---------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Joe Fulks-----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for David Hoscheidt on the "Politics of Joy"----------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Terry Inman---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Small-Town Hick-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Chuck Lipsig on Politics--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Norman Doering on Bible Analysis------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Merrilee Stoerm on Fractional-Reserve Banking-----------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Merrilee Stoerm on Robert Fulghum-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Allen Thornton on Proprietary Communities (PCs)---------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Further Follow-Up on Refutation of Margaret Mead --------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for TC 194--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven--------------9 Gulf War Deception?--------------------------------------------------------Lleu Christopher--------9 Responses------------------------------------------------------------------Lleu Christopher--------9 Comments-------------------------------------------------------------------Daniel Ust-------------10 Hartman Speaks-------------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------11 Doering--------------------------------------------------------------------Norman Doering---------13 Attention Authors!!!-------------------------------------------------------Jesse Duquesne---------14 The Libertarian Party's Oath or Plewdge: Can It Be Rationally Justified?---David Hoscheidt--------16 Peace and Freedom Through Monty Python-------------------------------------Chuck Lipsig-----------17 Comments: Feminism, Parapsychology, Sociopathic Murderers,& Other Matters--Russell Eisenman-------18 Spank Me, I'm Bad----------------------------------------------------------Nathan D. Lynch--------20 Ystbybtatr-----------------------------------------------------------------Ystbybtatr-------------22 Ethics Elucidated----------------------------------------------------------M. Anderson------------22 Comments on Back Issues----------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------24 The Federal Zone-----------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------25 Nanotechnology, and Other Clippings----------------------------------------Fred Gardner, et al.---27 Some Comments to Connectors on Economics and Investing---------------------Roger Young------------29 Chaostan-------------------------------------------------------------------Richard Maybury--------30 Chaostan, submitted by-----------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------31 The Great Cryonics Debate #21----------------------------------------------Ben Best---------------31 I Protest the Prices of My Local Title Vendor------------------------------Deedra Merope----------34 A Bicycle Built for 250,000,000--------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------36 Abel Was I Ere I Saw Tasmania----------------------------------------------Rose "E." Scenario-----38 TC Reunion: A Plan for TC 196----------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------40 Another Coincidence--------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------40 Missouri Waltz-------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------41 One Senator----------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------41 Who Does It?---------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------41 Personals------------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------42 Don't Let the Rapture Pass You By------------------------------------------Thersites?-------------43 Tyrants & Travel Under Decentralism,Ad Hoc Moralism,Copyrights,Hemp, etc.--James Dawson-----------46 The Inevitability of the Welfare State (a Brief Note)----------------------James Dawson-----------47 Orthomolecular Libertarianism, Part 6--------------------------------------George Thomas Kysor----48 Thunderations from Hell----------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------50 Price of Gold Bullion------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------51 Federal and State Prison Population----------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------51 Even More on Objectivism, The Philosophy of Ayn Rand: Perception-----------Daniel Ust-------------52 The Fortunes of Liberalism-------------------------------------------------Daniel Ust-------------52 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__| |__ | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ __| ___| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 13 February 1994 ******************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #196): 25 MARCH 1994 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************* ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Logistic Information----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for John Yasunga of Ford & Mantica's Views on Quantum Mechanics---Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Tad Davies in General-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Tad Davies on Emigration, and on Mobs-------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Tad Davies on Hollywood Liberalism,&on the Situation in Cuba--Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Pat Hartman on San Francisco, Etc.----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Jim Stumm on Banking, and for Roger Young---------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Ben Best on Waco, and on Cryonics, and for Deedra Merope------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Daniel Ust on the Validity of the Senses, & for Chuck Lipsig--Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for James Dawson on the Paranormal--------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Thersites? on Health Care-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for David Hoscheidt on the Libertarian Party (LP)-----------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Russell Eisenman on Susie Bright, and for George Kysor--------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Merrilee Stoerm, and for Norman Doering on Amoralism----------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Lleu Christopher on Media Coverage of the Gulf War------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Lleu Christopher on Elite Conspiracies------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Ben Best on Measurement and Science---------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Daniel Ust on Volition----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 In Praise of Legislation---------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt---------9 Saw Aunt Hilry Coming and He Ducked Back in the Alley----------------------Rosie Scenario---------10 All the News That's Easy to Print------------------------------------------M. Anderson------------12 Polite Lies and Petty Scams------------------------------------------------Nathan D. Lynch--------13 Aloha Syntony, Want to Make Something of Your Life (ad)?, TC Reunion-------Tad Davies-------------14 Consensual Crimes, the Strauss Exodus--------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------14 Personals------------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------15 New Format for RSVP, and Contents of RSVP #15------------------------------Tad Davies-------------17 Bobbit Bobbit Bobbit Bobbit Bobbit Bobbit OFF! Chop------------------------Deedra Merope----------18 "It Was Temporary Insanity! I Swear!"--------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------19 Spontaneous Order----------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------20 Words. Words, Words--------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------22 Valley People (clippings)--------------------------------------------------Various----------------24 Me? An Investment Researcher?----------------------------------------------Roger Young------------26 Lustrous Outlook?----------------------------------------------------------Barrons----------------27 Lustrous Outlook?, submitted by--------------------------------------------Roger Young------------27 My Sweet Tooth Says, "I Wanna," but My Wisdom Tooth says, "No"-------------Thersites?-------------28 To Think or Not to Think, To Touch or Not to Touch, Fraud and Force--------Terry Inman------------31 Study Not Action, To Sense or Not to Sense, Time Preference, Etc.----------Terry Inman------------31 To Kill or Not to Kill, to Model or Not to Model---------------------------Terry Inman------------32 Fence Mending--------------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------33 Comments for TC 195--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------35 The Sign of an Angel-------------------------------------------------------Lois M. Rogers---------36 The Sign of an Angel, submitted by-----------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------36 The Great Cryonics Debate #22----------------------------------------------Ben Best---------------37 Ystbybtatr-----------------------------------------------------------------Ystbybtatr-------------40 Another Year---------------------------------------------------------------Small-Town Hick--------40 Still More on Objectivism: the Philosophy of Ayn Rand----------------------Daniel Ust-------------42 Doering: Cryonics----------------------------------------------------------Norman Doering---------42 Comments for Tad Davies on De-Communization--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Tad Davies on Stealing When Starving--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Tad Davies on US Policy Toward Cuba---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Thersites? on Elections---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Thersites? on Marginal Income Tax Rates-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Norman Doering on Close Reading of the Bible------------------Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Ben Best on Cryonics------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------47 Some APA Terms-------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------47 Papa Joe Pops Off----------------------------------------------------------W. J. Fulks------------48 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__| |__ | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ __| |__| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 27 March 1994 **************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #197): 6 MAY 1994 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous **************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page, Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Jackpine Savage Returns----------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage---------3 A Rambling and Incoherent Statement to the Court---------------------------Allen Thornton----------6 Connexions-----------------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm---------8 Admiralty Courts and Treaties----------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------10 Some Comments on TC 193----------------------------------------------------Adrastia---------------12 Some Comments on TC 194----------------------------------------------------Adrastia---------------12 Waco, Cryonics and Wrap-Up-------------------------------------------------Ben Best---------------14 Geologists Detect Crack in Canyon------------------------------------------Robert Cooke-----------16 Night Sky: Playing the Odds------------------------------------------------Bob Berman-------------16 Is Objecivism a Religion?--------------------------------------------------Albert Ellis, Ph.D.----17 Is Objecivism a Religion?, submitted by------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------17 Bennett Focus Is Misplaced (letter to the editor of the Asbury Press)------Tom Palven-------------18 Comments fot TC 194--------------------------------------------------------James Dawson-----------19 Comments for TC 193, and 3 Filler Ads--------------------------------------James Dawson-----------20 Men Are Saying that Mrs. Bobbitt Should Be Castrated-----------------------Deedra Merope----------21 For Dinner This Evening We Feature Filet of Employer-----------------------Deedra Merope----------22 Nit Dummheit kmpfen die Gtter selbst vergebens---------------------------Rosie Scenario---------23 My Kids Just Gave Me an IBM XT. Look Out Internet--------------------------Thersites?-------------25 Goodby and Good Luck-------------------------------------------------------George Kysor-----------27 Tiger----------------------------------------------------------------------e. dope----------------27 Ystbybtatr-----------------------------------------------------------------Ystbybtatr-------------28 Private Militaries---------------------------------------------------------Natas------------------28 Conversing with TC'ers-----------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------30 Answers to TC195-----------------------------------------------------------M Anderson-------------31 Psychiatric and Psychological Testimony in Courtrooms----------------------Russell Eisenman-------33 To Fly Like an Angel-------------------------------------------------------Ed Rieth---------------34 Funny Copy-----------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------35 Abortion Realities---------------------------------------------------------Mary Ben Ami-----------35 Abortion Realities---------------------------------------------------------Mary Ben Ami-----------35 Abortion Realities, submitted by-------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------35 Kennection IIIII-----------------------------------------------------------Ken--------------------36 Kennection IIIII, submitted by---------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------36 Comments for Deedra Merope-------------------------------------------------Norman Doering---------37 Comments for Ben Best------------------------------------------------------Norman Doering---------37 Deus Hacker, or The Right of Genetic Mixing--------------------------------Chuck Lipsig-----------38 Late Night Driving (to the tune of Stan Rogers' Northwest Passage)---------Chuck Lipsig-----------39 Semitic, Semantic, Who's Got the Button?-----------------------------------Chuck Lipsig-----------40 Comments-------------------------------------------------------------------Daniel Ust-------------42 Comments for Tad Davies on the Cuban Economy-------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------44 Comments for Ben Best Research by Emotionally Involved Investigators-------Filthy Pierre----------44 Harvest of Headaches: Cuba's Sugar Crop Woes-------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Harvest of Headaches: Cuba's Sugar Crop Woes, submitted by-----------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Flawed Study Raises Questions on US Research-------------------------------Howard W. French-------46 Flawed Study Raises Questions on US Research, submitted by-----------------Filthy Pierre----------46 A Return to the Constitution: A Worthy Goal?-------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------47 #########################################################################--z-----------------------0 ## "Illuminatus!" co-author and longtime Connector Robert Shea is ##--zz----------------------0 ## reported to have died on March 10, 1994. No further information ##--zzz---------------------0 ## was available at press time. ##--zzzz--------------------0 #########################################################################--zzzzz-------------------0 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__| | / | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ __| | ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 13 May 1994 ****************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #198): 24 JUNE 1994 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ****************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page, Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Merrilee Stoerm on Walter Williams----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Adrastia on Probabilities-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for James Dawson on Psychic Phenomena-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Deedra Merope on Elections------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Deedra Merope-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Thersites on Health Care--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Thersites on Human Behavior Theory----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Thersites on Politics-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Thersites on the Effects of Marginal Tax Rates----------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for George Kysor--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Natas on Private Militaries-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Russell Eisenman on the Bobbit Case---------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Tad Davies----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Chuck Lipsig on Astrology and the Markets---------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Chuck Lipsig on Priority Mail---------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Chuck Lipsig on "Predictions"---------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Chuck Lipsig on Health Insurance------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Daniel Ust on Objectivist Epistemology------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Religion - Good and Bad, Marion, Waco--------------------------------------Woody Welling-----------9 I Think I Have Finally Found the Real Problem with Western Civilization----James R. Collier-------12 I Think I Have Finally Found the Real Problem with Western Civilization----Small-town Hick--------12 I Think I Have Finally Found the Real Problem with Western Civilization----Small-town Hick--------12 9.536743164062e-027--------------------------------------------------------Chuck Lipsig-----------14 Psychological Insights and Comments for TCers------------------------------Russell Eisenman-------16 Comments to Ben Best-------------------------------------------------------Stack------------------20 Comments for James Dawson and Adrastia-------------------------------------Norman Doering---------21 Hartman Speaks-------------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------22 L. A. Rollins' "The Myth of Natural Rights" Reviewed-----------------------Pat Hartman------------24 Tom Palven (For Your Eyes Only)--------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------26 Who Is Calpurnius Piso?----------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------28 Comments for Chuck Lipsig on Income Mobility-------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------29 Comments for Merrilee Stoerm on Admiralty Law------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------29 Silver Shining Brighter: India Could Key Its Rebound-----------------------Cheryl Strauss Einhorn-30 Silver Shining Brighter: India Could Key Its Rebound, submitted by---------Roger Young------------30 O tempura! O morays! Just Say No to Japanese Food--------------------------Rosie Scenario---------31 Infinity = A Few More Than Some, A Few Less Than All-----------------------Thersites?-------------33 One Step Ahead of the Soul Patrol------------------------------------------Nathan Lynch-----------36 Bob Shea, Rest in Peace----------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------38 Cryptogram, etc.-----------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------39 Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand (continued)------------------------Daniel Ust-------------42 Comments-------------------------------------------------------------------Daniel Ust-------------43 Jackpine Savage Spills His Guts--------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------44 Jackpine Savage Spills His Guts--------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------44 Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------45 More Stuff-----------------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------47 Radical Caveat-Emptorism, Egos, Mobs, Governments, and Tornadoes-----------James N. Dawson--------49 More on Copyrights, Escaping from Kansas, Rational Calculation, Etc.-------James N. Dawson--------50 Quit Chewing Tobacco with Mint Snuff All Mint Chew-------------------------Deedra Merope----------51 Where Are the Dittoheads? Where Are the Dittoheads?------------------------Deedra Merope----------52 Comments for Daniel Ust on Objectivist Epistemology------------------------Filthy Pierre----------53 Comments for Daniel Ust on Knowledge and Volition--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------54 Comments for Jackpine Savage-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------55 Comments for Tad Davies on Cuba--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------55 Comments for Merrilee Stoerm on Whitewater---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------55 Comments for Chuck Lipsig--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------55 Comments for Pat Hartman---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------55 Comments for James Dawson on Moralism--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------55 Comments for Deedra Merope-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------56 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__| |__| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ __| |__| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 29 June 1994 ******************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #199): 12 AUGUST 1994 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************** ==================================================================================================== Comments for Deedra Merope on Trade----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------0 Comments for Deedra Merope on the Business Cycle---------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------0 Comments for Deedra Merope on "Drive"--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------0 Comments for Deedra Merope on Hospital Costs-------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page, Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Aristotle, Kant, Rand------------------------------------------------------Daniel Ust--------------3 Comments for TC 198--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven--------------5 Don Mohr's Retirement------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven--------------6 I Like the New Format, I Like the New Format-------------------------------Russell Eisenman--------7 Pledge of Allegiance-------------------------------------------------------A. Alexander Stella-----9 Ystbybtatr-----------------------------------------------------------------Jim Ystbybtatr---------11 Libertarian Justice--------------------------------------------------------Jim Natas--------------12 Beautiful, Ugly, Beautiful, Ugly, *WHACK!*---------------------------------Chuck Lipsig-----------14 Overdue Comments for Connectors--------------------------------------------Roger Young------------18 Back to the Country--------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------20 Truth: Known and Unknown---------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------20 Comments for Chuck Lipsig on the Constitution------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------21 Still More Stuff-----------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------22 Yo Gummint in Action-------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------24 The Search for Meaning and a Philosophy to Live By-------------------------Woody Welling----------26 Comments on TC197 and Comments on TC196------------------------------------Woody Welling----------28 Comments on TC195----------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------29 Greetings. I'll Call Myself------------------------------------------------Jackpine Ryan----------30 Revenue Boosting thru L. Acidophilus---------------------------------------Rosie Scenario---------31 Ahoy!----------------------------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------33 You Think, Therefore, I Exist as a Figment of Your Imagination-------------Jeff Thersites?--------35 Individualist Art----------------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------39 Contrary Thinking----------------------------------------------------------Jeff Page--------------40 Slave Revolt---------------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------42 One of Dozens of Comparisons: The Old South's Agricultural Success---------Howard Helper----------43 One of Dozens of Comparisons: South's Agricultural Success, submitted by---Allen Thornton---------43 Coffee Time----------------------------------------------------------------Howard Belkamp---------44 Sex and PC-----------------------------------------------------------------Susie Bright-----------45 Distributive Justice-------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------46 Hell Pell Mell Cigarets are Alive with Flavor!-----------------------------Deedra Merope----------47 How to Compute an Ephemeris from Orbital Elements of a Planet or Asteroid--Deedra Merope----------48 Comments for Damiel Ust on Epistemology------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 Comments for Chuck Lipsig--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------51 Comments for Roger Young---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------51 Comments for Russell Eisenmann on Rollins' "Myth of Natural Rights"--------Filthy Pierre----------51 Comments for Jim Stumm on Truth--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------51 Comments for Merrilee Stoerm on Foreign Policy-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------51 Comments for Ryan----------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------51 Comments for Jackpine Savage on Health Insurance---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------52 Comments for Thersites? on My Attitude-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------52 Comments for Thersites? on Health Care-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------52 Comments for Thersites? on Marginal Tax Rates------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------52 Comments for Terry Inman on "Deviant"--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------52 Comments for Terry Inman on Bobby Inman------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------52 Comments for Jeff Page on Contrary Thinking--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------52 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ _ __ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | | |__| |__| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| _|__ __| __| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 15 August 1994 *********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #200): 23 SEPTEMBER 1994 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous *********************************************** ==================================================================================================== Hillary and Me: A Confession-----------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt---------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page, Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 XXXX CV!!!!! (My Cat Does Math in Roman Numerals)--------------------------Deedra Merope-----------3 Rwandan Revolution/Haitian Government. Marxist?----------------------------Deedra Merope-----------4 As I Chugged Along, I Met Pierre at the Toll Gate--------------------------Deedra Merope-----------5 Paranormal Phenomena: Repeatability, Skepticism----------------------------James N. Dawson---------6 Major Life Decisions, Belief, Demagogues, Crusades & Pogroms---------------James N. Dawson---------7 Writings from the Kraut Red Sea Pedestrian---------------------------------Chuck Lipsig------------8 Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------Norman Doering---------11 The Trouble with Harry-----------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------13 Comments-------------------------------------------------------------------Russell Eisenmann, Ph.-17 My Two New Books, Just Published-------------------------------------------Russell Eisenmann, Ph.-19 Letter---------------------------------------------------------------------A. Alexander Stella----20 Free Market Revisited------------------------------------------------------M Anderson-------------21 Ever Wonder...-------------------------------------------------------------The Small-Town Hick----24 Ever Wonder...-------------------------------------------------------------The Small-Town Hick----24 Critique of Time Dilation--------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------25 Definition in Objectivism--------------------------------------------------Daniel Ust-------------27 Assorted Comments----------------------------------------------------------Daniel Ust-------------28 Memories of World War II---------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------29 Comments on TC198----------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------30 Service with a Smirk-------------------------------------------------------Nathan Lynch-----------31 Cryptogram-----------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------33 Comments to TC #197--------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------33 Comments to TC #198--------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------33 Comments for TC 199--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------34 Letter to the Editor of the Asbury Park Press------------------------------Tom Palven-------------35 I Stink, Therefore I Exude-------------------------------------------------Jim Thersites?---------36 Comments on the Episodes---------------------------------------------------Tom JD-----------------40 One Nation Under Godzilla Government---------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------46 The Shroud of Olean--------------------------------------------------------Tom Buckham------------46 The Shroud of Olean, submitted by------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------46 New Bill of Rights---------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------47 Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------48 More Comments on Silver, Gold and Currencies-------------------------------Roger Young------------49 Vitamins; Atheism (Best, Inman, Lipsig)------------------------------------Filthy Stack-----------51 Comments for D. Ust on Piekoff's "Objectivism:The Philosophy of Ayn Rand"--Filthy Pierre----------52 Comments for Stack on Atheism----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------54 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on Time Dilation------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------55 Comments for M Anderson on Subjective vs. Objective Value------------------Filthy Pierre----------55 Comments for M Anderson on the Labor Market--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------55 Comments for James N. Dawson on the Paranormal-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------56 Comments for Deedra Merope on Bill Gates-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------58 Comments for JD------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------58 Comments for Tom Palven on Karl Popper-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------58 Comments for Roger Young---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------58 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ __ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | __| | | | | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| |___ |__| |__| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 25 September 1994 ********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #201): 11 NOVEMBER 1994 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************** ==================================================================================================== Long Live the Deadwood! (that's not the title -- that's the whole text)----Unsigned----------------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page, Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Libertarian Strategy: Taking Into Account Popular Beliefs------------------David Hoscheidt---------3 Yay -- Da 200th Issue of The Connection -- Yay-----------------------------Deedra Merope-----------4 Packet Message from Tony---------------------------------------------------Deedra Tony-------------5 Packet Message from Tony, submitted by-------------------------------------Deedra Merope-----------5 The Great Debate Over the Frequency Coordination of Closed Repeaters-------Deedra Merope-----------5 Who Does It?, and Kennection IIIIIIII--------------------------------------Tad Davies--------------6 Hi. I'm Ken Krawchuk-------------------------------------------------------Ken Krawchuk------------6 Hi. I'm Ken Krawchuk, submitted by-----------------------------------------Tad Davies--------------6 Krawshuk Makes It a 4-Way Race in 153rd------------------------------------Terri Higgins-----------8 Krawshuk Makes It a 4-Way Race in 153rd, submitted by----------------------Tad Davies--------------8 Comments on Atheism (Pierre, Lipsig)---------------------------------------Terry Stack-------------9 Life Extension, and Atheism------------------------------------------------Terry Inman------------11 Mental Health Professionals,Fathers & Daughters,Young & Wild,Men & Women---Terry Inman------------11 Drawing Straws-------------------------------------------------------------Chuck Lipsig-----------13 Proposed Constitutional Provisions-----------------------------------------Chuck Lipsig-----------17 Relpies on Epistemology, Esthetics and Ethics------------------------------Daniel Ust-------------18 Press 1 If You Want Customer Service. Press 2 If You Wish Your. Etc.-------Rosie Scenario---------20 Atheism, Politics, and Economic Bargaining Power---------------------------M Anderson-------------22 Economics, Idealism and Survival-------------------------------------------James N. Dawson--------24 God, Nirvana and the Abyss-------------------------------------------------James N. Dawson--------25 Jefferson v. Hamilton------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------26 Comments on TC199----------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------27 Objectivism: Platonic Idealism---------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------29 Newspaper Clippings--------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------30 Science & Science Fiction,Natural Law,Space & Universe Do Not Mean Same!---Stephen H. Frey--------31 On Special Relativity, What is Space? (and Time), Religious Science--------Stephen H. Frey--------32 Rosie, Oh Rosie, Oh -- Where F'Art Thou?-----------------------------------Thirsty Thersites------33 Woodstock 2 versus Atlantis 2 in TC 200------------------------------------Roger Young------------37 Blacks and Achievement, Drive, Repressed Memories, Etc.--------------------Russell Eisenman, Ph.D-38 Comments-------------------------------------------------------------------Russell Eisenman, Ph.D-40 Understanding Conspiracy---------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------41 On Keeping Our Brothers----------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------43 For Your Eyes Only---------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------46 Comments from Norman Doering-----------------------------------------------Norman Doering---------48 Comments on the Episodes JD(2)---------------------------------------------Allen JD---------------50 More Heat. Less Light. Re-prints on Relativity, submitted by---------------Allen Thornton---------57 Comments-------------------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------58 TC 200 TCENTUM-------------------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------59 Clipping on Social Security from Mpls. Red Star Tribune, submitted by------Jackpine Savage--------60 Newspaper Clippings, submitted by------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------61 Six Stooges Without a Clue-------------------------------------------------A. Vatar---------------63 Don't Err Anew at Penn Station---------------------------------------------David Unsigned---------64 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ __ _ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | __| | | | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| |___ |__| _|__ ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 13 November 1994 ********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #202): 30 DECEMBER 1994 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************** ==================================================================================================== Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page, Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Allen Thornton------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 About "The Connection" (thumbnail sketches of Connectors)------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Allen Thornton------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 About "The Connection" (thumbnail sketches of Connectors)------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Merrilee Stoerm on Conspiracy Theory--------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Deedra Merope on Market Standardization, and in General-------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Deedra Merope on What's Involved in Running a Business--------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Tad Davies on Turnover in "The Connection" (TC)---------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Stack on Atheism vs. Theism-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Stack on the Improbability of Things Being As We Find Them----Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Lipsig on the Improbability of Things Being As We Find Them---Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Stack and Chuck Lipsig on Quantum Effects---------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Stack & Chuck Lipsig on the Universe as Computer Simulation---Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Stack on Reliance on Great Minds------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Stack on a "Non-Denominational God"---------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Terry Inman---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Chuck Lipsig on Working Conditions----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for Chuck Lipsig on Supporting Causes, & on Santa Claus vs. God---Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Daniel Ust on Objectivism-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Daniel Ust on Conception vs. Perception-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------11 Comments for M. Anderson on Consciousness, and on War & the Labor Market---Filthy Pierre----------11 Comments for M. Anderson on Working Conditions-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------12 Comments for Woody Welling-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------12 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on Special Relativity and Time Dilation-------Filthy Pierre----------12 Comments for Thersites, & for Roger Young on ATCOPS vs. US Bank Accounts---Filthy Pierre----------13 Comments for JD, and for James N. Dawson on Cryptozoology------------------Filthy Pierre----------13 Self-Verification, Formal Methodological Criteria, Occam-------------------James N. Dawson--------14 Sensitivities, Principles and Metaprinciples-------------------------------James N. Dawson--------15 Cmnts. for J.N.Dawson on"Formal Methodological Principles"in Epistemology--Filthy Pierre----------16 In Search Of...------------------------------------------------------------Papa Joe Fulks---------18 Why I Don't Intend to Stop Smoking!----------------------------------------Papa Joe Fulks---------19 To Thersites and All Other Connectors, and Comment for Stack---------------Stephen H. Frey--------21 TD Again? or YET?----------------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------22 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------23 Obituary of Sir Karl Popper, 92, Philosopher; Anti-Marxist-----------------The Associated Press---24 Obituary of Sir Karl Popper, 92, Philosopher; Anti-Marxist, submitted by---Roger Young------------24 Replies on Epistemology, Ethics, and Politics------------------------------Daniel Ust-------------25 After Predicted Events-----------------------------------------------------Chuck Lipsig-----------27 Comments on Atheism III----------------------------------------------------Stack------------------31 Trading Shots with Thersites-----------------------------------------------M. Anderson------------33 Hartman Speaks-------------------------------------------------------------Pat Hartman------------35 Ad for Salon #22: A Journal of Aesthetics----------------------------------Pat Hartman------------36 Comments on TC200----------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------37 Abigail Bosworth-----------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------38 Feminism,Multiculturalism,Achievement by Asians,Jews&Blacks,&OtherMatters--Russell Eisenman-------40 The Rest I Leave as an Exercise for the Student----------------------------Thersites3-------------42 Comments from--------------------------------------------------------------Norman Doering---------45 The Measurement of Sacrifice-----------------------------------------------Ed Reith---------------47 Institutions---------------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------48 New Bill of Rights---------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------51 Reports for Sale (ad)------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------52 Comments for TC 201--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------53 Constitutional Fetishism---------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------54 It Takes a Worker a Week to Dig a Foundation-------------------------------Deedra Merope----------55 But an Executive Thinks He Can Make a Hole---------------------------------Deedra Merope----------56 Big Enough to Put the Whole World In---------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------57 With One Mighty Turn of His Shovel.----------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------58 And When He Looks at His Accomplishment, He Says---------------------------Deedra Merope----------59 "I Even Had Some Room to Spare!"-------------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------60 Comments on the Episodes 3-------------------------------------------------JD---------------------61 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ __ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | __| | | __| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| |___ |__| |___ ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 1 January 1995 ********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #203): 10 FEBRUARY 1995 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************** ==================================================================================================== The Concerned Voter--------------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage---------0 Considering Limbaugh (letter to the editor)--------------------------------Jackpine Savage---------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page, Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on Special Relativity-------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Daniel Ust on Aquinas and Rand-------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Stack---------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Russell Eisenman on Therapists and Child Abuse----------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Russell Eisenman on Blacks, Jews, and "The Bell Curve"--------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for JD on Modeling------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 God Is Dead But Deadwood Dick Lives (more or less)-------------------------Deadwood Dick-----------5 Do Libertarians Believe in Democracy?--------------------------------------David Hoscheidt---------6 Term Limits Appropriate Way to Stop Abuse of Power-------------------------David Hoscheidt---------7 Objectivist Foreign Policy-------------------------------------------------Daniel Ust--------------8 Football and Its Critics---------------------------------------------------Jeff Page--------------10 If I Get in Your Way, Just Push; God Endorses Justifiable Violence---------Tad Thersites----------12 Terry Inman Is Dead at Age 32----------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------16 A Letter from--------------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------16 A letter from David Hoscheidt, submitted by--------------------------------Tad Davies-------------16 Visits to Friends----------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------17 Comments for Connectors----------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------18 Terry Inman, 32; Libertarian Party Activist (obituary), submitted by-------Robert Hill------------20 Comments on Atheism IV-----------------------------------------------------James R. Stack---------21 Liberty and Religion, U. S. Consitution, 2 Thoughts------------------------James N. Dawson--------23 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------24 Article on Silver----------------------------------------------------------Cheryl Strauss Einhorn-25 Article on Silver, submitted by--------------------------------------------Roger Young------------25 Season's Greetings---------------------------------------------------------The Small-Town Hick----26 Season's Greetings---------------------------------------------------------The Small-Town Hick----26 Season's Greetings---------------------------------------------------------James R. Collier-------26 Blakcs, Masturbation, The Paranormal, My Two New Books, Etc.---------------Russell Eisenmann, Ph.-28 Connections and Ramblings--------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------30 The Contract on America----------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------32 To Thirsty and Whomever It May Concern, an Afterthought, and More on TD!---Stephen H. Frey--------36 Special Relativity (SR), Black Holes (BH), and To Thirsty and Whomever...--Stephen H. Frey--------37 Worship Me or Boil---------------------------------------------------------Norman Doering---------38 Ystbybtatr-----------------------------------------------------------------Tom Ystbybtatr---------40 Merry Winter Solstice------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------41 Comments for TC 202--------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------42 What Did I Do / To Be So Beige / and Blue?---------------------------------Nathan Lynch-----------43 The Coming Holocaust?------------------------------------------------------Nathan Lynch-----------44 The Master Returns!--------------------------------------------------------Richard Steven Hack----45 The Master Returns!--------------------------------------------------------Thor X. Challenger-----45 Untitled Drawing-----------------------------------------------------------Jim Unsigned-----------47 Clipping from the Woodstock Times------------------------------------------Lee Reich--------------48 Live Evil------------------------------------------------------------------Jackpine Natas---------49 Grade Me, then Sing "All the Rich Swine Dance"-----------------------------Deedra Merope----------52 State Socialist? Who me?---------------------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------53 Religious Censorship on Amateur Packet Radio-------------------------------Deedra Merope----------54 Discussions Without Insults Are Fun Too------------------------------------M Anderson-------------55 Getting Down to Business---------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------57 For Sale: INNOVATOR--------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------58 Comments on the Episodes JD(4)---------------------------------------------JD---------------------59 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ __ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | __| | | __| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| |___ |__| ___| ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 12 February 1995 ******************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #204): 24 MARCH 1995 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************* ==================================================================================================== The Libertarian Party Subculture: Monochromal?-----------------------------David Hoscheidt---------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page, Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Terry Inman, Sasquatch: Some of the Best Evidence--------------------------James N. Dawson---------3 Clinton Blames NRA for Democratic Losses-----------------------------------Allen Thornton----------5 Terry Inman Will Be Missed-------------------------------------------------Daniel Ust--------------7 More Remarks on the Objectivist View of Definition-------------------------Daniel Ust--------------7 Rejoinders to Meope, the Editor, and Thersites?----------------------------Daniel Ust--------------7 Insert Text of Farewell Speech Here----------------------------------------Deedra Merope-----------9 Insert Video Clip of Ticker-Tape Parade Here-------------------------------Deedra Merope----------10 TC203 Militia Update-------------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------11 TC203 Comments for Connectors----------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------12 Bad Motorfinger------------------------------------------------------------Natas------------------13 Abigail, Deedra, Fred and Rosie--------------------------------------------Natas------------------15 Small-Town Hick------------------------------------------------------------Natas------------------16 Time Dilation and Special Relativity---------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------17 November 8, 1994 - A Victory for the Religious Right and Intolerance-------Woody Welling----------19 Cryptogram, and Comments for TC#203: Re: #201------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------24 Who's Next?----------------------------------------------------------------M. Anderson------------26 Comments to Connectors-----------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------28 Is Jodie Foster God?, and Comments for T(L)C 202---------------------------Richard S. Hack--------30 The Educational Abyss------------------------------------------------------J. Page----------------32 "That Will Be All" of Marlboro Messages------------------------------------Scott Glover-----------34 Objectivism, Where It Goes Wrong-------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------35 Black Hole May Be Destroying Nearby Star, Astronomers Say, submitted by----Jim Stumm--------------36 Terry Inman 1962 - 1994 * Ave Atque Vale, submitted by---------------------Thersites?-------------37 Pictographs, Petroglyphss, Parchment, Papyrus, Paper, Printing, PCs, ...---Thersites?-------------38 Are You Cynical About the Beauty of Authoritarianism?----------------------Tom Palven-------------41 Report from the Episcopalian Front-----------------------------------------Ed Reith---------------42 My Two New Books, One "Old" One, and Response to TCers---------------------Russell Eisenman, Ph. -44 Media Copy Consultant------------------------------------------------------A. Alexander Stella----46 Imagine, If You Can, a World with No Hypothetical Situations---------------Norman Doering---------47 Papa Joe Responds to TC 201------------------------------------------------Papa Joe Fulks---------49 Responses to TC 202--------------------------------------------------------Papa Joe Fulks---------51 Food. That's What Happened-------------------------------------------------James R. Collier-------52 Food. That's What Happened-------------------------------------------------The Small-Town Hick----52 Food. That's What Happened-------------------------------------------------The Small-Town Hick----52 JD(5)----------------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------54 Arational Black Boxes------------------------------------------------------Chuck Lipsig-----------71 Comments for Daniel Ust on Objective Reality-------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on Special Relativity-------------------------Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments for Roger Young on Operating in Financial Markets-----------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for James N. Dawson on Sasquatch Evidence-------------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Stack on the Natural and Supernatural-------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Jackpine Savage, and for Merrilee Stoerm on Smokinig Deaths---Filthy Pierre----------82 Comments for Norman Doering, and for Deedra Merope, and for Natas----------Filthy Pierre----------82 Comments for Richard S. hack on the History of the Personal Computer-------Filthy Pierre----------82 Comments for Thersites on Luck, and on "r" vs. "K" Strategies--------------Filthy Pierre----------83 Comments for M. Anderson on War and the Labor Market-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------84 Comments for M. Anderson on Employment vs. Entrepreneurship----------------Filthy Pierre----------84 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ __ _ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | ||\ | __| | | / | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | || \ | | | | |__| | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___|| \| |___ |__| | ==================================================================================================== DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 26 March 1995 **************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #205): 5 MAY 1995 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous **************************************** ==================================================================================================== Deedra Merope Speaks from the Grave----------------------------------------Deedra Merope-----------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page, Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Goethe Influenced Rand?----------------------------------------------------Daniel Ust--------------3 Another Batch of Replies: Chuck Lipsig re: Objectivism vs. Objectivists----Daniel Ust--------------3 Another Batch of Replies:Filthy Pierre re: Introspection, Kelley, Quantum--Daniel Ust--------------4 Another Batch of Replies: Jim Stumm re: A Priori---------------------------Daniel Ust--------------4 What Is Absolute, and The Gospel Truth, and A Question for Norman Doering--Stephen Frey------------5 To Whom It may Concern, Another Explanation of TD, Reality, Natural Law----Stephen Frey------------6 Politics,Religion,Race--All Those Things Parents Told Us Never to Discuss--Chuck Lipsig------------7 Alien Asylum---------------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------13 Our Obsession with Rights--------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------15 Letter to the Editor of The Pantagraph-------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------16 Libertarian Orgs: Donating vs. Buying Shares, Ultimate Death Song----------J. N. Dawson-----------17 Comments on Atheism V------------------------------------------------------Stack------------------18 Bootsie Camps -- A Quasi-Libertarian Drug-War Tactic-----------------------Space Needle-----------23 Bootsie Camps -- A Quasi-Libertarian Drug-War Tactic-----------------------Space Needle-----------23 The Drug Crisis: One Addict's Solution, submitted by-----------------------Space Needle-----------23 The Drug Crisis: One Addict's Solution, submitted by-----------------------Space Needle-----------23 The Drug Crisis: One Addict's Solution-------------------------------------Vitaly Shakhov---------23 A Necessary Evil-----------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------25 Responses to TC203---------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------26 Clippings About Woodstock--------------------------------------------------Various----------------28 Employees vs. Entrepreneurs------------------------------------------------Mark Anderson----------30 Newtonian Physick Purges Excess Government---------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------32 The Great Natas------------------------------------------------------------Natas------------------34 Lawyers (Ugh!), My New Books (Yes!), and Other Comments--------------------Russell Eisenman-------40 The Educational Abyss (continued)------------------------------------------J. Page----------------42 Self Defense, and Book Excerpts--------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------44 The Ass-Kissed Tyrant, and Militia News------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------45 Why Would Anyone Leave (Voluntarily) a Fool's Paradise?--------------------Thersites--------------46 Review of Salon------------------------------------------------------------Factsheet Five---------49 US Loans to Mexican Govt., Politics, Post-Constitutional Govt., ACLU Suit--Tom Palven-------------50 Letter to the Editor of the Asbury Park Press------------------------------Tom Palven-------------51 The Theology Wars Still Rage!----------------------------------------------Norman Doering---------52 Issue #203-----------------------------------------------------------------Robert Hill------------54 Comments on the Episodes---------------------------------------------------JD---------------------57 Comments on the Episodes: Abigail Bosworth---------------------------------JD---------------------60 Comments on the Episodes: Merrilee Stoerm----------------------------------JD---------------------63 Comments on the Episodes: Ed Reith-----------------------------------------JD---------------------63 Comments on the Episodes: Roger Young--------------------------------------JD---------------------64 Comments on the Episodes: Jim Stumm----------------------------------------JD---------------------66 Comments on the Episodes: M. Anderson--------------------------------------JD---------------------68 Comments on the Episodes: Thirsty------------------------------------------JD---------------------68 The Right to Know----------------------------------------------------------James R. Collier-------70 The Right to Know----------------------------------------------------------The Small Town Hick----70 The Right to Know----------------------------------------------------------The Small Town Hick----70 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------72 Comments for Stephen Frey on Logic vs. Fact--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------74 Comments for Ust on the Priority of Consciousness vs. External Existence---Filthy Pierre----------75 Comments for Daniel Ust on the Relevance of Physics to Philosophy----------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Daniel Ust on "Representationalism"---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments for Daniel Ust on Rand and Aquinas--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Daniel Ust on Definitions, and Comments for Roger Young-------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Deedra Merope on Leaving Tools Lying Around-------------------Filthy Pierre----------81 Comments for Woody Welling, and for Abigail Bosworth-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------81 Comments for Tom Palven, and Comments for Norman Doering on Relativity-----Filthy Pierre----------82 Comments for JD on Magazine Publishing, and Comments for Chuck Lipsig------Filthy Pierre----------82 Comments for James N. Dawson on Paranormal/Anomalous Phenomena-------------Filthy Pierre----------82 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ __ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| | | |__ | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ |__| ___| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 7 May 1995 ****************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #206): 16 JUNE 1995 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ****************************************** ================================================================================================================ St. Bagehot----------------------------------------------------------------------------Unsigned----------------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page, Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments on Immigration----------------------------------------------------------------Stack-------------------3 Hope This Makes It!(Reason& Survival;Gorbachev/Yeltsin;Methods of Inquiry;Federalism)--Daniel Ust--------------5 Spooks, Spocks and Hillary Clinton-----------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton----------7 When Does A Equal Not-A?---------------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton----------8 Opinions and Comments------------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling-----------9 The Flat Tax That's Not Flat-----------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------11 Comments on TC204----------------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------12 Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Small-Town Hick--------13 Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Small-Town Hick--------13 Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------------------James R. Collier-------13 God Is An Atheist----------------------------------------------------------------------Mark Anderson----------16 Connects & Disconnects, Conceptual Cosmology,Now the Big Bang,The Sermon on the Mount--Saint Stephen----------18 Connects & Disconnects, Conceptual Cosmology,Now the Big Bang,The Sermon on the Mount--Saint Stephen----------18 Connects & Disconnects, Conceptual Cosmology,Now the Big Bang,The Sermon on the Mount--Stephen R. Frey--------18 Cryptogram, Comments on #203 & 204-----------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------22 Objections to Sasquatch Evidence Answered----------------------------------------------James N. Dawson--------22 The Sinking of Atlantis/Oceania; Nevada, a Libertarian State?; Mutual Funds; Axioms----Jim Stumm--------------24 Do-Dah Deity---------------------------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------25 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------26 Better the Illusion of Freedom Than the Conviction of Slavery--------------------------Thersites--------------29 Better the Illusion of Freedom Than the Conviction of Slavery--------------------------Thirsty----------------29 Respons to TCers Comments in TC#204----------------------------------------------------Russell Eisenman-------32 A Comment on Nadine Stroessen on Feminism and Pornography------------------------------Russell Eisenman-------33 Ten-Hut!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------34 Ten-Hut!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------34 Come on Satan, Light My Fire-----------------------------------------------------------Natas------------------39 FDR's Destructive Legacy---------------------------------------------------------------Eric Margolis----------39 FDR's Destructive Legacy, submitted by-------------------------------------------------Natas------------------39 Movie Review: Forever Young------------------------------------------------------------Jeff Page--------------40 Perceptions of the Economy-------------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------42 Federal Mandates, and Comments---------------------------------------------------------Papa Joe Fulks---------44 Federal Mandates, and Comments---------------------------------------------------------Papa Joe Fulks---------44 With God All Things Are Possible-------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------46 Letter to the Editor: Tell Us What the Policy Is---------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------46 Give Me Liberty, Not Utopia------------------------------------------------------------Edward H. Crane--------47 Give Me Liberty, Not Utopia, submited by-----------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------47 If God Has No God Above Him, He Must Think Like an Atheist-----------------------------Norman Doering---------48 Bootsie Camps #2, and Three Comments to Lipsig-----------------------------------------Space Needle-----------50 Bootsie Camps #2, and Three Comments to Lipsig-----------------------------------------Space Needle-----------50 Clippings, submitted by----------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------51 Clippings, submitted by----------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------51 Comments on the Episodes: Hi All Connectors--------------------------------------------JD---------------------55 Comments on the Episodes: Jackpine Savage----------------------------------------------JD---------------------60 Comments on the Episodes: Deedra the Ghost---------------------------------------------JD---------------------62 Comments on the Episodes: Mark Anderson------------------------------------------------JD---------------------62 Comments on the Episodes: Robert Hill--------------------------------------------------JD---------------------63 Comments on the Episodes: Jim Stumm----------------------------------------------------JD---------------------67 Comments on the Episodes: Roger Young--------------------------------------------------JD---------------------69 Comments on the Episodes: Erwin Strauss------------------------------------------------JD---------------------70 Socialist Patriotic Promise Reality----------------------------------------------------JD---------------------71 Comments for Stack on Atheism: Where We Stand------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------72 Comments for Stack on Events Without Causes, Common Sense, the Origin of the Universe--Filthy Pierre----------73 Comments for Stack on RelativeProbabilities,Occam's Razor,Rational vs.ReligiousPeople--Filthy Pierre----------74 Comments for Stack on Revenge vs. Forgive and Forget, George Smith, the Gospels--------Filthy Pierre----------75 Comments for Chuck Lipsig on relative Probabilities, Interracial Sex on Star Trek------Filthy Pierre----------75 Comments for Chuck Lipsig on the Existence vs. Non-Existence of God--------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Chuck Lipsig on Religion vs. Other Bases for Values, & on Business Savvy--Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Chuck Lipsig on Taxes and Learned Hand, and on Libertarianism and Theism--Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for David Hoscheidt on Rights, & for James N. Dawson on Teenage Death Songs---Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for James N. Dawson on the Credibility of the News Media. vs. the Paranormal--Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for James N. Dawson on Libertarian New Countries------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Space Needle on Bootsie Camps for Drug Users------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Mark Anderson, and for Natas on Private Militaries and on Mobility--------Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments for Natas on Libertarianism and My Thoughts on the Future---------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Natas on New-Country Defense, and on Business Ideas-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Natas on the Future Value of Job Skills vs. Inheritance-------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for J. Page on Education, for Thersites on Socialism, and for Tom Palven------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Pat Hartman on Holocaust Revisionism--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Robert Hill, and for Roger Young on Silver vs. Stocks---------------------Filthy Pierre----------81 Comments for Norman Doering on Special Relativity (Last Issue)-------------------------Filthy Pierre----------81 Comments for David Hoscheidt on Alphas, Betas and Gammas, and Type A-------------------Filthy Pierre----------81 Comments for David Hoscheidt on Timothy Leary,&for Stephen Frey on Special Relativity--Filthy Pierre----------82 Comments for Norman Doering on Special Relativity (This Issue)-------------------------Filthy Pierre----------82 Comments for Natas on Defense in the Post-Nuclear-Proliferation (PNP) Era--------------Filthy Pierre----------83 Comments for Natas on Levels of Punishment, on Star Trek: Voyager, and on Education----Filthy Pierre----------84 Comments for James N. Dawson on Strange Phenomena (SP)---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------84 Afterthoughts for James N. Dawson on Strange Phenomena (SP)----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------86 Comments for Jim Stumm, for Abigail Bosworth, and for James R. Collier-----------------Filthy Pierre----------87 Comments for Allen Thornton on Motives, and for Woody Welling on Paul Davies-----------Filthy Pierre----------87 Comments for Mark Anderson on God, for Daniel Ust on the Reliability of the Senses-----Filthy Pierre----------88 Comments for Stack---------------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------88 The Bully Pulpit: "Climate Control" After Oklahoma City--------------------------------James Phillip Ian------89 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ __ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| | | |__ | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ |__| |__| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 25 June 1995 ******************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #207): 4 AUGUST 1995 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************* ================================================================================================================ Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page, Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Where's the Proof?, Tim G., Positive Disproof, About the Doppler-----------------------S. H. Frey--------------3 Introduction; Time Dilation (TD); Now Here Is Stil More on the TD Myth-----------------S. H. Frey--------------4 Hi All Freedom Seekers, The American Dream Ticket for 1996-----------------------------JD----------------------5 Comments on the Episodes: Roger Young--------------------------------------------------JD----------------------5 Comments on the Episodes: Tom Palven, Abigail Bosworth, For You Dad--------------------JD----------------------8 Comments on the Episodes: Papa Joe Fulks, James Phillip Ian, Natas---------------------JD----------------------9 Comments on the Episodes: Jim Stumm----------------------------------------------------JD---------------------10 Comments on the Episodes: Merrilee Stoerm----------------------------------------------JD---------------------11 Comments on the Episodes: Mark Anderson------------------------------------------------JD---------------------14 Comments on the Episodes: Thirsty------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------18 Comments on the Episodes: Stephen Frey-------------------------------------------------JD---------------------18 On Bootsie Camps #3--------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------21 Sound As a Nut (poem), and Comments for TCers------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------23 Three Pages of Drug War Clippings------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------24 Four Nuclear-Proliferation Clippings---------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------27 A Scotsman, a Liberal, and Filthy Pierre-----------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------29 Deedra's Gone, So Somebody Has to Use Unbearably Small Print---------------------------Chuck Lipsig-----------30 Mystery or Muddle?, and The Philosophy in Lovecraft's Art------------------------------Daniel Ust-------------37 A Review: Man's Unconquerable Mind, by Gilbert Heighet---------------------------------Jeff Page--------------39 A Little of This and a Little of That--------------------------------------------------Mark Anderson----------41 Religion and Other Black Holes---------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------43 Misunderstanding Einstein--------------------------------------------------------------Mendel Sachs-----------44 Shuttle Telecopes Target Quasar in Test of Theory--------------------------------------Marcia Dunn------------44 Misunderstanding Einstein, submitted by------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------44 Shuttle Telecopes Target Quasar in Test of Theory, submitted by------------------------Jim Stumm--------------44 Private Militias and American Nazis----------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------45 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------50 What's Sparking Silver?----------------------------------------------------------------Cheryl Strauss Einhorn-51 What's Sparking Silver?, submitted by--------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------51 The Source, Nature and Importance of Rights--------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------52 TCers: Standing Around with 1/2 a Quarrel, Looking for the Other Half------------------Thersites?-------------54 Oklahoma, OK!--------------------------------------------------------------------------Ed Reith---------------58 Unreal Expectations About Iraquis------------------------------------------------------Charley Reese----------60 Unreal Expectations About Iraquis, submitted by----------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------60 A Minority View------------------------------------------------------------------------Walter E. Williams-----61 A Minority View, submitted by----------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------61 Response to TCers Comments in TC#205---------------------------------------------------Russell Eisenman-------62 A 1995 Book that Critiques Feminism; and The O. J. Simpson Case------------------------Russell Eisenman-------63 Randroid Purveyor of Crackpot History? Who, Me?!---------------------------------------Norman Doering---------64 Ink Drawing----------------------------------------------------------------------------Norman Doering---------66 Pulling Out theStops:Tavern Owner,Others Complain Police Go Too Far to Halt DWI(photo)-Dion Ogust-------------67 Woodstock: Colony of the Cops----------------------------------------------------------Martin Halsey----------68 Vitamin E: A Cancer Warning------------------------------------------------------------Science News-----------68 Comments on TC 205-205-----------------------------------------------------------------Richard S. Hack--------69 Greetings to All Connectors------------------------------------------------------------Adrastia---------------71 Comments for Norman Doering on New Countries,Non-Fighting Island Countries,Game Theory-Filthy Pierre----------73 Comments for Norman Doering on Doers vs. Dreamers--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------74 Comments for Russell Eisenman on Haiti, and for Adrastia on Endowing Offsprint---------Filthy Pierre----------74 Comments for Stephen Frey on Apparrent Foreshortening Due to the Finite Speed of Light-Filthy Pierre----------75 Comments for Stephen Frey on the Shape of the Earth, and on Special Relativity (SR)----Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Richard Hack on Strange Phenomena (SP)------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments for Chuck Lipsig on Origin of the Universe, & on Strange/Miraculous Phenomena-Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Chuck Lipsig on the Multi-Universe Theory---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Mark Anderson, Roger Young and Ed Reith-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Thersites on the Failure of Socialism, and on My Time in the Army---------Filthy Pierre----------80 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ __ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| | | | / | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ |__| | ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 13 August 1995 *********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #208): 22 SEPTEMBER 1995 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous *********************************************** ================================================================================================================ Equality Under the Law-----------------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt---------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page, Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments on Atheism--------------------------------------------------------------------Stack-------------------3 Comments to Connectors-----------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle------------8 Comments to Connectors-----------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle------------8 Drug-War/Autonomous Zone Clippings-----------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------10 Drug-War/Autonomous Zone Clippings-----------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------10 "Strange Phenomena" Clippings----------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------14 "Strange Phenomena" Clippings----------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------14 Population/Proliferation/Patty-Hearst Clippings----------------------------------------Space Needle-----------16 Population/Proliferation/Patty-Hearst Clippings----------------------------------------Space Needle-----------16 Hush my darling. Be Still my sarling. The Lion's on the Phone--------------------------Natas------------------17 In the spaceship, the Silver spaceship, the Lion waves Goodbye-------------------------Natas------------------18 Searching for the Penultimate Truth----------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------19 Replies to Connectors------------------------------------------------------------------Roger Young------------21 Politics, Ethics, Kids Rights----------------------------------------------------------Mark Anderson----------22 If Your Sexual Fantasies Were Truly of Interest to Others...---------------------------The Hick---------------24 TC207----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------27 TC207----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jackpine Savage--------27 Letter to Lex4154----------------------------------------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------30 Letter of 15 June 1991-----------------------------------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------31 Letter of 17 June 1991-----------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------31 When You're a Photon, Everything is Simultaneous---------------------------------------Norman Doering---------32 Safety Last, editorial submitted by----------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------34 Passage Through El Dorado--------------------------------------------------------------Jonathan Kandell-------34 Passage Through El Dorado, submitted by------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------34 Comics---------------------------------------------------------------------------------The Hick---------------36 Time Dilation--------------------------------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------41 Oklahoma City Bombing, Who Did It?-----------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------43 In Which One of Our Correspondents is Compared to a Low-Budget British Horror Movie----Chuck Lipsig-----------45 I Can't Think of Anything I'd Trade My Happiness For-----------------------------------Thersites?-------------49 Ad for "All the Obscenities Found in the Bible"----------------------------------------Kas-mark Publishing Co-53 Die Gedanken Sind Frei-----------------------------------------------------------------Benjamin Parker--------54 Reason to Read "Reason," and Comments for TCers----------------------------------------Russell Eisenman, Ph. -56 The Way I Aee It Today-----------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------58 To Many Traders, Gold Options Look Cheap-----------------------------------------------Cheryl Strauss Einhorn-65 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on the Doppler Shift--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------66 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on Time Delay Due to the Finite Speed of Light------------Filthy Pierre----------66 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on Difficulties of Understanding--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------67 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on Possible Areas of Agreement----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------67 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on Jauncey------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------68 Comments for Stack on Theism vs. Atheism-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------69 Reply for Stack on My Tastes in Science Fiction, etc.----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------70 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ __ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| | | |__| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ |__| |__| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 25 September 1995 ********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #209): 10 NOVEMBER 1995 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************** ================================================================================================================ Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page, Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Space Needle on My Type Size----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Natas on Political Parties, and for Roger Young on Automation-------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Jackpine Savage on Automation---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Norman Doering on Pop Science Writing-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Norman Doering on Lunar TV and Relativity, and on Quantum Mechanics-------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Norman Doering on New Countries-------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Jim Stumm on Oklahoma City------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Chuck Lipsig on Military Logistics, and on God, and in General------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 The Universe, and That Old Black Magic-------------------------------------------------Stephen Frey------------7 The Universe, and That Old Black Magic-------------------------------------------------Saint Stephen-----------7 The Universe, and That Old Black Magic-------------------------------------------------Saint Stephen-----------7 Comments for F. Pierre-----------------------------------------------------------------Stephen Frey------------8 Comments for F. Pierre-----------------------------------------------------------------Saint Stephen-----------8 Comments for F. Pierre-----------------------------------------------------------------Saint Stephen-----------8 Not Much to Say------------------------------------------------------------------------Mark Anderson-----------9 It's Time to Play "What's My Boggle?"--------------------------------------------------Norman Doering---------10 Domain of the Federal Land Barons, and Comments on Nevada and the Income Tax-----------Jim Stumm--------------12 Comments for Chuck Lipsig on Poor Get Poorer-------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------13 Ballimore Consort: Comments on The (Libertarian) Connection #207-----------------------Chuck Lipsig-----------14 Comments on TC #205, and Comments on TC #206-------------------------------------------Adrastia---------------19 Another Page from...-------------------------------------------------------------------Adrastia---------------20 The Contract with America - A Puritan Revival------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------21 I've Been Subscribing to TC for a Couple of Years Now----------------------------------Ed Rom-----------------24 What Is Government?--------------------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------28 Dear Abigail---------------------------------------------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------30 Letter to Daniel Ust-------------------------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------32 America's Un-Christian Beginnings------------------------------------------------------Steven Morris----------33 America's Un-Christian Beginnings, submitted by----------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------33 Toast and Jelly: The Poor Man's Danish-------------------------------------------------Thersites?-------------34 Fundamentalists, Lawyers, Death Penalty, Political Parties and Comments----------------Russell Eisenman-------37 The Japs Deserved Getting Nuked, and Comments to Connectors----------------------------Jackpine Savage--------39 The Japs Deserved Getting Nuked, and Comments to Connectors----------------------------Jackpine Savage--------39 Laissez Faire City (advertisement)-----------------------------------------------------Laissez Faire Trust----40 The Cat Ate My Essay-------------------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------41 Comments to Connectors-----------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------43 Comments to Connectors-----------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------43 Drug Legalization vs. Bootsie Camps----------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------44 Drug Legalization vs. Bootsie Camps----------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------44 Highlights from TLC #182---------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------46 Highlights from TLC #182---------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------46 Independent Communities & Secession, and Seatbelts & Helmets---------------------------Space Needle-----------50 Independent Communities & Secession, and Seatbelts & Helmets---------------------------Space Needle-----------50 "Three-Strikes" Law in Washington------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------54 "Three-Strikes" Law in Washington------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------54 Regulatory Issues (Legal Brothels / Spelling Reform / Dress Sizes)---------------------Space Needle-----------58 Regulatory Issues (Legal Brothels / Spelling Reform / Dress Sizes)---------------------Space Needle-----------58 IQ-Testing Gadget----------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------59 IQ-Testing Gadget----------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------59 Strange Sculpture----------------------------------------------------------------------Jeff Page--------------60 My Kingdom for a Pork Chop!------------------------------------------------------------Benjamin Parker--------61 Comments for Thersites on Uniquely Human Traits----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------62 Comments for Benjamin Parker on Beethoven's Ninth Symphony-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------62 Comments for Woody Welling, and For C. Lipsig------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------62 Comments for Allen Thornton on Quantum Mechanics---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------63 Comments for Ed Rom, and for Benjamin Parker on "The Invisible Man"--------------------Filthy Pierre----------63 Comments for Adrastia on the Caapbilities of Computers---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------63 Comments for Woody Welling on Rightist Politics, and on Elites-------------------------Filthy Pierre----------63 Comments for David Hoscheidt on Bosnia-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------64 Comments for Stephen Frey on the Universe----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------65 Comments for Stephen Frey on the Mass Increase of Subatomic Particles------------------Filthy Pierre----------65 Comments for Norman Doering on the Paradox of the Twins--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------66 Comments for Stephen Frey on the Paradox of the Twins----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------70 Comments for Norman Doering------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------70 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ __ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| | | |__| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ |__| __| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 14 November 1995 ********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #210): 31 DECEMBER 1995 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************** ================================================================================================================ O. J. Simpson Trial, etc.--------------------------------------------------------------Small-Town Hick---------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page, Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Adrastia's Comments on TC #208---------------------------------------------------------Adrastia----------------3 Time to Revolt?------------------------------------------------------------------------Mark Anderson-----------4 Klezmer Bagpipes-----------------------------------------------------------------------Chuck Lipsig------------5 Boosts for American Fascism------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling-----------9 Thoughts of a Confederate War Widow----------------------------------------------------Mrs. John B. Denson----13 Thoughts of a Confederate War Widow, submitted by--------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------13 Not Liable for Libel-------------------------------------------------------------------Hans Schroeder---------13 Not Liable for Libel, submitted by-----------------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------13 Comments on Atheism/Immigration--------------------------------------------------------Stack------------------15 Entropy--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thersites3-------------18 Victorianism---------------------------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------21 TD Again! TD Forever?------------------------------------------------------------------Stephen Frey-----------22 Letter from Deedra to Abigail----------------------------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------25 Letter from Deedra to Abigail, submitted by--------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------25 Letter from Abigail to Deedra----------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------25 Some Ideas about Race and Other Matters------------------------------------------------Russell Eisenman, Ph.D-26 Comments on the Episodes: JD(9)--------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------28 Jim Stumm------------------------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------31 American Family Strength Crises (02)---------------------------------------------------JD---------------------34 CTYCN - Aside (01)---------------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------39 Norman Doering-------------------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------39 Erwin Strauss--------------------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------40 Mark Anderson--------------------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------40 CTYCN - Aside (02)---------------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------41 Roger Young----------------------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------43 American Family Strength Crises (03)---------------------------------------------------JD---------------------45 Ed Rom---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ed Rom-----------------47 Pork Chops: Who Needs 'Em?-------------------------------------------------------------Benjamin Parker--------52 If You Drive Your Car at Light Speed and Then Turn On Your Headlights, What Happens?---Norman Doering---------54 Exploit the Greatness That You Can Be! SuperShift Has Splendidly Arrived!--------------Aquillo International--56 Cryptogram, and Re: Sasquatches, Etc.--------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------58 Letter of 7/2/95 to American Astrologer------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------59 Secret History of the 14th Amendment---------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------60 For Sale: Cross Connections------------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------61 Comments to Connectors-----------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------62 Clippings on Drug Issues---------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------63 Clippings on Independent Communities and Secession-------------------------------------Space Needle-----------66 Clippings on Entrenched Government Employees-------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------67 Clippings on Charging Prisoners Rent, and on Investing Tip-----------------------------Space Needle-----------68 About "The Connection"-----------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------69 Comments for Space Needle on a "The Connection (TC) Digest"----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------71 Comments for Small-Town Hick-----------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------71 Comments for Mark Anderson on Thought--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------71 Comments for David Hoscheidt on Victorianism-------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------71 Comments for Benjamin Parker-----------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------72 Comments for Abigail Bosworth----------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------72 Comments for Jim Stumm-----------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------72 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ _ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| | | | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ _|__ |__| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 31 December 1995 ********************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #211): 9 FEBRUARY 1996 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************* ================================================================================================================ Letters--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Unsigned----------------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page, Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Standards of Tolerance-----------------------------------------------------------------Jeff Page---------------3 The Gloomy Spirit of the 1990s---------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling-----------5 Responses to TC209---------------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling-----------7 Why O. J. Was Acquitted and Other Matters----------------------------------------------Russell Eisenman--------8 Tangents-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Hugh G. Kranium--------10 Spies Are Us---------------------------------------------------------------------------Mark Anderson----------13 Speech Guidelines----------------------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------15 TC 210---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------17 Consumer Protection: Prior Restraint vs. Liability-------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------19 All Words, Spaces, and Punctuations in This Sentence Belong in the Title, etc., etc.---Thersites--------------21 Ayn Rand, Warts & All, and Comments for Frey on Relativity-----------------------------Jim Stumm--------------24 Comments for Anderson (Show Me Your Papers),& for Space Needle (Drug War, Contract II)-Jim Stumm--------------25 Comments for Eisenman (Head Start, and Race & Crime), and for Stack (FIJA)-------------Jim Stumm--------------25 Ignition! We Have Lift-Off!------------------------------------------------------------Eugene F. Mallove, Sc.-26 Ignition! We Have Lift-Off!, submited by-----------------------------------------------Ed Rom-----------------26 Cold Fusion Demo at SOFE '95-----------------------------------------------------------Jed Rothwell-----------28 Cold Fusion Demo at SOFE '95, submitted by---------------------------------------------Ed Rom-----------------28 Ed Rom---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Ed Rom-----------------29 A. K. A. Chaim David Ben-Joseph--------------------------------------------------------Chuck Lipsig-----------34 Comments on the Episodes---------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------38 American Family Strength Crises (04)---------------------------------------------------JD---------------------38 Return to Freedom (02)-----------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------41 Socialist Patriotic Promise Reality (06)-----------------------------------------------JD---------------------44 American Family Strength Crises (05)---------------------------------------------------JD---------------------46 American Family Strength Crises (06)---------------------------------------------------JD---------------------48 Abigail Bosworth-----------------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------51 The Hick, Jim Stumm, Natas-------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------53 Adrastia-------------------------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------54 Chuck Lipsig, CTYCN Aside, American Family Strength Crises (06)------------------------JD---------------------55 Ed Rom, Roger Young, Norman Doering----------------------------------------------------JD---------------------59 Hog Meat? Bleah! (Revised Nov. 26th)---------------------------------------------------Benjamin Parker--------60 Stack Claims, "God Is a Worm"----------------------------------------------------------Norman Doering---------63 Letter---------------------------------------------------------------------------------Unsigned---------------65 Letter from Deedra, submitted by-------------------------------------------------------Unsigned---------------65 What Is This "Commerce?"---------------------------------------------------------------Small-town Hick--------67 What Is This "Commerce?"---------------------------------------------------------------Small-town Hick--------67 What Is This "Commerce?"---------------------------------------------------------------James R. Collier-------67 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on Relativity, for Woody Welling, and for Norman Doering--Filthy Pierre----------70 More on Relativity---------------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------70 Comments for Stack on the Evolution of Eyes, and on Science Fiction--------------------Filthy Pierre----------74 Comments for Chuck Lipsig on Occam's Razor---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------74 Comments for Chuck Lipsing on "Strong" vs. "Weak" Basis for Disbelief------------------Filthy Pierre----------75 Comments for Chuck Lipsing on the Pursuit of Ideals------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------75 Comments for Chuck Lipsing on Unfalsifiable Propositions, and on Repeatability---------Filthy Pierre----------75 Comments for Chuck Lipsing on Grandfathering, and on the Perversity of God-------------Filthy Pierre----------75 Comments for Chuck Lipsig on Logic Chopping--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Ed Rom on Conspiracy Theory and the Media---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Ed Rom on Cold "Fusion," and on Categories--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments for Thersites-----------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments to Connectors About Drugs-----------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------79 Clippings on Drugs (LSD: Harsh / MDMA: Kinder / Pot / Decriminalization)---------------Space Needle-----------80 Clippings on comments by 4 TLC-ers (on Drugs, "Freedom," & Arms Prolif.)---------------Space Needle-----------84 Clippings on Pro Political Moderation, Uncertainty & Ambiguity-------------------------Space Needle-----------85 Reactions to TC #209-------------------------------------------------------------------Adrastia---------------86 The Snow Zine: Hi, I'm Zev, What's Your Sign-------------------------------------------Zev Sero---------------87 The Snow Zine: Family Values-----------------------------------------------------------Zev Sero---------------87 The Snow Zine: As You Were Saying (Comments on Past Issues)----------------------------Zev Sero---------------89 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ _ _ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| | | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ _|__ _|__ ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 10 February 1996 ******************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #212): 22 MARCH 1996 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************* ================================================================================================================ The Principle of Liberty---------------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher--------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page, Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Hexagram Fifty-Six---------------------------------------------------------------------Ed Rom------------------3 Comments to Connectors about Drugs-----------------------------------------------------Space Needle------------9 Clippings on Drugs (LSD/MDMA Saftey/Psycheds./Pot/Drug War/Mixed)----------------------Space Needle-----------11 Highlights of TC 205-------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------16 Highlights of TC 206-------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------19 We Have Met the Enemy, and He Is Us----------------------------------------------------Small-Town Hick--------22 We Have Met the Enemy, and He Is Us----------------------------------------------------Small-town Hick--------22 I Never Thought I'd Do This...---------------------------------------------------------Janet------------------24 Book Review and a Few Comments---------------------------------------------------------Mark Anderson----------25 Xianity--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------27 Triassic Park vs.Genesis, Text-Only CD ROMs, New Country off Somalia, Cruise Missiles--Jim Stumm--------------29 Shut It (the Federal Government) Down, Ye Gods (God's Existence), LP Politics----------Jim Stumm--------------30 Clippings:ICC to Be Abolished, Thumb-Size Black Hole, LP Convention Date,submitted by--Jim Stumm--------------30 The Worst Insult: Faint Contempt (Comments to Connectors)------------------------------Thersites--------------31 From the Oh Yeah? Dept.----------------------------------------------------------------Thersites--------------33 The Attraction of Georgeism------------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------34 Bob Dole: Last of a Breed?-------------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------35 Congress in Wonderland-----------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------36 Comments on Back Issues of TC----------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------39 More on the Militias-------------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------40 To Whom...-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Stephen Frey-----------41 Let's Dissect Lipsig's Mind and See Why His Thinking Is So Shallow---------------------Norman Doering---------43 Comments for Anderson, Thornton, Kranium, Woody and Hick-------------------------------Norman Doering---------44 Gold Calf Takes Spot in "Pagan" Display------------------------------------------------Jonas Gryder-----------45 Gold Calf Takes Spot in "Pagan" Display, submitted by----------------------------------Tom Palven-------------45 Holiday Display Disputes Leads to Idol Behavior----------------------------------------Jonas Gryder-----------46 Holiday Display Disputes Leads to Idol Behavior, submitted by--------------------------Tom Palven-------------46 Tinker Street, Sound Bite, Masters of Nicotine, Etc., submitted by---------------------Abigail Bosworth-------47 Comments on Atheism, Etc.:FBI List,Lib'ism in 1 Phrase,Prison Proof,Religion/Morality--Stack------------------48 Comments on A'ism,Etc.:Death Penalty,IQ,TC,BibleScholarship,ThumbnailSketch,Ft.Collins-Stack------------------49 Comments on Atheism, Etc.:Dating the Gospels, THC Levels, Judaism,Creation,Complexity--Stack------------------50 Comments on Atheism, Etc.:Immigration, Race & Crime, Is Judaism Racist?, Big Bangs-----Stack------------------51 Comments on Atheism, Etc.:Eye Evolution, Complexity, Science Fiction, Unfalsifiables---Stack------------------52 Comments on Atheism, Etc.:Universe Design, Immigration, TC Rules-----------------------Stack------------------53 Simple Things for Simple Folk, and Editor's Column Defining Future Nature of RSVP------Tad Davies-------------54 Excerpts from the Most Recent Issue of RSVP: Anarchist Communities---------------------Fred E. Foldvary-------55 Excerpts from Most Recent Issue of RSVP: Computer Software Writer Won't Be Prosecuted--Tad Davies-------------55 Excerpts from the Most Recent Issue of RSVP: Magna Carta Myth--------------------------Bob Black--------------55 Excerpts from the Most Recent Issue of RSVP: Pretty Good Privacy-----------------------Lee Bonnifield---------55 Excerpts from the Most Recent Issue of RSVP, submitted by------------------------------Tad Davies-------------55 Comments for Connectors, Based on Their Comments in #210: Kranium, Anderson, Stumm-----Russell Eisenman, Ph. -56 Comments for Connectors, Based on Their Comments in #210:Rom,Needle,JD,Parker,Pierre---Russell Eisenman, Ph. -57 Comments to TC #210--------------------------------------------------------------------Adrastia---------------58 Letter to Deedra on Astrology----------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------59 Comments for Ed Rom on Ad Hominems, and on the Baker Case------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------61 Comments for Ed Rom on "Infinite Energy"-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------62 Comments for Ed Rom on the Civil War, and on the Utility of Theory---------------------Filthy Pierre----------64 Comments for Ed Rom on Appropriateness vs. Accuracy of Categorization------------------Filthy Pierre----------64 Comments for Allen Thornton on Falsifiability and Occam's Razor------------------------Filthy Pierre----------65 Comments for Allen Thornton on Relativity----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------66 Comments for Mark Anderson on Human Uniqueness,& for Chuck Lipsig on Jewish Uniqueness-Filthy Pierre----------66 Comments for Woody Welling on the Future of the Working Class--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------66 Comments for Russell Eisenman on Drugs, and for Hugh G. Kranium on Cosmology-----------Filthy Pierre----------67 Comments for Stephen Frey on Relativity, and for David Hoscheidt-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------67 Comments for Jim Stumm, Chuck Lipsig, Small-Town Hick, and Zev Sero--------------------Filthy Pierre----------68 Comments for Benjamin Parker on Fitness, and for Norman Doering on Relativity----------Filthy Pierre----------68 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ _ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| | __| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ _|__ |___ ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 23 March 1996 ***************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #213): 10 MAY 1996 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ***************************************** ================================================================================================================ The Principle of Liberty, page 2 of 3--------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher--------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page, Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Norman Doering on "The Copenhagen Interpretation" (TCI) of Quantum Mech.--Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Space Needle on Marijuana and Driving-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Space Needle on the Capitalist Attitude toward Money----------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Janet---------------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Mark Anderson on Family Size----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Allen Thornton on Extortion-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Woody Welling-------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Tad Davies----------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Russell Eisenman on Competition for Dominance Among Females---------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Adrastia------------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Stack on Occam's Razor and the Iranian Revolution, and on Cosmology-------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Stack on "The Connection (TC), and on Christians As Neighbors-------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Stack on Coming to Closure in Physics and Cosmology, and in General-------Filthy Pierre-----------7 My Views on Drug Legalization and Other Comments for TCers-----------------------------Russell Eisenman, Ph.D--8 Comments on Print Font, and for Stack on Judaism, and for Jim Stumm on the Bible-------Russell Eisenman, Ph.D--9 Signing Off -- or Perhaps Just a Pause: Comments for Filthy Pierre, and Norman Doering-Chuck Lipsig-----------10 Signing Off -- or Perhaps Just a Pause: Comments for Woody Welling and Thersites?------Chuck Lipsig-----------11 Signing Off -- or Perhaps Just a Pause: Comments for Jim Stumm, and for Stack----------Chuck Lipsig-----------12 Hexagram Fifty-Six: Comments for Janet, Thersites, Woody, Frey, and Stack--------------Ed Rom-----------------13 Hexagram Fifty-Six: Comments for Dr. Eisenman, Adrastia, and Filthy--------------------Ed Rom-----------------14 Hexagram Fifty-Six: Comments to All----------------------------------------------------Ed Rom-----------------20 Comments to Palven, Abigail Bosworth, Stack, Adrastia, and All-------------------------Space Needle-----------21 Comments to Adrastia, Thersites, Woody, David Hoscheidt, and All-----------------------Space Needle-----------22 Comments to Eisenman, Stumm, and All---------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------23 Comments for lippings on Drugs, submitted by-------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------25 Clippings on "Contract 2" Ideas--------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------29 Greetings Comrades: Comments for Adrastia and Filthy Pierre----------------------------Mark Anderson----------30 Dumb Luck------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jeff Page--------------32 It's Cold Wherre Clouds Are------------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------34 Apocalypse 2000?-----------------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------36 Comments for Janet, Ed Rom, Thersites, Stack, and Russell Eisenman---------------------Adrastia---------------40 Blood Lines----------------------------------------------------------------------------Elaine Lee-------------41 Is It Really Libertarian?--------------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------42 The Christian Coalition----------------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------43 It's Deja Vu All Over Again: Comments for Hoscheidt, Janet and Space Needle------------Jim Stumm--------------44 It's Deja Vu All Over Again: Comments for Hoscheidt, Janet, Doering and Space Needle---Jim Stumm--------------44 It's Deja Vu All Over Again: Ad for Cross Connections, and Comments on WSJ letter------Jim Stumm--------------44 It's Deja Vu All Over Again: Comments for Welling, Eisenman, and Stack-----------------Jim Stumm--------------45 It's Deja Vu All Over Again: Ad for Ethics of an Atheist, and Comment on FDR-----------Jim Stumm--------------45 What Do These Words Have in Common?: Comments for Ed Rom, Stack, Adrastia, and Filthy--Thersites?-------------46 From the Oh, Yeah? Department----------------------------------------------------------Thersites?-------------48 Cryptogram, and Comments on #208 through #211------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------49 What's a "Black Hole?", Why T Doesn't D, More and More---------------------------------Stephen Frey-----------51 Comments for F. Pierre, Stack, Adrastia, and on Time-----------------------------------Stephen Frey-----------52 Creationism vs.Evolutionism,..Sure You're Libertarian?,Proof on Religion,Immigration---Stack------------------53 Top One Hundred Reasons Why Captain Kirk is better Than Captain Picard-----------------Stack------------------54 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ _ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| | __| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ _|__ ___| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 12 May 1996 ****************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #214): 21 JUNE 1996 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ****************************************** ================================================================================================================ Comments on TC 212---------------------------------------------------------------------Janet-------------------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page, Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Ed Rom on Myers-Briggs, on Eratosthenes, and on ther Star-Tribune---------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Ed Rom on "Infinite Enegy"------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Ed Rom on Logic-----------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Russell Eisenman on the Learning Curve, and for Chuck Lipsig on God-------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Space Needle on the Golf Ball Problem-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Mark Anderson on Reason, and on "Working Class Blues"---------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Mark Anderson on Proprietary Communities (PCs)----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Mark Anderson on "Working Class Blues"------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Alen Thornton on Relativity-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for Woody Welling-------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for Thersites, and for Abigail------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------10 The Principle of Liberty (page 3 of 3)-------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------10 Letter to Abigail of 18 July 1991------------------------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------11 Letter to Abigail of 18 July 1991, submitted by----------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------11 Letter to Rev. Michael Riley, c/o Asbury Park Press------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------12 Editorial in the Asbury Park Press-----------------------------------------------------Jules L. Plangere Jr.--13 Editorial in the Asbury Park Press, submitted------------------------------------------Tom Palven-------------13 The Purpose of Foreign Aid, Afterword, and The Wisdom of Friedrich Hayek---------------David Hoscheidt--------14 Comments for Connectors----------------------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------16 Kirk Said: "Why Would God Need a Starship?" I Say: "Why Did He Need to Kill?"----------Norman Doering---------18 A Puzzling Submission------------------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------20 Deedra Merope Returns------------------------------------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------22 Letter to Filthy Pierre of 29 January 1996---------------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------23 Reality Versus Myth--------------------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------24 Momentum - The Final Cause! Oh Yeah? What About Photons?-------------------------------Thersites?-------------26 Comments for Adrastia, Abigail Bosworth and Stack--------------------------------------Thersites?-------------27 From the Oh Yeah? Dept.----------------------------------------------------------------Thersites?-------------27 Excerpt from Pen-Pal Letter, submited by-----------------------------------------------Thersites?-------------27 Speaking of Philosophy, and Comments for Adrastia on Cruise Missiles-------------------Jim Stumm--------------28 Comments for Space Needle on Cruise Missiles, and Ad for "Mutual Fund Investing..."----Jim Stumm--------------29 Responses to TC 212--------------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------30 Comments for The Connection People-----------------------------------------------------Russell Eisenman-------32 Does Technology Enslave Us or Free Us?-------------------------------------------------Mark Anderson----------34 Oops, and Comments for Connectors------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------35 Comments to Connectors About Drugs-----------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------39 Clippings on IQ------------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------42 Clippings on Parsimony, Parental Molding, Weaponry, "Statism" (Pierre)-----------------Space Needle-----------43 Clippings on Crowding, Pistol Permits, Bosnia------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------44 Clippings on Crowding vs. Liberty, Media vs. 3rd Parties-------------------------------Space Needle-----------45 Clippings on Speed, Politicians and Ayn Rand-------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------46 Clippings on Psychedelics (Recent News, Strange Trips)---------------------------------Space Needle-----------47 Clippings on Pot (Driving, Potency, European Decriminalization, Anti-Prohibitionists---Space Needle-----------49 From "Drugs and Rights" (Commented Quotes, Prohibitionists), submitted by--------------Space Needle-----------53 From "Drugs and Rights" (Empirical and "Rights" Issues, Generalities), submitted by----Space Needle-----------53 From "Drugs and Rights" (Commented Quotes, Prohibitionists)----------------------------Douglas Husak----------53 From "Drugs and Rights" (Empirical and "Rights" Issues, Generalities)------------------Douglas Husak----------53 Hi Connectors Who Didn't See the Patterns of the Third Socialist Wave------------------JD---------------------58 US 1996--------------------------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------59 Seeing the Big Surprises of the Full KIS - BSFULLKIS-----------------------------------JD---------------------60 Technology and Invention in America----------------------------------------------------JD---------------------60 Letter to Philip Klass-----------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------61 Comments for Deedra--------------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------62 Comments for Dr. Philip Campbell-------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------65 Comments for The Hick, and for Mark Anderson-------------------------------------------JD---------------------69 Comments for Jim Stumm, and for Space Needle-------------------------------------------JD---------------------70 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ _ _ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| | / | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | |__| | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ _|__ | ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 30 June 1996 ******************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #215): 9 AUGUST 1996 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************* ================================================================================================================ Letter to Deedra-----------------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth--------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page and Shameless Plugs---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Logistic Information-------------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Norman Doering on Quantum Mechanics---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Norman Doering and Deedra Merope on Relativity----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Woody Welling, and for Space Needle---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Mark Anderson on Evolutionary Behavior------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Neotribalism and Golden Paratroopers---------------------------------------------------James R. Collier--------6 Neotribalism and Golden Paratroopers---------------------------------------------------Small-Town Hick---------6 Comments for Space Needle and JD on Rand-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 A Proposal to Reform Our System of Representative Government---------------------------Eugene H. Scott---------8 The End of the Time Dialation (TD) Myth, and To Whom It... (The TD "Connection")-------Stephen Frey-----------10 Here Is a Challenge--------------------------------------------------------------------Stephen Frey-----------10 A Hypothetical Experiment, and Another Question for Whoever Can Answer-----------------Stephen Frey-----------11 Reality vs. Myth II--------------------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------12 Communism is Dead, Rah-Rah!------------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------13 Various Clippings----------------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------14 Tiger----------------------------------------------------------------------------------e. Dope----------------15 Starship BBS---------------------------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------16 Pigon Shit (and Other Matters)---------------------------------------------------------Russell Eisenman-------17 Some Great Books-----------------------------------------------------------------------Russell Eisenman-------18 Comments for TC 212--------------------------------------------------------------------Adrastia---------------19 Some Comments on TC 213----------------------------------------------------------------Adrastia---------------20 I T'ought I Taw a Putty Tat, Caaweeeeeepin' Up on Me-----------------------------------Thersites?-------------21 Ayn Rand Repudiates Nietzche, and Comments for Thersites on Government-----------------Jim Stumm--------------23 Comments for Space Needle on a Constitutional Convention-------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------23 Comments for Space Needle on Prices and on Spontaneous Order---------------------------Jim Stumm--------------24 Comments for JD on Civilization and Privacy--------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------24 The Future, Animal Behavior, and Drugs-------------------------------------------------Mark Anderson----------25 The Theists are Dropping Like Files! Doesn't Anyone Here Believe in God?---------------Norman Doering---------27 Relativity and the Starbow-------------------------------------------------------------Norman Doering---------28 Newsletter of the Libertarians of Monmouth County, submitted by------------------------Tom Palven-------------29 True Democracy; or, Let's Kill Frank and Steal His Shit, submitted by------------------Tom Palven-------------30 True Democracy; or, Let's Kill Frank and Steal His Shit--------------------------------Vic Milan--------------30 A Bad Democracy is Better Than a Good Dictatorship-------------------------------------Woody Welling----------31 More on the Ruby Ridge Affair----------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------32 Comments on TC 113---------------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------34 More from Taipan, and Republicans Are Not Libertarians---------------------------------Woody Welling----------35 Comments on the Episodes---------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------36 Big Move Investing (02)----------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------38 US 1996--------------------------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------40 Comments for Mark Anderson-------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------42 Comments for Norman Doering------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------43 Comments for Deedra--------------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------44 Comments for Space Needle--------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------45 Socialist Patriotic Promise Reality [SPPR (5)]-----------------------------------------JD---------------------46 Comments for Janet---------------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------46 Comments for Dr. Eisenman--------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------47 Comments for Adrastia, The Hick--------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------48 Comments for Merrilee------------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------48 Comments for Jim Stumm-----------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------49 The Nude Camper------------------------------------------------------------------------Nude Camper------------52 Offer Void in States with Anti-Fraud Laws----------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------54 Are We Conservatives?------------------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------56 Let's Retire the Flag------------------------------------------------------------------Jeff Page--------------58 Hexagram Fifty-Six: Comments for TC #212-----------------------------------------------Ed Rom-----------------60 Hexagram Fifty-Six: Comments for TC #213-----------------------------------------------Ed Rom-----------------64 OOPS' and Comments to Connectors-------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------68 Highlights of issues 207-210-----------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------70 Clippings: The Media is the Mess-------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------82 Clippings: A Catastrophic Nolan Chart--------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------84 Clippings: IQ and Statistics (for Thersites)-------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------85 Pot and Driving------------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------86 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ _ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| | |__ | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ _|__ ___| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 17 August 1996 *********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #216): 27 SEPTEMBER 1996 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous *********************************************** ================================================================================================================ Libertarians Seem to be Everywhere on the Internet-------------------------------------David S. Broder---------0 Libertarians Seem to be Everywhere on the Internet, submitted by-----------------------Tom Palven--------------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page, Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Ed Rom on Practical Epistemology------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Ed Rom--------------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Stephen Frey on Relativity, and for Adrastia on Myers-Briggs--------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Thersites on "Government"-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Woddy Welling, and Comments for the Nude Camper---------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Allen Thornton on Quantum Mechanics, and on Rationality-------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Mark Anderson on the Future of Human Employability------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Space Needle on Intoxicated Drivers, and in General-----------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for David Hoscheidt on the Early Days of "The Libertarian Connection"---------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Canada "Too Nice" for NYPD Star--------------------------------------------------------Jim Bawden--------------7 Canada "Too Nice" for NYPD Star, submitted by------------------------------------------James R. Collier--------7 Is Business and Industry the Reason for Our Existence, or Vice Versa?------------------The Hick (Small-Town v--8 A Post to the Political Philosophy BBS of the Microsoft Network------------------------Deedra Merope-----------9 Garlic, Explosives, Relativity and TC Online-------------------------------------------Unsigned---------------10 Comments for Space Needle--------------------------------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------13 Let's Count Your "Money," Banks & Banking, and Keep Your Eye on the Pea...-------------Merrilee Stoerm--------14 That Giant Sucking Sound, Balance the Budget?, and Thou SHalt Not...-------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------15 He Who Laughs Last Thinks Slowest------------------------------------------------------Norman Doering---------16 Some Comments on the Comments 214, and To Whom It May Concern--------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------18 To Whomever it STILL Concerns, and The Probelm with SR, and Other Comments-------------Stephen H. Frey--------19 Cryptogram, General Comments, Comments to #212, and Comments to #213-------------------Abigail Bosworth-------20 Comments to #214, and General Comments-------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------21 To Abigail-----------------------------------------------------------------------------K B--------------------21 To Abigail-----------------------------------------------------------------------------KB---------------------21 To Abigail, submittted by--------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------21 Comments for Small Town Hick-----------------------------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------22 Objectivism vs. Pragmatism, For Sale: Vonulife 1 to 9, and To Thersites on Murders-----Jim Stumm--------------23 Comments for JD on Gold vs. Mutual Funds, and for Scott on National Referenda----------Jim Stumm--------------24 Body Acceptance------------------------------------------------------------------------The Nude Camper--------25 Comments on the Episodes---------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------27 Comments on the Episodes: Image of the Soul of Western Mankind (03)--------------------JD---------------------30 Comments on the Episodes: Mark Anderson------------------------------------------------JD---------------------35 Comments on the Episodes: Kevin Randle-------------------------------------------------JD---------------------35 Comments on the Episodes: Eugene E. Scott----------------------------------------------JD---------------------36 Comments on the Episodes: Woddy Welling------------------------------------------------JD---------------------36 Comments on the Episodes: Stephen Frey-------------------------------------------------JD---------------------36 Comments on the Episodes: Jim Stumm----------------------------------------------------JD---------------------37 Comments on the Episodes: Erwin Strauss------------------------------------------------JD---------------------41 Comments on the Episodes: The Nude Camper----------------------------------------------JD---------------------41 Comments on the Episodes: Deedra-------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------41 Comments on the Episodes: Janet--------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------41 Comments on the Episodes: Adrastia-----------------------------------------------------JD---------------------44 Comments on the Episodes: Space Needle-------------------------------------------------JD---------------------44 Comments on the Episodes: Jackpine Savage----------------------------------------------JD---------------------45 Comments on the Episodes: Norman Doering-----------------------------------------------JD---------------------45 Comments on the Episodes: Ed Rom-------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------46 Not an End Time, Just a Bad Depression-------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------48 I Wish I Could Take Credit for the Phrase: Phatic Communion----------------------------Thersites--------------51 Check All Weapons Before Reading This Submission---------------------------------------Alllen Thornton--------54 A Review: "Shakespeare: Who Was He?: The Oxford Challenge to the Bard of Avon"---------Jeff Page--------------56 Measuring a Person's Political Intensity-----------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------57 Accusations Upset TV Show Host Kathie Lee Gifford, submitted by------------------------Mark Anderson----------59 Rationality and the Lack Thereof-------------------------------------------------------Mark Anderson----------59 Subjectivism Means Never Having to Say "I Was Wrong"-----------------------------------Norman Doering---------61 Excerpt from Infinite Energy: Cold Fusion and New Energy Technology--------------------Eugene F. Mallove, Sc.-63 Excerpt from Infinite Energy: Cold Fusion and New Energy Technology, submitted by------Ed Rom-----------------63 Hexagram Fifty-Six, and Charity of the Rats--------------------------------------------Ed Rom-----------------65 Oop's from #214, and Coments to Connectors---------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------70 Arsenal Ships Armed with Cruise Missiles (Clippings), submitted by---------------------Space Needle-----------75 Six Absurdist News-Items, submitted by-------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------76 About The Connection (TC)--------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ _ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| | |__ | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ _|__ |__| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 28 September 1996 ********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #217): 15 NOVEMBER 1996 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************** ================================================================================================================ Promotional Flyer for The (Libertarian) Connection (distributed at SF conventions)-----Filthy Pierre-----------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre-----------2 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Summary of the Golf-Ball Weighing Problem----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Another Approach ot Special Relativity-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Ed Rom on "Infinite Energy"-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------11 Comments for Ed Rom on the Demise of Chivalry------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------12 Comments for Deedra Merope on "The Connection" (TC) and the Internet-------------------Filthy Pierre----------12 Comments for Deedra Merope on On-the-Job Diplomacy, and on Infiltration----------------Filthy Pierre----------13 Comments for Deedra Merope on Foreign Aid, and on the "Guild Effect" in Business-------Filthy Pierre----------14 Comments for Deedra Merope nf the Golf Ball Problem------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------14 Comments for Merrilee Stoerm on Henry Ford's Motivations-------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------14 Comments for JD on the Labor/Management Balance of Power-------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------14 Comments for Woody Welling on Downsizing, and on Law Enforcement-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------15 Comments for Thersites, and for Allen Thornton on "Actual" vs. Innate Abilities--------Filthy Pierre----------15 Comments for Jeff Page on Shakespeare, and for Space Needle----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------16 Comments for Norman Doering on the Predictability of the Brain-------------------------Filthy Pierre----------16 Comments for Mark Anderson on Minarchy vs. Anarchy, and in General---------------------Filthy Pierre----------16 See My Art at the LA WorldCon? 10 Out of 11 Paintings Sold (Comments for Connectors)---Norman Doering---------17 I Think of God as the Ultimate Suppository (Comments for Connectors)-------------------Thersites--------------19 Letter to Abigail Bosworth-------------------------------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------22 Letter from Deedra Merope, submitted by------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------22 Letter to Deedra Merope----------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------23 State of the Onion: Peel, Baby, Peel!--------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------24 Deedra Does Atlanta (Comments for Connectors)------------------------------------------Deedra Meripe----------26 On Socialism---------------------------------------------------------------------------Albert Einstein--------28 Einstein on Socialism, submitted by----------------------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------28 Trade Is Not War-----------------------------------------------------------------------Jeff Page--------------30 Class Analysis -- for Libertarians?----------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------32 Bernie's Page--------------------------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------33 Money and Banking----------------------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------34 Comments for Anderson on Drug War, Ad for "TC Extra," End of Lib. Connection Copying---Jim Stumm--------------35 Comments on the Comments TC 215--------------------------------------------------------Stephen F. Frey--------36 Comments on the Episodes: Harry Browne: How You Can Profit-----------------------------JD---------------------38 Comments on the Episodes: Socialist Patriotic Promise Reality (0H)---------------------JD---------------------43 Comments on the Episodes: Sir Michael Berry--------------------------------------------JD---------------------45 Comments on the Episodes: Coments on the Practical Examples of the Geometric Phase-----JD---------------------46 Comments on the Episodes: American Family Strength Crises (07)-------------------------JD---------------------47 Comments on the Episodes: Comments on the HV Significance------------------------------JD---------------------47 Comments on the Episodes: Janet and Norman Doering-------------------------------------JD---------------------49 Comments on the Episodes: Merrilee, Stephen Frey---------------------------------------JD---------------------50 Comments on the Episodes: Space Needle-------------------------------------------------JD---------------------51 Comments on the Episodes: Ed Rom-------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------52 Comments on the Episodes: Deedra-------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------53 Comments on the Episodes: Jim Stumm----------------------------------------------------JD---------------------54 Oop's, and Comments to Connectors------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------57 Foot Voting----------------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------61 On Being Unemployed: A Very Personal Essay---------------------------------------------Russell Eisenman, Ph.D-64 Comments for Space Needle on Strange Phenomena, on Alcohol vs. Pot, and on Government--Filthy Pierre----------66 Comments for Deedra merope on Einstein on Socialism------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------67 Comments for Jim Stumm on Copying "Libertarian Connection," & on Minarchy vs. Anarchy--Filthy Pierre----------67 Comments for Thersites on "Government" and Proprietary Communities (PCs)---------------Filthy Pierre----------67 Comments for Norman Doering on Socialism, on Uranium, & on the SF Convention Register--Filthy Pierre----------68 Comments for Norman Doering on a World Wide Web Home Page for "The Connection"---------Filthy Pierre----------68 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ _ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| | | / | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ _|__ | ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 17 November 1996 ******************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #218): 3 JANUARY 1997 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************** ================================================================================================================ Ad for "The Principle of Liberty"------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher--------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre-----------2 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Stephen Frey on the Constancy of the Speed of Light-----------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Hexagram Forty-Nine: Comments for TC #215 and #216: JD---------------------------------Ed Rom------------------4 Hexagram Forty-Nine: Comments for TC #215 and #216: Filthy Pierre----------------------Ed Rom------------------7 Hexagram Forty-Nine: Comments for TC #215 and #216: Deedra and Thersites---------------Ed Rom-----------------10 Hexagram Forty-Nine: Comments for TC #215 and #216: Merrilee Stoerm and Space Needle---Ed Rom-----------------12 Cryptic Quotation----------------------------------------------------------------------Ed Rom-----------------12 Comments on the Episodes: Taking the FPS Language of Freedom---------------------------JD---------------------13 Comments on the Episodes: The Pattern of Overall Manipulations-------------------------JD---------------------14 Comments on the Episodes: The Balances of Freedom Efforts------------------------------JD---------------------15 Comments on the Episodes: The Technoogy of Freedom, of the ARP-------------------------JD---------------------16 Comments on the Episodes: The Compounding Process of Kingsgreed------------------------JD---------------------16 Comments on the Episodes: Do Average Americans Count? [Can Average Americans Count?]---JD---------------------17 Comments on the Episodes: Lowell Ponte-------------------------------------------------JD---------------------18 Comments on the Episodes: Deedra Merope------------------------------------------------JD---------------------19 Comments on the Episodes: The Soul of Western Mankind [04]-----------------------------JD---------------------22 Comments on the Episodes: US 1996 [4]--------------------------------------------------JD---------------------22 Comments on the Episodes: Merrilee Stoerm----------------------------------------------JD---------------------23 Comments on the Episodes: Erwin Strauss------------------------------------------------JD---------------------24 Comments on the Episodes: Norman Doering-----------------------------------------------JD---------------------26 Comments on the Episodes: Space Needle-------------------------------------------------JD---------------------26 Comments on the Episodes: Deedra Merope------------------------------------------------JD---------------------26 Comments on the Episodes: Jim Stumm----------------------------------------------------JD---------------------30 Character, Properly So Called----------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------32 Have Gun; Will Rule (Armed Bureaucrats)------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------34 9, 61, 52, 63, 4, 46, 18, 1, 121, 441, ... : Everyone, FP, Thersites-------------------Norman Doering---------36 9, 61, 52, 63, 4, 46, 18, 1, 121, 441, ... : Deedra and Space Needle-------------------Norman Doering---------37 Ayn Rand:Where She Goes Wrong,Merope Problem Solution,Consent of Governed (to Welling)-Jim Stumm--------------38 Backtalk (to JD), Killing (to Thersites), Copy TC (to FP), Retire (to Eisenman)--------Jim Stumm--------------39 Work, Money, Puzzles, Animals, and History (written for TC 215)------------------------Mark Anderson----------40 Comments for Deedra Merope,Merrilee Stoerm,Abigail Bosworth,Nude Camper,JD,Thersites---Mark Anderson----------40 Comments for Norman Doering, Ed Rom, Filthy Pierre-------------------------------------Mark Anderson----------41 The Lost Amendment---------------------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------42 A Few Words for Dr. Tim----------------------------------------------------------------Brenda Laurel----------44 A Few Words for Dr. Tim, submitted by--------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------44 Letter on Tim Leary--------------------------------------------------------------------Ted Dace---------------45 Letter on Tim Leary, submitted by------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------45 Libertarians: Two Types----------------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------46 No Longer on a Computer: Coming to You on a Royal Standard Typewriter------------------Russell Eisenman, Ph.D-48 Update on the Unemployment Front, and Comments for Space Needle------------------------Russell Eisenman, Ph.D-48 Comments on "The End Of Racism" by Dinesh D'Souza--------------------------------------Russell Eisenman, Ph.D-49 Comments for Deedra and Filthy on Foreign Aid, and Comments for Jim Stumm--------------Russell Eisenman, Ph.D-49 Time, and Comments for Deedra Merope, Norman Doering, & etc. (F.P.?)-------------------Stephen H. Frey--------50 Comments for Deedra, To Whom...One More Time!, Yet Another Explanation of the TD Fable-Stephen H. Frey--------51 Comments on the Big Bang---------------------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------51 Pausing on the Eve of Battle: Comments for Filthy Pierre-------------------------------Deedra Merope----------52 Pausing on the Eve of Battle:Stephen Frey,Russell Eisenman,JD,Space Needle,Jeff Page---Deedra Merope----------53 Pausing on the Eve of Battle: Comments for Norman Doering and Thersites----------------Deedra Merope----------54 It Cures All Ills and Doesn't Taste Bad:Filthy Pierre, Norman Doering, Merrilee Stoerm-Thersites--------------55 It Cures All Ills and Doesn't Taste Bad:Deedra,Jeff Page,Hoscheidt,Stumm,Space Needle--Thersites--------------56 Fron the Oh Year? Department-----------------------------------------------------------Thersites--------------57 Comments for Space Needle, and Comments on TC215 for Filthy Pierre, Doering, JD--------Woody Welling----------58 Comments for Filthy Pierre on TC216, and Comments on the Election----------------------Woody Welling----------59 Oops's from #216, and Comments to All, Doering, Pierre, Deedra and Thersites-----------Space Needle-----------60 Comments for Foot Voting for Thersites-------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------62 Thanks for the Good Times (written for TC 215; left out by publisher's mistake)--------Tom Palven-------------66 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ _ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| | |__| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ _|__ |__| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 6 January 1997 ********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #219): 21 FEBRUARY 1997 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************** ================================================================================================================ The Owlet Hoots------------------------------------------------------------------------Harry Cameron Andruschak0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre-----------2 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Ed Rom on "Infinite Energy"-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Ed Rom on Science Fiction-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Deedra Meope on Foreign Aid, and on Promoting The Connection--------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Deedra Merope on Future of the Working Class, and on Role of Capitalists--Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Deedra Merope on Stephen Frey's View of Physics---------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Stephen Frey on the Mechanism of Relativity-------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Stephen Frey on the Global Positioning ystem (GPS)------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Thersites on the Advantages and Disadvantages of "Bonding"----------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Norman Doering on Mind adn Brain, and on "Clumping"-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Norman Doering on Visualizing Atoms---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Norman Doering on Finding Algorithms for Numeric Sequences----------------Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Mark Anderson on "Souke"--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------11 Comments for Russell Eisenman and Deedra Merope on Foreign Aid-------------------------Filthy Pierre----------11 Comments to Deedra Merope on Fate of Monuments in Post-Nuclear-Proliferation(PNP)World-Filthy Pierre----------11 Comments for Space Needle on Drug Laws-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------11 Women's Power in Iceland---------------------------------------------------------------J. R. Elkins-----------12 Wots Wrong with SR, TD & POTT?, & To Whomever Still Believes the TD Fable--------------Stephen Frey-----------14 Further Disproof of the TD Myth (or Fable), and Comments for Merope, Pierre, Doering---Stephen Frey-----------15 Clippings on Pot and Driving and Alcohol-----------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------16 Clippings on Pot and Driving and Alcohol-----------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------16 Clippings on Psychopaths for T3--------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------17 Clippings on Psychopaths for T3--------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------17 I Have a New Computer and Comments for Deedra Merope-----------------------------------Russell Eisenman, Ph.D-22 Comments for Ed Rom and David Hoscheidt------------------------------------------------Russell Eisenman, Ph.D-23 Sword at Rest: Comments for JD, Ed Rom, Norman-----------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------24 Comments for Jim Stumm, Mark Anderson, Russell Eisenman, Stephen Frey, All-------------Deedra Merope----------25 A Minimal Morality---------------------------------------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------25 Why Get Mad At Me? I Said It with a Smile: Comments for Ed Rom, Stoerm, Doering--------Thersites--------------26 Why Get Mad At Me? I Said It with a Smile: Comments for Jim Stumm, Mark Anderson-------Thersites--------------27 Why Get Mad At Me? I Said It with a Smile: Comments for Thornton, Hoscheidt, Deedra----Thersites--------------28 Why Get Mad At Me? I Said It with a Smile: Comments for Space Needle, & Oh Yeah? Dept.-Thersites--------------28 Harvard Hates America------------------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------29 Comments for JD, Stumm, Mark, Doc (Eisenman)-------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------31 Ethics, and Comments for Jim Stumm-----------------------------------------------------Mark Anderson----------32 Comments for Space Needle, Ed Rom, Abigail Bosworth------------------------------------Mark Anderson----------33 Bernie's Page--------------------------------------------------------------------------Bernard Gallagher------34 Ayn Rand: Where She Goes Wrong: Part 2, and Comments for Merope------------------------Jim Stumm--------------36 Comments for JD, Eisenman, Space Needle, and Puzzle Time-------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------37 Comments for TC #218-Comments on TC #215,for JD, FP, Deedra, Doering, Space, Hoscheidt-Abigail Bosworth-------38 Comments on #215 for Pierre and General, & on #216 for Nude Camper, Thirsty, FP, Janet-Abigail Bosworth-------39 Comments on #217 for Ed Rom, Thersites-------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------39 Population, the Issue the Candidates Dodged--------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------40 Letter from the Editor of Infinite Energy Magazine-------------------------------------Eugene F. Mallove, Sc.D45 Letter from the Editor of Infinite Energy Magazine, submitted by-----------------------Ed Rom-----------------45 Hexagram Forty-Nine: Errata, Corrections, Loose Ends, Etc.: Filthy Pierre, Anderson----Ed Rom-----------------47 Hexagram 49: Errata, Corrections, Loose Ends, Etc.: Dr. Eisenman, & Cryptic Quotation--Ed Rom-----------------48 Comments on the Episodes---------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------49 Comments on the Episodes: Practical Questions of Freedom-------------------------------JD---------------------50 Comments on the Episodes: Mark Anderson------------------------------------------------JD---------------------52 Comments on the Episodes: Janet--------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------52 Comments on the Episodes: Woody Welling------------------------------------------------JD---------------------53 Comments on the Episodes: Ed Rom-------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------53 Comments on the Episodes: Deedra Merope------------------------------------------------JD---------------------55 Comments on the Episodes: Jim Stumm----------------------------------------------------JD---------------------57 Comments on the Episodes: Further Comments on Pragmatism-------------------------------JD---------------------58 Individualism vs. Constitutionalism----------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------60 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ _ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| | |__| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ _|__ __| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 23 February 1997 ****************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #220): 4 APRIL 1997 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ****************************************** ================================================================================================================ A Media That Does Not Inform-----------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt---------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre-----------2 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Woody Welling on Population-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Woody Welling on the Hutterites-------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Ed Rom on the Patent Discussed in the Mallove Letter----------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Ed Rom on My Credibility--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Ed Rom on My Use of Reductio ad Absurdum----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Russell Eisenman on New Computer Systems----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Russell Eisenman on Robert A. Heinlein------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Stephen Frey on the Global Positioning System-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Space Needle on Pot/Driving Alcohol Clippings-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Deedra Merope on "Thane"--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Thersites on Large Enterprises and Socialism------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Thersites on Love and Hate------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Mark Anderson on "Libertarianism"-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for JD on Labor Unions--------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 "...Never Send to Know for Whom the Bell Tolls - It Tolls for Thee"--------------------Thersites---------------8 Comments for Merrilee Stoerm-----------------------------------------------------------Thersites---------------8 Comments for Filthy (Lone Wolf) Pierre-------------------------------------------------Thersites---------------8 Comments for J. R. Elkins, Space Needle, Mark Anderson---------------------------------Thersites--------------10 Comments for Bernie, Abigail Bosworth, Woody Welling-----------------------------------Thersites--------------10 From the Oh Yeah? Dept.----------------------------------------------------------------Thersites--------------10 Connections----------------------------------------------------------------------------Merrilee---------------11 Connections----------------------------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------11 Science, Pseudo Science (PS), Science Fiction (SF), and Mythology----------------------Stephen H. Frey--------13 Some Questions for Believers-----------------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------13 Space and the Universe-----------------------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------13 Comments for Deedra Merope-------------------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------14 A Quick and Dirty Book Review----------------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------14 Pseudo Science (PS)--------------------------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------14 Letter to Physics Today; Subject: Science and Mythology--------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------14 I'd Like to Correspond with People with Similar Interest-------------------------------John Elkins------------15 Study Plan, to Compare and Contrast Tocqueville and Marx-------------------------------J. R. Elkins-----------16 Freetown, Panarchy, Foot-Voting: Comments for Space Needle-----------------------------Jim Stumm--------------17 Freetown, Panarchy, Foot-Voting: Comments for Hoscheidt--------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------17 For Sale: Directory of Libertarian Publications----------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------18 Sword in Motion------------------------------------------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------19 I Endure the Winter Storm of January 1997 and Other Comments---------------------------Russell Eisenman-------21 Thanks to All of You Who Commented About My Unemployment-------------------------------Russell Eisenman-------22 Comments for Deedra Merope, Filthy Pierre, Space Needle--------------------------------Russell Eisenman-------22 Bernie's Page: Human Rights: Objective and Ameican Definitions, and Quote of the Day---Bernie Gallagher-------23 Bernie's Page: Human Rights: Objective and Ameican Definitions, and Quote of the Day---Bernie-----------------23 The Owlet Hoots------------------------------------------------------------------------Harry Cameron Andrusch-24 Letter to Abigail----------------------------------------------------------------------Deedra Merope----------26 Letter to Abigail, submitted by--------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------26 Clippings------------------------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------27 Path and Magnitude of Comet Hale-Bopp 1997---------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------28 Hexagram Forty-Nine: Comments for Filthy Pierre----------------------------------------Ed Rom-----------------29 Comments for Harry Andruschak and J. R. Elkins-----------------------------------------Ed Rom-----------------32 Comments for Dr. Eisenman and Deedra---------------------------------------------------Ed Rom-----------------33 Comments for Thersites and Mark Anderson-----------------------------------------------Ed Rom-----------------34 Comments for Abigail Bosworth and JD---------------------------------------------------Ed Rom-----------------35 Comments for Thersites Again-----------------------------------------------------------Ed Rom-----------------36 A Mishmash of Thoughts and Ideas-------------------------------------------------------Mark Anderson----------37 Comments for Deedra Merope and Thersites-----------------------------------------------Mark Anderson----------37 A Review: Tribes, by Joel Kotkin-------------------------------------------------------Jeff Page--------------39 Clippings on Foot Voting: Ordonia, 'tis of Thee----------------------------------------Space Needle-----------41 Clippings on Foot Voting: San Marino's Communism is Just Plain Different---------------Mike Leary-------------42 Clippings on Foot Voting:San Marino's Communism is Just Plain Different,submitted by---Space Needle----------442 Clippings on Foot Voting: Cooperation Only Works for Small Groups----------------------Space Needle-----------42 Comments for Ed Rom on the Dating of Heinlein's "Starship Troopers"--------------------Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for Thersites on Senate Document 43-------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for Thersites on Vonu---------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------43 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| __| | | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ |___ |__| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 7 April 1997 ***************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #221): 16 MAY 1997 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ***************************************** ================================================================================================================ Payback by Daniel Fischel: A Review----------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt---------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre-----------2 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments for Deedra Merope on Israel---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Deedra Merope on Attitudes Toward Israel----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Deedra Merope on US Government and Media Treatment of Israel--------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Deedra Merope-------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Deedra Merope on Socialism in Israel--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Merrilee Stoerm-----------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Jim Stumm on Unemployment-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Russell Eisenman on Foreign Aid-------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Harry Cameron Andruschak on Jury Duty-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Mark Anderson-------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Jeff Page on "Tribes"-----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Ed Rom on Science Fiction-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Ed Rom on Modern Warfare--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Ed Rom on "Infinite Energy"-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 "Don't Ask Me What I Think of You; You Might Not Get The Answer You Wanted To"---------Thersites---------------9 Comments for Hoscheidt and Filthy------------------------------------------------------Thersites---------------9 Comments for Merrilee, Deedra, Bernie and Ed (the Featherless) Rom---------------------Thersites--------------11 Comments for Mark Anderson, and From the Oh Yeah? Dept.--------------------------------Thersites--------------12 The Owlet Hoots------------------------------------------------------------------------Harry Cameron Andrusch-13 Two Kinds of Libertarians--------------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------15 Comments for Eisenman on Addiction-----------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------16 Book Review: "Generation X Goes to College"--------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------16 Ad for "Documents from the Birth of Our Republic"--------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------16 Space and the Universe, Again; Backward in Time; and Comments for Deedra Merope--------Stephen Frey-----------17 Another Way to Consider Time, More on Black Holes, To whom..."About Time"--------------Stephen Frey-----------18 What Is Meant by "Space-Time?," and Comments For Norman Doering and Deedra Merope------Stephen Frey-----------18 Bernie's Page: Comments for Merope, Welling, Eisenman and Hoscheidt--------------------Bernie Gallagher-------19 Comments for Thersites, Harry and Merrilee; and Ad for Starship BBS--------------------Bernie Gallagher-------20 Here's a Puzzle------------------------------------------------------------------------J. R. Elkins-----------21 Rilly, Truly Dismal Science------------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------23 Comments on the Episodes---------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------25 The Freedom Connection - ARP I---------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------27 Comments for Mark Anderson and for Woody Welling---------------------------------------JD---------------------30 Comments for Merrilee Stoerm-----------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------31 The Soul of Western Mankind [05] Reagan Revolution-------------------------------------JD---------------------33 Comments for J. R. Elkins--------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------34 The World Education Error [ WEER - 01 ]------------------------------------------------JD---------------------34 Letter to Professor McBrierty----------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------35 Comments for Jim Stumm-----------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------36 Comments for Deedra Merope-------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------42 The Waste and Inefficiency in Today's Capitalism---------------------------------------Woody Welling----------44 Back to TC219, 218 & 217 (in that order)-----------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------47 Absurdist Clippings, submitted by------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------49 Comments for David Hoscheidt on Michael Milken-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------51 Comments for Bernie on Logic-----------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------51 Comments for J. R. Elkins on Democracy-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------52 Comments for Merrilee Stoerm on Money--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------52 Comments for JD on Format--------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------52 Comments for Woody Welling-------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------52 Comments for Bernie Gallagher on "Infinite Energy"-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------53 Comments for Space Needle on "How to Start Your Own Country"---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------53 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ _ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| __| | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ |___ _|__ ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 26 May 1997 ***************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #222): 5 JULY 1997 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ***************************************** ================================================================================================================ The Owlet Hoots------------------------------------------------------------------------Harry Andruschak--------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre-----------2 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 "I Do Believe That I'm Morally Superior to Thersites" -- Bernie------------------------Thersites---------------3 Comments for Hoscheidt, Filthy, Harry Cameron Andruschak, Jim Stumm, Bernie------------Thersites---------------3 Comments for J. R. Elkins, Merrilee Stoerm, Mark Anderson------------------------------Thersites---------------4 From the Oh, Yeah? Dept.---------------------------------------------------------------Thersites---------------4 Facts and Opinions, Mine and Others, and Quote from Milton Meyer-----------------------Woodrow J. Welling------5 Are Some People Obsolete?, and Tax Reform----------------------------------------------Woodrow J. Welling------7 Would You Like No Government?, and Bact to TC220 (Comments for Filthy Pierre)----------Woodrow J. Welling------8 Comments for Jin Stumm and for JD, Quote from Saul Alinsky, and Clarification on Cuba--Woodrow J. Welling------9 Comments for H. C. Andruschak, for Woody Welling, and on Cosmology, & on Black Holes---Stephen Frey-----------10 Comments for JD and for Merrilee Stoerm, and on the Natue of the Universe--------------Stephen Frey-----------11 Medieval Science and Technology--------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------12 Comments for Hoscheidt on Libertarian Constitutionalism--------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------12 Comments for JD on Shunning, for Thersites on Genes, and for Elkins on Consensus-------Jim Stumm--------------13 Ad for "Restoring the Constitution"----------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------13 W. L. Gore & Assoc. (case study from "The 100 Best Companies to Work for in America")--J. R. Elkins-----------14 Comments for Filthy, for JD, for Merrilee, and for Mark--------------------------------J. R. Elkins-----------15 Letter to JD---------------------------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------16 Comments on the Episodes: Hi All Connectors Hoping to Survive Surfing 4th Soc. Wave----JD---------------------19 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Ed Rom------------------------------------------JD---------------------20 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Merrilee Stoerm---------------------------------JD---------------------21 Comments on the Episodes: Harry Cameron Andruschak-------------------------------------JD---------------------23 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Erwin S. Strauss--------------------------------JD---------------------23 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Bernie Gallagher--------------------------------JD---------------------23 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Woody Welling-----------------------------------JD---------------------23 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Professor Sir Michael Berry---------------------JD---------------------24 I Can Understand Where Tom Palven Was Coming From--------------------------------------The Small-Town Hick----40 I Can Understand Where Tom Palven Was Coming From--------------------------------------The Small-Town Hick----40 Comments for Harry Andruschak on Stephen Frey's Attitude Toward Relativity-------------Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for Thersites on Blue Collar Blues--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------44 Comments for Thersites on Overpopulation-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------44 Comments for Thersites on Large vs. Small in Socialist Theory--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Thersites on "Love" and "Hate"--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Thersites on the Genetic Basis of Human Sexuality-------------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Thersites on Vonu---------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Thersites on How We Can Make the World a Better Place for Us to Live In---Filthy Pierre----------46 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| __| __| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ |___ |___ ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 6 July 1997 ******************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #223): 15 AUGUST 1997 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************** ================================================================================================================ Musings on Shopping Mall Catholicism---------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis----------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Thersites and Merrilee Stoerm on Inflation and Purchasing Power-----------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Thersites and J. R. Elkis on Democracy and Voting Systems-----------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Thersites on the Kibbutz Life---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Thersites on High-Handed Bureaucrats, Greedy Capitalists, etc.------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Woody Welling on Wall Street----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Woody Welling on Indian Casinos-------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Woody Welling on Re-training----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Woody Welling on Robber Barons--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Woody Welling on Mass Transit---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Harry Andruschak on Frey's View of Relativity-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for J. R. Elkins on Theories of Management------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for JD on Rand and Einstein---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for the Small-Town Hick on US Foreign and Domestic Policy---------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 I Don't Belong to Mensa. I Never Will. I Couldn't If I Wanted To -- Too Dumb-----------Thersites---------------7 Comments for Harry Andruschak, Woodrow J. Welling, and Jim Stumm-----------------------Thersites---------------7 Comments for J. R. Elkins, Merrilee Stoerm, Small Town Hick and Filthy Pierre----------Thersites---------------8 Comments for Jim Stumm: On the Question of Constitutionalism---------------------------David Hoscheidt--------11 Comments for Small Town Hick: On Canada's Health Care System---------------------------David Hoscheidt--------12 Extremism in Mainstream America--------------------------------------------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----13 A Culture of Cruelty-------------------------------------------------------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----14 Maybe the Doomsayers are Wrong; About Right Now; No TLC221 So No Comments--------------Woodrow J. Welling-----15 Survival in an Age of Greed; and What Price Justice?-----------------------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----16 Playing the Futurist-------------------------------------------------------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----17 Comments on TC221 for S. H. Frey; for Merrilee; for JD; and for Small Town Hick--------Woodrow J. Welling-----18 First Submission -- So Be Nice: Comments for Mark Anderson; and for Bernie Gallagher---Matt Hogan-------------19 First Submission -- So Be Nice: Comments for Woody Welling-----------------------------Matt Hogan-------------19 First Submission -- So Be Nice: Mysterious Slushy Goo (Yuck!)--------------------------Matt Hogan-------------19 First Submission - So Be Nice: Freedom; Sick of Welfare Bashing; and General Comments--Matt Hogan-------------20 Observations and Opinions--------------------------------------------------------------Jeff Page--------------21 The Owlet Hoots: General Natter; and Comments for Thersites; and Comments for Frey-----Harry Andruschak-------23 The Owlet Hoots: Comments for Frey; and Comments for JD--------------------------------Harry Andruschak-------24 Connections----------------------------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoem---------25 Some Quotes: Horses Hoofs--------------------------------------------------------------Chuang Tze-------------27 Some Quotes: Horses Hoofs, submitted by------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------27 Some Quotes: The Ego and His Own-------------------------------------------------------Max Stirner------------27 Some Quotes: The Ego and His Own, submitted by-----------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------27 Absurdist Clippings for TLC #221, 97-5-------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------29 Answer to Puzzle in #220---------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------30 On Time Travel; and Some Pseudo Scientists...; and Comments for F. Pierre--------------Stephen H. Frey--------31 One Final Note; and The Theory of Special Relativity is Self-Contradictory-------------Stephen H. Frey--------32 And Still More on Time Dilation--------------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------32 Money + Investing + Happiness: Comments for Stoerm on Money----------------------------Jim Stumm--------------33 Money + Investing + Happiness: Comments for Small Town Hick on the Fed-----------------Jim Stumm--------------33 Money + Investing + Happiness: Comments for Merrilee on Investing----------------------Jim Stumm--------------33 Money + Investing + Happiness: Comments for JD on Happiness----------------------------Jim Stumm--------------33 Money + Investing + Happiness: Comments for Thersites on the PNP World-----------------Jim Stumm--------------34 Money + Investing + Happiness: Comments for JD on Banks--------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------34 Losing Weight, Cheap Shots, and Other Matters for TC Readers---------------------------Russell Eisenman-------35 A Great Journal Article; and Computer Suggestions; and Rules/Laws----------------------Russell Eisenman-------36 Let's Get Real: Thersites Meets Dexter's Freemen; and It Started Merilee Enough...-----John Elkins------------37 Let's Get Real: Stumm and Drang; and Filthy Current Reality----------------------------John Elkins------------38 Who Does It?; and Quote of the Month; and Tad Davies' Contacts with Connectors---------Tad Davies-------------39 Comments for Deedra Merope; and for Pierre; and for Mark Anderson; & for Pierre Again--Tad Davies-------------40 Comments on Ideas in Last Issue: for Thersites3; and for Jim Stumm; and for Woody------Tad Davies-------------40 Comments on Ideas in Last Issue: for Jim Stumm, Abigail Bosworth, Woody Welling--------Tad Davies-------------40 Comments on Ideas in Last Issue: for Merrilee; for JD; for Small Town Hick-------------Tad Davies-------------41 Stumm and Davies (on an E-mail version of RSVP)----------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------41 Bernie's Pages: Is the World of "Star Trek" Libertarian?-------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------42 Bernie's Pages: Comments for Pierre on Logic; and for Thersites on Rights--------------Bernie Gallagher-------42 Bernie's Pages: Recommended Reading: Free to Choose, by Milton & Rose Friedman---------Bernie Gallagher-------43 Bernie's Pages: Ad for "The Principle of Liberty" (book)-------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------43 Bernie's Page: Comments for Thersites; and for Pierre; and for JD----------------------Bernie Gallagher-------44 Bernie's Page: Recommended reading: "The Myth of Male Power," by Warren Farrell--------Bernie Gallagher-------44 Comments for Russell Eisenman on Dieting; and for David Hoscheidt on the Constitution--Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for J. R. Elkins on Preparing to Run a Proprietary Community------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Jim Stumm on the Post-Nuclear-Proliferation (PNP) World-------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Matt Hogan; and for Tad Davies on Jobs------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Bernie on Being "Logical" and "Consistent"--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Abigail Bosworth on the Arabs and Israel----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Thersites on Universal Health Care----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Thersites on Solid Waste; and on Not Being a "People" Person--------------Filthy Pierre----------47 Comments for Thersites on Raising People to Material Prosperity------------------------Filthy Pierre----------47 Comments for Thersites on Group Efforts to Change the World----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------48 Comments for Thersites on Changes I'd Like to See--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------48 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| __| __| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ |___ ___| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 17 August 1997 *********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #224): 26 SEPTEMBER 1997 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous *********************************************** ================================================================================================================ Tales of the South Pacific-------------------------------------------------------------Ed Reith----------------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre-----------3 Clippings on Animals and Emotions------------------------------------------------------Space Needle------------4 Clippings on Animals and Emotions------------------------------------------------------Space Needle------------4 Clipping for Thersites on Pragmatism and Prudence--------------------------------------Space Needle------------5 Clipping for Thersites on Pragmatism and Prudence--------------------------------------Space Needle------------5 An Odyssey of Sorts (interview with Arthur C. Clarke), submitted by--------------------Ed Rom------------------6 Commies, Jesus Freaks or Laissez Fairies-----------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis----------8 Ad for "Free and Clear" on KKUP 91.5 FM------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis----------9 Observation and Opinion----------------------------------------------------------------Jeff Page--------------10 Pierre Press: Crime...Down Sharply; Credited to Enforcemetn of "Small" Crime Laws-----Tad Davies-------------12 Pierre Press: Words: Reactionary, Conservative, Liberal, Radical-----------------------Tad Davies-------------12 Brit Ballot Access: British Election Rebuts U.S. Defenders of 2-Party System-----------Tad Davies-------------12 Comments on #222-----------------------------------------------------------------------Tad Davies-------------13 Anarchy, Atheism and Sanity------------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------14 Comments for Russell Eisenman, and for Filthy Pierre-----------------------------------Allen Thornton---------15 Authority, Big/Small Companies: Comments for Thersites and for Matt Hogan--------------Mark Anderson----------16 Authority, Big/Small Companies: Comments for Tad Davies--------------------------------Mark Anderson----------17 Hi All Connectors Watching the Fourth Socialist Wave Thunder In------------------------JD---------------------18 Announcement: Availability of Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged on Audio-----------------JD---------------------19 Comments on the Episodes: Roger Young--------------------------------------------------JD---------------------20 Comments on the Episodes: Socialist Patriotic Promise Reality (SPPR) [09]--------------JD---------------------20 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Merrilee Stoerm---------------------------------JD---------------------21 Comments on the Episodes: Letter to Dr. Nick Begich------------------------------------JD---------------------22 Comments on the Episodes: Letter to Linda Moulton Howe---------------------------------JD---------------------22 Energy, Tesla, Ayn Rand: Excerpt form The Connection 201-------------------------------JD---------------------23 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Ed Rom------------------------------------------JD---------------------26 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Deedra Merope-----------------------------------JD---------------------26 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for David Hoscheidt---------------------------------JD---------------------27 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Stephen Frey------------------------------------JD---------------------27 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Woody Welling-----------------------------------JD---------------------28 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Janet-------------------------------------------JD---------------------28 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Erwin Strauss-----------------------------------JD---------------------28 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Jim Stumm---------------------------------------JD---------------------29 Comments for Woody Welling, and for Filthy Pierre--------------------------------------Matt Hogan-------------32 Comments for David Hoscheidt, and for Merrilee Stoerm----------------------------------Matt Hogan-------------32 Quotes from "Dirty Truths," by---------------------------------------------------------Michael Parenti--------33 Quotes from "Dirty Truths," submitted by-----------------------------------------------Matt Hogan-------------33 Connections: Comments for David Hoscheidt, and for John Elkins-------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------34 Connections: Comments for Feelthy, and for Woody Welling-------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------34 Connections: Comments for Matt Hogan, and for Harry Andruschak-------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------35 Connections: Comments for Tad Davies, and for Jeff Page, and for JD, and for All-------Merrilee Stoerm--------35 Terminology, Comments for F. Pierre, Now Hear This-------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------36 Time Marches On, Jim Stumm...Bravo-----------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------37 A Moral Crisis-------------------------------------------------------------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----38 Comments on TC 222: FP-----------------------------------------------------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----40 Comments on TC 222: for Thersites, for Matt Hogan, and for Merrilee--------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----41 Stumm and Filthy's Vision of the Future: Does It Forecast Mankind's Triumph?-----------Thersites--------------42 Comments for Dante DeAmicis, and for Filthy--------------------------------------------Thersites--------------42 Comments for Hoscheidt-----------------------------------------------------------------Thersites--------------43 Comments for Woody, and for Matt Hogan and Jeff Page, and for Jim Stumm----------------Thersites--------------44 Comments for Bernie, and From the Oh Yeah! Dept.---------------------------------------Thersites--------------45 Who is Timothy McVeigh?----------------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------46 Comments for Davies on Co-op Government------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------46 Comments for Thersites: Constitution---------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------47 The Owlet Hoots------------------------------------------------------------------------Harry Andruschak-------48 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ _ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| __| / | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | |__| | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ |___ | ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 29 September 1997 ********************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #225): 7 NOVEMBER 1997 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************* ================================================================================================================ Health Care and the Economic Law of Scarcity-------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt---------0 On the Meaning of the Term "Innate Conservatism," and Harry Browne's Strategy----------David Hoscheidt---------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Thersites on Voting Systems, on the Constitution, & on Checks & Balances--Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Thersites on Ad Hominems, on Universal Health Care, and on Pollution------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Thersites on the Merits of Partcipating in "The Connection" (TC)----------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Thersites on "Direct Transfers" to the Poor, and on Group Action----------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Thersites on Comments for Hoscheidt---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Ed Rom on Cheap Energy and Cheap Space Flight, & for Thersites on Nukes---Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Dante DeAmicis on Libertarian Fantasies, & for Tad Davies on "Liberals"---Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Tad Davies on Two-Party vs. Multi-Party Systems---------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Tad Davies on the "LA Freedom '91" Tape-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Allen Thornton of Future Jobs, and for JD on Commercial Publishing--------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Bernie on the Shift from Labor to Capital, and on Space Drives------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Matt Hogan----------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Matt Hogan on the Third World---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for Matt Hogan on Parenti's "Dirty Truths"------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Liberty's Constituency -- You Would Be Surprised---------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------10 Hugs and Kisses Page-------------------------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------11 Comments-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Russell Eisenman,Ph.D.-12 An Article on Sexual Harassment--------------------------------------------------------Russell Eisenman,Ph.D.-13 Bernie's Page--------------------------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------14 Big Brother Is Watching YOU!-----------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------15 Woody Welling, JD Now JD, To Whomever it Concerns and Also Should Concern, Harry A.----Stephen H. Frey--------16 Deedra Merope, and Leter to the Editor of Science--------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------17 Observation and Opinion----------------------------------------------------------------Jeff Page--------------18 Reactionary Reactions, and Comments for Thersites on the Constitution------------------Jim Stumm--------------20 Quotes from a Review of "The Great American Gun Debate" (from Reason Magazine)---------Jim Stumm--------------21 Comments for Hoscheidt on the Constitution---------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------21 Clippings on Gangs and Warrior Culture-------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------22 Clippings on Anomalies of Electoral Systems for Elkins, T3, Pierre, et al.-------------Space Needle-----------23 Too Much Sanity May Be Madness, but the Maddest of All is to See Life as It Is..."-----Thersites--------------24 Comments for Ed Reith, Space Needle, Dante DeAmicis, Jeff Page, Tad and Mark Anderson--Thersites--------------24 Comments for JD, Bernie and Matt Hogan-------------------------------------------------Thersites--------------25 Comments for Merrilee, Stumm, and Harry Andruschak, and From the Oh Yeah! Dept.--------Thersites--------------26 Libertarians Love Socialism, and Libertarian Liars-------------------------------------Matt Hogan-------------27 Comments for Woody Welling, Thersites, Merrilee Stoerm, and Mark Anderson--------------Matt Hogan-------------27 Why the Economy Can Grow Faster Without Causing Inflation, and Book Recommendations----Matt Hogan-------------28 Questions for Erwin Strauss, and Here Are Some Interesting Questions-------------------Matt Hogan-------------28 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Merrilee Stoerm---------------------------------JD---------------------29 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Stephen C. Boydstun, Objectivity----------------JD---------------------30 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Linda Moulton Hown------------------------------JD---------------------31 TC 223, page 18 (re-print)-------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------32 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Tad Davies, and for Deedra Merope---------------JD---------------------33 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Woody Welling-----------------------------------JD---------------------34 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Matt Hogan--------------------------------------JD---------------------35 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Erwin Strauss, and for Jim Stumm----------------JD---------------------36 Comments for Jim Stumm on Oklahoma City, and for Woody Welling, and for Thersites------Filthy Pierre----------37 Comments for Matt Hogan on the Benefits of Socialism for Libertarians------------------Filthy Pierre----------37 Comments for Matt Hogan on the Third World, and on Questions for Me--------------------Filthy Pierre----------37 Comments for JD on Rand and Einstein---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------38 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| __| |__ | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ |___ ___| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 9 November 1997 ********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #226): 19 DECEMBER 1997 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************** ================================================================================================================ Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide!---------------------------------------------------------------Coalition to Ban DMHO---0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre-----------3 Book Review: "Guns, Germs and Steel," by Jared Diamond---------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for David Hoscheidt on Harry Browne's Strategy--------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Stephen Frey on "Sky Fi"--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for JD on His Re-Print Last Issue---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments on Nanotech, and Other Utopian Technologies-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Clippings on Miscellaneous Topics for Three Connectors: Ed Rom, Matt Hogan and Abby----Space Needle------------7 Clippins on US Reading Rate for Abigail------------------------------------------------Space Needle------------8 Clippings for Deedra on Computer-Job Web Sites-----------------------------------------Space Needle------------9 Our Right to Die-----------------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------10 Sixteen Reasons Why God Never Received Tenure at the University------------------------Woody Welling----------11 Replies to TC225 for Stephen Frey, Matt Hogan, FP, JD, All-----------------------------Woody Welling----------11 A Low-Energy Nuclear Transmutation Kit -- LENT-1, submitted by-------------------------Ed Rom-----------------12 The Cincinnati Group Discloses its Radioactivity Remediation Protocol...---------------Eugene Mallove, Sc.D.--13 The Cincinnati Group Discloses its Radioactivity Remediation Protocol, submitted by----Ed Rom-----------------13 Rural America: Big Government's Rage-Filled Victims------------------------------------Lloyd George Parry-----14 Rural America: Big Government's Rage-Filled Victims, submitted by Dino for-------------Merrilee Stoerm--------14 Rural America: Big Government's Rage-Filled Victims, submitted by----------------------Dino-------------------14 Comments to Thersites, to Bernie Gallagher, and to JD----------------------------------Matt Hogan-------------16 Social Security is Going Bankrupt, and Other Delusions, and Why?-----------------------Matt Hogan-------------17 Viewpoint: Social Security's Black Box-------------------------------------------------James H. Smallhout-----18 Viewpoint: Social Security's Black Box, submitted by-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------18 The Year 2000 Computer Problem, and Comments for Matt Hogan on Social Security---------Jim Stumm--------------19 Comments for Page on Just the Facts----------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------19 Comments for JD on the 5th Man, and on Nuke Terrorism, and for Hogan on Markets--------Jim Stumm--------------20 Comments for DeAmicis on Laissez Fairies, and for JD on Reagan-------------------------Jim Stumm--------------20 Bernie's Page--------------------------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------21 Seeking a Free Nation, submitted by----------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------22 Seeking a Free Nation------------------------------------------------------------------Free Nation Foundation-22 Comments on Social Security and Medicare-----------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------23 Religion is a Millstone Around the Neck of Humanity------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------23 Cosmology: A New, Logical Model, and Comments for Matthew Hogan------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------24 Hugs and Kisses Page: Comments for Filthy Pierre and Jim Stumm-------------------------Unsigned---------------25 Sloppy Seconds page: Comments for Thristy, Bernie, Matthew Hogan; and An Invitation----Unsigned---------------26 A Strategy for Advancing Liberty: Reply to Jim Stumm-----------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------27 Comments for Matthew Hogan and for Space Needle----------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------28 Of Course, There's Always the Possibility That I'm Overlooking Something---------------Thersites--------------29 Comments for Hoscheidt and FIlthy------------------------------------------------------Thersites--------------29 Comments for Dante DeAmicus, for Bernie, and for Jim Stumm-----------------------------Thersites--------------31 Comments for Matt Hogan, and From the Oh Yeah? Dept.-----------------------------------Thersites--------------32 Hi All Connectors Feeling the Breakers of the Fourth Socialist Wave, and SEAKIS--------JD---------------------33 Blue Monday----------------------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------34 Ayn Rand in the News, and Comments for Jim Stumm---------------------------------------JD---------------------35 Comments for Merrilee Stoerm-----------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------36 Comments for Tad Davies, and Comments for Jim Stumm------------------------------------JD---------------------40 Comments for Harry Andruschak----------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------41 Comments for Dr. Russell Eisenman, and Comments for Stephen Frey-----------------------JD---------------------42 Socialist Science 1997-----------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------42 Socialist Spy Apologists---------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------43 Tragic End to the Princess Smile-------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------44 What Ayn Rand Didn't Know about the Sic-Owes Society-----------------------------------JD---------------------44 Comments for Space Needle, and Comments for Erwin Strauss------------------------------JD---------------------45 Comments for Stephen Frey--------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------46 APA Numbers----------------------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------47 The GUT and Objective Truth, and the Sic-Owes------------------------------------------JD---------------------48 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| __| |__ | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ |___ |__| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 2 January 1998 ********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #227): 20 FEBRUARY 1998 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************** ================================================================================================================ The Credo of a "Radical" Libertarian---------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher--------0 The Credo of a "Radical" Libertarian---------------------------------------------------Bernie------------------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Ed Rom on Radioactivity Remediation, and for Woody Welling----------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Jim Stumm on the Year 2000 Problem, and for Matt Hogan--------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Stephen Frey on Atheism and Christianity, and for Dante DeAmicis----------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for David Hoscheidt on Libertarian Strategy and Tacics, and for Jim Stumm-----Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Thersites on the Problems of Socialism------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Thersites on the Merits of Taking Part in The Connection (TC)-------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Thersites on Blood Pressure, on Burden Sharing, and on Election Rules-----Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Thersites on the Limits of Human Desire, and on Trusting "Common Folks"---Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Thersites on Vigilantism--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Thersites on "Bowing," on Uploading, and on Future Feudalism--------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for JD on "Reflexive"---------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for JD on "Social Manipulators," and on Rand and Einstein---------------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Bernie's Page: Great Day in the Morning, the Automation Dividend, Voltaire-------------Bernie Gallagher-------10 Bernie's Page: Phone Sex and Love Dolls, and From the YEAH!!! Department---------------Bernie Gallagher-------10 Bernie's Page: Recommended Reading, and Quote of the Day-------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------10 Bernie's Page: Great Day in the Morning, the Automation Dividend, Voltaire-------------Bernie-----------------10 Bernie's Page: Phone Sex and Love Dolls, and From the YEAH!!! Department---------------Bernie-----------------10 Bernie's Page: Recommended Reading, and Quote of the Day-------------------------------Peter A. Bernie--------10 An Alternative to the Nolan Diagram, and Replies for Pierre, Frey, and Hoscheidt-------Peter A. Taylor--------11 Unanimity Factors: Votes Needed to Control the House of Representatives and Senate-----John Elkins------------13 Comments for Jim Stumm re: the Year 2000 Problem---------------------------------------Sherman Chan-----------15 Comments for Filthy Pierre on Sky-Fie; Time, AGAIN!!; Forward to the Past--------------Stephen Frey-----------17 The Big Bang Never Happened, and the Problem with the Big Bang (BB) Hype---------------Stephen Frey-----------18 What Did God Design the Brain for, If Not to Rationalize?------------------------------Thersites--------------19 Comments for Coalition to Ban DHMO, Woody Welling, Dino, Matt Hogan, and Jim Stumm-----Thersites--------------19 Comments for Unsigned, Comments for Hoscheidt, and From the Oh Yeah? Department--------Jeff Thersites---------20 The Pettiness of Pet Talk--------------------------------------------------------------Jeff Page--------------21 Continuing the Dialog: Comments for JD and Thirsty, and About Equality-----------------Woody Welling----------22 Continuing the Dialog: Comments for Thersites and Davies-------------------------------Woody Welling----------23 Callifornia Has a Mountain Lion Problem------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------24 Killer Rights, and Comments for JD (Shocked)-------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------25 Comments for Thornton (Anarchy), Hoscheidt (Up with Libertarianism), Hogan (Nazis)-----Jim Stumm--------------26 Comments for Bernie (Force), and Be It Ever So Humble (Cabin in the Woods)-------------Jim Stumm--------------26 Brand "X" in for Merrilee: Comments for Mr. Strauss, Mr., JD, Mr. Thirsty, Mr. Hogan---Dino-------------------27 Brand "X" in for Merrilee: Comments for Mr. Strauss, Mr., JD, Mr. Thirsty, Mr. Hogan---Ravi Brand X-----------27 Earnings and Productivity During Wars--------------------------------------------------Ravi Batra-------------28 Earnings and Productivity During Wars, submitted by------------------------------------Dino-------------------28 Earnings and Productivity During Wars, submitted by------------------------------------Matt Brand X-----------28 Leftists Rule!: Comments to Erwin Strauss, to Woody Welling, and to Thersites----------Matt Hogan-------------29 Leftists Rule!: Comments to Stumm, and on Libertarian Fascists-------------------------Matt Hogan-------------29 Leftists Rule!: Not Underdeveloped, Rather, Overexploited; & Freethought Perspective---Matt Hogan-------------30 Leftists Rule!: More Comments to Stumm, New Books!!------------------------------------Matt Hogan-------------30 The Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru Calls to His People--------------------Dante DeAmicis---------31 Comments for Woody Welling, David Hoscheidt and Thersites------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------31 Comments for Jim Stumm re: Clearing Up This "Individualism" Confusion------------------Dante DeAmicis---------32 Political Quotient Profile, Professional Jurors, National Sales Tax--------------------Thomas G. Space Needle-33 Clippings on Voting Rights in the Founding Era, for T3---------------------------------Thomas G. West---------34 Clippings on Voting Rights in the Founding Era, for T3, submitted by-------------------Space Needle-----------34 Clippings on Mystery Blobs, Suicide Rights, and Family Forms---------------------------Space Needle-----------35 Clippings on (Love) Dolls, for FP, T3 and Dante----------------------------------------Space Needle-----------36 Clippings on CD-ROM'd Microfiche, and Comix on Microfiche------------------------------Space Needle-----------37 Clippings on Drug-Use Patterns---------------------------------------------------------Weill------------------38 Clippings on Drug-Use Patterns---------------------------------------------------------Hoffman----------------38 Clippings on Drug-Use Patterns, submitted by-------------------------------------------Paul Space Needle------38 Clippings on the "Big Bug"-------------------------------------------------------------Paul Strassman---------39 Clippings on the "Big Bug," submitted by-----------------------------------------------Filthy Space Needle----39 Comments for JD on Estimates of TC's Potential, and on My "GUT" of Human Behavior------Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for JD on the Credibility of the KGB, & for Stephen Frey on Science Fiction---Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for Bernie Gallagher on the "Automation Dividend"-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for Peter A. Taylor on Geometry, and for J. R. Elkins on Election Laws--------Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for Sherman Chan on the Year 2000 Computer Problem----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------40 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| __| | / | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ |___ | ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 22 February 1998 ******************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #228): 10 APRIL 1998 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************* ================================================================================================================ The Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru Gives Out Important Diagrams-----------Dante DeAmicis----------0 Table of Contents (by byline),Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue--------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Matt Hogan on Social Security---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Matt Hogan on Markets Reflecting Scarcity---------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Matt Hogan on "Exploitation"----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Dino on Ravi Batra's "The Myth of Free Trade"-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Matt Hogan on "Rights" vs. Abilities--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Grab Me One Too! Will Ya?: Comments for Bernie and for Filthy--------------------------Thersites---------------6 Grab Me One Too! Will Ya?: Comments for Bernie, P.A.Taylor, John Elkins, Sherman Chan--Thersites---------------8 Grab Me One Too! Will Ya?: Comments for Page, Welling, Stumm, Dino, Hogan, DeAmicis----Thersites---------------9 Grab Me One Too! Will Ya?: From the Oh Yeah? Dept.-------------------------------------Thersites---------------9 Comments for Erwin Strauss (No. 226), and for Dino, and for Thersites------------------Matt Hogan-------------10 Comments for Woody Welling, and for Jim Stumm, and for Bernie Gallagher----------------Matt Hogan-------------11 Book Recommendations-------------------------------------------------------------------Matt Hogan-------------11 Clippings on Love Dolls and Virtual Sex------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------12 Clippings on Intentional Families for Dante and Zev Sero-------------------------------Space Needle-----------13 Clippings on Pschological Types and Myers-Briggs Test----------------------------------Space Needle-----------14 Clippings on Landmine Removal, School Vouchers and Execution-Patches-------------------Space Needle-----------15 Clippings on Monorails (& "Marginal Kooks")--------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------16 Clippings on Imparting Financial Prudence Non-Parentally, for Pierre-------------------Space Needle-----------17 Clippings on Blue-Collar Bliss, contra Pierre------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------18 White House Apocalypse, or the Branch Clintonians vs. the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy---Allen Thornton---------19 Hugs and Kisses Page (Comments for FilthyPierre, Jim Stumm, Woody Welling, Jeff Page)--Dante DeAmicis---------21 All Thersites Page - Because He Cares--------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------22 Comments for Thersites (My Cute Little Subsets) and Matthew Hogan (Facists)------------Dante DeAmicis---------23 Comments for Space Needlle (Political Myers-Briggs)------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------23 Modern Cars; and Comments for Filthy Pierre and Peter A. Taylor------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------24 A Practical, Sensible Uitlity Vehicle for Senior Citizens; and Christianity------------Stephen H. Frey--------25 What Age Is It?------------------------------------------------------------------------Jeff Page--------------26 I Was Wrong----------------------------------------------------------------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----28 Triumph of the Moralists??-------------------------------------------------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----30 Honk If You Love Jesus-----------------------------------------------------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----31 Back to TC226: Comments for FP, Thirsty, Matt Hogan, Dante DeAmicis--------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----32 Back to the Politics of Scandal--------------------------------------------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----32 Comments for Filthy Pierre on Electoral Systems----------------------------------------Peter A. Taylor--------33 Comments for David Hoscheidt on My Decision Tree---------------------------------------Peter A. Taylor--------33 Comments for Bernie on What It Means to Be a Libertarian-------------------------------Peter A. Taylor--------34 Reply to Jim Stumm; and Reply to Filthy Pierre-----------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------35 Reply to Matt Hogan; and President Clinton's State of the Union Speech-----------------David Hoscheidt--------36 The Budget Surplus; and I Agree with Hillary-------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------36 Individualist Ethics; and Comments for Matt Hogan on Social Security-------------------Jim Stumm--------------37 Comments for Thersites on Social Security----------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------37 Comments for Bernie on Radical Libertarian Credo; and for Matt Hogan on the Military---Jim Stumm--------------38 Reports for Sale (Advertisement)-------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------38 Bernie's Page, including Quote of the Day----------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------39 Bernie's Page, on the Age of the Universe; Movie Reviews; Recommended reading----------Bernie Gallagher-------40 Bernie's Page: Voltaire Invocation, and Advertisement for Starship BBS-----------------Bernie Gallagher-------40 Letter to Jonathan Harris--------------------------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------41 Letter to Sam Goldbrick----------------------------------------------------------------Jonathan Harris--------41 Letter From Jonathan Harris to Sam Goldbrick, submitted by-----------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------41 Comments-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------41 What Utopia----------------------------------------------------------------------------Rocky ledge------------43 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| __| |__| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ |___ |__| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 15 April 1998 ***************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #229): 29 MAY 1998 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ***************************************** ================================================================================================================ Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------------------E. Dope-----------------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Space Needle on Cholesterol, and on "Blue Collar Blues"-------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Space Needle on Unemployment, and on Alcohol------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Matt Hogan on Wealth-Creating Labor---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Thersites on Colonies and the Wealth of Nations--------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Thersites on Resources and the Wealth of Nations, and on Keynes-----------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Thersites on Defense and the Wealth of Nations, and on Causes of Poverty--Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Thersites on Reasoning by Analogy-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Thersites on Thatcherism in Britain, & on Taking Part in The Connection---Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Thersites on Complaining, and on Other Peoples' Words---------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Thersites on the Limits of Desire, and on Vigilantism---------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Thersites on Crawling Behind Sergeants, and on Future Feudalism-----------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Thersites on "Uploading" vs. "Downloading"--------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Thersites on the Defense of Computer-Based Personalities------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on Backsliding Atheists-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Woody Welling on "Many Singapores," and on Republicans--------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for David Hoscheidt-----------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Bernie Gallagher on Cosmology, and for Sam Goldbrick on Food Storage------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Bernie's Page: Libertarian Decision Tree-----------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher--------9 Hi Connectors Seeing the Showtime 2 Events of this Socialist Wave----------------------JD---------------------13 Request for Assistance-----------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------14 Comments on the Episodes: Merrilee Stoerm and Brand X----------------------------------JD---------------------15 Comments on the Episodes: Jeff Page and Woody Welling----------------------------------JD---------------------16 Comments on the Episodes: Matt Hogan and John Elkins-----------------------------------JD---------------------18 Comments on the Episodes: World Education Error (WEER-02): The HV Missing #s/Berry----JD---------------------19 Comments on the Episodes: Stephen Frey-------------------------------------------------JD---------------------20 Comments on the Episodes: Erwin Strauss------------------------------------------------JD---------------------21 Comments on the Episodes: Jim Stumm----------------------------------------------------JD---------------------24 Comments on the Episodes: Socialist Patriotic Promise Reality SPPR [13] Lord Fifth-----JD---------------------25 Other Voices---------------------------------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------27 How to Prevent the U. S. Gov't. from Self Destructing----------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------28 The Little Red (and Black) Hen---------------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------29 Hugs and Kisses Page-------------------------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------30 Sloppy Seconds Page--------------------------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------31 Talk is Cheap Page---------------------------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------32 Comments for Space Needle, and Checklist for Any Long-Term Functioning Society---------Dante DeAmicis---------33 Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell 'Em: Comments for Pierre, Hogan, Thornton---Thersites--------------34 Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell 'Em:Comments for DeAmicis,& Oh Yeah? Dept.--Thersites--------------35 Choice of Political Strategy: Populism or Conspiracy-----------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------37 Comments for Matt Hogan and for Thersites----------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------37 Jim and Thirsty Dialogue, and Comments for Hogan on Siberia----------------------------Jim Stumm--------------38 Ad for Living Free #107, Comments for DeAmicis on My Cabin,& for Hogan on Inheritance--Jim Stumm--------------39 Comments for Hoscheidt on Libertarianism-----------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------39 The Way I See Things -- More or Less, and Afterword------------------------------------Matt Hogan-------------40 More Nonsense from Erwin Strauss -- Comments on 227, and Comments for Jim Stumm--------Matt Hogan-------------41 What Went Wrong------------------------------------------------------------------------Edward Reith-----------42 Are We As Democratic As We Think We Are?-----------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------43 Comments on TC227 for Thirsty, for Matt Hogan, for Dante and for FP--------------------Woody Welling----------45 Comments on TC227 for Jeff Page, for Hoscheidt, and To Anyone Who Cares to Read This---Woody Welling----------46 Clippings About the Year 2000 Problem--------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------47 Freethought Perspective----------------------------------------------------------------Leland W. Ruble--------67 The Birmingham Abortion Clinic Bombing-------------------------------------------------Jesse Bailey-----------67 The Birmingham Abortion Clinic Bombing, submitted by-----------------------------------Leland W. Ruble--------67 Freethought Resources------------------------------------------------------------------Leland W. Ruble--------68 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| __| |__| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ |___ __| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 29 May 1998 ****************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #230): 10 JULY 1998 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ****************************************** ================================================================================================================ Clippings------------------------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth--------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for JD on Objectivism, and for Andy on Leaving "The Connection" (TC)----------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Bernie Gallagher in His Libertarian Decision Tree-------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Jim Stumm on Libertarian Approaches to Social Security--------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for JD on Rand as "Intellectual Fraud," and on my GUT of Human Behavior-------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Woody Welling on Stalin's Killings, and on Me as a Republican-------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Space Needle on the Year 2000 Problem-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Dante DeAmicis on Speculating in Hardwoods--------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Dante DeAmicis on Yuppie-Collar Blues, and on the Nolan Quiz--------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Matt Hogan on Worker-to-non-Worker Ratios, and on Ends and Means----------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Freethought Perspectives---------------------------------------------------------------Leland W. Ruble---------8 Freethought Resources------------------------------------------------------------------Leland W. Ruble---------9 Racial Violence Statistics-------------------------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------10 Fundamentalism vs. Realism in Politics-------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------12 Comments for Jimm Stumm, Dante and Matthew Hogan---------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------13 Disconnects (comments for Filthy Pierre, JD, Dante D. the Goatmaster, Woody Welling)---Stephen H. Frey--------14 Ad for Alabama Freethought Association-------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------14 Plug for the "Humanist Manefesto," and the Creation/Evolution Debate in a Nutshell-----Stephen H. Frey--------15 Another Day, Another Cult--------------------------------------------------------------Jeff Page--------------16 You Could've Done BetterWithout Social Security----------------------------------------Dino-------------------18 The Fallacy of No-Risk Government Systems, and Comments for Mr. Strauss----------------Dino-------------------18 Bad Retirement Investing Better Than Social Security, and U. S. HouseholdDebt----------Dino-------------------19 After the Fall of Civilization: Comments for Thersites and FP (PNP Days)---------------Jim Stumm--------------20 Comments for JD (Robber Barons), Space Needle (Monorail)-------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------21 Comments for Hoscheidt (Phony Surplus) and DeAmicis (Hidden Gardens)-------------------Jim Stumm--------------21 Bernie's Page: Comments for Thersites and for Matt Hogan, and Recommended Reading------Bernie Gallagher-------22 Gallagher Family Constitution----------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------23 The Rich, the Poor and the Moral-------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------24 Big Brother at His Worst---------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------25 Back to TC 228: Comments for FP--------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------27 Back to TC 228: Comments for JD, and Comments for Dante--------------------------------Woody Welling----------28 Greetings from Mira Loma: Various Comments---------------------------------------------John Elkins------------29 Contributions for The Connection No. 229: Comments for Dante DeAmicis &Filthy Pierre---Peter A. Taylor--------31 Excerpts from"An Atheist's Views on Paganism,"Delivered at the 1st UU Church/Houston---Peter A. Taylor--------31 The Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru: Multiple Hypothesis Methodology-------Dante DeAmicis---------33 Alternative to theCPI --The Goatmaster Index-------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------33 Hugs and Kisses Page: Comments for Filthy Pierre, for Woody Welling, & for Thersites---Dante DeAmicis---------34 Oh No! Another All Thersites Page------------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------35 There He Goes Again: More Nonsense from Erwin, Comments for Jim Stumm,& for Thersites--Matthew Hogan----------36 Privatized Social Security--SMASHED!(Review of"Wall Street"by Doug Henwood),& Fascism--Matthew Hogan----------37 As Much as Win95 Costs, It Should Tell Me When to Change Ribbons: Comments for Filthy -Thersites--------------38 Comments for Bernie, Dante DeAmicis, Stumm, Matt Hogan, Ed Reith-----------------------Thersites--------------40 Comments for Woody Welling, Hoscheidt, Tales from Strawdog, & From theOh Yeah? Dept.---Thersites--------------41 Comments for Matt Hogan on Fear of Baby Boomers, & on Personal Preferences&Propaganda--Filthy Pierre----------42 Comments on Filthy Pierre's Last Project, and Comments for Thersites-------------------Filthy Pierre----------42 Comments for Woody Welling, and for Sam Goldbrick on Mass Murderers--------------------Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for David Hoscheidt on the Nolan Quiz, and on the Deficits of the 1980s-------Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for Stephen Frey on "Learning," for Jeff Page on Cults, and for John Elkins---Filthy Pierre----------44 Comments for Dante DeAmicis, and Comments for Peter Taylor-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------44 Comments for Thersites on Villains and Victims-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Thersites on Ants, Grasshoppers and Hogs, and on the "Bloodless Ilk"------Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Thersites on My Preferences Regarding Nuclear Proliferation---------------Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Thersites on Sabotage in the Post-Nuclear-Proliferation (PNP) World-------Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Thersites on "Gamblers' Winnings," on Saving and Spending, and on Choice--Filthy Pierre----------47 Comments for Thersites on Labor, and on the Values of Victims--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------47 Comments for Thersites on "Viking Ethics," on Pies, Fixed & Unfixed, & on "The Rich"---Filthy Pierre----------48 Comments for Thersites on the Use of Analogy, and on "Acts of Service"-----------------Filthy Pierre----------48 Comments for Thersites on Post-Nuclear-Proliferation (PNP) Conflicts-------------------Filthy Pierre----------48 Comments for Thersites on My Army Experience-------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------48 Comments for Thersites on Virtual Pleasures, and on Universal Health Care--------------Filthy Pierre----------48 Comments for Matt Hogan on Spending and Investing, and on Doug Henwood-----------------Filthy Pierre----------49 Comments for Matt Hogan on Fascism and Communism---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 Clippings About the Year 2000 Problem [25 Pages! -- Publisher] ------------------------Space Needle-----------51 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| __| | | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ ___| |__| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 19 July 1998 ********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #231): 4 SEPTEMBER 1998 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************** ================================================================================================================ Equality Comes at a Price--------------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt---------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre-----------3 Evolution and Relativity Prove God Exists----------------------------------------------Liz Hensley-------------4 Why God Allows Suffering---------------------------------------------------------------Liz Hensley-------------4 Heaven Exists--------------------------------------------------------------------------Liz Hensley-------------4 All Programs Must Be Saved and Debugged by Their Maker---------------------------------Liz Hensley-------------5 Ad for Web Site------------------------------------------------------------------------Liz Hensley-------------5 Comments on the Episodes, with Apologies to J. D.--------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth--------6 Review of "The American Disease: Origins of Narcotic Control" by David F. Musto--------Bob Black---------------7 Crime Statistics, in Pictures: Crime Rate vs. Percent of Population Black or Hispanic--Sam Goldbrick-----------8 Crime Statistics, in Pictures: Race and Murder in Alabama------------------------------Sam Goldbrick-----------9 Crime Statistics, in Pictures: Race and Murder in Georgia------------------------------Sam Goldbrick-----------9 [To] Erwin Strauss (No. 229, p. 49)----------------------------------------------------Matt Hogan-------------10 Finally!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Matt Hogan-------------11 A Never Ending Controversy-------------------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------12 Comments for Filthy Pierre-------------------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------12 Comments for Peter Taylor--------------------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------12 Scientific Progress and Philosophical Problems-----------------------------------------Harold H. Titus--------13 Scientific Progress and Philosophical Problems-----------------------------------------Marilyn S. Smith-------13 Scientific Progress and Philosophical Problems, submitted by---------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------13 Bernie's Page--------------------------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------14 Quote of the Day-----------------------------------------------------------------------John Adams-------------14 Quote of the Day, submitted by---------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------14 Bernie's Page--------------------------------------------------------------------------Bernie-----------------14 Quote of the Day, submitted by---------------------------------------------------------Bernie-----------------14 Preliminaries--------------------------------------------------------------------------Valeran----------------15 Made Naked (exerpt from "The Apes of Eden")--------------------------------------------Valeran----------------15 Little Cabin in the Woods: Comments for DeAmicis, Thersites, Hogan---------------------Jim Stumm--------------18 Comments for DeAmicis on Gardening-----------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------18 Comments for Hoscheidt on Objective Reality--------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------18 Comments for Hoscheidt on Federal Assets-----------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------19 Comments for Hoganon Social Security---------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------19 Comments for Hogan on Values-----------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------19 Our Global Economy---------------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------20 Our Global Economy: A Libertarian View by R. W. Bradley--------------------------------Woody Welling----------20 Our Global Economy: AreWe Playing Global Roulette?-------------------------------------Woody Welling----------23 Responses to TC229: Filthy Pierre------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------26 Responses to TC229: Frey---------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------26 Responses to TC229: Dante--------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------26 Responses to TC229: Thersites----------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------26 Achilles, Odysseus, Thersites and Me---------------------------------------------------Thersites--------------27 An Atheist's Views on Paganism---------------------------------------------------------Peter A. Taylor--------31 Comments for Filthy Pierre-------------------------------------------------------------Peter A. Taylor--------32 Comments for Stephen H. Frey-----------------------------------------------------------Peter A. Taylor--------32 Y2K: Denial----------------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------33 Y2K: Alarmed/Alarming Quotes-----------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------34 Y2K: General Handwringing--------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------35 Y2K: Running Late----------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------36 Y2K: Recession/Crash?------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------37 Y2K: Ripple Effects--------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------38 Y2K: Government------------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------39 Y2K: Technical Difficulties------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------40 Y2K: Technical Difficulties (2)--------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------41 Y2K: Testing---------------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------42 Y2K: Micros----------------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------43 The Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru Solves the Housing Problem-------------Dante DeAmicis---------44 Hugs and Kisses Page 1-----------------------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------45 Hugs and Kisses Page 2-----------------------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------46 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ _ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| __| | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ ___| _|__ ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 12 September 1998 ********************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #232): 23 OCTOBER 1998 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************* ================================================================================================================ I Get Work and Say Goodbye to The Connection-------------------------------------------Russell Eisenman--------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Matt Hogan on the Role of the Stock Market in Investment------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Matt Hogan on the "Equity Premium"----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Matt Hogan on (Neo)colonialism--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Matt Hogan on the US vs. Kuwait, and on Military Research & Development---Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Matt Hogan on Americans as Middle Class-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Dante DeAmicis, for Liz Hensley, for Abigail, and for Valeran-------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Woody Welling on Putting the Religious Right in Perspective---------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Jim Stumm and Matt Hogan on Social Security, and for Thersites------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Bernie on Coventry, and on Physics----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Bernie's Page: Comments for Thersites, More Questions for Physics,Recommended Reading--Bernie Gallagher--------7 Ad for "Juror's Handbook"--------------------------------------------------------------James Hazel-------------8 Ad for "Juror's Handbook," submitted by------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher--------8 Race and Crime-------------------------------------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick-----------9 The Devil's Advocate Interviews: The Hockey Czar---------------------------------------Unsigned---------------11 Warning of Nuclear War Before 2000-----------------------------------------------------Peter C. Newman--------14 Howard Stern, Court Jester: A Libertarian Criticism------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------15 Astrologica Chanel---------------------------------------------------------------------E. Dope----------------17 Comment on God, Jesus and Evolution----------------------------------------------------Leland W. Ruble--------18 A Day at the Beach, and Excerpt from "The Apes of Eden"--------------------------------Valeran----------------20 Comments for Dante DeAmicis, for Liz Hensley, and for Bernie---------------------------Valeran----------------21 What's Wrong with Cloning?, and Comments for DeAmicis on Housing-----------------------Jim Stumm--------------22 Comments for Welling on Whitewater Blues, and on Large Corporations--------------------Jim Stumm--------------23 Geraldo Rivera: The Defender of the President------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------24 Comments for Sam Goldbrick (on last issue), and for Bernie on Physics------------------Filthy Pierre----------27 Comments for Sam Goldbrick (on this issue)---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------28 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on "Mass Murder," and on Being "Aryan"----------------------Filthy Pierre----------29 Comments on the Hockey Czar------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------29 Comments for Leland W. Ruble on Religion, and for Jim Stumm on Susan McDougal----------Filthy Pierre----------29 Comments for Erwin Strauss & for Bernie Gallagher, & Computers -- Drawbacks Aplenty!---Matt Hogan-------------30 Comments for David Hoscheidt, and for Woody Welling------------------------------------Matt Hogan-------------31 Thank you ---- Big Government, and New Book on Madalyn Murray O'Hair-------------------Matt Hogan-------------31 James Fowler vs. Mosch Virshup, and Miscellaneous Replies------------------------------Peter A. Taylor--------32 Comments for Bernie, Dante DeAmicis, Peter Taylor and Woody Welling--------------------Stephen H. Frey--------34 Comments for Liz Hensley, Filthy Pierre and Deedra Merope------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------34 Excerpt from "The Emerging Universe," submitted by-------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------35 The Tax Multiplier, and Flag Amendment: Last Crusade of the World War II Generation----David Hoscheidt--------36 The Minimum Wage, Jesus Was a Jew, and Thoughts on Social Security---------------------David Hoscheidt--------37 Single-Payer Health Care System Is Not a Cure-All--------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------37 Seeing the Socialist Chickens in the Politics of 1998----------------------------------JD---------------------38 Hi Connectors: It's Time to Remember Right and Wrong as Taught by ARO------------------JD---------------------38 Comments for Filthy--------------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------39 The Wild Ranting of Mutual Fund Shills Revealed----------------------------------------JD---------------------40 Comments for Merrilee Stoerm and for David Hoscheidt-----------------------------------JD---------------------40 Comments for Abigail Bosworth, and for Valaran-----------------------------------------JD---------------------41 Comments for John Elkins, for Liz Hensley, and for Jim Stumm---------------------------JD---------------------42 Comments for Rocky Ledge---------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------43 Clippings on the Year 2000 Computer Problem: Denial------------------------------------Space Needle-----------44 Clippings on the Year 2000 Computer Problem: Danger------------------------------------Space Needle-----------47 Clippings on the Year 2000 Computer Problem: Survivalism-------------------------------Space Needle-----------52 Clippings on the Year 2000 Computer Problem: Government Footdragging-------------------Space Needle-----------54 Clippings on the Year 2000 Computer Problem: Government Other--------------------------Space Needle-----------58 Clippings on the Year 2000 Computer Problem: Scenarios---------------------------------Space Needle-----------61 Clippings on the Year 2000 Computer Problem: Micros------------------------------------Space Needle-----------63 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| __| __| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ ___| |___ ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 25 October 1998 ********************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #233): 4 DECEMBER 1998 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************* ================================================================================================================ Thersites with the Hat; Mimi with the Smile--------------------------------------------Thersites---------------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Peter A. Taylor on "Religion"---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Matt Hogan on Rand's Position on the "Validity of the Senses"-------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Matt Hogan on Rand's Physics and Metaphysics------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Matt Hogan on the Possibility of Final Knowledge, and on Evolution--------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments on the Episodes (with Apologies to JD): Jeff Page, Filthy, All, Jim Stumm-----Abigail Bosworth--------7 Comments on the Episodes (with Apologies to JD): Filthy, JD, All-----------------------Abigail Bosworth--------8 Hugs and Kisses Page: Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru----------------------Dante DeAmicis----------9 Hugs and Kisses Page 1: Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru--------------------Dante DeAmicis---------10 Hugs and Kisses Page 2: Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru--------------------Dante DeAmicis---------11 Goatmaster's Index---------------------------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------12 The Art of Community: A Weekend of Workshops and Networking about Cooperative Living---The Fellowship for Int-14 Why Time Does Not Dilate, an Observational Paradox, and Philosophy Textbook Excerpt----Stephen Frey-----------15 Now Hear This: Again, Where is Deedra Merope?, and Other Voices------------------------Stephen Frey-----------16 Bernie's Page: If I Was President, and Quote of the Day--------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------17 Welcome to Coventry--------------------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------18 Race and Crime-------------------------------------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------19 The Devil's Advocate Interviews: The Ex-Nazi-------------------------------------------Small Town Hick--------21 Comments for Erwin S. Strauss (No. 231)------------------------------------------------Matt Hogan-------------23 Steamshovel Press, and the Clinton Mess------------------------------------------------Matt Hogan-------------24 Libertarian Strategy: Based on a False Diagnosis?--------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------25 Monicagate: the Lesson to be Learned---------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------25 State of the Republic, and TWA 800-----------------------------------------------------DM P-------------------27 Lorentz Contraction, Religion and Science, 20th Century Model, and JD------------------DM P-------------------28 Letter to the Editor-------------------------------------------------------------------Dorothy B. Thompson, P-29 Letter to the Editor from Dorothy B. Thompson, PhD, submmited by-----------------------Leland W. Ruble--------29 Comment: JD (231)----------------------------------------------------------------------Leland W. Ruble--------29 Comment David Hoscheidt 231------------------------------------------------------------Leland W. Ruble--------30 Comment Valeran 231, Comment Filthy Pierre 231, and Book Ad----------------------------Leland W. Ruble--------31 Comment Stephen H. Frey 231, and Comment Matt Hogan 231--------------------------------Leland W. Ruble--------32 Comment Peter Taylor 231, and Excerpt from "Who Is the Ruling Class?"------------------Leland W. Ruble--------33 Sneaking Back Ashore: Comments for Liz Hensley, Valeran, Woody and Dante---------------Merrilee Stoerm--------34 Comments for Matt, Space Needle and David----------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------35 I Never Inhaled: Comments for Space Needle, JD, and David------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------36 Y2K: Lessons from Auckland-------------------------------------------------------------Carey J. Winters-------37 Y2K: Lessons from Auckland, submitted by-----------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------37 Clippings on the Year 2000 Problem: Micros---------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------38 Clippings on the Year 2000 Problem: Tech. - "Silver Bullets"---------------------------Space Needle-----------39 Clippings on the Year 2000 Problem: Tech. - "Silver Bullets" (Skeptical)---------------Space Needle-----------40 Clippings on the Year 2000 Problem: Tech. - "Expansion" Difficult----------------------Space Needle-----------41 Clippings on the Year 2000 Problem: Tech. - Other Difficulties-------------------------Space Needle-----------42 Clippings on the Year 2000 Problem: Debate - "Denial" (Outsiders)----------------------Space Needle-----------43 Clippings on the Year 2000 Problem: Debate - "Happy Talk"------------------------------Space Needle-----------45 Clippings on the Year 2000 Problem: Debate - Doomsters---------------------------------Space Needle-----------47 Clippings on the Year 2000 Problem: Debate - Ditherers---------------------------------Space Needle-----------48 Clippings on the Year 2000 Problem: Debate - Debunkers---------------------------------Space Needle-----------49 Clippings on the Year 2000 Problem: Debate - Anti-Debunkers----------------------------Space Needle-----------51 Clippings on the Year 2000 Problem: Survivalism - Collective---------------------------Space Needle-----------54 Clippings on the Year 2000 Problem: Survivalism - Justification------------------------Space Needle-----------55 Clippings on the Year 2000 Problem: Survivalism - Responsible "Paul Reveres"-----------Space Needle-----------56 Clippings on the Year 2000 Problem: Survivalism - Investments--------------------------Space Needle-----------57 Clippings on the Year 2000 Problem: Survivalism - Tips (Practical)---------------------Space Needle-----------58 Clippings on the Year 2000 Problem: Survivalism - Violence-----------------------------Space Needle-----------60 Clippings on the Year 2000 Problem: Survivalism - Infrastructure-----------------------Space Needle-----------61 Comments for Hogan(Evolution), Hoscheidt(Reprints,Tax Multipliers), JD(Robber Barons)--Jim Stumm--------------62 Comments for JD on Coercion, Philosophy, Categories, Morality, and Private Money-------Jim Stumm--------------63 Mancur Olson's View of India-----------------------------------------------------------Peter A. Taylor--------64 The Gap Between Theory&Practice Gets Larger in Practice than Theory Predicts (re:229)--Thersites--------------66 Comments for Filthy--------------------------------------------------------------------Thersites--------------66 Comments for Hoscheidt, Jim Stumm, Bernie, John Elkins, Peter Taylor, Dante De Amicis--Thersites--------------67 From the Oh Yeah? Dept.----------------------------------------------------------------Thersites--------------68 Things Should Be Made As Simple As Possible, But Not Any Simpler (Inspired by TC230)---Thersites--------------68 Comments for Hoscheidt, Liz Hensley, Bernie, and Valeran-------------------------------Thersites--------------68 Comments for Big Jim Stumm, Woody, and Dante DeAmicis, and From the Oh Yeah? Dept.-----Thersites--------------69 Not Just One of Your Run-of-the-Mill Pretty Faces--------------------------------------Thersites--------------70 Comments for Sam Goldbrick, Jim Stumm, and Hoscheidt, and From the Oh Yeah? Dept.------Thersites--------------70 The Sexual Revolution: Some Guesses----------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------71 Shelter from the Storm-----------------------------------------------------------------Valeran----------------73 Comments for Filthy Pierre,J.D.,Bernie,Unsigned - The Hockey Czar,and Stephen H. Frey--Valeran----------------74 A New Program Y2K----------------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------75 Replies to TC230 for Dante-------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------77 Responses to TC231 for FP, and to TC230 for Dante, and for All-------------------------Woody Welling----------78 A House of Hypocrites------------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------79 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| __| __| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ ___| ___| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 14 December 1998 ********************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #234): 22 JANUARY 1999 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************* ================================================================================================================ Countries of the World -- Coventry, submitted by---------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher--------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Abigail B.----------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Matt Hogan on Market vs. Non-market Methods of Allocating Capital---------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Matt Hogan on the Role of the Stock Market--------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Matt Hogan on Auto Industry as Example of the Role of the Stock Market----Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Matt Hogan on the Value of Labor vs. Capital------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Matt Hogan on Economics vs. Accountancy, and on Risk vs. Return-----------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Matt Hogan on Military Spending, and on Stealth Technology----------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Matt Hogan on Infinite Numbers, and on Cosmology--------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Dante De Amicis on Workplace Activism-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Dante De Amicis on Rust Belt Diversification, and on the Little Red Hen---Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Stephen Frey on Relativity, and on Quantum Mechanics----------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Bernie on Coventry, and for Sam Goldbrick on Race, Crime and Culture------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for David Hoscheidt on Libertarian Strategy, and for DMP on Current Events----Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for DMP on Relativity, on TWA Flight 800, and on the 20th Century-------------Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Thersites on the Post-Nuclear-Proliferation (PNP) World-------------------Filthy Pierre----------11 Comments for Thersites on Migration to Silicon-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------11 Comments for Thersites on Making the World a Better Place, and on Money and Politics---Filthy Pierre----------12 Comments for Thersites on Giving Up the Word "Deserve," and on Definitions-------------Filthy Pierre----------12 Comments for Thersites on Commitments Over Time, and in General------------------------Filthy Pierre----------13 Comments for Leland W. Ruble on Religion-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------13 Comments for Leland W. Ruble in General------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------14 Comments for Leland W. Ruble on the Rabbit-and-Hedgehog Game---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------15 Comments for Merrilee Stoerm, for Peter A. Taylor on Japan, and for Allen Thornton-----Filthy Pierre----------16 Comments for Jim Stumm&JD on"Robber Barons,"& for Woody Welling on Sexual Promiscuity--Filthy Pierre----------16 Comments for Erwin Strauss,Jim Stumm,Leland Ruble,Peter Taylor,Thersites&SamGoldbrick--Matt Hogan-------------17 Comments for Woody Welling, Dante De Amicis, Stephen Frey and Merrilee-----------------Matt Hogan-------------18 JFK Assassination!, and Question of the Issue------------------------------------------Matt Hogan-------------18 The Green Monkey Dance and Misc. Replies: Filthy Pierre--------------------------------Peter A. Taylor--------19 The Green Monkey Dance & Misc. Replies: David Hoscheidt, Leland W. Ruble, & Thersites--Peter A. Taylor--------20 Y2K: Government, Running Late, No Leadership, Danger, Etc.-----------------------------Space Needle-----------21 Bernie's Page:Pierre,Stephen,WhereAreThey?,Matt Hogan,Peter,Coventry,Voltaire,Reading--Bernie Gallagher-------41 Comments on the Episodes---------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------42 Comments on the Episodes: Merrilee Stoerm, Jim Stumm-----------------------------------JD---------------------43 Comments on the Episodes: Roger Young--------------------------------------------------JD---------------------44 Comments on the Episodes: John Whithead, Janet and Mark Anderson, Abigail Bosworth-----JD---------------------45 Comments on the Episodes: Larry Nichols, Stephen Boydstun------------------------------JD---------------------46 Comments on the Episodes: Stephen Frey------------------------------------------------JD---------------------47 Caitlin and Dwayne, and Excerpt from "The Apes of Eden"--------------------------------Valeran----------------48 Comments-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Valeran----------------49 DisinformationLives,&Comments for David,Needle,Abigail,Dante,Coventry,Goldbrick,Hogan--Merrilee Stoerm--------50 Comments for David, DMP, and Leland----------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------51 Pessimist: Someone Who Thinks All Persons As Nasty As Himself and Hates Them for It----Thersites--------------52 Comments for Filthy, Abigail, Dante, Bernie, Matt Hogan, Hoscheidt and DMP-------------Thersites--------------52 Comments for Ruble, Merrilee, Stumm, Taylor, Herd,& Valeran,& From the Oh Yeah? Dept.--Thersites--------------53 Stalking the Wild Libertarian: Comments for Ruble and for Hoscheidt (Prognosis)--------Jim Stumm--------------54 Comments for JD, and for Thersites-----------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------55 Jury Duty, Comments for Thersites, and Abortion: the Property Rights Angle-------------David Hoscheidt--------56 the Tobacco Settlement, and Comments for Leland Ruble----------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------57 The Mask of Deceit,Hypocrisy,&Intent of the Promise Keepers:A Freethought Perspective--Leland W. Ruble--------58 A Comment on the Last Election---------------------------------------------------------Leland W. Ruble--------60 White House Apocalypse, or the Branch Clintonians vs. the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy---Allen Thornton---------61 Comments for Woody Welling-------------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------62 Comments for Jim Stumm, for Matt Hogan, for Filthy Pierre, and for Anyone--------------Stephen H. Frey--------63 Clipping from the Institute for Creation Research's "Impact" on Quantum Mechanics------Stephen H. Frey--------64 Picking on NASA, Suggestions for the Libertarian Party, and on Evolution---------------DMP--------------------65 Comments for Filthy,David Hoscheidt,Matt Hogan,Ruble,Space Needle,Goldbrick,Jim Stumm--DMP--------------------66 Some Thoughts on the Election of Jesse Ventura to the Governorship of Minnesota--------Ed Rom-----------------67 Comments for Thersites-----------------------------------------------------------------Ed Rom-----------------68 Comments for Sam Goldbrick, for Matt Hogan, and for Leland W. Ruble--------------------Ed Rom-----------------69 Comments for Space Needle--------------------------------------------------------------Ed Rom-----------------70 Comments for Valeran, and for Peter A. Taylor------------------------------------------Ed Rom-----------------71 Wait for Me at the Bottom of the Pool--------------------------------------------------Jack Smith-------------72 Special Pseudolibertarian Bashing Page-------------------------------------------------Dante De Amicis--------73 How the Goddess Got Her Butt Kicked----------------------------------------------------Dante De Amicis--------74 Hugs and Kisses Page One: Comments for Sam Goldbrick, and for Woody Welling------------Dante De Amicis--------75 Hugs and Kisses Page Two: Comments for Merrilee Stoerm, and for David Hoscheidt--------Dante De Amicis--------76 Hugs and Kisses Page Three: Comments for Leland W. Ruble-------------------------------Dante De Amicis--------77 Hugs and Kisses Page Four: Comments for Thersites--------------------------------------Dante De Amicis--------78 Growing Up Emotionally-----------------------------------------------------------------Newton Joseph, PhD.----79 The Insanity of Religion---------------------------------------------------------------Newton Joseph, PhD.----80 Comments for Newton Joseph-------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for Woody Welling on Prosecutorial Ethics and Procedures----------------------Filthy Pierre----------81 Comments for Matt Hogan on "Essences"--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------81 Comments for Matt Hogan on the Objectivist Concept of Time-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------82 Comments for Peter A. Taylor on "Live & Let Live," on"Green Monkeys,"& on "Star Wars"--Filthy Pierre----------82 Comments for Peter A. Taylor on Science Fiction, and on the Definition of Religion-----Filthy Pierre----------83 Comments for Peter A. Taylor on "Psychological Development and Health," & in General---Filthy Pierre----------84 Comments for Bernie, and for JD on Relativity------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------84 Comments for JD on Quantum Mechanics, and in General, and Comments for Jim Stumm-------Filthy Pierre----------85 Comments for Thersites on "Petard," for Merrilee Stoerm, and for Jim Stumm-------------Filthy Pierre----------85 Comments for Stephen Frey on the Conversion of Energy to Mass, and for DMP-------------Filthy Pierre----------85 Comments for Space Needle, for Abigail Bosqoeth, and for DMP---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------86 Comments for Woody Welling on Who "Swung" the 1994 Elections---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------86 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ _ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| __| / | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | |__| | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ ___| | ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 3 February 1999 ******************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #235): 19 MARCH 1999 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************* ================================================================================================================ Film Review: Next Stop Wonderland------------------------------------------------------Jeff Page---------------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 New Books on Ayn Rand, and Comments for Erwin Strauss, and for JD----------------------Matt Hogan--------------3 Comments for Jim Stumm, Merrilee, Bernie Gallagher, David Hoscheidt and Thersites------Matt Hogan--------------4 New Book on Vince Foster, a Few Thoughts, and Reason Online----------------------------Matt Hogan--------------4 Comments for TC-235: Matt Hogan, Marrilee Stoerm, Ed Rom, DMP and Filthy Pierre--------Sam Goldbrick-----------5 Hugs and Kisses:Filthy Pierre, Merrilee Stoerm, Jim Stumm,Thersites,Ed Rom,Matt Hogan--Dante De Amicis---------7 Y2K Rap: Dante DeAmicis and the Doomsday Girls-----------------------------------------Dante De Amicis---------9 Eyewitness Accounts Point to a Missile: 4-page Excerpt from a 37-page Report-----------Cmdr.William S. Donald-10 Eyewitness Accounts Point to a Missile: 4-page Excerpt from 37-page...; submitted by---Dante De Amicis--------10 Jan.11,1999 (Y2K minus 354): Dear Diary------------------------------------------------Dante De Amicis--------14 Any Fool Can Govern with a Stick in His Hand: Comments for Bernie and for Filthy-------Thersites--------------15 Comments for Matt Hogan, Peter A. Taylor, Bernie (Again), Valeran, Merrilee,Jim Stumm--Thersites--------------16 Comments for Hoscheidt, for Allen Thornton, for DMP and for Ed Rom---------------------Thersites--------------17 Comments for Dante De Amicis, and From the Oh Yeah? Dept.------------------------------Thersites--------------18 Hi All Connectors: Comments for Jim Stumm, and Energy Theory---------------------------JD---------------------19 Comments for DMP, and World Education Error (WEER-03) HV Example and Symbols-----------JD---------------------22 Comments for Leland W. Ruble-----------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------24 Comments for Erwin Strauss-------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------28 Questions for Filthy P., Other Voices, Does Democracy Work, and Why?-------------------Stephen H. Frey--------29 An Introduction, The Thought, and Philosophers Guild-----------------------------------Ronald C. Tobin--------31 A Fourth Corner Communication: Comments for Space Needle Re: Y2K-----------------------Jim G.-----------------33 Sensible Investing for the Average American: Comments for JD on Banks, etc.------------Jim Stumm--------------35 Comments for Frey (Feel Free) and DMP (Evolution), and Comments on Calvin Coolidge-----Jim Stumm--------------36 Preserving Ideological Purity While Engaging in Popular Politics-----------------------David Hoscheidt--------37 Comments for Matt Hogan, and Interesting JFK Assassination Video-----------------------David Hoscheidt--------37 The Individual vs. the Market----------------------------------------------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----39 Replies to Comments in TC232 and TC233: Hogan, Frey, Thersites, Thornton, FP, Dante----Woodrow J. Welling-----45 Bernie's Page: Comments for Thersites, and Recommended Reading-------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------46 Extortion Accounting Firm (ad)---------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------47 Merrilee from the Black Lagoon:Comments for All, JD, Leland, Jim, Matt, Father Joseph--Merrilee Stoerm--------48 Five Reasons I Won't Vote--------------------------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------50 Last Holograph?------------------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------52 Y2K: Contingency/Survivalism-----------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------53 Y2K: Debate About----------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------56 Y2K: Gov't.----------------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------64 Y2K: Danger----------------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------71 Y2K: Technical Matters-----------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------78 Y2K: Embedded Systems------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------82 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre----------91 Comments for Matt Hogan on Labeling Myself, and on Rand's View of Definitions----------Filthy Pierre----------91 Comments for Matt Hogan on the Stock Market vs. Social Security------------------------Filthy Pierre----------91 Comments for Matt Hogan on Subjectivity & the Economy, on Doug Henwood, & on Profits---Filthy Pierre----------92 Comments for Matt Hogan on Blacks and Women in the "You Never Had It So Good" Era------Filthy Pierre----------92 Comments for Matt Hogan on Bailouts, and on Overpaid Managers--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------93 Comments for Matt Hogan on Seizing the Means of Production-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------93 Comments for Matt Hogan on Oligopolies, and in General---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------94 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Race Re: Comments for Matt Hogan, and Merrilee Stoerm----Filthy Pierre----------95 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Race Re: Comments for Ed Rom, DMP and Me-----------------Filthy Pierre----------95 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Race on the Impact of Genes on Culture-------------------Filthy Pierre----------96 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on the Emergence of the West--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------96 Comments for Dante De Amicis on Medicine, and on Unionism------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------96 Comments for Dante De Amicis on the Rust Belt, and on Business Freedom-----------------Filthy Pierre----------97 Comments for Dante De Amicis on Employee Ownership, on Georgeism, and on Bill Gates----Filthy Pierre----------98 Comments for Dante De Amicis on Management Striping of Corporate Assets, & Flight 800--Filthy Pierre----------99 Comments for Thersites on Chance in Investing------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------99 Comments for Thersites on the Post-Nuclear-Proliferation (PNP) World-------------------Filthy Pierre----------99 Comments for Thersites on Migration into Silicon, on Time Value & Labor, & in General--Filthy Pierre---------100 Comments for JD on Teaching Relativity, on Atomic Spies, & on the Two-Slit Experiment--Filthy Pierre---------101 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on Physics------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------101 Comments for Ron Tobin, for Jim G., for David Hoscheidt, and for Woody Welling--------Filthy Pierre---------102 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| __| |__ | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ ___| ___| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 29 March 1999 **************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #236): 7 MAY 1999 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous **************************************** ================================================================================================================ E T------------------------------------------------------------------------------------E T---------------------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre-----------3 About "The Connection"-----------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Jim Stumm---------------------------------------JD----------------------4 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Merrilee Stoerm---------------------------------JD----------------------5 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for DMP, and for Stephen Frey-----------------------JD----------------------6 Comments on the Episodes: World Education Error (WEER-04) Relativity Stars-------------JD----------------------6 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Ed Rom, and Stockbroker Letter------------------JD----------------------7 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Matt Hogan--------------------------------------JD----------------------8 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Woodrow J. Welling, and for Erwin Strauss-------JD---------------------10 Comments on TC 233 for Filthy on Economic Forcasting, on TWA 800, and in General-------DMP--------------------11 Comments on TC 233 for Filthy on Biology and on Atheism and MIT, and for Merrilee------DMP--------------------12 Comments on TC 233 for Thersites, and on TC 234 for JD and Jim Stumm-------------------DMP--------------------12 Mostly Hugs and Kisses from the Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Guru, for All--------Dante DeAmicis---------13 Mostly Hugs and Kisses...for Filthy Pierre---------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------13 Mostly Hugs and Kisses...for Bernie, Matt Hogan, Woody Welling and Filthy Pierre-------Dante DeAmicis---------14 Mostly Hugs and Kisses...for David Hoscheidt, Filthy Pierre and Jim Stumm--------------Dante DeAmicis---------15 Mostly Hugs and Kisses...for Thersites-------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------16 Heritage-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Timothy E. Peterman----17 Observation and Opinion 3/99-----------------------------------------------------------Jeff Page--------------19 A Fourth Corner Communication - II-----------------------------------------------------Jim G.-----------------21 A Place to Be (artwork)----------------------------------------------------------------Shelli Lipton----------23 Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Unsigned---------------24 The Reality of Conservatism------------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------25 Comments for Woody Welling-------------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------26 Quit Cloning Around, and Comments for Hogan and Thersites on Q & A---------------------Jim Stumm--------------27 Comments for JD on "Existence Exists, for FP on the UK, and for Goldbricl on "Tribe"---Jim Stumm--------------28 Packing It All Up----------------------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------29 Merrfilee's Penultimate Rant-----------------------------------------------------------Merrilee Stoerm--------30 Comments for Filthy Pierre, on Natural Law, and on Pseudo Science Definitions----------Stephen H. Frey--------31 Majore Categories of Federal Income and Outlays for Fiscal Year 1997, submitted by-----Stephen H. Frey--------32 Bernie's Page: If I Was President, Coventry, My Rules, My Psyche-----------------------Bernie Gallagher-------33 Bernie's Page: Poverty Charity, Corporations, Y2K, E-Mail, Metaphysics, Reading--------Bernie Gallagher-------34 Y2K: Positive Items: Humor-------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------35 Y2K: Positive Items: Good News About Micros--------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------37 Y2K: Positive Items: Good News About Embedded Chips------------------------------------Space Needle-----------38 Y2K: Survival--------------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------39 Y2K: Difficulties----------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------42 Y2K: Danger----------------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------46 Y2K: Debate----------------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------52 Y2K: Government------------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------68 Y2K: Costs-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------74 Y2K: Legal-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------77 Fulfilling an Obsession----------------------------------------------------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----78 More Comments for TC-235---------------------------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------80 How to Tell Humans from the Other Animals: Humans Can Believe Contradictory Things-----Thersites--------------82 Comments for Matt Hogan, and for Dante DeAmicis----------------------------------------Thersites--------------82 Comments for Stephen Frey, Ronald C. Tobin, Jim G., Hoscheidt, Woody and Bernie--------Thersites--------------83 Comments for Merrilee, Thornton, and Filthy--------------------------------------------Thersites--------------84 From the Oh, Yeah? Department----------------------------------------------------------Thersites--------------85 Comments for Woody Welling on "Push Polls"---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------86 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Presumptions About Race, and on the Causes of Culture----Filthy Pierre----------87 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Contemporary Racial Problems, and on Race in General-----Filthy Pierre----------89 Comments for Matt Hogan on "The Equity Premium Puzzle"---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------90 Comments for JD on Visualizing Relativity,& on Locality,Determinism & "Quantum Genes"--Filthy Pierre----------91 Comments for JD on Quantum Mechanics, on "Berry Phase," and on Education---------------Filthy Pierre----------92 Comments for Thersites on Collective Action and Discipline-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------93 Comments for Thersites on Nuclear Ninjas & Other Mercenaries,&on Retaliatory Strategy--Filthy Pierre----------94 Comments for Thersites on Viable Technology in a Post-Nuclear-Proliferation(PNP)World--Filthy Pierre----------95 Comments for Thersites on Civil Rights and Jobs for Blacks-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------95 Comments for Thersites on the Relation of Political and Economic Power-----------------Filthy Pierre----------95 Comments for Thersites on Optimal Tax Rates, and on the Labor Theory of Value----------Filthy Pierre----------96 Comments for Thersites on My Experiences with the Labor Theory of Value,&on Tradeoffs--Filthy Pierre----------97 Comments for Thersites in General, and for DMP on the Press----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------98 Comments for DMP on Economic Forecasting, on TWA Flight 800, and on Lamarck------------Filthy Pierre----------99 Comments for DMP on Atheism and MIT, and on Catastrophism------------------------------Filthy Pierre---------100 Comments for Dante DeAmicis on Egalitarianism, and in General, and for T. E. Peterman--Filthy Pierre---------101 Comments for Jim G. on Y2K, Shelli Lipton, Unsigned, ET, Jeff Page, Jim Stumm, Bernie--Filthy Pierre---------102 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| __| |__ | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ ___| |__| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 12 May 1999 ****************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #237): 18 JUNE 1999 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ****************************************** ================================================================================================================ Eliminate, Don't Reform the IRS--------------------------------------------------------Sheldon Richman---------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Publisher's Page-----------------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Thersites on Optimal Tax Rates, and on Materialism-----------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Space Needle on Relativity------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 I Just Re-Read..."Laws of the Jungle"...Read it!: Comments for ET and Dante DeAmicis---Thersites?--------------4 I Just Re-Read..."Laws of the Jungle": Comments for Peterman,Unsigned,Hoscheidt,Stumm--Thersites?--------------5 I Just Re-Read..."Laws of the Jungle"...Read it!: Comments for Herd and for Filthy-----Thersites?--------------6 I Just Re-Read.."Laws of the Jungle":Comments for Bernie, and From the Oh Yeah? Dept.--Thersites?--------------7 It's Hard to Give Up Old Habits--------------------------------------------------------Newton Joseph, Ph.D.----8 The Purpose of God---------------------------------------------------------------------Newton Joseph, Ph.D.----9 The Labor Theory of Value, and Anitlibertarian Books-----------------------------------Matt Hogan-------------10 Hugs and Kisses: Trailer Trash Messiah & Storage Shed Guru:Comments for Filthy Pierre--Dante DeAmicis---------11 Hugs and Kisses: Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru: Comments for Thersites---Dante DeAmicis---------13 Hugs and Kisses: Comments for Filthy Pierre, and for DMP, and Top 10 Barter Items------Dante DeAmicis---------14 100 Items to Disappear First in the Panic of 1999, submitted by------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------15 100 Items to Disappear First in the Panic of 1999--------------------------------------Joseph Almond----------15 TC 136: The Cruise, Spain & Morocco----------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------16 Responses to TC Connectors: FP, JD and Dante-------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------19 Responses to TC Connectors: Hoscheidt, Thersites, FP Again;and Trivia and Wrong Again--Woody Welling----------20 Comments for Newton Joseph-------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------20 Bernie's Page: Election Year 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; and Quote of the Day-----------------------Bernie Gallagher-------21 Bernie's Page: Comments for Matt (& Other Statists), and for All Y2K Chicken Littles---Bernie Gallagher-------22 Come to Freedom, Come to Coventry------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------22 News from the Old Age Front------------------------------------------------------------Edward Reith-----------23 Merrilee's Last Gasp: Comments for Thersites, Woody Bernie, JD, Timothy----------------Merrilee Stoerm--------24 Merrilee's Last Gasp: Comments for Unsigned & Untitled, Jim, Sam, Filthy, All----------Merrilee Stoerm--------25 Fighting Back, from the Radical Libertarian--------------------------------------------Allen Thornton---------26 Comments for Space Needle on Y2K, for Merrilee Stoerm, and for Ed Reith----------------Filthy Pierre----------27 Voters Vote for People Who Think Like They Do------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------28 Well, Here Goes: Comments for Storage Shed Guru, F. P., Sam Goldbrick, Space, Thirsty--Abigail Bosworth-------30 Well, Here Goes: Comments for Merrilee-------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------31 Beam Me Up, Scotty: Comments for FP on Uploading, Thumbnail Sketch, Limited Liability--Jim Stumm--------------32 Beam Me Up, Scotty: Comments for Thersites on Nukes, and for ET on Geometry------------Jim Stumm--------------33 ET-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ET---------------------34 Time "Dilation," and More On Time "Dilation"-------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------35 Conceptual Cosmology-------------------------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------36 Y2K: Humor-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------37 Y2K: Human Difficulties----------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------39 Y2K: Technical Difficulties: Bridges, Automated Tools, Bugs After Testing--------------Space Needle-----------43 Y2K: Gov't., Local & State-------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------50 Y2K: Gov't., Running Late--------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------52 Y2K: Gov't., No Leadership; Clinton, Gore, UK------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------53 Y2K: Gov't., No Leadership; Ideas Being Ignored (Mostly)-------------------------------Space Needle-----------58 Y2K: Gov't., Political/Social Fallout--------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------59 Y2K: Micros; Software, Microsoft, Hardware, Networks-----------------------------------Space Needle-----------60 Y2K: Embedded; General, Electricity, Telecom, Ships------------------------------------Space Needle-----------64 Comments for Space Needle on Various Clippings, on Exceptions Proving Rules------------Filthy Pierre----------69 Comments for Thersites in Habitat for Nuclear Ninjas (NNs)-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------69 Comments for Thersites on Shooting Down Satellites-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------70 Comments for Thersites on Optimal Tax Rates, and on Capitalists as Heroes--------------Filthy Pierre----------71 Comments for Thersites on the Labor Theory of Value------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------71 Comments for Thersites on the Pay of Shovel Wielders vs. Steam Shovel Operators--------Filthy Pierre----------72 Comments for Thersites on Socialism and Dictatorship, and on the Meaning of "Race"-----Filthy Pierre----------72 Comments for Thersites on Consumer Goods vs. Medical Care------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------72 Comments for Thersites on Money, Bonds, Stocks, Etc.-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------73 Comments for Thersites on "Universal Health Care"--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------74 My "Universal Health Care" Plan--------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------74 Comments for Thersites on Disney, and for Jim Stumm on Uploading-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------75 Comments for Jim Stumm on His Thumbnail Sketch, and on Limited Liability---------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Matt Hogan on the Labor Theory of Value (LTV)-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Matt Hogan on the Subjective Theory of Value (STV)------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Matt Hogan on Corporate and State Threats---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Dante DeAmicis on People Getting "Whacked Down"---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Dante DeAmicis on Taxation in Silicon Valley------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Dante DeAmicis on the "Unworth Servant Parable," and on Patents-----------Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments for Dante DeAmicis on Sidewalk Vendors, and on Russian Economic Reform--------Filthy Pierre----------78 Comments for Dante DeAmicis on Limited Liability, and on Georgeism---------------------Filthy Pierre----------79 Comments for Woody welling, and for Allen Thornton-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 Comments for David Hoscheidt on Libertarian Strategy-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------80 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| __| | / | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ ___| | ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 27 June 1999 ******************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #238): 6 AUGUST 1999 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************* ================================================================================================================ Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------------------e. dope-----------------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 (whisper, whisper) China Blew Up Its Own Embassy. (whisper) Pass It On-----------------Thersites---------------3 Comments for Filthy, Newton Joseph, Dante DeAmicis, Woody------------------------------Thersites---------------3 Comments for Bernie, Ed Reith, Hoscheidt, Jim Stumm, Filthy----------------------------Thersites---------------4 From the Oh Yeah? Dept.----------------------------------------------------------------Thersites---------------6 Comments for Dante DeAmicis on TWA 800, for JD on Rand, and on Genes-------------------DMP---------------------7 Comments on Y2K for TLC #237-----------------------------------------------------------Space Needle------------8 Bernie's Page: Comments for Pierre, Thirsty, Merrilee----------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------12 Bernie's Page: Quote of the Day, Recommended Reading, Organ Transplant Notices---------Bernie Gallagher-------12 Consular Information Sheet-------------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------13 Opinions on Religion-------------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------15 Connecting with Other TCers: Comments for FP-------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------17 Connecting with Other TCers: Comments for Merrilee, and for Ed Reith-------------------Woody Welling----------18 The Definition of Libertarian----------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------19 Observation about Cuba, and Comments for Filthy Pierre, Thersites, Woody Welling-------David Hoscheidt--------20 Weapons of Mass Destruction: Comments for Thersites------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------21 Comments for FP on "Coppenheimer," and for Hogan on the Labor Theory of Value----------Jim Stumm--------------21 Comments for FP, and comments for Thersites--------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------22 Hi All Connectors Watching the S3Men Wag the Dog---------------------------------------JD---------------------23 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Jim Stumm---------------------------------------JD---------------------25 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Jim G and Coments for Merrilee Stoerm-----------JD---------------------26 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for DMP and Comments for Roger Donway---------------JD---------------------28 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Stephen Frey, and Comments for Valeran----------JD---------------------29 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Energy Theory (ET)------------------------------JD---------------------31 Comments on the Episodes: Comments for Matt Hogan, and Comments for Erwin Strauss------JD---------------------32 Ayn Rand Philosophy of Objectivism-----------------------------------------------------JD---------------------33 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre----------34 Comments for Thersites on My Rhetorical Style------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------34 Comments for Thersites on Optimal Tax Rates--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------35 Comments for Thersites on Tax Rate Computation-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------36 Comments for Thersites on Comparing Giving to the Poor with Voting---------------------Filthy Pierre----------36 Comments for Thersites on the Economic Effect of Not Working---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------37 Comments for Thersites on the Value of Bun Busting-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------37 Comments for Thersites on the Height of Taxes and the Heat of the Economy--------------Filthy Pierre----------37 Comments for Thersites on Nuclear Ninjas, and on Matching People to Jobs---------------Filthy Pierre----------38 Comments for Thersites on Various Subjects---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------39 Comments for Thersites on the Role of Secondary Markets in Stocks----------------------Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for Thersites on Whether Economies "Work" or "Don't Work"---------------------Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for Thersites on "Universal Health Care," and on Providing for Children-------Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for Thersites on "Civilization"-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------41 Comments for DMP on TWA Flight 800 Eyewitness Accounts, and Negative Evidence----------Filthy Pierre----------41 Comments for DMP on Rand, and for Space Needle on Y2K, and for Bernie on Y2K-----------Filthy Pierre----------42 Comments for Woody Welling on Religion, and on Social Security and on Health Care------Filthy Pierre----------42 Comments for David Hoscheidt on Politics, and for Jim Stumm on the PNP Scenario--------Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for Jim Stumm on "Coppenheimer," and for JD on Quantum Mechanics--------------Filthy Pierre----------44 Comments for JD on Sir Michael Berry, and on Science Education for the General Public--Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for JD on Presentation--------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------46 Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru: Comments for Bosworth and for Welling-----Dante DeAmicis---------47 Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru: Comments for Thersites--------------------Dante DeAmicis---------48 A Fourth Corner Communication - III: Y2K Chronology------------------------------------Jim G------------------49 A Fourth Corner Communication-III: Perot on CNN/Larry King on Y2K,Comments for Bernie--Jim G------------------51 Diving Into the Theoretical Wormhole---------------------------------------------------Tim Wheeler------------52 Diving Into the Theoretical Wormhole, submitted by-------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------52 Comments for Filthy Pierre and Deedra Merope-------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------52 SM, Muslim and Croat Ustase Gouge Serbian Eyes-----------------------------------------Srpska-mreza.com-------54 Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------------------ET---------------------60 Swami Salami, submitted by-------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------61 Comments on Literacy-------------------------------------------------------------------Gerry Cavanaugh--------61 Comments on Literacy-------------------------------------------------------------------Jerry Brown------------61 Comments on Literacy-------------------------------------------------------------------Joni Mitchell----------61 Comments on Literacy, submitted by-----------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------61 Intentionally Left Blank---------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------62 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| __| |__| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ ___| |__| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 17 August 1999 *********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #239): 24 SEPTEMBER 1999 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous *********************************************** ================================================================================================================ The Freedom Philosophy-----------------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher--------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Space Needle on Voice and Handwriting Recognition by Computers------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Letter to the Editor of Scientific American--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 How I See It Today---------------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling-----------4 Back to TC 237: Comments for Thirsty, Hoscheidt, FP, Dante; and On Croatian Fascists---Woody Welling-----------9 The Green and the Gold, and Comments For Filthy Pierre: Unworthy Servant Parable-------Jim Stumm--------------10 Comments for JD: Investing; for Jim G.: Y2K Crash; and for JD: T-Bonds-----------------Jim Stumm--------------11 Comments on 236 for 238: for Filthy, for Frey, for Stumm-------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------12 Comments on 237 for 238: for Thirsty, for Filthy Pierre, and for Storage Shed----------Abigail Bosworth-------13 Bernie's Page: Comments for Thirsty on Fraud & on Ending Poverty, & for Pierre on Y2K--Bernie Gallagher-------14 Bernie's Page: Recommended Reading, "Contraband Exporters" Ad, and "Fun Drugs" Ad------Bernie Gallagher-------15 The Liberty Party? (proposed name change for the Libertarian Party)--------------------David Hoscheidt--------16 President Gore?, John Locke's Infludence, and Comments for Thersites-------------------David Hoscheidt--------17 Comments for Filthy Pierre on Relativity, and Comments On Prophecy---------------------Stephen H. Frey--------18 Excerpt from "Modern Physics," submitted by--------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------19 Y2K Clippings, Annotated: Denial-------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------20 Y2K Clippings, Annotated: Tech Difficulties and Testing--------------------------------Space Needle-----------22 Y2K Clippings, Annotated: Danger - Foreign - Ripples-----------------------------------Space Needle-----------23 Y2K Clippings, Annotated: Danger - Foreign - Europe------------------------------------Space Needle-----------25 Y2K Clippings, Annotated: Danger - Foreign - Russia------------------------------------Space Needle-----------26 Y2K Clippings, Annotated: Danger - Foreign - China-------------------------------------Space Needle-----------27 Y2K Clippings, Annotated: Danger - Foreign - Other-------------------------------------Space Needle-----------28 Y2K Clippings, Annotated: Danger - Ripple Effect---------------------------------------Space Needle-----------29 Y2K Clippings, Annotated: Danger - Stocks, Recession-----------------------------------Space Needle-----------31 Y2K Clippings, Annotated: Danger - Scenarios - Business Impact-------------------------Space Needle-----------32 Y2K Clippings, Annotated: Danger - Scenarios - Catastrophe-----------------------------Space Needle-----------34 Y2K Clippings, Annotated: Danger - Scenarios - Deaths----------------------------------Space Needle-----------35 Y2K Clippings, Annotated: Danger - Scenarios - Misc.-----------------------------------Space Needle-----------36 Y2K Clippings, Annotated: Danger - Running Late----------------------------------------Space Needle-----------37 Y2K Clippings, Annotated: Danger - Small Business - Late-------------------------------Space Needle-----------38 Y2K Clippings, Annotated: Danger - Late Software Vendors-------------------------------Space Needle-----------39 New Categories for Prescription Drugs--------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------40 Hi All Connectors - What Can We Say? Rush Was Right!!!!!! for all to See---------------JD---------------------44 Comments for Erwin Strauss, and for DMP------------------------------------------------JD---------------------44 Comments for Jim Stumm, Abigail Bosworth, Shelli Lipton,& on Relativity & Berry Phase--JD---------------------45 Eastern vs.Western View of Consciousness-----------------------------------------------JD---------------------46 Comments for Hedonist------------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------47 What Is the Meaning of Life------------------------------------------------------------JD---------------------48 Feedback on the Eric Blair Interview---------------------------------------------------JD---------------------52 Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru: Ct. 236 Cont.:Comments for Filthy Pierre--Dante De Amicis--------53 Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru: Ct. 236 Cont.: Comments for Thersites-----Dante De Amicis--------55 Trailer Trash Messiah & Storage Shed Guru: Ct.237: Comments for Woody Welling----------Dante De Amicis--------57 Trailer Trash Messiah & Storage Shed Guru: Ct.237: Comments for David Hoscheidt--------Dante De Amicis--------57 Trailer Trash Messiah & Storage Shed Guru: Ct.237: Comments for Filthy Pierre----------Dante De Amicis--------57 Comments for Abigail Bosworth----------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------57 50 Big Things or The 5 Big Ones, and Comments for DMP Re: TWA 800----------------------Dante De Amicis--------58 Egalitarian vs. Non-Egalitarian Communities - A Personal Synthesis---------------------Dante De Amicis--------59 Letter to the Editor of the San Jose Mercury News--------------------------------------Dante De Amicis--------60 Your Damned Nonsense Can I Stand Twice or Once, But Sometimes Always, by God, Never----Thersites--------------61 Comments for DMP, for Space Needle, for Bernie, for Hoscheidt, and for Stumm-----------Thersites--------------61 Comments for Filthy--------------------------------------------------------------------Thersites--------------62 Comments for TTMASSG, and From the Oh Yeah? Dept.--------------------------------------Thersites--------------64 The Plain Truth about Leveraged Buyouts, Sundry Problems, More Studies-----------------Matt Hogan-------------65 Irony and Short-Termism, and Comments for Jim Stumm, and Comments for Erwin Strauss----Matt Hogan-------------66 Comments for Dante De Amicis on Attitude-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------67 The Amish, Immigrants, and Farming as a Solution to Russia's Problems------------------Filthy Pierre----------68 Comments for Dante De Amicis on Georgeism as "Monoculture"-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------69 Comments for Dante De Amicis on Georgeism: Disney and the Reverse Fumblerewski---------Filthy Pierre----------69 Comments for Dante De Amicis on Taxes, and Who Pays Whose Bills------------------------Filthy Pierre----------70 Comments for Dante De Amicis on the Credit-Card Economy, on Voting, and in General-----Filthy Pierre----------71 Comments for JD on Profiting from Web Sites, and on "Coppenheimer"---------------------Filthy Pierre----------72 Comments for JD on Michael Berry and Quantum Mechanics---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------72 Comments for Matt Hogan on the Role of Corporate Takeovers-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------73 Comments for Matt Hogan on the "Paradox of Efficient Markets"--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------73 Comments for Matt Hogan on Passive Investors and the Leveraged Buy-Out (LBO)-----------Filthy Pierre----------74 Comments for Matt Hogan on "Short-Termism," and on the Role of Pricing-----------------Filthy Pierre----------75 Comments for Matt Hogan on Planned Obsolescence,& Introductory Comments for Thersites--Filthy Pierre----------75 Comments for Thersites on the Rowboat Analogy, and on "Smart Guys in Government"-------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Thersites on the Post-Nuclear-Proliferation (PNP) World-------------------Filthy Pierre----------76 Comments for Thersites on Working, on "Utopia," and in General-------------------------Filthy Pierre----------77 Comments for Woody Welling on the Religious Right, and for Bernie on Y2K---------------Filthy Pierre----------78 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| __| |__| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ ___| __| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 3 October 1999 ********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #240): 12 NOVEMBER 1999 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************** ================================================================================================================ Bernie's Page--------------------------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher--------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments on Shakespearian Politics-----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Introduction to Reply to Letter to the Editor of Scientific American-------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Reply to Letter to the Editor of Scientific American-----------------------------------Michael Dertouzos-------4 Reply to Letter to the Editor of Scientific American, submitted by---------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Responses to TC 238: Dante-------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling-----------6 Responses to TC 238: FP----------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling-----------7 Comments for Erwin Strauss-------------------------------------------------------------Matt Hogan--------------8 Quote of the Day-----------------------------------------------------------------------Matt Hogan--------------9 The Italian Navigator Has Landed in the New World: Comments for FP---------------------Jim Stumm--------------10 Comments for Frey on Relativity, for Hogan on Clowning Bill and on Fallout-------------Jim Stumm--------------10 Comments for JD: Rose-Colored Blindfold------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------10 Comments for Hoscheidt on John Locke---------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------11 Comments for Thersites on Silicon Replicas and on Nuke Terrorism-----------------------Jim Stumm--------------11 Taxation for School Vouchers-----------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------12 The Effects of Light-------------------------------------------------------------------Kathleen McAuliffe-----14 The Effects of Light, and the Drug Ecstasy, submitted by-------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------14 The Drug Ecstasy-----------------------------------------------------------------------Cathy Burke------------14 Clippings, submitted by----------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------15 Barry White Doing Disco - It Don't Get No Better Than That: Comments for Bernie--------Thersites--------------16 Barry White...Than That: Comments for Woody, Jim Stumm, Abigail Bosworth, Bernie-------Thersites--------------16 Barry White...Than That: Comments for Hoscheidt, Dante DeAmicis------------------------Thersites--------------17 Barry White...Than That: Comments for Filthy-------------------------------------------Thersites--------------18 Barry White...Than That: Comments on Nerds, and From the Oh Yeah? Department-----------Thersites--------------19 Coventry Guide-------------------------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------20 A Fourth Corner Communication - IV: Re Y2K---------------------------------------------Jim G------------------25 A Fourth Corner Communication - IV: Comments for JD, and for Jim Stumm, re TC 237------Jim G------------------26 A Bold Suggestion----------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------27 Afterthoughts on Y2K-------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------31 Y2K Clippings: Humor-------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------37 Y2K Clippings: Stocks------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------38 Y2K Clippings: Banks-------------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------41 Y2K Clippings: Preparedness------------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------42 Y2K Clippings: Debate - Spin-----------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------48 Y2K Clippings: Debate - Mixed & Moderate/Muddled---------------------------------------Space Needle-----------52 Y2K Clippings: Debate - Naysayers------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------55 Y2K Clippings: Debate - Alarmers-------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------58 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ _ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| / | | | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | |__| | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ | |__| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 8 December 1999 ********************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #241): 21 JANUARY 2000 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************* ================================================================================================================ The Presence of Justice----------------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher--------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre-----------3 How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Touring Australia--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Woody Welling on Republicans and the Religious Right----------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Woody Welling on Dictators, and on Drugs and the CIA----------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Woody Welling on "Sources of Information"---------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for Thersites on Falsifiability, on Optimism, and on Egalitarianism-----------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Thersites about Damage to the Earth---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for Thersites on the Rowboat Analogy, and on Mass-Destruction Terrorism-------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Thersites on Not Working, and on the US as Socialist----------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for Matt Hogan in General, on my "Verbose Statements, and on Japan------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for Matt Hogan on Economic Studies--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for Matt Hogan on Managing Greed----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------11 Comments for Matt Hogan on Corporate Governance, and on Small Companies----------------Filthy Pierre----------12 Comments for Matt Hogan on Definitions-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------13 Comments for Space Needle on Selective Emphasis in Text, and on Y2K--------------------Filthy Pierre----------14 Comments for Space Needle on Social Implications of Non-Standerd-Format Writing--------Filthy Pierre----------14 Comments for David Hoscheidt on Religion and the Constitution--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------14 What Democracy Is (and What Democracy Is Not)------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------15 A Fourth Corner Communication - V: Old-Time Cocaine Ad, & Re: Y2K: Back to the Basics--Jim G.-----------------17 A Fourth Corner Communication - V: Y2K: Re: Electric Power, and JD: Re: HV-------------Jim G.-----------------18 A Fourth Corner Communication - V: Space Needle Re: Y2K TC 236, page 45----------------Jim G.-----------------18 Comments on TC# 238 & 239 for 240, for Jim, Frey, Filthy, and JD-----------------------Abigail Bosworth-------19 Comments on TC# 238 & 239 for 240 on Coventry, on Tibetan Polyandry, & on Flight 800---Abigail Bosworth-------20 Comments on TC# 238 & 239 for 240 for Thristy, and for Jim Re: Cloning-----------------Abigail Bosworth-------20 An Age of Greed------------------------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------21 The Crisis Facing American Families----------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------22 THe Presidential Candidates, and Reply for Thersites, and a Couple of Quotes-----------Woody Welling----------24 Over 6 Billion Served------------------------------------------------------------------Dante De Amicis--------25 Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru: Comments for Thersites--------------------Dante De Amicis--------26 Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru: Comments for Filthy Pierre----------------Dante De Amicis--------27 Trailer Trash Messiah...: Comments for David Hoscheidt, Matt Hogan, Abigail Bosworth---Dante De Amicis--------29 Trailer Trash Messiah & Storage Shed Guru: Comments for Woody Welling, Filthy Pierre---Dante De Amicis--------29 Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru: Comments for Filthy Pierre----------------Dante De Amicis--------30 Trailer Trash Messiah & Storage Shed Guru: Comments for Matt Hogan, Abigail Bosworth---Dante De Amicis--------31 Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru: Comments for Woody Welling----------------Dante De Amicis--------32 Stock Market, Media Hypocrisy, Physics Questions, Erwin's Biased -- for Some Reason----Matt Hogan-------------34 Miscellany, Free Pamphlet, Important Article, and Check Out This Website!--------------Matt Hogan-------------35 Bernie's Page: Saturday, 24 October 1998, and Tuesday 27 October 1998------------------Bernie Gallagher-------36 Bernie's Page: Coventry Rental Ads: Whites Only, and Diversity Apartments--------------Bernie Gallagher-------37 Four-Down, Fumble-Free Football--------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------38 School Vouchers, Religion and Government, and Comments for Thersites and for Welling---Jim Stumm--------------41 Comments for JD, Update on Cabin Construction, and "Building a Starplate Cabin" Ad-----Jim Stumm--------------42 The Italian Navigator, Bearing Syphillis, Has Landed in the Old World------------------Thersites--------------43 The Italian Navigator...: Comments for Bernie, Filthy, Stumm, Hoscheidt----------------Thersites--------------43 The Italian Navigator...: Comments for Bernie, Jim G., Space Needle, My Fellow Nerds---Thersites--------------44 The Italian Navigator...: From the Oh Yeah? Dept.--------------------------------------Thersites--------------44 Comments for Jim Stumm in General, and on Locke and Land Ownership---------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Matt Hogan on HIV and AIDS, and on Reagan's Deficits----------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Jim G. on Y2K-------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Thersites on My Letter to Prof. Dertouzos---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Matt Hogan on Stocks that Have Never Made a Profit,& on"Media Hypocrisy"--Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Matt Hogan on Weather Control as a Weapon, and on Perpetual Motion--------Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Matt Hogan on Determinism, & on the Blame Game, & on the Newman Machine---Filthy Pierre----------47 Comments for Dante De Amicis on Georgeism and Land Speculation-------------------------Filthy Pierre----------47 Comments for Matt Hogan on Why the Stock of a Co. Making an Acquisition Often Drops----Filthy Pierre----------48 Comments for Bernie on the Limits of Policing------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------48 Comments for Bernie on Race------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------49 Comments for Thersites and Jim Stumm on Books and Clones-------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 Comments for Thersites on "Schizophrenia"----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 Comments for David Hoscheidt on "Democracy"--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ _ _ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| / | | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | |__| | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ | _|__ ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 26 January 2000 ******************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #242): 10 MARCH 2000 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************* ================================================================================================================ The Freedom Philosophy-----------------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher--------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Woody Welling on Kids and Drugs-------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------4 Comments for Abigail Bosworth on Polyandry---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for Abigail Bosworth on Eating Meat-------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for for Dante De Amicis on Voting---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for for Dante De Amicis on "Pol Pot Profesionals"-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------5 Comments for for Dante De Amicis on "Plutocrat Oppression"-----------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for for Dante De Amicis on Limited Liability as "Extraordinary"---------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for for Dante De Amicis on "Class Word War"-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for for Dante De Amicis on "Yuppies" and Nimbys"------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------6 Comments for for Dante De Amicis on the Capital Requirements of Farming----------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for for Dante De Amicis on Factors of Production------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------7 Comments for for Dante De Amicis on "Victory Gardens" in Russia------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for for Dante De Amicis on "Disney Georgeism"---------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for for Dante De Amicis on "Land Development"---------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------8 Comments for for Dante De Amicis on "Bill Paying"--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for for Dante De Amicis on the "Credit Card Economy"--------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------9 Comments for for Dante De Amicis on "Workers' Paradise"--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------10 Comments for for Dante De Amicis on Lack of Will vs. Incompetence----------------------Filthy Pierre----------11 Bernie's Page--------------------------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------12 Quote of the Day-----------------------------------------------------------------------Timothy McVeigh--------12 Quote of the Day, submitted by---------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallgher--------12 Recommended Reading: How to Star Your Own Country--------------------------------------Bernie Gallgher--------13 A Fourth Corner Communication - VI: Comments for Thirsty re: Schizophrenic-------------Jim G.-----------------14 A Fourth Corner Communication - VI: Comments for Thirsty re: Language------------------Jim G.-----------------14 A Fourth Corner Communication - VI: Comments for Thirsty re: Y2K Problems--------------Jim G.-----------------14 A Fourth Corner Communication - VI: Comments for Thirsty re: Fun Y2K Problem-----------Jim G.-----------------15 A Fourth Corner Communication - VI: Comments for Thirsty re: SEC Y2K Problems----------Jim G.-----------------15 A Fourth Corner Communication - VI: Comments for Thirsty re: Y2K..to Learn More About--Jim G.-----------------15 A Fourth Corner Communication - VI: Comments for Thirsty re: Unheard Y2K Problem-------Jim G.-----------------15 A Fourth Corner Communication - VI: Comments for FP, Jim Stumm, et al. re: Parable-----Jim G.-----------------15 Sunny and Louise-----------------------------------------------------------------------K. C. Baker------------16 Sunny and Louise, submitted by---------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------16 The Faux Millennium--------------------------------------------------------------------William Edelen---------16 The Faux Millennium, submitted by------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------16 The Horror, the Horror-----------------------------------------------------------------Bruce Anderson---------16 The Horror, the Horror, submitted by---------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------16 Clarke's Law---------------------------------------------------------------------------Arthur C. Clarke-------16 Clarke's Law, submitted by-------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------16 Tackling the Y2K Bug: Ticking Timebomb-------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------17 Y to K Compliant-----------------------------------------------------------------------Name Withheld----------17 Y to K Compliant, submitted by---------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------17 Omega Equals Two Q Zero Plus Two Over Three Lambda Times C Square Over H Zero Star-----Thersites--------------18 Omega Equals...: Comments for Filthy on Falsifiability, Optimism, Damage to the Earth--Thersites--------------18 Omega Equals...: Comments for Filthy on Not Working, and on the US as Socialist--------Thersites--------------18 Omega Equals...: Comments for Filthy on Comments for Matt Hogan on Economic Studies----Thersites--------------18 Omega Equals...: Comments for Hoscheidt------------------------------------------------Thersites--------------18 Omega Equals...: Comments for Woody----------------------------------------------------Thersites--------------19 Omega Equals...: Comments for TTMASSG--------------------------------------------------Thersites--------------19 Omega Equals...: Comments for Bernie---------------------------------------------------Thersites--------------20 Omega Equals...: From the Oh Yeah? Dept.-----------------------------------------------Thersites--------------20 Twenty-Three Baseball Reforms: Four-Out Innings----------------------------------------Space Needle-----------21 Twenty-Three Baseball Reforms: Six Steps to Better Baseball----------------------------Space Needle-----------23 Twenty-Three Baseball Reforms: Nine Short Steps to Better Baseball---------------------Space Needle-----------25 23 Baseball Reforms: Seven More Steps to Better Baseball: Off-the-Field Reforms--------Space Needle-----------26 23 Baseball Reforms: Seven More Steps to Better Baseball: On-the-Field Reforms---------Space Needle-----------27 TC241-Connecting: Back to TC240: Dante-------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------28 TC241-Connecting: Back to TC240: FP: Dictators-----------------------------------------Woody Welling----------29 TC241-Connecting: Back to TC240: FP: On Drugs and the CIA------------------------------Woody Welling----------29 TC241-Connecting: Back to TC240: FP: About Sources of Information----------------------Woody Welling----------29 Waiting for the A-Bomb-----------------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------30 Comments for Thersites on Inbreeding---------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------30 What Should We Call This Decade?-------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------30 Comments for Hogan on Abortion---------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------30 Comments for Hogan on Darien-----------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------31 Comments for Hoscheidt on Democracy----------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------31 Comments for Abigail on Clones---------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------31 Comments for Bernie--------------------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------31 Comments for FP on Locke and Land------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------31 Comments for Dante De Amicis on HIV and AIDS-------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------32 Comments for Woody Welling on Sitting Bull and "Sources of Information"----------------Filthy Pierre----------32 Comments for Jim Stumm on Establishing Land Ownership----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------32 Comments for Jim Stumm on the Libertarian Party Non-Coercion Pledge--------------------Filthy Pierre----------33 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ _ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| / | __| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | |__| | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ | |___ ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 20 March 2000 ******************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #243): 28 APRIL 2000 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************* ================================================================================================================ Full Hospitals Make Canadians Wait and Look South--------------------------------------James Brooke------------0 Full Hospitals Make Canadians Wait and Look South, submitted by------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Thersites on Rules of Engagement------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Comments for Thersites on Economics----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------3 Time Dilation (TD), and More on Special Relativity-------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey---------4 The Big Bang Theory is Creationist Nonsense--------------------------------------------Todd Matthews Kelso-----5 The Big Bang Theory is Creationist Nonsense, submitted by------------------------------Stephen H. Frey---------5 A Legislature Chosen by Lottery, and Comments for Filthy Pierre on Land Ownership------Jim Stumm---------------6 Comments for Woody Welling on Wealth---------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm---------------7 Is It Unlibertarian?-------------------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt---------8 Comments for Filthy Pierre on School Vouchers and on Georgeism-------------------------David Hoscheidt---------9 Comments for Dante De Amicis on the Libertarian Party----------------------------------David Hoscheidt---------9 Comments for Erwin Strauss, Definition of Socialism, & Investment Is not Speculation---Matt Hogan-------------10 Comments for Thersites and for Bernie, Evolution Question, and Questions of the Issue--Matt Hogan-------------11 Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru: Comments for Thersites and for Bernie-----Dante De Amicis--------12 Trailer Trash Messiah &Storage Shed Guru:Comments for Space Needle &for Filthy Pierre--Dante De Amicis--------13 Stereo Basketball (a. k. a. "Bi-Star Buckets" and "Gasketball")------------------------Space Needle-----------14 To Reduce Greyhound Killing, Extend Their Racing Lifetime------------------------------Space Needle-----------18 A Fourth Corner Communication - VII----------------------------------------------------Jim G.-----------------19 Comments for Woody Welling on Car Registration and on Water Equity---------------------Jim G.-----------------19 Comments on Y2K------------------------------------------------------------------------Jim G.-----------------20 Ronald Tobin Returns!------------------------------------------------------------------Ronald Tobin-----------21 Sports Team Welfare--------------------------------------------------------------------Ronald Tobin-----------22 Welcome to the Thirsty Issue of Bernie's Page, and Quote of the Day--------------------Bernie Gallagher-------23 Recommended Reading, and Coventry Advertisements---------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------26 Comments for TC# 242: Comments on #241 for Filthy Pierre-------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------27 Comments for TC# 242: Comments on #241 for Jim Stumm, and Correction, and Query--------Abigail Bosworth-------28 Advertising Rates for the Anderson County Advertiser-----------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------28 Wrinkles in Time-----------------------------------------------------------------------Bob Berman-------------29 Wrinkles in Time, submitted by---------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------29 The Latest Second-Hand News------------------------------------------------------------Franklin Alexander-----29 The Latest Second-Hand News, submittted by---------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------29 I See 2 Fudge Factors and 1 Vague Constant in the Equation...--------------------------Thersites--------------30 Comments for Filthy Pierre, and for Jim G.---------------------------------------------Thersites--------------30 Comments for Space Needle, for Woody Welling, and for Jim Stumm------------------------Thersites--------------31 Comments for Fellow Members of the Herd, and From the Oh Yeah? Dept.-------------------Thersites--------------31 Comments for Thersites on Populism-----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------32 Comments for Stephen Frey on NASA's Jet-Plan Time Dilation Experiment------------------Filthy Pierre----------32 Comments for Jim Stumm on Locke vs. "Lockean Ideas"------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------33 Comments for Jim Stumm on the Mining Act of 1872---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------34 Comments for Jim Stumm on Land Tenure Among Animals and Humans-------------------------Filthy Pierre----------34 Comments for Jim Stumm on Ownership of Land and Defense of Land------------------------Filthy Pierre----------35 Comments for Space Needle on "Guns, Germs and Steel"-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------35 Comments for David Hoscheidt on Georgeism----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------36 Comments for David Hoscheidt on "Libertarianism"---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------37 Comments for Matt Hogan on Human Nature, and on Public Ownership of Corporations-------Filthy Pierre----------37 Comments for Matt Hogan on Government-Funded Startups----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------38 Comments for Matt Hogan on Japan, and on US Economic Performance-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------39 Comments for Matt Hogan on Laws of Economics, and on "Speculaion" vs. "Investment"-----Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for Matt Hogan on Portfolio Managers, and on Nucor Steel----------------------Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for Matt Hogan on the Definition of Socialism---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for Matt Hogan on Medical Care, and on Questions of the Issue-----------------Filthy Pierre----------41 Comments for Bernie on Coventry, and for Abigail Bosworth on Health--------------------Filthy Pierre----------42 Comments for Thersites on "Industrial Aristocracy," and on "The Lion King"-------------Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for Thersites on the Relative Size of Agriculture-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for Ronald Tobin--------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------44 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ _ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| / | __| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | |__| | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ | ___| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 12 May 2000 ****************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #244): 23 JUNE 2000 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ****************************************** ================================================================================================================ Untitled-------------------------------------------------------------------------------e dope------------------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Time and Time Again, and Another (Simplfied) Explanation of TD-------------------------Stephen H. Frey---------3 Time After Time, For Any Doubting Thomases, and Timely Facts---------------------------Stephen H. Frey---------4 The New-Era Theory---------------------------------------------------------------------Matt Hogan--------------5 U. S. Financial Structure, Economic Mystery, and Comment for Bernie Gallagher----------Matt Hogan--------------6 Hamilton Catalog: Some Tips------------------------------------------------------------Matt Hogan--------------6 Owning Real Estate---------------------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm---------------7 Comments for Frey on Relativity, for FP on AIDS, and for Abigail on Drugs--------------Jim Stumm---------------8 Give Me My Flowers While I Can Still Smell Them: Comments for Filthy and for Stumm-----Thersites---------------9 Give Me My Flowers...: Comments for TTMASSG, for Bernie, for Stumm and for Tobin-------Thersites--------------10 Give Me My Flowers...: Comments for Filthy (Again), and From the Oh Yeah? Dept.--------Thersites--------------11 What Ever Happened to Fred? Comments on "The Soul of Liberty" by Fred Foldvary---------Thersites--------------11 An Epistle from the...Mad Monk of Clearlake Highlands to the Filthians and Thersites---Dante De Amicis--------12 An Epistle from the...Mad Monk of Clearlake Highlands to...: Chapter Two---------------Dante De Amicis--------13 An Epistle from the...Mad Monk of Clearlake Highlands to...: Chapter Three-------------Dante De Amicis--------14 An Epistle from the...Mad Monk of Clearlake Highlands to...: Chapter Four--------------Dante De Amicis--------15 Bernie's Page: Comments for Jim Stumm, and Quote of the Day----------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------16 Bernie's Page: Comments for David Hoscheidt--------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------17 Bernie's Page: Racial Justice, and Recommended Reading, and Coventry Advertisements----Bernie Gallagher-------18 The Races Act Differently--------------------------------------------------------------Sam Goldrick-----------19 Welcome to the 21st Century: Why Fuel Prices Are Going Up and Never Coming Down Again--C. J. Campbell---------20 Welcome to the 21st Century: Why Fuel Prices Are Going Up and Never..., submitted by---Abigail Bosworth-------21 Letter on the Downside of Computers----------------------------------------------------Cliff Stoll------------23 Letter on the Downside of Computers----------------------------------------------------Maressa Hecht Orzack---23 Letter on the Downside of Computers----------------------------------------------------Jonathan Franzen-------23 Letter on the Downside of Computers----------------------------------------------------Richard Rodriguez------23 Letter on the Downside of Computers----------------------------------------------------Rob Morse--------------23 Letters on the Downside of Computers, submitted by-------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------23 TC242 - Lightning Strikes More Than Once-----------------------------------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----24 Back to TC241: Comments for FP and for Thersites, and on Conservative Hypocracy--------Woodrow J. Welling-----26 TC243: Pursuing the Mysteries----------------------------------------------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----27 Responses: Comments for Filthy Pierre, for Jim Stumm, and for Jim G.-------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----29 Winning the Vote of Independents-------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------30 The Trouble with Harry and Bumper------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------31 Comments for Jim G.--------------------------------------------------------------------Chuck Z.---------------32 A Fourth Corner Communication - VIII: Comments for Thirsty and for FP------------------Jim G.-----------------33 A Fourth Corner Communication - VIII: Comments for Jim Stumm---------------------------Jim G.-----------------34 Here We Are Again----------------------------------------------------------------------Ed Reith---------------35 He Made Fortunes and Lost Them: Here Are His Rules, submitted by-----------------------Space Needle-----------37 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre----------39 Comments for Matt Hogan on the "Weak" Efficient Markets Theory-------------------------Filthy Pierre----------39 Comments for Matt Hogan on Stock Market Investing--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for Matt Hogan on the Financing of "New, Innovative Industries"---------------Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for Jim Stumm on "Argument from Authority," and on Land Tenure----------------Filthy Pierre----------41 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on the NASA Relativity Experiments------------------------Filthy Pierre----------42 Comments for Thersites on Socialism----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------42 Comments for Thersites on the Problems of Europe, and on Precision---------------------Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for Thersites on "Industrial Aristocracy," and on "The Lion King"-------------Filthy Pierre----------44 Comments for Thersites on Fred Foldvary, and for Dante De Amicis on Limited Liability--Filthy Pierre----------44 Comments for Dante De Amicis on a Nation of Yeoman Farmers-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Bernie on Coventry and on Race--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on the Role of Genes in Observed Racial Differences---------Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Media Bias-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Woody Welling on the Argument from Design, and in General-----------------Filthy Pierre----------47 Comments for Chuck Z. on the Tax Code, for Jim G., and for Ed Reith--------------------Filthy Pierre----------49 Comments for Abigail Bosworth on Oil Prices--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------49 Comments for Abigail Bosworth on Computers---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ _ _ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| / | / | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | |__| |__| | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ | | ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 28 June 2000 ******************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #245): 11 AUGUST 2000 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************** ================================================================================================================ A Libertarian "Third Way?"-------------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt---------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Does No Taxation Equal Liberty?, and Short Takes---------------------------------------David Hoscheidt---------3 Bernie's Page: Who Owns Land in Coventry, and Are There Property Taxes?----------------Bernie Gallagher--------4 Bernie's Page: Punishment in Coventry--------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher--------4 Bernie's Page: Comments for Matt Hogan-------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher--------5 Bernie's Page: Comments for Trailer Trash Messiah, and Recommended Reading-------------Bernie Gallagher--------6 Bernie's Page: Ads for Coventry Vacations, and for 50/50 Lottery-----------------------Bernie Gallagher--------6 To Whom: Comments on Space and Time----------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey---------7 Comments for F. Pierre-----------------------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey---------8 It's in the Genes: Comments for Filthy Pierre------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick-----------9 It's in the Genes: Comments for Bernie, for Woody, and for Stephen Frey----------------Sam Goldbrick----------10 Who'll Make the Purchases?, CIA Interrogation Manual for Sale!!, and Questions---------Matt Hogan-------------11 Book on AIDS: Check It Out Erwin!, the Internet Hype, and Money and Interest-----------Matt Hogan-------------11 Hyman Minsky, the Envy of the World, General Comments, Science, and Al's Article-------Matt Hogan-------------12 Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru: Comments for Filthy Pierre----------------Dante De Amicis--------13 Trailer Trash Messiah & Storage Shed Guru: Comments for Woodrow Welling,& for Chuck Z--Dante De Amicis--------14 Trailer Trash Messiah & Storage Shed Guru: Comments for Filthy Pierre, & for Ed Reith--Dante De Amicis--------14 Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru: Comments for Pierre, Ed Reith, Thersites--Dante De Amicis--------15 Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru: Comments for Abigail B, and for Jim G.----Dante De Amicis--------16 Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru: Comments for Thersites--------------------Dante De Amicis--------16 Tr. Trash Messiah & Storage Shed Guru: Buckshot Cross, & Comments for David Hoscheidt--Dante De Amicis--------16 A Fourth Corner Communication - IX: Comments on Schizophrenic, & on Random Politics----Jim G.-----------------17 A Fourth Corner Communication - IX: Comments on HIV, and on Water for California-------Jim G.-----------------17 A Fourth Corner Communication - IX: Comments on Pursuit, Taxing Assault, & Auto Use----Jim G.-----------------17 A Fourth Corner Communication - IX: Comments on Trash, Run Down Areas, & Spring Ahead--Jim G.-----------------18 Comments on Health Insurance-----------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------19 Comments for Bernie: Own Yourself, Case Law, Tariffs-----------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------19 Comments for Chuck Z.: Abandoned Buildings---------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------19 Comments for FP: Index Funds, Science; and Comments for Abigail: Oil-------------------Jim Stumm--------------20 An Error Has Occurred in the Script on This Page. Script Operation Has Been Canceled---Thersites--------------21 Comments for Matt Hogan, for Stumm, for Mad Monk, for Bernie, and for Woody------------Thersites--------------21 Comments for Hoscheidt, for Jim G., and for Ed Reith-----------------------------------Thersites--------------22 Comments for Filthy, and From the Oh Yeah? Dept.---------------------------------------Thersites--------------23 Clippings on Stocks - Lighten Holdings (Part 2)----------------------------------------Space Needle-----------24 Clippings on Y2K: Spin Factor----------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------26 Clippings on Y2K: Not Over Yet---------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------27 Clippings on Y2K: Predictions and Surprises--------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------29 Clippings on Y2K: Survivalism----------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------30 Corrections and Comments, and Comments for FP------------------------------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----31 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre----------32 Comments for TC 242 & 243 for 244:Look! I Got the Margins to Work. It Took Me All Day--Abigail B.-------------33 Comments on 242 for F. P., for R. Tobin, for Bernie, and for T3------------------------Abigail B.-------------33 Comments on 243 for F. P., for Ed Reith, and for T3------------------------------------Abigail B.-------------34 Astrology Project (Cont.)--------------------------------------------------------------Abigail B.-------------35 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on the Flying-Clock Experiment----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------35 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on Why Flying Clocks Run Faster than Earthbound Clocks----Filthy Pierre----------35 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on Increases in Half-Life, on "Unknown Causes,"& on "TD"--Filthy Pierre----------36 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on the Global Positioning System (GPS)--------------------Filthy Pierre----------36 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Parsimony and Race---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------37 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Age and Race, and on Media Bias--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------38 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Evolutionary Competition---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------38 Comments for Matt Hogan on Who'll Make the Purchases-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------39 Comments for Matt Hogan on Internet Hype, on Money and Credit and on His Questions-----Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for Matt Hogan on Hyman Minsky, and on the Enviability of the US Economy------Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for Matt Hogan on Science-----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for Bernie on Land Tenure and Use---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for Bernie on Crime and Punishment in Coventry--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------41 Is Bernie a Racist?--------------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------42 Comments for Woody Welling, and for Abigail B.-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for Jim Stumm on Close Exegesis, and on Health Insurance----------------------Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for Jim Stumm on Mutual Funds-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------44 Comments for Thersites on Changing the Split, and on Financing Social Security---------Filthy Pierre----------44 Comments for Thersites on Funding College Tuition, and on Sweden-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Thersites on the European Economy, and on "Intellectual Discourse"--------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Thersites on Medicare-----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Dante De Amicis on Music Marketing and Distrubution, and in General-------Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Dante De Amicis on Hiring Bosses, and on Limited Liability----------------Filthy Pierre----------47 Comments for Dante De Amicis on Chinese Concessionaires, and on Sweden-----------------Filthy Pierre----------47 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ _ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| / | |__ | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | |__| | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ | ___| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 20 August 2000 *********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #246): 29 SEPTEMBER 2000 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous *********************************************** ================================================================================================================ A Purge for Legislatures---------------------------------------------------------------H. L. Mencken-----------0 A Purge for Legislatures, submitted by-------------------------------------------------Space Needle------------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Fears Voiced at Meeting on Banned Drug-------------------------------------------------Denise Grady------------3 Fears Voiced at Meeting on Banned Drug, submitted by-----------------------------------Abigail Bosworth--------3 Letter on Drug Policy------------------------------------------------------------------Robert Sharpe-----------3 Letter on Drug Policy, submitted by----------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth--------3 The Most Prevalent Form of Degradation in Erotic Life----------------------------------Sigmund Freud-----------3 The Most Prevalent Form of Degradation in Erotic Life, submitted by--------------------Abigail Bosworth--------3 Remember Books?------------------------------------------------------------------------Sarah Watson------------3 Remember Books?, submitted by----------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth--------3 The Feds Knew in '74...----------------------------------------------------------------Ray Cushing-------------4 The Feds Knew in '74..., submitted by--------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth--------4 Bernie's Page: You Bet Your Wife, and Quote of the Day---------------------------------Bernie Gallagher--------5 Bernie's Page: Recommended Reading, Outrageous Mock Ad Contest, & Endangered Pets Ad---Bernie Gallagher--------7 To Whom...Again, the Last Word, and Addendum-------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey---------8 The Special Theory of Relativity (from "Elements of Physical Science")-----------------Author uncredited-------9 The Special Theory of Relativity (from "Elements of Physical Science"), submitted by---Stephen H. Frey---------9 2000 Presidential race, Free trade with China, and Puerto Rico vs. U. S. Navy----------Chuck Z.---------------10 The "Party of Principle"---------------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------11 Comments and Opinions, Back to TC244, Comments for Dante, and Comments for Thersites---Woodrow J. Welling-----12 Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru: Comments for Thersites, and for Bernie----Dante DeAmicis---------13 Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru: Comments for Filthy Pierre----------------Dante DeAmicis---------14 Where "Who Wants to Marry a (Multi)millionaire" Went Wrong-----------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------15 Comments for Filthy Pierre, and Interesting Site: givemetalk.com-----------------------Dante DeAmicis---------15 Comments for Thersites on a Legislature of, by and for the People----------------------Jim Stumm--------------16 Comments for Hogan on Incomes, for Thersites on Land, and for FP on Index Funds--------Jim Stumm--------------16 Pump Prices, and Comments for Bernie on Prison-----------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------17 Necessity Never Made a Good Bargain -- Benjamin Franklin-------------------------------Thersites--------------18 Comments for Hoscheidt, for Bernie, and for Hogan--------------------------------------Thersites--------------18 Comments for TTMASSG, for Jim G., and for Jim Stumm------------------------------------Thersites--------------19 Comments for Abigail B., for Filthy, and From the Oh Yeah? Dept.-----------------------Thersites--------------20 Method vs. Madness---------------------------------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------21 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Genes vs. Memes Re: Differences in Races' Behavior-------Filthy Pierre----------23 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Evolutionary Time Scales---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------24 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Race-----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------25 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on the Jews, and for Thersites on Intellectual Discourse----Filthy Pierre----------26 Comments for Thersites on "Aristocracy" vs. "Democracy," amd on Student Loans----------Filthy Pierre----------27 Comments for Thersites on "Asceticism"-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------27 Comments for Thersites on Health Insurance for the Elderly-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------28 Comments for Thersites on Financing Social Security------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------28 Comments for Thersites and David Hoscheidt on Unanimity and Democracy------------------Filthy Pierre----------28 Comments for Thersites and David Hoscheidt on Government and Unmet Needs---------------Filthy Pierre----------29 Comments for Thersites and Bernie on Proprietary Communities (PCs)---------------------Filthy Pierre----------29 Comments for Thersites on "'Reading' of History"---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------29 Comments for Jim Stumm on Stock Market Investing---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------29 Comments for Jim Stumm on "Index Plus" Mutual Funds------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------31 Comments for Jim Stumm and Matt Hogan on Houshold Income Changes-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------32 Comments for Dante DeAmicis on Internet Music------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------33 Comments for Dante DeAmicis on Russia, and on Limited Liability, & for Woody Welling---Filthy Pierre----------34 Comments for Dante DeAmicis on "The Dregs" and China, and on Subsidies and Sweden------Filthy Pierre----------34 Comments for Dante DeAmicis and Thersites on Industrial Aristocracy--------------------Filthy Pierre----------34 Comments for David Hoscheidt on Political Parties and Principles-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------35 Comments for Chuck Z. on the 2000 Presidential Race------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------35 Comments for Stephen Frey on "Assume" and "Appear," and on Time------------------------Filthy Pierre----------36 Comments for Stephen Frey on the "Flying Clocks" Experiment----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------36 Comments for Stephen Frey on the Course of Our Exchanges-------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------37 Comments for Stephen Frey on the Course of Our Exchanges-------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------37 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ _ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| / | |__ | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | |__| | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ | |__| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 2 October 2000 ********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #247): 10 NOVEMBER 2000 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************** ================================================================================================================ Why Do Libertarians Think Like That?---------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt---------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 The Gulf War Brought Out the Worst in America------------------------------------------Robert Jensen-----------3 The Gulf War Brought Out the Worst in America, submitted by----------------------------Stephen H. Frey---------3 Physicians Against Land Mines Poster, submitted by-------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey---------4 Reforming Medical Care-----------------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm---------------5 Comments for Filthy Pierre on Jews-----------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm---------------5 Comments for Frey on Mass Increase-----------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm---------------6 Comments for Thersites on Land Ownership, and on the Mending Wall----------------------Jim Stumm---------------6 Bernie's Page: You Bet Your Wife, Part 2-----------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher--------7 Bernie's Page: Quote of the Day--------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher--------7 Comments for Trailer Trash Messiah-----------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher--------8 Q & A for Stephen Frey-----------------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher--------8 Recommended Reading--------------------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher--------8 Rights and Wrongs----------------------------------------------------------------------Woody Weeling-----------9 I Am a Victim of the Very Song I Sing: Comments for Chuck Z.---------------------------Thersites--------------11 I Am a Victim of the Very Song I Sing: Comments for Hoscheidt--------------------------Thersites--------------11 I Am a Victim of the Very Song I Sing: Comments for TTMASSG----------------------------Thersites--------------11 I Am a Victim of the Very Song I Sing: Comments for Stumm------------------------------Thersites--------------11 I Am a Victim of the Very Song I Sing: Comments for Filthy-----------------------------Thersites--------------12 From the Oh Yeah? Dept.----------------------------------------------------------------Thersites--------------12 Excerpt from "Mein Kampf"--------------------------------------------------------------Adolf Hitler-----------13 Excerpt from "Mein Kampf," submitted by------------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------13 Consul Flees to Israel-----------------------------------------------------------------Joaq Braune------------13 Consul Flees to Israel, submitted by---------------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------13 The Wisdom of the Talmud, submitted by-------------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------14 National Average SAT Scores------------------------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------14 Comments for Filthy Pierre-------------------------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------14 Comments for The Connection: Comments on #244 for Filthy Pierre------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------15 Comments for The Connection: Comments on #244 for Dante--------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------15 Comments for The Connection: Comments on #245 for Thersites----------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------15 Comments for The Connection: Comments on #245 for Dante--------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------15 Comments for The Connection: Comments on #245 for Bernie-------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------15 Comments for The Connection: Comments on #245 for Filthy Pierre------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------16 Review of "Losing the Race" by John H. McWhorter---------------------------------------Jason L. Riley---------16 Review of "Losing the Race" by John H. McWhorter, submitted by-------------------------Filthy Pierre----------16 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre----------17 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Blacks vs. Whites----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------18 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Jews-----------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------18 Comments for Thersites on His Income---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------19 Comments for Thersites-----------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------19 Comments for Jim Stumm and Thersites on Land Ownership---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------19 Comments for Jim Stumm-----------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------20 Comments for Abigail B.----------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------20 Comments for Woody Welling-------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------20 Comments for Thersites on Choosing Between "Geniuses"----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------20 Comments for David Hoscheidt on the Libertarian Party (LP) and Compromise--------------Filthy Pierre----------20 Random Selection of the House of Lords-------------------------------------------------Richard Askwith--------21 Random Selection of the House of Lords, submitted by-----------------------------------Space Needle-----------21 Random Selection for 25 Percent of Representatives-------------------------------------John Crewdson----------21 Random Selection for 25 Percent of Representatives, submitted by-----------------------Space Needle-----------21 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ _ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| / | | / | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | |__| | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ | | ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 13 November 2000 ********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #248): 22 DECEMBER 2000 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************** ================================================================================================================ Arriving at the Truth------------------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt---------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 An Ideal Day for Dante DeAmicis--------------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis----------3 Trailer Trash Messiah & Storage Shed Guru:Comments for Filthy Pierre Re:CEOs & Harems--Dante DeAmicis----------4 TTM & SSG: Comments for Filthy Pierre Re: Internet Music, Goats, & Limited Liability---Dante DeAmicis----------5 TTM & SSG: Comments for Filthy Pierre Re: China, and Yeoman Industrialism--------------Dante DeAmicis----------5 Knowing Proves Only the Firmness of Our Beliefs, Not What We Believe-------------------Thersites---------------6 Comments for Hoscheidt, Stumm, Abigail and Filthy--------------------------------------Thersites---------------6 Comments for Woody, and From the Oh Yeah? Dept.----------------------------------------Thersites---------------7 Why Astrology Works--------------------------------------------------------------------Dr. Nancy Ann Holt------8 Why Astrology Works, submitted by------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth--------8 Quotation from "The Elegant Universe"--------------------------------------------------Brian Greene-----------10 Quotation from "The Elegant Universe," submitted by------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------10 Letter Advocating "Alternative Vote" Reform--------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------11 On the Other Hand, Take Two------------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------13 Comments for Thersites on Might Makes Right, and for Bernie on Pollution---------------Jim Stumm--------------13 Comments for Thersites on Random Selection of Legislators------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------14 Comments for Filthy Pierre on Mutual Fund Investing------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------14 Notes on the History of Time-----------------------------------------------------------Mike Verry-------------15 Notes on the History of Time, submitted by---------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------15 Are the Children of Iraq Our Enemies?--------------------------------------------------Fellowship of Reconcil-16 Are the Children of Iraq Our Enemies?, submitted by------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------16 Bernie's Page: You Bet Your Wife, and Quote of the Day---------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------17 Comments for Thirsty and for Pierre----------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------18 Recommended Reading: Who Stole Feminism?, and Coventry Ads-----------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------19 Blacks and Test Scores-----------------------------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------20 Pedophile Company Murdered Children Before the Camera----------------------------------Ake Malm---------------20 Pedophile Company Murdered Children Before the Camera----------------------------------Annika Schlander-------20 Pedophile Company Murdered Children Before the Camera, submitted by--------------------Sam Goldbrick----------20 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre----------22 Comments for Dante DeAmicis on "Mom's Diner," and on CEOs------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------22 Comments for Dante DeAmicis on"Top Dogs"&"Bottom Dogs," on Pimps,on Harems,& on Music--Filthy Pierre----------23 Comments for Dante DeAmicis on Goat Herding, on Limited Liability,& on Yeoman Defense--Filthy Pierre----------24 Comments for Thersites on "Geek Speak"-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------24 Comments for Thersites on Our Abilities to Evaluate "Geniuses"-------------------------Filthy Pierre----------25 Comments for Thersites on "Warm Fuzzies" vs. More Substantial Considerations-----------Filthy Pierre----------25 Comments for Thersites on Judging the Man vs. Judging the Issue------------------------Filthy Pierre----------26 Comments for Thersites on His Income, and for Abigail Bosworth on Astrology------------Filthy Pierre----------27 Comments for Space Needle on "Alternative Voting," and for David Hoscheidt-------------Filthy Pierre----------27 Comments for Jim Stumm on Mutual Funds, and for Stephen H. Frey on Mass----------------Filthy Pierre----------28 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on Iraq, and for Bernie on Coventry-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------29 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on the Genetic vs. Memetic Hypothesis on Racial Behavior----Filthy Pierre----------29 Comments for Sam Goldbridk on Hitler, and on Ancient Writings--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------30 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Merchant Classes, and on the Russian Mafia---------------Filthy Pierre----------31 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ _ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| / | |__| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | |__| | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ | |__| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 8 January 2001 ********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #249): 16 FEBRUARY 2001 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************** ================================================================================================================ Reply to Thersites, and On Rights------------------------------------------------------Chuck Z.----------------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comments on T. C.s #246 & 247 for Filthy Pierre and for T3-----------------------------Abigail B.--------------3 Nanotechnology, Excerpts from "Nano, "and Comments for Thersites on Land---------------Jim Stumm---------------4 Comments for Goldbrick on "Pedophile," and for Filthy Pierre on Mutual Funds-----------Jim Stumm---------------5 Comments for Frey on Mass Increase, and for Thersites on Medical Care------------------Jim Stumm---------------6 Religion, Where Wisdom Is Traditionally Born of Suffering: Comments for Hoscheidt------Thersites---------------7 Religion, Where Wisdom Is Traditionally Born of Suffering: Comments for Stumm----------Thersites---------------7 Religion, Where Wisdom Is Traditionally Born of Suffering: Comments for Bernie---------Thersites---------------8 Religion, Where Wisdom Is Traditionally Born of Suffering: Comments for Filthy---------Thersites---------------8 Religion, Where Wisdom Is Traditionally Born of Suffering: From the Oh Yeah? Dept.-----Thersites---------------9 Errata to my Submission in TC-247, and Comments for Space Needle on Voting-------------Sam Goldbrick----------10 Comments for Filthy Pierre on Race-----------------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------10 On the Jews and Their Names; Dateline: Rome, Italy; and Comments on the Jews-----------Sam Goldbrick----------11 Comments on Hitler, Saint Simon of Trent, and the Polna Affair-------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------12 The Damascus Affair, and Two Posters---------------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------13 Time to Give Up Revolutionary Politics?------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------14 Reply to Filthy Pierre-----------------------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------15 Comments for Pierre and Thersites on Selective Emphasis in Text------------------------Space Needle-----------16 Letter to Space Needle-----------------------------------------------------------------Mark Roberts-----------16 Letter to Space Needle, submitted by---------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------16 Big Bucks for Bang---------------------------------------------------------------------Keith J. Kelley--------17 Big Bucks for Bang, submitted by-------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------17 Ask Marilyn----------------------------------------------------------------------------Marilyn Vos Savant-----17 Ask Marilyn, submitted by--------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------17 Letter to "Ask Marilyn"----------------------------------------------------------------Samson Vermont---------17 Letter to "Ask Marilyn," submited by---------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------17 Comments for Filthy Pierre, and Now This on Term Limits--------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------18 "Last Chance" and "Get Out of Hell Free" Cards, submitted by---------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------18 York County Jury Questionnaire, submitted by-------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------19 Why I Am Not Qualfied for Jury Duty----------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------19 American Atheists, Inc.----------------------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------20 Put Away Childish Things---------------------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------21 Al Gore, GW's Greatest Asset-----------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------22 An Age of Increasing Scarcity----------------------------------------------------------Woody Welling----------27 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre----------28 Bernie's Page: Quote of the Day--------------------------------------------------------Abraham Lincoln--------29 Bernie's Page: Quote of the Day, submitted by------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------29 Bernie's Page: You Bet Your Wife-------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------29 Ads: Coming Soon: Shady's Open-Air Pig Manure Dump, and Freedom Bank-------------------Bernie Gallagher-------31 Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru: Comments for Thersites--------------------Dante DeAmicis---------32 Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru: Comments for Woody Welling----------------Dante DeAmicis---------33 Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru: Comments for Abigail B. & Filthy Pierre---Dante DeAmicis---------34 Comments for Abigail Bosworth on Mailing Seals, on Internet Music and on Gary Null-----Filthy Pierre----------35 Comments for Abigail Bosworth on AIDS in Africa, and in General------------------------Filthy Pierre----------36 Comments for Jim Stumm on Mutual Funds-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------37 Comments for Jim Stumm on Efficient Markets--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------38 Comments for Jim Stumm on Austrian vs. Chicago Economics-------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------39 Comments for Jim Stumm on the LTCM and Soros Tech-Stock Affairs------------------------Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for Thersites on CEOs and Luck------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for Thersites on Ignoring Logic, on "Geek Speak," & on Evaluating "Geniuses"--Filthy Pierre----------42 Comments for Thersites on Voting, and for Sam Goldbrick on Voting Systems--------------Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on "Ostensibly Remedial Socialism" (ORS)--------------------Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on "Logical Advantage"--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------44 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on the Speed of Genetic Change------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on the Priest and the Infidel-------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on the Goldilocks Conspiracy--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Ethnicity and Organized Crime, and on Pedophile Reports--Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Arab/Israeli Violence, and on Hitler's Sociology---------Filthy Pierre----------47 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Medieval Ritual Murder Allegations-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------47 Comments for David Hoscheidt on Libertarianism-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------47 Comments for Space Needle on Language, and for Abigail on Diminishing Returns----------Filthy Pierre----------48 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on the Frequency of The Connection------------------------Filthy Pierre----------49 Comments for Woody Welling on the Presidential Election--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------49 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ _ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| / | |__| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | |__| | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ | __| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 1 March 2001 ******************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #250): 13 APRIL 2001 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************* ================================================================================================================ Excerpt from "In a Sunburned Country"--------------------------------------------------Bill Bryson-------------0 Excerpt from "In a Sunburned Country," submitted by------------------------------------Space Needle------------0 "Planning the Unthinkable" (book ad)---------------------------------------------------Cornell Univ. Press-----0 "Planning the Unthinkable" (book ad), submitted by-------------------------------------Space Needle------------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Efficient Markets Hypothesis, and Comments for Erwin-----------------------------------Matt Hogan--------------3 Social Consequences of Nanotechnology--------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm---------------4 Comments for Chuck Z., for Bernie on Lincoln, Frey on Jury Duty, and Welling on Dubya--Jim Stumm---------------5 Comments for FP and Hoscheidt on Libertarianism, and for Thersites---------------------Jim Stumm---------------5 Comments for Thersites on Voting, and for FP on Mutual Funds---------------------------Jim Stumm---------------6 Gunning for Gore, Comments for Space Needle on Voting, and for Welling on ZPG----------Jim Stumm---------------7 Decide on 3 Things at the Start of a Game: the Rules, the Stakes, & the Quitting Time--Thersites---------------8 Comments for Chuck Z., for Abigail, and for Stumm--------------------------------------Thersites---------------8 Comments for Hoscheidt, and for TTMASSG------------------------------------------------Thersites---------------9 Comments for Hoscheidt, and for Filthy-------------------------------------------------Thersites--------------10 From the Oh Yeah? Dept.----------------------------------------------------------------Thersites--------------11 Our National ID Card, and Libertarian Party 2001---------------------------------------Chuck Z.---------------12 Cutting Down the Kitchen Maple---------------------------------------------------------Ed Reith---------------13 Comments on The Connection #248 for F. P.----------------------------------------------Abby B.----------------15 The State of the Law: The Rule of Law vs. the Rule of Laws, and Punitive Damages-------David Hoscheidt--------18 The State of the Law: Vague and Unknowable Laws----------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------18 The State of the Law: Extra-Territorial Application of the Law, & Assumption of Risk---David Hoscheidt--------19 The State of the Law: Hate Crimes, and Civil Forfeiture--------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------19 Newton Was Right, Addendum, and Disproof of Any God------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------20 The Ultimate Rogue Nation--------------------------------------------------------------John M. Swomley--------21 The Ultimate Rogue Nation, submitted by------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------21 Initial Greeting-----------------------------------------------------------------------SledDog----------------24 Specific Responses to the Contributors of TC #248: Stumm and T3------------------------SledDog----------------25 Specific Responses to the Contributors of TC #248: Goldbrick and Filthy----------------SledDog----------------26 Bernie's Page: You Bet Your Wife, and Quote of the Day---------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------28 Ads for Lomci Resort, and for Shady's Open-Air Pig Manure Dump-------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------30 Epilogue from "The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible"------------------------------------Ken Schoolland---------31 Epilogue from "The Adventures of Jonathan Gullible," submitted by----------------------Bernie Gallagher-------31 Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru: Comments to All, and for Filthy-----------Dante DeAmicis---------32 Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru: Comments for Thersites--------------------Dante DeAmicis---------34 Open Mike Night Ends-------------------------------------------------------------------Staff Reports----------35 Open Mike Night Ends, submitted by-----------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------35 Comments for Sam Goldbrick re: Points, & for Thersites re: Comment to Filthy on Goats--Dante DeAmicis---------36 Comments for Filthy re: comment to Stumm, Economics------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------36 "Nigger Life" / Black Culture----------------------------------------------------------Uncredited-------------37 "Nigger Life" / Black Culture, submitted by--------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------37 Comments for Filthy--------------------------------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------37 Quote of the Day-----------------------------------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------40 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre----------41 Comments for Matt Hogan on Economics---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------41 Comments for Jim Stumm on Expectations, and on "Proof by Definition"-------------------Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for Jim Stumm on the "Efficient-Markets" Theory, & on Momentum and Pendulums--Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for Jim Stumm on George Soros and the Tech Wreck------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------44 Comments for Jim Stumm on the Usefulness of Market Insights, and on Time Baselines-----Filthy Pierre----------44 Comments for Jim Stumm on Investment costs, and on Nanotech----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Jim Stumm on Parliamentary Voting-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Thersites on Merits of Arguments, and on "Ideas Whose Time Has Come"------Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Thersites on His Brand of Socialism---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------47 Comments for Thersites on Ways to "Work (Make a Living)"-------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------47 Comments for Thersites on Consumption Taxes, and on Materialism------------------------Filthy Pierre----------48 Comments for Thersites on Choosing Managers, and on "Consent of the Governed"----------Filthy Pierre----------49 Comments for Thersites on "Geek Speak," and on "Geniuses"------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------49 Comments for Thersites About Fan Funds, and on Socialist Countries---------------------Filthy Pierre----------50 Comments for Dante DeAmicis on Leisure for the Old-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------51 Comments for Space Needle, and for Ed Reith, and for Abby B., and for Larry Brittain---Filthy Pierre----------51 Comments for Bernie on the Decline of the Founders' Vision of America------------------Filthy Pierre----------52 Comments for Trailer Trash Messiah on Fast Food, on CEOs, and on Pimps & Prostitutes---Filthy Pierre----------52 Comments for T. T. M. on Indonesia, on Yeoman Defense, and on Music Marketing----------Filthy Pierre----------52 Further Comments for Thersites on "Geniuses," and for Abby B. on Medicine--------------Filthy Pierre----------52 Comments for Same Goldbrick on Memes, and on the Sources of Memes----------------------Filthy Pierre----------53 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Racial Stereotypes,&on Racial Correlation with Behavior--Filthy Pierre----------54 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Anthropological Documentaries, and on Washington DC------Filthy Pierre----------54 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Similarities in Black Behavior in Different Countries----Filthy Pierre----------55 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Race and Police Power, & on the "Goldilocks Conspiracy"--Filthy Pierre----------55 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on the Role of Jews in the Russian Mafia, & on Sex Crimes---Filthy Pierre----------56 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Libel Actions, and on My Choice in News Media------------Filthy Pierre----------56 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on the Credibility of Media---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------57 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ __ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| |__ | | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ ___| |__| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 3 May 2001 ****************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #251): 15 JUNE 2001 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ****************************************** ================================================================================================================ Signifying Nothing---------------------------------------------------------------------Pat Bontempo------------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Who's Reading My TC249, or did the PO Shred It?, Comments on Relativity----------------Jim Stumm---------------3 Comments for Thersites on Proprietary Communities (PCs)--------------------------------Jim Stumm---------------4 Comments for Pierre on Relativity, and Neighborhood Phone Directories------------------Space Needle------------5 Comments for Pierre on the Nolan Chart-------------------------------------------------Space Needle------------6 Comments for Sleddog on CEOs, and for F. Pierre and Other TCers on Inflation-----------Stephen H. Frey---------7 Comments for Jim Stumm on Jury Duty, on Defense, and on the Electoral College----------Stephen H. Frey---------7 Comments for Jim Stumm & F. Pierre on Relativity, and To Whom It Concerns on Religion--Stephen H. Frey---------8 Natural History: Is This God?----------------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------10 Trailer Trash Messiah and Storage Shed Guru: Comments for Thersites--------------------Dante DeAmicis---------11 Comments for Thersites, and Taxes and Libertarians-------------------------------------Chuck Z.---------------12 TC249: The Compassionate Conservatives-------------------------------------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----13 Napster Hearings-----------------------------------------------------------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----14 Comments for Jim Stumm on AIDS, for Dante on Trailer Parks, and for FP on TC Matters---Woodrow J. Welling-----15 Are We a Democracy?--------------------------------------------------------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----16 The Case for Napster-------------------------------------------------------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----17 Comments on Medical Matters, for FP on TC Matters, and About GW Bush-------------------Woodrow J. Welling-----19 Bernie's Page: Quote of the Day, and You Bet Your Wife (Conclusion)--------------------Bernie Gallegher-------20 Attention Hemousoff Guests, and Winner of the Oak Barrel Award Is Declared!------------Bernie Gallegher-------22 The Freedom Philosophy-----------------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallegher-------23 Cryptograms----------------------------------------------------------------------------Various----------------24 Cryptograms, submitted by--------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------24 Valley People, and other Clippings, sumitted by----------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------25 First Draft of W.'s Inauguration Speech------------------------------------------------Michael Moore----------26 First Draft of W.'s Inauguration Speech, and Various Clippings, submitted by-----------Abigail Bosworth-------26 Ask Your Doctor------------------------------------------------------------------------Paul Krassner----------27 A 24-Hour Meeting on Mad Cow Illness---------------------------------------------------Sandra Blakeslee-------27 Ask Your Doctor, and A 24-Hour Meeting on Mad Cow Illness, submitted by----------------Abigail Bosworth-------27 Computer Productivity, and What Is a Unit of Capital?----------------------------------Matt Hogan-------------28 The Equity Premium Puzzle, and Boob Tube Technology------------------------------------Matt Hogan-------------28 Efficient Markets, and Follow-Ups on Questions for Erwin-------------------------------Matt Hogan-------------29 A Review of David Barash's "Revolutionary Biology"-------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------30 Comments for Sleddog-------------------------------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------31 Comments for Filthy--------------------------------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------32 Comments for Dante---------------------------------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------33 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre----------34 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on the Jews-------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------34 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Blacks---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------35 Comments for Jim Stumm on Proprietary Communities (PCs), and on the US Civil War-------Filthy Pierre----------35 Comments for Jim Stumm on Relativity, and for Space Needle on Relativity---------------Filthy Pierre----------36 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on Economics----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------36 Comments for Chuck Z., for Woody Welling, and for Pat Bontempo-------------------------Filthy Pierre----------37 Comments for Matt Hogan on Efficient Markets-------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------38 Comments for Matt Hogan on "Mysteries" and "Puzzles"-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------39 Comments for Matt Hogan on Computer Productivity, and on His Numbered Points-----------Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for Space Needle on the Nolan Chart-------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------41 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ _ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| |__ | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ ___| _|__ ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 8 July 2001 ******************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #252): 17 AUGUST 2001 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************** ================================================================================================================ The Best Reason to Vote Libertarian----------------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt---------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Banks, Fraud and Loan Money------------------------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick-----------3 Demystifying Inbreeding----------------------------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick-----------4 The Rascally US Government, and Comments for Jim Stumm and Filthy Pierre on Physics----Sam Goldbrick-----------5 Comments for Space Needle and Stephen H. Frey on Banking-------------------------------Sam Goldbrick-----------5 Law Enforcement: A New Aristocracy, Hijacked, and Comments for Filthy on the Jews------Sam Goldbrick-----------6 Comments for Hogan on HIV, and for Stumm on Nanotech and on Democracy------------------Thersites---------------7 Comments for Ed Reith, for Frey on Jury Duty, and for Sleddog on Income Transfer-------Thersites---------------7 Comments for Dante on Defensiveness and on Other Subjects, and for Chuck Z. on Rights--Thersites---------------8 Comments for Hogan on UFOs-------------------------------------------------------------Thersites---------------8 Comments for Filthy on Socialism, and From the Oh Yeah? Dept.--------------------------Thersites---------------9 Welcome to the Mind Uploading Home Page: Get Involved----------------------------------Joe Strout-------------10 Welcome to the Mind Uploading Home Page: Get Involved, submitted by--------------------Thersites--------------10 Anarchist Libertarians-----------------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------11 Comments for Frey on Jury Duty, and for FP on Juries, and for Hogan on Investing-------Jim Stumm--------------12 Comments for Welling on AIDS and Africa, and for Goldbrick on Oil and Energy-----------Jim Stumm--------------13 Comments for Filthy Pierre on the Civil War--------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------14 Comments for Filthy Pierre on Taxes, and on Relativity and the GPS---------------------Stephen H. Frey--------15 Comments for Jim Stumm on the Doppler Effect-------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------15 More Notes on Relativity, and Letter to the Editor of Overtime on Star Wars & on Oil---Stephen H. Frey--------16 Pages 441 and 442 from "Philosophy," 3rd Edition, re: Relativity-----------------------James L. Christian-----17 Pages 441 and 442 from "Philosophy," 3rd Edition, re: Relativity, submitted by---------Stephen H. Frey--------17 U. N. to Unveil Sweeping Attack on AIDS------------------------------------------------Michael M. Phillips----19 U. N. to Unveil Sweeping Attack on AIDS------------------------------------------------Rachel Zimmerman-------19 U. N. to Unveil Sweeping Attack on AIDS, submitted by----------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------19 Records Show That Surgical Instruments Are Mistakenly Left in the Patient's Body...----Jim Gordon-------------19 Records Show That Surgical Instruments Are Mistakenly Left in the..., submitted by-----Abigail Bosworth-------19 Comments for Filthy Pierre re:Fast Food,"Effective"CEOs,Pimps,Pat Boone's Heavy Metal--Dante DeAmicis---------20 Matrix Blues---------------------------------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------21 Comments for Sam Goldbrick re: Race----------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------22 The Yeoman "House"---------------------------------------------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------23 Comments for Filthy Pierre on Gary Null, on AIDS Money, and on Antibiotics-------------Abigail Bosworth-------25 Comments for Filthy Pierre on Mushrooms, on Banking, and on Other Subjects-------------Abigail Bosworth-------25 Comments for Thersites on Herbs, and for Stephen H. Frey on Jury Duty------------------Abigail Bosworth-------25 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre----------26 Comments for Jim Stumm on the Civil War------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------26 Comments for Jim Stumm on Non-Coercive Government, and in General----------------------Filthy Pierre----------27 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on Taxes, and on the Global Positioning System------------Filthy Pierre----------27 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on the Doppler Effect-------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------28 My Excellent Jury-Duty Adventure-------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------28 Comments for Abigail on "Peer Review," and for Sam Goldbrick on Genetic Determination--Filthy Pierre----------29 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Inclusiveness, and on Communications and Disease---------Filthy Pierre----------30 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Genes Vs. Memes, and on Hunting Behavior in Cats---------Filthy Pierre----------31 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on the Development of Blue-Water Sailing--------------------Filthy Pierre----------31 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Norse vs. Mbuti------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------31 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Force & Guile, on "Cans," on Inbreeding, & on Teleology--Filthy Pierre----------32 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on the Holocaust, and on Banking----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------33 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Cannibalism, on "Brainwashing," and on Survivalism-------Filthy Pierre----------34 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on the Persistence of Memes---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------34 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on the Role of Environment in Shaping Heritage--------------Filthy Pierre----------34 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Styles of Argument, and in General-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------35 Comments for Dante DeAmicis/Trailer Trash Messiah, and for Thersites-------------------Filthy Pierre----------35 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| |__ __| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ ___| |___ ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 18 August 2001 *********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #253): 28 SEPTEMBER 2001 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous *********************************************** ================================================================================================================ How Radical Libertarianism Benefits Opponents of Liberty-------------------------------David Hoscheidt---------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 There's No Rabbit in This Hat----------------------------------------------------------Pat Bontempo------------3 Bernie's Page, including Quote of the Day----------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher--------5 Jane's BDSM Club, B.G Toy Store, Jake's FBO, Edgrrr's Pet Shoppe (Coventry ads)--------Bernie Gallagher--------6 I Am IJ--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Institute for Justice---7 I Am IJ, submitted by------------------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher--------7 Free Markets Aren't Conservative, and Future of Freedom Foundation Ad------------------Sheldon Richman---------8 Free Markets Aren't Conservative and Future of Freedom Foundation Ad, submitted by-----Bernie Gallagher--------8 Comments for Thersites, Jim Stumm, Abigail, Sam Goldbrick, and F. Pierre---------------Stephen H. Frey---------9 Comments for Sam Goldbrick, and DCCC Member Alert--------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------10 President Bush Has Lowest IQ of All Presidents of Past 50 Years------------------------Penna. Court Observer--11 President Bush Has Lowest IQ of All Presidents of Past 50 Years, submitted by----------Stephen H. Frey--------11 Money and Banking----------------------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------13 Comments for Frey on Science-----------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------14 Comments for Thersites on Secession----------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------15 Comments for Thersites on the Needy----------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------16 Astronomical Blunders------------------------------------------------------------------Bob Berman-------------17 Astronomical Blunders, submitted by----------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------17 Movie Review: The Lost Empire Atlantis-------------------------------------------------Arthur Winfield Knight-17 Movie Review: The Lost Empire Atlantis, submitted by-----------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------17 Want Qat Not Pot, and Did You Know Florida Ripens...with Arsenate of Lead?-------------Abigail Bosworth-------18 At Last, a Global Strategy to Fight AIDS-----------------------------------------------Newsday----------------19 At Last, a Global Strategy to Fight AIDS, submitted by---------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------19 Democracy is No E-Mocracy for Politicos------------------------------------------------Mary Hunn--------------19 Democracy is No E-Mocracy for Politicos------------------------------------------------Surfer gURL------------19 Democracy is No E-Mocracy for Politicos, submitted by----------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------19 Snowball Snowballs (photo)-------------------------------------------------------------Nella White------------19 Snowball Snowballs (photo), submitted by-----------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------19 Snowball Snowballs (article)-----------------------------------------------------------Nella White------------20 Snowball Snowballs (article), submitted by---------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------20 Those Who Haven't Got It: Atheists Who Believe in Ghosts: Comments for Hoscheidt-------Thersites--------------21 Those Who Haven't Got It: Atheists Who Believe in Ghosts: Comments for Stumm-----------Thersites--------------21 Those Who Haven't Got It: Atheists Who Believe in Ghosts: Comments for Filthy----------Thersites--------------21 From the Oh Yeah? Dept.----------------------------------------------------------------Thersites--------------22 Comments on Reparations for Slavery----------------------------------------------------Thersites--------------22 Proposal for Improved Display of Weather Information on TV-----------------------------Space Needle-----------23 Proposal for Investigation of Strange Phenomena----------------------------------------Space Needle-----------24 The Jewish Food Tax--------------------------------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------27 Comments for Filthy Pierre on the Broken Pot Defense-----------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------28 Comments for Filthy Pierre on Holocaust Claims-----------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------28 Comments for Filthy Pierre on Culture vs. Genes, on Survivalism, and on Jewish Vice----Sam Goldbrick----------29 Comments for Jim Stumm on Energy, and on the Ira Einhorn Case--------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------30 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre----------31 About The Connection-------------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------31 The (Libertarian) Connection -- Everything Your Mother Told You Never to Talk About----Filthy Pierre----------33 Comments for Jim Stumm on Secession,& for Jim Stumm and Stephen H. Frey on Relativity--Filthy Pierre----------34 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on Relativity, and on Taxes-------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------34 Comments for Bernie on Publicizing The Connection on the Internet, and on Pollution----Filthy Pierre----------35 Comments for Bernie on Proprietary Commuities (PCs)------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------35 Comments for Bernie on Replacing People with Computers---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------35 Comments for Bernie on Time Reform, and for Abigail Bosworth on Snowball the Cat-------Filthy Pierre----------36 Comments for Abigail Bosworth on Conspiracies, and on Scientific Reliability-----------Filthy Pierre----------37 Comments for Space Needle on Weather and Other Graphics on TV--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------37 The Truth Is Not Out There: Comments for Space Needle on Skepticism and Belief---------Filthy Pierre----------38 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on the "Jewish Food Tax", and for Space Needle on Altruism--Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on the Einhorn Case, and on the Virtue of Violence----------Filthy Pierre----------41 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on the Idea of a Jewish Conspiracy, and on Genes vs. Memes--Filthy Pierre----------42 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on the "Broken Pot" Defense---------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------42 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Ordinary vs. Extraordinary Claims------------------------Filthy Pierre----------42 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on the Romans, and on the Role of Culture-------------------Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Challenges, and on Deep Time-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Cannibalism, and on Survivalism--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------44 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Jewish Vice and Frog Vision------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------44 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Energy, and on Citing Hitler-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Thersites on Predictions--------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Thersites on Sharing, on Choosing Managers, and on Debating Style---------Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for David Hoscheidt on Libertarian Strategy-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------46 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| |__ __| | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ ___| ___| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 18 October 2001 ********************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #254): 30 NOVEMBER 2001 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************** ================================================================================================================ Ave Atque Vale-------------------------------------------------------------------------Thersites---------------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Comment to Pierre on Promoting TLC, and Reply to Pieer on TV Weather Graphics----------Space Needle------------3 Reply to Pierre on Beliefe and Skepticism----------------------------------------------Space Needle------------3 Newsletter Article on the Yeti---------------------------------------------------------Dmitri Bayanov----------4 Newsletter Article on the Yeti---------------------------------------------------------Nick Allen--------------4 Newsletter Article on the Yeti, submitted by-------------------------------------------Space Needle------------4 Clippings on Strange Phenomena, submitted by-------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------11 The First Human Who Hurled an Insult Instead of a Stone Was Founder of Civilization----Thersites--------------14 Comments for Hoscheidt, Bontempo, Frey and Stumm---------------------------------------Thersites--------------14 Comments for SpaceNeedle and Filthy----------------------------------------------------Thersites--------------15 Extract of My Words in TC 183, and Extract of My Word in TC 185------------------------Thersites--------------16 Extract of My Words in Another Venue, and Extract of My Words in TC 200----------------Thersites--------------17 From the Oh Yeah? Department-----------------------------------------------------------Thersites--------------17 Bernie's Page: I Hold the Following Creed Sacrosanct: These Are Your Rights------------Bernie Gallagher-------18 These Are Your Responsibilities--------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------19 The Responsibility of Government is to Render Justice -- No More and No Less-----------Bernie Gallagher-------19 Carla Howell, Libertarian for Governor (ad), submitted by------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------20 Michael Cloud, Libertarian for U. S. Senate (ad), submitted by-------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------21 Are They Really Libertarians (and Does It Matter)?-------------------------------------Pat Bontempo-----------22 Comments on TC 251 for Storage Shed, and for FIlthy Pierre-----------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------24 Comments on TC 251 for Dante About Evil Taking Skill-----------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------25 Comments on TC 251 for Frey, and for Filthy Pierre-------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------25 Recommended Reading--------------------------------------------------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------26 Comments for Thersites on Jury Duty, and for Bernie on Pollution Control---------------Jim Stumm--------------27 Want to Bulid a Bomb? (citation of "Basement Nukes")-----------------------------------Alvin & Heidi Toffler--27 Want to Bulid a Bomb? (citation of "Basement Nukes"), submitted by---------------------Jim Stumm--------------27 Comments for FP on the Decline of 'Zines-----------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------27 Comments for Bontompo in Taking Over a County------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------28 Comments for Goldbrick on Retreat, for FP on PCs, and for T3 on What's Do-able---------Jim Stumm--------------29 Comments for Hogan on TV Tech----------------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------30 Pseudo Science-------------------------------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------31 Comments for F. Pierre on GPS, and for Jim Stumm & F. Pierre on Relativity-------------Stephen H. Frey--------31 To Whem It May Concern on Relativity, and Back to the GPS------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------32 Petitions to De-Alert Nuclear Weapons and not Deploy a National Missile Defense--------Physicians for Social -32 Petitions to De-Alert Nuclear Weapons & not Deploy Nat'l.Missile Defense,submitted by--Stephen H. Frey--------32 U. S. Military Spending vs. the World--------------------------------------------------Christopher Hellman----33 U. S. Military Spending vs. the World, submitted by------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------33 Program of Memorial Service for Woodrow J. Welling-------------------------------------June S. Welling--------34 Eulogy for Woodrow J. Welling----------------------------------------------------------June S. Welling--------35 Tribute to Woody-----------------------------------------------------------------------Kermit Stump-----------39 Tribute to Woody, submitted by---------------------------------------------------------June S. Welling--------39 Tribute to Woody-----------------------------------------------------------------------Don Larson-------------40 Tribute to Woody, submitted by---------------------------------------------------------June S. Welling--------40 Tribute to Woody-----------------------------------------------------------------------Howard Rhodes----------41 Tribute to Woody, submitted by---------------------------------------------------------June S. Welling--------41 Tribute to Woody-----------------------------------------------------------------------Robert W. O'Donnell----41 Tribute to Woody, submitted by---------------------------------------------------------June S. Welling--------41 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre----------42 Comments for Jim Stumm on Advertising the Connection, and on the Internet--------------Filthy Pierre----------42 Comments for Jim Stumm on TV Tech, and on Proprietary Communities (PCs)----------------Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for Jim Stumm on Government Financing by Endowment----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on Relativity---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for Abigail Bosworth on Gary Null, and for Thersites on Democracy-------------Filthy Pierre----------44 Comments for Thersites on Contemplating the Future, and on Disparities in Wealth-------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Thersites on the Role of Economic Power in Politics-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Thersites on Correlations between Social Environments and Outcomes--------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Space Needle on the Scientific Process------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------45 Comments for Space Needle on Egyptology, and on Bets,----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Space Needle on the Pattern of Bigfoot Evidence---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------46 Comments for Space Needle on Bigfoot---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------47 Comments for Space Needle on Alternative Fact-Finding Methods--------------------------Filthy Pierre----------48 Comments for Space Needle on Mythic Archetypes-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------49 Hello, Fellow Readers------------------------------------------------------------------Brian Henry------------50 Comments for Brian Henry---------------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------52 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ _ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| |__ / | | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | |__| | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ ___| | ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 2 December 2001 ********************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #255): 11 JANUARY 2002 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ********************************************* ================================================================================================================ I Am the Institute for Justice (Property Rights Litigation), submitted by--------------Bernie Gallagher--------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Papernet Comments: Space Needle, Hot & Cold; Frey, IQ Hoax; Bernie, Nano-Welfare-------Jim Stumm---------------3 Papernet Comments: Filthy Pierre, Relativity-------------------------------------------Jim Stumm---------------4 Papernet Comments: Thersites, Various Comments-----------------------------------------Jim Stumm---------------5 The Morning After the Morning After, and Ad for Monmouth County Libertarian Party------Pat Bontempo------------7 Response to Pierre on Bigfoot: Glory Hounds, Age of the Sphinx, and Question of Bets---Space Needle-----------10 Comments for Pierre: Adjustment of GPS Clocks, About Y2K, and On Bigfoot---------------Space Needle-----------11 Response to Pierre on Bigfoot: Professional Skeptics, DNA Analysis,& Yeti-Hair Report--Space Needle-----------12 Response to Pierre on Bigfoot: Physicists' Pronouncements on Perpetual Motion----------Space Needle-----------13 Response to Pierre on Bigfoot: Bones, Bears, Howling, Hair, and Burden of Proof--------Space Needle-----------14 Response to Pierre on Bigfoot: Tracks/Hoaxers, Negative Camera Traps, 12 Professors----Space Needle-----------14 Response to Pierre on Bigfoot: Tests of Evidence---------------------------------------Space Needle-----------14 Response to Pierre on Bigfoot: Official vs. Individual Investigations, & Creationists--Space Needle-----------15 Response to Pierre on Bigfoot: Air Force Investigations, and Compartmentalization------Space Needle-----------15 Response to Pierre on Bigfoot: Breeding Population Requirements------------------------Space Needle-----------15 Response to Pierre on Bigfoot: Bigfoot as Mythic Archetype, and Reluctant Witnesses----Space Needle-----------16 Response to Pierre on Bigfoot: Relativity Clipping, submitted by-----------------------Space Needle-----------17 Response to Pierre on Bigfoot: Relativity Clipping-------------------------------------Tom Bethell------------17 London Times Article on Yeti Evidence, Mentioning Science News, submitted by-----------Space Needle-----------18 Review of Book, "Big Footage," submitted by--------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------18 Democracy...G. B. Shaw: Comments for Space Needle, Pat Bontempo, Jim Stumm, Filthy-----Thersites--------------19 Democracy...G. B. Shaw: From the Oh Yeah? Dept.----------------------------------------Thersites--------------19 Book Reviews: "The City in History," and "The Death & Life of Great American Cities"---Jim Henry--------------20 Astrological Signs and Constellations: Letter to the Editor of American Astrology------Donald Wright----------24 Astrological Signs and...: Letter to the Editor of American Astrology, submitted by----Abigail Bosworth-------24 Do Black Holes Exist?------------------------------------------------------------------Bob Berman-------------27 Do Black Holes Exist?, submitted by----------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------27 Comments for All TCers (Death of Woody Welling), Jim Stumm on Juries, Thersites--------Stephen H. Frey--------28 US Military Spending vs. the World-----------------------------------------------------Christopher Hellman----29 US Military Spending vs. the World, submitted by---------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------29 Americans Support Democracy: Get Used to It--------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------31 Comments for Pat Bontempo on the Libertarian Party-------------------------------------David Hoscheidt--------31 Letter to the Principal re: Bullies (An Allegory)--------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------33 Ad for Coventry, and Ad for Herman's Pharmacy in Coventry------------------------------Bernie Gallagher-------35 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre----------36 Comments for Jim Stumm on Relativity---------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------36 Comments for Jim Stumm on Predictive Power vs. Elegance/Simplicity, and on Nanotech----Filthy Pierre----------37 Comments for Jim Stumm on Bill Clinton's IQ--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------37 Comments for Space Needle on Political Agendas-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------38 Comments for Space Needle on the Attitudes of Physicists toward "Strange Phenomena"----Filthy Pierre----------38 Comments for Space Needle on Process vs. Specific Outcomes, and on Refereed Journals---Filthy Pierre----------39 Comments for Space Needle on Patterns of Evidence--------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------39 Comments for Space Needle on "Big Footage, and on Evidence vs. Reports-----------------Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for Space Needle on the Principle that "More Is Less"-------------------------Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for Space Needle on Flash Conversions, and on the Age of the Sphinx-----------Filthy Pierre----------41 Comments for Space Needle on the Effect of "Professional Skeptics"---------------------Filthy Pierre----------41 Comments for Space Needle on "Independence of Mind in Academia,"and on "Glory Hounds"--Filthy Pierre----------41 Comments for Space Needle on Relativity, on Y2K, & on the Pattern of Bigfoot Evidence--Filthy Pierre----------42 Comments for Space Needle on DNA Analysis, and Bones, and Howling, and Bears (Oh My!)--Filthy Pierre----------42 Comments for Space Needle on "Coming to Something," and on Burden of Proof-------------Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for Space Needle on Bigfoot Hoaxes--------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for Space Needle on English Cougars and Other Urban Legends-------------------Filthy Pierre----------44 Comments for Space Needle on "Creation Science" vs. "Strange Phenomena"----------------Filthy Pierre----------44 Comments for Thersites on "Idealized Dream Systems," and on Contemplating the Future---Filthy Pierre----------44 Comments for Thersites on the Role of Economic Power in Politics-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------44 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| |__ |__ | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ ___| ___| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 25 January 2002 ****************************************** Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #256): 8 MARCH 2002 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ****************************************** ================================================================================================================ Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Instituted for Humane Studies (advertisement), submitted by----------------------------Bernie Gallagher--------3 Institue for Justice (advertisement), submitted by-------------------------------------Bernie Gallagher--------4 Commons Sense for Drug Policy (advertisement), submitted by----------------------------Bernie Gallagher--------5 National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (advertisement), submitted by---Bernie Gallagher--------6 Comments for Jim Stumm on Body Temperature, on Bush/Clinton, and on Relativity---------Stephen H. Frey---------7 Comments for Space Needle and F. Pierre on Relativity----------------------------------Stephen H. Frey---------7 Question for F. Pierre and All TCs on US Defense Policy--------------------------------Stephen H. Frey---------7 Doubt (poem), and the Oak Hill Free Press (advertisement), submitted by----------------Stephen H. Frey---------8 The Tragedy of September 11th, 2001----------------------------------------------------Leland W. Ruble---------9 The Tragedy of September 11th, 2001, submitted by--------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey---------9 A Slightly Belated Thank You to God----------------------------------------------------Dorothy B. Thompson----10 A Slightly Belated Thank You to God, submitted by--------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey--------10 I'm a YEP, New Year's Resolutions, and KKUP Invitation---------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------11 Comments for Space Needle, for Filthy Pierre, and for Thersites------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------11 And Speaking of Corporations, and Comments for Hoscheidt and for Stumm-----------------Dante DeAmicis---------12 "Free and Clear" KKUP 91.5 FM -- Notes on Dec. 19 Show---------------------------------Dante DeAmicis---------13 Letter to Observer American, Arts and Entertainment, re: Open Mike Night---------------Dante DeAmicis---------14 Libertarians and the Immigration Issue-------------------------------------------------Chuck Z.---------------15 Comments on The Connection #253 for Filthy, for Brian Henry & for June Welling---------Abigail Bosworth-------16 Comments on TC #253 for Filthy, on Advertising The Connection, and for Space Needle----Abigail Bosworth-------17 Stromata: Comments on Palestine After September 11th-----------------------------------Tom Veal---------------18 Stromata: Good-bye to the Secret Ballot?,& Mr. Clinton Places the Blame(Guess Where?)--Tom Veal---------------19 Stromata: The Real Discrimination in Florida-------------------------------------------Tom Veal---------------20 Stromata: "Dictator" Bush?-------------------------------------------------------------Tom Veal---------------21 Time and Space, a Cosmic Positioning System--------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------22 Comments for Thersites on Juries, and for Brian Henry on Land and the Rich-------------Jim Stumm--------------22 Comments for Space Needle on Bigfoot, and on Terrorist Heartland-----------------------Jim Stumm--------------25 Reply to Pierre on Bigfoot and Other Strange Phenomena---------------------------------Space Needle-----------26 Reply to Thersites on Bigfoot----------------------------------------------------------Space Needle-----------30 Ruffled Feathers: Bird "Extinct" for 6 Decades Inspires a Search Party-----------------Dan Morse--------------31 Ruffled Feathers: Bird "Extinct" for 6 Decades Inspires a Search Party, submitted by---Filthy Pierre----------31 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre----------32 Comments for Jim Stumm on Space Positioning Systems------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------32 Comments for Jim Stumm on Subdivisions of Time-----------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------33 Comments for Jim Stumm on Science Fiction's Use of Mathematicl Terms-------------------Filthy Pierre----------34 Comments for Tom Veal on the Problem of the Non-Europeanized World---------------------Filthy Pierre----------34 Comments for Space Needle on the Proportion of Evidence That Is "Meaningless"----------Filthy Pierre----------35 Comments for Space Needle on the "Validity" of Evidence--------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------35 Comments for Space Needle on "Home Run Hitting," and on Apparent Contradictions--------Filthy Pierre----------36 Comments for Space Needle on the Distribution of Scientific Effort---------------------Filthy Pierre----------36 Comments for Space Needle on Process vs. Scientific Outcomes---------------------------Filthy Pierre----------37 Comments for Space Needle on Evidence and Miracles, and More is Less-------------------Filthy Pierre----------38 Comments for Space Needle on Paying for Evidence, and on Flash Conversions-------------Filthy Pierre----------39 Comments for Space Needle on Glory Hounds vs. Just Doing It----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------39 Comments for Space Needle on the Effect of Professional Skeptics-----------------------Filthy Pierre----------39 Comments for Space Needle on the Pattern of Bigfoot Evidence,& on Coming to Something--Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for Space Needle on the Burden of Proof, and on Bigfoot Hoaxes----------------Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for Space Needle on Urban Legends, and on Creation Science--------------------Filthy Pierre----------40 Comments for Space Needle on Coming Up with Numbers------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------41 Comments for Space Needle on Agnosticism, Fatuous Numbers, and Occam's Razor-----------Filthy Pierre----------41 Comments for Chuck Z. on Immigration, for Dante DeAmicis, and for Stephen H. Frey------Filthy Pierre----------42 Comments for Abigail Bosworth on the Value of Conventional Medicine--------------------Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for Abigail Bosworth on the Value of Vitalism, and on Gary Null's Lifestyle---Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for Abigail Bosworth on Credence and Credibility------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------43 Comments for Abigail Bosworth on the Value of Science, and on Predicting the Future----Filthy Pierre----------44 Comments for Abigail Bosworth----------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------44 _____ ____ ____ ___ ____ ____ _____ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ | | | |____ | | | |\ | |\ | |___ | | | | | |\ | __| |__ |__ | |---| | | | | | \ | | \ | | | | | | | | \ | | | | | | | | |____ |____ |___| | \| | \| |____ |____ | _|_ |___| | \| |___ ___| |__| ================================================================================================================ DATE OF THIS ISSUE: 10 March 2002 ******************************************* Publisher: Erwin S. "Filthy Pierre" Strauss * NEXT DEADLINE (FOR #257): 19 APRIL 2002 * Founders: Nat Hall and Skye D'Aureous ******************************************* ================================================================================================================ Private Property and the Initiation of Force-------------------------------------------David Hoscheidt---------0 Table of Contents (by byline), Publication Date, & Deadline for Next Issue-------------Filthy Pierre-----------1 Shameless Plugs and Logistic Information-----------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre-----------2 Response to FP on Immigration, Comments on Tariffs, and Important Notice---------------Chuck Z.----------------3 Comments for Jim Stumm and F. Pierre Re: the Global Positioning System-----------------Stephen H. Frey---------4 The Last Word on Special Relativity (Einstein's Worst Mistake)-------------------------Stephen H. Frey---------4 Letter to the Editor-------------------------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey---------5 Retaliation Immoral--------------------------------------------------------------------Rania Masri-------------6 Retaliation Immoral, submitted by------------------------------------------------------Stephen H. Frey---------6 Too Much National Unity Can Bring Tragedy----------------------------------------------Lynn Cheatum------------7 Too Much National Unity Can Bring Tragedy, submitted by--------------------------------Stephen H. Frey---------7 New Job, and Comments for Space Needle on Caveman ESP----------------------------------Jim Stumm---------------8 Comments for Filthy Pierre on Secession------------------------------------------------Jim Stumm---------------9 Comments for Dante on Craftsmanship, and on Taxes--------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------10 Comments for Filthy Pierre on Scandinavia----------------------------------------------Jim Stumm--------------10 Bernie's Page: Quote of the Day, Juries vs. Panels of Judges, Democracy, Pollution-----Bernie Gallgher--------11 Bernie's Page: Time Reform-------------------------------------------------------------Bernie Gallgher--------11 Comments on Littlefoot, and for Pat on Voter Registration------------------------------Bernie Gallgher--------12 Comments for Pierre on Proprietary Communities, and for Jim Stumm on Welfare-----------Bernie Gallgher--------12 Comments for Jim Henry on Cities, and on Welfare vs. Charity---------------------------Bernie Gallgher--------13 Query for Pierre on Relativity, Recommended Reading, and Coventry Ad-------------------Bernie Gallgher--------14 Reply to Filthy Pierre on Cities and Suburbs-------------------------------------------Jim Henry--------------15 Reply to Jim Stumm on Rich People and Ownership of Land, and on Housing and Education--Jim Henry--------------15 Comments for Jim Stumm and Filthy Pierre on Coordinate Systems-------------------------Jim Henry--------------16 Comments for Space Needle, F. Pierre, A. Bosworth et alia on Prophecy & Premonition----Jim Henry--------------16 Comments for Thersites, Brian Henry, and Others, on Banking and Credit-----------------Jim Henry--------------17 Comments for Brian Henry and Abigail Bosworth on Basic Rules of Conduct----------------Jim Henry--------------18 Comments on The Connection # 255 for # 256 for Filthy Pierre---------------------------Abigail Bosworth-------19 Comments on The Connection # 255 for # 256 for Stumm and Pierre Re: Calendar Reform----Abigail Bosworth-------20 It Works!------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jeff S. Harden---------21 The Racist Returns: Comments for Filthy------------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------22 The Racist Returns: Comments for Jim Stumm---------------------------------------------Sam Goldbrick----------24 The Racist Returns: Comments for Filthy, and for Jim Stumm, and for Filthy-------------Sam Goldbrick----------25 Publisher's Page---IMPORTANT: STOP-PRESS NEWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE; READ THIS FIRST!!!-----Filthy Pierre----------26 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on the Global Positioning System (GPS)--------------------Filthy Pierre----------26 Comments for Stephen H. Frey on Measurements Vs. Qualities-----------------------------Filthy Pierre----------27 Comments for Jim Stumm on the US Civil War---------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------27 Comments for Jim Stumm on the Fall of the USSR, and on Libertarianism and Racism-------Filthy Pierre----------28 Comments for Jim Stumm on Approaching Retirement---------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------28 Comments for Bernie on Relativity, and on Pollution in Coventry------------------------Filthy Pierre----------29 Comments for Bernie on Democracy-------------------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------30 Comments for Bernie on Time Systems, on the Future, and on Welfare by Charity----------Filthy Pierre----------31 Comments for Bernie on Corporations, and for Jeff S. Harnden on Surf Power-------------Filthy Pierre----------31 Comments for Chuck Z. on Immigration Control-------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------31 Comments for Chuck Z. on Tariffs, and for David Hoscheidt on Land----------------------Filthy Pierre----------32 Comments for Abigail Bosworth, and for Sam Goldbrick on Having Things Both Ways--------Filthy Pierre----------32 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Aristocracies, and on Close Parsing of ADL Web Sites-----Filthy Pierre----------33 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on the Idea of One Shot at Civilization---------------------Filthy Pierre----------34 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Uploading and Identity-----------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------34 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on the Internet, and on Terrorism/Immigration---------------Filthy Pierre----------35 Comments for Sam Goldbrick on Roadside Relief------------------------------------------Filthy Pierre----------35