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Vertigo

RepRap

Added a reply Jan 22 2008

I'm sorry, but I am not buying this :) The "self replicating" aspect may have interesting philosophical consequences (is it alive?), but it has very little practical meaning. If a future "reprap" ... Read More »

Vertigo

The Palestinian Anallogy !!!

Added a post Jan 22 2008

The situation and history is of course far too complex and multifaceted to be accurately described by such an analogy, but there is certainly some truth to it. Perhaps this will interest you: "A B... Read More »

Tagged: zionism

Vertigo

RepRap

Added a post Jan 21 2008

Maybe I'm missing something here, but all I see is a neat toy ? I mean.. "self replicating" certainly sounds cool, but its about as self replicating as a stone hammer. I certainly don't see how th... Read More »

Vertigo

Mediocre Fascism or Bastion of Hope

Added a reply Jan 21 2008

about the Fed: first, its not entirely unelected or unaccountable; Members of the board are assigned by Congress AFAIK, But more importantly perhaps, the fact the federal reserve can operate with l... Read More »

Tagged: finance, foreign, policy, growth, foreign holdings

Vertigo

Mediocre Fascism or Bastion of Hope

Added a reply Jan 21 2008

I agree with most of what you say, and I am rooting for Ron Paul as well, but I just wanted to point out that despite that, I do see him as the lesser of all evils. You do have a point though that ... Read More »

Tagged: finance, foreign, policy, growth, foreign holdings

Vertigo

Mediocre Fascism or Bastion of Hope

Added a post Jan 20 2008

First let me say, I have a lot of admiration for Ron Paul. He is one of very few candidates that runs for all the right, idealistic reasons. Not just because he craves the power, but because he wan... Read More »

Tagged: finance, foreign, policy, growth, foreign holdings

Vertigo

Anti-Semitism and the Left that Doesn’t Learn

Added a post Jan 12 2008

It has nothing to do with anti-Semitism when you question the state of Israel, and frankly, I get quite tired of people being labelled as such for raising valid questions. Israel IMO is a state tha... Read More »

Tagged: zionism, anti-semitism, israel

Vertigo

Putin answers questions from Time magazine 1 Reply

Started this discussion. Last reply by Dennis Crowder Jan 13 2008.

You almost never hear Putin talk in our media, probably because he speaks Russian and rarely if ever english, so I thought it was interesting to see this 30 min interview with him conducted by Time... Read More »

Tagged: putin, russia

Vertigo

Cars powered by.. air

Started this discussion Jan 11 2008

Compressed air that is. Its not a fantasy, MDI, a french company has several working prototypes, and in fact has had them for several years. Watch this somewhat old clip: http://www.youtube.com/wa... Read More »

Tagged: air, cars, compressed

Vertigo

2003 Interview with Tariq Ali and Christopher Hitchens

Added a reply Jan 7 2008

thanks, I'll give it a try. Im running Gutsy as well. Read More »

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