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When I was very young, I followed my horoscope in mags and newspapers, for a number of years. I didn't believe in it. I think it was a vanity thing, with me searching to be flattered. Only one prediction of all those hundreds hit home.

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@izzythepush,

Juvenile isn't a favorite of mine (which is perhaps why I can't resist the attempt to make it seem more French), it's just that there are so many opportunities to use in in this forum.

On the other hand there is perhaps the crudest word in the English language: C*nut, which really seems to be one of your favorites, unless it's simply the case that you believe there are quite a few people in the world and in this forum who emulate vaginas.

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@farmerman,

Because it long ago ran its course.

It's become a neighborhood tavern, where the same regulars meet; joined every one again by an irregular or a stranger.

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@izzythepush,

Now you've really gone far afield izzy.

Please explain.

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@Setanta,

Capricorn

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@Finn dAbuzz,

Finn dAbuzz wrote:

On the other hand there is perhaps the crudest word in the English language: C*nut, which really seems to be one of your favorites,

He was one of my favourite kings, and he's a local boy. In the UK we don't use the C word like you do. It's never aimed at women, nor is it used to denote effeminacy in men. I have used it a few times, but only when warranted, and I have spelled it correctly.

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@Finn dAbuzz,

Finn dAbuzz wrote:

Now you've really gone far afield izzy.

Please explain.

You'll have to give me a bit more info. What post are you replying to?

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Above your post and immediately below your user name you will see "@+the name of the person to whom you are responding," in this case, "@Finn d'Abuzz" (or however he spells his goofy screen name). If you click on that part of each post, you can follow the trail back to the post in which you commented on his sneer about "catlick." Although for the likes of Finn, i really did waste too much time following the trail back.

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@Setanta,

Thank you, you learn something new everyday.

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@Finn dAbuzz,

Finn dAbuzz wrote:

Now you've really gone far afield izzy.

Please explain.

Thanks to Setanta I know what you're referring to. I suggest you look up the definition of 'pun.'

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@Finn dAbuzz,

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Because it long ago ran its course.

It's become a neighborhood tavern, where the same regulars meet; joined every one again by an irregular or a stranger

I too am having a bit of a bother here trying to decipher about which post of mine you composed this response?.
(Usually, I dont keep a post from two or three days past in mind so a little help would be appreciated).

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@farmerman,

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Theres no "scientific method" involved in astrology. The results are not repeatable and no predictions (accurate predictions) are possible. EVery astrological table is basically unique and is built more upon myth than anything scientific.

It's been obvious for a long time that fm defines science in such a way that none of his complacent equanimities are ruffled. He's wiped out psychosomatics, theology and astrology on many previous occasions. He uses the dodgy amateur practitioners of these sciences as if they represent the real thing. He diligently searches them out. If a priest is caught doing something evil it means for fm that the whole Catholic Church is a bag of shite. By such logic the "ungodly lusts" are free to wax as they will and thus the criminal priest is also justified.

He cannot distinguish between what is "right" and what is expedient. By his own atheistic argument nothing can be right or wrong. Thus, for him, what is expedient is the only game in town and he refuses to even try to make the case for the expedience of atheism as a consensus position.

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@farmerman,

You need only click on the referenced FM post.

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@izzythepush,

I'm sure the ladies on A2K will appreciate that you are are using "C*nt" only in a way you think is appropriate.

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@Setanta,

And yet for the likes of Finn you can't help but contributing nasty posts.

Smile

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@izzythepush,

You obviously wish to remain obscure.

Fine.

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@Finn dAbuzz,

Finn dAbuzz wrote:

You obviously wish to remain obscure.

Fine.

No, it's just that puns aren't particularly funny at the best of times, and they don't get any funnier when you have to explain them to some dopey sod.

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@Finn dAbuzz,

Finn dAbuzz wrote:

I'm sure the ladies on A2K will appreciate that you are are using "C*nt" only in a way you think is appropriate.

I'm sure you've only got their best interests at heart.

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New Film Targets Evolution Skeptics
(John Farrell, Forbes.com, July 27, 2011)

Independent filmmaker Greta Schiller is wading into the debate between creationists and scientists on Evolution.

Her new documentary, No Dinosaurs in Heaven, will start screening next month in Knoxville, Tennessee; Tallahassee, Florida; and Healdsburg, California.

Schiller, who has won awards for her previous films, wanted to do more than just conduct a set of interviews with scientists and evolution skeptics.

She and her crew followed Dr. Eugenie Scott, Executive Director of the National Center for Science Education, through the Grand Canyon, one of the great natural wonders of the world.

Creationists claim it was caused by the flood described in the Book of Genesis. For Schiller, it presented a stunning backdrop against which real science–and folk science–could be compared and contrasted.

The film showcases the views of both sides in the debate, according to Schiller, who wanted to fairly represent the point of view of creationists who teach science in the public schools and colleges.

“That said,” she told me in an email, “I present a strong argument for the absurdity of someone who actively argues against evolution teaching it!”

No Dinosaurs in Heaven includes interviews with Scott and Dr. Mitch Waldrop, editor at Nature Magazine, as well as creationists like Dr. Femi S. Otulaja, who earned his PhD from CUNY Urban Education Program.

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sounds like a fun flick

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