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From kathrynaaker@hotmail.com Tue Nov 6 21:40:38 2001 From: kathrynaaker@hotmail.com (kathryn aaker) Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 13:40:38 -0800 Subject: [Squishy] America Good! bin Laden Bad! Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0071_01C166C8.9EE2CA80 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable http://www.usa.no/policy/eur/eur014.html Wow! I knew America was great and all, but I had no idea! It's a good = thing the State Department released this "Fact Sheet" to make everything = clear! My favorite part: "You will see propaganda from bin Laden many times, claming that he = defends Muslims and represents the Islamic world. In the face of empty = propaganda, the facts should never be forgotten: " I'm so happy I live in a country that wouldn't even THINK about = releasing propaganda to the public! Now, i'm no bin Laden fan, but what have we come to? What would a = "Fact Sheet" about the US comprise of? kathryn, sad. ------=_NextPart_000_0071_01C166C8.9EE2CA80 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

http://www.usa.no/polic= y/eur/eur014.html

Wow! I knew America was great and = all, but I=20 had no idea! It's a good thing the State Department released this = "Fact=20 Sheet" to make everything clear!

My favorite part:

"You will see propaganda from bin Laden = many times,=20 claming that he defends Muslims and represents the Islamic world. In the = face of=20 empty propaganda, the facts should never be forgotten: "

I'm so happy I live in a country that = wouldn't even=20 THINK about releasing propaganda to the public!

</sarcasm>

Now, i'm no bin Laden fan, but what = have we come=20 to? What would a "Fact Sheet" about the US comprise = of?

kathryn, sad.

------=_NextPart_000_0071_01C166C8.9EE2CA80-- From kathrynaaker@hotmail.com Wed Nov 7 19:15:59 2001 From: kathrynaaker@hotmail.com (kathryn aaker) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 11:15:59 -0800 Subject: [Squishy] fact sheet Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_01D6_01C1677D.94160AD0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_01D7_01C1677D.94160AD0" ------=_NextPart_001_01D7_01C1677D.94160AD0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable sorry for sending this again, but the link changed- luckily i saved a = copy, so here it is. it's one of the scariest things i've read in a = while! xx k ------=_NextPart_001_01D7_01C1677D.94160AD0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

sorry for sending this again, but the = link changed-=20 luckily i saved a copy, so here it is. it's one of the = scariest=20 things i've read in a while!

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U.S. Department of State

Fact Sheet

November 3, 2001

Osama bin Laden has made many claims and = charges.=20 His most recent statement asserts that the Coalition is = waging a=20 campaign against Muslims, Afghans and Islam. You can draw = your own=20 conclusions: the facts contradict bin Laden's claim. =

Terrorist Attacks: The Muslim Toll =

The United States lost thousands of = innocent=20 citizens, including women and children, in attacks in Kenya, = Tanzania, Yemen, and the United States. Hundreds of Muslims = died in=20 those attacks, including citizens from Islamic nations of=20 Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Lebanon, Indonesia, = Malaysia,=20 Pakistan, and Turkey.

Ask yourselves this question: What did bin = Laden do=20 to defend the Muslims who died in those attacks? Nothing. He = murdered them.

Afghan People

The United States leads the international = community=20 in providing relief aid to the Afghan people. More than 80 = percent=20 of food shipments through the UN's food program originate in = the=20 United States, and President Bush has announced $320 million = in aid=20 for the Afghan people.

-- The United States also has dropped more = than a=20 million ration packages to the Afghan people.

-- This is not new: the United States = spent hundreds=20 of millions of dollars to aid Afghanistan before this = campaign, and=20 we are resolved to remain Afghanistan's largest aid donor.=20

Ask yourselves: What has bin Laden done = for the=20 Afghan people? How much food, medicine, and other assistance = has he=20 delivered?

Afghanistan

The United States supports UN efforts to = find a=20 broad-based political settlement in Afghanistan that is led = by=20 Afghans and respects the rights of Afghan people. These = leaders=20 represent all major Afghan groups.

Ask yourselves: What efforts at peace has = bin Laden=20 made? None. How many Afghan leaders has he killed? He has = condemned=20 the UN and brought in thousands of foreigners to Afghanistan = who=20 have done nothing but bring fighting, destruction, and = suffering to=20 the country.

Fight for Muslim Peoples Worldwide =

The United States has defended Muslims = around the=20 world. We fought for and beside Muslims in Kuwait, Bosnia, = Kosovo=20 and helped the Afghans in their war against the Soviet = occupation.=20 We have supported the independence of Muslim countries from=20 colonialism. America also spent thousands of millions of = dollars to=20 help Afghans liberate their country from the Soviet = occupation.=20

Ask yourselves: What did bin Laden do for = those=20 oppressed Muslims? Nothing.

The United States and Islam

Bin Laden charges that our campaign = against terror=20 is a war against Islam and Muslims. The United States is a=20 multi-religious country with several million Muslim = citizens.=20 Countries around the world support U.S. efforts, including = the=20 largest Islamic political group in the world, the = Organization of=20 the Islamic Conference (OIC).

-- The OIC issued a statement condemning = the murders=20 carried about by bin Laden.

-- In addition to this statement by = Islamic nations,=20 the entire world condemned these attacks in a unanimous UN=20 resolution (Resolution 1368) and called on all countries to = bring=20 the perpetrators to justice.

Ask yourselves: How many of these same = countries=20 support what bin Laden has done? None.

Conclusion

You will see propaganda from bin Laden = many times,=20 claming that he defends Muslims and represents the Islamic = world. In=20 the face of empty propaganda, the facts should never be = forgotten:=20

-- The United States has defended Muslims. = Bin Laden=20 has murdered them.

-- The United States feeds Afghans. Bin = Laden wages=20 war that starves them.

-- The United States supports plans to = help Afghans=20 lead a peaceful Afghanistan. Bin Laden supports plans to = help=20 foreigners inside Afghanistan destroy the country. =

-- The United States has won support for = this=20 campaign from Islamic nations around the world, representing = many=20 millions of Muslims. These same countries condemn bin Laden. =

Islam is a religion of peace and charity. = Bin Laden=20 has distorted this tradition by murdering innocents in the = name of=20 religion. He has designed these acts to raise his profile = from a=20 marginal terrorist to a defender of Muslims. His failure is=20 inevitable, not only because of the evil he had perpetrated. =

-- He also will fail because we will bring = him to=20 justice.

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------=_NextPart_000_01D6_01C1677D.94160AD0-- From kathrynaaker@hotmail.com Mon Nov 12 23:01:09 2001 From: kathrynaaker@hotmail.com (kathryn aaker) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2001 15:01:09 -0800 Subject: [Squishy] potter Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0065_01C16B8A.DCD7BEB0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable anyone else going to the opening of harry potter on friday? i think moviefone still has tickets available at the coronet, where i'm = going at 10:45 with will and some others... anyone else? http://www.moviefone.com/showtimes/theater.adp?movieid=3D9548&theaterid=3D= 1064&date=3D20011116 :-D k ------=_NextPart_000_0065_01C16B8A.DCD7BEB0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

anyone else going to the opening of = harry potter on=20 friday?

i think moviefone still has tickets = available at=20 the coronet, where i'm going at 10:45 with will and some others... = anyone=20 else?

http://www.moviefone.com/showtimes= /theater.adp?movieid=3D9548&theaterid=3D1064&date=3D20011116<= /FONT>

:-D

------=_NextPart_000_0065_01C16B8A.DCD7BEB0-- From rachel@goop.org Tue Nov 13 19:53:03 2001 From: rachel@goop.org (rachel@goop.org) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 11:53:03 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Squishy] Fwd: SQUID [11/15] Moonbase University - Genetic engineering Message-ID: <1005681182.3bf17a1f0336a@www.goop.org> Last chance! ----- Forwarded message from Laughing Squid --- -- Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 09:24:02 -0800 From: Laughing Squid Reply-To: Laughing Squid Subject: SQUID [11/15] Moonbase University - Genetic engineering To: squidlist@laughingsquid.com <===:<- <===:<- <===:<- The Squid List ->:===> ->:===> ->:===> Moonbase University - Genetic engineering Thursday, November 15th 7pm $5 donation requested ----> Event Description <----------------------------------------------- For the third and final seminar in the first series of Moonbase University, we're delighted to welcome a very special guest - Eduardo Blumwald of UC Davis. Professor Blumwald has genetically engineered a tomato plant to extract saline from salted earth. This is one frankenfood that actually regenerates the soil in which it grows... Read more about it at http://www-dateline.ucdavis.edu/081701/DL_tomato.html If you came to the Moonbase seminars on space exploration or artificial intelligence, you'll know what a great and lively forum for debate the Moonbase is. If not, you're in for a wonderful surprise! It's science in the sofa at the Cellspace. $5 donation requested, but the munchies are on us. For more information visit http://themoonbase.org ----> Venue Info <------------------------------------------------------ Cellspace 2050 Bryant between 18th and 19th San Francisco http://www.cellspace.org ----> Additional Info <------------------------------------------------- rachel@themoonbase.org http://themoonbase.org ----> The Squid List <-------------------------------------------------- The Squid List a tentacle of Laughing Squid http://www.laughingsquid.org/squidlist/ to subscribe to the main list, send an email to: squidlist-subscribe@laughingsquid.com to unsubscribe from the main list, send an email to: squidlist-unsubscribe@laughingsquid.com to subscribe to the digest, send an email to: squidlist-digest-subscribe@laughingsquid.com to unsubscribe from the digest, send an email to: squidlist-digest-unsubscribe@laughingsquid.com for additional help, email squidlist-help@laughingsquid.com Questions & Submission Guidlines Squid List FAQ: http://laughingsquid.org/squidlist/faq.html ----> The Odeon Bar <--------------------------------------------------- Our little clubhouse in The Mission. The Odeon Bar 3223 Mission Street @ Valencia, San Francisco http://www.odeonbar.com SAVE THE ODEON!!! Sign the petition: http://www.odeonbar.com/petitions.html ----> Laughing Squid <-------------------------------------------------- Laughing Squid http://www.laughingsquid.org Underground art and culture from San Francisco and beyond! ----> Web Hosting <----------------------------------------------------- Laughing Squid Web Hosting http://www.laughingsquid.net Laughing Squid is an independently owned and operated web hosting service that specializes in web hosting for artists, individuals, non-profits and small organizations. We are here for those website owners and developers who often get lost in the faceless void of corporate web hosting. Copyright (c) 2001 Laughing Squid LLC. All rights reserved. ----- End forwarded message ----- From kathrynaaker@hotmail.com Mon Nov 19 00:00:04 2001 From: kathrynaaker@hotmail.com (kathryn aaker) Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 16:00:04 -0800 Subject: [Squishy] leonids Message-ID: This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0043_01C1704A.16806A90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable how did everyone's leonid night go? we saw some amazing meteors, but = only heard rumors of fireballs. beautiful, though! :-) k ------=_NextPart_000_0043_01C1704A.16806A90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

how did everyone's leonid night = go? we=20 saw some amazing meteors, but only heard rumors of fireballs. = beautiful,=20 though! :-)

------=_NextPart_000_0043_01C1704A.16806A90-- From goop.org@paulm.com Mon Nov 19 03:32:40 2001 From: goop.org@paulm.com (Paul Makepeace) Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 19:32:40 -0800 Subject: [Squishy] leonids In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20011118193240.E26683@tantrix.realprogrammers.com> On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 04:00:04PM -0800, kathryn aaker wrote: > > how did everyone's leonid night go? we saw some amazing meteors, but > only heard rumors of fireballs. beautiful, though! :-) I headed out to Carmel-by-the-Sea beach and was delayed by a cop busting me for rolling a stop sign (at 2:30am; Carmel is *dead* around 9pm, ffs). I was let off with a warning (he didn't even flinch at my Texas Oct '00 tags) & we got chatting though and he said don't bother, go further south which I did, belted, ahem, proceeded at a steady pace down Hwy1 -- amazing view. The sky was a big difference even just from Monterey -- stars were like sand paper granules rather than a few hundred of the brighter specks. I'd say the comets were coming in around one or just less than one a second for about the half hour I was watching until my body temperature threatened my continued existence. The occasional meteor making a huge streak across the skyline that took a few seconds to fade; you could hear people yelping all over the city. Great show! Paul -- Paul Makepeace ....................................... http://paulm.com/ "He's an ungodly flyboy farmboy from the 'hood. She's a transdimensional streetsmart Hell's Angel on the trail of a serial killer. They fight crime!" -- http://paulm.com/toys/fight_crime.html From rachel@goop.org Tue Nov 27 17:36:18 2001 From: rachel@goop.org (rachel@goop.org) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 09:36:18 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Squishy] Spike! Mike! Sick! Twisted! Message-ID: <1006882578.3c03cf1286ef6@www.goop.org> OK Squishters, Thursday night! Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation! At the Roxie! Sixteenth Street, Ye Olde Districte Mish! http://www.roxie.com Remember, it's because you didn't come to the last Spike and Mike's that you look blank every time Jeremy and Salome yell "My spoon is too big!" and "I'm a banana!" R From goop.org@paulm.com Tue Nov 27 22:20:02 2001 From: goop.org@paulm.com (Paul Makepeace) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 14:20:02 -0800 Subject: [Squishy] Spike! Mike! Sick! Twisted! In-Reply-To: <1006882578.3c03cf1286ef6@www.goop.org> References: <1006882578.3c03cf1286ef6@www.goop.org> Message-ID: <20011127142002.B29502@tantrix.realprogrammers.com> FWIW, I went to see it last night and I'm afraid it's not as good as the last couple of years. This seemed to be a generally shared feeling amongst the audience who kept making bored noises & heckling in a half-hearted sighing way. It'll be OK for die-hards, and the Don Hertzfeldt (banana/spoon) and bitterfilms stuff was in there & as-usual high quality but too sparse unless you're completely stoned (e.g. No Neck Joe, for the sixth time) My recomendation: get a group together, imbibe, find the good stuff on atomfilms.com/DVD/elsewhere and save the $7 x n, this year. Bummer, Paul On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 09:36:18AM -0800, rachel@goop.org wrote: > OK Squishters, > > Thursday night! Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation! At the > Roxie! Sixteenth Street, Ye Olde Districte Mish! > > http://www.roxie.com > > Remember, it's because you didn't come to the last Spike and Mike's that you > look blank every time Jeremy and Salome yell "My spoon is too big!" and "I'm a > banana!" > > R > _______________________________________________ > it's all about the squishy > Squishy@goop.org > http://www.goop.org/mailman/listinfo/squishy -- Paul Makepeace ....................................... http://paulm.com/ "He's a jaded pirate matador who knows the secret of the alien invasion. She's a sharp-shooting red-headed single mother with an incredible destiny. They fight crime!" -- http://paulm.com/toys/fight_crime.html From noddy@orangedesign.com Tue Nov 27 22:42:57 2001 From: noddy@orangedesign.com (mark del lima) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 14:42:57 -0800 Subject: [Squishy] Spike! Mike! Sick! Twisted! In-Reply-To: <20011127142002.B29502@tantrix.realprogrammers.com> Message-ID: i will second that. get really stoned first if you do go. it contains the obligatory array of scat humour sprinkled with occasional gems. i will admit to having been in tears over "nanna and lil' puss-puss" but that's just me. m* > From: Paul Makepeace > Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 14:20:02 -0800 > To: rachel@goop.org > Cc: squishy@goop.org > Subject: Re: [Squishy] Spike! Mike! Sick! Twisted! > > FWIW, I went to see it last night and I'm afraid it's not as good as the > last couple of years. This seemed to be a generally shared feeling > amongst the audience who kept making bored noises & heckling in a > half-hearted sighing way. > > It'll be OK for die-hards, and the Don Hertzfeldt (banana/spoon) and > bitterfilms stuff was in there & as-usual high quality but too sparse > unless you're completely stoned (e.g. No Neck Joe, for the sixth time) > > My recomendation: get a group together, imbibe, find the good stuff on > atomfilms.com/DVD/elsewhere and save the $7 x n, this year. > > Bummer, > Paul > > On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 09:36:18AM -0800, rachel@goop.org wrote: >> OK Squishters, >> >> Thursday night! Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation! At >> the >> Roxie! Sixteenth Street, Ye Olde Districte Mish! >> >> http://www.roxie.com >> >> Remember, it's because you didn't come to the last Spike and Mike's that you >> look blank every time Jeremy and Salome yell "My spoon is too big!" and "I'm >> a >> banana!" >> >> R >> _______________________________________________ >> it's all about the squishy >> Squishy@goop.org >> http://www.goop.org/mailman/listinfo/squishy > > -- > Paul Makepeace ....................................... http://paulm.com/ > > "He's a jaded pirate matador who knows the secret of the alien invasion. > She's a sharp-shooting red-headed single mother with an incredible > destiny. They fight crime!" > -- http://paulm.com/toys/fight_crime.html > _______________________________________________ > it's all about the squishy > Squishy@goop.org > http://www.goop.org/mailman/listinfo/squishy > From rachel@goop.org Tue Nov 27 22:45:47 2001 From: rachel@goop.org (rachel@goop.org) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 14:45:47 -0800 (PST) Subject: [Squishy] Spike! Mike! Sick! Twisted! In-Reply-To: <20011127142002.B29502@tantrix.realprogrammers.com> References: <1006882578.3c03cf1286ef6@www.goop.org> <20011127142002.B29502@tantrix.realprogrammers.com> Message-ID: <1006901147.3c04179ba2032@www.goop.org> > FWIW, I went to see it last night and I'm afraid it's not as good as > the last couple of years. All righty then! Open the pod bay doors, Hal! http://www.thecastrotheatre.com/home.htm I'm afraid I can't let you do that, Dave! R Daisy! Daisy! Give me your answer, do!