solitare Forum Posts (4,041)

RE: Las Vegas, Hebrons & UFO'S

There seems to have been a lot of crash es involving the planet Earth(Terra). It seems to have been in the way of a lot of space faring commuters. In the film Hitchiker's Guide To the Galaxy, the secret plans of galactic aliens Traffic Councels to 'move' Earth out of the Galactic Highways System was revealed. Many of us heard the encrypted subliminal threats and nasty name calling of our species. Have you any idea when the Hebrons will make the Earth move for us??
BTW, First it is 'the Henrons', then it's the Hebrons...uhhh, just for the sake of clarification, which is it, really...and are the Hebrons related to the Hebrews, or He-Brews...those that brew their own and drink too much of it???

RE: What Does Forever Mean To You?

Good enough for me; but then 'forever' could also mean for however the 'in style' means as in fashion, or the ubiquitous 'flavour-of-the month' lasts....it seems it is relative; then again we have til forever to decide...until the universe stops expanding and contracts, if ever...

RE: Evolution Says Indians Deserved Death

solitare: From the standpoint of just molecular sequencing shows is that exactly as predicted; the same kind of totally disconnected typological ordering, from which evidence of evolution was, is emphatically missing when dealing with DNA structures, and all the amino acid chains that make up proteins and the determinations of those DNA structures as the carriers of hereditary information.

In real world DNA is the strongest evidence for evolution.
Post Author: emannigol





I'll say again that the molecular sequences have shown was exactly the same kind of disconnected typological ordering from which evidence of evolution was emphatically missing. In fact it is possible on the basis molecular sequences alone to construct unerringly the same hierarchies that had been arrived at by traditional taxonomic considerations.
Since the 1950's saw the revolution in molecular biology that enabled such advances as sequencing of the amino acid chains that made up proteins, and determination of DNA structure as the carrier of hereditary information. At last, differences could be quantified precisely. The hemoglobin sequences for humans and dogs, for example, both mammals, differed by only 20%, while the comparable figure for humans and carp was 50%. At the same time, different types of protein varied between species by different degrees; the figures for cytochrome' that corresponded to the above comparisons, for instance, being 5 % and 13% respectively. In general, the differences between classes that were observed morphologically were found to be reflected molecularly. This gave rise to high hopes that numerically expressible measures of progressive biochemical divergence would yield the evolutionary tree that the fossil record and morphological comparisons had failed to reveal.
Taking cytochrome 'c' again as an example, whether the group be bacteria, yeasts, plants, insects, mammals, birds, or reptiles, the variations found within the group is typically within 2 or 3 percent, while the rest are the same to within close limits. Thus, the differences between bacterial cytochrome 'c' and that of anything else is 65 percent, silkmoth 65 %; wheat 66%; tuna 65%; yeast 69%, giving no reason to consider any group closer or more distant than another, and therefore no evidence for any sequential order relating them.
A further result of the awareness that has come with modern molecular biology is that the mechanisms by which such functions as DNA to protein transcription, cellular replication and molecular machine construction are achieved can now be described in detail. It doesn't appear that they can have arisen through the process of chance mutation favoured and preserved by selection in the way that the neo-Darwinian theory,(selection-driven evolution wedded to modern genetic theory, formulated in the early part of the 20th century) requires.

RE: Evolution Says Indians Deserved Death

Darwin continued:
A myth that has persisted through to modern day biology is that the opposition to Darwin's theory was motivated by religious prejudice. In fact, the strongest criticisms came from ranks of field biologists and naturalists, including many prominent names of the day. It is still, today, very much the same, still on the grounds following from familiarity with the evidence. They saw and still see the vast gulfs of differences that were very real; are very real, and they required something much more solid to bridge them with than Darwin's imagination and religious ideologies.
From the standpoint of just molecular sequencing shows is that exactly as predicted; the same kind of totally disconnected typological ordering, from which evidence of evolution was, is emphatically missing when dealing with DNA structures, and all the amino acid chains that make up proteins and the determinations of those DNA structures as the carriers of hereditary information.
The other main objection to Darwin's theory, which did owe more to theological inclinations than the absence of transitions in the fossil evidence, was that unguided natural processes could not have produced the complexity and perfection that has been seen. Darwin's great claim to fame, of course, was that he had come up with a mechanism that could 'explain' it all.
The best known argument on these lines is William Paley's example of a finding a watch, which he compared in intricacy and the precise interactions of its parts with organs like the eye that are found in nature. It would be inconceivable, Paley asserted, that the watch could have produced and assembled itself, and even if the finder didn't know the purpose of the watch, he would infer it to be the product of a designing intelligence. Likewise, the wondrous adaptions of means to ends
that are found in nature.
An increasing number of scientific and other professionals who have no religious axes to grind are coming to the unavoidable conclusion, purely from the evidence, that the possibility of intelligent design at work is a very real one that warrants serious consideration, and that this should be acknowledged by the educational systems, along with the findings that may be criticisms of the current theory, especially in the US. But any advocacy in this direction is greeted by outrage and outcries from scientific and legal quarters as wanting to 'teach creationism' or 'ban evolution'. It is to be expected that such a movement will atrract those of the narrowest and most fundamentalist persuations. But holding that the only alternative to one extreme is the opposite extreme, and that rejecting or even questioning Darwinism is automatically to insist on a 6,000 year old earth and literal Genesis, imposes an insanely false dichotomy.
Truth doesn't demand a monopoly platform and call for dissent to be expunged from classrooms and libraries or home bookshelves. It welcomes the open exploration of alternatives and grants to others the freedom to state their cases. After all, if wanting to learn the truth is the object, what is there to lose? However, if the real objective, perhaps rationalized to the pont of being unconscious, is to defend a position of cultural authority and prestige, and all the benefits that come with it, then there would be quite a lot to lose indeed!

RE: Evolution Says Indians Deserved Death

Cont. on with Darwin:
For those who might object to the point that the potted notion of science meticulously gathering facts and then coming up with theories to explain them is just an idealized caricature. I can agree with that many fruitful lines of discovery have developed from someone's hatching an idea and then going out into the real world in search of evidence to support or disconfirm it. Collecting all the raw data that the world has to offer is almost an impossible task but some form of filtering criterion has to be applied to know what kind of facts to look for. But ideas at that at stage of development are usually properly termed hypotheses which are supposed to be tentatively held, modestly proclaimed, and highly sensitive to rejection or advancement depending on the findings. This does not at all describe the fanfare of academic effervence and political acclaim that followed Darwin's publication. This was all the more remarkable when the promised plethora of confirmatory evidence failed to materialize, and what kept turning up, continued obstinately to point the wrong way, as to this day.
An essential feature of Darwinian theory was that changes take place gradually as the progressive accumulations of countless advantages selected from the range of variations appearing with every generation over huge spans of time. Sudden major transformations such as from a reptile to a bird or from a fish to a reptile; from a fish fin to a leg, required the chance occurrence of too many changes that had to be just right all at the same time, to be credible. It followed that what we think of as "species" are just as much transitions on their way to whatever they will become in the future as everything making up the line of descent that led to them. Over the huge spans of time involved, therefore, the intermediate forms connecting back to the distant ancestor would be expected to vastly outnumber the descendants identifiable today, and hence to exhibit at least some of these unmistakable signs of the chains of steady improvements that life was supposed to consist of.
What the fossil records actually show over and over again was a pattern of species, orders, and whole phyla appearing suddenly, fully differentiated and specialized, with absolutely no lines of transitionals linking them back to simpler things.
The last ichthyosaurus, marking the disappearance of the genus from the chalk, was barely distinguishable from the earliest ichthyosaurus, which appeared abruptly. The oldest pterodactyl was as fully formed and complete as the latest. This too, was known in Darwin's time, but played down on the grounds that the record was incomplete.
Although the claim is still heard today, it doesn't really wash. The world's fossil collections are far larger now, their representation of the full picture can no longer be doubted, and from the Darwinian view that picture is much worse than it ever was almost two centuries ago.
Moreover, it is upside down compared to what the theory would predict. Instead of a pattern of increasing diversity branching outward in time as new forms emerged, the records show that series of epochs ending abruptly in widespread mass extinctions, followed by rapid re-population with radically new body plans appearing suddenly alongside what had survived of the old. Within these epochs diversity was greatest at the beginning, the initial forms either remaining pretty much the same or becoming extinct as nature worked to winnow out the less-well adapted in the way that had always been maintained.

RE: Men, Do you like to see profiles of barecheasted women?

Fairness?? Well, what is allowed by one should be allowed for all; my 'view' is , if you've seen two, you've seen them all...

RE: Today is Friday the 13th....is everyone doing okay?

According to stats...fear of the number 13 costs the US a billion dollars per year in absenteeism, train and plane cancellations, and reduced commerce on the 13th day of each month...never mind a Friday the 13th, then the dollar loss jumps to nearly 2 billion.
Under present circumstances, this is definitely grounds for a new 'stimulus package' but for whom...

RE: Army Barracks Attacked in Northern Ireland....2 Killed

My sentiments also; Sinn Fein is also the legal representative authority of the IRA; the 'talkers' if you will, not the 'doers'/ the combat arm of the IRA. Their links to many of the Arab terror groups are well known, so that also can be ruled out rather safely I think; they haven't turned on each other. No reasons to.

RE: The He Man Woman Haters Club.....

Aren't we all fortunate then that we have blow-up and solid types of dolls...even with pre recorded sounds and words

RE: Why do people take things so personal in the threads??

Words are very powerful, especially if either well or badly chosen, to make a point or to present an opposing view.
Many of us when posting make it an automatic reflection of how we, personally interpret things. When another view is expressed, especially by ill chosen words, it becomes a very personal interpretation. One's position has been inverted; they are/ were totally fond of a beautiful image created in their own consciousness; an ideal illusion absolutely pure and innocent but unreal...when faced with others who do not and will not have the same viewpoints as us. It's a reflexive reaction and perfectly understandable how feelings can be hurt, opinions attacked and egos collapse. We all love our dreams, illusions and our own realities even with those that we create in our own imaginations and hold them out for others to see or hear never really thinking how negative others could possibly be toward our own...Our sensitivities may be somewhat unbalanced to deal with the stark realities of Life...Life is tough; wear a helmet...

RE: WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE HOUSEWORK

Next time you want cat(s), get a or a pair of Turkish 'water cats' aka Angoras; had some, they bathed themselves in the full tub or being in the shower with you; would even sit in the dishwater...

RE: WHAT IS YOUR LEAST FAVORITE HOUSEWORK

One and only one task: cleaning the oven. but I won't ask our maid to do it...

RE: are you happy to be a single parents...

I can relate to this, even after 12 years of being a single parent.
First came the depression, then the booze, then the drugs and finally suicide and thankfully it was a new start, the youngest being barely 2 when his mother passed on and his sister just 4. The hardest times besides the financial recovery, was when each went through their 'rebelious stage' then the resentment stage, especially for my daughter at not having a mother and why was it not me...Thankfully it passed but at times it still lingers and always will; the 'motherless daughter syndrome'...Fortunately, my son never really knew her but I know that down deep he has a loss, an emptiness that he cannot recount and all I can do is love him and her. And yes I am happy in that sense, but not with never finding a really special someone that may have been willing and able to share all our lives with...in that I totally failed, or so as I see it.

RE: Us ladies can turn our hands to nearly anything......

Perfect and balanced answer; ditto except that I have cats who race all through the house at about 60 kph playing with each other!
I think the majority of 'clean freaks' live in Bavaria; I shudder when I hear the word(s) 'alles ist sauber' all/ everything is clean...meaning basically sterilized....I've asked some if they actually and really live in their homes...perhaps they pay for 24 hour maid service!

RE: Thread For the Easily Confused.....

I think that I could relate to this whatever it is called, just the other tomorrow before yesterday.....
There must be a 12 step program to cure this....what is it called again???

RE: Most wanted

I think that he is alive and having a blast as one of the Mickey Mouse characters in Disney World. He should be hunted down and arrested and forced to become the Secretary General of the UN. Barring that, he should take over the Playboy Mansion and be declared the new remodeled Hugh Hefner.

RE: Who is your favorite Author?

Only 2 current writers, mostly of non-fiction but which I find immensly entertaining: Umberto Eco and Gore Vidal; only one current Sci-Fi author: Walter Jon Williams; real 'hard-core' and realistic sci-fi

RE: Under The Sheets..(Game)

Won't You Be My Neighbor Under the Sheets?
(theme song from Mr. Roger's Neighborhood aka It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood)

Where Everybody Knows your Name Under the sheets
(Theme song from Cheers)

Three's Company Under the sheets
(theme song from Three's Company)

That Was The Week That Was Under The Sheets

7th Heaven Under the Sheets

Rubber Duckie Under the sheets
(theme song of Sesame Street)

Miss America Under the Sheets
(song theme of the Miss America Pageant)

Making Our Dreams Come True Under the Sheets
(theme song from Laverne & Shirley)

Love American Style Under the sheets

It's Howdy Doody Time Under the sheets!

I'm So Glad That We Had This Time Together Under the sheets
(theme song from the Carol Burnett Show)

The Greatest American Hero Under the sheets
(TV theme song from the series)

RE: Would you give Ted Kennedy a Knighthood?

If this Kennedy creature warrants a British Knighthood, then I would imagine that Bush, Chaney, Rumsfeld, all the leading Mafia Dons, , all the notorious drug lords etc. etc. all the way down to the local pimps should also receive one, not to even start listing all the world's best known 'terrorists'...
Hell, why not just lower the price of a British Knighthood to let's say, $9.95 and sell them at local Freemason Lodges as well as at Buckingham Palace... make it a package offer and include 'shining armour' for all the women to swoon over
My, how the ancient, once honourable and noble order of Knighthood has changed; now it's a joke and not at all amusing.
Makes me wonder at how all the ancient and noble families of England take this...

RE: Wanted for war crimes in Darfur: Sudan's president

Arrest al Bashir, let alone bring him to a court, good luck! The only UN body remotely capable of that is under the UN Intel and Security for military operations, their own 'special forces' like the SAS. Of course they could hire very special mercenaries well acquainted with the Sudan and it's peoples, but seriously, the Chinese military there will most likely give him protection.
Shame the UN could not have gotten ol' Idi Amin and no pressure was ever applied to Saudi Arabia to hand him over...and no one could get close to him and so, never the collected the 20 million in gold ...perhaps if a substantial reward was put on al Bashir's head, it might start some serious internal plotting...

RE: What will you do with your extra $13.00 per week?

Au contraire! There were 2 'wines' that sold for under 50 cents: Thunderbird and Big Apple, by now they maybe cost about 2 dollars, if they are still around...or hey, there is always Vitalis hair tonis or Menen aftershave...they all will keep you drunk

RE: Did you ever lie like a maniac to someone?

In other words, if a percentage number of women on CS portray themselves as 300 pound biker women that are into 'thrill-killing tourists' will start becoming 300 pound biker chicks out to kill tourists for thrills...oh dear....

RE: AN EYE FOR AN EYE

There's an old saying of letting the punishment fit the crime. So be it.
If he called his act 'love' I'd hate to hear what he'd do if he hated her...

RE: The new "Great Society"

As frugal as Warren Buffet lives, I guess that if every one can live as well as he does, then that might be a good thing...as Martha Stewart would say...

RE: Ryanair may charge for toilet use on planes

Have they replaced the seats in favour of park benches? (cuts having the seats cleaned and may get more people on board)

RE: US Gives China Eminent Domain Over US Property

Just the other day, there was an interview with the editor and author Fayed...(?) of Newsweek Int. Magazine about his new book dealing with massed wealth of China in the form of continual buying of US Treasury notes. They are currently holding more than 3 trillion and if...if they decide to cash them in, the economic upset to the US would be cataclysmic. He also outlined the effects on the entire global market should China decide to to cash in all it holds from other countries for whatever reasons...

RE: GIVING DIRECTIONS IN BED

This was my first impression...a single or a pair of crypto-pseudo traffic wardens, using hand signals and blowing whistles as on the major intersections and the lights are out...

RE: Herbalism

Observations of a bystander: Most people do not like Herbs,(human males named Herb/Herbet; most people like herbs on their foods and herbs that go into a Bong; that is real 'herbalism'....

RE: If u had the money what one would u buy?

You can have mine IF I can get what I want and need to drive around all the small roads in eastern Europe AND the autobahn...a Leopard tank!

RE: A Dedication to Our President (after his speech last night)

A rather interesting aside to this is that it fits in quite well with the 'visions' of the Bulgarian clairvoyant Vanda/ Baba Vanda of the third world war in more details than what has been put on the YouTube site regarding this. Many here in Europe are taking it quite seriously. Many are also seeing the approach of the coming strikes as the logical outcome/ reactions of the matters that the US author Chris Hedges wrote about in his book 'American Fascists", published in 2006. It is certainly a logical next step to incinerate the world. If I were living in the US, I'd start looking at where the prime targets are that would be hit and move far away from them...