Posted on September 8th, 2006 by Perry C.
From scottbrownonline.com
“Stephen Leacock (1869-1944) wrote a poem that illustrates the depressing implications of Malthus’ theory as they worked their way out in the lives of real people.
“Oh! Mr. Malthus!”
MOTHER, Mother, here comes Malthus
,Mother, hold me tight!
Look! It’s Mr. Malthus,
Mother!Hide me out of sight.
“This was the cry of little JaneIn bed she moaning lay,
Delirious with [...]
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Posted on September 8th, 2006 by Perry C.
Meet George Jetson…..
Anybody have $148,000.00 I can borrow?
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Posted on September 8th, 2006 by kimc
For those who have asked - and for my sweet husband’s editing - I have uploaded my grocery master list in spreadsheet format.Since I can download a fresh copy anytime, I freely change the one in my PDA:I can sort items by store or category, hiding the ones I don’t need to see at the [...]
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Posted on September 8th, 2006 by kimc
If your children should someday make crowns of a lovely unidentified wildflower and dance about the deck to Celtic hymns, like beautiful young medieval maidens -
- and if, on the following day, their faces should itch and puff and peel and look a little like they might have made crowns of poison ivy - even [...]
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Posted on September 8th, 2006 by kimc
HT to Crystal for the link to some eyecatching stats:
Current World Population Demographics:1 Billion Muslims14 Million Jews1.8 Billion Christians
The average Western Muslim family produces 6.4 children.The average Western Modern Orthodox Jewish family produces 3.23 children.The average Western Christian family produces 1.82 children.
If the numbers were to remain consistant in one generation: Western Muslim family is [...]
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