[scifinoir2] Re: I know what I saw
Cause first you build a time machine. THEN you go back in time. I love this notion. Reminds me of an episode of the new Twilight Zone series where, in the future, there are tours of our pitiful yet enviable past. Future tourists would be admonished not to take artifacts such as alarm clocks or other knick knacks because that would alert the present that they had visited from the future. Of course, people being people, some time tourists would ignore the rules and help themselves to a pilfered keepsake. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@... wrote: I did, Mr Worf, but I doubt that we're talking an invasion from beyond. If that were true, they could've mopped the floor with Humanity fifty years ago. IMO, they're observers from the future, UFOs being time machines, flitting back and forth via artificial wormholes. On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: Did anyone catch this show? It is a documentary on UFOs made by James Fox who gathered people from all over the world to tell their personal accounts of UFO sightings. The people that he invited were all former military, and airline pilots from the UK, France, Spain, and the US to the National Press Club in DC. By the end of the show, it made me think that UFOs were not only real but we have no way to prevent an invasion. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Re: I know what I saw
5 pages an hour? If only all that was gleamed was gold. Actually, I admire those who can dictate what they write. I understand Barbara Bradford Taylor authors books in this manner (which IMHO also explains the quality of her books). Nothing that comes straight out of my mouth is ever as eloquent as that which has gone from my brain to my hand. ~rave? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: I've been using the voice recognition program while I write the current story I'm working on. It has increased my productivity by 300%. About 5 pages an hour. I can probably do more once I train it more and outline the story more in advance. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@...wrote: Let us know how it works out, Mr Worf. Sounds like a great one. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: I have been working on that story. I'm stuck in the middle. I've also been thinking about doing it in an alternate reality. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@...wrote: I'd love to see how they'd deal with an actual alien attack. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@...wrote: They seem to think that they can do it because they have shot a couple down before. (probably by accident) One of the things that I find interesting is that there have been ufo sightings in the DC area before. Back in the 50s there was one that put the government on high alert and prompted project blue book. On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@...wrote: Aubrey, there are those fools inside the Beltway who truly believe that a few well-placed nukes can turn the trick. They conveniently ignore the fact that the craft can pull Mach 12 on a slow day, turn on the width of a positron and can't even be reliably tracked by conventional means. On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherw...@... wrote: That was along the lines of what I was going to say... Who had any faith that we could prevent an invasion in the first place? *Aubrey Leatherwood *www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1400087918 * MySpace http://www.myspace.com/aubreymleatherwood Model Lover Dime http://www.cobblestone-press.com/catalog/books/modellover.htm *Imperfection* http://www.lyricalpress.com/imperfection.html A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex. *The People You Know, The Sex They Have*http://www.lyricalpress.com/the_people_you_know_the_sex_they_have.html ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 -- To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: martinbaxt...@... Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 19:10:05 -0400 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] I know what I saw I did, Mr Worf, but I doubt that we're talking an invasion from beyond. If that were true, they could've mopped the floor with Humanity fifty years ago. IMO, they're observers from the future, UFOs being time machines, flitting back and forth via artificial wormholes. On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@...wrote: Did anyone catch this show? It is a documentary on UFOs made by James Fox who gathered people from all over the world to tell their personal accounts of UFO sightings. The people that he invited were all former military, and airline pilots from the UK, France, Spain, and the US to the National Press Club in DC. By the end of the show, it made me think that UFOs were not only real but we have no way to prevent an invasion. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. Get busy.http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccountocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4 -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Re: I know what I saw
Why an alien visit got to be an invasion? Why come they can't be like the Vulcans in First Contact? Or the Overlords in Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End? Aliens probably won't look like us and they probably won't THINK like us. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: Did anyone catch this show? It is a documentary on UFOs made by James Fox who gathered people from all over the world to tell their personal accounts of UFO sightings. The people that he invited were all former military, and airline pilots from the UK, France, Spain, and the US to the National Press Club in DC. By the end of the show, it made me think that UFOs were not only real but we have no way to prevent an invasion. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Re: Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group
And what, pray tell, is wrong with sniper moms? ~rave? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: Last year Jack in the box had to pull a series of ads that featured a group of angry mothers. (anyone remember this ad?) They were out to kill jack because he made the grilled cheese sandwich to well. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@...wrote: Scared BK enough to pull the ads, pal. We live in the PC Era. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Badie astromancer2...@... wrote: Offends mental health group...excuse me...GET A FRICKIN' LIFE --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherwood@ wrote: A... I'd like to get him talking for once ;) Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Model Lover Dime Imperfection A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex. The People You Know, The Sex They Have ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com From: KeithBJohnson@ Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 20:51:32 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group Okay, pretend you roll over in bed in the middle of the night...you sense a presence in the room, so you pop on the light, only to see that plasticized face, that manic frozen grin staring at you, sitting atop the body of someone dressed crazily, hands outstretched trying to offer you food. Do you: (a) Jump for joy and say, Hey, King! Thanks for the burger! and then invite him to share it with you in your bed? (b) Say, Thanks dude, but I'm not hungry now. Be sure to close the window on your way out, then roll over and go to sleep... or (c) Scream bloody murder and reach for the gun/knife/baseball bat/golf club/mace/pepper spray? Me? Option C all the way baby! - Original Message - From: Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherwood@ To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 4, 2010 8:22:54 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group I love the creepy king! Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Model Lover - Cobblestone Press Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? Imperfection A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex. The People You Know, The Sex They Have ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com From: KeithBJohnson@ Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 20:38:20 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group That's the least of the issues. Am I the only one creeped out by that grinning, leering rictus of a mask the King wears? Remember the commercials where people would wake up in the morning to find him in their bedrooms, staring at them, holding out a burger or egg sandwich or something? man, that'd be like having Freddy Kreuger's face on the pillow next to you! - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravenadal@ To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 2, 2010 10:34:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/02/AR2010040204113.html?hpid%3Dtopnewssub=AR Bad week for fast-food mascots. In the same period that RetireRonald.com launched to blast McDonald's clown for luring kids into unhealthy lifestyles, two locally based mental health organizations have been deeply upset by a Burger King advertisement that can best be described as completely bonk . . . er, nut . . . er, cucko . . . er, in poor taste. The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. Get busy. __ The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccountocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4 -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] When Pandering to your redneck base goes wrong
Governor Apologizes for Confederate History Month Proclamation Ignoring Slavery. http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/04/08/governor-apologizes-for-confederate-history-month-proclamation-i/ My favorite part of this article is the accompanying photo with GOP apologist/step-in-fetch Michael Steele grinning like a pickaninny with his arm around Gov. McDonald. ~(no)rave!
[scifinoir2] UPS Brings Hi Tech to Driver Training
Wow, this is amazing, and not just for the integration of high tech, multimedia training for all these companies. I guess I never realized UPS drivers had to follow so many rules. Park a truck and get one package off in 15 seconds total? Walk at a prescribed number of mph? I guess I only thought of such efficiency drills in terms of movements and motions in manufacturing/processing plants, where time spent soldering, adding nuts and bolts, cutting up chickens, etc., is strictly regimented. And who knew that UPS drivers make up to 74K annually? That is solidly in the same earnings range as network administrators/engineers and other professions in the IT field. No wonder so many big old hulking brothers put up with wearing those silly looking little brown uniforms! ** http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/109258/usps-thinks-out-of-the-box?mod=career-leadership UPS Thinks Out of the Box on Driver Training by Jennifer Levitz Wednesday, April 7, 2010 provided by wsjlogo.gif Vexed that some 30% of driver candidates flunk its traditional training, United Parcel Service Inc. ( UPS ) is moving beyond the classroom to ready its rookies for the road. In the place of books and lectures are videogames, a contraption that simulates walking on ice and an obstacle course around an artificial village. Based on results so far, the world's largest package-delivery company is convinced that 20-somethings -- the bulk of UPS driver recruits -- respond best to high-tech instruction and a chance to hone skills. Driver training is crucial for Atlanta-based UPS, which employs 99,000 U.S. drivers and says it will need to hire 25,000 over the next five years to replace retiring Baby Boomers. Candidates vying for a driver's job, which pays an average of $74,000 annually, now spend one week at Integrad, an 11,500-square-foot, low-slung brick UPS training center 10 miles outside of Washington, D.C. There they move from one station to another practicing the company's 340 Methods, prescribed by UPS industrial engineers to save seconds and improve safety in every task from lifting and loading boxes to selecting a package from a shelf in the truck. They play a videogame that places them in the driver's seat and has them identify obstacles. They progress from computer simulations to Clarksville, a village of miniature houses and faux businesses on the property where they drive a real truck and must successfully execute five deliveries in 19 minutes. So far, the new methods, designed by UPS and researchers from Virginia Tech, are proving successful, UPS says. Of the 1,629 trainees who have completed Integrad since it began as an experiment in 2007, only 10% have failed the training program, which takes a total of six weeks overall and includes 30 days driving a truck in the real world. UPS is known for promoting within, and many driver candidates began as UPS package handlers or other employees. By getting out of the traditional classroom and using technology and hands-on learning, we've enhanced the probability of success of these new drivers, says Allen Hill, UPS's senior vice president of human resources. A second Integrad will open in the Chicago area in the summer, and the training methods will eventually go company-wide, he says. Are you ready for this? Shake the nerves out! Take a deep breath, cheers Chris Breslin, a graying Integrad instructor, rallying his fresh-faced recruits on a recent day. As Nick Byrnes, a 23-year-old with a buzz cut and black Ray-Ban sunglasses, drove through Clarksville, a UPS instructor tossed a football in his path. Mr. Byrnes hit the brakes. But then, when he hopped out to deliver a package, instructor Mike Keys sneaked an orange traffic cone in front of the truck. Mr. Byrnes hopped back in and started up. Stop! Stop! Ugh! yelled Mr. Keys. He picked up the cone. This is a kid who was playing football around your vehicle and went to get his ball. Mr. Byrnes looked shaken and slapped his forehead. The lesson stuck: At the next stop, he checked for cones. UPS isn't the only company using new training tools. Food service company Sodexo Inc. has recruited chefs through Second Life virtual job fairs and Cisco Systems Inc. ( CSCO ) has taught programming techniques through videogames. FedEx Corp. says it, too, has moved toward more hands-on learning in the past five years, although it adds the change wasn't prompted by a high failure rate among trainees. On a recent day, UPS students at Integrad moved through kinetic learning modules. In one corner, they practiced loading and unloading packages from a UPS truck with clear sides, timed by instructors. UPS allows 15.5 seconds to park a truck and retrieve one package from the cargo, which is arranged in order of delivery. Over at the slip and fall machine, an instructor greased a tiled runway in preparation for
Re: [scifinoir2] UPS Brings Hi Tech to Driver Training
On a more serious note, this is a lot more rigorous in terms of training than I had thought it would be. I certainly wouldn't pass that greased-floor test, with my bad ear and lousy balance. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Wow, this is amazing, and not just for the integration of high tech, multimedia training for all these companies. I guess I never realized UPS drivers had to follow so many rules. Park a truck and get one package off in 15 seconds total? Walk at a prescribed number of mph? I guess I only thought of such efficiency drills in terms of movements and motions in manufacturing/processing plants, where time spent soldering, adding nuts and bolts, cutting up chickens, etc., is strictly regimented. And who knew that UPS drivers make up to 74K annually? That is solidly in the same earnings range as network administrators/engineers and other professions in the IT field. No wonder so many big old hulking brothers put up with wearing those silly looking little brown uniforms! ** http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/109258/usps-thinks-out-of-the-box?mod=career-leadership UPS Thinks Out of the Box on Driver Training by Jennifer Levitz Wednesday, April 7, 2010 provided by [image: wsjlogo.gif] http://wsj.com/ Vexed that some 30% of driver candidates flunk its traditional training, *United Parcel Service Inc.* (UPS http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=UPS) is moving beyond the classroom to ready its rookies for the road. In the place of books and lectures are videogames, a contraption that simulates walking on ice and an obstacle course around an artificial village. Based on results so far, the world's largest package-delivery company is convinced that 20-somethings -- the bulk of UPS driver recruits -- respond best to high-tech instruction and a chance to hone skills. Driver training is crucial for Atlanta-based UPS, which employs 99,000 U.S. drivers and says it will need to hire 25,000 over the next five years to replace retiring Baby Boomers. Candidates vying for a driver's job, which pays an average of $74,000 annually, now spend one week at Integrad, an 11,500-square-foot, low-slung brick UPS training center 10 miles outside of Washington, D.C. There they move from one station to another practicing the company's 340 Methods, prescribed by UPS industrial engineers to save seconds and improve safety in every task from lifting and loading boxes to selecting a package from a shelf in the truck. They play a videogame that places them in the driver's seat and has them identify obstacles. They progress from computer simulations to Clarksville, a village of miniature houses and faux businesses on the property where they drive a real truck and must successfully execute five deliveries in 19 minutes. So far, the new methods, designed by UPS and researchers from Virginia Tech, are proving successful, UPS says. Of the 1,629 trainees who have completed Integrad since it began as an experiment in 2007, only 10% have failed the training program, which takes a total of six weeks overall and includes 30 days driving a truck in the real world. UPS is known for promoting within, and many driver candidates began as UPS package handlers or other employees. By getting out of the traditional classroom and using technology and hands-on learning, we've enhanced the probability of success of these new drivers, says Allen Hill, UPS's senior vice president of human resources. A second Integrad will open in the Chicago area in the summer, and the training methods will eventually go company-wide, he says. Are you ready for this? Shake the nerves out! Take a deep breath, cheers Chris Breslin, a graying Integrad instructor, rallying his fresh-faced recruits on a recent day. As Nick Byrnes, a 23-year-old with a buzz cut and black Ray-Ban sunglasses, drove through Clarksville, a UPS instructor tossed a football in his path. Mr. Byrnes hit the brakes. But then, when he hopped out to deliver a package, instructor Mike Keys sneaked an orange traffic cone in front of the truck. Mr. Byrnes hopped back in and started up. Stop! Stop! Ugh! yelled Mr. Keys. He picked up the cone. This is a kid who was playing football around your vehicle and went to get his ball. Mr. Byrnes looked shaken and slapped his forehead. The lesson stuck: At the next stop, he checked for cones. UPS isn't the only company using new training tools. Food service company Sodexo Inc. has recruited chefs through Second Life virtual job fairs and *Cisco Systems Inc.* (CSCO http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=csco) has taught programming techniques through videogames. FedEx Corp. says it, too, has moved toward more hands-on learning in the past five years, although it adds the change wasn't prompted by a high failure rate among trainees. On a recent day, UPS students at Integrad moved through
Re: [scifinoir2] UPS Brings Hi Tech to Driver Training
Keith, the first part's easy, for The Unparalleled Masters of the Dump and Run... Martin (REALLY shouldn't speak ill of Brown, as Brown has something to do for me by close-of-business) On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Wow, this is amazing, and not just for the integration of high tech, multimedia training for all these companies. I guess I never realized UPS drivers had to follow so many rules. Park a truck and get one package off in 15 seconds total? Walk at a prescribed number of mph? I guess I only thought of such efficiency drills in terms of movements and motions in manufacturing/processing plants, where time spent soldering, adding nuts and bolts, cutting up chickens, etc., is strictly regimented. And who knew that UPS drivers make up to 74K annually? That is solidly in the same earnings range as network administrators/engineers and other professions in the IT field. No wonder so many big old hulking brothers put up with wearing those silly looking little brown uniforms! ** http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/109258/usps-thinks-out-of-the-box?mod=career-leadership UPS Thinks Out of the Box on Driver Training by Jennifer Levitz Wednesday, April 7, 2010 provided by [image: wsjlogo.gif] http://wsj.com/ Vexed that some 30% of driver candidates flunk its traditional training, *United Parcel Service Inc.* (UPS http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=UPS) is moving beyond the classroom to ready its rookies for the road. In the place of books and lectures are videogames, a contraption that simulates walking on ice and an obstacle course around an artificial village. Based on results so far, the world's largest package-delivery company is convinced that 20-somethings -- the bulk of UPS driver recruits -- respond best to high-tech instruction and a chance to hone skills. Driver training is crucial for Atlanta-based UPS, which employs 99,000 U.S. drivers and says it will need to hire 25,000 over the next five years to replace retiring Baby Boomers. Candidates vying for a driver's job, which pays an average of $74,000 annually, now spend one week at Integrad, an 11,500-square-foot, low-slung brick UPS training center 10 miles outside of Washington, D.C. There they move from one station to another practicing the company's 340 Methods, prescribed by UPS industrial engineers to save seconds and improve safety in every task from lifting and loading boxes to selecting a package from a shelf in the truck. They play a videogame that places them in the driver's seat and has them identify obstacles. They progress from computer simulations to Clarksville, a village of miniature houses and faux businesses on the property where they drive a real truck and must successfully execute five deliveries in 19 minutes. So far, the new methods, designed by UPS and researchers from Virginia Tech, are proving successful, UPS says. Of the 1,629 trainees who have completed Integrad since it began as an experiment in 2007, only 10% have failed the training program, which takes a total of six weeks overall and includes 30 days driving a truck in the real world. UPS is known for promoting within, and many driver candidates began as UPS package handlers or other employees. By getting out of the traditional classroom and using technology and hands-on learning, we've enhanced the probability of success of these new drivers, says Allen Hill, UPS's senior vice president of human resources. A second Integrad will open in the Chicago area in the summer, and the training methods will eventually go company-wide, he says. Are you ready for this? Shake the nerves out! Take a deep breath, cheers Chris Breslin, a graying Integrad instructor, rallying his fresh-faced recruits on a recent day. As Nick Byrnes, a 23-year-old with a buzz cut and black Ray-Ban sunglasses, drove through Clarksville, a UPS instructor tossed a football in his path. Mr. Byrnes hit the brakes. But then, when he hopped out to deliver a package, instructor Mike Keys sneaked an orange traffic cone in front of the truck. Mr. Byrnes hopped back in and started up. Stop! Stop! Ugh! yelled Mr. Keys. He picked up the cone. This is a kid who was playing football around your vehicle and went to get his ball. Mr. Byrnes looked shaken and slapped his forehead. The lesson stuck: At the next stop, he checked for cones. UPS isn't the only company using new training tools. Food service company Sodexo Inc. has recruited chefs through Second Life virtual job fairs and *Cisco Systems Inc.* (CSCO http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=csco) has taught programming techniques through videogames. FedEx Corp. says it, too, has moved toward more hands-on learning in the past five years, although it adds the change wasn't prompted by a high failure rate among trainees. On a recent day, UPS students at Integrad moved through
Re: [scifinoir2] When Pandering to your redneck base goes wrong
This makes me ill. But I grew up in Texas, and I'm all too familiar with this. I've had people tell me blacks were happier under slavery and Jim Crow because everyone knew their place. I've argued with college-educated folks who give me passionate reasons as to why slavery wasn't that bad. I've lost count of the teachers, friends, and co-workers who have told me over the years I have it made being black, because the (imagined) racism of the past resulted in a free Affirmative Action path that made it so easy for me to get work, promotions, and preferential treatment. Sadder still if the governor doesn't really feel this way, but is simply pandering to the electorate he feels he needs. I can respect an honest racist/Klansman over someone who sells out simply for advancement. Like I say all the time, 'Post-racial' my a$$ I was listening to a podcast of NPR's Tell Me More today. Host Michele Martin was interviewing author Walter Mosley. Mosley mentioned that he was recently talking to a reporter about a meeting he was at for black writers. The reporter asked Mosley, Do you think organizations like this are needed in our post-racial society? Mosley replied, America isn't 'post-racial' anything yet. - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2010 9:15:52 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] When Pandering to your redneck base goes wrong Governor Apologizes for Confederate History Month Proclamation Ignoring Slavery. http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/04/08/governor-apologizes-for-confederate-history-month-proclamation-i/ My favorite part of this article is the accompanying photo with GOP apologist/step-in-fetch Michael Steele grinning like a pickaninny with his arm around Gov. McDonald. ~(no)rave!
Re: [scifinoir2] When Pandering to your redneck base goes wrong
I'm sure that the Teabaggers will make it a talking point to say that he apologized, while still not grasping the implications. Parents, don't let your children grow up to be Teabaggers. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: Governor Apologizes for Confederate History Month Proclamation Ignoring Slavery. http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/04/08/governor-apologizes-for-confederate-history-month-proclamation-i/ My favorite part of this article is the accompanying photo with GOP apologist/step-in-fetch Michael Steele grinning like a pickaninny with his arm around Gov. McDonald. ~(no)rave!
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group
U... they use the wrong loads when hunting their prey? [?][?] On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: And what, pray tell, is wrong with sniper moms? ~rave? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: Last year Jack in the box had to pull a series of ads that featured a group of angry mothers. (anyone remember this ad?) They were out to kill jack because he made the grilled cheese sandwich to well. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@...wrote: Scared BK enough to pull the ads, pal. We live in the PC Era. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Badie astromancer2...@... wrote: Offends mental health group...excuse me...GET A FRICKIN' LIFE --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.comscifinoir2% 40yahoogroups.com, Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherwood@ wrote: A... I'd like to get him talking for once ;) Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Model Lover Dime Imperfection A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex. The People You Know, The Sex They Have ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.comscifinoir2% 40yahoogroups.com From: KeithBJohnson@ Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 20:51:32 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group Okay, pretend you roll over in bed in the middle of the night...you sense a presence in the room, so you pop on the light, only to see that plasticized face, that manic frozen grin staring at you, sitting atop the body of someone dressed crazily, hands outstretched trying to offer you food. Do you: (a) Jump for joy and say, Hey, King! Thanks for the burger! and then invite him to share it with you in your bed? (b) Say, Thanks dude, but I'm not hungry now. Be sure to close the window on your way out, then roll over and go to sleep... or (c) Scream bloody murder and reach for the gun/knife/baseball bat/golf club/mace/pepper spray? Me? Option C all the way baby! - Original Message - From: Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherwood@ To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.comscifinoir2% 40yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 4, 2010 8:22:54 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group I love the creepy king! Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Model Lover - Cobblestone Press Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? Imperfection A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex. The People You Know, The Sex They Have ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.comscifinoir2% 40yahoogroups.com From: KeithBJohnson@ Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 20:38:20 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group That's the least of the issues. Am I the only one creeped out by that grinning, leering rictus of a mask the King wears? Remember the commercials where people would wake up in the morning to find him in their bedrooms, staring at them, holding out a burger or egg sandwich or something? man, that'd be like having Freddy Kreuger's face on the pillow next to you! - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravenadal@ To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.comscifinoir2% 40yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 2, 2010 10:34:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/02/AR2010040204113.html?hpid%3Dtopnewssub=AR Bad week for fast-food mascots. In the same period that RetireRonald.com launched to blast McDonald's clown for luring kids into unhealthy lifestyles, two locally based mental health organizations have been deeply upset by a Burger King advertisement that can best be described as completely bonk . . . er, nut . . . er, cucko . . . er, in poor taste. The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. Get busy.
Re: [scifinoir2] When Pandering to your redneck base goes wrong
My stomach churs as well over this, Keith. Take heart, though -- I have many White friends who are equally nauseous. As for those people Mosely made that comment to -- I'd love to know how many of them mentally dismissed his words as pessimism, without bothering to consider them. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: This makes me ill. But I grew up in Texas, and I'm all too familiar with this. I've had people tell me blacks were happier under slavery and Jim Crow because everyone knew their place. I've argued with college-educated folks who give me passionate reasons as to why slavery wasn't that bad. I've lost count of the teachers, friends, and co-workers who have told me over the years I have it made being black, because the (imagined) racism of the past resulted in a free Affirmative Action path that made it so easy for me to get work, promotions, and preferential treatment. Sadder still if the governor doesn't really feel this way, but is simply pandering to the electorate he feels he needs. I can respect an honest racist/Klansman over someone who sells out simply for advancement. Like I say all the time, 'Post-racial' my a$$ I was listening to a podcast of NPR's Tell Me More today. Host Michele Martin was interviewing author Walter Mosley. Mosley mentioned that he was recently talking to a reporter about a meeting he was at for black writers. The reporter asked Mosley, Do you think organizations like this are needed in our post-racial society? Mosley replied, America isn't 'post-racial' anything yet. - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2010 9:15:52 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] When Pandering to your redneck base goes wrong Governor Apologizes for Confederate History Month Proclamation Ignoring Slavery. http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/04/08/governor-apologizes-for-confederate-history-month-proclamation-i/ My favorite part of this article is the accompanying photo with GOP apologist/step-in-fetch Michael Steele grinning like a pickaninny with his arm around Gov. McDonald. ~(no)rave!
Re: [scifinoir2] Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior
Of COURSE, all and sundry at Faux/Fixed/Fox will rise up to a lifeform and deny any blame for this, wrapping themselves in Flag and Constitution. Bastiches. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteamid=7374140 Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior Wednesday, April 07, 2010 [image: Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior] Related Video All Live Video http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/live : All Videohttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video » [image: Greg Giusti was arrested for making threatening phone calls to Nancy Pelosi.] [image: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington] - Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behaviorhttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7374223 - FBI arrests man for threatening Pelosihttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7374228 Tags: nancy pelosi http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?tag=nancy-pelosi, health care http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?tag=health-care, health insurance http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?tag=health-insurance, i-team http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?section=kgo/news/iteam, dan noyes http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?columnist=dan-noyes - Comment Nowhttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteamid=7374140#comments - Emailhttp://webapp.abclocal.go.com/formmailer/emailFriend?station=kgoheadline=Accused%20man%27s%20mom%20blames%20Fox%20News%20for%20behaviorURL=/kgo/story%3Fsection%3Dnews%2Fiteam%26id%3D7374140contentId=7374140contentType=Article - Printhttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteamid=7374140pt=print - Report a typohttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/feature?section=newsid=7112889 - - - - - - [image: ShareThis via email, AIM, social bookmarking and networking sites, etc.] http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteamid=5771710 Dan Noyeshttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteamid=5771710, Chief Investigative Reporter More: Biohttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteamid=5771710, E-mail %20dan.no...@abc.com, Blog http://iteamblog.abc7news.com/, Facebook http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=567930426, Twitter http://twitter.com/dannoyes, News Teamhttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/newsteam SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Gregory Giusti's 83-year-old mother had not heard that her son had been arrested, but she told ABC7 he has a history of mental problems. She does not think he would be capable of carrying out the threat; he has never owned a gun, and she blames Fox News for getting her son worked up. Giusti was arrested Wednesday afternoon for threatening Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi over recent healthcare legislation. Greg frequently gets in with a group of people that have really radical ideas and that are not consistent with myself or the rest of the family, which gets him into problems, Eleanor Giusti said. I say Fox News, or all of those that are really radical, and he, that's where he comes from. Related Content Story: FBI arrests man for threatening Pelosihttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/national_worldid=7373535 Giusti, 48, has a long history of encounters with law enforcement. In 2004, Giusti was convicted of criminal threats. The San Mateo District Attorney's office says he was trying to evade the fare on a Caltrain, and when the conductor tried to kick him off, Giusti started yelling and threatening the conductor's life. As a result, Giusti was sentenced to one year in county jail and three years supervised probation. He was also ordered to undergo mental health counseling. There is also a lawsuit filed in February by Hamilton Square Baptist Church in San Francisco. It says, Giusti has engaged in and continues to engage in a campaign of harassment against people at the church. Giusti also has a record of skipping out on his BART fares and causing disruptions. BART sued him in 1996. He also has two convictions in San Francisco for welfare fraud and petty theft from 1992. According to ABC7 legal analyst Dean Johnson, there is a point at which free speech ends and a threat begins. Communicating a threat with the intent that it be taken seriously is one of those types of speech that is simply not protected, Johnson said. Even under state law, as well as the federal law that applies here, there are crimes that are based on threatening another individual, you simply cannot do that. Eleanor Giusti also told ABC7 she talked to her son earlier in the day -- apparently before the arrest. He asked about his niece and nephew and acted as though nothing was going on. The FBI told ABC7 Giusti will be booked into San Francisco County Jail to spend the night, before appearing in federal court Thursday morning. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing
Re: [scifinoir2] UPS Brings Hi Tech to Driver Training
I hear you, that's amazing, but I guess it's real world. Heh. I wonder what a training course for something like a bike courier in NYC would be like?! - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2010 12:43:34 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] UPS Brings Hi Tech to Driver Training On a more serious note, this is a lot more rigorous in terms of training than I had thought it would be. I certainly wouldn't pass that greased-floor test, with my bad ear and lousy balance. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Wow, this is amazing, and not just for the integration of high tech, multimedia training for all these companies. I guess I never realized UPS drivers had to follow so many rules. Park a truck and get one package off in 15 seconds total? Walk at a prescribed number of mph? I guess I only thought of such efficiency drills in terms of movements and motions in manufacturing/processing plants, where time spent soldering, adding nuts and bolts, cutting up chickens, etc., is strictly regimented. And who knew that UPS drivers make up to 74K annually? That is solidly in the same earnings range as network administrators/engineers and other professions in the IT field. No wonder so many big old hulking brothers put up with wearing those silly looking little brown uniforms! ** http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/109258/usps-thinks-out-of-the-box?mod=career-leadership UPS Thinks Out of the Box on Driver Training by Jennifer Levitz Wednesday, April 7, 2010 provided by wsjlogo.gif Vexed that some 30% of driver candidates flunk its traditional training, United Parcel Service Inc. ( UPS ) is moving beyond the classroom to ready its rookies for the road. In the place of books and lectures are videogames, a contraption that simulates walking on ice and an obstacle course around an artificial village. Based on results so far, the world's largest package-delivery company is convinced that 20-somethings -- the bulk of UPS driver recruits -- respond best to high-tech instruction and a chance to hone skills. Driver training is crucial for Atlanta-based UPS, which employs 99,000 U.S. drivers and says it will need to hire 25,000 over the next five years to replace retiring Baby Boomers. Candidates vying for a driver's job, which pays an average of $74,000 annually, now spend one week at Integrad, an 11,500-square-foot, low-slung brick UPS training center 10 miles outside of Washington, D.C. There they move from one station to another practicing the company's 340 Methods, prescribed by UPS industrial engineers to save seconds and improve safety in every task from lifting and loading boxes to selecting a package from a shelf in the truck. They play a videogame that places them in the driver's seat and has them identify obstacles. They progress from computer simulations to Clarksville, a village of miniature houses and faux businesses on the property where they drive a real truck and must successfully execute five deliveries in 19 minutes. So far, the new methods, designed by UPS and researchers from Virginia Tech, are proving successful, UPS says. Of the 1,629 trainees who have completed Integrad since it began as an experiment in 2007, only 10% have failed the training program, which takes a total of six weeks overall and includes 30 days driving a truck in the real world. UPS is known for promoting within, and many driver candidates began as UPS package handlers or other employees. By getting out of the traditional classroom and using technology and hands-on learning, we've enhanced the probability of success of these new drivers, says Allen Hill, UPS's senior vice president of human resources. A second Integrad will open in the Chicago area in the summer, and the training methods will eventually go company-wide, he says. Are you ready for this? Shake the nerves out! Take a deep breath, cheers Chris Breslin, a graying Integrad instructor, rallying his fresh-faced recruits on a recent day. As Nick Byrnes, a 23-year-old with a buzz cut and black Ray-Ban sunglasses, drove through Clarksville, a UPS instructor tossed a football in his path. Mr. Byrnes hit the brakes. But then, when he hopped out to deliver a package, instructor Mike Keys sneaked an orange traffic cone in front of the truck. Mr. Byrnes hopped back in and started up. Stop! Stop! Ugh! yelled Mr. Keys. He picked up the cone. This is a kid who was playing football around your vehicle and went to get his ball. Mr. Byrnes looked shaken and slapped his forehead. The lesson stuck: At the next stop, he checked for cones. UPS isn't the only company using new training tools. Food service company Sodexo Inc. has recruited chefs through Second Life virtual
Re: [scifinoir2] The Perfect Weapon--Pollen
Say it again, Brother Keith! I was coming home, down Covington Highway past Superior Chevy. All of their cars and trucks were yellow. Even the red ones. [?] On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: You know those movies like War of the Worlds, where vicious, technologically advanced aliens are brought low by something such as a measly bacterium? Well I say bunk that! Just send 'em down here to Atlanta and let the pollen do a number on them! This is one of the most beautiful cities you'll see in North America in the spring, literally a riot of colors: Reds, pinks, violets, lavenders--every color under the rainbow. Every yard, park, and street is filled with dogwoods, azaleas, roses, crepe myrtles. But the pollen? Oh my gosh. An extremely high pollen count--where just about anyone with even the slightest allergy tendencies will feel some effects--is a measure of 120. Our pollen count today? A whopping 5733! I literally wrote my name on my car windshield with my finger today, the pollen's so thick. I washed the car off, went to the gym for one hour, and came out to see the entire car completely covered again in yellow dust. Pictures taken from news copters show the entire city covered in a thick haze like smog, obscuring visibility, but it ain't smog. That's pollen so thick in the air the city is barely visible from a thousand feet up! Needless to say I am miserable: running eyes, congestion, coughing, sneezing, wheezing. So let Mars attack. Bring on the Invaders. Let the First Wave come. They might decimate the rest of the country, but an hour of sneezing in Atlanta will have them fleeing the Earth never to return--with a brief stop at CVS on the way for some Benedryl! ** http://www.atlantaallergy.com/EducationDetail.aspx?Id=33Cat=3 ATLANTA - The Metro area is seeing a record high pollen count Wednesday. Wednesday's pollen count is an incredible 5733, nearly double Tuesday's count. The recent spike in pollen has allergy sufferers facing miserable symptoms. I literally could not sleep at night. I was up all night coughing, sneezing, my eyes were watering, said allergy sufferer Kathleen Daniel. Kathleen Daniel has struggled with allergy problems since childhood and says she knows she'll be on allergy medication for much of her life. So when the warm weather hit our area -- she knew she was in a world of trouble. When I see all those pretty blooms I think oh no, here it comes, said Daniel. A pollen count of 120 is considered high -- Tuesday's pollen count was a whopping 2967. Wednesday's warm weather could make it even higher. Allergist Dr.. Stanley Fineman said this year's pollen season has hit hard and quickly. There's been a delay in the high pollen counts, so now we're seeing it all of a sudden, said Dr. Stanley Fineman of Atlanta Allergy and Asthma Clinic. And it's not just the thick yellow film that covers your car that makes life miserable, adding that microscopic pollens from nut trees may be causing the most difficulty. Fineman said for patients like Daniel -- doctors recommend limiting their exposure to the outside conditions. They should be indoors. Close the windows, use the a.c., wash their hair before they go to sleep. Because there may be pollen in their hair, and basically strict avoidance techniques, said Fineman. 363.gif
Re: [scifinoir2] The Perfect Weapon--Pollen
yes indeed. I got maybe two hours of sleep last night. Though popping the antihistamine and decongestants, I'm still miserable.- Original Message -From: "Martin Baxter" martinbaxt...@gmail.comTo: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comSent: Thursday, April 8, 2010 1:04:39 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada EasternSubject: Re: [scifinoir2] The Perfect Weapon--Pollen Say it again, Brother Keith! I was coming home, down Covington Highway past Superior Chevy. All of their cars and trucks were yellow. Even the red ones. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: You know those movies like "War of the Worlds", where vicious, technologically advanced aliens are brought low by something such as a measly bacterium? Well I say bunk that! Just send 'em down here to Atlanta and let the pollen do a number on them! This is one of the most beautiful cities you'll see in North America in the spring, literally a riot of colors: Reds, pinks, violets, lavenders--every color under the rainbow. Every yard, park, and street is filled with dogwoods, azaleas, roses, crepe myrtles. But the pollen? Oh my gosh. An extremely high pollen count--where just about anyone with even the slightest allergy tendencies will feel some effects--is a measure of 120. Our pollen count today? A whopping 5733! I literally wrote my name on my car windshield with my finger today, the pollen's so thick. I washed the car off, went to the gym for one hour, and came out to see the entire car completely covered again in yellow dust. Pictures taken from news copters show the entire city covered in a thick haze like smog, obscuring visibility, but it ain't smog. That's pollen so thick in the air the city is barely visible from a thousand feet up! Needless to say I am miserable: running eyes, congestion, coughing, sneezing, wheezing. So let Mars attack. Bring on the Invaders. Let the First Wave come. They might decimate the rest of the country, but an hour of sneezing in Atlanta will have them fleeing the Earth never to return--with a brief stop at CVS on the way for some Benedryl! **http://www.atlantaallergy.com/EducationDetail.aspx?Id=33Cat=3 ATLANTA - The Metro area is seeing a record high pollen count Wednesday.Wednesday's pollen count is an incredible 5733, nearly double Tuesday's count.The recent spike in pollen has allergy sufferers facing miserable symptoms. "I literally could not sleep at night. I was up all night coughing, sneezing, my eyes were watering," said allergy sufferer Kathleen Daniel.Kathleen Daniel has struggled with allergy problems since childhood and says she knows she'll be on allergy medication for much of her life. So when the warm weather hit our area -- she knew she was in a world of trouble. "When I see all those pretty blooms I think oh no, here it comes," said Daniel.A pollen count of 120 is considered high -- Tuesday's pollen count was a whopping 2967. Wednesday's warm weather could make it even higher. Allergist Dr.. Stanley Fineman said this year's pollen season has hit hard and quickly."There's been a delay in the high pollen counts, so now we're seeing it all of a sudden," said Dr. Stanley Fineman of Atlanta Allergy and Asthma Clinic. And it's not just the thick yellow film that covers your car that makes life miserable, adding that microscopic pollens from nut trees may be causing the most difficulty. Fineman said for patients like Daniel -- doctors recommend limiting their exposure to the outside conditions. "They should be indoors. Close the windows, use the a.c., wash their hair before they go to sleep. Because there may be pollen in their hair, and basically strict avoidance techniques," said Fineman.
Re: [scifinoir2] Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior
Actually I wouldn't feel comfortable blaming Fox News for crazy man antics. Yeah they're propagandists for all kinds of nonsense but they don't make them put guns in people's hands. It's like blaming heavy metal for teen suicide or hip hop for gang violence. I'm no defender of Fox or it's rampant stupidity and wrecklessness but at some point people make choices. Bosco --- On Thu, 4/8/10, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010, 11:59 AM Of COURSE, all and sundry at Faux/Fixed/Fox will rise up to a lifeform and deny any blame for this, wrapping themselves in Flag and Constitution. Bastiches. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com wrote: http://abclocal. go.com/kgo/ story?section= news/iteamid=7374140 Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior Wednesday, April 07, 2010 Related Video All Live Video : All Video » Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior FBI arrests man for threatening Pelosi Tags:nancy pelosi, health care, health insurance, i-team, dan noyes Comment Now Email Print Report a typo Dan Noyes , Chief Investigative Reporter More: Bio, E-mail, Blog, Facebook, Twitter, News Team SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Gregory Giusti's 83-year-old mother had not heard that her son had been arrested, but she told ABC7 he has a history of mental problems. She does not think he would be capable of carrying out the threat; he has never owned a gun, and she blames Fox News for getting her son worked up. Giusti was arrested Wednesday afternoon for threatening Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi over recent healthcare legislation. Greg frequently gets in with a group of people that have really radical ideas and that are not consistent with myself or the rest of the family, which gets him into problems, Eleanor Giusti said. I say Fox News, or all of those that are really radical, and he, that's where he comes from. Related Content Story: FBI arrests man for threatening Pelosi Giusti, 48, has a long history of encounters with law enforcement. In 2004, Giusti was convicted of criminal threats. The San Mateo District Attorney's office says he was trying to evade the fare on a Caltrain, and when the conductor tried to kick him off, Giusti started yelling and threatening the conductor's life. As a result, Giusti was sentenced to one year in county jail and three years supervised probation. He was also ordered to undergo mental health counseling. There is also a lawsuit filed in February by Hamilton Square Baptist Church in San Francisco. It says, Giusti has engaged in and continues to engage in a campaign of harassment against people at the church. Giusti also has a record of skipping out on his BART fares and causing disruptions. BART sued him in 1996. He also has two convictions in San Francisco for welfare fraud and petty theft from 1992. According to ABC7 legal analyst Dean Johnson, there is a point at which free speech ends and a threat begins. Communicating a threat with the intent that it be taken seriously is one of those types of speech that is simply not protected, Johnson said. Even under state law, as well as the federal law that applies here, there are crimes that are based on threatening another individual, you simply cannot do that. Eleanor Giusti also told ABC7 she talked to her son earlier in the day -- apparently before the arrest. He asked about his niece and nephew and acted as though nothing was going on. The FBI told ABC7 Giusti will be booked into San Francisco County Jail to spend the night, before appearing in federal court Thursday morning. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] F1 ace Lewis Hamilton gets ticket in Australia...........
Formula One ace Lewis Hamilton pulled over by Australian cops Mar 27 2010 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2010/03/27/Keith Mcleod AUSSIE cops pulled over a boy racer for doing wheelspins, then realised the idiot was Lewis Hamilton. The former Formula One champion had his luxury Mercedes road car towed away to a police pound. And he was forced to issue a humiliating apology after he did a burnout spin and roared off at speed as he left the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne following practice for Sunday's Grand Prix. Hamilton said: I was driving in an over-exuberant manner and, as a result, was stopped by the police. What I did was silly and I want to apologise for it. Hamilton pulled his stunt right in front of a police van, and the cops followed the £15million-ayear speed king and stopped him at the roadside. Bystanders said red-faced Hamilton slid down in his seat and tried to hide his face as the officers spoke to him. His souped-up Mercedes C63 AMG road car, loaned to him by a local dealer, was seized under laws designed to crackdown on hoons - Australian slang for neds and boy racers. A few hours after the incident, Hamilton, 25, released his apology through the McLaren Mercedes team. He will be charged with improper use of a motor vehicle, which carries a maximum fine of about £750. The car will be held at the pound for 48 hours. Hamilton was turning into Melbourne's Fitzroy Street - a main road packed with bars - at about 9.15pm when he did a burnout, spinning his wheels so the back end of his car swung outwards as he pulled away . A police source said: Smoke was billowing from the tyres and he left tyre marks all over the road. Senior Constable Scott Woodford said Hamilton stopped immediately when he was pulled over and was extremely co-operative. He added: It would have been fair to say that he was fairly disappointed with the incident. Hamilton was interviewed at the scene for about half an hour and passed a routine breath test. Onlookers said he was visibly upset. He is said to have told the cops he was worried the incident would damage his reputation. Hamilton was not taken to a police station. After booking him and loading his car on to a truck, the police gave him a lift back to his hotel about four miles away. He was carrying a male passenger, who has not been named, when he was pulled over. Hamilton was stopped as he left Albert Park after recording the fastest time in morning practice for the big race. It wasn't clear last night whether he would appear in court before leaving Australia, or whether the case will be held in hs absence after he leaves. He was banned from driving for a month in France in 2007 after he was clocked doing 123mph. Police in Australia have been working hard to clamp down on dangerous driving by hoons. One of Hamilton's biggest F1 rivals, Ferrari ace Felipe Massa, publicly backed the campaign hours before his fellow-star was pulled over . -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior
When I posted this I was thinking the same thing, but after a while I thought about the effects of repetition on someone's mind. If you repeat the same answers over and over again on a variety of shows it can be like hypnotic suggestion. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Bosco Bosco ironpi...@yahoo.com wrote: Actually I wouldn't feel comfortable blaming Fox News for crazy man antics. Yeah they're propagandists for all kinds of nonsense but they don't make them put guns in people's hands. It's like blaming heavy metal for teen suicide or hip hop for gang violence. I'm no defender of Fox or it's rampant stupidity and wrecklessness but at some point people make choices. Bosco --- On *Thu, 4/8/10, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com* wrote: From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010, 11:59 AM Of COURSE, all and sundry at Faux/Fixed/Fox will rise up to a lifeform and deny any blame for this, wrapping themselves in Flag and Constitution. Bastiches. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.comhttp://mc/compose?to=hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: http://abclocal. go.com/kgo/ story?section= news/iteamid=7374140http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteamid=7374140 Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior Wednesday, April 07, 2010 [image: Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior] Related Video All Live Video http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/live : All Videohttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video » [image: Greg Giusti was arrested for making threatening phone calls to Nancy Pelosi.] [image: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington] - Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behaviorhttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7374223 - FBI arrests man for threatening Pelosihttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7374228 Tags: nancy pelosi http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?tag=nancy-pelosi, health care http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?tag=health-care, health insurance http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?tag=health-insurance, i-team http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?section=kgo/news/iteam, dan noyes http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?columnist=dan-noyes - Comment Nowhttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteamid=7374140#comments - Emailhttp://webapp.abclocal.go.com/formmailer/emailFriend?station=kgoheadline=Accused%20man%27s%20mom%20blames%20Fox%20News%20for%20behaviorURL=/kgo/story%3Fsection%3Dnews%2Fiteam%26id%3D7374140contentId=7374140contentType=Article - Printhttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteamid=7374140pt=print - Report a typohttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/feature?section=newsid=7112889 - - - - - - [image: ShareThis via email, AIM, social bookmarking and networking sites, etc.] http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteamid=5771710 Dan Noyeshttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteamid=5771710, Chief Investigative Reporter More: Biohttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteamid=5771710, E-mail http://mc/compose?to=%20dan.no...@abc.com, Bloghttp://iteamblog.abc7news.com/, Facebook http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=567930426, Twitter http://twitter.com/dannoyes, News Teamhttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/newsteam SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Gregory Giusti's 83-year-old mother had not heard that her son had been arrested, but she told ABC7 he has a history of mental problems. She does not think he would be capable of carrying out the threat; he has never owned a gun, and she blames Fox News for getting her son worked up. Giusti was arrested Wednesday afternoon for threatening Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi over recent healthcare legislation. Greg frequently gets in with a group of people that have really radical ideas and that are not consistent with myself or the rest of the family, which gets him into problems, Eleanor Giusti said. I say Fox News, or all of those that are really radical, and he, that's where he comes from. Related Content Story: FBI arrests man for threatening Pelosihttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/national_worldid=7373535 Giusti, 48, has a long history of encounters with law enforcement. In 2004, Giusti was convicted of criminal threats. The San Mateo District Attorney's office says he was trying to evade the fare on a Caltrain, and when the conductor tried to kick him off, Giusti started yelling and threatening the conductor's life. As a result, Giusti was sentenced to one year in county jail and three years supervised probation. He was also ordered to undergo mental health counseling. There is also a lawsuit filed in February by Hamilton Square Baptist Church in San Francisco. It says, Giusti
Re: [scifinoir2] When Pandering to your redneck base goes wrong
I too felt ill when I read the original story, and I am happy that you all felt the same. I'm always amazed but never surprised at the totally lack of common sense on issues like this. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 6:15 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: Governor Apologizes for Confederate History Month Proclamation Ignoring Slavery. http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/04/08/governor-apologizes-for-confederate-history-month-proclamation-i/ My favorite part of this article is the accompanying photo with GOP apologist/step-in-fetch Michael Steele grinning like a pickaninny with his arm around Gov. McDonald. ~(no)rave! Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] UPS Brings Hi Tech to Driver Training
Its really hard to get the delivery job. I have a friend that works at UPS and there was close to a 7 year waiting list unless you already have experience in that field. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Wow, this is amazing, and not just for the integration of high tech, multimedia training for all these companies. I guess I never realized UPS drivers had to follow so many rules. Park a truck and get one package off in 15 seconds total? Walk at a prescribed number of mph? I guess I only thought of such efficiency drills in terms of movements and motions in manufacturing/processing plants, where time spent soldering, adding nuts and bolts, cutting up chickens, etc., is strictly regimented. And who knew that UPS drivers make up to 74K annually? That is solidly in the same earnings range as network administrators/engineers and other professions in the IT field. No wonder so many big old hulking brothers put up with wearing those silly looking little brown uniforms! ** http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/109258/usps-thinks-out-of-the-box?mod=career-leadership UPS Thinks Out of the Box on Driver Training by Jennifer Levitz Wednesday, April 7, 2010 provided by [image: wsjlogo.gif] http://wsj.com/ Vexed that some 30% of driver candidates flunk its traditional training, *United Parcel Service Inc.* (UPS http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=UPS) is moving beyond the classroom to ready its rookies for the road. In the place of books and lectures are videogames, a contraption that simulates walking on ice and an obstacle course around an artificial village. Based on results so far, the world's largest package-delivery company is convinced that 20-somethings -- the bulk of UPS driver recruits -- respond best to high-tech instruction and a chance to hone skills. Driver training is crucial for Atlanta-based UPS, which employs 99,000 U.S. drivers and says it will need to hire 25,000 over the next five years to replace retiring Baby Boomers. Candidates vying for a driver's job, which pays an average of $74,000 annually, now spend one week at Integrad, an 11,500-square-foot, low-slung brick UPS training center 10 miles outside of Washington, D.C. There they move from one station to another practicing the company's 340 Methods, prescribed by UPS industrial engineers to save seconds and improve safety in every task from lifting and loading boxes to selecting a package from a shelf in the truck. They play a videogame that places them in the driver's seat and has them identify obstacles. They progress from computer simulations to Clarksville, a village of miniature houses and faux businesses on the property where they drive a real truck and must successfully execute five deliveries in 19 minutes. So far, the new methods, designed by UPS and researchers from Virginia Tech, are proving successful, UPS says. Of the 1,629 trainees who have completed Integrad since it began as an experiment in 2007, only 10% have failed the training program, which takes a total of six weeks overall and includes 30 days driving a truck in the real world. UPS is known for promoting within, and many driver candidates began as UPS package handlers or other employees. By getting out of the traditional classroom and using technology and hands-on learning, we've enhanced the probability of success of these new drivers, says Allen Hill, UPS's senior vice president of human resources. A second Integrad will open in the Chicago area in the summer, and the training methods will eventually go company-wide, he says. Are you ready for this? Shake the nerves out! Take a deep breath, cheers Chris Breslin, a graying Integrad instructor, rallying his fresh-faced recruits on a recent day. As Nick Byrnes, a 23-year-old with a buzz cut and black Ray-Ban sunglasses, drove through Clarksville, a UPS instructor tossed a football in his path. Mr. Byrnes hit the brakes. But then, when he hopped out to deliver a package, instructor Mike Keys sneaked an orange traffic cone in front of the truck. Mr. Byrnes hopped back in and started up. Stop! Stop! Ugh! yelled Mr. Keys. He picked up the cone. This is a kid who was playing football around your vehicle and went to get his ball. Mr. Byrnes looked shaken and slapped his forehead. The lesson stuck: At the next stop, he checked for cones. UPS isn't the only company using new training tools. Food service company Sodexo Inc. has recruited chefs through Second Life virtual job fairs and *Cisco Systems Inc.* (CSCO http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=csco) has taught programming techniques through videogames. FedEx Corp. says it, too, has moved toward more hands-on learning in the past five years, although it adds the change wasn't prompted by a high failure rate among trainees. On a recent day, UPS students at Integrad moved through kinetic learning
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group
I loved the commercials. I thought that they were going to make it into a short series and make it something like 24. I think the difference between Jack in the box and Burger king is that they use humor in their commercials. BK also makes them a little edgy to appeal to the younger males. Ever see the Chicken punk band or the chicken webcast? On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:58 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: And what, pray tell, is wrong with sniper moms? ~rave? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: Last year Jack in the box had to pull a series of ads that featured a group of angry mothers. (anyone remember this ad?) They were out to kill jack because he made the grilled cheese sandwich to well. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@...wrote: Scared BK enough to pull the ads, pal. We live in the PC Era. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Badie astromancer2...@... wrote: Offends mental health group...excuse me...GET A FRICKIN' LIFE --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherwood@ wrote: A... I'd like to get him talking for once ;) Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Model Lover Dime Imperfection A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex. The People You Know, The Sex They Have ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com From: KeithBJohnson@ Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 20:51:32 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group Okay, pretend you roll over in bed in the middle of the night...you sense a presence in the room, so you pop on the light, only to see that plasticized face, that manic frozen grin staring at you, sitting atop the body of someone dressed crazily, hands outstretched trying to offer you food. Do you: (a) Jump for joy and say, Hey, King! Thanks for the burger! and then invite him to share it with you in your bed? (b) Say, Thanks dude, but I'm not hungry now. Be sure to close the window on your way out, then roll over and go to sleep... or (c) Scream bloody murder and reach for the gun/knife/baseball bat/golf club/mace/pepper spray? Me? Option C all the way baby! - Original Message - From: Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherwood@ To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 4, 2010 8:22:54 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group I love the creepy king! Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Model Lover - Cobblestone Press Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? Imperfection A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex. The People You Know, The Sex They Have ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com From: KeithBJohnson@ Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 20:38:20 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group That's the least of the issues. Am I the only one creeped out by that grinning, leering rictus of a mask the King wears? Remember the commercials where people would wake up in the morning to find him in their bedrooms, staring at them, holding out a burger or egg sandwich or something? man, that'd be like having Freddy Kreuger's face on the pillow next to you! - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravenadal@ To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 2, 2010 10:34:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/02/AR2010040204113.html?hpid%3Dtopnewssub=AR Bad week for fast-food mascots. In the same period that RetireRonald.com launched to blast McDonald's clown for luring kids into unhealthy lifestyles, two locally based mental health organizations have been deeply upset by a Burger King advertisement that can best be described as completely bonk . . . er, nut . . . er, cucko . . . er, in poor taste. The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. Get busy.
[scifinoir2] Re: Tea goes down easy, black conservatives say (stupid is as stupid does)
I saw one of these black conservatives debating Eric Michael Dyson. Reverend Dyson stated that conservatives preached trickle-down economics believing a rising tide lifted all boats. He went on to say the problem was that too many poor blacks didn't have boats. The conservative black woman snapped, If they don't have a boat they should BUILD one! Which reminds me of may canned response whenever someone says they pulled themselves up by their bootstraps: YOU HAD BOOTS??!!?? To which the conservative would respond, I suppose, if I didn't have boots I should have bought (stolen?) a cow, killed and skinned it, tanned the hide and made me some boots Because, as we all know, first you make a time machine. THEN, you go back in time. ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Kelwyn ravena...@... wrote: http://epaper.orlandosentinel.com/OS/OS/2010/04/08/ArticleHtmls/08_04_2010_004_040.shtml They've been called Oreos, traitors and Uncle Toms, and are used to having to defend their values. Now black conservatives are really taking heat for their involvement in the mostly white tea party movement -and for having the audacity to oppose the policies of the nation's first black president. I've been told I hate myself. I've been called an Uncle Tom, said Timothy Johnson, chairman of the Frederick Douglass Foundation, a group of black conservatives who support free-market principles and limited government. Black Republicans find themselves always having to prove who they are. Because the assumption is the Republican Party is for whites and the Democratic Party is for blacks, he said. Johnson and other black conservatives say they were drawn to the tea party movement because of what they consider its common-sense fiscal values of controlled spending, lower taxes and smaller government. The fact that they're black -or that most tea partiers are white -should have nothing to do with it, they say. You have to be honest and true to yourself. What am I supposed to do, vote Democratic just to be popular? Just to fit in? asked Clifton Bazar, 45, a conservative blogger in New Jersey . Some opponents have branded the tea party as racists hiding behind economic concerns -and reports that some tea partiers were lobbing racist slurs at black congressmen over last month's heated health care vote give them ammunition. But these black conservatives don't consider racism typical of the movement. Angela McGlowan, a black GOP congressional candidate from Mississippi, said her tea party involvement is not about a black or white issue. It's not even about Republican or Democrat, from my standpoint, she said. All of us are taxed too much. Black voters have overwhelmingly backed Democratic candidates. In 2008, 95 percent of black voters cast ballots for President Barack Obama. I've gotten the statement, `How can you not support the brother?' said David Webb, an organizer of New York City's Tea Party 365 Inc. movement. I know of people who would play the (liberal) role publicly but have their private opinions, he said. Why can't we speak openly and honestly if we disagree? Tax Day protests A Tax Day tea party demonstration is scheduled for April 15 on the Washington Monument grounds in the nation's capital. FreedomWorks Foundation, the organizer, says gatherings to protest big government will be held across the nation.
[scifinoir2] Blueray is on its way to being obsolete
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Re: [scifinoir2] Blueray is on its way to being obsolete
Yea and verily, I laugheth mine arse off at this. Martin (feeling like a vindicated Luddite technonerd, for refusing to buy into Blu-Ray when it first jumped out) On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: New high capacity Blu-ray Discs will be incompatible with existing players By Darren Quick http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/ *23:14 April 7, 2010* [image: Existing Blu-ray discs will play in BDXL and IH-BD hardware, but BDXL and IH-BD discs will...]http://www.gizmag.com/bdxl-ih-bd-blu-ray-disc/14750/picture/113202/ Existing Blu-ray discs will play in BDXL and IH-BD hardware, but BDXL and IH-BD discs will be incompatible with existing hardware (Image: smemon87http://www.flickr.com/photos/smemon/via Flickr) LG's Blu Ray/DVD Burnerhttp://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=lai=BI76eHEG-S_ngO4OorAPB6LWmCYHr9rMBud3C3RDAjbcBkMcsEAEYASCz3PoBKAQ4AFD2nNDq_v8BYMnGzYbIo6AZsgEOd3d3Lmdpem1hZy5jb226AQozMDB4MjUwX2pzyAEB2gGIAWh0dHA6Ly93d3cuZ2l6bWFnLmNvbS9iZHhsLWloLWJkLWJsdS1yYXktZGlzYy8xNDc1MC8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1HaXptYWcrU3Vic2NyaWJlcnMmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWQ4MmQyZmUzMjQtVUEtMjIzNTM2MC00JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWzIApv7vxGoAwHoA-wD6APwA_UDAgAARAnum=1sig=AGiWqtxnN4MmD98V3zQ0pN6AzYVQK1dmmQclient=ca-pub-1607124478120364adurl=http://www.lg.com/us/computer-products/optical-media/index.jsp%3Fcmpid%3Dus_csearch_cp10_opt%26s_kwcid%3DTC%7C10189%7Clg%2520fastest%2520dvd%2520burner%7Cwww.gizmag.com%7CC%7Cp%7C4388865727- www.LG.comhttp://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=lai=BI76eHEG-S_ngO4OorAPB6LWmCYHr9rMBud3C3RDAjbcBkMcsEAEYASCz3PoBKAQ4AFD2nNDq_v8BYMnGzYbIo6AZsgEOd3d3Lmdpem1hZy5jb226AQozMDB4MjUwX2pzyAEB2gGIAWh0dHA6Ly93d3cuZ2l6bWFnLmNvbS9iZHhsLWloLWJkLWJsdS1yYXktZGlzYy8xNDc1MC8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1HaXptYWcrU3Vic2NyaWJlcnMmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWQ4MmQyZmUzMjQtVUEtMjIzNTM2MC00JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWzIApv7vxGoAwHoA-wD6APwA_UDAgAARAnum=1sig=AGiWqtxnN4MmD98V3zQ0pN6AzYVQK1dmmQclient=ca-pub-1607124478120364adurl=http://www.lg.com/us/computer-products/optical-media/index.jsp%3Fcmpid%3Dus_csearch_cp10_opt%26s_kwcid%3DTC%7C10189%7Clg%2520fastest%2520dvd%2520burner%7Cwww.gizmag.com%7CC%7Cp%7C4388865727 Burn Blu Ray Disks, DVDs, or CDs W/ LG's Line Of Optical Drives! Memorex BD-R Blu-Ray Dischttp://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=lai=BpnfZHEG-S_ngO4OorAPB6LWmCcC_0JYBzpfZ-Q3AjbcB0P8uEAIYAiCz3PoBKAQ4AFDg37DVAWDJxs2GyKOgGaABxte1_wOyAQ53d3cuZ2l6bWFnLmNvbboBCjMwMHgyNTBfanPIAQHaAYgBaHR0cDovL3d3dy5naXptYWcuY29tL2JkeGwtaWgtYmQtYmx1LXJheS1kaXNjLzE0NzUwLz91dG1fc291cmNlPUdpem1hZytTdWJzY3JpYmVycyZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249ZDgyZDJmZTMyNC1VQS0yMjM1MzYwLTQmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbIACAdACAagDAegD7APoA_AD9QMCAABEnum=2sig=AGiWqtzFKhpgAaeHRZWAPEWp_FS5ToGjXAclient=ca-pub-1607124478120364adurl=http://www.runtechmedia.com/product.asp%3Fsku%3DMemorex4x25GBDR15- RunTechMedia.comhttp://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=lai=BpnfZHEG-S_ngO4OorAPB6LWmCcC_0JYBzpfZ-Q3AjbcB0P8uEAIYAiCz3PoBKAQ4AFDg37DVAWDJxs2GyKOgGaABxte1_wOyAQ53d3cuZ2l6bWFnLmNvbboBCjMwMHgyNTBfanPIAQHaAYgBaHR0cDovL3d3dy5naXptYWcuY29tL2JkeGwtaWgtYmQtYmx1LXJheS1kaXNjLzE0NzUwLz91dG1fc291cmNlPUdpem1hZytTdWJzY3JpYmVycyZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249ZDgyZDJmZTMyNC1VQS0yMjM1MzYwLTQmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbIACAdACAagDAegD7APoA_AD9QMCAABEnum=2sig=AGiWqtzFKhpgAaeHRZWAPEWp_FS5ToGjXAclient=ca-pub-1607124478120364adurl=http://www.runtechmedia.com/product.asp%3Fsku%3DMemorex4x25GBDR15 Buy Memorex 32020013358 Today. Best Deals On Blu-Ray Blank Media! Region Free BluRay Playerhttp://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=lai=BNG3JHEG-S_ngO4OorAPB6LWmCcPKyHGVtpCdDcCNtwGw1DIQAxgDILPc-gEoBDgAUJX2kML7_wFgycbNhsijoBmgAZDSqf8DsgEOd3d3Lmdpem1hZy5jb226AQozMDB4MjUwX2pzyAEB2gGIAWh0dHA6Ly93d3cuZ2l6bWFnLmNvbS9iZHhsLWloLWJkLWJsdS1yYXktZGlzYy8xNDc1MC8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1HaXptYWcrU3Vic2NyaWJlcnMmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWQ4MmQyZmUzMjQtVUEtMjIzNTM2MC00JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWzQAgGoAwHoA-wD6APwA_UDAgAARAnum=3sig=AGiWqtwnlHYtQwLzy19oKfbxgYsCOgLPJAclient=ca-pub-1607124478120364adurl=http://www.world-import.com/region_free_blu_ray_DVD_players.htm- www.world-import.com/dvd.htmhttp://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=lai=BNG3JHEG-S_ngO4OorAPB6LWmCcPKyHGVtpCdDcCNtwGw1DIQAxgDILPc-gEoBDgAUJX2kML7_wFgycbNhsijoBmgAZDSqf8DsgEOd3d3Lmdpem1hZy5jb226AQozMDB4MjUwX2pzyAEB2gGIAWh0dHA6Ly93d3cuZ2l6bWFnLmNvbS9iZHhsLWloLWJkLWJsdS1yYXktZGlzYy8xNDc1MC8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1HaXptYWcrU3Vic2NyaWJlcnMmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWQ4MmQyZmUzMjQtVUEtMjIzNTM2MC00JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWzQAgGoAwHoA-wD6APwA_UDAgAARAnum=3sig=AGiWqtwnlHYtQwLzy19oKfbxgYsCOgLPJAclient=ca-pub-1607124478120364adurl=http://www.world-import.com/region_free_blu_ray_DVD_players.htm Play blu ray discs from Zones A B C and also DVDs from any country. Blue
Re: [scifinoir2] Tea goes down easy, black conservatives say (stupid is as stupid does)
NO, Mr Johnson, you don't hate yourself. You're too frelling stuppid for that. Oh, for the day when some backroom Tea Party chatter is posted online, when they're using words that not even Michael the Clown Steele can smirk away... On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://epaper.orlandosentinel.com/OS/OS/2010/04/08/ArticleHtmls/08_04_2010_004_040.shtml They've been called Oreos, traitors and Uncle Toms, and are used to having to defend their values. Now black conservatives are really taking heat for their involvement in the mostly white tea party movement -and for having the audacity to oppose the policies of the nation's first black president. I've been told I hate myself. I've been called an Uncle Tom, said Timothy Johnson, chairman of the Frederick Douglass Foundation, a group of black conservatives who support free-market principles and limited government. Black Republicans find themselves always having to prove who they are. Because the assumption is the Republican Party is for whites and the Democratic Party is for blacks, he said. Johnson and other black conservatives say they were drawn to the tea party movement because of what they consider its common-sense fiscal values of controlled spending, lower taxes and smaller government. The fact that they're black -or that most tea partiers are white -should have nothing to do with it, they say. You have to be honest and true to yourself. What am I supposed to do, vote Democratic just to be popular? Just to fit in? asked Clifton Bazar, 45, a conservative blogger in New Jersey . Some opponents have branded the tea party as racists hiding behind economic concerns -and reports that some tea partiers were lobbing racist slurs at black congressmen over last month's heated health care vote give them ammunition. But these black conservatives don't consider racism typical of the movement. Angela McGlowan, a black GOP congressional candidate from Mississippi, said her tea party involvement is not about a black or white issue. It's not even about Republican or Democrat, from my standpoint, she said. All of us are taxed too much. Black voters have overwhelmingly backed Democratic candidates. In 2008, 95 percent of black voters cast ballots for President Barack Obama. I've gotten the statement, `How can you not support the brother?' said David Webb, an organizer of New York City's Tea Party 365 Inc. movement. I know of people who would play the (liberal) role publicly but have their private opinions, he said. Why can't we speak openly and honestly if we disagree? Tax Day protests A Tax Day tea party demonstration is scheduled for April 15 on the Washington Monument grounds in the nation's capital. FreedomWorks Foundation, the organizer, says gatherings to protest big government will be held across the nation.
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group
No, Mr Worf, but I'll chase those down. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I loved the commercials. I thought that they were going to make it into a short series and make it something like 24. I think the difference between Jack in the box and Burger king is that they use humor in their commercials. BK also makes them a little edgy to appeal to the younger males. Ever see the Chicken punk band or the chicken webcast? On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:58 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: And what, pray tell, is wrong with sniper moms? ~rave? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: Last year Jack in the box had to pull a series of ads that featured a group of angry mothers. (anyone remember this ad?) They were out to kill jack because he made the grilled cheese sandwich to well. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@...wrote: Scared BK enough to pull the ads, pal. We live in the PC Era. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Badie astromancer2...@... wrote: Offends mental health group...excuse me...GET A FRICKIN' LIFE --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherwood@ wrote: A... I'd like to get him talking for once ;) Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Model Lover Dime Imperfection A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex. The People You Know, The Sex They Have ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com From: KeithBJohnson@ Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 20:51:32 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group Okay, pretend you roll over in bed in the middle of the night...you sense a presence in the room, so you pop on the light, only to see that plasticized face, that manic frozen grin staring at you, sitting atop the body of someone dressed crazily, hands outstretched trying to offer you food. Do you: (a) Jump for joy and say, Hey, King! Thanks for the burger! and then invite him to share it with you in your bed? (b) Say, Thanks dude, but I'm not hungry now. Be sure to close the window on your way out, then roll over and go to sleep... or (c) Scream bloody murder and reach for the gun/knife/baseball bat/golf club/mace/pepper spray? Me? Option C all the way baby! - Original Message - From: Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherwood@ To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 4, 2010 8:22:54 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group I love the creepy king! Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Model Lover - Cobblestone Press Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? Imperfection A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex. The People You Know, The Sex They Have ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com From: KeithBJohnson@ Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 20:38:20 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group That's the least of the issues. Am I the only one creeped out by that grinning, leering rictus of a mask the King wears? Remember the commercials where people would wake up in the morning to find him in their bedrooms, staring at them, holding out a burger or egg sandwich or something? man, that'd be like having Freddy Kreuger's face on the pillow next to you! - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravenadal@ To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 2, 2010 10:34:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/02/AR2010040204113.html?hpid%3Dtopnewssub=AR Bad week for fast-food mascots. In the same period that RetireRonald.com launched to blast McDonald's clown for luring kids into unhealthy lifestyles, two locally based mental health organizations have been deeply upset by a Burger King advertisement that can best be described as completely bonk . . . er, nut . . . er, cucko . . . er, in poor taste.
Re: [scifinoir2] UPS Brings Hi Tech to Driver Training
Keith,having once lived in the Apple, I'll hazard that being able to shake off pain when the Downtown Local grazes you while doing thirty-five would be a start. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: I hear you, that's amazing, but I guess it's real world. Heh. I wonder what a training course for something like a bike courier in NYC would be like?! - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2010 12:43:34 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] UPS Brings Hi Tech to Driver Training On a more serious note, this is a lot more rigorous in terms of training than I had thought it would be. I certainly wouldn't pass that greased-floor test, with my bad ear and lousy balance. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Wow, this is amazing, and not just for the integration of high tech, multimedia training for all these companies. I guess I never realized UPS drivers had to follow so many rules. Park a truck and get one package off in 15 seconds total? Walk at a prescribed number of mph? I guess I only thought of such efficiency drills in terms of movements and motions in manufacturing/processing plants, where time spent soldering, adding nuts and bolts, cutting up chickens, etc., is strictly regimented. And who knew that UPS drivers make up to 74K annually? That is solidly in the same earnings range as network administrators/engineers and other professions in the IT field. No wonder so many big old hulking brothers put up with wearing those silly looking little brown uniforms! ** http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/109258/usps-thinks-out-of-the-box?mod=career-leadership UPS Thinks Out of the Box on Driver Training by Jennifer Levitz Wednesday, April 7, 2010 provided by [image: wsjlogo.gif] http://wsj.com/ Vexed that some 30% of driver candidates flunk its traditional training, *United Parcel Service Inc.* (UPS http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=UPS) is moving beyond the classroom to ready its rookies for the road. In the place of books and lectures are videogames, a contraption that simulates walking on ice and an obstacle course around an artificial village. Based on results so far, the world's largest package-delivery company is convinced that 20-somethings -- the bulk of UPS driver recruits -- respond best to high-tech instruction and a chance to hone skills. Driver training is crucial for Atlanta-based UPS, which employs 99,000 U.S. drivers and says it will need to hire 25,000 over the next five years to replace retiring Baby Boomers. Candidates vying for a driver's job, which pays an average of $74,000 annually, now spend one week at Integrad, an 11,500-square-foot, low-slung brick UPS training center 10 miles outside of Washington, D.C. There they move from one station to another practicing the company's 340 Methods, prescribed by UPS industrial engineers to save seconds and improve safety in every task from lifting and loading boxes to selecting a package from a shelf in the truck. They play a videogame that places them in the driver's seat and has them identify obstacles. They progress from computer simulations to Clarksville, a village of miniature houses and faux businesses on the property where they drive a real truck and must successfully execute five deliveries in 19 minutes. So far, the new methods, designed by UPS and researchers from Virginia Tech, are proving successful, UPS says. Of the 1,629 trainees who have completed Integrad since it began as an experiment in 2007, only 10% have failed the training program, which takes a total of six weeks overall and includes 30 days driving a truck in the real world. UPS is known for promoting within, and many driver candidates began as UPS package handlers or other employees. By getting out of the traditional classroom and using technology and hands-on learning, we've enhanced the probability of success of these new drivers, says Allen Hill, UPS's senior vice president of human resources. A second Integrad will open in the Chicago area in the summer, and the training methods will eventually go company-wide, he says. Are you ready for this? Shake the nerves out! Take a deep breath, cheers Chris Breslin, a graying Integrad instructor, rallying his fresh-faced recruits on a recent day. As Nick Byrnes, a 23-year-old with a buzz cut and black Ray-Ban sunglasses, drove through Clarksville, a UPS instructor tossed a football in his path. Mr. Byrnes hit the brakes. But then, when he hopped out to deliver a package, instructor Mike Keys sneaked an orange traffic cone in front of the truck. Mr. Byrnes hopped back in and started up. Stop! Stop! Ugh! yelled Mr. Keys. He picked up the cone. This is a kid who was playing football around
Re: [scifinoir2] When Pandering to your redneck base goes wrong
Really sad thing is that I have a number of family members who proudly voted for that nimrod. [?] On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I too felt ill when I read the original story, and I am happy that you all felt the same. I'm always amazed but never surprised at the totally lack of common sense on issues like this. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 6:15 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: Governor Apologizes for Confederate History Month Proclamation Ignoring Slavery. http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/04/08/governor-apologizes-for-confederate-history-month-proclamation-i/ My favorite part of this article is the accompanying photo with GOP apologist/step-in-fetch Michael Steele grinning like a pickaninny with his arm around Gov. McDonald. ~(no)rave! Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ 323.gif
Re: [scifinoir2] Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior
Bosco, I have no trouble blaming them. They've seen their constituency up close and personal many a time. They covered the health-care town halls when those folks showed up packing, declaring that they were defending their right to keep and bear arms. It only took me five seconds to know that these are people a step away from violence, if they feel they aren't going to get their way. Faux/Fixed/Fox knows, and fuels, this. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Bosco Bosco ironpi...@yahoo.com wrote: Actually I wouldn't feel comfortable blaming Fox News for crazy man antics. Yeah they're propagandists for all kinds of nonsense but they don't make them put guns in people's hands. It's like blaming heavy metal for teen suicide or hip hop for gang violence. I'm no defender of Fox or it's rampant stupidity and wrecklessness but at some point people make choices. Bosco --- On *Thu, 4/8/10, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com* wrote: From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010, 11:59 AM Of COURSE, all and sundry at Faux/Fixed/Fox will rise up to a lifeform and deny any blame for this, wrapping themselves in Flag and Constitution. Bastiches. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.comhttp://mc/compose?to=hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: http://abclocal. go.com/kgo/ story?section= news/iteamid=7374140http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteamid=7374140 Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior Wednesday, April 07, 2010 [image: Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior] Related Video All Live Video http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/live : All Videohttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video » [image: Greg Giusti was arrested for making threatening phone calls to Nancy Pelosi.] [image: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington] - Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behaviorhttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7374223 - FBI arrests man for threatening Pelosihttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7374228 Tags: nancy pelosi http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?tag=nancy-pelosi, health care http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?tag=health-care, health insurance http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?tag=health-insurance, i-team http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?section=kgo/news/iteam, dan noyes http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?columnist=dan-noyes - Comment Nowhttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteamid=7374140#comments - Emailhttp://webapp.abclocal.go.com/formmailer/emailFriend?station=kgoheadline=Accused%20man%27s%20mom%20blames%20Fox%20News%20for%20behaviorURL=/kgo/story%3Fsection%3Dnews%2Fiteam%26id%3D7374140contentId=7374140contentType=Article - Printhttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteamid=7374140pt=print - Report a typohttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/feature?section=newsid=7112889 - - - - - - [image: ShareThis via email, AIM, social bookmarking and networking sites, etc.] http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteamid=5771710 Dan Noyeshttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteamid=5771710, Chief Investigative Reporter More: Biohttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteamid=5771710, E-mail http://mc/compose?to=%20dan.no...@abc.com, Bloghttp://iteamblog.abc7news.com/, Facebook http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=567930426, Twitter http://twitter.com/dannoyes, News Teamhttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/newsteam SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Gregory Giusti's 83-year-old mother had not heard that her son had been arrested, but she told ABC7 he has a history of mental problems. She does not think he would be capable of carrying out the threat; he has never owned a gun, and she blames Fox News for getting her son worked up. Giusti was arrested Wednesday afternoon for threatening Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi over recent healthcare legislation. Greg frequently gets in with a group of people that have really radical ideas and that are not consistent with myself or the rest of the family, which gets him into problems, Eleanor Giusti said. I say Fox News, or all of those that are really radical, and he, that's where he comes from. Related Content Story: FBI arrests man for threatening Pelosihttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/national_worldid=7373535 Giusti, 48, has a long history of encounters with law enforcement. In 2004, Giusti was convicted of criminal threats. The San Mateo District Attorney's office says he was trying to evade the fare on a Caltrain, and when the conductor tried to kick him off, Giusti started yelling and threatening the conductor's life. As a result, Giusti was sentenced to one year in county jail and three years
Re: [scifinoir2] Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior
Crap. Hit Send too soon. A few years ago, before George Tiller, the late-term abortion specialist, was assassinated, Bill-O was regularly calling for him to be murdered, as a service to mankind. And he was the first to say that he said nothing wrong after Tiller was shot down. Outside of his church, if mmemory serves. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Bosco, I have no trouble blaming them. They've seen their constituency up close and personal many a time. They covered the health-care town halls when those folks showed up packing, declaring that they were defending their right to keep and bear arms. It only took me five seconds to know that these are people a step away from violence, if they feel they aren't going to get their way. Faux/Fixed/Fox knows, and fuels, this. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Bosco Bosco ironpi...@yahoo.com wrote: Actually I wouldn't feel comfortable blaming Fox News for crazy man antics. Yeah they're propagandists for all kinds of nonsense but they don't make them put guns in people's hands. It's like blaming heavy metal for teen suicide or hip hop for gang violence. I'm no defender of Fox or it's rampant stupidity and wrecklessness but at some point people make choices. Bosco --- On *Thu, 4/8/10, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com* wrote: From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010, 11:59 AM Of COURSE, all and sundry at Faux/Fixed/Fox will rise up to a lifeform and deny any blame for this, wrapping themselves in Flag and Constitution. Bastiches. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.comhttp://mc/compose?to=hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: http://abclocal. go.com/kgo/ story?section= news/iteamid=7374140http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteamid=7374140 Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior Wednesday, April 07, 2010 [image: Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior] Related Video All Live Video http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/live : All Videohttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video » [image: Greg Giusti was arrested for making threatening phone calls to Nancy Pelosi.] [image: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington] - Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behaviorhttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7374223 - FBI arrests man for threatening Pelosihttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7374228 Tags: nancy pelosi http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?tag=nancy-pelosi, health care http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?tag=health-care, health insurance http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?tag=health-insurance, i-team http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?section=kgo/news/iteam, dan noyes http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?columnist=dan-noyes - Comment Nowhttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteamid=7374140#comments - Emailhttp://webapp.abclocal.go.com/formmailer/emailFriend?station=kgoheadline=Accused%20man%27s%20mom%20blames%20Fox%20News%20for%20behaviorURL=/kgo/story%3Fsection%3Dnews%2Fiteam%26id%3D7374140contentId=7374140contentType=Article - Printhttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteamid=7374140pt=print - Report a typohttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/feature?section=newsid=7112889 - - - - - - [image: ShareThis via email, AIM, social bookmarking and networking sites, etc.] http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteamid=5771710 Dan Noyeshttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteamid=5771710, Chief Investigative Reporter More: Biohttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteamid=5771710, E-mail http://mc/compose?to=%20dan.no...@abc.com, Bloghttp://iteamblog.abc7news.com/, Facebook http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=567930426, Twitter http://twitter.com/dannoyes, News Teamhttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/newsteam SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Gregory Giusti's 83-year-old mother had not heard that her son had been arrested, but she told ABC7 he has a history of mental problems. She does not think he would be capable of carrying out the threat; he has never owned a gun, and she blames Fox News for getting her son worked up. Giusti was arrested Wednesday afternoon for threatening Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi over recent healthcare legislation. Greg frequently gets in with a group of people that have really radical ideas and that are not consistent with myself or the rest of the family, which gets him into problems, Eleanor Giusti said. I say Fox News, or all of those that are really radical, and he, that's where he comes from. Related Content Story: FBI arrests man for threatening Pelosihttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/national_worldid=7373535
Re: [scifinoir2] Blueray is on its way to being obsolete
No one reads anymore. D: ***But anyone who has already shelled out for a Blu-ray player and is worried about incompatibility with new release Blu-ray movies at their local video store can breathe easy. The BDXL specification is targeted at commercial segments such as broadcasting, medical and document imaging companies with significant archiving needs.* And it's not saying Blu-Ray is obsolete, just being upgraded. The title of this article just shows that whoever came up with it didn't know WHAT they were talking about. ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Yea and verily, I laugheth mine arse off at this. Martin (feeling like a vindicated Luddite technonerd, for refusing to buy into Blu-Ray when it first jumped out) On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: New high capacity Blu-ray Discs will be incompatible with existing players By Darren Quick http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/ *23:14 April 7, 2010* [image: Existing Blu-ray discs will play in BDXL and IH-BD hardware, but BDXL and IH-BD discs will...]http://www.gizmag.com/bdxl-ih-bd-blu-ray-disc/14750/picture/113202/ Existing Blu-ray discs will play in BDXL and IH-BD hardware, but BDXL and IH-BD discs will be incompatible with existing hardware (Image: smemon87http://www.flickr.com/photos/smemon/via Flickr) LG's Blu Ray/DVD Burnerhttp://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=lai=BI76eHEG-S_ngO4OorAPB6LWmCYHr9rMBud3C3RDAjbcBkMcsEAEYASCz3PoBKAQ4AFD2nNDq_v8BYMnGzYbIo6AZsgEOd3d3Lmdpem1hZy5jb226AQozMDB4MjUwX2pzyAEB2gGIAWh0dHA6Ly93d3cuZ2l6bWFnLmNvbS9iZHhsLWloLWJkLWJsdS1yYXktZGlzYy8xNDc1MC8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1HaXptYWcrU3Vic2NyaWJlcnMmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWQ4MmQyZmUzMjQtVUEtMjIzNTM2MC00JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWzIApv7vxGoAwHoA-wD6APwA_UDAgAARAnum=1sig=AGiWqtxnN4MmD98V3zQ0pN6AzYVQK1dmmQclient=ca-pub-1607124478120364adurl=http://www.lg.com/us/computer-products/optical-media/index.jsp%3Fcmpid%3Dus_csearch_cp10_opt%26s_kwcid%3DTC%7C10189%7Clg%2520fastest%2520dvd%2520burner%7Cwww.gizmag.com%7CC%7Cp%7C4388865727- www.LG.comhttp://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=lai=BI76eHEG-S_ngO4OorAPB6LWmCYHr9rMBud3C3RDAjbcBkMcsEAEYASCz3PoBKAQ4AFD2nNDq_v8BYMnGzYbIo6AZsgEOd3d3Lmdpem1hZy5jb226AQozMDB4MjUwX2pzyAEB2gGIAWh0dHA6Ly93d3cuZ2l6bWFnLmNvbS9iZHhsLWloLWJkLWJsdS1yYXktZGlzYy8xNDc1MC8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1HaXptYWcrU3Vic2NyaWJlcnMmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWQ4MmQyZmUzMjQtVUEtMjIzNTM2MC00JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWzIApv7vxGoAwHoA-wD6APwA_UDAgAARAnum=1sig=AGiWqtxnN4MmD98V3zQ0pN6AzYVQK1dmmQclient=ca-pub-1607124478120364adurl=http://www.lg.com/us/computer-products/optical-media/index.jsp%3Fcmpid%3Dus_csearch_cp10_opt%26s_kwcid%3DTC%7C10189%7Clg%2520fastest%2520dvd%2520burner%7Cwww.gizmag.com%7CC%7Cp%7C4388865727 Burn Blu Ray Disks, DVDs, or CDs W/ LG's Line Of Optical Drives! Memorex BD-R Blu-Ray Dischttp://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=lai=BpnfZHEG-S_ngO4OorAPB6LWmCcC_0JYBzpfZ-Q3AjbcB0P8uEAIYAiCz3PoBKAQ4AFDg37DVAWDJxs2GyKOgGaABxte1_wOyAQ53d3cuZ2l6bWFnLmNvbboBCjMwMHgyNTBfanPIAQHaAYgBaHR0cDovL3d3dy5naXptYWcuY29tL2JkeGwtaWgtYmQtYmx1LXJheS1kaXNjLzE0NzUwLz91dG1fc291cmNlPUdpem1hZytTdWJzY3JpYmVycyZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249ZDgyZDJmZTMyNC1VQS0yMjM1MzYwLTQmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbIACAdACAagDAegD7APoA_AD9QMCAABEnum=2sig=AGiWqtzFKhpgAaeHRZWAPEWp_FS5ToGjXAclient=ca-pub-1607124478120364adurl=http://www.runtechmedia.com/product.asp%3Fsku%3DMemorex4x25GBDR15- RunTechMedia.comhttp://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=lai=BpnfZHEG-S_ngO4OorAPB6LWmCcC_0JYBzpfZ-Q3AjbcB0P8uEAIYAiCz3PoBKAQ4AFDg37DVAWDJxs2GyKOgGaABxte1_wOyAQ53d3cuZ2l6bWFnLmNvbboBCjMwMHgyNTBfanPIAQHaAYgBaHR0cDovL3d3dy5naXptYWcuY29tL2JkeGwtaWgtYmQtYmx1LXJheS1kaXNjLzE0NzUwLz91dG1fc291cmNlPUdpem1hZytTdWJzY3JpYmVycyZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249ZDgyZDJmZTMyNC1VQS0yMjM1MzYwLTQmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbIACAdACAagDAegD7APoA_AD9QMCAABEnum=2sig=AGiWqtzFKhpgAaeHRZWAPEWp_FS5ToGjXAclient=ca-pub-1607124478120364adurl=http://www.runtechmedia.com/product.asp%3Fsku%3DMemorex4x25GBDR15 Buy Memorex 32020013358 Today. Best Deals On Blu-Ray Blank Media! Region Free BluRay Playerhttp://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=lai=BNG3JHEG-S_ngO4OorAPB6LWmCcPKyHGVtpCdDcCNtwGw1DIQAxgDILPc-gEoBDgAUJX2kML7_wFgycbNhsijoBmgAZDSqf8DsgEOd3d3Lmdpem1hZy5jb226AQozMDB4MjUwX2pzyAEB2gGIAWh0dHA6Ly93d3cuZ2l6bWFnLmNvbS9iZHhsLWloLWJkLWJsdS1yYXktZGlzYy8xNDc1MC8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1HaXptYWcrU3Vic2NyaWJlcnMmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWQ4MmQyZmUzMjQtVUEtMjIzNTM2MC00JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWzQAgGoAwHoA-wD6APwA_UDAgAARAnum=3sig=AGiWqtwnlHYtQwLzy19oKfbxgYsCOgLPJAclient=ca-pub-1607124478120364adurl=http://www.world-import.com/region_free_blu_ray_DVD_players.htm-
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group
I found one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr0W105d5yw There was another commercial where the lead singer was standing on top of a speeding limo while things were blowing up around him. Very cool commercial. They actually used it in a commercial for a video game last year. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: No, Mr Worf, but I'll chase those down. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I loved the commercials. I thought that they were going to make it into a short series and make it something like 24. I think the difference between Jack in the box and Burger king is that they use humor in their commercials. BK also makes them a little edgy to appeal to the younger males. Ever see the Chicken punk band or the chicken webcast? On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:58 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: And what, pray tell, is wrong with sniper moms? ~rave? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: Last year Jack in the box had to pull a series of ads that featured a group of angry mothers. (anyone remember this ad?) They were out to kill jack because he made the grilled cheese sandwich to well. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxter7@ ...wrote: Scared BK enough to pull the ads, pal. We live in the PC Era. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Badie astromancer2...@... wrote: Offends mental health group...excuse me...GET A FRICKIN' LIFE --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherwood@ wrote: A... I'd like to get him talking for once ;) Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Model Lover Dime Imperfection A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex. The People You Know, The Sex They Have ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com From: KeithBJohnson@ Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 20:51:32 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group Okay, pretend you roll over in bed in the middle of the night...you sense a presence in the room, so you pop on the light, only to see that plasticized face, that manic frozen grin staring at you, sitting atop the body of someone dressed crazily, hands outstretched trying to offer you food. Do you: (a) Jump for joy and say, Hey, King! Thanks for the burger! and then invite him to share it with you in your bed? (b) Say, Thanks dude, but I'm not hungry now. Be sure to close the window on your way out, then roll over and go to sleep... or (c) Scream bloody murder and reach for the gun/knife/baseball bat/golf club/mace/pepper spray? Me? Option C all the way baby! - Original Message - From: Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherwood@ To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 4, 2010 8:22:54 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group I love the creepy king! Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Model Lover - Cobblestone Press Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? Imperfection A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex. The People You Know, The Sex They Have ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com From: KeithBJohnson@ Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 20:38:20 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group That's the least of the issues. Am I the only one creeped out by that grinning, leering rictus of a mask the King wears? Remember the commercials where people would wake up in the morning to find him in their bedrooms, staring at them, holding out a burger or egg sandwich or something? man, that'd be like having Freddy Kreuger's face on the pillow next to you! - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravenadal@ To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 2, 2010 10:34:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/02/AR2010040204113.html?hpid%3Dtopnewssub=AR Bad week for fast-food
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: I know what I saw
The reason why I said invasion is because one of the military officers mentioned it. We aren't doing anything just in case. Just as we aren't doing anything to prevent us from being destroyed by an asteroid hit. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:56 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: Why an alien visit got to be an invasion? Why come they can't be like the Vulcans in First Contact? Or the Overlords in Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End? Aliens probably won't look like us and they probably won't THINK like us. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: Did anyone catch this show? It is a documentary on UFOs made by James Fox who gathered people from all over the world to tell their personal accounts of UFO sightings. The people that he invited were all former military, and airline pilots from the UK, France, Spain, and the US to the National Press Club in DC. By the end of the show, it made me think that UFOs were not only real but we have no way to prevent an invasion. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: I know what I saw
When I am writing or free flowing it is best to dictate. Otherwise it will get bogged down and all of the life will be sucked out of what I am writing if I slow to write it out. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:51 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: 5 pages an hour? If only all that was gleamed was gold. Actually, I admire those who can dictate what they write. I understand Barbara Bradford Taylor authors books in this manner (which IMHO also explains the quality of her books). Nothing that comes straight out of my mouth is ever as eloquent as that which has gone from my brain to my hand. ~rave? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: I've been using the voice recognition program while I write the current story I'm working on. It has increased my productivity by 300%. About 5 pages an hour. I can probably do more once I train it more and outline the story more in advance. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@...wrote: Let us know how it works out, Mr Worf. Sounds like a great one. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: I have been working on that story. I'm stuck in the middle. I've also been thinking about doing it in an alternate reality. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxter7@ ...wrote: I'd love to see how they'd deal with an actual alien attack. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@...wrote: They seem to think that they can do it because they have shot a couple down before. (probably by accident) One of the things that I find interesting is that there have been ufo sightings in the DC area before. Back in the 50s there was one that put the government on high alert and prompted project blue book. On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 8:42 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxter7@ ...wrote: Aubrey, there are those fools inside the Beltway who truly believe that a few well-placed nukes can turn the trick. They conveniently ignore the fact that the craft can pull Mach 12 on a slow day, turn on the width of a positron and can't even be reliably tracked by conventional means. On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherw...@... wrote: That was along the lines of what I was going to say... Who had any faith that we could prevent an invasion in the first place? *Aubrey Leatherwood *www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1400087918 * MySpace http://www.myspace.com/aubreymleatherwood Model Lover Dime http://www.cobblestone-press.com/catalog/books/modellover.htm *Imperfection* http://www.lyricalpress.com/imperfection.html A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex. *The People You Know, The Sex They Have* http://www.lyricalpress.com/the_people_you_know_the_sex_they_have.html ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 -- To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: martinbaxt...@... Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2010 19:10:05 -0400 Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] I know what I saw I did, Mr Worf, but I doubt that we're talking an invasion from beyond. If that were true, they could've mopped the floor with Humanity fifty years ago. IMO, they're observers from the future, UFOs being time machines, flitting back and forth via artificial wormholes. On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 6:56 PM, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ ...wrote: Did anyone catch this show? It is a documentary on UFOs made by James Fox who gathered people from all over the world to tell their personal accounts of UFO sightings. The people that he invited were all former military, and airline pilots from the UK, France, Spain, and the US to the National Press Club in DC. By the end of the show, it made me think that UFOs were not only real but we have no way to prevent an invasion. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- The New Busy is not the too busy. Combine all your e-mail accounts with Hotmail. Get busy. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multiaccountocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_4 -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at:
[scifinoir2] Re: Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior
He more or less stuck to his guns and offered a clarification and not an apology if memory serves me. It wasn't a mea culpa at all. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@... wrote: Crap. Hit Send too soon. A few years ago, before George Tiller, the late-term abortion specialist, was assassinated, Bill-O was regularly calling for him to be murdered, as a service to mankind. And he was the first to say that he said nothing wrong after Tiller was shot down. Outside of his church, if mmemory serves. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:39 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@...wrote: Bosco, I have no trouble blaming them. They've seen their constituency up close and personal many a time. They covered the health-care town halls when those folks showed up packing, declaring that they were defending their right to keep and bear arms. It only took me five seconds to know that these are people a step away from violence, if they feel they aren't going to get their way. Faux/Fixed/Fox knows, and fuels, this. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Bosco Bosco ironpi...@... wrote: Actually I wouldn't feel comfortable blaming Fox News for crazy man antics. Yeah they're propagandists for all kinds of nonsense but they don't make them put guns in people's hands. It's like blaming heavy metal for teen suicide or hip hop for gang violence. I'm no defender of Fox or it's rampant stupidity and wrecklessness but at some point people make choices. Bosco --- On *Thu, 4/8/10, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@...* wrote: From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@... Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010, 11:59 AM Of COURSE, all and sundry at Faux/Fixed/Fox will rise up to a lifeform and deny any blame for this, wrapping themselves in Flag and Constitution. Bastiches. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.comhttp://mc/compose?to=hellomahog...@... wrote: http://abclocal. go.com/kgo/ story?section= news/iteamid=7374140http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteamid=7374140 Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior Wednesday, April 07, 2010 [image: Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior] Related Video All Live Video http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/live : All Videohttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video » [image: Greg Giusti was arrested for making threatening phone calls to Nancy Pelosi.] [image: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington] - Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behaviorhttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7374223 - FBI arrests man for threatening Pelosihttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7374228 Tags: nancy pelosi http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?tag=nancy-pelosi, health care http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?tag=health-care, health insurance http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?tag=health-insurance, i-team http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?section=kgo/news/iteam, dan noyes http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?columnist=dan-noyes - Comment Nowhttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteamid=7374140#comments - Emailhttp://webapp.abclocal.go.com/formmailer/emailFriend?station=kgoheadline=Accused%20man%27s%20mom%20blames%20Fox%20News%20for%20behaviorURL=/kgo/story%3Fsection%3Dnews%2Fiteam%26id%3D7374140contentId=7374140contentType=Article - Printhttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteamid=7374140pt=print - Report a typohttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/feature?section=newsid=7112889 - - - - - - [image: ShareThis via email, AIM, social bookmarking and networking sites, etc.] http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteamid=5771710 Dan Noyeshttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteamid=5771710, Chief Investigative Reporter More: Biohttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteamid=5771710, E-mail http://mc/compose?to=%20dan.no...@..., Bloghttp://iteamblog.abc7news.com/, Facebook http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=567930426, Twitter http://twitter.com/dannoyes, News Teamhttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/newsteam SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Gregory Giusti's 83-year-old mother had not heard that her son had been arrested, but she told ABC7 he has a history of mental problems. She does not think he would be capable of carrying out the threat; he has never owned a gun, and she blames Fox News for getting her son worked up. Giusti was arrested Wednesday afternoon for threatening Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi over recent healthcare legislation. Greg frequently gets in with a group of people that have really radical ideas and that are not consistent with myself or the
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: I know what I saw
Which, incidentally, we almost had one of this week. Glimpsed the headline on Yahu's homepage, but didn't read it. Basically, it'll have to happen before any concrete plans fall into existence. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: The reason why I said invasion is because one of the military officers mentioned it. We aren't doing anything just in case. Just as we aren't doing anything to prevent us from being destroyed by an asteroid hit. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:56 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: Why an alien visit got to be an invasion? Why come they can't be like the Vulcans in First Contact? Or the Overlords in Arthur C. Clarke's Childhood's End? Aliens probably won't look like us and they probably won't THINK like us. ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: Did anyone catch this show? It is a documentary on UFOs made by James Fox who gathered people from all over the world to tell their personal accounts of UFO sightings. The people that he invited were all former military, and airline pilots from the UK, France, Spain, and the US to the National Press Club in DC. By the end of the show, it made me think that UFOs were not only real but we have no way to prevent an invasion. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] UPS Brings Hi Tech to Driver Training
Ha! Did the package arrive? - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2010 12:41:19 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] UPS Brings Hi Tech to Driver Training Keith, the first part's easy, for The Unparalleled Masters of the Dump and Run... Martin (REALLY shouldn't speak ill of Brown, as Brown has something to do for me by close-of-business) On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Wow, this is amazing, and not just for the integration of high tech, multimedia training for all these companies. I guess I never realized UPS drivers had to follow so many rules. Park a truck and get one package off in 15 seconds total? Walk at a prescribed number of mph? I guess I only thought of such efficiency drills in terms of movements and motions in manufacturing/processing plants, where time spent soldering, adding nuts and bolts, cutting up chickens, etc., is strictly regimented. And who knew that UPS drivers make up to 74K annually? That is solidly in the same earnings range as network administrators/engineers and other professions in the IT field. No wonder so many big old hulking brothers put up with wearing those silly looking little brown uniforms! ** http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/109258/usps-thinks-out-of-the-box?mod=career-leadership UPS Thinks Out of the Box on Driver Training by Jennifer Levitz Wednesday, April 7, 2010 provided by wsjlogo.gif Vexed that some 30% of driver candidates flunk its traditional training, United Parcel Service Inc. ( UPS ) is moving beyond the classroom to ready its rookies for the road. In the place of books and lectures are videogames, a contraption that simulates walking on ice and an obstacle course around an artificial village. Based on results so far, the world's largest package-delivery company is convinced that 20-somethings -- the bulk of UPS driver recruits -- respond best to high-tech instruction and a chance to hone skills. Driver training is crucial for Atlanta-based UPS, which employs 99,000 U.S. drivers and says it will need to hire 25,000 over the next five years to replace retiring Baby Boomers. Candidates vying for a driver's job, which pays an average of $74,000 annually, now spend one week at Integrad, an 11,500-square-foot, low-slung brick UPS training center 10 miles outside of Washington, D.C. There they move from one station to another practicing the company's 340 Methods, prescribed by UPS industrial engineers to save seconds and improve safety in every task from lifting and loading boxes to selecting a package from a shelf in the truck. They play a videogame that places them in the driver's seat and has them identify obstacles. They progress from computer simulations to Clarksville, a village of miniature houses and faux businesses on the property where they drive a real truck and must successfully execute five deliveries in 19 minutes. So far, the new methods, designed by UPS and researchers from Virginia Tech, are proving successful, UPS says. Of the 1,629 trainees who have completed Integrad since it began as an experiment in 2007, only 10% have failed the training program, which takes a total of six weeks overall and includes 30 days driving a truck in the real world. UPS is known for promoting within, and many driver candidates began as UPS package handlers or other employees. By getting out of the traditional classroom and using technology and hands-on learning, we've enhanced the probability of success of these new drivers, says Allen Hill, UPS's senior vice president of human resources. A second Integrad will open in the Chicago area in the summer, and the training methods will eventually go company-wide, he says. Are you ready for this? Shake the nerves out! Take a deep breath, cheers Chris Breslin, a graying Integrad instructor, rallying his fresh-faced recruits on a recent day. As Nick Byrnes, a 23-year-old with a buzz cut and black Ray-Ban sunglasses, drove through Clarksville, a UPS instructor tossed a football in his path. Mr. Byrnes hit the brakes. But then, when he hopped out to deliver a package, instructor Mike Keys sneaked an orange traffic cone in front of the truck. Mr. Byrnes hopped back in and started up. Stop! Stop! Ugh! yelled Mr. Keys. He picked up the cone. This is a kid who was playing football around your vehicle and went to get his ball. Mr. Byrnes looked shaken and slapped his forehead. The lesson stuck: At the next stop, he checked for cones. UPS isn't the only company using new training tools. Food service company Sodexo Inc. has recruited chefs through Second Life virtual job fairs and Cisco Systems Inc. ( CSCO ) has taught programming techniques through videogames. FedEx Corp. says it, too, has
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group
Thank you, Mr Worf. For that, and realizing that I'm so old that I have no idea who Slipknot is. [?][?] On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I found one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr0W105d5yw There was another commercial where the lead singer was standing on top of a speeding limo while things were blowing up around him. Very cool commercial. They actually used it in a commercial for a video game last year. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: No, Mr Worf, but I'll chase those down. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I loved the commercials. I thought that they were going to make it into a short series and make it something like 24. I think the difference between Jack in the box and Burger king is that they use humor in their commercials. BK also makes them a little edgy to appeal to the younger males. Ever see the Chicken punk band or the chicken webcast? On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:58 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: And what, pray tell, is wrong with sniper moms? ~rave? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: Last year Jack in the box had to pull a series of ads that featured a group of angry mothers. (anyone remember this ad?) They were out to kill jack because he made the grilled cheese sandwich to well. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxter7@ ...wrote: Scared BK enough to pull the ads, pal. We live in the PC Era. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Badie astromancer2...@... wrote: Offends mental health group...excuse me...GET A FRICKIN' LIFE --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherwood@ wrote: A... I'd like to get him talking for once ;) Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Model Lover Dime Imperfection A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex. The People You Know, The Sex They Have ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com From: KeithBJohnson@ Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2010 20:51:32 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group Okay, pretend you roll over in bed in the middle of the night...you sense a presence in the room, so you pop on the light, only to see that plasticized face, that manic frozen grin staring at you, sitting atop the body of someone dressed crazily, hands outstretched trying to offer you food. Do you: (a) Jump for joy and say, Hey, King! Thanks for the burger! and then invite him to share it with you in your bed? (b) Say, Thanks dude, but I'm not hungry now. Be sure to close the window on your way out, then roll over and go to sleep... or (c) Scream bloody murder and reach for the gun/knife/baseball bat/golf club/mace/pepper spray? Me? Option C all the way baby! - Original Message - From: Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherwood@ To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 4, 2010 8:22:54 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group I love the creepy king! Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Model Lover - Cobblestone Press Dime Can Nicole resist the call of the stage or the call of her heart? Imperfection A tale of perfect commitment, perfect love... and perfect sex. The People You Know, The Sex They Have ROMANTIC TIMES NOMINEE FOR BEST CONTEMPORARY EROTICA 2008 CAPA and PSYCHE AWARD NOMINEE FOR 2009 ISBN: 978-0-9818905-0-0 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com From: KeithBJohnson@ Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 20:38:20 + Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group That's the least of the issues. Am I the only one creeped out by that grinning, leering rictus of a mask the King wears? Remember the commercials where people would wake up in the morning to find him in their bedrooms, staring at them, holding out a burger or egg sandwich or something? man, that'd be like having Freddy Kreuger's face on the pillow next to you! - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravenadal@ To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 2, 2010 10:34:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend
Re: [scifinoir2] UPS Brings Hi Tech to Driver Training
Finally did. But they couldn't Dump-and-Run this time. Verizon made them make me sign for it. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Ha! Did the package arrive? - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2010 12:41:19 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] UPS Brings Hi Tech to Driver Training Keith, the first part's easy, for The Unparalleled Masters of the Dump and Run... Martin (REALLY shouldn't speak ill of Brown, as Brown has something to do for me by close-of-business) On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Wow, this is amazing, and not just for the integration of high tech, multimedia training for all these companies. I guess I never realized UPS drivers had to follow so many rules. Park a truck and get one package off in 15 seconds total? Walk at a prescribed number of mph? I guess I only thought of such efficiency drills in terms of movements and motions in manufacturing/processing plants, where time spent soldering, adding nuts and bolts, cutting up chickens, etc., is strictly regimented. And who knew that UPS drivers make up to 74K annually? That is solidly in the same earnings range as network administrators/engineers and other professions in the IT field. No wonder so many big old hulking brothers put up with wearing those silly looking little brown uniforms! ** http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/109258/usps-thinks-out-of-the-box?mod=career-leadership UPS Thinks Out of the Box on Driver Training by Jennifer Levitz Wednesday, April 7, 2010 provided by [image: wsjlogo.gif] http://wsj.com/ Vexed that some 30% of driver candidates flunk its traditional training, *United Parcel Service Inc.* (UPS http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=UPS) is moving beyond the classroom to ready its rookies for the road. In the place of books and lectures are videogames, a contraption that simulates walking on ice and an obstacle course around an artificial village. Based on results so far, the world's largest package-delivery company is convinced that 20-somethings -- the bulk of UPS driver recruits -- respond best to high-tech instruction and a chance to hone skills. Driver training is crucial for Atlanta-based UPS, which employs 99,000 U.S. drivers and says it will need to hire 25,000 over the next five years to replace retiring Baby Boomers. Candidates vying for a driver's job, which pays an average of $74,000 annually, now spend one week at Integrad, an 11,500-square-foot, low-slung brick UPS training center 10 miles outside of Washington, D.C. There they move from one station to another practicing the company's 340 Methods, prescribed by UPS industrial engineers to save seconds and improve safety in every task from lifting and loading boxes to selecting a package from a shelf in the truck. They play a videogame that places them in the driver's seat and has them identify obstacles. They progress from computer simulations to Clarksville, a village of miniature houses and faux businesses on the property where they drive a real truck and must successfully execute five deliveries in 19 minutes. So far, the new methods, designed by UPS and researchers from Virginia Tech, are proving successful, UPS says. Of the 1,629 trainees who have completed Integrad since it began as an experiment in 2007, only 10% have failed the training program, which takes a total of six weeks overall and includes 30 days driving a truck in the real world. UPS is known for promoting within, and many driver candidates began as UPS package handlers or other employees. By getting out of the traditional classroom and using technology and hands-on learning, we've enhanced the probability of success of these new drivers, says Allen Hill, UPS's senior vice president of human resources. A second Integrad will open in the Chicago area in the summer, and the training methods will eventually go company-wide, he says. Are you ready for this? Shake the nerves out! Take a deep breath, cheers Chris Breslin, a graying Integrad instructor, rallying his fresh-faced recruits on a recent day. As Nick Byrnes, a 23-year-old with a buzz cut and black Ray-Ban sunglasses, drove through Clarksville, a UPS instructor tossed a football in his path. Mr. Byrnes hit the brakes. But then, when he hopped out to deliver a package, instructor Mike Keys sneaked an orange traffic cone in front of the truck. Mr. Byrnes hopped back in and started up. Stop! Stop! Ugh! yelled Mr. Keys. He picked up the cone. This is a kid who was playing football around your vehicle and went to get his ball. Mr. Byrnes looked shaken and slapped his forehead. The lesson stuck: At the next stop, he checked for cones. UPS isn't the only company using new training
Re: [scifinoir2] Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior
I agree. The problem is, there's a fine line between media and rhetoric being responsible for people's actions, and for them being blameless. That's why there are laws against specifically inciting to riot, and the definition of that is rather fluid at times... - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2010 4:26:40 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior When I posted this I was thinking the same thing, but after a while I thought about the effects of repetition on someone's mind. If you repeat the same answers over and over again on a variety of shows it can be like hypnotic suggestion. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Bosco Bosco ironpi...@yahoo.com wrote: Actually I wouldn't feel comfortable blaming Fox News for crazy man antics. Yeah they're propagandists for all kinds of nonsense but they don't make them put guns in people's hands. It's like blaming heavy metal for teen suicide or hip hop for gang violence. I'm no defender of Fox or it's rampant stupidity and wrecklessness but at some point people make choices. Bosco --- On Thu, 4/8/10, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010, 11:59 AM Of COURSE, all and sundry at Faux/Fixed/Fox will rise up to a lifeform and deny any blame for this, wrapping themselves in Flag and Constitution. Bastiches. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com wrote: http://abclocal. go.com/kgo/ story?section= news/iteamid=7374140 Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior Wednesday, April 07, 2010 Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior Related Video All Live Video : All Video » Greg Giusti was arrested for making threatening phone calls to Nancy Pelosi.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington • Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior • FBI arrests man for threatening Pelosi Tags: nancy pelosi , health care , health insurance , i-team , dan noyes • Comment Now • Email • Print • Report a typo • • • • • • ShareThis via email, AIM, social bookmarking and networking sites, etc. Dan Noyes , Chief Investigative Reporter More: Bio , E-mail , Blog , Facebook , Twitter , News Team SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Gregory Giusti's 83-year-old mother had not heard that her son had been arrested, but she told ABC7 he has a history of mental problems. She does not think he would be capable of carrying out the threat; he has never owned a gun, and she blames Fox News for getting her son worked up. Giusti was arrested Wednesday afternoon for threatening Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi over recent healthcare legislation. Greg frequently gets in with a group of people that have really radical ideas and that are not consistent with myself or the rest of the family, which gets him into problems, Eleanor Giusti said. I say Fox News, or all of those that are really radical, and he, that's where he comes from. Related Content Story: FBI arrests man for threatening Pelosi Giusti, 48, has a long history of encounters with law enforcement. In 2004, Giusti was convicted of criminal threats. The San Mateo District Attorney's office says he was trying to evade the fare on a Caltrain, and when the conductor tried to kick him off, Giusti started yelling and threatening the conductor's life. As a result, Giusti was sentenced to one year in county jail and three years supervised probation. He was also ordered to undergo mental health counseling. There is also a lawsuit filed in February by Hamilton Square Baptist Church in San Francisco. It says, Giusti has engaged in and continues to engage in a campaign of harassment against people at the church. Giusti also has a record of skipping out on his BART fares and causing disruptions. BART sued him in 1996. He also has two convictions in San Francisco for welfare fraud and petty theft from 1992. According to ABC7 legal analyst Dean Johnson, there is a point at which free speech ends and a threat begins. Communicating a threat with the intent that it be taken seriously is one of those types of speech that is simply not protected, Johnson said. Even under state law, as well as the federal law that applies here, there are crimes that are based on threatening another individual, you simply cannot do that. Eleanor Giusti also told ABC7 she talked to her son earlier in the day -- apparently before the arrest. He asked about his niece and nephew and acted as though nothing was going on. The FBI told ABC7 Giusti will be booked into San
Re: [scifinoir2] Blueray is on its way to being obsolete
Adrianne, that's something I've noticed a LOT of online these days. Posts being churned out, claiming to be informative and educational, and they seem to have been put together by third-graders, top to bottom. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com wrote: No one reads anymore. D: ***But anyone who has already shelled out for a Blu-ray player and is worried about incompatibility with new release Blu-ray movies at their local video store can breathe easy. The BDXL specification is targeted at commercial segments such as broadcasting, medical and document imaging companies with significant archiving needs.* And it's not saying Blu-Ray is obsolete, just being upgraded. The title of this article just shows that whoever came up with it didn't know WHAT they were talking about. ~ Where love and magic meet ~ http://www.adriannebrennan.com Experience the magic of the Dark Moon series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#darkmoon Dare to take The Oath in this erotic fantasy series: http://www.adriannebrennan.com/books.html#the_oath The future of psychic sex - Dawn of the Seraphs (m/m): http://www.adriannebrennan.com/dawnoftheseraphs.html On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:29 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Yea and verily, I laugheth mine arse off at this. Martin (feeling like a vindicated Luddite technonerd, for refusing to buy into Blu-Ray when it first jumped out) On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: New high capacity Blu-ray Discs will be incompatible with existing players By Darren Quick http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/ *23:14 April 7, 2010* [image: Existing Blu-ray discs will play in BDXL and IH-BD hardware, but BDXL and IH-BD discs will...]http://www.gizmag.com/bdxl-ih-bd-blu-ray-disc/14750/picture/113202/ Existing Blu-ray discs will play in BDXL and IH-BD hardware, but BDXL and IH-BD discs will be incompatible with existing hardware (Image: smemon87http://www.flickr.com/photos/smemon/via Flickr) LG's Blu Ray/DVD Burnerhttp://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=lai=BI76eHEG-S_ngO4OorAPB6LWmCYHr9rMBud3C3RDAjbcBkMcsEAEYASCz3PoBKAQ4AFD2nNDq_v8BYMnGzYbIo6AZsgEOd3d3Lmdpem1hZy5jb226AQozMDB4MjUwX2pzyAEB2gGIAWh0dHA6Ly93d3cuZ2l6bWFnLmNvbS9iZHhsLWloLWJkLWJsdS1yYXktZGlzYy8xNDc1MC8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1HaXptYWcrU3Vic2NyaWJlcnMmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWQ4MmQyZmUzMjQtVUEtMjIzNTM2MC00JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWzIApv7vxGoAwHoA-wD6APwA_UDAgAARAnum=1sig=AGiWqtxnN4MmD98V3zQ0pN6AzYVQK1dmmQclient=ca-pub-1607124478120364adurl=http://www.lg.com/us/computer-products/optical-media/index.jsp%3Fcmpid%3Dus_csearch_cp10_opt%26s_kwcid%3DTC%7C10189%7Clg%2520fastest%2520dvd%2520burner%7Cwww.gizmag.com%7CC%7Cp%7C4388865727- www.LG.comhttp://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=lai=BI76eHEG-S_ngO4OorAPB6LWmCYHr9rMBud3C3RDAjbcBkMcsEAEYASCz3PoBKAQ4AFD2nNDq_v8BYMnGzYbIo6AZsgEOd3d3Lmdpem1hZy5jb226AQozMDB4MjUwX2pzyAEB2gGIAWh0dHA6Ly93d3cuZ2l6bWFnLmNvbS9iZHhsLWloLWJkLWJsdS1yYXktZGlzYy8xNDc1MC8_dXRtX3NvdXJjZT1HaXptYWcrU3Vic2NyaWJlcnMmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPWQ4MmQyZmUzMjQtVUEtMjIzNTM2MC00JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWzIApv7vxGoAwHoA-wD6APwA_UDAgAARAnum=1sig=AGiWqtxnN4MmD98V3zQ0pN6AzYVQK1dmmQclient=ca-pub-1607124478120364adurl=http://www.lg.com/us/computer-products/optical-media/index.jsp%3Fcmpid%3Dus_csearch_cp10_opt%26s_kwcid%3DTC%7C10189%7Clg%2520fastest%2520dvd%2520burner%7Cwww.gizmag.com%7CC%7Cp%7C4388865727 Burn Blu Ray Disks, DVDs, or CDs W/ LG's Line Of Optical Drives! Memorex BD-R Blu-Ray Dischttp://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=lai=BpnfZHEG-S_ngO4OorAPB6LWmCcC_0JYBzpfZ-Q3AjbcB0P8uEAIYAiCz3PoBKAQ4AFDg37DVAWDJxs2GyKOgGaABxte1_wOyAQ53d3cuZ2l6bWFnLmNvbboBCjMwMHgyNTBfanPIAQHaAYgBaHR0cDovL3d3dy5naXptYWcuY29tL2JkeGwtaWgtYmQtYmx1LXJheS1kaXNjLzE0NzUwLz91dG1fc291cmNlPUdpem1hZytTdWJzY3JpYmVycyZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249ZDgyZDJmZTMyNC1VQS0yMjM1MzYwLTQmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbIACAdACAagDAegD7APoA_AD9QMCAABEnum=2sig=AGiWqtzFKhpgAaeHRZWAPEWp_FS5ToGjXAclient=ca-pub-1607124478120364adurl=http://www.runtechmedia.com/product.asp%3Fsku%3DMemorex4x25GBDR15- RunTechMedia.comhttp://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/aclk?sa=lai=BpnfZHEG-S_ngO4OorAPB6LWmCcC_0JYBzpfZ-Q3AjbcB0P8uEAIYAiCz3PoBKAQ4AFDg37DVAWDJxs2GyKOgGaABxte1_wOyAQ53d3cuZ2l6bWFnLmNvbboBCjMwMHgyNTBfanPIAQHaAYgBaHR0cDovL3d3dy5naXptYWcuY29tL2JkeGwtaWgtYmQtYmx1LXJheS1kaXNjLzE0NzUwLz91dG1fc291cmNlPUdpem1hZytTdWJzY3JpYmVycyZ1dG1fY2FtcGFpZ249ZDgyZDJmZTMyNC1VQS0yMjM1MzYwLTQmdXRtX21lZGl1bT1lbWFpbIACAdACAagDAegD7APoA_AD9QMCAABEnum=2sig=AGiWqtzFKhpgAaeHRZWAPEWp_FS5ToGjXAclient=ca-pub-1607124478120364adurl=http://www.runtechmedia.com/product.asp%3Fsku%3DMemorex4x25GBDR15 Buy Memorex 32020013358 Today. Best Deals On Blu-Ray Blank Media! Region Free BluRay
Re: [scifinoir2] When Pandering to your redneck base goes wrong
Pat Buchannan was just on MSNBC, loudly and angrily arguing that the Confederacy wasn't about racism at all. I turned to my wife and said, I have dealt with men like him all my life, which is why I no longer waste time dealing with men like him. If they can't get the basic humanity, the basic morality they love to quote from the Bible, of how wrong this is, there's little chance in changing their minds. All one can do in such cases is fight them with power ,and worry about attitude later. In short--vote, vote, vote! - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2010 4:35:07 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] When Pandering to your redneck base goes wrong I too felt ill when I read the original story, and I am happy that you all felt the same. I'm always amazed but never surprised at the totally lack of common sense on issues like this. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 6:15 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: Governor Apologizes for Confederate History Month Proclamation Ignoring Slavery. http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/04/08/governor-apologizes-for-confederate-history-month-proclamation-i/ My favorite part of this article is the accompanying photo with GOP apologist/step-in-fetch Michael Steele grinning like a pickaninny with his arm around Gov. McDonald. ~(no)rave! Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo ! Groups Links (Yahoo! ID required) -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] F1 ace Lewis Hamilton gets ticket in Australia...........
[?][?][?][?] Couldn't they tell that he was just practicing? On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Formula One ace Lewis Hamilton pulled over by Australian cops Mar 27 2010 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2010/03/27/Keith Mcleod AUSSIE cops pulled over a boy racer for doing wheelspins, then realised the idiot was Lewis Hamilton. The former Formula One champion had his luxury Mercedes road car towed away to a police pound. And he was forced to issue a humiliating apology after he did a burnout spin and roared off at speed as he left the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne following practice for Sunday's Grand Prix. Hamilton said: I was driving in an over-exuberant manner and, as a result, was stopped by the police. What I did was silly and I want to apologise for it. Hamilton pulled his stunt right in front of a police van, and the cops followed the £15million-ayear speed king and stopped him at the roadside. Bystanders said red-faced Hamilton slid down in his seat and tried to hide his face as the officers spoke to him. His souped-up Mercedes C63 AMG road car, loaned to him by a local dealer, was seized under laws designed to crackdown on hoons - Australian slang for neds and boy racers. A few hours after the incident, Hamilton, 25, released his apology through the McLaren Mercedes team. He will be charged with improper use of a motor vehicle, which carries a maximum fine of about £750. The car will be held at the pound for 48 hours. Hamilton was turning into Melbourne's Fitzroy Street - a main road packed with bars - at about 9.15pm when he did a burnout, spinning his wheels so the back end of his car swung outwards as he pulled away . A police source said: Smoke was billowing from the tyres and he left tyre marks all over the road. Senior Constable Scott Woodford said Hamilton stopped immediately when he was pulled over and was extremely co-operative. He added: It would have been fair to say that he was fairly disappointed with the incident. Hamilton was interviewed at the scene for about half an hour and passed a routine breath test. Onlookers said he was visibly upset. He is said to have told the cops he was worried the incident would damage his reputation. Hamilton was not taken to a police station. After booking him and loading his car on to a truck, the police gave him a lift back to his hotel about four miles away. He was carrying a male passenger, who has not been named, when he was pulled over. Hamilton was stopped as he left Albert Park after recording the fastest time in morning practice for the big race. It wasn't clear last night whether he would appear in court before leaving Australia, or whether the case will be held in hs absence after he leaves. He was banned from driving for a month in France in 2007 after he was clocked doing 123mph. Police in Australia have been working hard to clamp down on dangerous driving by hoons. One of Hamilton's biggest F1 rivals, Ferrari ace Felipe Massa, publicly backed the campaign hours before his fellow-star was pulled over . -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ 360.gif
Re: [scifinoir2] UPS Brings Hi Tech to Driver Training
Given the salary--which still shocks me--I'm not surprised. Seriously, that's a pretty good IT salary here in Atlanta. I see jobs every day wanting people with Windows Server 2008, Cisco, Exchange, and VMWare experience, offering 70 - 80K. I am glad, though, to see there are still blue (brown?) collar jobs in America that pay well. A big loss in the last few decades has been that dependable, good paying blue collar job that fueled so much of America's growth. My dad put three boys through college, despite only having an eighth-grade education, because of a good manufacturing job. While I understand and respect that we are required to learn more tech-related skills and get more education than in the past, I still don't want it to be a country where everyone has to have a college degree just to be able to raise a family. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2010 4:40:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] UPS Brings Hi Tech to Driver Training Its really hard to get the delivery job. I have a friend that works at UPS and there was close to a 7 year waiting list unless you already have experience in that field. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Wow, this is amazing, and not just for the integration of high tech, multimedia training for all these companies. I guess I never realized UPS drivers had to follow so many rules. Park a truck and get one package off in 15 seconds total? Walk at a prescribed number of mph? I guess I only thought of such efficiency drills in terms of movements and motions in manufacturing/processing plants, where time spent soldering, adding nuts and bolts, cutting up chickens, etc., is strictly regimented. And who knew that UPS drivers make up to 74K annually? That is solidly in the same earnings range as network administrators/engineers and other professions in the IT field. No wonder so many big old hulking brothers put up with wearing those silly looking little brown uniforms! ** http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/109258/usps-thinks-out-of-the-box?mod=career-leadership UPS Thinks Out of the Box on Driver Training by Jennifer Levitz Wednesday, April 7, 2010 provided by wsjlogo.gif Vexed that some 30% of driver candidates flunk its traditional training, United Parcel Service Inc. ( UPS ) is moving beyond the classroom to ready its rookies for the road. In the place of books and lectures are videogames, a contraption that simulates walking on ice and an obstacle course around an artificial village. Based on results so far, the world's largest package-delivery company is convinced that 20-somethings -- the bulk of UPS driver recruits -- respond best to high-tech instruction and a chance to hone skills. Driver training is crucial for Atlanta-based UPS, which employs 99,000 U.S. drivers and says it will need to hire 25,000 over the next five years to replace retiring Baby Boomers. Candidates vying for a driver's job, which pays an average of $74,000 annually, now spend one week at Integrad, an 11,500-square-foot, low-slung brick UPS training center 10 miles outside of Washington, D.C. There they move from one station to another practicing the company's 340 Methods, prescribed by UPS industrial engineers to save seconds and improve safety in every task from lifting and loading boxes to selecting a package from a shelf in the truck. They play a videogame that places them in the driver's seat and has them identify obstacles. They progress from computer simulations to Clarksville, a village of miniature houses and faux businesses on the property where they drive a real truck and must successfully execute five deliveries in 19 minutes. So far, the new methods, designed by UPS and researchers from Virginia Tech, are proving successful, UPS says. Of the 1,629 trainees who have completed Integrad since it began as an experiment in 2007, only 10% have failed the training program, which takes a total of six weeks overall and includes 30 days driving a truck in the real world. UPS is known for promoting within, and many driver candidates began as UPS package handlers or other employees. By getting out of the traditional classroom and using technology and hands-on learning, we've enhanced the probability of success of these new drivers, says Allen Hill, UPS's senior vice president of human resources. A second Integrad will open in the Chicago area in the summer, and the training methods will eventually go company-wide, he says. Are you ready for this? Shake the nerves out! Take a deep breath, cheers Chris Breslin, a graying Integrad instructor, rallying his fresh-faced recruits on a recent day. As Nick Byrnes, a 23-year-old with a buzz cut and black Ray-Ban sunglasses, drove
Re: [scifinoir2] When Pandering to your redneck base goes wrong
Amen to that, brother! As for Herr Buchanan, he's been a Brown Shirt since the day after he began walking. His past attacks on immigration have verged on rehashing old Nazi texts. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Pat Buchannan was just on MSNBC, loudly and angrily arguing that the Confederacy wasn't about racism at all. I turned to my wife and said, I have dealt with men like him all my life, which is why I no longer waste time dealing with men like him. If they can't get the basic humanity, the basic morality they love to quote from the Bible, of how wrong this is, there's little chance in changing their minds. All one can do in such cases is fight them with power ,and worry about attitude later. In short--vote, vote, vote! - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2010 4:35:07 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] When Pandering to your redneck base goes wrong I too felt ill when I read the original story, and I am happy that you all felt the same. I'm always amazed but never surprised at the totally lack of common sense on issues like this. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 6:15 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: Governor Apologizes for Confederate History Month Proclamation Ignoring Slavery. http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/04/08/governor-apologizes-for-confederate-history-month-proclamation-i/ My favorite part of this article is the accompanying photo with GOP apologist/step-in-fetch Michael Steele grinning like a pickaninny with his arm around Gov. McDonald. ~(no)rave! Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] F1 ace Lewis Hamilton gets ticket in Australia...........
He hasn't been on his A game lately and I think he will probably end up like Tiger Woods. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: [?][?][?][?] Couldn't they tell that he was just practicing? On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Formula One ace Lewis Hamilton pulled over by Australian cops Mar 27 2010 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2010/03/27/Keith Mcleod AUSSIE cops pulled over a boy racer for doing wheelspins, then realised the idiot was Lewis Hamilton. The former Formula One champion had his luxury Mercedes road car towed away to a police pound. And he was forced to issue a humiliating apology after he did a burnout spin and roared off at speed as he left the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne following practice for Sunday's Grand Prix. Hamilton said: I was driving in an over-exuberant manner and, as a result, was stopped by the police. What I did was silly and I want to apologise for it. Hamilton pulled his stunt right in front of a police van, and the cops followed the £15million-ayear speed king and stopped him at the roadside. Bystanders said red-faced Hamilton slid down in his seat and tried to hide his face as the officers spoke to him. His souped-up Mercedes C63 AMG road car, loaned to him by a local dealer, was seized under laws designed to crackdown on hoons - Australian slang for neds and boy racers. A few hours after the incident, Hamilton, 25, released his apology through the McLaren Mercedes team. He will be charged with improper use of a motor vehicle, which carries a maximum fine of about £750. The car will be held at the pound for 48 hours. Hamilton was turning into Melbourne's Fitzroy Street - a main road packed with bars - at about 9.15pm when he did a burnout, spinning his wheels so the back end of his car swung outwards as he pulled away . A police source said: Smoke was billowing from the tyres and he left tyre marks all over the road. Senior Constable Scott Woodford said Hamilton stopped immediately when he was pulled over and was extremely co-operative. He added: It would have been fair to say that he was fairly disappointed with the incident. Hamilton was interviewed at the scene for about half an hour and passed a routine breath test. Onlookers said he was visibly upset. He is said to have told the cops he was worried the incident would damage his reputation. Hamilton was not taken to a police station. After booking him and loading his car on to a truck, the police gave him a lift back to his hotel about four miles away. He was carrying a male passenger, who has not been named, when he was pulled over. Hamilton was stopped as he left Albert Park after recording the fastest time in morning practice for the big race. It wasn't clear last night whether he would appear in court before leaving Australia, or whether the case will be held in hs absence after he leaves. He was banned from driving for a month in France in 2007 after he was clocked doing 123mph. Police in Australia have been working hard to clamp down on dangerous driving by hoons. One of Hamilton's biggest F1 rivals, Ferrari ace Felipe Massa, publicly backed the campaign hours before his fellow-star was pulled over . -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ 360.gif
Re: [scifinoir2] The Perfect Weapon--Pollen
Sorry to hear that, Keith. The meds I'm taking for my COPD also double as pretty powerful antihistamines, so I've been pretty good. (Please put down the shovel... or, if you must, I'll send you the name of the doctor who wrote my scrips. [?][?]) On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: yes indeed. I got maybe two hours of sleep last night. Though popping the antihistamine and decongestants, I'm still miserable. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2010 1:04:39 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] The Perfect Weapon--Pollen Say it again, Brother Keith! I was coming home, down Covington Highway past Superior Chevy. All of their cars and trucks were yellow. Even the red ones. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: You know those movies like War of the Worlds, where vicious, technologically advanced aliens are brought low by something such as a measly bacterium? Well I say bunk that! Just send 'em down here to Atlanta and let the pollen do a number on them! This is one of the most beautiful cities you'll see in North America in the spring, literally a riot of colors: Reds, pinks, violets, lavenders--every color under the rainbow. Every yard, park, and street is filled with dogwoods, azaleas, roses, crepe myrtles. But the pollen? Oh my gosh. An extremely high pollen count--where just about anyone with even the slightest allergy tendencies will feel some effects--is a measure of 120. Our pollen count today? A whopping 5733! I literally wrote my name on my car windshield with my finger today, the pollen's so thick. I washed the car off, went to the gym for one hour, and came out to see the entire car completely covered again in yellow dust. Pictures taken from news copters show the entire city covered in a thick haze like smog, obscuring visibility, but it ain't smog. That's pollen so thick in the air the city is barely visible from a thousand feet up! Needless to say I am miserable: running eyes, congestion, coughing, sneezing, wheezing. So let Mars attack. Bring on the Invaders. Let the First Wave come. They might decimate the rest of the country, but an hour of sneezing in Atlanta will have them fleeing the Earth never to return--with a brief stop at CVS on the way for some Benedryl! ** http://www.atlantaallergy.com/EducationDetail.aspx?Id=33Cat=3 ATLANTA - The Metro area is seeing a record high pollen count Wednesday. Wednesday's pollen count is an incredible 5733, nearly double Tuesday's count. The recent spike in pollen has allergy sufferers facing miserable symptoms. I literally could not sleep at night. I was up all night coughing, sneezing, my eyes were watering, said allergy sufferer Kathleen Daniel. Kathleen Daniel has struggled with allergy problems since childhood and says she knows she'll be on allergy medication for much of her life. So when the warm weather hit our area -- she knew she was in a world of trouble. When I see all those pretty blooms I think oh no, here it comes, said Daniel. A pollen count of 120 is considered high -- Tuesday's pollen count was a whopping 2967. Wednesday's warm weather could make it even higher. Allergist Dr.. Stanley Fineman said this year's pollen season has hit hard and quickly. There's been a delay in the high pollen counts, so now we're seeing it all of a sudden, said Dr. Stanley Fineman of Atlanta Allergy and Asthma Clinic. And it's not just the thick yellow film that covers your car that makes life miserable, adding that microscopic pollens from nut trees may be causing the most difficulty. Fineman said for patients like Daniel -- doctors recommend limiting their exposure to the outside conditions. They should be indoors. Close the windows, use the a.c., wash their hair before they go to sleep. Because there may be pollen in their hair, and basically strict avoidance techniques, said Fineman. 330.gif347.gif
Re: [scifinoir2] F1 ace Lewis Hamilton gets ticket in Australia...........
Please, Mr Worf. Don't curse the man like that. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: He hasn't been on his A game lately and I think he will probably end up like Tiger Woods. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: [?][?][?][?] Couldn't they tell that he was just practicing? On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Formula One ace Lewis Hamilton pulled over by Australian cops Mar 27 2010http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2010/03/27/Keith Mcleod AUSSIE cops pulled over a boy racer for doing wheelspins, then realised the idiot was Lewis Hamilton. The former Formula One champion had his luxury Mercedes road car towed away to a police pound. And he was forced to issue a humiliating apology after he did a burnout spin and roared off at speed as he left the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne following practice for Sunday's Grand Prix. Hamilton said: I was driving in an over-exuberant manner and, as a result, was stopped by the police. What I did was silly and I want to apologise for it. Hamilton pulled his stunt right in front of a police van, and the cops followed the £15million-ayear speed king and stopped him at the roadside. Bystanders said red-faced Hamilton slid down in his seat and tried to hide his face as the officers spoke to him. His souped-up Mercedes C63 AMG road car, loaned to him by a local dealer, was seized under laws designed to crackdown on hoons - Australian slang for neds and boy racers. A few hours after the incident, Hamilton, 25, released his apology through the McLaren Mercedes team. He will be charged with improper use of a motor vehicle, which carries a maximum fine of about £750. The car will be held at the pound for 48 hours. Hamilton was turning into Melbourne's Fitzroy Street - a main road packed with bars - at about 9.15pm when he did a burnout, spinning his wheels so the back end of his car swung outwards as he pulled away . A police source said: Smoke was billowing from the tyres and he left tyre marks all over the road. Senior Constable Scott Woodford said Hamilton stopped immediately when he was pulled over and was extremely co-operative. He added: It would have been fair to say that he was fairly disappointed with the incident. Hamilton was interviewed at the scene for about half an hour and passed a routine breath test. Onlookers said he was visibly upset. He is said to have told the cops he was worried the incident would damage his reputation. Hamilton was not taken to a police station. After booking him and loading his car on to a truck, the police gave him a lift back to his hotel about four miles away. He was carrying a male passenger, who has not been named, when he was pulled over. Hamilton was stopped as he left Albert Park after recording the fastest time in morning practice for the big race. It wasn't clear last night whether he would appear in court before leaving Australia, or whether the case will be held in hs absence after he leaves. He was banned from driving for a month in France in 2007 after he was clocked doing 123mph. Police in Australia have been working hard to clamp down on dangerous driving by hoons. One of Hamilton's biggest F1 rivals, Ferrari ace Felipe Massa, publicly backed the campaign hours before his fellow-star was pulled over . -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ 360.gif
Re: [scifinoir2] UPS Brings Hi Tech to Driver Training
Indeed... - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2010 5:35:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] UPS Brings Hi Tech to Driver Training Keith,having once lived in the Apple, I'll hazard that being able to shake off pain when the Downtown Local grazes you while doing thirty-five would be a start. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: I hear you, that's amazing, but I guess it's real world. Heh. I wonder what a training course for something like a bike courier in NYC would be like?! - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2010 12:43:34 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] UPS Brings Hi Tech to Driver Training On a more serious note, this is a lot more rigorous in terms of training than I had thought it would be. I certainly wouldn't pass that greased-floor test, with my bad ear and lousy balance. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: Wow, this is amazing, and not just for the integration of high tech, multimedia training for all these companies. I guess I never realized UPS drivers had to follow so many rules. Park a truck and get one package off in 15 seconds total? Walk at a prescribed number of mph? I guess I only thought of such efficiency drills in terms of movements and motions in manufacturing/processing plants, where time spent soldering, adding nuts and bolts, cutting up chickens, etc., is strictly regimented. And who knew that UPS drivers make up to 74K annually? That is solidly in the same earnings range as network administrators/engineers and other professions in the IT field. No wonder so many big old hulking brothers put up with wearing those silly looking little brown uniforms! ** http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/109258/usps-thinks-out-of-the-box?mod=career-leadership UPS Thinks Out of the Box on Driver Training by Jennifer Levitz Wednesday, April 7, 2010 provided by wsjlogo.gif Vexed that some 30% of driver candidates flunk its traditional training, United Parcel Service Inc. ( UPS ) is moving beyond the classroom to ready its rookies for the road. In the place of books and lectures are videogames, a contraption that simulates walking on ice and an obstacle course around an artificial village. Based on results so far, the world's largest package-delivery company is convinced that 20-somethings -- the bulk of UPS driver recruits -- respond best to high-tech instruction and a chance to hone skills. Driver training is crucial for Atlanta-based UPS, which employs 99,000 U.S. drivers and says it will need to hire 25,000 over the next five years to replace retiring Baby Boomers. Candidates vying for a driver's job, which pays an average of $74,000 annually, now spend one week at Integrad, an 11,500-square-foot, low-slung brick UPS training center 10 miles outside of Washington, D.C. There they move from one station to another practicing the company's 340 Methods, prescribed by UPS industrial engineers to save seconds and improve safety in every task from lifting and loading boxes to selecting a package from a shelf in the truck. They play a videogame that places them in the driver's seat and has them identify obstacles. They progress from computer simulations to Clarksville, a village of miniature houses and faux businesses on the property where they drive a real truck and must successfully execute five deliveries in 19 minutes. So far, the new methods, designed by UPS and researchers from Virginia Tech, are proving successful, UPS says. Of the 1,629 trainees who have completed Integrad since it began as an experiment in 2007, only 10% have failed the training program, which takes a total of six weeks overall and includes 30 days driving a truck in the real world. UPS is known for promoting within, and many driver candidates began as UPS package handlers or other employees. By getting out of the traditional classroom and using technology and hands-on learning, we've enhanced the probability of success of these new drivers, says Allen Hill, UPS's senior vice president of human resources. A second Integrad will open in the Chicago area in the summer, and the training methods will eventually go company-wide, he says. Are you ready for this? Shake the nerves out! Take a deep breath, cheers Chris Breslin, a graying Integrad instructor, rallying his fresh-faced recruits on a recent day. As Nick Byrnes, a 23-year-old with a buzz cut and black Ray-Ban sunglasses, drove through Clarksville, a UPS instructor tossed a football in his path. Mr. Byrnes hit the brakes. But then, when he hopped out to deliver a
Re: [scifinoir2] F1 ace Lewis Hamilton gets ticket in Australia...........
Couldn't help myself. The similarities are so striking that it is impossible. Also, who was he in the car with both times? His wife? On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Please, Mr Worf. Don't curse the man like that. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: He hasn't been on his A game lately and I think he will probably end up like Tiger Woods. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: [?][?][?][?] Couldn't they tell that he was just practicing? On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: Formula One ace Lewis Hamilton pulled over by Australian cops Mar 27 2010http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2010/03/27/Keith Mcleod AUSSIE cops pulled over a boy racer for doing wheelspins, then realised the idiot was Lewis Hamilton. The former Formula One champion had his luxury Mercedes road car towed away to a police pound. And he was forced to issue a humiliating apology after he did a burnout spin and roared off at speed as he left the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne following practice for Sunday's Grand Prix. Hamilton said: I was driving in an over-exuberant manner and, as a result, was stopped by the police. What I did was silly and I want to apologise for it. Hamilton pulled his stunt right in front of a police van, and the cops followed the £15million-ayear speed king and stopped him at the roadside. Bystanders said red-faced Hamilton slid down in his seat and tried to hide his face as the officers spoke to him. His souped-up Mercedes C63 AMG road car, loaned to him by a local dealer, was seized under laws designed to crackdown on hoons - Australian slang for neds and boy racers. A few hours after the incident, Hamilton, 25, released his apology through the McLaren Mercedes team. He will be charged with improper use of a motor vehicle, which carries a maximum fine of about £750. The car will be held at the pound for 48 hours. Hamilton was turning into Melbourne's Fitzroy Street - a main road packed with bars - at about 9.15pm when he did a burnout, spinning his wheels so the back end of his car swung outwards as he pulled away . A police source said: Smoke was billowing from the tyres and he left tyre marks all over the road. Senior Constable Scott Woodford said Hamilton stopped immediately when he was pulled over and was extremely co-operative. He added: It would have been fair to say that he was fairly disappointed with the incident. Hamilton was interviewed at the scene for about half an hour and passed a routine breath test. Onlookers said he was visibly upset. He is said to have told the cops he was worried the incident would damage his reputation. Hamilton was not taken to a police station. After booking him and loading his car on to a truck, the police gave him a lift back to his hotel about four miles away. He was carrying a male passenger, who has not been named, when he was pulled over. Hamilton was stopped as he left Albert Park after recording the fastest time in morning practice for the big race. It wasn't clear last night whether he would appear in court before leaving Australia, or whether the case will be held in hs absence after he leaves. He was banned from driving for a month in France in 2007 after he was clocked doing 123mph. Police in Australia have been working hard to clamp down on dangerous driving by hoons. One of Hamilton's biggest F1 rivals, Ferrari ace Felipe Massa, publicly backed the campaign hours before his fellow-star was pulled over . -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ 360.gif
Re: [scifinoir2] Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior
And don't forget that, by twisting the presentation of the news, you create and exacerbate an atmosphere of hatred. For example, when Obama met with Republicans a few weeks back, Fox simply quit airing the event because Obama was handing the Republicans' heads to them. Thus, Fox actually covered up and hid part of the facts that could make people reconsider their beliefs, and, by disrespecting the President, furthered animosity toward him. The phrase The pen is mightier than the sword isn't an idle threat, and Fox is using its figurative and literal pens to heighten an atmosphere of hatred and violence. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2010 5:39:14 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior Bosco, I have no trouble blaming them. They've seen their constituency up close and personal many a time. They covered the health-care town halls when those folks showed up packing, declaring that they were defending their right to keep and bear arms. It only took me five seconds to know that these are people a step away from violence, if they feel they aren't going to get their way. Faux/Fixed/Fox knows, and fuels, this. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Bosco Bosco ironpi...@yahoo.com wrote: Actually I wouldn't feel comfortable blaming Fox News for crazy man antics. Yeah they're propagandists for all kinds of nonsense but they don't make them put guns in people's hands. It's like blaming heavy metal for teen suicide or hip hop for gang violence. I'm no defender of Fox or it's rampant stupidity and wrecklessness but at some point people make choices. Bosco --- On Thu, 4/8/10, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote: From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010, 11:59 AM Of COURSE, all and sundry at Faux/Fixed/Fox will rise up to a lifeform and deny any blame for this, wrapping themselves in Flag and Constitution. Bastiches. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com wrote: http://abclocal. go.com/kgo/ story?section= news/iteamid=7374140 Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior Wednesday, April 07, 2010 Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior Related Video All Live Video : All Video » Greg Giusti was arrested for making threatening phone calls to Nancy Pelosi.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington • Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior • FBI arrests man for threatening Pelosi Tags: nancy pelosi , health care , health insurance , i-team , dan noyes • Comment Now • Email • Print • Report a typo • • • • • • ShareThis via email, AIM, social bookmarking and networking sites, etc. Dan Noyes , Chief Investigative Reporter More: Bio , E-mail , Blog , Facebook , Twitter , News Team SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Gregory Giusti's 83-year-old mother had not heard that her son had been arrested, but she told ABC7 he has a history of mental problems. She does not think he would be capable of carrying out the threat; he has never owned a gun, and she blames Fox News for getting her son worked up. Giusti was arrested Wednesday afternoon for threatening Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi over recent healthcare legislation. Greg frequently gets in with a group of people that have really radical ideas and that are not consistent with myself or the rest of the family, which gets him into problems, Eleanor Giusti said. I say Fox News, or all of those that are really radical, and he, that's where he comes from. Related Content Story: FBI arrests man for threatening Pelosi Giusti, 48, has a long history of encounters with law enforcement. In 2004, Giusti was convicted of criminal threats. The San Mateo District Attorney's office says he was trying to evade the fare on a Caltrain, and when the conductor tried to kick him off, Giusti started yelling and threatening the conductor's life. As a result, Giusti was sentenced to one year in county jail and three years supervised probation. He was also ordered to undergo mental health counseling. There is also a lawsuit filed in February by Hamilton Square Baptist Church in San Francisco. It says, Giusti has engaged in and continues to engage in a campaign of harassment against people at the church. Giusti also has a record of skipping out on his BART fares and causing disruptions. BART sued him in 1996. He also has two convictions in San Francisco for welfare fraud and petty theft from 1992. According to ABC7 legal analyst Dean Johnson, there is a point at which free speech ends and a threat begins.
