[scifinoir2] OT: American Banker interview
Many of you know that I write a blog about identity theft and corporate responsibility. This morning, I was interviewed by a journalist from the American Banker magazine ( http://www.americanbanker.com )for an article about what companies do after a data breach. The typical company response has been to offer the affected employees and former employees one year of free credit monitoring services. The news article is supposed to run tomorrow (Friday) in both the print and online versions. When the reporter sends the link for the article, I'll pass it along. My blog post which triggered the news story: http://ivebeenmugged.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/08/facts-about-kro.html Kroll's Offering From IBM Deserves Scrutiny Have a nice holiday weekend! George
[scifinoir2] Re: OT: Bush Confesses to Crying a Great Deal
Keith: Yours is a well-written reply below. Chimpy McFlight-suit is full of it and so full of himself. He lied about going into Iraq and now he lies about going into Iran. What's the sayinig? Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, the Prez is an iron man with a heart of gold, eh? Huh, I bet you won't hear Cheney saying that! Ptooey!! I cry too, Mr. Prez: I cry everytime I realize I have to suffer your botched leadership for another year. Just realizing that you come from my home state makes the tears run like I was cutting up onions. The truth that so many Americans bought your line of bull about being a good Christian makes me wanna sob. The lies and manipulations you told to put us at war with Iraq--and knowing so many Americans fell for that bull too--wrack me with grief. Knowing we'll be stuck fixing the mess you made in Iraq for at least a generation brings the water like a faucet. Watching your henchmen and sycophants make gay marriage and immigration more important than poverty, health care, and education makes me wail in despair. Seeing the devastated wasteland that was New Orleans, and remembering how you flew *over* that city without stopping, makes me wanna scream with sorrow. I've got God's shoulder to cry on--yeah, I feel you Mr. Bush, 'cause I'm being moved to tears right now, but I can't take my frustrations out by bombing anyone! ** Bush tells biographer: 'I do tears' By CALVIN WOODWARD, Associated Press WriterTue Sep 4, 6:45 PM ET Under that famously self-confident exterior is a president who weeps a lot. snip
[scifinoir2] Re: Madeleine LEngle, Childrens Writer, Is Dead
_A Wrinkle In Time_ was the first sci-fi I ever read. I was maybe 6 or 7. That hooked me then! Thanks for the notice. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Brent Wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/08/books/07cnd-lengle.html Madeleine L'Engle, Children's Writer, Is Dead By DOUGLAS MARTIN Published: September 8, 2007 Madeleine L'Engle, who in writing more than 60 books, including childhood fables, religious meditations and science fiction, weaved emotional tapestries transcending genre and generation, died Thursday in Connecticut. She was 88. Her death, of natural causes, was announced today by her publisher, Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Ms. L'Engle (pronounced LENG-el) was best known for her children's classic, A Wrinkle in Time, which won the John Newbery Award as the best children's book of 1963. By 2004, it had sold more than 6 million copies, was in its 67th printing and was still selling 15,000 copies a year. Her works poetry, plays, autobiography and books on prayer were deeply, quixotically personal. But it was in her vivid children's characters that readers most clearly glimpsed her passionate search for the questions that mattered most. She sometimes spoke of her writing as if she were taking dictation from her subconscious. Of course I'm Meg, Ms. L'Engle said about the beloved protagonist of A Wrinkle in Time. The St. James Guide to Children's Writers called Ms. L'Engle one of the truly important writers of juvenile fiction in recent decades. Such accolades did not come from pulling punches: Wrinkle is one of the most banned books because of its treatment of the deity. It was a dark and stormy night, it begins, repeating the line of a 19th-century novelist Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, and presaging the immortal sentence that Snoopy, the inspiration-challenged beagle of the Peanuts cartoon, would type again and again. After the opening, Wrinkle, quite literally, takes off. Meg Murray, with help from her psychic baby brother, uses time travel and extrasensory perception to rescue her father, a gifted scientist, from a planet controlled by the Dark Thing. She does so through the power of love. snip
[scifinoir2] OT: Good news on the blogging front...
FYI... for those in the New England area... I will be speaking at this ACLU conference on January 26, 2008 during a workshop titled Blogging For Civil Liberties. To learn more, see: http://action.aclum.org/2008conference George http://ivebeenmugged.typepad.com
[scifinoir2] Re: Connor Terminates Competitors
As much as I hate watching Fox due to the politics of its owner... I enjoyed it. Watched the first 2 eps. The female lead was kicking a$$ as expected, something the femlae lead in the Bionic Woman should have done but didn't. The BW was oh so poorly written. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fox's Jan. 13 debut of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles scored the best opening-night demographic ratings of any new show in three years, Variety reported. Boosted by strong marketing and a big NFL-playoffs lead-in, the Warner Brothers TV-produced Terminator notched a 7.6 rating/18 share among adults 18-49 and delivered some 18.3 million viewers with its one-hour debut on Sunday at 8, preliminary Nielsen national data showed. The pilot gave Fox its best premiere numbers for a scripted show in eight years, since Malcolm in the Middle became an instant hit on a Sunday night in January 2000. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles moved into its regular Monday 9 p.m. timeslot on Jan. 14. http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0id=47294
[scifinoir2] Re: Angry White Man: The bigoted past of Ron Paul
This was changed in Massachusetts. You can vote any way you please in the Primary on February 5th. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Keith, that also means that we'd have to scrap the voting system as is, get rid of voting rules like the one here in Jawja that says that you have to be GOP or Dem to vote. The Powers'll never let that fly.. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: back to my feeling we need a true multi- party system. maybe a small but viable minority could do something to get ideals like his better ones out there -- Original message -- From: Daryle I've heard a lot of this from early in the campaign, and it's amazing to me that the candidate that means me the least good is the one I agree with the most out of all the available Republicans. What also gets me is how no one takes his good points and runs with them. Paul's analysis of the economy is the best of all the candidates, in either party. For the reasons described below (as well as others), there's no way he's going to get he nomination... so why not steal his math homework and look like a genius? On 1/17/08 1:15 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i missed that, heard him on Meet the PRess saying his message had wide appeal, and, unfortunately, that included some deemed racists-- but that's not his fault or an indication of any negatives in his message. -- Original message -- From: B. Smith This story has been around for a while but it finally seemed to gain traction when it was published in the New Republic. BTW did you see him try to defend himself? According to him Dr. King and Rosa Parks were his heroes and this coming out now because it would erode the support he was getting from the blacks. snip
[scifinoir2] Re: Fw: Barack Obama: EXPOSED!
Not to worry. This has been forwarded to the appropriate people. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Amy Harlib [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: Barack Obama: EXPOSED! Thought you might find this interesting: They're loading the catapults. Human Events [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:24:44 + To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Human Events [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Barack Obama: EXPOSED! Dear Fellow Conservative, Attached is your requested special report, Barack Obama: Exposed! You'll soon see that, regarding Sen. Obama, the mainstream media has been under-reporting the facts and over-reporting the P.C. nonsense. And if you appreciate the honest reporting in Barack Obama: Exposed!, you'll surely relish the kind of reporting in every issue of HUMAN EVENTS... You see, for over sixty years, HUMAN EVENTS has made it a policy to deliver to intelligent, independent-thinking news readers something entirely different - something you cannot get from conventional news sources. In every issue, you will savor that rare moment in journalism when the thick fog of liberal bias is blown away to reveal... THE NAKED, BEDROCK TRUTH! And today I'm also pleased to be able to give you a free copy of Ann Coulter's best-selling Godless when you subscribe to HUMAN EVENTS right now. Click here to start your new subscription to HUMAN EVENTS! Sincerely, Tom Winter Editor in Chief, HUMAN EVENTS Human Events - One Massachusetts Ave. NW - Washington, DC 20001 Unsubscribe NOTICE: Due to Presidential Executive Orders, the National Security Agency may have illegally read this email without warning, warrant, or notice. They may do this without any judicial or legislative oversight. You have no recourse nor protection save to call for the impeachment of the current President.
[scifinoir2] Re: [OT] Comcast's new rates -- say wha?
Here in Massachusetts, Comcast's Basic Service is $8.95 per month. It's commonly referred to as antenna service... the stations you'd get with an antenna plus the home shopping channels. While I don't get the SciFi channel, ESPN, C-SPAN channels, TBS, premium cable channels like HBO, I don't pay those sky-high cable rates either. I am very happy with this Basic Service because it also includes HD channels... at no extra charge. I was pleasantly surprised when I hooked up my new Sony Bravia 32-inch HDTV a couple months ago to watch the Patriots make their historic football run. I found several HD stations alongside the low-def stations. Examples: channel 4 is CBS in low-def channel 4.1 is CBS in HD channel 5 is ABC in low-def channel 5.1 is ABC in HD channel 7 is NBC in low-def channel 7.1 is NBC in HD channel 7.2 is NBC's weather channel in HD channel 2 is PBS in low def channel 2.2 is PBS in HD channel 44 is PBS in low def channel 44.1 is PBS in HD channel 44.2 is PBS childrens in HD etc. And so forth. You get the idea. Almost all low-def channels I get in HD, too. My HDTV found all of these embedded HD channels during auto- channel-search. For the cable channels I don't get, I supplement my cable with NetFlix. Everything on the History Channel, Discovery channel, TBS movies, and so forth is available on DVD via NetFlix (or via instand demand via NetFlix). And I don't have a cable box nor it's monthly expense. Add up my monthly cable ($9) and NetFlix ($15) bills and it's STILL far cheaper than Comcast cable's standard package ($54 per month here in Mass). George http://ivebeenmugged.typepad.com --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Daryle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [source: MediaPost TV Board] Too Much Information -- Or Is Obfuscation The Preferred Policy? by Mitch Oscar, Tuesday, January 15, 2008 I'm a Comcast customer. Recently, included in my monthly billing statement was an IMPORTANT Information alert about Service, Installation Equipment Prices for myself and my neighbors: Level of Service Current Price Basic (3,5) $15.95 New Price February 1, 2008 $17.95 Expanded Basic Service $36.04 $36.54 Standard Cable (2,3) $51.99 $54.49 Digital Starter (4) $55.98 $58.48 1) The minimum level of cable service you may purchase is BASIC SERVICE. As a cable customer, you must purchase BASIC SERVICE to subscribe to any other video service offered by Comcast Service, programming and equipment are subject to availability. All pricing, programming channel locations are subject to change. Please call 1- 866-660-6137 for further information. The purchase of premium channels, packages and a la carte services including iN DEMAND, Pay- Per-View and Channel 1 On Demand) requires the appropriate equipment (c)2008 Comcast. All Rights Reserved. 2) The price for Standard Cable includes Basic Service and Expanded Basic Service. 3) A cable box/converter may not be necessary to view Basic Service or Standard Cable. Please visit www.comcast.com/cablebox or call 1- 866-660-6137 for further information. 4) Digital Starter includes Standard Cable, a discounted Digital Cable Box, a remote control, Interactive Program Guide, MusicChoice and limited Channel 1 On Demand content. To upgrade to a discounted high definition cable box and remote control, an additional $6 equipment fee is required. 5) Discount available to subscribers who are age 65+ and not more than 1 person under age 65 in household. Customers must complete and submit application to Comcast Cable at 21 Old Route 6, Carmel, New York 10512. Restrictions apply. I'm fine with all this information, although I must admit that the fine print didn't really help clarify exactly what I was getting for my dough. Being the curious type of guy that I am, with trepidation I turned to the next page and the next and the next -- and then my head imploded. Too many pricing choices, each with its own arcane definition. Take a look for yourself (left and right, at two out of the three pages. Perhaps this printed exercise was meant to satiate the government as well as obfuscate instead of clarify. Beats me. Don't get me wrong -- I enjoy my Comcast service (though I wish my HD/DVR wouldn't freeze up so often and the set top box would be cooler than a hot griddle). However, there must be an easier, more inviting way to communicate viewing and service options to consumers. Then again, I should be thankful that the Comcast services pricing litany was at least in decipherable English. You should see my family plan monthly wireless billing statement... Mitch Oscar is executive vice president, director of CaratDigital, Carat North America.
[scifinoir2] It's nice when your work is in a Super Bowl ad
(Yeah, I know this is OT and not about sci-fi.) You can view all Super Bowl ads at: http://www.myspace.com/superbowlads During the 2nd quarter, the Tide To Go commercial aired. At my day job (www.digitas.com) I worked on the web site mentioned in the ad: http://www.mytalkingstain.com/ Be the stain! (smile) George
[scifinoir2] Re: OT: Romney Rumoured to Be Suspending Campaign
I live and work in Massachusetts. Romney will not be missed. On the way out, don't let the door hit him where the sun don't shine. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll be darned! this is the most interesting election year I can remember since, well, the last couple of election years! Good riddance, I say: spend some time looking at how he *used* to feel on issues, and how he feels now, and you talk bout an opportunistic flip- flopper! I'm also amazed at how Limbaugh and the others of his ilk have so embraced this Mormon ( who in other times they'd be attacking as not a real Christian, no doubt), just because they hate the liberal McCain! More interesting is the reaction of many of my co-workers, who are perfect barometers for the ultra-conservative, braindead segment of society. They're all but in morning. Oh, it might be a riot up in here if Obama or Hillary wins come Election Day! ** CNN) -- Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will suspend his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, GOP sources tell CNN. Romney had won 270 delegates in through the Super Tuesday contests, compared with front-runner John McCain's 680. snip
[scifinoir2] CIA monitors YouTube for intelligence
FYI: http://ivebeenmugged.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/02/cia-monitors-yo.html No joke. George http://ivebeenmugged.typepad.com
[scifinoir2] Which sci-fi presidential ticket gets your vote?
FYI: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/geekend/?p=1156 George http://ivebeenmugged.typepad.com
[scifinoir2] Re: Movie TV writers have written scripts on spec during strike
Welcome to American business practices vs. consumers and unions in 2008, which can be summed up in two words: INTIMIDATION RETALIATION George http://ivebeenmugged.typepad.com --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not surprising -- as has become clear in the giddy productivity and oceanic email volume of these post-strike days -- that many writers turn out to have written scripts on spec over the past few months. Who can blame a harried artist for seizing the rare opportunity of 100 days in a row to put pen to paper and finger to keyboard without the threat of interruption by pedantic studio notes calls, shrill showrunner assignments or agent-mandated meetings? It comes as something of a shock, however, to discover that while the creative half of our business was quietly typing their way ahead of the game, the executive half turns out to have been doing the same thing. Brazenly defying the mandate of pencils down, executives have apparently written on spec hundreds of emails, letters and faxes that are now being proudly submitted to writers across Hollywood. Apparently these documents are pre-prepared rejections of the scripts and screenplays that writers have sent, are preparing to send -- and in some cases, are vaguely considering sending sometime in the future. I was pretty shocked to get the email [from Paramount], says a prominent screenwriter who asked to remain anonymous. At first I was impressed that the studio was reaching out to me so quickly after the WGA vote. But then I read the email, and it was all about how he didn't see a way to take on my screenplay, but thanks for sending it - - 'great hook, good dialogue' -- and how he hopes to work together in the future. The thing is: I didn't have a script yet. I was working on one, sure; but I would come home every day from all that marching and -- I don't know -- my back hurt, and my legs were kind of exhausted, and my wife would get on me about some playdate for our daughter and before you know it the afternoon was shot. I meant to; I just didn't get it done. And now, frankly, there doesn't seem to be much of a point. A prominent television comedy showrunner reports receipt of a similar message, this one a letter from ABC Studios after her Disney- based email account had been disabled with the suspension of her overall deal. I have to say: it was pretty convincing, the scribe admits. Apparently they liked my spec pilot, but didn't see a way to get it on ABC's air, given the amount of reality programming occupying primetime slots and given the general 'uphill battle' that comedy faces. And apparently my concept and characters were not 'female-friendly' enough for their demo. I only wish I knew the story or the characters they were referring to, she considers. I could have made them, I don't know, sisters. Then -- against all odds -- hope enters her voice: Maybe I will. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nicholas-weinstock/spec-and-spam- hollywood-_b_86949.html
[scifinoir2] Re: New Amsterdam Thoughts
I like the series a lot. My wife and I watch it regularly on TV, not via the web. New Amsterdam is far more interesting than both Lost and Heroes. George http://ivebeenmugged.typepad.com --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone catch the series premiere tonight? I wasn't really that impressed. The lead actor --who looks like some hyrid of Aaron Eckhart and Dennis Leary--didn't make that much of an impression on me. I guess he's got that brooding, soul-weary thing all immortals have, but it wasn't pulled off that well. I didn't get the angst or sometimes melancholy that say, Duncan McLeod or Angel conveyed in their characters. Also, unlike those two immortals, I didn't feel that the immortality angle was mixed in very well with the plot of the show. It really came off as two disparate stories meshed together: a spare tale of a dude who's lived for centuries and sees life in ways we don't, and a fairly standard procedural cop show. Neither half was scintillating, and the two together weren't that special either. Highlander in its first season was mythic and magical. Angel was exciting and thrilling. New Amsterdam was just kinda there. Anyone remember that short-lived show Blind justice, about the blind cop? For some reason it reminded me of that. The cop is supposed to be brilliant and quirky, kinda nuts at time, gruff, unlikeable. He's timed with a young lady cop who refuses to let him cow her. Sound familiar? Sounds like a ripoff of Life, with immortality replacing incarceration as the cause for the star's strangeness. But it wasn't as catchy as that show either. And I have to say, i outright laughed and groaned at the genesis of his immortality: a reward from Natives for him risking his life to stop a fellow soldier from killing Native women. One, the Natives were so cliched and stereotyped they made me groan. The magic ceremony (complete with mystic smoke),that typical movie Native music with pipes--brother. And I always get irritated at plots where native peoples have this incredibly powerful magic, but instead of using it on one of their own, grant it to some repentent European dude. The lady who gave him his immortality gives some dopey speech about him never dying until he meets his one true love, and breathes some magic smoke on him. She was about as cliched as the lady back in the day who did the adver for Mazola Oil (you call it 'corn', we call it 'maize'). And given what was going on, she might as well have said, Even though you came as part of a raiding party and meant to kill our men, you are a man of honor for not killing our women. so we'll put our best mojo on you, cool European guy, instead of wasting it on one of our noble warriors. That really made me groan. I've been wrong before about shows, and one ep doesn't always tell the story. So I'll give it three or four eps and see what happens. Anyone else? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[scifinoir2] Re: New Amsterdam Thoughts
Why do I like New Amsterdam better than both Lost and Heroes? Frankly, both Lost and Heroes remind me of the daily soaps: General Hospital, As The World Turns, etc. Nothing ever really gets resolved. It's like one long fake-out to me. And to keep viewers interested, the plots get ever more fantastical... unbelieveable. With Google Maps and Streetview, no downed airplane would ever be lost for so long. So, it isn't so much that New Amsterdam is so great. Rather, the others are so boring. So much on TV these days is so boring... like all of the reality TV shows are so boring and repetitive... I watch less and less TV and blog more. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wow, while I've lost interest in Lost (can't put more time into this mystery show that has frequent repeats, half-seasons, and dragging waaay too many seasons), I like Heroes a great deal. I haven't seen anything in New Amsterdam to make it better than Heroes when the latter's at its best. They're very different shows, too. Why do you like it so much better?
[scifinoir2] Presidential candidates as DD characters
FYI: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/geekend/?p=1210tag=nl.e138 Enjoy! George http://ivebeenmugged.typepad.com
[scifinoir2] Re: New Amsterdam Thoughts
Eactly! What made Babylon 5 so great, was its tight story arc created and implemented within 5 years by JMS. I get the feeling that both Lost and Heroes are going on... and on... and on... and on... To me, that does not feel like sincere storytelling. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i feel that for Lost I lost interest and quite watching last year because I couldn't take it when they said the slowly-unfolding- mystery would go until 2010! That's just stretching out a myster that frankly should have been told in three years. But I don't see that with Heroes, it was pretty tight in the first season -- Original message -- From: g123curious [EMAIL PROTECTED] Why do I like New Amsterdam better than both Lost and Heroes? Frankly, both Lost and Heroes remind me of the daily soaps: General Hospital, As The World Turns, etc. Nothing ever really gets resolved. It's like one long fake-out to me. And to keep viewers interested, the plots get ever more fantastical... unbelieveable. With Google Maps and Streetview, no downed airplane would ever be lost for so long. So, it isn't so much that New Amsterdam is so great. Rather, the others are so boring. So much on TV these days is so boring... like all of the reality TV shows are so boring and repetitive... I watch less and less TV and blog more. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, KeithBJohnson@ wrote: Wow, while I've lost interest in Lost (can't put more time into this mystery show that has frequent repeats, half-seasons, and dragging waaay too many seasons), I like Heroes a great deal. I haven't seen anything in New Amsterdam to make it better than Heroes when the latter's at its best. They're very different shows, too. Why do you like it so much better? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[scifinoir2] Re: Michael Moorcock fondly remembers Arthur C Clarke
FYI: http://indexed.blogspot.com/2008/03/he-knew-science-fiction-didnt- have-to.html George http://ivebeenmugged.typepad.com --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, brent wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2267284,00.html Brave new worlds Michael Moorcock fondly remembers his friend Arthur C Clarke, the Ego, visionary and gentleman Saturday March 22, 2008 The Guardian I was a very young journalist of 17 or so when Arthur C Clarke invited me to celebrate his birthday before he returned to Ceylon, where he had recently settled. The party was scheduled for November 5 in north London. Flattered to be asked, I gave up plans to get drunk and do exciting things with explosives and set off into the terra incognita of Tottenham where Arthur's brother Fred lived a modest and respectable life. A bottle in my pocket, I knocked at the door to be greeted by Fred. It's round the corner, he said. I'm just off there myself. He turned a thoughtful eye on the bottle. I don't think you'll need that. snip
[scifinoir2] Re: Staying the Course?
I hope so. I pray so. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do I hear the impeachment engines warming up? g123curious [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Jq0j80UB_c From the mouth of the flip-flopper-in chief. George Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: FW: Republican Leader who raised 7 million for Bush caught in scandal
Yep, agree with Keith's post/rant. Now for a little humor: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-hipp/meth-and-man-ass_b_33326.html Be sure to turn up the volume on your computer's speakers when you listen to this song. Enjoy! George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Amy Harlib [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Couldn't agree with Keith's comments more. It is the Good Book itself that says: Judge not, lest ye be judged and of course, there's always the Golden Rule! Passionately Progressive/Color me Green, Amy (applause) Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What an ironically funny understatement ends this report: Members of Haggard's 14,000-member megachurch were stunned. No chit!! I assume the timing of the release of this was intended by the accuser, but he should have a care, for it may backfire. Hopefully it'll make the ultra-conservative right so disgusted with their leaders they'll stay home next week. (Abstaining from voting is all one can hope for from ultra-conservatives. They sure as hell won't switch to more liberal candidates!) But I hope that it doesn't rile up the religious right who'll view it from the gays-trying-to-take-over mindset, and flock to the polls to protect themselves. snip Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Are you Jedi worthy?
Fellas: http://www.ziddio.com/contest.zd?dispatch=landingcontest=2 Nerf Herder Hahaha! This could resurrect Vanilla Ice's career... not that we'd want that to happen. Anyway, while you fellas play with your light sabres, I'll gladly herd the two barely-dressed babes on the dance floor. BTW, I'm back from vacation. Spent a week in Key Largo at my daughter's wedding. She lives there with her new hubby, who is a ranger at the Pennecamp State Park. To the good, my vacation felt like some much-needed shore leave on Risa. DIdn't find the tox Uthat. And no, I didn't buy a Horgon. Don't need one... George J. Captain The USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ussmcnair/
[scifinoir2] For dog lovers!!
Where is Porthos (and Captain Archer) when you really need him? Anyway, this is for the dog lovers on this list. Two coworkers of mine, sisters, operate this web site: http://www.pooptalkin.com/ If you have a high-speed Internet connection, you'll want to view their poopcasts (episode 4). Be sure to turn up the volume on your computer's speakers. If you are a cat owner, don't bother writing to Sheri and Kim. Their site explains why they focus only on dogs. Sheri and Kim are looking for more photos of dogs doing what dogs do, especially large dogs since they own small dogs. I'm not kidding. Read the site and the 'About Us' section. Enjoy! George Captain The USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ussmcnair/
[scifinoir2] Film Review: Curse of the Golden Flower
Anybody else seen this film? Curse of the Golden Flower http://www.boston.com/movies/display?display=movieid=9491 And: http://www.sonyclassics.com/curseofthegoldenflower/ My wife and I went to see it Sunday. I thoroughly enjoyed it. The plot was thick with intrigue... it kept the audience wondering who the good guys were, who the bad guys were, who was conspiring with whom, who had betrayed whom, and who would win the final showdown. The visuals were absolutely stunning!! You must see this on the big screen and NOT on the small screen. I almost didn't recognize Chow Yun-Fat! The attention to detail in the Imperial Palace sets and choreography of actors made me feel like I was really there. Of course there were some martial arts fight scenes, but they didn't dominate the plot and sub-plots. Without revealing too much, the clean-up scene before the Chrysanthemum Festival was more impressive than the pre-festival fight. I highly recommend this film. George Captain USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston)
[scifinoir2] White and Nerdy
This is too d--- funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzGIuY7kw George Captain The USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston)
[scifinoir2] Re:Film Review: Curse of the Golden Flower
Thanks for the review, question: Is it worth mantinee or full price? IMHO, full price. Funny thing... my wife and I were the only non- Asians in the cinema here in Boston. We caught a 2 pm showing on a Saturday. Cinema was ~ 50% full. It may go to video/cable quickly. George
[scifinoir2] Re: Fantastic Four / Silver Surfer Preview
Try this: www.apple.com/trailers/fox/fantasticfourriseofthesilversurfer/ George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the link won't work for me Said Kakese Dibinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (http://www.apple. com/trailers/ fox/fantasticfou rriseofthesilver surfer/large. html) http://blog.thebayindogroup.com/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] La'V' is always watching...Be careful who you talk to. - The Side Street Chonicles by C.W. Badie __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[scifinoir2] Re: NBC ready to bring back 'Bionic Woman'
There's no need for a new Bionic Woman TV series when we can watch Joan Rivers on the TV Guide channel run her bionic mouth. (smile) Many parts of her are artifical replacements, too. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Brent Wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/TV/01/03/television.nbc.reut/index.ht ml NBC ready to bring back 'Bionic Woman' January 3, 2007 LOS ANGELES, California (Hollywood Reporter) - The pilot pickup season began in earnest Tuesday, with NBC greenlighting three one-hour projects, including a new take on The Bionic Woman. The original series, a spin-off from The Six Million Dollar Man, starred Lindsay Wagner as a woman whose body is mechanically enhanced to save her life. It ran on ABC and then NBC for three seasons in the mid-1970s. NBC's order is contingent on casting. The other pilots in NBC's order are a cop show and a spy comedy-drama. snip
[scifinoir2] Re: OT: The History of Oil
Thanks for posting this. I haven't watched all of it since it is very long. I like how 1953 was summarized... an event few Americans (and obvioiusly, few Britains either) know anything about and something the news media seems never to mention. I've forwarded this to a few folks who, ideology-wise, sit on both sides of the isle. George - - - - - - - - I'm posting this link because I can't control my enthusiasm for this piece. Although, I confess the most skiffy aspect are the theater lights powered by a bicyclist. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7374585792978336967 Tell me what you think.
[scifinoir2] Captain Kirk never had this gadget!
http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/the-apple-iphone/ iPhone George Captain USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ussmcnair/
[scifinoir2] Re: FDA Approves Weight Control Pill for Dogs
Question is: how many dog owners will take the pills themselves 'cause they are overweight, too. Remember all of the poor senior citizens (on fixed incomes) who ate dog food 'cause the they couldn't afford regular food. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't even know what to say about this. Talk about a superficial society that's focusing on the wrong things! Bad enough humans cram down pills to offset self-inflicted health problems. Now we're creating drugs to deal with our obese pets??? Man, when i was young and my family's dogs seemed to be getting a little sluggish, I'd take 'em for long walks, which included quite a bit of running too. Of course, my mom forbade animals in the house, so all our pets lived in the backyard, meaning they got lots of exercise just running around, playing, chasing squirrels and birds and whatnot. Not that this is always the case, but I bet a lot of owners who turn to this have house-only dogs that rarely get to spend significant time outside, and the owners obviously don't walk 'em a great bit. Personally I'd be embarrassed with myself if I were so self- indulgent and lazy that I couldn't find a natural way to keep my dog or cat at the weight nature intended. Sheesh! And I thought city dwellers who spent a lot of money hiring people to walk their dogs for them were lazy... Doggie diet drug a new solution for pudgy pooches By ELIZABETH LEE The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 01/06/07 Pudgy pooches have a new weapon in the battle of the bulge: the first diet drug for dogs. Like two-legged Americans, dogs have gotten heavier. About 40 percent are overweight, the American Veterinary Medical Association says. Many owners have trouble keeping their dogs on a diet or exercising them. snip
[scifinoir2] Re: 'Lost' looks to find an end
How freakin' hard could it be to find an ending for this show? Geez. Try this one: Iran decides to test fire one of their new nukes and picks both islands not knowing they are inhabited by the Others and the crash survivors. There. Ending solved. I gave up on this series long ago when it plodded along like a daytime soap where nothing ever really gets resolved. That's insincere story-telling... which Desparate Housewives also suffers from. But I understand that the drive for $$$ encourages this kind of story-telling. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Brent Wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/entertainment/television/1 6469720.htm Posted on Tue, Jan. 16, 2007 'Lost' looks to find an end By David Bianculli New York Daily News (MCT) PASADENA, Calif. - ABC's Lost will return to some of the storytelling methods that made the mystery-laden series popular in the past, the producers said Sunday. For instance, the rest of the season will be more like the show's first year, focusing on relationships among the familiar (but, in this season's first six episodes, largely missing) characters, the producers told members of the Television Critics Association. Jack (Matthew Fox) and Juliet (Elizabeth Mitchell) will be prominent, as will Charlie (Dominic Monaghan) and Claire (Emilie de Ravin). Jack, Sawyer (Josh Holloway) and Kate (Evangeline Lilly) will escape from the other island - and, perhaps most intriguing of all, the producers are in discussion with ABC to decide when to end the series, so they can plan accordingly and intentionally. It's time for us to find an end point to the show, executive producer Carlton Cuse said, comparing it to J.K. Rowling's decision to announce well in advance that Harry Potter would stop after seven novels. The decision to revert to tried-and-true methods comes as the show has faced stiffer competition in the Nielsen department and lost some of its earlier buzz. Cuse also referred to The X-Files, calling it a great show that probably went two seasons too long. The answers to the show's biggest questions, he and series co-creator Damon Lindelof said, would be held until the end, but they don't want to stretch Lost thin just to keep going. None of us want to be doing the show that is the stalling show, Lindelof said. You know: `We're building sand castles this week!' To those judging the entire current series of Lost based on six episodes shown in the fall, Cuse warns against making premature assessments. If we only showed you the first six episodes of last year, he said, you'd probably think, `What? Has the show just become about the tail section people?' And those characters are basically now all dead. By time we got on through the entire season last year, we feel like we covered everyone's stories. And I think the same will be true when you see the third season in its totality. You'll have a much better sense of what everybody's been doing. --- © 2007, New York Daily News.
[scifinoir2] Colbert vs. O'Reilly
FYI, in case you hadn't seen this: http://www.ifilm.com/video/2815044 This is s good. George
[scifinoir2] Why we should watch Battlestar Galactica and don't
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-kelly/china-is-shooting-down- sa_b_39194.html The commentary is a reminder, IMHO, that the best sci-fi is sci-fi that challenges us about issues that are important and which we don't immediately recognize their importance. George Captain The USS Ronald E. MCNair (Boston)
[scifinoir2] Re: [Fwd: Instant viewing -- Netflix delivers over the Web]
I with you. I can't see the logic in watching a movie (or a tv show) on my cellphone. Definitely can't watch a foreign film, with subtitles, on a cellphone either. Can't read the print. A former coworker watches BG on his video iPod. I don't see the sense in that, either, but this guy swears by it. He watches an ep on the commuter train. The only application I can think of where I *might* watch a film on my phone is inflight on an airplane (train or bus) where I a) don't want to watch the airline's canned and edited film, and b) don't have a portable DVD player (with its larger screen) with me. But this situation is so infrequent, it doesn't justify the expense. Cellphone cameras are good at catching stuff that needs to be caught. Michael Richards' rant and Saddam's final exit are two examples of that. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone even relish this idea, watching a movie on your phone? I can't get myself around the notion of being able to see a movie while I'm at a restaurant or on the train or anything like this. I see lots of folks doing just this here in Atlanta on MARTA. Me, I don't even like going to the theater anymore. Inceasingly, I find myself waiting until a movie hits DVD, then deciding whether 'tis nobler to drop the $20 for ownership or $4 for a day's enjoyment, all in the confines of my bedroom, where I can react to it as I choose. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good point, but I think that's coming anyway. There's a lot of movie development for cell phones going on in Asia, and now picking up here. There's lots of possibilities that movies will be produced especially for iPods. So I think the development of little mini-films tailored for small screens and shorter viewing times is here to stay. Since it is, we have to really, really hope the suits will try to develop some good content. Personally I think the You Tubes and other distribution methods coming into vogue will produce a type of permanent class of developers who'll create content for these new methods of viewing. -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suggest deployment of umbrellas... I can see one problem with that. If this paradigm does shift to the point where we can get movies faster online, then expect H'Wood to shift its own paradigm by pushing out more movies. Did I leave out the word crappy? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fascinating. Every week, it seems Comcast and ATT (formerly BellSouth)--the two major broadband carriers in Atlanta--promise faster and faster download speeds. I think I get about 5 mbps on average from Comcast, and I heard a promise of six recently. Couple that increasing speed--which still lags far behind the average speed in most other industrialized nations--with more realization of the Net's usage, and we may see that paradigm shift sooner rather than later. Already I understand the Nielsen folks are pullilng out their hair trying to capture true ratings when people often forego first- run broadcasts of shows on TV in favor of DVR, reruns on broadcaster's websites, and iTunes purchases. Exciting -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Original Message Subject: [Blackfolks] Instant viewing -- Netflix delivers over the Web *Instant viewing -- Netflix delivers over the Web* POSTED: 10:04 a.m. EST, January 16, 2007 http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/internet/01/16/instant.netflix.ap/index. html LOS GATOS, California (AP) -- Netflix Inc. will start showing movies and TV episodes over the Internet this week, providing its subscribers with more instant gratification as the DVD-by-mail service prepares for a looming technology shift threatening its survival. The Los Gatos-based company plans to unveil the new Watch Now feature Tuesday, but only a small number of its more than 6 million subscribers will get immediate access to the service, which is being offered at no additional charge. Netflix expects to introduce the instant viewing system to about 250,000 more subscribers each week through June to ensure its computers can cope with the increased demand. After accepting a computer applet that takes less than a minute to install, subscribers will be able to watch anywhere from six hours to 48 hours of material per month on an Internet streaming service that is supposed to prevent piracy. The allotted viewing time will be tied to how much customers already pay for their DVD rentals. Under Netflix's most popular $17.99 monthly package, subscribers will receive 18 hours of Internet viewing time. The company has budgeted about $40 million this year to expand its data centers and cover the licensing fees for
[scifinoir2] Re: [OT] Murphy, Rock, Tucker To Swim In New Ocean
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wanna see an all-Black martial arts flick. Something that blends the action of Kill Bill Volume 1 with the cool of Shaft (the real one with Richard Roundtree). I'd pay to see a crazy punch-and-kick fest with the likes of Gabriel Union, even Vivica A Fox, maybe Blair Underwood for a serious addition. Can someone get on that? Oh yeah, and can we please *not* cast Will Smith in it?! All black martial arts film? One was made and it starred Bruce Leroy. LOL! See: The Last Dragon http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089461/
[scifinoir2] Re: Fwd:convictions start for Ohio's 2004 Stolen Election - Officials say Recount Was Rigged]
It's about time. Too late though, buat the crooks still need to be punished... all the way up the food chain. All of us citizens will be paying for decades for BushCo's arrogance and mistakes. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First criminal convictions from Ohio's stolen 2004 election confirm recount was rigged */Columbus Free Press/* *by /Bob Fitrakis Harvey Wasserman/ January 27, 2007* The first felony convictions of two Cleveland poll workers stemming from Ohio's stolen 2004 election confirm that the official recount in that contested vote was, in the words of county prosecutors, *rigged.* The question now is whether further prosecutions will reach higher up in the ranks of officials who may have been involved in illegalities throughout the rest of the state. snip
[scifinoir2] Re: Aqua Teen Hunger Force Stunt Results in Terrorist Scare
I live and work in Boston. This has been all over the news here. Our government incurred a large expense with the bomb disposal squads, police overtime to stop traffic; and for a time the subways were shut down. IMHO, the marketers definitely had an obligation to do 2 things: a) notify local law enforcement about their intent to put these devices, and b) ask the permission of the private property owners upon whose property they placed the devices. They didn't do either. I don't know what you've read, but devices were hung on both private and public property here in Boston. Regarding the youth that support this guerilla marketing, their approach to any physical space is the same as their approach to content on the Internet... anything and any space is fair game for their purposes. They don't seem to understand (or don't care) that placing the devices on people's private property without their permission is the same as defacing walls with graffitti... not that graffitti is acceptable anywhere. People, especially the youth, need to remember that this is the town where 2 planes took off from our airport that crashed into buildings on 9-11. So the heightened state of vigilance here is understandable and appropriate. IMHO, the people that yell today about our local government's supposed over reaction would likely be the same people yelling if the government didn't respond and it was a true terrorist attack. It is unclear if the devices were up for 3 weeks here. They were up longer in other cities, but most people here say they weren't up long here. People need to remember that there is already some unease in Boston. There are 2 nuclear reactors within a 1.5 hour drive of the city; plus several biochemical facilities within city limits, and one of the 4 larges LNG terminals is across Boston harbor in Chelsea. With all of those high-value targets nearby, a heightened state of vigilence is very appropriate, IMHO. I definitely believe that the Turner Network and the Cartoon Network should reimburse my city for their expenses. I don't want to pay those expenses thru higher taxes, to fund their self-interested marketing stunt. If they don't pay, you can bet I'll work hard for a boycott of their cable channels. George Captain USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston) --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure what to say about this publicity stunt. Seeing as how the devices aren't small, and they are lighted advertisements, didn't the marketers have some kind of obligation to get permission to put them out? This was a little more than nailing a sign to a telephone pole, after all. If nothing else, I'd have obtained some type of permission from the city before dumping several dozen electronic devices on bridges and stuff. They might have been simply destroyed at best. And, I have to say, this marketing campaign wasn't all that effective if the things sat unnoticed for three weeks. I live in Atlanta, spend all my time in the city where this campaign should be most noticeable. Most of all, I drive by the Cartoon Network headquarters at least ten times a week, and I *never* saw a one-foot cartoon character giving me the finger! Did any of you in Austin, San Fran, Chi-Town, or NYC notice these things? ** 2 Men Held on Bond in Boston Hoax Case By JAY LINDSAY, Associated Press Writer 3 hours ago BOSTON - Two men who authorities say placed electronic advertising devices around the city were released from jail Thursday, apparently amused with the publicity stunt that stirred fears of terrorism and shut down parts of the city. snip
[scifinoir2] Re: Aqua Teen Hunger Force Stunt Results in Terrorist Scare
Feel free to forward my comments and please add this one: Yesterday on the news, many of the supporters of the 2 guys arrested described them as kids. Both are grown men aged 28 and 29. They are not kids. They are adults (at least physically and some would argue they aren't adults mentally/emotionally). Sometimes, the level of codependency in society is simply staggering. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: George, Do you mind if I copy this response and e-mail it to some other folks? In another chain about this I started, one guy said it was just stupid white folks over-reacting. I'd like to present your point of view as something for him to consider. Keith -- Original message -- From: g123curious [EMAIL PROTECTED] I live and work in Boston. This has been all over the news here. Our government incurred a large expense with the bomb disposal squads, police overtime to stop traffic; and for a time the subways were shut down. IMHO, the marketers definitely had an obligation to do 2 things: a) notify local law enforcement about their intent to put these devices, and b) ask the permission of the private property owners upon whose property they placed the devices. They didn't do either. I don't know what you've read, but devices were hung on both private and public property here in Boston. Regarding the youth that support this guerilla marketing, their approach to any physical space is the same as their approach to content on the Internet... anything and any space is fair game for their purposes. They don't seem to understand (or don't care) that placing the devices on people's private property without their permission is the same as defacing walls with graffitti... not that graffitti is acceptable anywhere. People, especially the youth, need to remember that this is the town where 2 planes took off from our airport that crashed into buildings on 9-11. So the heightened state of vigilance here is understandable and appropriate. IMHO, the people that yell today about our local government's supposed over reaction would likely be the same people yelling if the government didn't respond and it was a true terrorist attack. It is unclear if the devices were up for 3 weeks here. They were up longer in other cities, but most people here say they weren't up long here. People need to remember that there is already some unease in Boston. There are 2 nuclear reactors within a 1.5 hour drive of the city; plus several biochemical facilities within city limits, and one of the 4 larges LNG terminals is across Boston harbor in Chelsea. With all of those high-value targets nearby, a heightened state of vigilence is very appropriate, IMHO. I definitely believe that the Turner Network and the Cartoon Network should reimburse my city for their expenses. I don't want to pay those expenses thru higher taxes, to fund their self-interested marketing stunt. If they don't pay, you can bet I'll work hard for a boycott of their cable channels. George Captain USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston) --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, KeithBJohnson@ wrote: I'm not sure what to say about this publicity stunt. Seeing as how the devices aren't small, and they are lighted advertisements, didn't the marketers have some kind of obligation to get permission to put them out? This was a little more than nailing a sign to a telephone pole, after all. If nothing else, I'd have obtained some type of permission from the city before dumping several dozen electronic devices on bridges and stuff. They might have been simply destroyed at best. And, I have to say, this marketing campaign wasn't all that effective if the things sat unnoticed for three weeks. I live in Atlanta, spend all my time in the city where this campaign should be most noticeable. Most of all, I drive by the Cartoon Network headquarters at least ten times a week, and I *never* saw a one-foot cartoon character giving me the finger! Did any of you in Austin, San Fran, Chi-Town, or NYC notice these things? ** 2 Men Held on Bond in Boston Hoax Case By JAY LINDSAY, Associated Press Writer 3 hours ago BOSTON - Two men who authorities say placed electronic advertising devices around the city were released from jail Thursday, apparently amused with the publicity stunt that stirred fears of terrorism and shut down parts of the city. snip [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[scifinoir2] Re: Astronaut Arrested for Assaulting Supposed Rival
One question: what qualities did Oefelein see in Nowak? Obviously, he must have been diddling her to get the type of response from Nowak which the article outlined. I assume that Nowak's husband will have something to say to Oefelein. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sorry Keith. I missed this. Tracey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From the Shameless Gossip category. This is the wildest story I've heard all month! This lady is a career military person, has become the best-of-the-best as an astronaut, flew on the Space Shuttle--and is a complete loon! Married with children, Nowak nonetheless drove *900 miles* to confront a lady who she thought was having an affair with a male astronaut Nowak loved. And check it: Nowak wore *diapers* so she didn't have to stop for restroom breaks! She says she just wanted to talk? Uh-huh: you need a mallet, knife, rubber tubing, pepper spray, and garbage bags to to have a conversation? And like something from a bad movie or novel, she started crying before attacking Shipman. Years ago I saw a crappy TV movie called something like Murder on Space Station 12. It was a soap-opera type affair about an astronaut who murders another in space. Man, if things had proceeded, that might have happened. Can you imagine if Nowak had been in space with Mr. Oefelein and decided he'd betrayed her? She might have jacked him up with that robotic arm, or grabbed the controls on re-entry, screaming If I can't have you, nobody can! Now what? NASA gonna have to screen flight crews to make sure they don't have hidden personal issues? I guess even rocket scientists can lose their minds... ** Astronaut Charged With Kidnap Attempt ORLANDO, Fla. - An astronaut drove 900 miles and donned a disguise to confront a woman she believed was her rival for the affections of a space shuttle pilot, police said. She was arrested Monday and charged with attempted kidnapping and other counts. U.S. Navy Capt. Lisa Nowak, 43, who flew last July on a shuttle mission to the international space station, was also charged with attempted vehicle burglary with battery, destruction of evidence and battery. She was denied bail and is scheduled to make a court appearance Tuesday. Police said Nowak drove from her home in Houston to the Orlando International Airport to confront Colleen Shipman. Nowak believed Shipman was romantically involved with Navy Cmdr. William Oefelein, a pilot during space shuttle Discovery's trip to the space station last December, police said. Nowak told police that her relationship with Oefelein was more than a working relationship but less than a romantic relationship, according to an arrest affidavit. Police officers recovered a love letter to Oefelein in her car. NASA spokesman James Hartsfield in Houston said that, as of Monday, Nowak's status with the astronaut corps remained unchanged. What will happen beyond that, I will not speculate, he said. Hartsfield said he couldn't recall the last time an astronaut was arrested and said there were no rules against fraternizing among astronauts. When she found out that Shipman was flying to Orlando from Houston, Nowak decided to confront her, according to the arrest affidavit. Nowak raced from Houston to Orlando wearing diapers so she wouldn't have to stop to urinate, authorities said. Astronauts wear diapers during launch and re-entry. Dressed in a wig and a trench coat, Nowak boarded an airport bus that Shipman took to her car in an airport parking lot. Shipman told police she noticed someone following her, hurried inside the car and locked the doors, according to the arrest affidavit. Nowak rapped on the window, tried to open the car door and asked for a ride. Shipman refused but rolled down the car window a few inches when Nowak started crying. Nowak then sprayed a chemical into Shipman's car, the affidavit said. Shipman drove to the parking lot booth, and the police were called. During a check of the parking lot, an officer followed Nowak and watched her throw away a bag containing the wig and BB gun. They also found a steel mallet, a 4-inch folding knife, rubber tubing, $600 and garbage bags inside a bag Nowak was carrying when she was arrested, authorities said. Inside Nowak's vehicle, which was parked at a nearby motel, authorities uncovered a pepper spray package, an unused BB-gun cartridge, latex gloves and e-mails between Shipman and Oefelein. They also found a letter that indicated how much Mrs. Nowak loved Mr. Oefelein, an opened package for a buck knife, Shipman's home address and hand written directions to the address, the arrest affidavit said. Police said Nowak
[scifinoir2] Star Wars gangsta rap
WARNING! Contains explicit language like most gangsta rap: http://www.glumbert.com/media/starwars LoL! George
[scifinoir2] Re: [Fwd: [Blackfolks] Is this what a future Oscar winner looks like?]
Oscar has nothing to do with it. Period. I have no interest in films that make fun of overweight black woman or overweight women. This includes Murphy's latest film, but also includes 2 films by Martin Lawrence (Big Mama's house or something titled like that), and the stage play/film by the other black guy who's name I can't remember. A trend of poor taste. There's so much else that's funny and funnier. BTW, the tv series 'Ugly Betty' is really good. It has much more positive messages in it, for people of all backgrounds. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Academy Award chances After *hearing* about Norbit, I may never watch a movie with him in it again. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Original Message Subject: [Blackfolks] Is this what a future Oscar winner looks like? Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 17:38:38 -0600 From: Mel Cragwell, II Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/movies/la-wk- norbit8feb08,1,2603410.story?coll=la-headlines-entnews Is this what a future Oscar winner looks like? Some fear 'Norbit' could hurt Murphy's Academy Award chances. By Greg Braxton and Robert W. Welkos Times Staff Writers February 8, 2007 EDDIE Murphy's on the verge of an awards season trifecta his charismatic portrayal of a tragic RB singer in Dreamgirls has already nabbed him a Screen Actors Guild award and a Golden Globe, and he's considered a front-runner for a best supporting Oscar. But the most high-profile image of Murphy these days while Oscar ballots are still out is on billboards and in movie trailers wearing a fat suit, garish eye shadow and little else. The tagline for his new comedy, Norbit, poses the question: Have you ever made a really big mistake? Some Oscar observers are questioning the timing of the movie's Friday arrival, and whether it may unintentionally put off potential academy voters, while some black activists are taking Murphy to task for engaging in what they say are demeaning racial stereotypes. Every time I pass that billboard, it makes me sick, said one veteran Oscar consultant, who declined to be identified and is not involved in a rival campaign. I think his performance in 'Dreamgirls' is so fabulous and deserves to win the Academy Award. But, he added, Murphy's latest comedy offering doesn't help. Award season aside, Murphy and Norbit are under fire from some black activists who say the film is just the latest to build a movie around a black man dressing up as an unsophisticated, overweight black woman. Adding fuel to their anger is the movie's release during Black History Month. For Eddie to follow what he did with 'Dreamgirls' with this just doesn't make sense, said Robert M. Entman, author of The Black Image in the White Mind: Media and Race in America. There's no excuse for him to lend his prestige to something like this . There has to be a point where African American stars of his stature have to take some responsibility for their actions and just say no. Murphy's stunning turn as James Thunder Early in Dreamgirls has earned him rave reviews and renewed respect for a performer who has had one of Hollywood's most up-and-down careers. He's had his share of hits (48 Hrs., Beverly Hills Cop, Trading Places and the Shrek movies) and flops (The Adventures of Pluto Nash, The Haunted Mansion.) Now, Murphy is in contention for the industry's top honors, which will be handed out Feb. 25. Ballots are due back Feb. 20. Norbit could end up working in Murphy's favor, the creative forces behind it say, because the comedy demonstrates Murphy's range and ability to morph into multiple characters. It's an approach the actor has used to great success in Coming to America and the two The Nutty Professor films. Norbit, about a wimpy man trapped in a horrible relationship with a woman (also played by Murphy), was co-written by Murphy and his brother Charles Murphy, and produced by the actor's production company. Murphy, who has shunned print interviews for years, declined to comment. The comedy has done well with focus groups, said Stacey Snider, co-chairwoman of DreamWorks: Audiences have always loved it. She added that she was confident that Norbit would have no influence on academy members' evaluation of Murphy's work in Dreamgirls. People can separate the performance in 'Dreamgirls' for the career-defining role that it was . They accept this movie for the comedy that it is . I think people are wise enough and savvy enough to understand the spirit that was intended. They know not to read too much into it. One academy voter, John DiSimeo, who is a member of the public relations branch, agreed. As a voter, it doesn't impact me. We're able to focus on
[scifinoir2] Re: Star Wars gangsta rap
Glad that y'all enjoyed it. So did I. It's good, but not as good as 'White and Nerdy. Geo --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Amy Harlib [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] OW! That was a hoot! But it cut off rather too abruptly. ROTFL! Amy In a message dated 2/8/07 2:44:04 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: WARNING! Contains explicit language like most gangsta rap: http://www.glumbert.com/media/starwars LoL! George Oboy. Lucas, what have you sparked. :D -GTW
[scifinoir2] Re: Ousted Pastor ââ¬ËCompl etely Heterosexual
Haggard is as cured as Rush Limbaugh is sober. Set your RSS feed for these two clowns. There's more to come from both, for sure. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oh, ja, ja... Reece Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (tongue firmly in cheek, folks!) Uhhh...this WAS Freudian, right? LOLLOL! _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 4:43 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Ousted Pastor ââ¬ËCompletely Heterosexual Anyone find it odd that on this day, as the Right reverend Haggard announces himself free of homosexuality, a former NBA player, John Amaeichi, comes out of the closet? Maybe Haggard's onto something? (tongue firmly in cheek, folks!) Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com aladvantage.com wrote: Especially not in three weeks. I think the most they could accomplish is that they would make them turned off to sex entirely. Tracey Bosco Bosco wrote: I know a lot of gay people who don't feel they could just switch teams given the right set of circumstances. Bosco --- KeithBJohnson@ mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net comcast.net mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net wrote: Is it the same therapy used on Gibson, Richards, and Washington? I think I posted an e-mail a couple of weeks ago joking that there ought to be a treatment facility divided into wings for differing types of phobias and prejudices. What do you think? Is homosexuality an illness or behavioural issue that can be cured? I'm not convinced that all homosexuality is genetic or brain-mandated as some feel. (You're either born gay or not, they say). Look at all the ancient societies where homosexuality--or bi-sexuality, I should say--was practiced: Sparta, Rome, others. Surely not every soldier and citizen who engaged in that behaviour was born gay? I think the lifestyle and cultural mores might have done that to them. Are some people born gay, and others simply become such due to environment? -- Original message -- From: ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:ravenadal% 40yahoo.com com mailto:ravenadal%40yahoo.com There was a great bit on The View today. The women mentioned that parents sometimes make a child caught smoking smoke a whole pack of cigarettes as a form of aversion therapy. They pondered what sort of aversion therapy had been employed to make Haggard change his orientation in just three weeks... ~rave! --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:scifinoir2% 40yahoogroups.com ups.com mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) tdlists@ wrote: Forced by a gay sex scandal to resign as president of the National Association of Evangelicals, the Rev. Ted Haggard now feels that after three weeks of intensive counseling, he is ââ∠âcompletely heterosexual,âââ¬Ã says an overseer of the megachurch Mr. Haggard once led. The church official, the Rev. Tim Ralph, said in an interview published yesterday by The Denver Post that Mr. Haggard had also told the board of overseers that his only sexual relationship involving another man had been with Michael Jones, the onetime Denver prostitute who exposed that three-year affair last fall. Mr. Jones said then that he was making it public because Mr. Haggard had acted hypocritically in promoting a constitutional amendment to bar same-sex marriage. Mr. Haggard, who as a result of the scandal was ousted by the overseers in November as senior pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, broke a three-month silence over the weekend when he contacted members of the church by e-mail to tell them that he was healing. His three weeks of counseling, in Phoenix, felt like ââ ∠âthree yearsâââ‰â¢ worth of analysis and treatment,âââ¬Ã but now ââ ∠âJesus is starting to put me back together,âââ¬Ã Mr. Haggard wrote in the e-mail message, which was published in The Colorado Springs Gazette on Monday. ââ∠âI have spent so much time in repentance, brokenness, hurt and sorrow for the things Iâââ‰â¢ve done and the negative impact my actions have had on others,âââ¬Ã he said. Mr. Haggard could not be reached for comment yesterday. Mr. Ralph declined through a spokeswoman to comment, and there was no response to telephone calls and e-mail to another overseer or to a New Life spokesman. But Mr. Ralph told The Denver Post that Mr. Haggard had come out of the counseling convinced of
[scifinoir2] Re: White and Nerdy
Did you find all of the Star Wars references in this vid? There are at least 4 Star Wars references and 2 Star Trek references. Geo --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, g123curious [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is too d--- funny: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xEzGIuY7kw George Captain The USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston)
[scifinoir2] Licensed to pill
Be sure to turn on sound: http://www.cafeoflifepikespeak.com/Videos/Licensed%20To%20Pill.swf Enjoy! George
[scifinoir2] Re: OT: Asian paper's 'I Hate Blacks' column assailed
Is this really surprising? I found this very interesting, and not entirely a surprise, for two reasons: 1. Former NBA player Tim Hardaway's comments: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=2766213 2. The explosive growth of niche publishing via cable TV, am talk radio, blogs, and the internet allows people with narrow views to reach narrow audiences. This allows people to maintain narrow news sources and not benefit from the perspectives of others. Only occassionally do narrow views (like Eng's) reach broader, mainstream media. I hope that everyone on this list is watching the PBS Frontline series on 'News War as it explores this and other related problems. See: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/newswar/ George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are no words. Well, there are three. Foot. Up. Ass. ___ James A. Landrith, Jr. 703-593-2065 cell 760-875-8547 fax http://www.jameslandrith.com .. Original Message ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: San Francisco Chronicle Asian paper's 'I Hate Blacks' column assailed Leslie Fulbright, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, February 27, 2007 A San Francisco weekly newspaper that bills itself as The Voice of Asian America is facing harsh criticism from that very community for publishing a column Friday titled Why I Hate Blacks. snip
[scifinoir2] Re: OT: Thurmond's daughter says Sharpton overreacted
The parent-child bond is not to be underestimated. People will often cling to it when all logic and facts say otherwise. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I absolutely respect her ability to handle her past with such calm, 'cause I'd still be pissed about it. But I'm surprised she so quickly commented publicly about Sharpton. Here's a man who's spent his life fighting for civil rights, getting the confirmation none of us wants: that his ancestors were owned and sold like cattle. Given Thurmond's segrationist past and secret trip to the slave quarters (so to speak), of course Sharpton is reeling. Miss Washington- Williams made a big point of remaining silent about her own heritage for decades, only coming forward reluctantly when her kids pushed her. So why is she criticizing Sharpton? If she wanted to comment, I wish she'd reached out to Sharpton with understanding and perhaps an offer to meet and talk about things with him. Or give him the same respect she gave her racist father, and just keep her feelings to herself. I felt this when she first came out a few years ago, and I may be wrong, but I think she's a sad example of how the slaves' minds could be warped to love and respect their masters. For her to be able to say Thurmond was a good father in many ways? Sure, he just impregnated an underage Negro woman in a decidedly unfair (possibly coercive) relationship, hid the fact, and then spent decades keeping her people down. Do all the good things he did for Black people make up for all the damage he did to us by setting up institutions whose ill effects are still felt in South Carolina? So I'm to respect the fact that he gave her money? Please. Wonder what she'll say about Sharpton's comments on the Tom Joyner Morning Show this morning? He said that if DNA tests confirm that he is related to the Thurmonds, he'll definitely be looking into legal recourse to get back some of the ill-gotten wealth they obtained from the illegal and immoral ownership of his family. ** Thurmond's daughter says Sharpton overreacted By Austin Fenner and Jose Martinez New York Daily News (MCT) NEW YORK - The biracial daughter of the late Sen. Strom Thurmond defended the segregationist Tuesday and criticized the Rev. Al Sharpton for overreacting when he learned his ancestors had been enslaved by Thurmond's relatives. His reaction, to me, was overbearing. He seemed too upset, said Essie Mae Washington-Williams, who revealed shortly after Thurmond's death in 2003 that she was his illegitimate daughter. In spite of being a segregationist, he did many wonderful things for black people, Washington-Williams, 81, said of her father. I kind of feel that there was a little bit of an overreaction here. Ancestry.com genealogists discovered the link between Sharpton and Thurmond after an intensive two-week search unearthed an 1861 slave contract. The document showed that the reverend's great-grandfather, Coleman Sharpton Sr., was enslaved by Julia Ann Thurmond Sharpton, a distant relative of the late senator. As the New York Daily News broke the story Sunday, Sharpton said, It was probably the most shocking thing in my life. But Washington-Williams said Sharpton should try to make peace with his family's link to the white slave owners. If it had been any other family, maybe he wouldn't have reacted the way he did, she said Tuesday. Strom Thurmond fathered his biracial daughter when he was 22, and her mother, a black maid for the Thurmond family, was 16. But even as he ran for President on a segregationist platform in 1948, Thurmond did not shy away from his duties as a dad, Washington- Williams said. He put her through college and visited her often, she said. We had a 62-year relationship, she said. He's done many wonderful things for my family. Thurmond's other children - whom Washington-Williams referred to as her brothers and sister - have not publicly commented on their family tree. They have always been very quiet, said Washington-Williams, adding that she maintains a good relationship with the Thurmond family. Washington-Williams, a retired educator who lives in California, was in South Carolina to sign copies of her book, Dear Senator, which chronicles her once-hidden relationship with Thurmond. I'm not sure that Rev. Sharpton is aware of the many things Strom Thurmond has done for South Carolina, she said. He just knows about the things said about segregation. When told of Washington-Williams' comments, Sharpton said his situation was different than hers. I was given specific accounting about my great-grandfather as chattel property and used against their will for profit in two different states, Sharpton told The News from Miami. No one should minimize how their family was considered property and less than human. Sharpton said his reaction to the news about his forefather
[scifinoir2] Re: OT: Coulter Criticized for Anti-Gay Slur Towards Edwards
IMHO, there are 3 aspects to Coulter that one needs to remember: First, she's selling her books. She's a capitalist and she knows that the more books she sells, the more political clout she (hopes) to wield. Only difference between her and Limbaugh, one uses radio. The other uses print. Both distort the truth. Her outrageous comments get people, like you, to wonder who she is and to buy her books to find out. (Think of it this way: afte Bull Connor sicked dogs and fire hoses on civil rights protesters, did you need to read his book to understand who he was?) Second, Coulter's rants energize her base. Like Limbaugh and O'Reilly, she is entertainment... an entertaining commentator... someone to hear and make you feel good after you're plunked down $1,000 per plate at a GOP fundraiser. For Coulter's audience, they consider her a balancing force against folks like Michael Moore and Al Franken. (Moore's films pissed off conservatives much more than we progressives realize; as did Gore's film.) For conservatives, anything and anyone that energizes their base to vote, is a good thing. For conservatives, Coulter also combats the supposed left- leaning media -- the usual target is the NY Times. Third, Coulter provides cover for many Repubs. She says what they want to say but don't. It's cowardly, but it is what it is. IMHO, this definitely includes Chainsaw and Dubya. They can stay above the fray while their designated attack dogs (Coulter, Limbaugh) do the dirty work. (Remember how W used PACs to attack Kerry, so he didn't have to.) The trap is attacking her instead of focusing on the issues and attacking the conservatives running for office. I have every confidence that Coulter will get her due. Payback will be a b---h and her's is coming. I am sure that Olbermann is working on something relevant... one aspect of her due. As for your comment below about Edwards' web site, Edwards is doing what is appropriate... using Coulter's own words against her... to energize his base. Yes, all of this is pretty brutal politics. I say better this than outright civil war... remember that politics is a surrogate for actual fighting. And, we haven't seen pols hand fighting (yet) in the house, like they have in other countries... or back in the 1800's. Last, Edwards is one of the few arguing for the poor. I see nobody doing that amongst the GOP prez candidates. They argue for funding for churches (instead of FEMA; or privatization instead of WRAH) to help the poor and suffering... a lazyman's excuse, IMHO, but it appeals to their base. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't you just *love* the American political system? If you go to John Edwards' website, you can see the video clip for yourself. There, you also have the option to click a link to donate Coulter Cash, which is a way of saying you can defeat people like Coulter by donating money to Edwards. https://johnedwards.com/action/contribute/coulter Politics has got to be the dirtiest, bloodiest game in the world, but I guess you can't fault the Edwards camp for taking advantage of it in this way. I still say that I'm amazed that with all the things Edwards is saying--such as a recent interview in which he said Jesus would be ashamed of America, or the interview on Meet the Press where he said homosexuality is *not* a sin--he's getting such little press. Again, i wonder, if the media covered him as incessantly as it did Clinton and Obama, would his numbers be higher? All that aside, can someone explain to me what the hell is wrong with Coulter? She regularly spouts virulent hatred I'm only used to hearing from white men like Limbaugh or David Duke. What is wrong with her, what's her past? I've never been able to stomach watching, listening to, or reading about her, so have never done the research myself * http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/04/coulter.edwards/index.html Coulter Under Fire for Anti-Gay Slur WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Prominent politicians from both parties and a gay-rights group on Saturday condemned right-wing commentator Ann Coulter for her reference Friday to Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards as a faggot. Ann Coulter's use of an anti-gay slur yesterday was un-American and indefensible, Edwards said in a posting on his Web site, www.johnedwards.com. snip
[scifinoir2] Re: OT: Coulter Criticized for Anti-Gay Slur Towards Edwards
FYI. This article explains Coulter and her ilk quite completely: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/max-blumenthal/cpacs-gay-porn-star- hono_b_42842.html George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree. Some of these people may be doing the PT Barnum thing and giving a show, but their core is still full of hatred and contempt. -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yokozuna, I wish I could believe that. There's an absence in her eyes that, IMO, gives something of veracity to the invective she spews. The Yokozuna Of Soul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Coulter is in show business. She no more believes any of the nonsense she says or writes than Lou Costello was an idiot. This entire issue is fluff and we can expect more avoidance of the issues as we get closer to 2008. On Mar 5, 2007, at 5:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't you just *love* the American political system? If you go to John Edwards' website, you can see the video clip for yourself. There, you also have the option to click a link to donate Coulter Cash, which is a way of saying you can defeat people like Coulter by donating money to Edwards.https://johnedwards.com/action/ contribute/coulter Politics has got to be the dirtiest, bloodiest game in the world, but I guess you can't fault the Edwards camp for taking advantage of it in this way. I still say that I'm amazed that with all the things Edwards is saying--such as a recent interview in which he said Jesus would be ashamed of America, or the interview on Meet the Press where he said homosexuality is *not* a sin--he's getting such little press. Again, i wonder, if the media covered him as incessantly as it did Clinton and Obama, would his numbers be higher? All that aside, can someone explain to me what the hell is wrong with Coulter? She regularly spouts virulent hatred I'm only used to hearing from white men like Limbaugh or David Duke. What is wrong with her, what's her past? I've never been able to stomach watching, listening to, or reading about her, so have never done the research myself * http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/04/coulter.edwards/index.html Coulter Under Fire for Anti-Gay Slur WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Prominent politicians from both parties and a gay-rights group on Saturday condemned right-wing commentator Ann Coulter for her reference Friday to Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards as a faggot. Ann Coulter's use of an anti-gay slur yesterday was un-American and indefensible, Edwards said in a posting on his Web site, www.johnedwards.com. In America, we strive for equality and embrace diversity. The kind of hateful language she used has no place in political debate or our society at large. I believe it is our moral responsibility to speak out against that kind of bigotry and prejudice every time we encounter it. Edwards' campaign posted the video on their Web site, and asked readers to help them raise $100,000 in 'Coulter Cash' this week to keep this campaign charging ahead and fight back against the politics of bigotry. Coulter made her comment in Washington during an address to the 34th annual meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference, during which she gave her opinions about the Democrats' slate of presidential hopefuls. I was going to have a few comments on the other Democratic presidential candidate, John Edwards, but it turns out that you have to go into rehab if you use the word 'faggot,' so I'm - so, kind of at an impasse, can't really talk about Edwards, so I think I'll just conclude here and take your questions, said Coulter, whose comment was followed by applause. CNN has reached out to Coulter's representative, and received no response. But the New York Times reported that she responded, in an e-mail, C'mon, it was a joke. I would never insult gays by suggesting that they are like John Edwards. That would be mean. A spokesman for Sen. John McCain, a Republican presidential candidate, called Coulter's comments to the conservative group wildly inappropriate. In a written statement, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, said, Ann Coulter's words of hate have no place in the public sphere much less our political discourse. Not only should she apologize but those who participated in the conference with her should denounce her shameful and divisive actions. Ann Coulter's use of this anti-gay slur is vile and unacceptable, said Neil G. Giuliano, president of the Gay Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and the applause from her audience is an important reminder that Coulter's ugly brand of bigotry is at the root of the discriminatory policies being promoted at this gathering. In a written statement, Democratic
[scifinoir2] Re: OT: 50 Cent: Publisher - Black books everywhere; not a thing to read
Thanks for posting this. I was mostly unaware of this new genre and can say that I definitely do not plan to read it. I am hoping it doesn't kill of more scholarly works. I guess with the popularity of items like Grand Theft Auto and music from 50 pennies, this was bound to happen. It definitely is another shining example of capitalism... anything to make a buck. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Water, water everywhere, not a drop to drink. - Coleridge's Ancient Mariner http://www.calendarlive.com/books/la-ca- gunit18mar18,0,6477447.story?coll=cl-books-top-right 50 Cent's rap meets pulp With G-Unit Books, 50 Cent has become hip-hop's first book publishing magnate. By Chris Lee Times Staff Writer March 18, 2007 YOU'D be forgiven for judging the paperback novella The Ski Mask Way by its cover. The book's jacket artwork depicts a muscle-bound thug stripped to the waist to reveal a tapestry of tattoos: a skull, a spider and the word Un Broken etched across his pectorals in gothic font. Flanked by the silhouette of prison bars, he clutches a woolen balaclava, leaving little doubt as to the shoot'em-up literature within. Let's get that money the fast way the ski mask way, one character says to another, handing him a sawed-off shotgun. snip
[scifinoir2] Re: OT: New Orleans Residents Arming Themselves
Thanks for posting this article and your rant. Both were an interesting read. I agree with another poster's comment that this is yet another item to add to the list of articles of impeachment. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is so sad, I don't have the words. The disgust I feel turns my stomach. That damn criminally incompetent administration is spending hundreds of billions of dollars trying to keep Iraq from the fires of chaos it unleashed, costing the lives of thousands of soldiers and civilians, all the while telling us that doing so will keep America safe. Meanwhile, their own citizens are living in what might as well be a third-world country in their own back yard. That the citizens of New Orleans are arming themselves as if under siege is inexecusable! But what the hell else can you expect from a leader who didn't mention New Orleans once in his State of the Union, but who famously said, You're doing a good job, Brownie, and, (Circling the Katrina- devastated city from the safety of his plane) As bad as things look from up here, I bet it's twice as bad down there. And this is an administration guided by Christ's principles? Doesn't that include loving your neighbour and helping him when he's in need? * New Orleans Residents Arming Themselves By MARY FOSTER, Associated Press Writer NEW ORLEANS - Sixty-four-year-old Vivian Westerman rode out Hurricane Katrina in her 19th-century house. So terrible was the experience that she wanted two things before the 2006 season arrived: a backup power source and a gun. I got a 6,000-watt generator and the cutest little Smith Wesson, snub-nose .38 you ever saw, she boasted. I've never been more confident. People across New Orleans are arming themselves _ not only against the possibility of another storm bringing anarchy, but against the violence that has engulfed the metropolitan area in the 19 months since Katrina, making New Orleans the nation's murder capital. snip
[scifinoir2] Re: OT: Frontline Series News War
Thanks for posting this. I've been watching it. It is good, as it usually is. You can watch/read Al Jazeera via the Internet. IF you want access, you'll have to write to your cable provider and congressional reps. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This series from Frontline is powerful and, I think, a must-see. I know we send a lot of e-mails around, and I know many of us rant and rave about all sorts of issues. Truth, it must be hard somedays to decide what latest issue is worth worrying about, which cause warrants our attention. But the following is worth a look. It's a four-part series about media and how perceptions are shaped in the newest Information Age. When you think about it, just about everything we think and feel is influenced by someone else: whether it's Madison Avenue telling us who's beautiful or what kind of car is hip, American Idol pushing no-talents off as singers, rappers telling us what it is to be real, Hollywood pushing the myth of half-naked Spartans fighting an army of degenerates, or the President influencing our thoughts on everything from religion to social issues, we're bombarded with sights and sounds and slogans that say This is good or This is bad. Nowhere has this been in more evidence recently than the ideological battle of America vs. the Middle East, and America vs.--America, where soundbites, controlled messages, and subtle manipulations have been used to sway the public and pit us against each other. Indeed, I wonder how many of us--even those who think of ourselves as free thinkers--realize how much our minds are influenced by the media, and just how partisan and subjective that media has become nowadays. I watched the fourth part of the series, War of Ideas, last night. It focuses on how Arab and Middle Eastern TV is fast approaching the sophistication of American TV, technologically, and, especially, psychologically. One guy compared an Arab station to Fox, with the same slickly packaged pandering-to-the-crowd format. It touches on Al-Jazeera and its influence, and the regrettable (in my opinion) decision made by all major content providers in the US not to carry Al-Jazeera English, the new entity aimed at brining a Middle Eastern viewpoint to the English-speaking world. Chilling that our government has basically made a decision for us on what we can watch, especially given how many respected *American* reporters have signed on with Al-Jazeera English. Not to mention, the audience of Arab- focused cable and TV outlets is *huge*, and how can Americans make informed decisions about American Mid-East policy if we don't even know what the hell the Middle Easterners are thinking? Perhaps if we'd had some more knowledge taht up front, no one would have been foolish enough to think Shock and Awe would result in a cowed-but- grateful Iraqi populace greeting our troops with open arms. The entire series can be viewed online at the following address http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/newswar/ A brief quote from the synopsis: ...Drawing on more than 80 interviews with key figures in the print, broadcast and electronic media, and with unequaled, behind-the- scenes access to some of today's most important news organizations, FRONTLINE correspondent Lowell Bergman examines the challenges facing the mainstream news media, and the media's reaction, in News War, a special four-part series. Bergman traces the recent history of American journalism, from the Nixon administration's attacks on the media and the post-Watergate popularity of the press to new obstacles presented by the war on terror and changing economics in the media business and the Internet. The topic has special resonance for Bergman, whose career as a journalist for FRONTLINE, The New York Times, ABC News and 60 Minutes has included reporting on the issues that are critical to the current controversies. There has been a perfect storm brewing in the world of news, says Bergman. Not since the Nixon administration has there been this level of hostility leveled at news organizations. [But] unlike the confrontations of 35 or more years ago, today's news war sees the very economic foundations of the business shifting [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[scifinoir2] French train goes 357+ mph
FYI: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070403/ap_on_re_eu/france_fast_train_record I dream of having something like this for travel between Boston and New York city. George
[scifinoir2] Re: Fw: Rice's Star Ris experienced racism of any kind?ing Even as Public Sours on Bush
I like her words describing the Civil Rights movement and her (lack of) involvement: I didn't get involved in any counter-cultural things. That says it all... Where did you read this? Can you provide a URL or citation? Thanks. Also, the article below is a good summary too. George - - - - - - - - - - http://www.counterpunch.org/chestnut11192005.html Her Father Taught Her Well Condi Rice's Disdain for the Civil Rights Movement By J. L. CHESTNUT, Jr. November 19 - 20, 2005 Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Know an art music fan? Make a donation in their honor this holiday season! http://us.click.yahoo.com/.6dcNC/.VHMAA/Zx0JAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: Where No Home Theater Has Gone Before
http://www.reighn.com/theatermain.html Hey Brent! You gonna remodel your basement, too? (LOL!) BTW, I think that this guy is not married. He sunk at least $25K into that NCC-1701 Bridge remodelling job. And he forgot both the in-wall coffee dispenser and the science-station for his computer. George Captain The USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston) Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: A DENZEL WASHINGTON Story
This is a hoax. For an explanation, please see: http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/denzel.asp Or see: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_denzel_fisher_house.htm George Captain The USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston) --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To quote Tom Joyne: Is it...HIDDEN RACISM? Amy Harlib [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I loved him before but now I REALLY love him! No mater what your political position - this was a magnificent gesture. The Media Missed this one Subject: Denzel Washington, and Brooks Army Medical Center Don't know whether you heard about this but Denzel Washington and his family visited the troops at Brook Army Medical Center, in San Antonio,Texas (BAMC) the other day. This is where soldiers who have been evacuated from Germany come to be hospitalized in the United States, especially burn victims. There are some buildings there called Fisher Houses. The Fisher House is a Hotel where soldiers' families can stay, for little or no charge, while their soldier is staying in the Hospital. BAMC has quite a few of these houses on base, but as you can imagine, they are almost filled most of the time. While Denzel Washington was visiting BAMC, they gave him a tour of one of the Fisher Houses. He asked how much one of them would cost to build. He took his check book out and wrote a check for the full amount right there on the spot. The soldiers overseas were amazed to hear this story and want to get the word out to the American public, because it warmed their hearts to hear it. The question I have is why does: Alec Baldwin, Madonna, Sean Penn and other Hollywood types make front page news with their anti-everything America crap and Denzel Washington's Patriotism doesn't even make page 3 in the Metro section of any newspaper except the Local newspaper in San Antonio. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] My new favorite description of W
Well, I really think that he shatters the myth of white supremacy once and for all; it shows that, in this great country, anybody can become president. -- Rep. Charles B. Rangel (D-N.Y.), second-most senior member of the Congressional Black Caucus. Rangel was interviewed on New York Public Television WLIW21 in April 2005 and asked for his quick reaction to various people. ROTFL!!! George Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: Bond Begins Filming Without Key Cast
Instead of the usual suspects, I vote for Noa Tishby. Who is she? Watch the Las Vegas episode Whale of a Time. Yeah, she guest starred in an episode of Enterprise, but let's try to ignore THAT. You can read her bio here: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0864332/ George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You know my feelings about Jolie: I think she should have her *own* spy series. She'd make an awesome secret agent, as witnessed by the more spy-like Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. But isn't she pregnant now? Thandie Newton? She's already been the girl eye candy in Mission Impossible 2, and don't know why she'd want to do that again. She's a much better actress than the role would probably require. I hear McAdam's is a good actress. -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bond Begins Filming Without Key Cast James Bond producers are still looking for a new Bond girl even though latest 007 adventure, Casino Royale, has already started shooting in Prague, Czech Republic. Pre-production on the film started last week without two key ingredients - a leading lady and a villain. Crash writer/director Paul Haggis, who is writing the script for actor Daniel Craig's first outing as superspy Bond, let slip about the lack of a Bond girl during a recent Hollywood Reporter interview. He says, They're talking to three to four girls right now. Every week I read that there's a new Bond girl, and I call them (the filmmakers) and they say, 'No, you idiot.' Haggis' announcement comes weeks after former Miss Italy Caterina Murino lost out on the chance to play 007's latest love interest. She'll play a smaller role in the new film. Angelina Jolie, Rachel McAdams and Thandie Newton have all been considered for the role of sexy Vesper Lynd in the new Bond movie. http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2006-02-02/celeb/1 Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: FW: King eulogists jab Bush at funeral
Normally, I might agree with this. But in the case of this administration -- which has carefully screened participants at all of W's speeches; which has kept qualified journalists out of press conferences and let in to those events unqualified journalists who agree with their ideology; which has consistently ejected and had arrested at W's speeches supposed protesters (e.g., Cindy Sheehan) who were wearing a t-shirt that they disagreed with; which has filled key government postions with political cronies who know nothing about the department they manage and whose decision actually hurt Americans (e.g., Brownie you're doing a heck of a job); who brazenly attempt to control the news media with outright distortions of the truth -- W and his flunkies need to hear the truth about the people they hurt whenever and wherever. Wake up folks. Tracey... feel free to post my remarks on the list where you read this. Thanks. George - - - - - - - - personally, I didn't think that Lowery's political interjections, nor any of the others including inferences by the beloved 'ex-Prez Carter...were appropriate at Coretta's funeral I think that it was unfair to the King family to use the funeral pulpit as an opportunity for political commentary. Does this fall under the 'free speech' category? I guess here in the US... it doesn't matter where one is or what the event isone can say whatever they please where ever they please... but then... the media will blanket cover those extra remarks and imply their inappropriatenessso which is it? I'm confused. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: Netflix sends frequent renters to the back of line
$17.99 a month for 3 DVDs? Her in Boston, I pay $9.99 a month for 3 DVS. Caveat emptor really applies these days given the focus on business (and de-focus on consumers) by our government. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, brent wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/10/netflix.penalty.ap/index.html Netflix sends frequent renters to the back of line Policy designed to reduce number of films rented for monthly fee Friday, February 10, 2006 SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) - Manuel Villanueva realizes he has been getting a pretty good deal since he signed up for Netflix Inc.'s online DVD rental service 2-1/2 years ago, but he still feels shortchanged. That's because the $17.99 monthly fee that he pays to rent up to three DVDs at a time would amount to an even bigger bargain if the company didn't penalize him for returning his movies so quickly. Netflix typically sends about 13 movies a month to Villanueva's home in Warren, Michigan - down from the 18 to 22 DVDs he once received before the company's automated system identified him as a heavy renter and began delaying his shipments to protect its profits. snip Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: Cheney Apparently Breaks Key Hunting Rule
Sancochojo: Are you serious? Well.. by your logic the Lewinsky-gate should have stayed private, too. It was between 2 consenting adults and done in private. Plus, Mrs. Clinton didn't file for divorce and neither Lewinsky nor Bill C. would have made it public. A right-leaning Linda Tripp betrayed Lewinsky's confidence and spilled the beans. I don't recall you claiming that Lewinsky-gate was publicized unnecessrily? And now you cry foul with Chainsaw? Get over it. What's good for the goose is good for the gander. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, sancochojo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: okkk. So what does it all mean. He needs to resign? he needs to give a public appology? What? What will make the Left feel better? Accidents do happen. His partner is not filing any charges. ok, he broke some hunting law, but I don't know to many people losing their job for it. I think the Left is making something bigger then it really is. The LEFT is just drawing at straws and the RIGHT needs to shut the heck up. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: Cheney Apparently Breaks Key Hunting Rule
Bosco: Well said. I can't over emphasize what you wrote. I couldn't have said it better. Well said. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Bosco Bosco [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't think accidentally shooting someone is necessarily an impeachable offense. Like all things the answers to the riddle depend on the situations and variables involved. That said, I think there are a couple of issues at play here that are not really being addressed by the Cheney apologists. Firstly, if you accidentally shoot someone, it's your fault. As human being you need to own your mistake. As Vice President, you have no other alternative. Cheney has specifically not done that. He has in fact through silence and spokespersons, blamed the victim of the shooting. Blaming the victim for your own mistake is just outright wrong no matter how you look at it, left, right, political, nonpolitical. Second, in the face of grave error, you do your damnedest to make up for it. Again there is a complete failure on the part of Cheney. The best he has done is to let people know, through intermediaries, that he is worried. Those two things are indicitive of the present administration's overall policies and procedures. They are completely incapable of copping to any mistake, much less owning their errors and they are completely unwilling to do anything to make ammends for those mistakes. In essence, the Cheney shooting and it's aftermath are like a metaphor for the entire Bush administration and it's failings. I think that's one of the main reasons it's be so emotionally reacted to. What amazes me is the level people will stoop to to minimize and apologize for such a terrible accident and mistake on the part of Dick Cheney. The man shot a long time friend in the face and his best effort to deal with that is to appear worried. I think people are beginning to tire of example after example of utter and complete failure of leadership by this administration. Clearly with this most recent leadership failure, it's no wonder people are calling for his impeachment, even if it's not necessarily warranted by the present circumstances. Bosco Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] It's open season on Dick Cheney
There's an old saying in politics, If you sell a Republican enough rope, he'll hang himself. That said, on to today's humor. Q. What are the 2 most dangerous places in the world? A. The front seat of Britney Spears' car and hunting with Dick Cheney. Q. Why did VP Cheney shoot his best friend and lawyer Harry Whittington? A. Faulty intelligence. After tapping Whittington's phone, the NSA assured Cheney that Whittington was actually a pheasant. Q. Why wasn't Whittington killed when VP Cheney shot him? A. Whittington, a Republican lawyer and a big Republican donor, was saved by buck shot deflected by wads of laundered cash. Dick Cheney is capitalizing on this for Valentine's Day. It's the new Dick Cheney cologne. It's called Duck! --Jay Leno Apparently the reason the Bush White House did not release information about the Cheney shooting right away is they said that they had to get the facts right. That's never stopped them in the past. --Craig Ferguson The Vice President is standing by his decision to shoot Harry Whittington. Now, according to the best intelligence available, there were quail hidden in the brush. Everyone believed at the time there were quail in the brush. And while the quail turned out to be a 78- year-old man, even knowing that today, Mr. Cheney insists he still would have shot Mr. Whittington in the face. He believes the world is a better place for his spreading buckshot throughout the entire region of Mr. Wittington's face. --Daily Show correspondent Rob Corddry The big scandal apparently is that they didn't release the news for 18 hours. I don't think that's a scandal at all. I'm quite pleased about that. Finally there's a secret the vice president's office can keep. --Craig Ferguson In other news... sales of the CD Shotgun by Junior Walker and the All-Stars have shot up 300%. See: http://top-lyrics.elizov.com/lyrics/Junior_Walker_and_The_All_Stars_- _Shotgun.html You can also find more Cheney humor here: http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/cheneyshooting/ Enjoy! George - - - - - - - - - - http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news? pid=1103sid=azlcxJS3tMU0refer=us Cheney's Hunting Accident Provides a Bonanza for Joke Writers Feb. 14 (Bloomberg) -- John Mack, a comedy writer for Tonight Show host Jay Leno, figured he had terrific material for a full week of jokes: a hockey gambling scandal, the Olympics and the driving habits of pop star Britney Spears. And then Vice President Dick Cheney shot a lawyer. Nothing can get better than that, Mack said. As a comedy writer, this ranks right up there with Bill Clinton dating an intern. News that Cheney, 65, had accidentally wounded, not seriously, a hunting companion in Texas over the weekend sparked a firestorm at yesterday's White House briefing as reporters questioned the Bush administration's delay in disclosing the incident. One reporter compared it to the government's lagging response to Hurricane Katrina, and White House spokesman Scott McClellan even was asked if Cheney would resign. (McClellan called that an absurd question.) In the offices of comedy writers, it was a bonanza. As soon as they heard about the shooting of 78-year-old Texas lawyer Harry Whittington at a private ranch in Texas, writers said they knew they'd have material for weeks' worth of shows and months' worth of political speeches. The first wave was evident last night. The subject dominated the first half of Comedy Central's The Daily Show, with host Jon Stewart saying Whittington is the first person shot by a sitting veep since Alexander Hamilton and that he was mistaken for a bird. On CBS's Late Show, David Letterman devoted his signature Top 10 List to Dick Cheney's excuses -- and he noted: We can't get bin Laden, but we nailed a 78-year-old attorney. Context makes the joke, and the combination of a powerful vice president, firearms and lawyers is a humor goldmine. `Sweet Spot' It hits right at the sweet spot, said Mark Katz, who writes humor for business executives and politicians, including former President Clinton. Here is the guy who is supposed to be the star of the White House, and suddenly he is the star of a Three Stooges-style slapstick. Whittington, a prominent Republican attorney from Austin, was listed in stable condition at a Corpus Christi, Texas, hospital yesterday. He was hit by shotgun pellets in the face, neck and chest. Ranch owner Katharine Armstrong, who was asked by Cheney to disclose the details of the incident, said the shooting resulted from Whittington not alerting the vice president that he was standing close by as Cheney, 65, turned to fire at a quail flushed from the underbrush. It was not the vice president's fault, Armstrong said in an interview. `Perfect Metaphor' The idea that you have this vice president who is kind of gruff and willing to cuss out senators meant that it was always within the realm of possibility that he would go off one day and
[scifinoir2] FW: I guess that the Babylon 5 cast reunion is off
FYI: http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=1id=34628 Ken Katsulas also starred in The Fugitive film with Harrison Ford. George Captain The USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston) Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: MakeMySpace Safer for Teens
FYI. Check out last week's Newsweek magazine. There's an interview with Rupert Murdoch, whose publishing empire also includes Myspace.com -- the one and the same mogul who has brought us Faux News. Murdoch says he's cleaning it up, up actions speak louder than words. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Pratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How? It's available through cellphones. Kids are probably sucking down this crap when they're supposed to be sucking down education. Thanks, MySpace, for providing one more place for predators to stalk kids. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: Exclusive: The Name's Bond.. Broke Bond
A better message title could have been, The Name's Bond... snaggle tooth Bond. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, brent wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16720499method=fulls iteid=62484headline=exclusive--the-name-s-bond---broke-bond- name_page.html 19 February 2006 EXCLUSIVE: THE NAME'S BOND.. BROKE BOND BIFF! 007 Craig loses two front teeth in first fight scene BASH! The baddie who whacked him was only a henchman By Grant Hodgson NEW James Bond Daniel Craig has already failed to make the grade as a tough guy - after a villain knocked out two of his teeth in his FIRST fight scene. Craig, 37, was in Prague filming the remake of Casino Royale when the stunt went wrong. As the shaken star staggered backwards clutching his bleeding mouth, cameramen thought it was a brilliant piece of acting. But they quickly realised the new 007 was really hurt. His injuries were so bad local dentistry experts could not treat him. So Craig's dentist was flown out from London for emergency surgery in the Czech capital Prague. Dentist Rod McNeil, based in London's Cavendish Square, fixed caps to his broken teeth then flew back to Britain. The actor has now been given six gumshields and told to wear them while filming stunt scenes for the £60million movie at Prague's Barrandov Studios. An insider said: Daniel was filming with some minor actors when he got hit in the face. He was reeling from a heavy blow and staggered back holding his face. He put his hand to his mouth but the blood started to seep through his fingers - it was horrible. He did not make a fuss though, and fortunately the accident will not affect the film. He soon got back to work, and will just have to wear a gumshield during action scenes for the film. These are so his teeth look perfect when his mouth is open and cameras pan in on him. The Sunday Mirror revealed last year how Craig would be starring alongside stunning Thandie Newton. But he was dubbed James Bland last October when unveiled as the sixth Bond for failing to match up to tough guys Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore and Pierce Brosnan. Craig, who has dated Sienna Miller and Kate Moss, admitted he was terrified when he arrived at a Press conference after a speedboat ride up the Thames. When asked why he should play 007, the Chester-born actor simply said: Why not? The latest blow to his image is believed to have come in a fight scene involving an actor playing a henchmen to evil baddie Le Chiffre - played by Danish actor Mads Mikkelson, 41. Bond was supposed to be confronting a terrorist bomber at an embassy in which he ends up throwing him through a window after first knocking out other baddies. Instead Craig came off worst. According to a film insider, panic set in as director Martin Campbell and producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson realised how badly he'd been hurt. After failing to find a local dentist who could quickly repair the damage, they opted to fly Craig's dentist in from London. Dr McNeil, of McNeil Barrett, flew out to Prague and spent the day in the studio's medical room carrying out the repair work. He repaired Daniel's broken teeth with caps using a record of his teeth he'd brought with him. A source said the incident happened at the beginning of the month. He added: Daniel was trying to say, 'I'm all right', but he could barely speak. It was obvious he was in a lot of pain. Everybody was in a panic because they knew any injuries to Daniel could mean a delay and cost a fortune. It could even have delayed the film's release, which would have been disastrous. No local dentist said they could repair Daniel's teeth properly at such short notice so producers flew his personal dentist in. He had to wait a few hours before his dentist could get to Prague, but afterwards he was almost as good as new. Daniel's dentist did a great job - and only charged producers for his expenses. As he is an old friend he did not make him pay for the work. Daniel was really grateful and glad to get back to working so quickly. Shooting for Craig and the rest of the film's crew in the Bahamas is due to start on Thursday at the 200-year-old Buena Vista Hotel in Nassau, which will double as the Liberian Embassy in Madagascar. Scenes will also be shot in Italy and at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire before the cast and crew return to the Czech Republic in March. When it was announced Craig was to star in the remake of 1967 spoof Casino Royale, the actor was mocked after arriving at the Press conference surrounded by burly Marines wearing an unflattering life jacket. Speaking afterwards, Daniel also did 007's macho reputation no favours when he said: I would like to thank the Royal Marines for bringing me in like that, and scaring the s*** out of me. It's
[scifinoir2] Time to buy tickets to Fhloston Paradise
Two multi-pass tickets, please. FYI. Click on the link to see a picture of the cruise/space ship. George - - - - - - - - - http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/02/16/aeroscraft/index.html Technology: THe Future Now The flying luxury hotel of tomorrow Cruise ship will sail through the air, not the water By Joshua Tompkins Popular Science Thursday, February 16, 2006; Posted: 4:35 p.m. EST (21:35 GMT) The Aeroscraft cruise ship will ferry passengers across the continental U.S. in about 18 hours. (PopSci.com) -- This is not a Blimp. It's a sort of flying Queen Mary 2 that could change the way you think about air travel. It's the Aeroscraft, and when it's completed, it will ferry pampered passengers across continents and oceans as they stroll leisurely about the one-acre cabin or relax in their well-appointed staterooms. Unlike its dirigible ancestors, the Aeroscraft is not lighter than air. Its 14 million cubic feet of helium hoist only two thirds of the craft's weight. The rigid and surprisingly aerodynamic body -- driven by huge rearward propellers -- generates enough additional lift to keep the behemoth and its 400-ton payload aloft while cruising. During takeoff and landing, six turbofan jet engines push the ship up or ease its descent. This two-football-fields-long concept airship is the brainchild of Igor Pasternak, whose privately-funded California firm, Worldwide Aeros Corporation, is in the early stages of developing a prototype and expects to have one completed by 2010. Pasternak says several cruise ship companies have expressed interest in the project, and for good reason: The craft would have a range of several thousand miles and, with an estimated top speed of 174 miles per hour, could traverse the continental U.S. in about 18 hours. During the flight, passengers would peer at national landmarks just 8,000 feet below or, if they weren't captivated by the view, the cavernous interior would easily accommodate such amenities as luxury staterooms, restaurants, even a casino. To minimize noise, the aft-mounted propellers will be electric, powered by a renewable source such as hydrogen fuel cells. A sophisticated buoyancy-management system will serve the same purpose as trim on an airplane, allowing for precise adjustments in flight dynamics to compensate for outside conditions and passenger movement. The automated system will draw outside air into compartments throughout the ship and compress it to manage onboard weight. The company envisions a cargo-carrying version that could deliver a store's worth of merchandise from a centralized distribution center straight to a Wal-Mart parking lot or, because the helium-filled craft will float, a year's worth of supplies to an offshore oil rig. You can land on the snow, you can land on the water, Pasternak says. It's a new vision of what can be done in the air. -0- FACT BOX - AEROSCRAFT FACTS: Purpose: Long-range travel for passengers who are more concerned with the journey than the destination. Dimensions: 165 feet (height) x 244 feet (width) x 647 feet (length) Max Speed: 174 miles per hour Range: 6,000 miles Capacity: 250 passengers Source: Popular Science -0- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: Wired News: Actor Tries to Trademark 'N' Word
Thanks for sharing this. Yes we American citizens have the right of free speech, which means the right to offend others and suffer said consequences. Wayans' idea below has bad idea and extremely poor taste written all over it... about as bad as the guy in Boston who wanted to sell the 'Don't be a Snitch t-shirts. The fast pursuit of bling-bling does not justify anything, although some will argue that it does. Here in Boston, I see whites and asians wearing FUBU clothing. One can only wonder what will happen when these folks start wearing the 'N' clothing Wayans wants to sell. On a lighter note... the author is mighty gratuitous when using the word actor to describe Damon Wayans. Comic or comedian, yes. Actor, no. Everyone of his films has sucked big time. I guess that's why he's shifting to clothing/retail. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, yinka oyekunle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was only a matter of time. Be ready for a gross comercialization of this term. Two nights ago I was watching Nick Cannon's show on MTV. They have a segment called whiggers as u can assume it's a bunch of white boys who wnat to be black. What's ALSO troubling in that (amoung other things) was how being black was percieved. It's like any progression is being reversed w/ this re-commercialization of stereotypes. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You have got to be kidding me http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70259-0.html?tw=rss.index [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] SPONSORED LINKS Science fiction and fantasy Genre magazine - YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group scifinoir2 on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. - - Brings words and photos together (easily) with PhotoMail - it's free and works with Yahoo! Mail. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: RFID: Sign of the (End) Times?
Thanks for sharing this. Businesses in their rush to cut costs and exploit the next technology tend to forget or ignore one important factor: if the new technology presents more problems than benefits, consumers won't use it. Early adopters might use a new technology, but most folks won't if the problems outweigh the benefits. Why? People buy benefits not new technology. A good example of this in play is credit/debit cards. Usage is down due to identity theft. So many consumers are using - surprise - cash or legal tender instead of plastic. (That's why you see the offers incenting consumers to use debit/credit plastic.) Same goes for RFID plastic, too, whether or not the end-of-times happens. I've lived for over a decade without a Mobil/Exxon speed pass... and can happily continue to do so. Instead, Exxon should worry about us consumers that still boycott their products due to the Valdez spill. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, brent wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70308-0.html RFID: Sign of the (End) Times? By Mark Baard Mar, 02, 2006 EST CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts - Katherine Albrecht is on a mission from God. The influential consumer advocate has written a new book warning her fellow Christians that radio frequency identification may evolve to become the mark of the beast - meaning the technology is a sign that the end-times are drawing near. My goal as a Christian (is) to sound the alarm, said Albrecht, in a conversation over tea at a high-end grocery store. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: Video Shows Bush Warned Before Katrina Hit
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I agree. The problem is most Americans don't know about the sims that are run all the time. I've spoken to several people over the last few months who didn't have a clue that sims are run on that level. So to many the tapes are actually somewhat of a revelation. But as you're suggesting, they shouldn't be. What really scares those people who don't know all this is when I tell them all the things the simulations *didn't* even consider, such as the looting that went on. Makes me wonder what the hell our disaster recovery leaders have been doing for all these decades. Speaking of the disinterested government, as you put it, how do you feel about Ray Nagin or Governor Blanco's roles in all this? Are they also culpable through ignorance or neglect? yes. they are culpable. it happened on their watch. at the end of the day, the ole Janet Jackson song applies... What have you done for me lately? George Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: The Oscars
Keith: Well said and written. Thanks. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, the Oscars have come and gone again. A song about a pimp won an award, as did the director of a movie about gay love, and an actor portraying a gay writer who gained fame by writing about a heinous murder. A lady playing a country singer won, but her close competition was a woman playing a man turning into a woman. All the sin and immorality some were decrying in this year's crop of nominations was celebrated in some cases, and guess what? The world goes on. I don't think society will now spontaneously combust into a conflagration of hidden homosexual agendas and more pimp flicks. (No more so than were already being made, at least). Don't think we need to worry about Return to Brokeback Mountain, or Hustle and Flow: Livin' Large. Our children aren't being corrupted, our young men aren't now aspiring to be gay cowboys or hustlers. America, the Land of God, won't suddenly become a cesspool of depravity and profligacy. Sure there may be some doors opened for films dealing with sensitive subjects. Some actors may now take roles they'd previously avoided. But in the main, things will go on as always: taxes still too high. Jobs paying too little and demanding too much. Terrorism rampant. Middle East fallling apart. An idiot in the White House. If America continues to decline morally and spiritually, it won't be because of the films coming out of Hollywood. Besides, I think the better thing to focus on is that films are *intelligent* again. Like the subject matter or not, they made us think, laugh, cry, rage, rant, but couldn't be ignored. And that's what good films are supposed to do. And *that* effect can only make America better. Still think Terrance Howard shoulda song the pimp song though... Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: Movie theaters may ask to jam cell phones
Yeah, it's very frustrating. And this is unscientific and stereotyped as hell, but I often note that it's us who are most often on the phones--at least, where I go to the movies. (which for those in the know, is either the Regal 24 on the 85 access road, or the Atlantic Station theatre). When I went to see Last Holiday, this Sister in front of me must have made four phone calls during the film. And then, when she wasn't doing that, she was constantly checking her messages and the time. Of course every time she did so, the phone--which had those really cool special lights--blazed like a beacon in the night. Okay. I agree some folks are really rude. So what is a good way to handle this? Speak directly to the person? Get the movie theatre usher? Or sit quietly and fume? I am curious what technique seems to work best in this situation, short of starting a fight. Thanks. George Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: Boob Job Ban In Space
Thank God. This means we won't see the Anna Marie show broadcast from space. LOL! George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, brent wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-13516317,00.html Boob Job Ban In Space Wednesday March 29, 2006 Women with boob jobs may be banned from Virgin's space flights. Bosses fear the implants may expand and burst due to cabin pressure, according to The Sun. snip Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: [Update] Boob Job Ban In Space - Debunked
It all depends what you're doing in zero gravity. ROTFL!!! George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, brent wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MythBusters_episodes:_Season_1#Episode_2_. E2.80.94_.22Cell_Phone_Destruction.2C_Silicone_Breasts.2C Myth statement Status Notes Silicone breast Busted The implants are extremely flexible. implants may explode at high altitudes or low air pressure. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: China buys Google!
Hahahaha! The date on that article was April 1st, wasn't it. Sounds like a good Aprils Fools joke to me. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Pratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, they sold their souls to let China censor Google, so why should we be surprised? brent wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/01/china_buys_google/ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: Most Black Leaders Silent on Immigration
You've raised good points. As you've clearly pointed out, the conversation is too one-sided and unfocused. All the more reason for our leaders to speak up. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, drcsaid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where was those groups when it comes to Haitian immigration? The Asian immigrants, the immigrant from Continetal Africa? Who cares what the other communites don't forget. The Mexicans protestors about immigration reform treat the Central Americans like slaves and brutalize them when they try to reach the USA through Mexico, theres a film on that coming out that won a prizeon the festival circuit... and when you ask the Latinos leadership on televison about that, they hem and haw from giving an answer... Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Shields up, Rummy!
H. I guess force fields are no longer sci-fi. See below. After reading the news story, be sure to follow the link to view the Fox News report about this technology. George Captain The USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston) - - - - - - - - - - - - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/12/trophy_system/ US to deploy RPG-busting 'force field' Classified Israeli tech bound for Iraq By Lester Haines Published Wednesday 12th April 2006 00:02 GMT The US is to field test an innovative Israeli set-up designed to act as a force field around armoured vehicles, protecting them from rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and anti-tank missiles, according to a Fox News report. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: OT: First black TV anchor an inspiration in France
Hmmm context is everything. In 1978, the late Max Robinson was the first African American *network* news anchor (on ABC) in the USA. That wasn't so long ago. How many black network anchors since Max? Not local anchors, but network anchors? George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amazing. To think that this first takes place in 2006! All the things I'd heard about France over the decades made me think it was way more progressive and tolerant than the US. And maybe it is (was?) in some ways. I mean, I used to read about James Baldwin and all these great jazz artists going there to be treated better than they had been in the US. Even with all the recent racial/cultural strife, I'm still in minor shock to find out it's never had a Black news anchor. Better late than never I guess. I'm just glad that they're bringing a Black man along pretty soon too. But makes me wonder: all things considered, is there really anywhere on Earth better for Black people than America? First black TV anchor an inspiration in France By DON MELVIN Cox News Published on: 04/12/2006 The moment that changed Audrey Pulvar's life came when she was 12 years old and growing up in the Caribbean, on the French island of Martinique. She looked at a television and happened to see Christine Ockrent, a woman known for her presence and authority, anchoring a French newscast. snip Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: Scenes From X-men Lasst Stand
Thanks for the link! I can't wait. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Said Kakese Dibinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://youtube.com/watch?v=aCTVCgCzkjAsearch=x-men If you could make a difference, what would you do?...Said Kakese Dibinga YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "scifinoir2" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[scifinoir2] Re: Da Vinci Code unlocks $224 mln in world sales
Keith: One of the print media film reviews was titled, Poseidon remake sinks under its own weight. That was enough for me. I knew to steer far clear of it and avoid it. George - - - - - - Damn! I knew it'd [Da Vinci Code] be big, but not this big. Unfortunately I wasted my ducats on a really weak Poseidon. You know it's sad when the cheesy '70s original is way better than the remake. SPONSORED LINKS Science fiction and fantasy Genre magazine YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "scifinoir2" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[scifinoir2] Re: Shatner Developing Riding Program for Disabled Middle Eastern Children
picky True, but Majel Barrett-Roddenberry's voice (as the computer) has been in more eps than Dorn. Dorn has visibly acted in more eps than anyone else, but her voice as the computer was in more. /picky George The most successful Star Trek actor of all time is Michael Dorn. Just so we're clear. Nobody else has done more episodes or movies. The man has done more Star Trek than Gene. The man even makes more per autograph, as they are so rare. Shatner is up there because of his varied projects, and yes, as of Friday, Stewart will be on the top 5 list. But he will only then be eclipsing Jon Frakes, who has not only directed feature films post TNG, but been involved with 2 (or is it 3?) TV series in a producer/host/sortacreator capacity. SPONSORED LINKS Science fiction and fantasy Genre magazine YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "scifinoir2" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[scifinoir2] Re: Shatner Developing Riding Program for Disabled Middle Eastern Children
Tracey: It's good to hear (read?) from you. Anyway, you can get a partial Brooks fix here: http://www.youtube.com/results? search=avery+brookssearch_type=search_videossearch=Search LOL! George - - - - - - - - As I said for me, its all about Brooks, Brooks, Brooks I'm still mad that the are no longer showing his IBM commercial, that i can not find his voice on discovery channel, that the last movie i saw him in was the big hit and I can not find any news on his theater work. There... sorry about that. I needed to vent. SPONSORED LINKS Science fiction and fantasy Genre magazine YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "scifinoir2" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[scifinoir2] Re: Lost--WTF??
This is why I stopped watching Lost over a season ago. It's storylines/plots are not about resolving anything, but they are more about even more ludicrous plot twists and turns to keep you hooked (to reel in the ad dollars). You might as well watch Guiding Light, As the World Turns, General Hospital, or any of the other daytime soaps. No difference in quality... and IMHO, Lost is terrible sci-fi. George - - - - - - Someone *please* explain to me what's going on with Lost? The season finale raised more questions than it answered. Where is this island? What's the deal? Who and what are the Others? I'm--ahem!--lost! SPONSORED LINKS Science fiction and fantasy Genre magazine YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "scifinoir2" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[scifinoir2] Re: X-3 Takes Over one Hundred Million at Box office
My sci-fi club went and saw it Saturday June 3rd. It was okay, not great but okay. The action and special effects were great but the plot was weak. The script or plot just never lived up to the concept (hype?) of the threat of a cure. The film glossed or sped over the decision of some mutants to join Magneto's posse versus Xavier's. And, the film never explored Rogue's decision... which would have been very interesting. IMHO, the film tried to cover too much and tried to wrap up way too many loose ends. The post-credits surprise scene was no surprise given the interviews by Stewart and McKellan on the TV Guide channel. They should have slapped a big SPOILERS on that interview. The 3rd film in a trilogy doesn't always do too well. The 3rd Jurassic Park film sucked. X3 was far, far better than that Jurassic3, but I enjoyed the 3rd Matrix film more. George Captain The USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston) --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Daaamn! The flick made twenty milion *more* than the studio hoped--and the holiday weekend ain't over yet!! Anyone seen it yet? I'm going tomorrow. I hear the action's great, though the substance isn't necessarily all that deep. SPONSORED LINKS Science fiction and fantasy Genre magazine YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "scifinoir2" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
[scifinoir2] Re: Four Spider-Man 3 Villains!
Didn't a certain Batman film have 3 villains? ANd that film sucked. More isn't necessarily better. I hope that the script for SM3 is good and that the quantity of villains isn't a coverup for a low quality script. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Said Kakese Dibinga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Four Spider-Man 3 Villains! Source: websguy June 1, 2006 Former Marvel Studios CEO Avi Arad may have let a big one out of the bag when talking to IFMagazine.com. He says there are four villains in Spider-Man 3! snip Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Protect your PC from spy ware with award winning anti spy technology. It's free. http://us.click.yahoo.com/97bhrC/LGxNAA/yQLSAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: New Details on the X-Men Spinoffs
The first spinoff will be Hugh Jackman's Wolverine. His character has an as-yet-unrevealed back story in which researchers replaced his original bones with a metal skeleton. Jackman has signed on... Noo! No more prequels! Nobody can do them well. Plus, we already saw this backstory. Geez. George Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Home is just a click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/DHchtC/3FxNAA/yQLSAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: [Fwd: TOP 10 SIGNS OF THE IMPENDING U.S. POLICESTATE]
You'd better hope that Mexico does not force illegal immigrants there out. The Baja coast would be devastated. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: funny thing, is part of me wants to come home. But i am afraid. Not of being in the states. We've been back twice for visits, but of being there when they decide to go Nazi on us. It feels very surreal what our country is going through. I just wish more people were history buffs so they would really have a grip on what is happening. I'm glad many of you do get it. although maybe being oblivious is better when you are powerless to do anything. You definitely seem to get it. Leaving is a hard and difficult path. Unfortunately most people are not in a position to do it. Daryle, if or when you decide to make a move, let me know, so I can share my research. We researched Canada, 6 countries in Latin America, 5 countries in Asia, and Europe. We talked about Africa, as my husband has lived there, but much of it is too volatile. If been meeting quite a few African Americans who have done it. I have a friend who is going back to the Dominican republic in august. He's in the process of selling his property as part of his preparation. Tracey :( Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Home is just a click away. Make Yahoo! your home page now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/DHchtC/3FxNAA/yQLSAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: Stephen Hawking Says Humans Must Go Into Space
Time to watch (again) these 2 movies: - The Day The Earth Stood Still - When Worlds Collide The messages in both still apply today, even though they were made 45+ years ago. Question is: will we listen today, or at all? George Captain The USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston) --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, that's all well and good, but if we take the same racism, sexism, religious fanaticism, and utter disregard for Nature into the galaxy, we're really just delaying or prolonging our tendency to destroy things. A microcosm of an expansion into the galaxy can be seen in how the Old World came into the New: sure, the Americas were an outlet for criminals, the oppressed, those seeking new adventures (not to mention riches), but how many millions died in the process? A shaky trade at best, the creation of the US at the cost of untold millions of Natives and Africans. Going into space because we may destroy ourselves on Earth only means we're giving ourselves a bigger stage on which to--destroy ourselves. If Hawking thinks someone may drop a killer virus on Earth, then in a couple of centuries the concern may be mass drivers hurling asteroids at whole systems, or armadas raining antimatter down onto unsuspecting planets. We're like locusts in the main: ravaging an area, then mov ing on. Until we curb that tendency, we'd really just be carrying our bad habits to the starts -- Original message -- From: Brent Wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060613/D8I7ADB81.html Hawking Says Humans Must Go Into Space Jun 13 By SYLVIA HUI HONG KONG (AP) - The survival of the human race depends on its ability to find new homes elsewhere in the universe because there's an increasing risk that a disaster will destroy the Earth, world-renowned scientist Stephen Hawking said Tuesday. The British astrophysicist told a news conference in Hong Kong that humans could have a permanent base on the moon in 20 years and a colony on Mars in the next 40 years. We won't find anywhere as nice as Earth unless we go to another star system, added Hawking, who arrived to a rock star's welcome Monday. Tickets for his lecture planned for Wednesday were sold out. He added that if humans can avoid killing themselves in the next 100 years, they should have space settlements that can continue without support from Earth. It is important for the human race to spread out into space for the survival of the species, Hawking said. Life on Earth is at the ever-increasing risk of being wiped out by a disaster, such as sudden global warming, nuclear war, a genetically engineered virus or other dangers we have not yet thought of. The 64-year-old scientist - author of the global best seller A Brief History of Time - is wheelchair-bound and communicates with the help of a computer because he suffers from a neurological disorder called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. Hawking said he's teaming up with his daughter to write a children's book about the universe, aimed at the same age range as the Harry Potter books. It is a story for children, which explains the wonders of the universe, his daughter, Lucy, added. They didn't provide other details. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- You can search right from your browser? It's easy and it's free. See how. http://us.click.yahoo.com/_7bhrC/NGxNAA/yQLSAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: Spidermn Unmasked in Front of Press
And in a related news story, Fox News reported that the spouses and romantic interests of super heroes can no longer get health and life insurance. Reportedly, the risk of injury or death by super villains is so high that the spouses and girlfriends/boyfriends of super heroes can no longer get insurance at affordable rates, if at all. Unnamed sources report that several super heroes are considering exiting the superhero business to take traditional office jobs, rather than disclose their identities and incur the increased risk to their spouses. If these rumors are true, many city police chiefs privately fear a rise in crime, which in turn could raise insurance rates -- and death rates -- for all citizens and business owners. Representative Ryun (Rep - Topeka, KS) plans to introduce a bill with special investment account rates for super heroes. We view super heroes as private contractors worthy of support like any small business, said Ryun. They should be able to invest in both retirement accounts and in health/life insurance plans. On Friday June 23, 2006, Wolf-Blitzer explores the economics of crime-fighting: who should pay, and will it finally bankrupt the federal budget and deficit? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marvel comics has come under fire from superhero fans for unmasking one of their stars at a fictional press conference. Enduring crusader Spider-Man unexpectedly takes off his mask in front of awaiting reporters and snappers at a Washington publicity call in Marvel's latest edition, revealing the identity he has battled to keep secret for 44 years. Peter Parker agrees to the unmasking after federal legislation requires super heroes register and reveal their identities in a crackdown inspired by the deaths of hundreds of children at an elementary school when a battle between heroes and villains spills onto their grounds. But Marvel's editor-in-chief Joe Quesada reassured disgruntled fans on Wednesday that the unprecedented move is a positive step for the comic adventures. He said, It is arguably the most shocking event in comic book history. It can be very intimidating if you don't know where the story is going or how it ends; we do, so we're just excited about where it takes us and the story possibilities it offers. http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2006-06-16/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Zo.u8A/lOaOAA/Zx0JAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: Spidermn Unmasked in Front of Press
See! Faux News is so unbalanced and unfair that fiction can easily pass as the truth. It's pure fiction. I wrote it. Feel free to forward it 'round the 'net. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This had me howling. Where did you find it? Tracey g123curious wrote: And in a related news story, Fox News reported that the spouses and romantic interests of super heroes can no longer get health and life insurance. Reportedly, the risk of injury or death by super villains is so high that the spouses and girlfriends/boyfriends of super heroes can no longer get insurance at affordable rates, if at all. Unnamed sources report that several super heroes are considering exiting the superhero business to take traditional office jobs, rather than disclose their identities and incur the increased risk to their spouses. If these rumors are true, many city police chiefs privately fear a rise in crime, which in turn could raise insurance rates -- and death rates -- for all citizens and business owners. Representative Ryun (Rep - Topeka, KS) plans to introduce a bill with special investment account rates for super heroes. We view super heroes as private contractors worthy of support like any small business, said Ryun. They should be able to invest in both retirement accounts and in health/life insurance plans. On Friday June 23, 2006, Wolf-Blitzer explores the economics of crime-fighting: who should pay, and will it finally bankrupt the federal budget and deficit? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) tdlists@ wrote: Marvel comics has come under fire from superhero fans for unmasking one of their stars at a fictional press conference. Enduring crusader Spider-Man unexpectedly takes off his mask in front of awaiting reporters and snappers at a Washington publicity call in Marvel's latest edition, revealing the identity he has battled to keep secret for 44 years. Peter Parker agrees to the unmasking after federal legislation requires super heroes register and reveal their identities in a crackdown inspired by the deaths of hundreds of children at an elementary school when a battle between heroes and villains spills onto their grounds. But Marvel's editor-in-chief Joe Quesada reassured disgruntled fans on Wednesday that the unprecedented move is a positive step for the comic adventures. He said, It is arguably the most shocking event in comic book history. It can be very intimidating if you don't know where the story is going or how it ends; we do, so we're just excited about where it takes us and the story possibilities it offers. http://www.imdb.com/news/wenn/2006-06-16/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Life without art music? Keep the arts alive today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/9I_uBB/YPaOAA/Zx0JAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: Japanese animation of giant meteor hitting the Earth
Well... we are all toast, literally. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, brent wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.ursispaltenstein.ch/blog/weblog.php?/weblog/meteorite_collis ion/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/SISQkA/gOaOAA/yQLSAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: Japanese animation of giant meteor hitting the Earth
This animation kind of trivializes current human conflicts, doesn't it? I mean, here we are fighting over who gets to use a LIMITED and DWINDLING energy resource. You'd think that countries would fight over valuable technology for RENEWABLE energy resources, not dwindling resources. We humans just aren't as smart as we think that we are. I am not one who believes in the rapture, but this giant meteor impact does = system reboot = CTRL + ALT + DEL. (Y'all with Macs probably don't know what I mean. Heh-heh) George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Astromancer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So much for the seed vault in the Antartic... g123curious [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well... we are all toast, literally. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, brent wodehouse brent_wodehouse@ wrote: http://www.ursispaltenstein.ch/blog/weblog.php?/weblog/meteorite_coll ision/ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: [Fwd: Americans' circle of close friends shrinking]
I wonder if there is a difference between church goers and non- goers. In my experience, those regular church goers have a fairly large network. And I wonder if this varies by age. One's network of friends seems to diminish with age; or it is more difficult to make friends as you age. Or, has the definition of close friend changed over time. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Pratt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, they just frelling noticed? Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Original Message Subject: Americans' circle of close friends shrinking Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:43:14 -0400 From: Mel Cragwell, II [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] very interesting... http://tinyurl.com/ejtvk Americans' circle of close friends shrinking By Amanda Beck Mon Jun 26, 8:48 AM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans are more socially isolated than they were 20 years ago, separated by work, commuting and the single life, researchers reported on Friday. Nearly a quarter of people surveyed said they had zero close friends with whom to discuss personal matters. More than 50 percent named two or fewer confidants, most often immediate family members, the researchers said. snip Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: Jeri Ryan Agrees to New Voyage
Smart move by the producers of Shark. Get a hot babe (and a hunk) to star in your series. It's been done plenty of times before. For example, each of the CSI series has a babe (and a hunk). George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it was Tracey who mentioned that Jeri Ryan could be considered one of the most successful Trek alums. Well, I read in this article about her upcoming nuptials that she's staring in yet another TV series, the legal drama Shark, coming this fall. That's what? Four series where she's been a regular or a long-running guest star. And that's not including all the one-time guest appearances and TV movies. Still think the most successful, though, has to be Shatner, Nimoy, Stewart, or Dorn. Jeri Ryan Agrees to New Voyage 'Tis a sad day for Trekkies. Seven of Nine is going off the market. Jeri Ryan announced Monday that she and her boyfriend and business partner, chef Christopher Emé, are going to make it official next year. The 38-year-old actress told the media the good news while promoting the CBS legal drama Shark during the ongoing Television Critics Association press tour. Ryan plays the tough boss of James Woods' defense lawyer-turned- prosecutor on the freshman series, which is scheduled to follow CSI on Thursday nights. snip Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: US Post Office to Issue Superhero Stamps
Hahahaha! The Hal in 2001: A Space Odyssey went evil, too. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Daryle Lockhart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even though it's Hal, I may have to get me some GL stamps. On Jul 19, 2006, at 10:06 PM, Keith Johnson wrote: I hadn't heard about this before. Interestingly, they're going with the Golden and Silver Age characters. You oughta dig Supergirl's hairstyle! snip Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: Chad Vader - Day Shift Manager
Thanks. That was very funny. George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, brent wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fun Time-Waster http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wGR4-SeuJ0 Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/LRMolB/TM ~- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: How to Sing The Blues
Tracey: Thanks. This is so funny! George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How to sing the Blues If you are new to Blues music, or like it but never really understood the why and wherefores, here are some very fundamental rules: 1. Most Blues begin with: Woke up this morning... 2. I got a good woman is a bad way to begin the Blues, unless you stick something nasty in the next line like, I got a good woman, with the meanest face in town. snip Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: say good bye to the thongs?
Nope. I work in the Boston office (HQ) of an advertising agency ( www.digitas.com ) and the young 20- and 30-somethings females in the office (overwhelmingly Caucasian, single, blonde, and from Connecticut) wear just about anything. As a hetero and married male, it makes for interesting eye candy. Besides thongs, the latest trend is the see-thru blouses with netting that stop above the belly button. This bare midrift or de-clothed zone (DCZ) from above the belly button to the top of the low-rider jeans makes it quite easy to see thong straps when my coworkers walk around the floor or sit in a chair at a meeting. The tattoos are usually in the small of the back waist level. George J. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I, for one will be glad when the low rider jean fad is over. Don't get me wrong, it is a good look, but only on a small minority of the population. That style with its accompanying thong can take a good looking, relatively in shape woman and make her look like a cow. Meanwhile, she prancing around like she looks good. I've had to avert my eye on numerous occasions to hide my amusement and sometimes discuss. George, don't you work on a government office? Tracey g123curious wrote: This product wouldn't be necessary if women who shouldn't wear low-rider jeans didn't wear them. (smile) I see waay too many thong straps while at work. It's hard to take a person seriously when their thong strap and tatoos are hanging out there for the world to see. George Captain USS McNair --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) tdlists@ wrote: OK guys, i swear this is scifi. i'm sorry, I had to send it. Buttless underwear!?!?! C V wrote: Did you all know there was such a thing as 'backless underwear'? I swear...I'm getting old and have seen it all. AND they're having a sale now! where the heck have i been? http://www.backlesslingerie.com/? cid=1134sid=4029pid=0mid=494 Camille [perhaps its 1/2 off??] LOL Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Queen Latifah pitches new Excedrin product
http://www.ircruise.com/fun/Excedrin_queen.wmv Enjoy! George Captain USS Ronald E. McNair (Boston) Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: Black hero has race changed in 911 movie]
Wow! Arrogant and very insulting. What other facts did the movie makers miss? George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Original Message Subject: [AFAMHED] Black hero has race changed in 911 movie Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 13:16:34 -0400 From: Boyce Watkins - Syracuse Finance [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Boyce Watkins - Syracuse Finance [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 'WTC' casting error draws flak from African-Americans Wednesday, August 16, 2006 By L.A. Johnson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06228/713723-254.stm A hero of another color in Oliver Stone's World Trade Center has some people again balking at the whitewashing of a black character in a Hollywood film. http://www.post-gazette.com/popup.asp?img=http://www.post- gazette.com/images4/20060815ap_wtchero_450.jpg snip Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
