RE: [scifinoir2] Fw: PLEEEEEEASE READ!!!! it was on the news!

2005-06-06 Thread Keith Johnson
Amy, It's one of the oldest hoaxes perpetrated in hopes of getting people to clog up bandwidth and e-mail boxes by sending it all over the world. You probably already know this, but there are three general criteria you can apply to such a message to see if it's probably a fake: * Assertion

Re: [scifinoir2] Fw: PLEEEEEEASE READ!!!! it was on the news!

2005-06-06 Thread M C Jennings
Yes. This is an old Urban Legend/Hoax ---Original Message--- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: 06/06/05 21:09:13 To: Mike Sargent Subject: [scifinoir2] Fw: PLEEASE READ it was on the news! [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is this and urban legend hoax thing? > > THIS TOOK TWO

[scifinoir2] Fw: PLEEEEEEASE READ!!!! it was on the news!

2005-06-06 Thread Amy Harlib
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Is this and urban legend hoax thing? > > THIS TOOK TWO PAGES OF THE TUESDAY USA TODAY - IT IS FOR REAL > > > Subject: PLEEASE READ it was on the news! > > > This thing is for real. Rest assured AOL and Intel will follow through with > their promises for fear of fa

[scifinoir2] Aldrin brings space to kids

2005-06-06 Thread Brent Wodehouse
http://jam.canoe.ca/Books/2005/06/05/1072759-ap.html Aldrin brings space to kids By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL NEW YORK (AP) - Thanks to video games, TV shows and movies such as Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith that are loaded with special effects, today's children don't have a realistic im

[scifinoir2] OT: Bill Moyers - The Mugging of the American Dream

2005-06-06 Thread g123curious
Please read this today: http://www.alternet.org/story/22163/ And then forward it to everyone you know. Please, do it. I love Bill. He has one leg knee-deep in Dubya's a-- and the other in Rove's a--, too. Bill has shown us the way. Are we ready to do more than just send emails back and forth?

[scifinoir2] Fw: Researchers flip fly sex roles by changing one gene: World Science

2005-06-06 Thread Amy Harlib
[EMAIL PROTECTED] More fascinating science stuff! World Science * Researchers flip flies' sex roles by swapping one gene: Just one gene controls complex courtship rituals in flies, which may surprise some scientists, the researchers claim. http://www.world-science.net/othernews/050603_fruitfly

[scifinoir2] A REALLY GOOD CASE TO IMPEACH BUSH!!

2005-06-06 Thread Amy Harlib
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Email This to Everyone You Know FROM: http://www.afterdowningstreet.org Urge your congress member to support a Resolution of Inquiry directing the House Judiciary Committee to launch a formal investigation into whether sufficient grounds exist for the House to impeach Pres

[scifinoir2] Academic Science Fiction Research Site Launched

2005-06-06 Thread Brent Wodehouse
http://icseftonandwestlancs.icnetwork.co.uk/entertainment/newsandreviews/tm_objectid=15596457&method=full&siteid=50061&headline=we-re-the-hub-of-the-universe-name_page.html We're the hub of the universe Jun 6 2005 by Deborah James, Daily Post Liverpool is Capital of Science Fiction. Deborah Ja

Re: [scifinoir2] Offline for a while

2005-06-06 Thread M C Jennings
Enjoy! ---Original Message--- From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: 06/06/05 11:21:58 To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] Offline for a while Everyone: Starting tomorrow, I'll be off-line for a while. I do not expect to have access to email while I'm on vacation

[scifinoir2] Offline for a while

2005-06-06 Thread g123curious
Everyone: Starting tomorrow, I'll be off-line for a while. I do not expect to have access to email while I'm on vacation at Risa. I'll be back online on June 22nd. And no, I am not bringing back a Horga'hn for anyone on this list. LOL! Amy H.: this means I won't be sending any political stuff

[scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: The Mobility Myth

2005-06-06 Thread aharlib
This page was sent to you by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks to Bob Herbert for so clearly delineating another great evil exacerbated by the Bushites! OPINION | June 6, 2005 Op-Ed Columnist: The Mobility Myth By BOB HERBERT Put the myth of the American Dream aside. The bottom line is that it's becomi

Re: [scifinoir2] OT:Article from LA Times- A Hard Truth to Portray

2005-06-06 Thread KeithBJohnson
Oh yeah, that's been going on for years. Especially here in the South, you can find all manner of living museums and preserved plantations from Alabama to Virginia that do these recreations of history. On one hand I understand the importance of portraying the history the way it was, and sometim

[scifinoir2] OT:Article from LA Times- A Hard Truth to Portray

2005-06-06 Thread Meta
I didn't even know people were doing this sort of thing. What do you make of it? http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/latimests/20050605/ts_latimes/ahardtruthtoportray A Hard Truth to Portray By Ellen Barry Times Staff WriterSun Jun 5, 7:55 AM ET There are positions open for slaves at