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2008-06-04 Thread Justin Mohareb
I saw this thread a while back and lost track of it, but I just wanted to throw a suggestion into the ring. Tanya Huff, whose Confederation books are a ripping set of SF Military adventure yarns, is most definitely not a conservative lunatic. JJ Mohareb -- Read the Bitter Guide to the Bitter Gu

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2008-06-04 Thread KeithBJohnson
It's what? Twenty-two thousand miles up in orbit? Who needs a flush toilet: just run a long pipe to the outside, and let the debris slip into space! I mean, how dangerous could crystallized, frozen waste be? -- Original message -- From: "brent wodehouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [scifinoir2] Gordon Brown, superhero

2008-06-04 Thread KeithBJohnson
Are you reading the whole "Invasion" storyline in Marvel Comics? It's pretty good, as the Skrulls have been infiltrating our world for years. Some of the reveals so far have been cool; but in the case of the heroes, I'm not sure exactly how long they've been replaced. -- Original me

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Joy and Anger on This Momentous Day

2008-06-04 Thread KeithBJohnson
funny! -- Original message -- From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> That was back when she contracted that mutant form of Bushitis, that horrid disease which causes a person to believe, beyond all rational expectations, that they're destined to reside at 1600 Penn Ave SW...

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Joy and Anger on This Momentous Day

2008-06-04 Thread KeithBJohnson
same here, same here... -- Original message -- From: Bosco Bosco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'm having a rare moment of being nearly speechless from joy, surprise, amazement and a bundle of other emotions. I just keep switching from those tears of joy to bouncing up and down w

[scifinoir2] (fwd): Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors at ALA Annual

2008-06-04 Thread brent wodehouse
Subject: Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors at ALA Annual Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 16:31:16 -0500 Please pardon the cross posting Science Fiction and Fantasy: Looking at Information Technology and the Information Rights of the Individual Speakers: Cory Doctorow, Tor Books; Eric Flint, Baen Books;

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Joy and Anger on This Momentous Day

2008-06-04 Thread KeithBJohnson
i saw that, it was funny. i've been most impressed by David Gergan (sp?). he speaks in a quiet tone, never yelling or screaming like too many pundits nowadays, never being combative or insulting. And, unlike some of the younger analysts, he's been around and has personal experience with many of

[scifinoir2] Astronauts Fix Space Station Toilet

2008-06-04 Thread brent wodehouse
http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/080604-sts124-kibo-space-toilet.html Astronauts Fix Space Station Toilet By Tariq Malik Senior Editor posted: 4 June 2008 HOUSTON - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) appeared to solve the orbiting lab's toilet troubles Wednesday as the

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: OT: Joy and Anger on This Momentous Day

2008-06-04 Thread KeithBJohnson
Agreed, I had my doubts too. I kept wondering if I'd live to see it. I kind figured it'd be another 10 - 20 years before a Black man had a chance at the White House. Of course, he ain't there yet, and I see a lot of conservatives and prejudiced types lining up to fight what is now a reality. Fa

[scifinoir2] [OT] Our Wonderful Nature

2008-06-04 Thread brent wodehouse
http://www.spiegel.de/video/video-30120.html

Re: [scifinoir2] Gordon Brown, superhero

2008-06-04 Thread brent wodehouse
LOL! :-) Brent "ravenadal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >[ http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5huyUlSlVuKWmkGCZ2gS3fDfBUa0wD912MNH >]http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5huyUlSlVuKWmkGCZ2gS3fDfBUa0wD912MNH >00 > >Gordon Brown, superhero >By GREGORY KATZ Ð 1 day ago > >LONDON (AP) Ñ The British pr

[scifinoir2] Jackie Chan, Segway dealer

2008-06-04 Thread ravenadal
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080604/ap_en_mo/techbit_jackie_chan_segwa y Jackie Chan, Segway dealer, says co. fears piracy By MIN LEE, AP Entertainment Writer 1 hour, 51 minutes ago Actor Jackie Chan says his Segway dealership here is doing well, though costs are high because the

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2008-06-04 Thread ravenadal
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5huyUlSlVuKWmkGCZ2gS3fDfBUa0wD912MNH 00 Gordon Brown, superhero By GREGORY KATZ – 1 day ago LONDON (AP) — The British prime minister's dull-as-dishwater image is getting a revamp from an unlikely source: U.S.-based comic book publisher Marvel. Gordon Brown, w

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Joy and Anger on This Momentous Day

2008-06-04 Thread Martin
That was back when she contracted that mutant form of Bushitis, that horrid disease which causes a person to believe, beyond all rational expectations, that they're destined to reside at 1600 Penn Ave SW... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: word! And she's reversed earlier po

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Joy and Anger on This Momentous Day

2008-06-04 Thread Bosco Bosco
I'm having a rare moment of being nearly speechless from joy, surprise, amazement and a bundle of other emotions. I just keep switching from those tears of joy to bouncing up and down with excitement. B --- On Tue, 6/3/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[

[scifinoir2] Re: OT: Joy and Anger on This Momentous Day

2008-06-04 Thread ravenadal
A wonk on CNN's election coverage last night said something very interesting (and funny), yesterday, about Bill and Hillary Clinton being like Ike and Tiny Turner: :"they never do nuthin' nice"! ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Gonna be brief for a chan

[scifinoir2] Re: OT: Joy and Anger on This Momentous Day

2008-06-04 Thread ravenadal
I am all goose pimply. This is no exaggeration: I never expected to see this in my life time. I used to contend, half-jokingly, that the first black nominee for president was going to be my yet-to-be born grandson, Odyesseus Kelwyn ("OK") Wright, the future junior senator from the great state

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Joy and Anger on This Momentous Day

2008-06-04 Thread KeithBJohnson
word! And she's reversed earlier positions, back when she didin't anticipate needing votes -- Original message -- From: Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> An afterthought, regarding Mrs Clinton's assertion that she has "more votes"... Mrs Clinton, back in 2000, a man named Al G

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Joy and Anger on This Momentous Day

2008-06-04 Thread Martin
An afterthought, regarding Mrs Clinton's assertion that she has "more votes"... Mrs Clinton, back in 2000, a man named Al Gore had more votes. Please shut up and go back to the Senate. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gonna be brief for a change. Obama gave a phenomenal spe

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Joy and Anger on This Momentous Day

2008-06-04 Thread Martin
(standing ovation) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gonna be brief for a change. Obama gave a phenomenal speech tonight, McCain was boring and seemed like someone making bad jokes saying "Is this mic on?", and Hillary ruined a chance to be seen as a someone who'd have Obama