Cause first you build a time machine. THEN you go back in time.
I love this notion. Reminds me of an episode of the new Twilight Zone series
where, in the future, there are tours of our pitiful yet enviable past. Future
tourists would be admonished not to take artifacts such as alarm
5 pages an hour? If only all that was gleamed was gold. Actually, I admire
those who can dictate what they write. I understand Barbara Bradford Taylor
authors books in this manner (which IMHO also explains the quality of her
books).
Nothing that comes straight out of my mouth is ever as
Why an alien visit got to be an invasion? Why come they can't be like the
Vulcans in First Contact? Or the Overlords in Arthur C. Clarke's
Childhood's End?
Aliens probably won't look like us and they probably won't THINK like us.
~rave!
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf
And what, pray tell, is wrong with sniper moms?
~rave?
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote:
Last year Jack in the box had to pull a series of ads that featured a group
of angry mothers. (anyone remember this ad?) They were out to kill jack
because he made the
Governor Apologizes for Confederate History Month Proclamation Ignoring Slavery.
http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/04/08/governor-apologizes-for-confederate-history-month-proclamation-i/
My favorite part of this article is the accompanying photo with GOP
apologist/step-in-fetch Michael Steele
Wow, this is amazing, and not just for the integration of high tech, multimedia
training for all these companies. I guess I never realized UPS drivers had to
follow so many rules. Park a truck and get one package off in 15 seconds total?
Walk at a prescribed number of mph? I guess I only
On a more serious note, this is a lot more rigorous in terms of training
than I had thought it would be. I certainly wouldn't pass that greased-floor
test, with my bad ear and lousy balance.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote:
Wow, this is amazing,
Keith, the first part's easy, for The Unparalleled Masters of the Dump and
Run...
Martin (REALLY shouldn't speak ill of Brown, as Brown has something to do
for me by close-of-business)
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:31 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote:
Wow, this is amazing, and
This makes me ill. But I grew up in Texas, and I'm all too familiar with this.
I've had people tell me blacks were happier under slavery and Jim Crow because
everyone knew their place. I've argued with college-educated folks who give
me passionate reasons as to why slavery wasn't that bad. I've
I'm sure that the Teabaggers will make it a talking point to say that he
apologized, while still not grasping the implications.
Parents, don't let your children grow up to be Teabaggers.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote:
Governor Apologizes for Confederate
U... they use the wrong loads when hunting their prey? [?][?]
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote:
And what, pray tell, is wrong with sniper moms?
~rave?
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, Mr.
Worf hellomahog...@... wrote:
My stomach churs as well over this, Keith. Take heart, though -- I have many
White friends who are equally nauseous.
As for those people Mosely made that comment to -- I'd love to know how many
of them mentally dismissed his words as pessimism, without bothering to
consider them.
On Thu, Apr 8,
Of COURSE, all and sundry at Faux/Fixed/Fox will rise up to a lifeform and
deny any blame for this, wrapping themselves in Flag and Constitution.
Bastiches.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteamid=7374140
I hear you, that's amazing, but I guess it's real world.
Heh. I wonder what a training course for something like a bike courier in NYC
would be like?!
- Original Message -
From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2010
Say it again, Brother Keith!
I was coming home, down Covington Highway past Superior Chevy.
All of their cars and trucks were yellow. Even the red ones. [?]
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:43 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote:
You know those movies like War of the Worlds, where
yes indeed. I got maybe two hours of sleep last night. Though popping the antihistamine and decongestants, I'm still miserable.- Original Message -From: "Martin Baxter" martinbaxt...@gmail.comTo: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comSent: Thursday, April 8, 2010 1:04:39 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
Actually I wouldn't feel comfortable blaming Fox News for crazy man antics.
Yeah they're propagandists for all kinds of nonsense but they don't make them
put guns in people's hands. It's like blaming heavy metal for teen suicide or
hip hop for gang violence. I'm no defender of Fox or it's
Formula One ace Lewis Hamilton pulled over by Australian cops
Mar 27 2010 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2010/03/27/Keith
Mcleod
AUSSIE cops pulled over a boy racer for doing wheelspins, then realised the
idiot was Lewis Hamilton.
The former Formula One champion had his luxury
When I posted this I was thinking the same thing, but after a while I
thought about the effects of repetition on someone's mind. If you repeat the
same answers over and over again on a variety of shows it can be like
hypnotic suggestion.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:30 AM, Bosco Bosco
I too felt ill when I read the original story, and I am happy that you all
felt the same. I'm always amazed but never surprised at the totally lack of
common sense on issues like this.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 6:15 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote:
Governor Apologizes for Confederate History
Its really hard to get the delivery job. I have a friend that works at UPS
and there was close to a 7 year waiting list unless you already have
experience in that field.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote:
Wow, this is amazing, and not just for the
I loved the commercials. I thought that they were going to make it into a
short series and make it something like 24.
I think the difference between Jack in the box and Burger king is that they
use humor in their commercials. BK also makes them a little edgy to appeal
to the younger males.
Ever
I saw one of these black conservatives debating Eric Michael Dyson. Reverend
Dyson stated that conservatives preached trickle-down economics believing a
rising tide lifted all boats. He went on to say the problem was that too many
poor blacks didn't have boats.
The conservative black woman
New high capacity Blu-ray Discs will be incompatible with existing players
By Darren Quick http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/
*23:14 April 7, 2010*
[image: Existing Blu-ray discs will play in BDXL and IH-BD hardware, but
BDXL and IH-BD discs
Yea and verily, I laugheth mine arse off at this.
Martin (feeling like a vindicated Luddite technonerd, for refusing to buy
into Blu-Ray when it first jumped out)
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote:
New high capacity Blu-ray Discs will be incompatible with
NO, Mr Johnson, you don't hate yourself.
You're too frelling stuppid for that.
Oh, for the day when some backroom Tea Party chatter is posted online, when
they're using words that not even Michael the Clown Steele can smirk
away...
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com
No, Mr Worf, but I'll chase those down.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote:
I loved the commercials. I thought that they were going to make it into a
short series and make it something like 24.
I think the difference between Jack in the box and Burger
Keith,having once lived in the Apple, I'll hazard that being able to shake
off pain when the Downtown Local grazes you while doing thirty-five would be
a start.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote:
I hear you, that's amazing, but I guess it's real
Really sad thing is that I have a number of family members who proudly voted
for that nimrod. [?]
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:35 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote:
I too felt ill when I read the original story, and I am happy that you all
felt the same. I'm always amazed but never
Bosco, I have no trouble blaming them. They've seen their constituency up
close and personal many a time. They covered the health-care town halls when
those folks showed up packing, declaring that they were defending their
right to keep and bear arms. It only took me five seconds to know that
Crap. Hit Send too soon.
A few years ago, before George Tiller, the late-term abortion specialist,
was assassinated, Bill-O was regularly calling for him to be murdered, as a
service to mankind. And he was the first to say that he said nothing wrong
after Tiller was shot down. Outside of his
No one reads anymore. D:
***But anyone who has already shelled out for a Blu-ray player and is
worried about incompatibility with new release Blu-ray movies at their local
video store can breathe easy. The BDXL specification is targeted at
commercial segments such as broadcasting, medical and
I found one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr0W105d5yw
There was another commercial where the lead singer was standing on top of a
speeding limo while things were blowing up around him. Very cool commercial.
They actually used it in a commercial for a video game last year.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at
The reason why I said invasion is because one of the military officers
mentioned it. We aren't doing anything just in case.
Just as we aren't doing anything to prevent us from being destroyed by an
asteroid hit.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:56 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote:
Why an alien
When I am writing or free flowing it is best to dictate. Otherwise it will
get bogged down and all of the life will be sucked out of what I am writing
if I slow to write it out.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:51 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote:
5 pages an hour? If only all that was gleamed was
He more or less stuck to his guns and offered a clarification and not an
apology if memory serves me. It wasn't a mea culpa at all.
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@... wrote:
Crap. Hit Send too soon.
A few years ago, before George Tiller, the late-term
Which, incidentally, we almost had one of this week. Glimpsed the headline
on Yahu's homepage, but didn't read it. Basically, it'll have to happen
before any concrete plans fall into existence.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 6:40 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote:
The reason why I said
Ha! Did the package arrive?
- Original Message -
From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2010 12:41:19 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] UPS Brings Hi Tech to Driver Training
Keith, the first
Thank you, Mr Worf. For that, and realizing that I'm so old that I have no
idea who Slipknot is. [?][?]
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 6:29 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote:
I found one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr0W105d5yw
There was another commercial where the lead singer was
Finally did. But they couldn't Dump-and-Run this time. Verizon made them
make me sign for it.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 7:04 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote:
Ha! Did the package arrive?
- Original Message -
From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com
To:
I agree. The problem is, there's a fine line between media and rhetoric being
responsible for people's actions, and for them being blameless. That's why
there are laws against specifically inciting to riot, and the definition of
that is rather fluid at times...
- Original Message -
Adrianne, that's something I've noticed a LOT of online these days. Posts
being churned out, claiming to be informative and educational, and they seem
to have been put together by third-graders, top to bottom.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 5:42 PM, Adrianne Brennan adrianne.bren...@gmail.com
wrote:
Pat Buchannan was just on MSNBC, loudly and angrily arguing that the
Confederacy wasn't about racism at all. I turned to my wife and said, I have
dealt with men like him all my life, which is why I no longer waste time
dealing with men like him. If they can't get the basic humanity, the basic
[?][?][?][?]
Couldn't they tell that he was just practicing?
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote:
Formula One ace Lewis Hamilton pulled over by Australian cops
Mar 27 2010
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2010/03/27/Keith Mcleod
Given the salary--which still shocks me--I'm not surprised. Seriously, that's a
pretty good IT salary here in Atlanta. I see jobs every day wanting people with
Windows Server 2008, Cisco, Exchange, and VMWare experience, offering 70 - 80K.
I am glad, though, to see there are still blue
Amen to that, brother!
As for Herr Buchanan, he's been a Brown Shirt since the day after he began
walking. His past attacks on immigration have verged on rehashing old Nazi
texts.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote:
Pat Buchannan was just on MSNBC,
He hasn't been on his A game lately and I think he will probably end up like
Tiger Woods.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote:
[?][?][?][?]
Couldn't they tell that he was just practicing?
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Mr. Worf
Sorry to hear that, Keith. The meds I'm taking for my COPD also double as
pretty powerful antihistamines, so I've been pretty good. (Please put down
the shovel... or, if you must, I'll send you the name of the doctor who
wrote my scrips. [?][?])
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:20 PM, Keith Johnson
Please, Mr Worf. Don't curse the man like that.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote:
He hasn't been on his A game lately and I think he will probably end up
like Tiger Woods.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote:
Indeed...
- Original Message -
From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2010 5:35:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] UPS Brings Hi Tech to Driver Training
Keith,having once lived in the Apple,
Couldn't help myself. The similarities are so striking that it is
impossible. Also, who was he in the car with both times? His wife?
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote:
Please, Mr Worf. Don't curse the man like that.
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 7:21 PM,
And don't forget that, by twisting the presentation of the news, you create and
exacerbate an atmosphere of hatred. For example, when Obama met with
Republicans a few weeks back, Fox simply quit airing the event because Obama
was handing the Republicans' heads to them. Thus, Fox actually
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