[Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Japan's leading crime syndicate gives out Halloween candy

Here's a news story that could only come from Japan. Japan's leading crime syndicate, the Yamaguchi gang, has a tradition of holding an open house and giving out candy to children every year on Halloween. Except in 2015 they didn't because they were in the middle of gang war. Can you imagine takin

[Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Chinese warned off dating foreigners

See: http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/21/asia/china-foreign-spies/index.html "(CNN) China's government workers are being warned off dating handsome foreigners -- because they may be potential James Bonds. A 16-panel comic book-style poster that's been widely displayed across Beijing tells the story of

RE: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Jeffery Allan Lash: secret agent or space alien?

Thanks, Jed, I live for this. ;-) One of my life studies has been to look into alternate belief systems. For better or worse, we can’t live without them. Within the UFO community there exist many theories (or beliefs) that mirror something similar to Mr. Alan’s pertaining to either th

RE: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Jeffery Allan Lash: secret agent or space alien?

So, Aliens support the Second Amendment. I always thought so.

[Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Jeffery Allan Lash: secret agent or space alien?

The latest news from California: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/23/jeffrey-alan-lash-firearms-spy Mysterious LA loner with $5m gun arsenal was 'a human-alien hybrid secret agent sent to save the human race' claims his fiancee and her friend who watched him die before dumping his body

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Innovation in North Korea

orea is definitely off my bucket list… ;-) > > -m > > > > *From:* Eric Walker [mailto:eric.wal...@gmail.com > ] > *Sent:* Thursday, May 14, 2015 9:22 PM > *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com > > *Subject:* Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Innovation in North Korea > > &g

RE: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Innovation in North Korea

@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Innovation in North Korea On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 12:33 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: You do not see many innovative new ideas coming out of North Korea. But I must say, they do come up with unexpected ways to kill off top officials. Here is the latest

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Innovation in North Korea

On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 12:33 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: You do not see many innovative new ideas coming out of North Korea. But I > must say, they do come up with unexpected ways to kill off top officials. > Here is the latest headline from the New York Times: > > North Korea Said to Execute a Top

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Innovation in North Korea

Ah yes! That was funny. I love this: "PS: Ask us about our retirement package." Then again, maybe you don't want to know. It may involve ravenous dogs. - Jed

RE: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Innovation in North Korea

Jed, and all Reminds me of... https://www.mail-archive.com/vortex-l%40eskimo.com/msg87852.html Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson svjart.orionworks.com zazzle.com/orionworks

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Innovation in North Korea

Hi, Not so much novel of them, but I think it clearly is to make with one single action a statement to both their domestic North Korean people and to their foreign world. Domestic: Do your job or else ... Foreign: See our great technology; you are warned or else ... Kind regards, Rob Dingema

RE: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Innovation in North Korea

]:WAY OFF TOPIC Innovation in North Korea You do not see many innovative new ideas coming out of North Korea. But I must say, they do come up with unexpected ways to kill off top officials. Here is the latest headline from the New York Times: North Korea Said to Execute a Top Official, With

[Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Innovation in North Korea

You do not see many innovative new ideas coming out of North Korea. But I must say, they do come up with unexpected ways to kill off top officials. Here is the latest headline from the New York Times: *North Korea Said to Execute a Top Official, With an Antiaircraft Gun* Previous reports describe

[Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Birds attack peace doves freed from pope’s window

So much for lovey-dovey nature. See: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/10597842/Feathers-fly-at-the-Vatican-after-Popes-doves-attacked-by-gull-and-crow.html?frame=2802647

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC North Korea

Here is more on this topic from the Washington Post. Officials from the U.S. Department of Blatantly Obvious interviewed Kim Junk Un's former classmates in Switzerland and reported: "We went to great pains to interview almost everyone – classmates, others – to try to get a sense of what his charac

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC North Korea

Is the USA building up to another war of resources/currency/strategic placement of military bases? Maybe the next game is to destabilise China.

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC North Korea

Alain Sepeda wrote: at least they did not kill him by bath in molten metal . . . > I just realized what this reminds me of: a James Bond movie villain. Killing people who mortar rounds and molten metal. I read that Saddam Hussein loved to watch the Godfather movies. He identified the Godfather.

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC North Korea

at least they did not kill him by bath in molten metal, as it happen in some North Korean camps. the source is a documents (on FR/DE Arte TV) about inheritors of mengele ( http://navetoncinema.canalblog.com/archives/2011/10/15/22346254.html ) which seems serious... 2013/12/13 Jed Rothwell >

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC North Korea

On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 9:54 PM, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson < orionwo...@charter.net> wrote: > There just aren't that many institutions that teach these kinds of skills. > I suspect certain kinds of family-run businesses may be the only game in > town. Perhaps they should start a franchi

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC North Korea

On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 9:54 PM, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson < orionwo...@charter.net> wrote: Jed, and all… > > > > I recently saw the following job offer in the classifieds: > > PS: Ask us about our retirement package. > Yes! You will be out-standing in the field, and right on target.

RE: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC North Korea

Jed, and all. I recently saw the following job offer in the classifieds: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * New vacancies in our government organization have opened up exciting new opportunities for advancement. Please

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC North Korea

In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Fri, 13 Dec 2013 17:36:06 -0500: Hi, You forgot to mention that the Judge swept him aside with his tail. ;) [snip] >Say what you like about North Korea, you will have to agree they have the >world's fastest and most efficient system of justice. If you are N

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC North Korea

Here's an interesting scenario that explains the US's obsession with North Korea and with nuclear proliferation in general: If you, off the mid-Atlantic coast, loft a relatively small nuke optimized for gamma production into the stratosphere by radar opaque and optically clear balloon, you can bri

[Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC North Korea

Say what you like about North Korea, you will have to agree they have the world's fastest and most efficient system of justice. If you are North Korean you will have to agree Or Else. The trial of Kim Jung Un's uncle was supposedly secret, but I found a transcript on the Internet. Here it is, in i

[Vo]:Way- Off Topic...Royal Nurse= Suicide by Hanging with Injured Wrists

Greetings Vortex, Way Off Topic, but the Royal Nurse suicide by hanging WITH Injured wrists..does seem somewhat ODD: http://news.msn.com/world/coroner-nurse-in-royal-hoax-call-was-found-hanging-in-her-room . Respectfully, Ron Kita, Chiralex.would nt an injectible been a less violent way of

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC : Women in Avery Binders

On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 8:37 PM, Jones Beene wrote: > Geeze T are you a mind-reader or simply a XX kinda guy? Great minds think alike. Fools seldom differ.

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC : Women in Avery Binders

On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 8:37 PM, Jones Beene wrote: > Geeze T are you a mind-reader or simply a XX kinda guy? The rest of them: http://selfdeprecate.com/meme-pictures/mitt-romney-binder-full-women-memes/

RE: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC : Women in Avery Binders

http://cdn03.cdn.socialitelife.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/17/mitt-romney -women-in-binders-meme-10172012-06.jpeg ... according to XX, the most interesting man in the world. -Original Message- From: Alan J Fletcher http://www.amazon.com/Avery-Durable-Binder-EZ-Turn-17032/product-revi

RE: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC : Women in Avery Binders

Geeze T are you a mind-reader or simply a XX kinda guy? -Original Message- From: Terry Blanton http://i.imgur.com/rY6MD.png

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC : Women in Avery Binders

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Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC : Women in Avery Binders

I love it!! On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 8:23 PM, Alan J Fletcher wrote: > http://www.amazon.com/Avery-**Durable-Binder-EZ-Turn-17032/** > product-reviews/B001B0CTMU/**ref=cm_cr_pr_btm_link_2?ie=** > UTF8&pageNumber=2&**showViewpoints=0

[Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC : Women in Avery Binders

http://www.amazon.com/Avery-Durable-Binder-EZ-Turn-17032/product-reviews/B001B0CTMU/ref=cm_cr_pr_btm_link_2?ie=UTF8&pageNumber=2&showViewpoints=0 (lenr.qumbu.com -- analyzing the Rossi/Focardi eCat -- and the defkalion hyperion -- Hi, google!)

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Mistaken notions about human populations and longevity

Ron Wormus wrote: > > Chimpanzees do not have fire and so do not cook their food & must devote > most of their day to chewing & digesting a lot of raw food. Mastering fire > & cooking food has allowed humans to quickly fuel our large brains using a > short digestive system. True! And we are so

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Mistaken notions about human populations and longevity

--On Monday, May 21, 2012 5:57 PM -0400 Jed Rothwell wrote: No doubt that is the biological root of the obesity problem. That is why fat people exist. I doubt there are any obese chimpanzees in the wild. Chimpanzees do not have fire and so do not cook their food & must devote most of the

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Mistaken notions about human populations and longevity

At 12:02 PM 5/21/2012, Jed Rothwell wrote: Here are age distributions for England and Wales, 1696: Age group, percent 0 - 9 27.6% 10 - 19 20.2% 20 - 29 15.5% 30 - 39 11.7% 40 - 49 8.4% 50 - 59 5.8% 60 and above 10.7% Laslet, p. 103. Those numbers are reliable. They kept good records in the U.K

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Mistaken notions about human populations and longevity

OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson wrote: > Obesity, diabetes, heart failure, and a slurry of other physical maladies > is the price we are currently paying for our civilization that has become > too successful. > No doubt that is the biological root of the obesity problem. That is why fat people ex

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Mistaken notions about human populations and longevity

I wrote: > . . . they pass on cultural and technical knowledge. (People obviously > more than chimps!) This created an advantage to surviving into old age. > Especially during long span of history in which we had language but no > writing, and the only store of knowledge was in people's brains .

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Mistaken notions about human populations and longevity

wrote: > > What I find interesting is what influence evolution may have on lifespan > and why. Is long life a species survival strategy? > Among primates, yes. Species that take care of offspring, rather than laying eggs and abandoning them, must have a long adulthood. They cannot die off quick

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Mistaken notions about human populations and longevity

Here is a free book on life span. I am reading it now. http://www.amazon.com/Aging-Design-Thinking-Change-ebook/dp/B005KCO8SS/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1337631718&sr=1-5 What I find interesting is what influence evolution may have on lifespan and why. Is long life a species survival

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Mistaken notions about human populations and longevity

>From Jed: ... > You cannot draw conclusions about today's diet from today's longevity. To > find out if our diet is healthy and promotes a longer life, you will have to > wait 30 to 50 years. Chances are, it does not. Today's diets have > caused unprecedented high levels of obesity. Obesity usua

[Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Mistaken notions about human populations and longevity

I would like to sound off on a pet peeve of mine. Completely unrelated to cold fusion, but it is technical. The mass media and many books make some profoundly dumb mistakes about statistics as they relate to demography, longevity, actuarial tables and so on. Some examples -- People misunderstand

[Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Baby Seal Enters House, Sleeps On Couch

This is unbearably cute. Baby Seal Enters House, Sleeps On Couch (PHOTOS) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/14/baby-seal-house-couch_n_1146980.html - Jed

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC and for Japanese readers only

Craig Haynie wrote: Do you ever watch Jay Leno? There are people in America who do not know the name of the president of the United States. Good point. However, I expect that just about every American knew Lincoln was the president in 1863, and FDR was in 1943. Churchill was well known in th

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC and for Japanese readers only

Jed, Craig, & Terry sez: >>> England also has a wide range of dialects for such a small geographic >>> area. Some areas were remarkably isolated well into the 20th century. >>> A book about dialects that I read years ago said that in 1943, a >>> linguist found an old guy in a village in southern

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC and for Japanese readers only

On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Craig Haynie wrote: > On Wed, 2011-05-04 at 14:07 -0400, Jed Rothwell wrote: > >> England also has a wide range of dialects for such a small geographic >> area. Some areas were remarkably isolated well into the 20th century. >> A book about dialects that I read year

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC and for Japanese readers only

On Wed, 2011-05-04 at 14:07 -0400, Jed Rothwell wrote: > England also has a wide range of dialects for such a small geographic > area. Some areas were remarkably isolated well into the 20th century. > A book about dialects that I read years ago said that in 1943, a > linguist found an old guy in a

[Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC and for Japanese readers only

Here are a series of Apple iPod advertisements with a voice-over in Japanese, but not just any Japanese. This is deep-fried, bleached-in-the-sun southern Japanese, kind of like south Georgia English, with vocabulary 150 years out of date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh-sENPLd44&; If this guy w

[Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Banking news from Georgia

This morning's headlines are so hysterical, I can't resist sharing them. It seems the fox is now officially chairman of the State Senate Chicken Coop Committee. See: http://www.ajc.com/business/feds-suit-targets-state-808228.html "Federal banking regulators on Tuesday accused eight former insi

Re: [Vo]:Way off Topic: Extreme sheep LED art in Wales

Terry Blanton wrote: I can not fathom what you were searching when you stumbled across > this. Er, you *did* stumble across it, right, Jed? > What are you implying?!? I'll have you know that a lover of . . . uh, dogs -- sheep dogs! -- sent me that. (Really) - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Way off Topic: Extreme sheep LED art in Wales

I can not fathom what you were searching when you stumbled across this. Er, you *did* stumble across it, right, Jed? Do robots dream of electric sheep? Terry On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 6:13 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Where else but Wales? > > 20 Mar 09: A group of Welsh sheep farmers make astonishi

[Vo]:Way off Topic: Extreme sheep LED art in Wales

Where else but Wales? 20 Mar 09: A group of Welsh sheep farmers make astonishing video showing sheep in LED coats playing a game of computer ping pong. http://video.telegraph.co.uk/services/player/bcpid1137883380?b

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Scissors, paper, rock politics

Howdy Jones, One can view the candidates as people.. or as.. actors on a stage.. what happens when a stand-in is needed ? No problemo.. bingo! another face ! It is fascinating how true the adage.. The king is dead !!, all stand for a hail to the new king! Why is it so easy to switch loyalty

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Scissors, paper, rock politics

On Feb 9, 2008 2:47 PM, Jones Beene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So happens there is the perfect candidate for that job > waiting in the wings Barack & Condoleezza?? :-) Surely you don't mean Rice, Beene? Terry

RE: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Scissors, paper, rock politics

Let's say it gets down to Obama/Clinton on the same ticket. Some say Hill wouldn't settle for Veep, but cynics think she would, realizing that even before the election, some harm may come to her running mate. Not 'Vinced,' exactly ... but the fear is that there are a few extreme conservatives, of

RE: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Scissors, paper, rock politics

Subject: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Scissors, paper, rock politics Polls show that Clinton beats Obama, Obama beats McCain, and McCain beats Clinton. It is an election race around a mobius strip, and I bet the candidates are beginning to feel that way. - Jed

[Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Scissors, paper, rock politics

Polls show that Clinton beats Obama, Obama beats McCain, and McCain beats Clinton. It is an election race around a mobius strip, and I bet the candidates are beginning to feel that way. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Quote from Huckabee

On 1/24/08, leaking pen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > the 15th ammendment and 19th ammendment gave it to blacks and women, > respectively. sorry, hit send too soon. . > > On 1/24/08, Robin van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > In reply to leaking pen's message of Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:28

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Quote from Huckabee

the 15th ammendment and 19th ammendment gave it too. On 1/24/08, Robin van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In reply to leaking pen's message of Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:28:08 -0700: > Hi, > [snip] > >so, get rid of the legal fiction of corporations being people? i can go > >along with that.

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Quote from Huckabee

In reply to leaking pen's message of Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:28:08 -0700: Hi, [snip] >so, get rid of the legal fiction of corporations being people? i can go >along with that. > >the blacks and women will hate loosing their vote though. I didn't think the US Constitution distinguished rights based o

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Quote from Huckabee

Coporations are persons. However, I think we need a new legal/moral/spiritual category for people. People are deeper than persons. Harry   - Original Message - From: leaking pen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 8:28 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Quot

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Quote from Huckabee

so, get rid of the legal fiction of corporations being people? i can go along with that. the blacks and women will hate loosing their vote though. On Jan 22, 2008 11:32 PM, thomas malloy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jed Rothwell wrote: > > > Sorry to introduce off-topic politics, but here is an

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Quote from Huckabee

Jed Rothwell wrote: Sorry to introduce off-topic politics, but here is an appalling quote from Mike Huckabee of the American Taliban: "I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution. But I believe it's a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to chan

RE: [Norton AntiSpam] RE: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Quote from Huckabee

Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 12:23 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] RE: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Quote from Huckabee - Original Message - From: Lawrence de Bivort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, January 18, 2008 1:32 pm Subject: RE: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Quote from Huckabee

, then the 00 curse was merely delayed. On Jan 18, 2008 10:23 PM, Harry Veeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >*- Original Message -* > > *From*: Lawrence de Bivort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > *Date*: Friday, January 18, 2008 1:32 pm > > *Subject*: RE: [Vo]:

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Quote from Huckabee

- Original Message - From: "R.C.Macaulay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Saturday, January 19, 2008 8:58 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Quote from Huckabee > > Howdy Jeff, > > Presidential "executive orders" are used to over rule the > constit

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Quote from Huckabee

Howdy Jeff, Presidential "executive orders" are used to over rule the constitution. The conspiracy theorists running amok on the internet are screaming like chicken little that the sky is falling. We don't ned to change the constitution, we need to abolish the executive order privelige enjo

RE: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Quote from Huckabee

tex-L@eskimo.com Subject: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Quote from Huckabee Sorry to introduce off-topic politics, but here is an appalling quote from Mike Huckabee of the American Taliban: "I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution. But I believe it's a lot easie

RE: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Quote from Huckabee

- Original Message - From: Lawrence de Bivort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, January 18, 2008 1:32 pm Subject: RE: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Quote from Huckabee > Cool, if he means MY god! Not sure I'd trust his, whoever he is > referringto. > > Do

RE: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Quote from Huckabee

Lawrence de Bivort wrote: Cool, if he means MY god! Not sure I'd trust his, whoever he is referring I think he means the Koran. Do you have a source, Jed? The Washington Post. But it is all over the Internet by now. Here is a site with a video of Huckabee saying it: http://rawstory.com

RE: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Quote from Huckabee

al Message- From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 3:42 PM To: vortex-L@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Quote from Huckabee Lawrence de Bivort wrote: >Cool, if he means MY god! Not sure I'd trust his, whoever he is referring I think he

Re: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Quote from Huckabee

>From Jed, > Sorry to introduce off-topic politics, but here is an appalling quote > from Mike Huckabee of the American Taliban: > > "I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the > Constitution. But I believe it's a lot easier to change the > Constitution than it would be to change

RE: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Quote from Huckabee

Cool, if he means MY god! Not sure I'd trust his, whoever he is referring to. Do you have a source, Jed? Lawrence -Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 1:12 PM To: vortex-L@eskimo.com Subject: [Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Quote

[Vo]:WAY OFF TOPIC Quote from Huckabee

Sorry to introduce off-topic politics, but here is an appalling quote from Mike Huckabee of the American Taliban: "I have opponents in this race who do not want to change the Constitution. But I believe it's a lot easier to change the Constitution than it would be to change the word of the liv

Re: WAY OFF TOPIC Making Saddam Hussein the enemy

heck, some of us here in the us have a problem than anyone EVER believed it, let alone still do.  On 12/15/05, Jed Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I was just writing to a friend in Europe,explaining that some Americans still believe thatSaddam Hussein was responsible for the 9/11 attack, and t

WAY OFF TOPIC Making Saddam Hussein the enemy

I was just writing to a friend in Europe, explaining that some Americans still believe that Saddam Hussein was responsible for the 9/11 attack, and that he was in cahoots with Bin Laden. Europeans find it difficult to believe that anyone still buys that. They shouldn't, because a leading Euro

Re: WAY OFF TOPIC . . .

Jed Rothwell wrote: "Woman complains to cops after hitman she hired fails to get the job done" See: http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20050915p2a00m0na003000c.html "A woman who hired a hitman to murder the wife of her lover, and then complained to police when he didn't do the job,

Re: WAY OFF TOPIC . . .

Laughter will save the rest of us from going insane. Thanks Jed At 02:52 PM 9/16/2005, you wrote: "Woman complains to cops after hitman she hired fails to get the job done" See: http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20050915p2a00m0na003000c.html "A woman who hired a hitman to murder th

WAY OFF TOPIC . . .

"Woman complains to cops after hitman she hired fails to get the job done" See: http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20050915p2a00m0na003000c.html "A woman who hired a hitman to murder the wife of her lover, and then complained to police when he didn't do the job, has been arrested alon

Way off topic Fw: CAB RIDE

CAB RIDE > > >>Twenty years ago, I drove a cab for a living. > > >>When I arrived at 2:30 a.m., the building was dark > > >>except for a single light in a ground floor window. > > >>Under these circumstances, many drivers would > > >>just honk once or twice, wait a minute, then drive > > >>away.

Re: WAY OFF TOPIC - Doll held hostage

seriously, i was calling cnn for a bloody hour trying to tell someone. im on totalfark.com, and we had someone find the doll about 6 minutes after ap broke the story. we were laughing our guts out as all the news sources started carrying it, and then the freepers started talking about glass parki

WAY OFF TOPIC - Doll held hostage

I love it! See: "So-called U.S. hostage appears to be toy" http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/01/iraq.hostage/index.html - Jed

Re: WAY OFF TOPIC Lily Tomlin's "Ernestine" routine

I agree. "The President's Analyst" (James Coburn, 1967) is one of my favorite movies. There are so many subtleties in it you could see it 20 times and not catch them all, e.g. look away from the main action like in the upper corners of the images to see interesting things happening, or listen c

WAY OFF TOPIC Lily Tomlin's "Ernestine" routine

For anyone of a certain age who has ever been in the telephone business, there are two supremely funny comedies from the now distant Bell monopoly era. One was the movie "The President's Analyst" and the other was Lily Tomlin's "Ernestine" routine, which still breaks me up after 30 years. A des