Re: [BREAKING] Dow dips below 10000

2008-10-06 Thread Jim O'Connell
Now at 9940 and freefalling. As Peter Boyle would say, Holy crap. -Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Oct 6, 2008 10:16 AM >To: WNNDL >Subject: [BREAKING] Dow dips below 1 > >...for the first time since 2004. We are currently down 319 points or 3 >percent to 10006. >

Re: [BREAKING] Dow dips below 10000

2008-10-06 Thread Jim O'Connell
to 1. > >Cascading toward the closes in Europe. FTSE down 8.3% -- was 5% like five >minutes ago. DAX down more than 8%, CAC 40 more than 7.5%. > >On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Jim O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> >> Now at 9940 and freefallin

Re: [BREAKING] Dow dips below 10000

2008-10-06 Thread Jim O'Connell
Now down 680. I keep hearing the words "global panic". -Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Oct 6, 2008 2:20 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: [BREAKING] Dow dips below 1 > >New session lows... currently we're down 629 to 9697. This is a 6.1% >decline. The N

Re: [BREAKING] Dow dips below 10000

2008-10-06 Thread Jim O'Connell
prediction: down 820 at the bell, up 490 tomorrow. -Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Oct 6, 2008 2:47 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: [BREAKING] Dow dips below 1 > >I want to bring back my contest of last Monday.? How low will it go by the end >of the da

Re: [BREAKING] Dow dips below 10000

2008-10-06 Thread Jim O'Connell
I was thinking that this morning. Can you imagine the panic today if they'd been successful in doing that? -Original Message- >From: danny burstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Oct 6, 2008 2:28 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: [BREAKING] Dow dips below 1 > > >On Mon, 6 Oct

Re: [BREAKING] Dow dips below 10000

2008-10-06 Thread Jim O'Connell
Next step: board a coffin ship to Ireland. -Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Oct 6, 2008 2:47 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: [BREAKING] Dow dips below 1 > > >Oh, my Jebus... > >DOW 9546.11 -779.27 -7.55% >NASDAQ 1779.39 -168.00 -8.63% >S&P 500 1009.1 -90

Re: [Economy] Glug, glug, glug

2008-10-07 Thread Jim O'Connell
Is anyone familiar with the book "The Nine Nations of North America"? I'm starting to think the U.S. doesn't work as a concept anymore. Despite what Marilyn Chambers might tell you, bigger is not always better. Especially in times like these. -Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [BREAKING] Dow in free-fall again

2008-10-09 Thread Jim O'Connell
The whole market or just Mazda? -Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] currently off 626 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group,

Re: [BREAKING] Dow in free-fall again

2008-10-09 Thread Jim O'Connell
Trick as in Harry Blackstone or Trick as in Heidi Fleiss? -Original Message- >A few hundred billions more in corporate welfare should do the trick. >Whatever the trick is. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [BREAKING] Dow in free-fall again

2008-10-09 Thread Jim O'Connell
That's because it doesn't take much googling to discover the real liability exposure isn't one trillion dollars. It's 60 trillion dollars. -Original Message- >From: Dennis Brumm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Oct 9, 2008 8:19 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: [BREAKING] Dow in fre

RE: [DEADPOOL] The Way It Crumbles, Cookie-wise

2008-10-10 Thread Jim O'Connell
Maker of Archway cookies goes bankrupt OPERATIONS HALTED October 9, 2008 BY MIKE NOLAN SouthtownStar The maker of Archway and Salerno cookies said the company, crumbling under rising prices for raw ingredients, has halted operations and filed for bankruptcy. The Michigan-based company maintai

RE: [PALIN] Not the sharpest knife in the drawer

2008-10-10 Thread Jim O'Connell
Well... I'm a producer... and I wouldn't touch this one. -Original Message- >From: Deborah Speer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Oct 10, 2008 6:29 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: RE: [PALIN] Not the sharpest knife in the drawer > > >Um, I'm not sure which of us qualifies as "media eli

RE: [PALIN] Not the sharpest knife in the drawer

2008-10-11 Thread Jim O'Connell
She's not dumb. She's anti-intellectual. -Original Message- >From: Dennis Brumm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Oct 11, 2008 5:57 AM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: RE: [PALIN] Not the sharpest knife in the drawer > > >At 05:54 PM 10/10/2008, you wrote: >>There's a bit of a difference b

Re: The Way It Crumbles, Cookie-wise

2008-10-13 Thread Jim O'Connell
I saw Oxydol Detergent on the shelves last year. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Oct 13, 2008 11:40 AM To: wnndl@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: The Way It Crumbles, Cookie-wise I'm guessing that they continue selling them in small quantities tokeep up the trademark.  Do

Re: [FOODPOOL] Cocoa Butter

2008-10-26 Thread Jim O'Connell
Anyone ever notice that chocolate bars in Canada taste different from chocolate bars in the US? I have no idea why this is. -Original Message- >From: "Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Oct 26, 2008 11:14 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: [FOODPOOL] Cocoa Butt

RE: [misc] that suit about Obama's birth... is thrown out (fwd)

2008-10-27 Thread Jim O'Connell
McCain was NOT born in the Canal Zone. He was born in the town of Colon, Panama. -Original Message- >From: Rychard Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Oct 27, 2008 3:09 AM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: RE: [misc] that suit about Obama's birth... is thrown out (fwd) > > >What about

Re: [political misc] telemarketers vs. McCain (fwd)

2008-10-28 Thread Jim O'Connell
This also happened at a call center outside Providence. -Original Message- >From: "Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Oct 27, 2008 11:57 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: [political misc] telemarketers vs. McCain (fwd) > > >> telemarketers walk off job rath

Re: ABC, too, was: BBC CALLS FOR OBAMA

2008-11-04 Thread Jim O'Connell
http://www.isobamapresident.com/ -Original Message- >From: Joseph Nebus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Nov 4, 2008 11:05 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: ABC, too, was: BBC CALLS FOR OBAMA > > > >On Nov 5, 2008, at 12:04 PM, Mike Ward wrote: > >> danny burstein wrote: >> >>> On W

Re: [ELECTORAL] Bush

2008-11-04 Thread Jim O'Connell
Jindal will run. -Original Message- >From: Steven Otte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Nov 5, 2008 12:08 AM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: [ELECTORAL] Bush > > >Palin will run for the GOP nomination and won't place higher than 4th in any >primary. > >-- >Steven Otte >[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: BBC CALLS FOR OBAMA

2008-11-04 Thread Jim O'Connell
best quote on McCain's concession speech: "Palin looks pissed / like she was gonna cry. Todd looked REALLY pissed. Ugly ugly emotions. Moose are gonna die for this." -"Tyler Curtain" @ fivethirtyeight.com -Original Message- >From: Richard de Give <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Nov 5, 200

Re: [ELECTORAL] President Obama

2008-11-05 Thread Jim O'Connell
Unless you're gay, muslim or atheist. -Original Message- From: Rose Auerbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Nov 5, 2008 3:00 PM To: wnndl@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [ELECTORAL] President Obama I think that November 4, 2008, 11pm ET/8pm PT, was one of those moments that transcends any "suppos

Re: President Obama

2008-11-05 Thread Jim O'Connell
Perhaps they thought you were on lunch break from Trader Joe's? -Original Message- >From: Jim Ellwanger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Nov 5, 2008 5:50 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: President Obama > > >Doug Elrod wrote: >> Anyone else seeing Hawaiian shirts today, as though to

Re: [ELECTORAL] President Obama

2008-11-05 Thread Jim O'Connell
Same-sex marriage? Dear, that is SO three years ago. - Massachusetts snob -Original Message- From: Rose Auerbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Nov 5, 2008 6:37 PM To: wnndl@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [ELECTORAL] President Obama Though I must admit that -- to quote a friend -- I'm proud to

Re: [ELECTORAL] President Obama

2008-11-06 Thread Jim O'Connell
:05 PM 11/5/2008, you wrote: > >>Jim O'Connell wrote: >> > Unless you're gay, muslim or atheist. >> >>Native american... > >Half Martian... > > >> --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are sub

Re: [politics] that Palin

2008-11-13 Thread Jim O'Connell
What about the part where she wasn't sure which country the IRA was associated with... was that fake? Because I don't think she could possibly be that dense. -Original Message- >From: Mike Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Nov 13, 2008 11:48 AM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: [po

Re: [politics] that Palin

2008-11-13 Thread Jim O'Connell
uried in Grant's Tomb? Or can she name the state whose capital is Oklahoma City?Rich(say the secret word, the duck will fly down ... and it's suppertime at the Palin's)--- On Thu, 11/13/08, Jim O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Jim O'Connell <[EMAIL PROT

Re: [politics] that Palin

2008-11-13 Thread Jim O'Connell
oming. More or less. Make that a double. -Original Message- From: Jim O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Nov 13, 2008 3:47 PM To: wnndl@googlegroups.com, wnndl@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [politics] that Palin Grant and Mrs. Grant, actually. Now where's my kewpie dol

Re: [politics] that Palin

2008-11-13 Thread Jim O'Connell
/hangs head in shame -Original Message- >From: danny burstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Nov 13, 2008 4:42 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: [politics] that Palin > > >On Thu, 13 Nov 2008, Jim O'Connell wrote: > >> Grant and Mrs. Gran

Re: [politics] that Palin

2008-11-13 Thread Jim O'Connell
and a little Googling tells me that Grant, Mrs. Grant and HIS HORSE are all "entombed" at Grant's Tomb. -Original Message- >From: danny burstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Nov 13, 2008 4:42 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: [politics] that Pa

Re: [DEADPOOL] Dead Uncle Fred

2008-11-17 Thread Jim O'Connell
"Muttontown"? -Original Message- >From: "Kevin G. Barkes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Nov 17, 2008 10:56 AM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: [DEADPOOL] Dead Uncle Fred > > >Fred Scott, a pioneer in early television and one of the original "rangers" >on "Captain Video and his Video Ran

RE: [DEADPOOL] Dead Uncle Fred

2008-11-17 Thread Jim O'Connell
gt;> From: wnndl@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On Behalf Of Jim O'Connell >> Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 11:23 AM >> To: wnndl@googlegroups.com; wnndl@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: [DEADPOOL] Dead Uncle Fred >> >> >> "

Re: video of AG Mukasey's collapse

2008-11-21 Thread Jim O'Connell
sounds like Ryan Shulteis at WHDH -Original Message- >From: danny burstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Nov 20, 2008 11:31 PM >To: wnn >Subject: video of AG Mukasey's collapse > > >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsysbZDO2Dw > >_ >Knowledg

Re: Fight To Reveal Obama's Birth Certificate Continues

2008-11-24 Thread Jim O'Connell
Irrelevant argument because of historical precedent. Chester Arthur: Secret Canadian. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Nov 23, 2008 10:48 PM To: wnndl@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Fight To Reveal Obama's Birth Certificate Continues Yes...and it continues to prove that c

Re: You know, if one person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick and they won't take him.

2008-11-27 Thread Jim O'Connell
Saw Arlo live last Friday night in Keene,NH. Highlights here: http://speedwayfowler.blogspot.com/2008/11/arlo-guthrie-at-colonial-theatre-keene.html (No Alice on this year's tour.) Happy Thanksgiving! -Original Message- >From: "Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: No

Re: NBC cutting 500 including Mullen

2008-12-04 Thread Jim O'Connell
Pop quiz! How Jeff Zucker keeps his job: He has Polaroids of the GE board members molesting - a) goats b) sheep c) Art Shamsky -Original Message- >From: Steve Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Dec 4, 2008 9:52 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: NBC cutting 500 including Mul

Re: NBC cutting 500 including Mullen

2008-12-04 Thread Jim O'Connell
Scary times. For the first time in two years I'm glad my station is no longer an NBC O&O. -Original Message- >From: Michael King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Dec 5, 2008 12:22 AM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: NBC cutting 500 including Mullen > >The NBC bureau here in Atlanta wa

Re: [MEDIA] I guess he's looking for a job right about now...

2008-12-06 Thread Jim O'Connell
I has to listen twice to make sure that wasn't me -Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Dec 6, 2008 8:39 AM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: [MEDIA] I guess he's looking for a job right about now... > >Nothing like a calm demeanor during a crisisLOL > >And so

Re: (misc) braindead: marketing directors at Tropicana Orange Juice (Pepsico)

2008-12-16 Thread Jim O'Connell
Aw... I LOVED Gino's. Stared by Baltimore Colt Gino Marchetti eventually bought out by Burger King. Better burgers than BK or McD's... and as I recall, the burgers were wrapped in heavy cellophane for some strange reason. -Original Message- >From: Mark Sunshine >Sent: Dec 15, 2

Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Harry Shearer dead?!?

2008-12-20 Thread Jim O'Connell
Whew. Glad to know he's still with us. Though I like Ian Punnett. -Original Message- >From: "Thomas Allen Heald, Esquire" >Sent: Dec 20, 2008 3:50 AM >To: tvorno...@googlegroups.com, wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: [TV orNotTV] Re: Harry Shearer dead?!? > > >Kevin M. wrote: >> On F

RE: [TV orNotTV] Re: Harry Shearer dead?!?

2008-12-20 Thread Jim O'Connell
I was in a TJ Maxx store tonight where St. Patrick's Day shirts were already on display. That has to be some sort of new record. -Original Message- >From: Rychard Withers >Sent: Dec 20, 2008 6:26 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: RE: [TV orNotTV] Re: Harry Shearer dead?!? > >For

How To Make Gravy

2008-12-24 Thread Jim O'Connell
Hello Dan, it's Joe here I hope you're keeping well Its the 21st of December now theyre ringing the last bell If I get good behavior I'll be out of here by July Won't you kiss my kids on Christmas day Please don't let them cry... for me I guess the brothers are driving down from Queensla

Re: Loot

2008-12-25 Thread Jim O'Connell
Not sure if anyone else on this group is enough of a TV junkie to appreciate this, but for Xmas I received a bootleg copy of the entire episode run of the TV series "Coronet Blue". It's a Christmas miracle!! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because

RE: (babypool) It's a boy ... and what a name!

2008-12-30 Thread Jim O'Connell
Somebody else mentioned "Cashew" and "Gaspump" as possibilities. -Original Message- >From: "Kevin G. Barkes" >Sent: Dec 30, 2008 10:49 AM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: RE: (babypool) It's a boy ... and what a name! > > >> Palin's daughter gives birth to son named Tripp ANCHORAGE,

Re: [DEADPOOL] Who's buried in the Pell Grant's tomb?

2009-01-01 Thread Jim O'Connell
As someone who has worked in RI for many years, I have to say that Pell was truly a great man with a real sense of a noble calling to serve Americans. They don't make many like him these days. -Original Message- >From: "Thomas Heald, Esquire" >Sent: Jan 1, 2009 9:43 PM >To: wnndl@goog

Re: career-watch: NM Gov Bill Richardson... withdraws Sec Commerce

2009-01-04 Thread Jim O'Connell
Former Governor Angus King would be a great choice for Commerce. -Original Message- >From: Thomas Allen Heald >Sent: Jan 4, 2009 4:44 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: career-watch: NM Gov Bill Richardson... withdraws Sec Commerce > > >Sigh ... damn you John Edwards 4 thinking

Re: [DEADPOOL] There are two kinds of death ... good and bad and the bad ones are fair game

2009-01-04 Thread Jim O'Connell
>Lou Buttino, chair of UNCW's department of film studies, and if he was Polish, his name would be --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group,

Re: [misc] Season Premier of Stargate Atlantis

2009-01-09 Thread Jim O'Connell
::totally confused:: -Original Message- >From: danny burstein >Sent: Jan 9, 2009 10:35 PM >To: wnn >Subject: [misc] Season Premier of Stargate Atlantis > > >Just watched the start of the new season >on the Sci Fi channel. > >*whew*, that's one damn good Spindizzy. > > > >___

Re: [misc] "It's the 10th of January..."

2009-01-10 Thread Jim O'Connell
"...and I still ain't had no sleep..." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH9jF3O9eKE --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to wnndl@

Re: [misc] Season Premier of Stargate Atlantis

2009-01-11 Thread Jim O'Connell
"Carlyle" being the wicked awesome Scottish actor Robbie Carlyle, so I am very much looking forward to this newest spin-off. -Original Message- >From: Glenda Collins >Sent: Jan 11, 2009 3:00 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: [misc] Season Premier of Stargate Atlantis > >Thank

Re: he finally gets to escape from The Village

2009-01-14 Thread Jim O'Connell
one of the greats. -Original Message- >From: danny burstein >Sent: Jan 14, 2009 12:17 PM >To: wnn >Subject: he finally gets to escape from The Village > > >"Patrick McGoohan, an Emmy-winning actor who created and starred in the >cult classic television show "The Prisoner," has died. He

Re: not enough room left in the Dead Pool today, so he's just on standby

2009-01-14 Thread Jim O'Connell
It's lupus. -Original Message- >From: danny burstein >Sent: Jan 14, 2009 5:26 PM >To: wnn >Subject: not enough room left in the Dead Pool today, so he's just on standby > > >Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs said today that he would take a medical >leave from the company after learning

Re: not enough room left in the Dead Pool today, so he's just on standby

2009-01-14 Thread Jim O'Connell
Heald >Sent: Jan 14, 2009 5:42 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: not enough room left in the Dead Pool today, so he's just on >standby > > >Jim O'Connell wrote: >> It's lupus. > >Thank you 13, now do the rest of you ha

Re: Some guy named Pete sings at the inaugural concert at the Lincoln monument (fwd)

2009-01-18 Thread Jim O'Connell
Awesome. The only thing that would make it better would be a little Richie Havens. -Original Message- >From: satrn...@sbcglobal.net >Sent: Jan 18, 2009 7:55 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: Some guy named Pete sings at the inaugural concert at the Lincoln >monument (fwd) > >

Re: Happy Inauguration Day!

2009-01-20 Thread Jim O'Connell
I am glad that the candidate who seemed the truer technocrat won, and I will appreciate the historic significance of the day, but I fear the problems we now face are of such unprecedented scope that they might just make the man and the office irrelevant. -Original Message- From: Mark Suns

Re: mamma mia, that's some mighty big crowd

2009-01-20 Thread Jim O'Connell
When do Simon and Garfunkle take the stage? -Original Message- >From: danny burstein >Sent: Jan 20, 2009 11:31 AM >To: wnn >Subject: mamma mia, that's some mighty big crowd > > >Can't believe they fit that whole thing... > >_ >Knowledg

Re: [Fwd: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Clear Channel Shows 1,850 the Door]

2009-01-20 Thread Jim O'Connell
Lots of people at the CC stations in Providence were shown the door. Boy its ugly out there. -Original Message- >From: Thomas Allen Heald >Sent: Jan 20, 2009 6:24 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: [Fwd: [TV orNotTV] NotTV: Clear Channel Shows 1,850 the Door] > > >> --~--~---

RE: [Breaking] [Oath] Do overs!

2009-01-22 Thread Jim O'Connell
Rush and his clones have the worst demographics in the business. How they will still be around in 5 years time is anyone's guess. -Original Message- From: Rychard Withers Sent: Jan 22, 2009 10:55 AM To: wnndl@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [Breaking] [Oath] Do overs! In the Fall 08 Book

Re: [Breaking] [Oath] Do overs!

2009-01-22 Thread Jim O'Connell
This is their big dilemma. There remains an Old-School GOP that is all about letting the business of America be buisiness, but which includes a sort of noblesse oblige traditionalism, but that GOP is based firmly in the northeast and is firmly at odds with the religion-infused, culture-war -obses

Re: Mad Magazine morphs from monthly

2009-01-24 Thread Jim O'Connell
I thought for a second this might be a Tim Stack reference... "If you don't know Nightstand, you don't know Dick!" -Original Message- >From: Charles Schultz >Sent: Jan 24, 2009 6:51 AM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: Mad Magazine morphs from monthly > > >If you're not getting

Re: [GOODMAN] Bring me the head of George-Michael Bluth.

2009-02-03 Thread Jim O'Connell
He's the man who canceled "Harry O" for no damn reason at all. -Original Message- >From: Joseph Nebus >Sent: Feb 2, 2009 11:08 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: [GOODMAN] Bring me the head of George-Michael Bluth. > > > >On Jan 28, 2009, at 2:20 PM, Thomas Allen Heald wrote: >

Re: One of The Nine (and Pouting over Poutine?)

2009-02-05 Thread Jim O'Connell
There are a couple of places in Boston and Providence that serve it, and you can get cheese curds in Worcester, but I've never seen actual poutine sauce at the supermarket, so you have to use gravy. -Original Message- >From: Doug Elrod >Sent: Feb 5, 2009 5:18 PM >To: World News Now Dis

Re: (media deathwatch) Blues at the Green*

2009-02-25 Thread Jim O'Connell
100 layoffs at the ProJo yesterday. -Original Message- >From: Joseph Nebus >Sent: Feb 24, 2009 11:25 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: (media deathwatch) Blues at the Green* > > > >On Feb 25, 2009, at 9:57 AM, Richard de Give wrote: > >> Troubled San Francisco paper in danger

Re: (media deathwatch) Blues at the Green*

2009-02-25 Thread Jim O'Connell
Courant Cutting About 100 Jobs The Hartford Courant 12:02 PM EST, February 25, 2009 The Hartford Courant is eliminating about 100 jobs this week, mostly by layoffs, as the longtime slide in advertising revenues gains speed in 2009. The cuts include about 30 employees in news, bringing the news

Re: [deadpool] and now the rest .......

2009-02-28 Thread Jim O'Connell
PH was a real original, but, truth be told, he'd sounded pretty awful in recent years. -Original Message- >From: Glenda Collins >Sent: Feb 28, 2009 9:31 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: [deadpool] and now the rest ... > >This is very sad.  A great voice of our time is si

Re: [deadpool] and now the rest .......

2009-02-28 Thread Jim O'Connell
He had a long life... no doubt due in part to taking Citrical. That's Cit as in Citrus, Cal as in Calcium. Citrical. -Original Message- >From: Rychard Withers >Sent: Feb 28, 2009 8:40 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: [deadpool] and now the rest ... > > >Paul Harvey > >Brea

Re: [deadpool] and now the rest .......

2009-03-01 Thread Jim O'Connell
Paul Aurandt is his name, or something like that. I think he's been doing TROTS for a while now, but since WBZ doesn't run PH anymore, I'm not sure of the specifics. -Original Message- >From: Dennis Brumm >Sent: Mar 1, 2009 3:06 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: [deadpool] a

Re: (media deathwatch) Blues at the Green*

2009-03-02 Thread Jim O'Connell
Here's the epitome of idiotic mismanagement: Media General has 141 people working at the Dothan (Ala. ) Eagle. Dothan has a population of 60,000. The paper quotes a circulation of 33,000, but if you believe that you probably believe Joaquin Phoenix is the next big hip hop star. -Original

Re: [Media]Funniest Blog Leadline I've Ever Read

2009-03-03 Thread Jim O'Connell
I am tired of these many years of Rush Limbaugh working out his Daddy issues on the national stage. -Original Message- >From: Steven Otte >Sent: Mar 2, 2009 10:38 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: [Media]Funniest Blog Leadline I've Ever Read > > >To be charitable to most con

Re: [ DEATHWATCH ] Capitalism

2009-03-03 Thread Jim O'Connell
MITCHELL!! >>the new Mystery Science Theater 3000 DVD --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To post to this group, send email to wnndl@googlegroups.com To unsubscr

Re: ,,,,,of the story...

2009-03-06 Thread Jim O'Connell
Anyone else heard about this?  ABC affiliate WTVH in Syracuse shut down this week and showed all 40 people in the newsroom the door. -Original Message- From: Glenda Collins Sent: Mar 6, 2009 2:02 PM To: wnndl@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: ,of the story... Yes  Does anyone

Re: ,,,,,of the story...

2009-03-06 Thread Jim O'Connell
27;t, you are wasting your time on this earth." --Roberto Clemente On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 14:14, Jim O'Connell <hunthu...@earthlink.net> wrote: Anyone else heard about this?  ABC affiliate WTVH in Syracuse shut down this week and showed all 40 people in the newsroom the door.

Re: Time Magazine: Ten Newspapers That Will Fold or Go Digital (fwd)

2009-03-09 Thread Jim O'Connell
Slightly surprised to see the Globe at #5. Thought the Herald was losing readers at a little bit faster pace than the Globe. -Original Message- >From: danny burstein >Sent: Mar 9, 2009 5:49 PM >To: wnn >Subject: Time Magazine: Ten Newspapers That Will Fold or Go Digital (fwd) > > > >ht

Ouch

2009-03-09 Thread Jim O'Connell
Guess who didn't have insurance on their tower? http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/189368-Storm_Wreaks_Havoc_on_WSPA_Spartanburg.php --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion

Re: Daily News to Time Magazine: Drop Dead

2009-03-10 Thread Jim O'Connell
They're promising the ink will be EXTRA-transferrable! -Original Message- >From: damonb...@gmail.com >Sent: Mar 10, 2009 4:26 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: Daily News to Time Magazine: Drop Dead > > >Hmm. > >=== >By the end of this year, Kramer said, "We will become the mos

Re: The giant Ponzi scheme that is Florida From CBC

2009-03-11 Thread Jim O'Connell
Grouper Fiasco is now going to be the name of my new alt-klezmer band. -Original Message- >From: Donna Christiansen >Sent: Mar 10, 2009 9:42 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: The giant Ponzi scheme that is Florida From CBC > >http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/03/10/f-rfa-macdona

Re: Make me go bald...er.

2009-03-13 Thread Jim O'Connell
I shall be participating in the shave-a-thon on Sunday in Providence. It really is a great charity. I heartily second this appeal for your cash. -Original Message- >From: "Thomas Heald, Esquire" >Sent: Mar 13, 2009 7:33 AM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Make me go bald...er. > >

Re: Pepper Heald ...

2009-03-18 Thread Jim O'Connell
My lab went in her sleep at 16 years old, curled up at the foot of our bed. She was in no pain, just very very old. I was lucky. I cannot say what I would have done if face with the choice Tom was faced with. -Original Message- >From: kbrab...@aol.com >Sent: Mar 18, 2009 7:31 AM >To: w

Re: [NOISE] Bombs Away

2009-03-22 Thread Jim O'Connell
always assume there's an open mic. -Original Message- >From: satrn...@sbcglobal.net >Sent: Mar 22, 2009 7:17 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: [NOISE] Bombs Away > > > >Credit: Des Moines Register >--Deb > >March 21, 2009 > >D.M. sports radio host drops at least 12 on-air F-bombs >

[DEADPOOL] Glicknixed

2009-03-27 Thread Jim O'Connell
http://www.wbz.com/WBZ-legend-Larry-Glick-dies/4096057 Boston (WBZ Newsroom) -- A Boston radio legend has died. Longtime WBZ radio host Larry Glick died Thursday night in Florida after undergoing 10 hours of open heart surgery. He was 87. Glick graced WBZ's airwaves for 20 years, building u

Not-so-divine Providence

2009-03-30 Thread Jim O'Connell
Channel 10, WJAR-TV, announced it will cut more 12 jobs, adding to the 12 already announced in December. Among those leaving the station will be chief meteorologist Gary Ley, weekend anchor Kelley McGee and news director Betty-Jo Cugini, who has been at the station for 22 years. Station manage

Alternating Courant

2009-03-30 Thread Jim O'Connell
Tribune Co. (TRBCQ) will bring the operations of the Hartford Courant newspaper and two television stations together under one roof in Connecticut later this year as the company looks to trim costs amid a slump in advertising. The combined entities will be led by Richard Graziano, general mana

Re: (Peacock) Jay, Jay whatdya say? No-WHDH

2009-04-03 Thread Jim O'Connell
Things are suddenly looking up for WJAR NBC 10 in Providence, which is on many of the same cable systems. -Original Message- >From: Richard de Give >Sent: Apr 3, 2009 4:10 AM >To: World News Now Discussion LIst ABC's >Subject: (Peacock) Jay, Jay whatdya say? No-WHDH > >http://www.bosto

Re: Boston Globe

2009-04-05 Thread Jim O'Connell
And with all of Media General's recent layoffs, it's not a slogan you're likely to hear anytime in the near future > A slogan I'd really like to hear: "WJAR: Yes, we *CAN*" --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: (NOISE) Newspapers: Adding insult to injury?

2009-04-07 Thread Jim O'Connell
-Original Message- >From: danny burstein > >Well, it's been some decades, but in NYC we had George Metesky >in the 1940s and 1950s, A name occasionally referenced by the Firesign Theater. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are

Re: She'll have the cleanest coffin in town

2009-04-13 Thread Jim O'Connell
Rhode Island most famous native! -Original Message- >From: danny burstein >Sent: Apr 13, 2009 2:15 PM >To: wnn >Subject: She'll have the cleanest coffin in town > > >Marilyn Chambers, Legendary Adult Actress, Dead at 57 > >The world-famous performer worked in both XXX and mainstream fil

Re: [DEADPOOL]The Bird Has Flown The Coop

2009-04-13 Thread Jim O'Connell
He delivered my firewood for years. Aw damn. Very sad. -Original Message- From: kbrab...@aol.com Sent: Apr 13, 2009 5:55 PM To: wnndl@googlegroups.com Subject: [DEADPOOL]The Bird Has Flown The Coop Former AL Rookie of the Year Mark Fidrych has been found dead under a pickup truck at his

Re: She'll have the cleanest coffin in town

2009-04-13 Thread Jim O'Connell
Yeah. "Nibbles Woodaway" is his name. -Original Message- From: Dennis Brumm Sent: Apr 13, 2009 5:22 PM To: wnndl@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: She'll have the cleanest coffin in town On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 12:35 PM, danny burstein wrote: >> - speaking of Rhode Island

Re: She'll have the cleanest coffin in town

2009-04-14 Thread Jim O'Connell
Satiated. -Original Message- >From: "Thomas Heald, Esquire" >Sent: Apr 14, 2009 3:36 AM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: She'll have the cleanest coffin in town > > >The correct headline was Under the Green Door. > >> --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You r

Re: She'll have the cleanest coffin in town

2009-04-14 Thread Jim O'Connell
win. -Original Message- >From: Steven Otte >Sent: Apr 14, 2009 9:01 AM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: She'll have the cleanest coffin in town > > >Unsociable. > >-- >Steven Otte >steveno...@att.net > >- Original Message -

Re: today's PWG story: NYC gal working the hotels in Boston is murdered.

2009-04-17 Thread Jim O'Connell
But wait... it gets better... apparently the guy tried to do it again last night in Providence. -Original Message- >From: danny burstein >Sent: Apr 17, 2009 12:51 AM >To: wnn >Subject: today's PWG story: NYC gal working the hotels in Boston is murdered. > > >So this story gets... big c

Re: Tom Lehrer - Godfather of Punk

2009-04-17 Thread Jim O'Connell
IIRC, he also voiced those Encyclopedia Brittanica commercials, and the kid in the commercials was his son. -Original Message- >From: "Kevin G. Barkes" >Sent: Apr 17, 2009 12:37 AM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Tom Lehrer - Godfather of Punk > > >http://tinyurl.com/cld9d9 > >Re

Re: Tom Lehrer - Godfather of Punk

2009-04-17 Thread Jim O'Connell
Oh - right. Bah. No coffee this morning. -Original Message- >From: Jim Ellwanger >Sent: Apr 17, 2009 9:46 AM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: Tom Lehrer - Godfather of Punk > > > >On Apr 17, 2009, at 6:14 AM, Jim O'Connell wrote: > >> I

Re: [WNBC] and he didn't even get a Sue Simmons Smooch

2009-04-23 Thread Jim O'Connell
I remember watching Berman's final sports update at WBZ. He signed off a :30 update at midnight by giving the score of a Red sox game and saying "I've left you with an 8 game lead, Boston. Don't blow it on me." The Sox processed to lose almost all their remaining games and then lost a one-game

Re: (healthwatch) Not on tonight's show ... Jay

2009-04-24 Thread Jim O'Connell
The irony, of course, is that that joke is very Lettermanesque. -Original Message- >From: "Thomas Heald, Esquire" >> Guttman characterized his ailment as “mild.” > >A second opinion revealed his condition as "Cool Ranch." --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You recei

Re: [POLITICS] Done

2009-04-28 Thread Jim O'Connell
Specter and Franken will give them 60, won't it? -Original Message- >From: tlc >Sent: Apr 28, 2009 12:21 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: [POLITICS] Done > > > > > >Breaking News from ABCNEWS.com: > >Senior GOP Sen. Arlen Specter to Switch Parties, Become Democrat [12:06 >p.m.

Re: [POLITICS] Done

2009-04-28 Thread Jim O'Connell
-From: Jim O'Connell To: wnndl@googlegroups.com; wnndl@googlegroups.comSent: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:35 pmSubject: Re: [POLITICS] Done Specter and Franken will give them 60, won't it? -Original Message- >From: tlc <jhaw...@cox.net> >Sent: Apr 28, 2009 12:21 PM >To: w

Re: [POLITICS] Done

2009-04-28 Thread Jim O'Connell
Heh heh... point well taken. -Original Message- From: damonb...@gmail.com Sent: Apr 28, 2009 1:13 PM To: wnndl@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [POLITICS] Done No -- dude -- we only travel back to 1955 if the other guys hit 60.   On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 13:01, Jim O'Connell &l

Re: [POLITICS] Done

2009-04-28 Thread Jim O'Connell
lins Subject: Re: [POLITICS] DoneTo: wnndl@googlegroups.comDate: Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 10:45 AM Does this signify the tide is turning and in America once again, we value intelligence?  From: Jim O'Connell To: wnndl@googlegroups.com; wnndl@googlegroups.comSent: Tuesday, April 28

Re: [POLITICS] Done

2009-04-28 Thread Jim O'Connell
ng and you don't, you are wasting your time on this earth." --Roberto Clemente On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 13:45, Glenda Collins <glendamcoll...@yahoo.com> wrote: Does this signify the tide is turning and in America once again, we value intelligence?  From: Jim O&#

Re: Done

2009-04-28 Thread Jim O'Connell
That is absolutely, positively 100% true... if, by "Karl Rove" you mean "Jack Kemp". -Original Message- >From: "Thomas Heald, Esquire" >Sent: Apr 28, 2009 7:10 PM >To: wnndl@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: Done > > >kbrab...@aol.com wrote: >> Not going to happen. Lieberman wants to have

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