Re: [scifinoir2] Fw: Bill Moyers slams right-wing takeover of public broadcasting

2005-05-19 Thread Mikal Howard
for a long time asa commercial art and communications grad i have noted that NPR is a mouthpiece for the right -- to the point where -- if a guest has ideas that are liberal the guests -- like mart i moss-cowan or terry gross try to put words in theimouth to the tune of "surely you didn'tmean to di

[scifinoir2] Fw: Bill Moyers slams right-wing takeover of public broadcasting

2005-05-19 Thread Amy Harlib
[EMAIL PROTECTED] I saw and heard the whole speech on the Internet and it is so dead on! Don't miss this! Subject: Fw: Bill Moyers slams right-wing takeover of public broadcasting > The slam is well deserved. > http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/stlouiscitycounty/story/BBB15FFD3

Re: [scifinoir2] NASA Challenge: Pull Oxygen from Moon Dirt, Win $250,000

2005-05-19 Thread Mikal Howard
I want to play a 'Moon Is A harsh Mistress' role playing game. before veyerhoeven RUINS IT with a TRUNCHEON the way he decimated ST. mikal x! --- Brent Wodehouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.space.com/news/050519_moonrox_challenge.html > > NASA Challenge: Pull Oxygen from Moon Dirt, W

[scifinoir2] FW: Bill Moyers Blasts CPB Chairman Tomlinson

2005-05-19 Thread Keith Johnson
Title: Message  Amy, I hadn't heard about Moyers recent speech until you posted that info tonight. So I searched and found this article about it.  Are we surprised? I've been wondering when the villagers would start bringing their pitchforks and torches to the public broadcasting arena.  I

RE: [scifinoir2] NASA Challenge: Pull Oxygen from Moon Dirt, Win $250,000

2005-05-19 Thread Keith Johnson
Title: Message This is one of the things we discussed a couple a days ago in how terraforming would work. I noted that needed gases could be pulled from a planet's soil.  Wouldn't that be awesome? -Original Message-From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: What happened to "Grey's Anatomy"?

2005-05-19 Thread Keith Johnson
Title: Message From your response and Tracey's, I guess ABC's pullling stealth diversity, using white-oriented marketing to pull in the mainstream. Like I said ,all the commercials focus on the whites. And I'm still troubled by magazine and other media coverage like TV Guide, which complet

[scifinoir2] Fw: Listen to Bill Moyers' historic speech

2005-05-19 Thread Amy Harlib
  [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do check this out!  A goldmine of enlightenment! Dear Amy Harlib: In an historic speech on Sunday, legendary television journalist Bill Moyers blasted Kenneth Tomlinson of the Corporation of Public Broadcasting

[scifinoir2] NASA Challenge: Pull Oxygen from Moon Dirt, Win $250,000

2005-05-19 Thread Brent Wodehouse
http://www.space.com/news/050519_moonrox_challenge.html NASA Challenge: Pull Oxygen from Moon Dirt, Win $250,000 By Tariq Malik Staff Writer posted: 19 May 2005 NASA has promised a cool $250,000 for the first team capable of pulling breathable oxygen from mock moon dirt, the latest award in th

[scifinoir2] Grammer To Play Blue Beast in 'X-Men 3'

2005-05-19 Thread Tracey de Morsella \(formerly Tracey L. Minor\)
Fans of Kelsey Grammer are set to find him tough to recognize in his next project - he's playing a furry blue monster in the second X-Men sequel. In X-Men 3, the former Frasier star will play oversized mutant Beast, who has not yet appeared in any of the franchise's installments. While there has be

[scifinoir2] Re: What happened to "Grey's Anatomy"?

2005-05-19 Thread Kelly Wright
I like "Grey's Anatomy," it is a perfect companion to "Desparate Housewives" but if I miss either, it is not a tragedy. When the show first came on I mentioned the 'bizarro world' aspect of it --where the blacks were ostensibly in charge and were, in essence, oppressing the downtrodden white c

[scifinoir2] Star Wars Stupidity

2005-05-19 Thread Brent Wodehouse
S P O I L E R S ! - http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2005-05-19/movie_reviews.php Star Wars stupidity Episode III isn't the worst in the series, but it's a still a galactic letdown By GLENN SUMI STAR WARS: EPISODE III - REVENGE OF THE SITH directed by George Lucas, with Ewan

[scifinoir2] Help protect wild horses from slaughter

2005-05-19 Thread Amy Harlib
Dear Friend, I thought you might be interested in this HSUS campaign to protect wild horses from slaughter. Wild horses were protected from slaughter for years, but this protection was stripped by a stealth change in the law last year. More than 40 wild horses have already been sold and slaughtere

RE: [scifinoir2] "Hercules" on NBC--Weak!

2005-05-19 Thread Astromancer
Oops! My bad[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Watch it with those "gladiator" jokes, or Yahoo will be hop-scotching us to SciFiNoir3, 4, and 5!!   -- Original message -- "Tell me son; have you ever seen a grown man naked???"Martin Pratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That was

RE: [scifinoir2] What happened to "Grey's Anatomy"?

2005-05-19 Thread Tracey de Morsella \(formerly Tracey L. Minor\)
While the show is pedestrian, paint by numbers, and I see LOTS of compromises, but there is more focus on people of color that the average show.  The Asian doctor is having an affair with the Black doctor.  The Black female resident is a black stereotype of Black women if you ask me, but s

[scifinoir2] What happened to "Grey's Anatomy"?

2005-05-19 Thread KeithBJohnson
I tuned into this show because I'd heard a Sister was the creator and main writer. She spoke at length with Tavis Smiley about the diverse cast (three Blacks and an Asian) and how the stories often center around guests of color. That may be true, but I haven't seen anything that really different

RE: [scifinoir2] "Hercules" on NBC--Weak!

2005-05-19 Thread KeithBJohnson
Watch it with those "gladiator" jokes, or Yahoo will be hop-scotching us to SciFiNoir3, 4, and 5!!   -- Original message -- "Tell me son; have you ever seen a grown man naked???"Martin Pratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That was a British accent?   I have to agree with y

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Star Wars fans have strong presence at theatre

2005-05-19 Thread KeithBJohnson
Don't know about you, but I had way too much exposure to that growing up. Man, even now I can smell the rancid smell of the locker room at school, funk and dirty clothes mixed with Old Spice, Brut, British Sterling.  I need to eat a peppermint now before I retch.   -- Original messag

[scifinoir2] Re: Oppose eliminating the filibuster!

2005-05-19 Thread g123curious
Agreed. It is wrong. However, most Radical Republicans I've talked with have this attitude: "Politics is a rough sport. Stop whinning and deal with it. Plus, we Republicans have the votes in the House and Senate. So, we can do as we please." What we progressives, Independents, Democrats, and se

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Oppose eliminating the filibuster!

2005-05-19 Thread KeithBJohnson
Similar crap took place in my native Texas when the Republican majority started major redistricting to cut the few gains made over the years. Gots to stop all that "unfair" advantage given to people of color!   -- Original message -- This is so wrong, and the arrogance of

Re: [scifinoir2] NYTimes.com: Blowing Up an Assumption

2005-05-19 Thread Astromancer
...Or else...Martin Pratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm in a couple of politically-oriented groups outside Yahoo, and I've been preaching this point for close to three years now. The invariable response, from all of the neocons, is that "Islam is a religion steeped in hatred of the West." They

RE: [scifinoir2] "Enterprise" episode "Demons"--minor spoilers

2005-05-19 Thread Astromancer
OK, that does it...Bring out the 7-Up!Martin Pratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: PLEASE? It's so- SPARKLY...Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: NOWMartin Pratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: But...but...Astromancer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: OK guys...back away from the remotes...Keit

RE: [scifinoir2] "Hercules" on NBC--Weak!

2005-05-19 Thread Astromancer
"Tell me son; have you ever seen a grown man naked???"Martin Pratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: That was a British accent?   I have to agree with you, from what little I saw. This felt like a SciFi special (not surprising, considering that this was still in the Family). I missed the final credits

RE: [scifinoir2] Hercules

2005-05-19 Thread Astromancer
Hey, that reminds me of a paraphrase from the movie Airplane: "Have you ever watched movies about gladiators?"Martin Pratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm kinda relieved. I only caught the last thirty myself, and I thought that I'd missed too much for it to make sense. I see that I didn't.Keith

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Star Wars fans have strong presence at theatre

2005-05-19 Thread Astromancer
Nah...It's raining here...hope they brought soap...Martin Pratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I anticipate a severe water drain in major metropolitan areas on May 20th.Meta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Bosco Bosco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> --- [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Star Wars fans have strong presence at theatre

2005-05-19 Thread Astromancer
Then you'll have 'perfumed' funk...Keith Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: They could always bring a bottle of Old Spice and try to cover up the funk with liberal amounts of it slathered on. -Original Message-From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Met

[scifinoir2] Re: Oppose eliminating the filibuster!

2005-05-19 Thread Kelly Wright
This is so wrong, and the arrogance of it is stunning. The Republicans think they have forged a permanent majority so they feel they are immune to the consequences. This is incredibly short-sighted. It reminds me of when the Republicans engineered the two-term limitation on presidents after Roos