Fwd: Top5 Science - 5/2/06
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Re: Paging Alfred Hitchcock . . .
... Now, ... it seems that the same pair of mockingbirds has built a nest in the bush at my mailbox, and in the spirit of protecting their nest, one of them attacks me every time I go to or near the mailbox. If they attack, they have something to protect, so I guess they have put the nest to use already. Set up a diversionary mailbox, to lure the mailman away from the present secured mailbox. Once the mailman is trained to the other mailbox, you can pick up your mail without being attacked by the mentioned pair of mockingbirds. Note: you might choose to provide the diversionary mailabox at a location which lacks trees and bushes. Nature might have set you up with more than one pair of birds... ;-) - Klaus _ This mail sent using V-webmail - http://www.v-webmail.orgg ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
WSJournal: Western Moral Authority is based on White Supremecy
What you would expect to read in the more overtly racist Washington Times: http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110008318 It began, I believe, in a late-20th-century event that transformed the world more profoundly than the collapse of communism: the world-wide collapse of white supremacy as a source of moral authority, political legitimacy and even sovereignty. This idea had organized the entire world, divided up its resources, imposed the nation-state system across the globe, and delivered the majority of the world's population into servitude and oppression. After World War II, revolutions across the globe, from India to Algeria and from Indonesia to the American civil rights revolution, defeated the authority inherent in white supremacy, if not the idea itself. And this defeat exacted a price: the West was left stigmatized by its sins. Today, the white West--like Germany after the Nazi defeat--lives in a kind of secular penitence in which the slightest echo of past sins brings down withering condemnation. There is now a cloud over white skin where there once was unquestioned authority. -- In Japan, rape is how you say hello. I am Learn custom from Hentais. --Jack Chick Parody ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: WSJournal: Western Moral Authority is based on White Supremecy
On 5/2/06 1:07 PM, The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What you would expect to read in the more overtly racist Washington Times: http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110008318 The Opinion Journal is part of the Wall Street Journal. But just to entertain me, how can a newspaper be racist? If you need some background info on Shelby Steele, you could start here: http://www.hoover.org/bios/steele.html But that would be too easy. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Paging Alfred Hitchcock . . .
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 01:08 PM Monday 5/1/2006, Deborah Harrell wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: snippage throughout ... Now, ... it seems that the same pair of mockingbirds has built a nest in the bush at my mailbox, and in the spirit of protecting their nest, one of them attacks me every time I go to or near the mailbox... I don't think staking out a cat would work, since you'd likely end up with either dead baby birds, or a cowed cat... I don't know how long mockingbirds live, so it may indeed not have been this pair... who used to attack Andy (and other cats) when he was just walking up or down the street... ...Andy [looked like] a bobcat or at least half-bobcat because he was so big... Them mockerbirds ain't a'scairt o' *nuthin'!* You are the first person so far who has recognized this [major] part of the problem... Cricket [RIP] had some memorable run-ins with the mockingbirds in the camellia shrubs - he never did get any of their babies. ...your best bet is to take down the nest. And if (when I can find it) it turns out to be already in use? Any suggestions from anyone on how to transplant it and have the parents accept the new location rather than abandoning the younguns? I think that mockers are such fierce parents that they would not abandon the nest, unlike their more timid cousins -- Gosh, they might be the Terran ancestral Gubru! -- OK, seriously, try the local wildlife dept or state Ag Coop Ext; I had a remarkably pleasant encounter with ours last week (about a banded pigeon - turned out it was a racing homing pigeon; I had no idea they'd cover hundreds of miles in a stakes race (yes, for prize money)). Me, I'm betting that if you move the nest, they'll continue to care for their babies -- and despise you, unless you bribe them with food (raisins, nuts, breadcrusts, bits of cheese, etc.). Debbi whose Bashir was highly annoyed when his stalk of six turkeys was interrupted by his human's arrival... Were the toms big/old enough to have spurs? If so, that could have gotten interesting . . . These were big mature toms, not the little yearlings; thye were more curious about the over-large, under-tailed squirrel interrupting their stately courtship displays than cross...but that will change when chicks arrive. I'm pretty sure that Bashir had a run-in with a couple of nursery hens late last spring - he came running like a streak of stormcloud, with one hot on his tail. As he'd quit stalking them then, I was a little surprised to see him try again this year; either he's forgotten, or now that he's almost two, he's feeling sassy and (over-)confident. Debbi who was grateful that ravens alerted her to a fox's presence yesterday evening, so she could scoop up the cats and take them inside __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: WSJournal: Western Moral Authority is based on White Supremacy
At 02:15 PM Tuesday 5/2/2006, Matthew and Julie Bos wrote: But just to entertain me, how can a newspaper be racist? 'Cuz until very recently, everything in it was either black or white . . . Rimshot Maru -- Ronn! :P I Am A Trained Professional Smart-Aleck. Do Not Attempt This On Your Own. Neither The Author Of This Message Nor Any Organization He Represents Or Is A Member Of Assumes Any Liability Whatsoever For Any Consequences In The Event You Fail To Heed This Warning. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Paging Alfred Hitchcock . . .
At 02:41 PM Tuesday 5/2/2006, Deborah Harrell wrote: OK, seriously, try the local wildlife dept or state Ag Coop Ext; I knew if I asked enough of the smart people I knew on the Internet, someone would come up with an answer! (The one which _I_ should have been able to come up with on my own: there's an Ag Coop Ext I've contacted previously (to find out why I came back from a trip to find that one of my trees had died) at the Botanical Gardens, and a Wildlife Rescue Service at one of the state parks--I've never contacted them, but I've heard about it numerous times on the news . . . ) Thanks! Phone Time Tomorrow Maru --Ronn! :) Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country and two words have been added to the pledge of Allegiance... UNDER GOD. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that would be eliminated from schools too? -- Red Skelton (Someone asked me to change my .sig quote back, so I did.) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: WSJournal: Western
The Fool wrote: What you would expect to read in the more overtly racist Washington Times: http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110008318 Wow. It's as if you didn't actually read the editorial, beyond that first paragraph. Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Paging Alfred Hitchcock . . .
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: and in the spirit of protecting their nest, one of them attacks me every time I go to or near the mailbox. Does anyone have any suggestions of how to solve the problem which does not involve destroying the nest and any eggs/babies which may be in it or waiting until sometime in the fall after all the local birds have flown south for the winter to next get my mail Have you tried wearing an old light coloured hat/cap with a big pair of angry eyes drawn on it in marker pen? Works on our territorial dive bombers here... Apparently they attack the top of your head to avoid your defences, and if they see the eyes on the top of your head, they think you're ready to counter-attack. Not sure how it works, but it does (here, anyway...) Cheers Russell C. --- This email (including any attachments) is confidential and copyright. The School makes no warranty about the content of this email. Unless expressly stated, this email does not bind the School and does not necessarily constitute the opinion of the School. If you have received this email in error, please delete it and notify the sender. --- GWAVAsig ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
