[scifinoir2] Fw: The DISH Vol. 10 No 18 Dedicated to the Dialogue on Race...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Contains some very important and very infuriating data. Dot's Information Service Hotline Unbossed and unbought news and information you can use Visit The DISH online at www.thedish.org Vol. 10 No 18...Dedicated to the Dialogue on Race... Table of Contents 1. Intuit's Vibe...Blaming Poverty on the Poor...Josephine Dixon-Banks 2. Hood Notes...Record US Poverty 3. Bit of History...Poor People's Campaign (1968) 4. News You Use...2007 State of Black America (SOBA) 5. Sobering Truth in SOBA...By John Burl Smith 6. Disgruntled 7. Mailbox ** Intuit's Vibe Blaming Poverty on the Poor Josephine Dixon-Banks Give us your deprived, your malleable muddled masses hoping for a gentler taskmaster Welcome to the multi-trillion dollar industry, Poverty A.K.A., cheapest labor force Poverty works, never ever unemployed A much needed commodity to justify White-collar crime classes Teaching dastardly deeds- to procure monetary needs- fostering avarice greed Give us your deprived, your malleable muddled masses hoping for a gentler taskmaster Welcome to the multi-trillion dollar industry, Poverty A.K.A., cheapest labor force Poverty creates jobs for those financing the societal Institution of ya godda pay more taxes Blaming Poverty on the poor Look! what Enron did to those less fortunate Blaming Poverty on the poor Did not corporations want a billion dollar welfare check Blaming Poverty on the poor Blaming Poverty on the poor Give us your deprived, your malleable muddled masses hoping for a gentler taskmaster Welcome to the multi-trillion dollar industry, Poverty A.K.A., cheapest labor force No penance just punishment augmenting the pillar of economic pillaging Poor people put in the pillory from the political pulpit Poverty is prime property Poverty pimps portrayed as political preachers purely punitive but polite The pluralization of Poverty provides prestige of the patricians Poverty, the promissory note from the bureaucratic infidel The Truth will tell-the truth will tell Poverty the patriotic prisoner on trial for treason Hood Notes Record US Poverty Filled with contradictions, the US economy, based on official statistics, enjoys low unemployment, interest and inflation rates, high worker productivity and a booming stock market. On the other side of the ledger, consumer debt is at an all-time high. And, while corporate profit as a share of national income has grown significantly over the last five years, real wages have declined over the same period. According to the Current Population Survey's 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplement (ASEC), which is based on calendar year 2005 conditions, the official poverty rate stood at 12.6 percent. This percentage represents approximately 37 million people. Along ethnic lines, poverty rates remained statistically unchanged for blacks (24.9 percent) and Hispanics (21.8 percent) between 2004 and 2005. For non-Hispanic whites, the poverty rate actually decreased to 8.3 percent (2005) from 8.7 percent (2004). Deep poverty is defined as a family of four with two children earning less than $9,903 or half the federal poverty level. From 2000 to 2005, the number of severely poor grew by 26 percent. Those living in deep poverty represent 43 percent or nearly 16 million of the nation's poor. Bit of History Poor People's Campaign (1968) The curse of poverty has no justification in our age. It is socially as cruel and blind as the practice of cannibalism at the dawn of civilization, when men ate each other because they had not yet learned to take food from the soil or to consume the abundant animal life around them. The time has come for us to civilize ourselves by the total, direct and immediate abolition of poverty. - Martin Luther King, Jr., Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? In November 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) staff met to discuss the direction of the civil rights movement. With passage of civil rights legislation, the emergence of Black Power and urban riots the previous summer, SCLC decided to launch phase two of the struggle. Dubbed the Poor People's Campaign, the SCLC leadership hoped through non-violent direct action to focus national attention on economic inequality and poverty, problems identified during the struggle to end segregation. Specifically, the campaign promoted an economic bill of rights, requesting a $30 billion anti-poverty package that included a commitment to full employment, a guaranteed annual income measure, increased construction of low-income housing, quality education for all Americans, decent medical and dental plans and abolition of discrimination against any group in the criminal justice
[scifinoir2] Adapt or Die -- weather warnings for India and New Orleans
Anisur Rahman is the mayor of a village that is literally disappearing beneath his feet. He knows how this is happening but not why. His village, Antarpara, used to straddle one of the great rivers of Asia, the Brahmaputra. Like the Ganges, the Brahmaputra originates as snow melt in the Himalayas before pouring down through the low plain that is Bangladesh to the Indian Ocean. Centuries of practice have taught people how to cope with the annual flooding of the Brahmaputra. They even welcome it, despite the foot or more of water it sometimes leaves in their huts, because without it their lands would be less fertile. But things are different now. This river comes from India, says the mayor as we look out at the muddy water. For some reason, the water in India is increasing, so the floods here are bigger. The floods are sweeping away our houses, even the land beneath them. There were 239 families in this village before. Now we are thirty-eight families. Clustered around us are dozens of villagers, mainly women in cheap, bright saris--lime green, sky blue, scarlet--with children clinging to their necks. I have had to move my house seven times in the last twenty-eight years, says Charna, a mother of two. I used to live over there, she says, pointing toward the middle of the river, but floods washed the land away and I had to move here. But there is little room here either. Bangladesh is the most densely populated country in the world; its 150 million people--half the size of the US population--are crammed into an area about as large as Iowa. We don't even have land for a graveyard, Charna laments. Rest of article at: http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070507/hertsgaard
[scifinoir2] [Update] No Seventh 'Star Wars' Film in the Works
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21792151-5001026,00.html Star Wars fans in full force By Peta Hellard May 25, 2007 AS the bad news breaks that there won't be another Star Wars movie, thousands of fans made the pilgrimage to Los Angeles for the film franchise's 30th anniversary celebrations. Thousands of Star Wars fans from around the world gathered yesterday to watch a 17-hour movie marathon. The free screening of all six films launched five days of celebrations at the Los Angeles Convention Centre to commemorate the world premiere of the original film Star Wars: A New Hope on May 25, 1977. About 12,000 fans - many dressed as storm troopers or in revealing Princess Leia slave outfits - attended the first day of the convention. Among the Australian fans who made the trip was Melburnian (from Greensborough) Chris Brennan, who is a member of Star Walking Inc - the Australian Star Wars appreciation society. Brennan, 40, told News Limited the atmosphere at the convention was electrifying. It's the biggest Star Wars party ever - I've met fans from all over the world, he said. I've seen lots of people dressed up as storm troopers or scout troopers or Princess Leia - and I've even seen someone dressed up as a womper, which is the big white furry thing that grabbed Luke Skywalker in The Empire Strikes Back and hung him up in its cave. I wouldn't have missed this for the world - I was there at the Australian premiere on October 21, 1977, when I was ten and I have been following it ever since. Brennan said seeing the six films back-to-back on the big screen was awe-inspiring. It was exhausting but exhilarating, he said. The whole theatre just exploded with clapping and cheers every time a new character came on the screen - it was a very fitting homage. Steve Sansweet, head of fan relations at Lucasfilm Limited, said he expected about 25,000 people to attend over the five days. Today was for our most hard-core members of the fan club but tomorrow we will be opening the doors to the public, he told News Limited yesterday. Fans hoping to hear that a new film instalment of the series is on the cards will be sorely disappointed. While a comment by director George Lucas ten days ago sent fans and internet chat rooms into a frenzy about the possibility, Sansweet told News Limited that a seventh film was not in the works. That (the comment) was misinterpreted, he told News Limited yesterday. There are no plans for any additional Star Wars movies but he (Lucas) is working on two television series. A Star Wars live action TV series will be filmed in Australia from next year and will be set between the recent Episode III and the original 1977 Star Wars film which is Episode IV. The convention, which cost $153 for a four-day pass, includes costume contests, exhibitions of movie props, autograph opportunities and even a Storm Trooper Olympics. Star Walking Inc is organising its own convention to mark the 30th anniversary of the Star Wars premiere in Australian on the 21-22nd October in Melbourne.
Re: [scifinoir2] [Update] No Seventh 'Star Wars' Film in the Works
No seventh 'Star Wars' Film in the Works Is it wrong that I want to buy everyone a round at that news? Should I let go of this numbing hate I feel for all this Lucas? Nh. Brent Wodehouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,21792151-5001026,00.html Star Wars fans in full force By Peta Hellard May 25, 2007 AS the bad news breaks that there won't be another Star Wars movie, thousands of fans made the pilgrimage to Los Angeles for the film franchise's 30th anniversary celebrations. Thousands of Star Wars fans from around the world gathered yesterday to watch a 17-hour movie marathon. The free screening of all six films launched five days of celebrations at the Los Angeles Convention Centre to commemorate the world premiere of the original film Star Wars: A New Hope on May 25, 1977. About 12,000 fans - many dressed as storm troopers or in revealing Princess Leia slave outfits - attended the first day of the convention. Among the Australian fans who made the trip was Melburnian (from Greensborough) Chris Brennan, who is a member of Star Walking Inc - the Australian Star Wars appreciation society. Brennan, 40, told News Limited the atmosphere at the convention was electrifying. It's the biggest Star Wars party ever - I've met fans from all over the world, he said. I've seen lots of people dressed up as storm troopers or scout troopers or Princess Leia - and I've even seen someone dressed up as a womper, which is the big white furry thing that grabbed Luke Skywalker in The Empire Strikes Back and hung him up in its cave. I wouldn't have missed this for the world - I was there at the Australian premiere on October 21, 1977, when I was ten and I have been following it ever since. Brennan said seeing the six films back-to-back on the big screen was awe-inspiring. It was exhausting but exhilarating, he said. The whole theatre just exploded with clapping and cheers every time a new character came on the screen - it was a very fitting homage. Steve Sansweet, head of fan relations at Lucasfilm Limited, said he expected about 25,000 people to attend over the five days. Today was for our most hard-core members of the fan club but tomorrow we will be opening the doors to the public, he told News Limited yesterday. Fans hoping to hear that a new film instalment of the series is on the cards will be sorely disappointed. While a comment by director George Lucas ten days ago sent fans and internet chat rooms into a frenzy about the possibility, Sansweet told News Limited that a seventh film was not in the works. That (the comment) was misinterpreted, he told News Limited yesterday. There are no plans for any additional Star Wars movies but he (Lucas) is working on two television series. A Star Wars live action TV series will be filmed in Australia from next year and will be set between the recent Episode III and the original 1977 Star Wars film which is Episode IV. The convention, which cost $153 for a four-day pass, includes costume contests, exhibitions of movie props, autograph opportunities and even a Storm Trooper Olympics. Star Walking Inc is organising its own convention to mark the 30th anniversary of the Star Wars premiere in Australian on the 21-22nd October in Melbourne. There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A Country - Building a website is a piece of cake. Yahoo! Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[scifinoir2] Bush grants himself virtually dictatorial powers very quietly early this month...
--- Original Message May 9, 2007, with little public fanfare, Bush granted himself virtually dictatorial powers over all federal, state, local, and private entities during any state of emergency, that only he has the power to declare and according to his definition of emergency. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070509-12.html http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55824 Author (Corsi) interview on C-Span - rtsp://video.c-span.org/15days/wj052507_corsi.rm Also, below is the framework for the INTEGRATION between the US and the European Union the White House has been working on for years under Bush...without Congressional approval. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/04/20070430-4.html there is more on the site about the North American integration as well... I think soon we will be living under the Western Union. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [scifinoir2] [Rumour] New Star Wars film 'on cards'
I believe that Star Wars will be on tonight around six. They are showing all the films on Cinemax. ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[scifinoir2] *George Bush Is A Saint *
Original Message Subject:FW: George Bush is a Saint-Happy Memorial Day! Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 14:16:36 -0700 From: H. Martin de'Campo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *George Bush Is A Saint * * ** * President George W. Bush was scheduled to visit the Episcopal Church outside Washington as part of his campaign to restore his poll standings. Bush's campaign manager made a visit to the Bishop, and said to him, We've been getting a lot of bad publicity because of the president's position on stem cell research, the Iraq war, Katrina and the like. We'd gladly make a contribution to the church of $100,000 if during your sermon you'd say the President is a saint. The Bishop thought it over for a few moments and finally said, The Church is in desperate need of funds and I will agree to do it. Bush showed up for the sermon and the Bishop began: I'd like to speak to you all this morning about our President. George W. Bush is a liar, a cheat and a low-intelligence weasel. He took the tragedy of September 11^th and used it to frighten and manipulate the American people. He lied about weapons of mass destruction and invaded Iraq for oil and money, causing the deaths of tens of thousands and making the United States the most hated country on earth. He appointed cronies to positions of power and influence, leading to widespread death and destruction during Hurricane Katrina. He awarded contracts and tax cuts to his rich friends so that we now have more poverty in this country, and a greater gap between rich and poor, than we've had since the Depression. He instituted illegal wiretaps when getting a warrant from a secret court would have been a mere administrative detail, had his henchmen lie to Congress about it, then claimed he is above the law. He has headed the most corrupt, bribe-inducing political party since Teapot Dome. The national surplus has turned into a staggering national debt of 7.6 trillion dollars, gas prices are up 85%, and vital research into global warming and stem cells is stopped cold because he's afraid to lose votes from some religious kooks. He is the worst example of a true Christian I've ever known. But compared to Dick Cheney and Karl Rove, George Bush is truly a saint. Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [scifinoir2] Bush grants himself virtually dictatorial powers very quietly early this month...
I caught this on C-SPAN this morn. Yet again, no much for a fair and unbiased media... Wonder when *we* would've found out about this? And wasn't it *nice* of them to mask it under the smokescreen of the War/illegal immigration/Paris Hilton? Clearly, they care for us... Okay. I'm out of sarcasm. Keith, take it. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Original Message May 9, 2007, with little public fanfare, Bush granted himself virtually dictatorial powers over all federal, state, local, and private entities during any state of emergency, that only he has the power to declare and according to his definition of emergency. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070509-12.html http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55824 Author (Corsi) interview on C-Span - rtsp://video.c-span.org/15days/wj052507_corsi.rm Also, below is the framework for the INTEGRATION between the US and the European Union the White House has been working on for years under Bush...without Congressional approval. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/04/20070430-4.html there is more on the site about the North American integration as well... I think soon we will be living under the Western Union. Yahoo! Groups Links There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A Country - Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [scifinoir2] *George Bush Is A Saint *
(screaming in horror, running uncontrollably) Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Original Message Subject: FW: George Bush is a Saint-Happy Memorial Day! Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 14:16:36 -0700 From: H. Martin de'Campo Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *George Bush Is A Saint * * ** * President George W. Bush was scheduled to visit the Episcopal Church outside Washington as part of his campaign to restore his poll standings. Bush's campaign manager made a visit to the Bishop, and said to him, We've been getting a lot of bad publicity because of the president's position on stem cell research, the Iraq war, Katrina and the like. We'd gladly make a contribution to the church of $100,000 if during your sermon you'd say the President is a saint. The Bishop thought it over for a few moments and finally said, The Church is in desperate need of funds and I will agree to do it. Bush showed up for the sermon and the Bishop began: I'd like to speak to you all this morning about our President. George W. Bush is a liar, a cheat and a low-intelligence weasel. He took the tragedy of September 11^th and used it to frighten and manipulate the American people. He lied about weapons of mass destruction and invaded Iraq for oil and money, causing the deaths of tens of thousands and making the United States the most hated country on earth. He appointed cronies to positions of power and influence, leading to widespread death and destruction during Hurricane Katrina. He awarded contracts and tax cuts to his rich friends so that we now have more poverty in this country, and a greater gap between rich and poor, than we've had since the Depression. He instituted illegal wiretaps when getting a warrant from a secret court would have been a mere administrative detail, had his henchmen lie to Congress about it, then claimed he is above the law. He has headed the most corrupt, bribe-inducing political party since Teapot Dome. The national surplus has turned into a staggering national debt of 7.6 trillion dollars, gas prices are up 85%, and vital research into global warming and stem cells is stopped cold because he's afraid to lose votes from some religious kooks. He is the worst example of a true Christian I've ever known. But compared to Dick Cheney and Karl Rove, George Bush is truly a saint. Yahoo! Groups Links There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A Country - Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[scifinoir2] Fwd: Re: What are you...
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], muze101 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Tracey Well, I loved scifi TV at one point but I have to admit the last shows I was really wild about was Witchblade and First Wave. I was also a Dark Angel fan. I admit to missing horror based tv shows. I was hoping the new version of The Night Stalker would last. Right now, I really love Heroes, it has replaced Lost in my heart. Lost was so great when it first started and I love surprises and plot twists as much as the next girl but in the last season I felt the writers were just trying to go in too many directions. With it's return last fall, showing a few eps, then asking the audience to wait until Feb '07 for new shows was jut a bit much for me. I don't think I'll be going back. I'm looking forward to the Dresden Files and I have been watching Dr. Who when I can catch it. Does anyone no anything about Torchwood? Where it's airing in the U.S.? I keep hearing good things about it. ~~~rachelle --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) tdlists@ wrote: Watching on TV and DVD? What do you recommend? What should we steer clear of? Tracey --- End forwarded message ---
[scifinoir2] Hey Rachelle!!!! Fwd: Blog communities
A little while back, Rachelle was reaching out to be active in the group, but she was posting on the old group which is not active. I moved her to this list which is active, but she has been silent. Rachelle!!! Where are you?? What do you want to talk about? We really want you to join in. Tracey --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], muze101 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was curious, does this group have a community some place like Livejournal, Greatestjournal or sites like that? rachelle --- End forwarded message ---
Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Re: What are you...
Torchwood is a *bg maybe*, Rachelle (and I see that my shouting
helped!), because of all the neo-sex and homosexual liasons throughout. It's
not a bad show, all in all. Here's a link where you can see the show's first
season (chancy speeds on it, so expect lots of breakups)-
http://www.smellylizard.com/tv_shows_index.htm
Hope you enjoy. I loved what I saw of it (only the first four eps, becaue
time waits for no one).
tdemorsella [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], muze101 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Tracey
Well, I loved scifi TV at one point but I have to admit the last shows
I was really wild about was Witchblade and First Wave. I was also a
Dark Angel fan. I admit to missing horror based tv shows. I was hoping
the new version of The Night Stalker would last. Right now, I really
love Heroes, it has replaced Lost in my heart. Lost was so great when
it first started and I love surprises and plot twists as much as the
next girl but in the last season I felt the writers were just trying
to go in too many directions. With it's return last fall, showing a
few eps, then asking the audience to wait until Feb '07 for new shows
was jut a bit much for me. I don't think I'll be going back.
I'm looking forward to the Dresden Files and I have been watching Dr.
Who when I can catch it. Does anyone no anything about Torchwood?
Where it's airing in the U.S.? I keep hearing good things about it.
~~~rachelle
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey
L. Minor) tdlists@ wrote:
Watching on TV and DVD? What do you recommend? What should we steer
clear of?
Tracey
--- End forwarded message ---
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[scifinoir2] Danny Glover Movies get $20 mil in funding from Hugo Chavez
Movies about Toussaint L'Overture and Simon Bolivar - now that's the kind of stuff I used to have to make up on my website http://http://www.theworldebon.com/lavai18.htm and http://http://www.theworldebon.com/mawiyah_4.htm ~rave! http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2007/05/19/glover-venezuela- chavez.html#skip300x250 Danny Glover movies get $20M in funding from Venezuela Last Updated: Saturday, May 19, 2007 | 11:14 AM ET CBC Arts The Venezuelan government has approved $20 million US in financing to back two films by American actor Danny Glover, a supporter of President Hugo Chavez. The funds will go towards The General and His Labyrinth chronicling the life of South American liberator Simon Bolivar and based on a novel by Nobel Prize-winning writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Toussaint, about Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture. Neither Glover nor Chavez were available for comment. The 60-year-old actor, perhaps best known as playing Mel Gibson's sidekick in the Lethal Weapon movies, has met with Chavez several times and even appeared on his television and radio talk show, Hello, President. Glover is an activist who recently was in the anti-globalization movie Bamako, which he executive produced, and has blamed the World Bank for perpetuating poverty in the developing world to the benefit of industrialized nations. Chavez announced in early May he was pulling his country out of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Continue Article I'm a storyteller, Glover told the Philadelphia Enquirer in April. I want the stories that I try to tell to move people, to have them understand what is often happening in the world. The actor also serves as an ambassador for UN programs and is chair of the Transafrica Forum, a non-profit organization that aims to unite Africans worldwide. I'm a child of the civil rights movement. I'm blown away by [Martin Luther King], who was in 1955 at the Montgomery bus boycott, and who he turned out to be 13 years later, said Glover. And that evolution, that kind of evolution of thought, political thought, I think, is essential. With files from the Associated Press
Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Oprah Winfrey's father to tell all in book. (But he didn't tell her.)
This, to me, reads as sad. Just plain sad.
ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: News today is that Vernon
Winfrey's book project is on hold.
According to New York Post gossip columnist Mary Liz-Shaw this
is Hollywood speak that loosely translates as, the book was taken
to an undisclosed location, drenched in ceremonial oils, burned to a
crisp and is ashes strewn from a plane over the Himalayas. Vernon
is quoted as saying, We might think about it later on.
~rave!
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-
winfrey_pmay23,1,2849493.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed
Oprah Winfrey's father to tell all in book. (But he didn't tell her.)
Maureen Ryan
May 23, 2007
Oprah Winfrey's father, Vernon Winfrey, is writing a tell-all book
about his famous daughter, according to the New York Daily News.
The paper reports that Winfrey at first laughed at the idea that her
father was writing about her youth; she called the idea impossible.
Then she said she talked to him and was told it was something he'd
been working on for a while.
I was upset, she told the Daily News. I won't say 'devastated,'
but I was stunned.
The last person in the world to be doing a book about me is Vernon
Winfrey, the talk show mogul added. The last person.
Vernon Winfrey's book, Things Unspoken, will reportedly describe
Winfrey's youth. He's been quoted as calling his daughter, who lived
with him during her teen years, an out-of-hand and unruly child.
I would have preferred to have known my father was working on this.
It would have been a nice gesture, a courtesy, Winfrey told the
Daily News.
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Re: [scifinoir2] Bush grants himself virtually dictatorial powers very quietly early this month...
A friend of mine in Ireland always asked me, Why are we not fomenting revolution against all of this? My answer- They've got all the guns. Makes me regret being anti-gun... Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: me either. just depressed. :( Tracey Amy wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for this - will pass it on. Sickened utterly, but not surprised. Amy I caught this on C-SPAN this morn. Yet again, no much for a fair and unbiased media... Wonder when *we* would've found out about this? And wasn't it *nice* of them to mask it under the smokescreen of the War/illegal immigration/Paris Hilton? Clearly, they care for us... Okay. I'm out of sarcasm. Keith, take it. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) wrote: --- Original Message May 9, 2007, with little public fanfare, Bush granted himself virtually dictatorial powers over all federal, state, local, and private entities during any state of emergency, that only he has the power to declare and according to his definition of emergency. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070509-12.html http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55824 Author (Corsi) interview on C-Span - rtsp://video.c-span.org/15days/wj052507_corsi.rm Also, below is the framework for the INTEGRATION between the US and the European Union the White House has been working on for years under Bush...without Congressional approval. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/04/20070430-4.html there is more on the site about the North American integration as well... I think soon we will be living under the Western Union. Yahoo! Groups Links There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A Country - Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.7.7/816 - Release Date: 5/23/2007 3:59 PM Yahoo! Groups Links There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A Country - TV dinner still cooling? Check out Tonight's Picks on Yahoo! TV. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [scifinoir2] Danny Glover Movies get $20 mil in funding from Hugo Chavez
Oooohhh...Mister Bush won't like this at *all*.
Gotta be first in line.
ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Movies about Toussaint L'Overture and Simon Bolivar - now that's the
kind of stuff I used to have to make up on my website
http://http://www.theworldebon.com/lavai18.htm and
http://http://www.theworldebon.com/mawiyah_4.htm
~rave!
http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2007/05/19/glover-venezuela-
chavez.html#skip300x250
Danny Glover movies get $20M in funding from Venezuela
Last Updated: Saturday, May 19, 2007 | 11:14 AM ET
CBC Arts
The Venezuelan government has approved $20 million US in financing to
back two films by American actor Danny Glover, a supporter of
President Hugo Chavez.
The funds will go towards The General and His Labyrinth chronicling
the life of South American liberator Simon Bolivar and based on a
novel by Nobel Prize-winning writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez and
Toussaint, about Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture.
Neither Glover nor Chavez were available for comment.
The 60-year-old actor, perhaps best known as playing Mel Gibson's
sidekick in the Lethal Weapon movies, has met with Chavez several
times and even appeared on his television and radio talk show, Hello,
President.
Glover is an activist who recently was in the anti-globalization
movie Bamako, which he executive produced, and has blamed the World
Bank for perpetuating poverty in the developing world to the benefit
of industrialized nations.
Chavez announced in early May he was pulling his country out of the
World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
Continue Article
I'm a storyteller, Glover told the Philadelphia Enquirer in
April. I want the stories that I try to tell to move people, to have
them understand what is often happening in the world.
The actor also serves as an ambassador for UN programs and is chair
of the Transafrica Forum, a non-profit organization that aims to
unite Africans worldwide.
I'm a child of the civil rights movement.
I'm blown away by [Martin
Luther King], who was in 1955 at the Montgomery bus boycott, and who
he turned out to be 13 years later, said Glover. And that
evolution, that kind of evolution of thought, political thought, I
think, is essential.
With files from the Associated Press
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Re: [scifinoir2] Kurt Russell Criticizes 'Grindhouse' Breakup
i saw the grind housetotaland the death car part was too me way more emotionally satisfying than the rodrrihuis. what are they gonna do with those halarious ads??? On 5/23/07, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sadly, in H'Wood, visionaries rarely survive long. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: Kurt Russell Criticizes 'Grindhouse' Breakup Kurt Russell, who starred in the Death Proof segment of the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez horror double feature Grindhouse, has expressed disappointment over the decision to release Death Proof as a separate feature for European audiences. Appearing today (Tuesday) at a news conference at the Cannes Film Festival, where Death Proof is screening in competition for the Palme d'Or, Russell, acknowledging that he hasn't seen the reedited longer version, said, I'm disappointed for any audience that they won't get the Grindhouse experience. ... These [two] movies are going to go out there by themselves and they'll live their own life, but my prediction is that 20 years from now, you'll want the Grindhouse experience. ... [It's] something bizarre that you've never experienced before. But, appearing at the same news conference, director Quentin Tarantino defended the new version, saying that the film has changed 180 degrees so far as the emotion is concerned and that he is particularly pleased with the way Russell's character has evolved in the editing. Standing at the rear of the news conference, producer Harvey Weinstein also joined in the discussion, saying that what Tarantino and Rodriguez originally had to remove from their films so that they could be combined reduced the essence of the films. It would have been like cutting [Tarantino's] Kill Bill and [Rodriguez's] Sin City to 70-minute versions, he said. He predicted that European audiences and hopefully American audiences will get a lot more enjoyment out of the films when they're seen separately. (Grindhouse was a surprise flop when it was released domestically in April. The $60-million film earned only $24 million in ticket sales.) http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2007-05-22/ Yahoo! Groups Links There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A Country - Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[scifinoir2] Re: *George Bush Is A Saint *
funny! -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Original Message Subject: FW: George Bush is a Saint-Happy Memorial Day! Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 14:16:36 -0700 From: H. Martin de'Campo Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *George Bush Is A Saint * * ** * President George W. Bush was scheduled to visit the Episcopal Church outside Washington as part of his campaign to restore his poll standings. Bush's campaign manager made a visit to the Bishop, and said to him, We've been getting a lot of bad publicity because of the president's position on stem cell research, the Iraq war, Katrina and the like. We'd gladly make a contribution to the church of $100,000 if during your sermon you'd say the President is a saint. The Bishop thought it over for a few moments and finally said, The Church is in desperate need of funds and I will agree to do it. Bush showed up for the sermon and the Bishop began: I'd like to speak to you all this morning about our President. George W. Bush is a liar, a cheat and a low-intelligence weasel. He took the tragedy of September 11^th and used it to frighten and manipulate the American people. He lied about weapons of mass destruction and invaded Iraq for oil and money, causing the deaths of tens of thousands and making the United States the most hated country on earth. He appointed cronies to positions of power and influence, leading to widespread death and destruction during Hurricane Katrina. He awarded contracts and tax cuts to his rich friends so that we now have more poverty in this country, and a greater gap between rich and poor, than we've had since the Depression. He instituted illegal wiretaps when getting a warrant from a secret court would have been a mere administrative detail, had his henchmen lie to Congress about it, then claimed he is above the law. He has headed the most corrupt, bribe-inducing political party since Teapot Dome. The national surplus has turned into a staggering national debt of 7.6 trillion dollars, gas prices are up 85%, and vital research into global warming and stem cells is stopped cold because he's afraid to lose votes from some religious kooks. He is the worst example of a true Christian I've ever known. But compared to Dick Cheney and Karl Rove, George Bush is truly a saint. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [scifinoir2] Bush grants himself virtually dictatorial powers very quietly early this month...
It's not about guns. At least, it hasn't even gotten that far to be about guns. What they got was our unenlightened self-interest, as we sold out to fear, hatred, prejudice, and misplaced vengeance. This was a coup of the government against the citizenry, but we opened the gates and invited the invaders in. I'd say America got what it deserved if I didn't still live here... -- Original message -- From: Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] A friend of mine in Ireland always asked me, Why are we not fomenting revolution against all of this? My answer- They've got all the guns. Makes me regret being anti-gun... Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: me either. just depressed. :( Tracey Amy wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks for this - will pass it on. Sickened utterly, but not surprised. Amy I caught this on C-SPAN this morn. Yet again, no much for a fair and unbiased media... Wonder when *we* would've found out about this? And wasn't it *nice* of them to mask it under the smokescreen of the War/illegal immigration/Paris Hilton? Clearly, they care for us... Okay. I'm out of sarcasm. Keith, take it. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) wrote: --- Original Message May 9, 2007, with little public fanfare, Bush granted himself virtually dictatorial powers over all federal, state, local, and private entities during any state of emergency, that only he has the power to declare and according to his definition of emergency. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070509-12.html http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55824 Author (Corsi) interview on C-Span - rtsp://video.c-span.org/15days/wj052507_corsi.rm Also, below is the framework for the INTEGRATION between the US and the European Union the White House has been working on for years under Bush...without Congressional approval. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/04/20070430-4.html there is more on the site about the North American integration as well... I think soon we will be living under the Western Union. Yahoo! Groups Links There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A Country - Get the free Yahoo! toolbar and rest assured with the added security of spyware protection. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.7.7/816 - Release Date: 5/23/2007 3:59 PM Yahoo! Groups Links There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A Country - TV dinner still cooling? Check out Tonight's Picks on Yahoo! TV. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [scifinoir2] 'Star Trek' Writers Talk Direction, Technobabble But Not Matt Damon
Justine is just the tip of the iceberg. Don't get me started on my Judge Hatchett... Yeah, the time travel plot device was overused and predictible. I did enjoy the Enterprise T'Pol/Archer short-term memory problem episode. That was an outstanding exception. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ You're the first person I've heard of crushing on Justine Bateman! :) One reason I got so sick of Enterprise and aspects of Voyager was perhaps the main plot device BB overused--time travel! Man, I've literally lost count of how often they used time travel in all the series to tell a story, then reverse everything. Some were really good--Yesterday's Enterprise (TNG), Trials and Tribbleations (DS9), the Enterprise where Archer lost his memory and had to be told by T'Pol each day how Earth was destroyed. But in the main time travel was so overused it became sickening. -- Original message -- From: James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] I thoroughly enjoyed DS9 in syndication. I was on active duty when it began its run and hardly watched TV then. It was nice to see an ST series that didn't have the obligatory holodeck scene every episode or an undisciplined, out of control crew lost in space, or a desperate problem routinely solved through reversing the polarity. Couldn't stand the damned v-word show. Liked TNG. Loved DS9. Great casting. Lots of new characters and familiar faces. Hawk from Spenser - running a space station? Awesome! Rene Auberjonis as a shape-shifting security officer? Plus, Terry Farrell reminded me of Justine Bateman - who I used crush on back in the day. :) That was some damn fine television. ___ James A. Landrith, Jr. 703-593-2065 cell 760-875-8547 fax http://www.jameslandrith.com . Original Message ... On Wed, 16 May 2007 19:51:26 + wrote: Yeah, as evidenced by the fact which bothered me from day one of DS9: Sisko was the *only* star of any Trek series who didn't come in as a captain. What was that about? I hear you and agree. I know from stuff I've read on the Net and even conversations in comic shops, DS9 isn't really appreciated. What's really sad, Tracey? DS9 had the best balance of all the things that made Trek what it was: aliens, futuristic tech, action, drama, fully realized characters, and humour. I loved TNG--still do--but it was lacking in humorous, light-hearted shows. Between Quark, Bashir, and O'Brien, DS9 had a goodly number of funny shows, especially during the Dominion War, when the humour broke up the heavy drama. Voyager had lots of aliens, and the Doctor was funny, but the characters weren't really realized. Janeway and Seven ultimately got all the best scripts, with B'Lana Torres and the Doctor getting the leftovers. DS9 managed to develop everyone in that cast over seven years--even people like Jake and Rom--so that all had grown. Enterprise had the tension of the Xindi thing, but the Dominion War trumps it easily. And everywhere I turn now, people pat themselves on the back by saying the new Battlestar Galactica is the best scifi series ever on American TV. I love BSG, but I have to say that overall DS9 is better due to its more balanced flow. Great shows both--along with B5--but when it comes to thinking about what series I could watch over and over again decades in the future without getting tired of it, DS9 beats BSG. And again, it seems so few of those people realize that Ronald Moore worked on DS9 before BSG... -- Original message -- From: Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) Let me just say it. Most of America never wanted and never liked a Black captain staring in the Star Trek universe. From day one Deep Space nine has been the step-child of the Franchise. Tracey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not sure if this particular piece on the next Trek film was already posted. I find it interesting they say it won't be a prequel, but a reimaging. (Lord--the last reimaged movie I saw was Tim Burton's laughable Planet of the Apes! Gotta be better than that!). I also note that just about every writer, director, and producer I read references The Next Generation as the standard Trek of the modern era. I get it that TNG had lots of action, a starship as base, and great characters. It's probably overall the most easily accessible Trek show to casual fans and non-fans. Still, it bothers me that the best overall *written* show is almost never discussed: Deep Space Nine. How many people realize
Re: [scifinoir2] Danny Glover Movies get $20 mil in funding from Hugo Chavez
I'm fascinated by this project. Glover's one of those who's doing all kinds of stuff, yet if he ain't acting crazy like Hilton, Lohan, Spears, or Brangelina, he gets no press. I do quibble, however, with the article charaterizing him as best known for playing Mel Gibson's sidekick. That connotes that he was second fiddle to Gibson, and I always saw them as different but fully equal partners. -- Original message -- From: ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Movies about Toussaint L'Overture and Simon Bolivar - now that's the kind of stuff I used to have to make up on my website http://http://www.theworldebon.com/lavai18.htm and http://http://www.theworldebon.com/mawiyah_4.htm ~rave! http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2007/05/19/glover-venezuela- chavez.html#skip300x250 Danny Glover movies get $20M in funding from Venezuela Last Updated: Saturday, May 19, 2007 | 11:14 AM ET CBC Arts The Venezuelan government has approved $20 million US in financing to back two films by American actor Danny Glover, a supporter of President Hugo Chavez. The funds will go towards The General and His Labyrinth chronicling the life of South American liberator Simon Bolivar and based on a novel by Nobel Prize-winning writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Toussaint, about Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture. Neither Glover nor Chavez were available for comment. The 60-year-old actor, perhaps best known as playing Mel Gibson's sidekick in the Lethal Weapon movies, has met with Chavez several times and even appeared on his television and radio talk show, Hello, President. Glover is an activist who recently was in the anti-globalization movie Bamako, which he executive produced, and has blamed the World Bank for perpetuating poverty in the developing world to the benefit of industrialized nations. Chavez announced in early May he was pulling his country out of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Continue Article I'm a storyteller, Glover told the Philadelphia Enquirer in April. I want the stories that I try to tell to move people, to have them understand what is often happening in the world. The actor also serves as an ambassador for UN programs and is chair of the Transafrica Forum, a non-profit organization that aims to unite Africans worldwide. I'm a child of the civil rights movement. I'm blown away by [Martin Luther King], who was in 1955 at the Montgomery bus boycott, and who he turned out to be 13 years later, said Glover. And that evolution, that kind of evolution of thought, political thought, I think, is essential. With files from the Associated Press [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[scifinoir2] Re: Danny Glover Movies get $20 mil in funding from Hugo Chavez
I am amused by your sidekick comment. I have been studying the great variety stars of the 20th century as preparation for elevating Samuel George Davis, Jr. on my website (http://the worldebon.com/negus_26.htm). One of the comedians I researched was Jack Benny who had Eddie Rochester Anderson as his sidekick. So strong was Anderson's performance as Benny's valet, some newspapers listed the radio show as the Eddie Anderson Show. Which, of course, on the World Ebon, I make it so (http://theworldebon.com/eshe_23.htm). ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm fascinated by this project. Glover's one of those who's doing all kinds of stuff, yet if he ain't acting crazy like Hilton, Lohan, Spears, or Brangelina, he gets no press. I do quibble, however, with the article charaterizing him as best known for playing Mel Gibson's sidekick. That connotes that he was second fiddle to Gibson, and I always saw them as different but fully equal partners. -- Original message -- From: ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Movies about Toussaint L'Overture and Simon Bolivar - now that's the kind of stuff I used to have to make up on my website http://http://www.theworldebon.com/lavai18.htm and http://http://www.theworldebon.com/mawiyah_4.htm ~rave! http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2007/05/19/glover-venezuela- chavez.html#skip300x250 Danny Glover movies get $20M in funding from Venezuela Last Updated: Saturday, May 19, 2007 | 11:14 AM ET CBC Arts The Venezuelan government has approved $20 million US in financing to back two films by American actor Danny Glover, a supporter of President Hugo Chavez. The funds will go towards The General and His Labyrinth chronicling the life of South American liberator Simon Bolivar and based on a novel by Nobel Prize-winning writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Toussaint, about Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture. Neither Glover nor Chavez were available for comment. The 60-year-old actor, perhaps best known as playing Mel Gibson's sidekick in the Lethal Weapon movies, has met with Chavez several times and even appeared on his television and radio talk show, Hello, President. Glover is an activist who recently was in the anti-globalization movie Bamako, which he executive produced, and has blamed the World Bank for perpetuating poverty in the developing world to the benefit of industrialized nations. Chavez announced in early May he was pulling his country out of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Continue Article I'm a storyteller, Glover told the Philadelphia Enquirer in April. I want the stories that I try to tell to move people, to have them understand what is often happening in the world. The actor also serves as an ambassador for UN programs and is chair of the Transafrica Forum, a non-profit organization that aims to unite Africans worldwide. I'm a child of the civil rights movement. I'm blown away by [Martin Luther King], who was in 1955 at the Montgomery bus boycott, and who he turned out to be 13 years later, said Glover. And that evolution, that kind of evolution of thought, political thought, I think, is essential. With files from the Associated Press [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
[scifinoir2] Re: Kurt Russell Criticizes 'Grindhouse' Breakup
I agree wholeheartedly with your assessment. ~rave! (WARNING! SELF SERVING PLUG BELOW!) My review of the good part of Grindhouse: http://www.theworldebon.com/home.htm --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, buky90 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i saw the grind housetotaland the death car part was too me way more emotionally satisfying than the rodrrihuis. what are they gonna do with those halarious ads??? On 5/23/07, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sadly, in H'Wood, visionaries rarely survive long. Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor) [EMAIL PROTECTED] tdlists%40multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: Kurt Russell Criticizes 'Grindhouse' Breakup Kurt Russell, who starred in the Death Proof segment of the Quentin Tarantino/Robert Rodriguez horror double feature Grindhouse, has expressed disappointment over the decision to release Death Proof as a separate feature for European audiences. Appearing today (Tuesday) at a news conference at the Cannes Film Festival, where Death Proof is screening in competition for the Palme d'Or, Russell, acknowledging that he hasn't seen the reedited longer version, said, I'm disappointed for any audience that they won't get the Grindhouse experience. ... These [two] movies are going to go out there by themselves and they'll live their own life, but my prediction is that 20 years from now, you'll want the Grindhouse experience. ... [It's] something bizarre that you've never experienced before. But, appearing at the same news conference, director Quentin Tarantino defended the new version, saying that the film has changed 180 degrees so far as the emotion is concerned and that he is particularly pleased with the way Russell's character has evolved in the editing. Standing at the rear of the news conference, producer Harvey Weinstein also joined in the discussion, saying that what Tarantino and Rodriguez originally had to remove from their films so that they could be combined reduced the essence of the films. It would have been like cutting [Tarantino's] Kill Bill and [Rodriguez's] Sin City to 70-minute versions, he said. He predicted that European audiences and hopefully American audiences will get a lot more enjoyment out of the films when they're seen separately. (Grindhouse was a surprise flop when it was released domestically in April. The $60-million film earned only $24 million in ticket sales.) http://www.imdb.com/news/sb/2007-05-22/ Yahoo! Groups Links There is no reason Good can't triumph over Evil, if only angels will get organized along the lines of the Mafia. -Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without A Country - Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Danny Glover Movies get $20 mil in funding from Hugo Chavez
Yeah, but they should have said partner. Your story reminds me of how The Green Hornet series was repackaged in Asia as The Kato Show, where Bruce Lee was deemed the star, and the white Hornet his sidekick. -- Original message -- From: ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am amused by your sidekick comment. I have been studying the great variety stars of the 20th century as preparation for elevating Samuel George Davis, Jr. on my website (http://the worldebon.com/negus_26.htm). One of the comedians I researched was Jack Benny who had Eddie Rochester Anderson as his sidekick. So strong was Anderson's performance as Benny's valet, some newspapers listed the radio show as the Eddie Anderson Show. Which, of course, on the World Ebon, I make it so (http://theworldebon.com/eshe_23.htm). ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm fascinated by this project. Glover's one of those who's doing all kinds of stuff, yet if he ain't acting crazy like Hilton, Lohan, Spears, or Brangelina, he gets no press. I do quibble, however, with the article charaterizing him as best known for playing Mel Gibson's sidekick. That connotes that he was second fiddle to Gibson, and I always saw them as different but fully equal partners. -- Original message -- From: ravenadal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Movies about Toussaint L'Overture and Simon Bolivar - now that's the kind of stuff I used to have to make up on my website http://http://www.theworldebon.com/lavai18.htm and http://http://www.theworldebon.com/mawiyah_4.htm ~rave! http://www.cbc.ca/arts/film/story/2007/05/19/glover-venezuela- chavez.html#skip300x250 Danny Glover movies get $20M in funding from Venezuela Last Updated: Saturday, May 19, 2007 | 11:14 AM ET CBC Arts The Venezuelan government has approved $20 million US in financing to back two films by American actor Danny Glover, a supporter of President Hugo Chavez. The funds will go towards The General and His Labyrinth chronicling the life of South American liberator Simon Bolivar and based on a novel by Nobel Prize-winning writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Toussaint, about Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture. Neither Glover nor Chavez were available for comment. The 60-year-old actor, perhaps best known as playing Mel Gibson's sidekick in the Lethal Weapon movies, has met with Chavez several times and even appeared on his television and radio talk show, Hello, President. Glover is an activist who recently was in the anti-globalization movie Bamako, which he executive produced, and has blamed the World Bank for perpetuating poverty in the developing world to the benefit of industrialized nations. Chavez announced in early May he was pulling his country out of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Continue Article I'm a storyteller, Glover told the Philadelphia Enquirer in April. I want the stories that I try to tell to move people, to have them understand what is often happening in the world. The actor also serves as an ambassador for UN programs and is chair of the Transafrica Forum, a non-profit organization that aims to unite Africans worldwide. I'm a child of the civil rights movement. I'm blown away by [Martin Luther King], who was in 1955 at the Montgomery bus boycott, and who he turned out to be 13 years later, said Glover. And that evolution, that kind of evolution of thought, political thought, I think, is essential. With files from the Associated Press [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
Re: [scifinoir2] Star Trek and Time Travel (was 'Star Trek' Writers Talk Direction)
I'll even give Voyager props for one good time travel show-- Timeless. While guiding Voyager through a quantum slipstream to Earth, Harry Kim sends incorrect calculations that result in the deaths of everyone but him and Chakotay. Years later, he sends a message back in time to himself, correcting the mistake and saving the crew. Not the best show, not as good as some of the time-travel classics listed below. But memorable for seeing the Voyager's crash, and for the rare chance to see Garrett Wang actually get to *act*, rather than stand around being bright and shy and compliant. But again, later, back to the well: the two-part Year of Hell saw the entire Voyager crew decimated by a time-changing megalomaniac, but at the end? All is put back , it never happened. A cheap trick, using time-travel again to tell a sad story, then using it to erase all the consequences. Watching 85% of Voyager, as I've done in the last few months with the reruns on SpikeTV, I'm more convinced than ever that BB became hacks. -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Judge Hatchett? We must hear more! Time travel is, with the possible exception of alien invasions or computers/robots gone rogue, probably the most commonly used theme in science fiction. Got no problem with that. A big aspect of Babylon 5's mythos centers around time travel, as B4 was actually sent back in time to help with the previous Shadow War, and the prophet Valen came from the future. In fact, I can't think of single good scifi series that hasn't used time travel at some time. And Trek has had some classic time travel eps: City on the Edge of Forever - OS show where Kirk must kill his love Edith Keeler to save the future. Yesterday's Enterprise - TNG ep where the Enterprise C comes into a future where the Federation is about to lose a war to the Klingon Empire. (one of my top five TNG eps, by the way) Trials and Tribbleations - *Awesomely* funny DS9 ep where Sisko and company travel back to the site of the original The Trouble with Tribbles classic And as you mentioned, the Memento like Enterprise episode is very good. In fact, it was one of the shows signaling the long hoped-for arrival of quality in that series. But BB were so obssessed with time travel shows it became a joke. Check it: * TNG series finale dealt with Picard being bounced around time by Q in order for him to learn non-linear thinking * DS9 kinda/sorta began with time travel, as Sisko kept reliving his past in the Celestial Temple, and kinda/sorta ended with it, as he left his wife to journey through time. * Voyager's series finale had Janeway of the future go back in time to help Janeway of the past get home sooner. * The main theme of Enterprise from the start was the so-called Temporal Cold War, and journeys/glimpses of the past and future were themes of its series finale. Without even trying hard, I can think of well over a dozen more time travel eps in Voyager--the biggest offender--alone. Some were good, some bad, but the theme was overused, which shows a weakness in writing. That's what happens when the same people control a franchise for this long: they go back to the same well over and over again. Similar to the way the Borg--once feared and mysterious--became common and frankly boring due to overuse. But BB used it so much it's unbelievable. -- Original message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Justine is just the tip of the iceberg. Don't get me started on my Judge Hatchett... Yeah, the time travel plot device was overused and predictible. I did enjoy the Enterprise T'Pol/Archer short-term memory problem episode. That was an outstanding exception. __ James Landrith [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547 AIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159 MSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith Taking the Gloves Off - http://www.jameslandrith.com The Multiracial Activist - http://www.multiracial.com The Abolitionist Examiner - http://www.multiracial.com/abolitionist/ __ You're the first person I've heard of crushing on Justine Bateman! :) One reason I got so sick of Enterprise and aspects of Voyager was perhaps the main plot device BB overused--time travel! Man, I've literally lost count of how often they used time travel in all the series to tell a story, then reverse everything. Some were really good--Yesterday's Enterprise (TNG), Trials and Tribbleations (DS9), the Enterprise where Archer lost his memory and had to be told by T'Pol each day how Earth was destroyed. But in the main time travel was so overused it became sickening. -- Original message -- From: James Landrith I thoroughly
[scifinoir2] Go Force and multiply: 'Star Wars' turns 30 May 25th
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/news/article/41518/go-force-and-multiply- star-wars-turns-30/ Go Force and multiply: 'Star Wars' turns 30 by Ethan Sacks New York Daily News (MCT) 23 May 2007 It really was a long time ago. This Friday, it'll be exactly 30 years since Star Wars blasted away all expectations after opening in just 32 movie theaters on May 25, 1977. The anniversary will be marked by commemorative items, parties and events. The Making of Star Wars: The Definitive Story behind the Original Film (Random House/Del Ray Books; US: Apr 2007) PopShop Amazon Amazon UKIt's remarkable to note how, in the days before universe- filling marketing campaigns and studio tracking reports, no one, not even writer-director George Lucas, was prepared for the lines that snaked around theaters showing Star Wars. Audiences cheered from the opening blasts of John Williams' score to the closing credits, pausing only to boo Darth Vader. Facing high demand for tie-in toys that had yet to be manufactured, department stores were forced to issue IOUs. In the late 1970s in America, the movie appealed to people at a time (when) things maybe weren't going great, says Anthony Daniels, who played C-3PO in six movies and several TV specials. People wanted something to make them feel good. And boy, did it take them out of their environment! Or as Rick McCallum, producer of the recent prequel trilogy, says, It was a single moment in time that's not likely to be repeated. The movie that 20th Century Fox nearly abandoned in midproduction ended up earning $460 million at the box office in the U.S. alone, boosted by the release of a special edition in 1997. The film is the second-highest-grossing movie of all time, behind Titanic. There is no competition, however, in the world of toys and other tie- ins. The Star Wars franchise has raked in $13.5 billion in merchandising alone since 1977, according to Lucasfilm. There's no question that was the film that made the entire movie industry rethink its attitude toward summer movies, toward juvenile movies for big kids, science fiction, special effects and, of course, merchandising, says film historian Leonard Maltin. In that era, before the birth of home video, the only way to see a movie again was to go back and pay your admission at the theater, says Maltin. And people did, over and over again. This weekend, people who want to praise the Force can celebrate several ways: Now in bookstores is J.W. Rinzler's The Making of Star Wars ($75, Del Rey Books), a mammoth tome so packed with photos and facts, a wookiee could get a hernia trying to lift it. The book, surprisingly, is a first for Star Wars. But the author recently told the New Daily News that he stumbled across four boxes of transcripts in the Lucasfilm library archives from interviews that took place between 1975 and 1978, conducted by the film's original head of marketing. The background they provided formed the basis of the book, which is chock-full of anecdotes, behind-the-scenes photos and early storyboard sketches (Darth Vader, it seems, once looked more like a vacuum cleaner). Thousands of fans are expected to attend a five-day Celebration IV party at the Los Angeles Convention Center, May 24-28. Fanboys still nursing childhood crushes on Princess Leia will be excited to see Carrie Fisher in a rare convention appearance, and the apex of the event will be a marathon screening of all six movies in the saga, starting with Episode I: The Phantom Menace and ending with Episode VI: Return of the Jedi. Daniels, who lives in France, will also be in attendance. Every time I go to L.A., I check that my footprints are still in the sidewalk outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre, he says. I have to pick cigarette butts out of them, but they're still there. Thought the creature cantina at Mos Eisley spaceport was filled with a motley bunch? Watch Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed, a new two-hour documentary airing May 28 on the Discovery Channel, and see Newt Gingrich, Dan Rather and House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi comment alongside Lord of the Rings filmmaker Peter Jackson. Far out. To coincide with the anniversary, the U.S. Postal Service is issuing 15 Star Wars stamps. (Mailboxes that look like R2-D2 have on the streets for the past few months to promote the release.) But Lucasfilm isn't stuck in the past: There are two TV series in the works, animated and live-action, with the latter reportedly filling in the blanks of what some characters were doing for the 20 years between Episodes III and IV. McCallum says the plan is to get them on the air in 2009. Star Wars was revolutionary, otherwise it wouldn't have lasted this long, says Peter Mayhew, the 7-foot-3 English actor who played Chewbacca. So I'll talk to you again in another 30 years.
[scifinoir2] OT: Tap dancing boy destroys Tibetan monks' meticulous sand design
Tap dancing boy destroys Tibetan monks' meticulous sand design Sitting cross legged for two days a group of Tibetan monks carefully created an intricate sand design as an expression of their Buddhist faith. However, an intervention, not of the divine variety, saw their efforts go to waste when a little boy who toddled into Kansas City's train station behind his mother spotted the display of coloured sand on the floor and could not resist. Slipping under a protective rope, he danced all over the sand, ruining the carefully crafted picture. He did a little tap dance on it, completely destroying it, said Lama Chuck Stanford, of Kansas City's Rhime Buddhist Center. Sand dance: The intricate art work designed by Tibetan monks which was destroyed when a young boy tap danced on it They were more than halfway done with the design, called a mandala, on Tuesday when they ended their labours for the day and left. The little boy arrived sometime later with his mother, who was taking a parcel to the post office inside the vast hall. A surveillance camera caught the boy kicking the sand and destroying the work of the group of monks from the Drepung Gomang Monastery in southern India. I think I would have been pretty darn angry about that and disappointed and say OK I'm done, I am not going to do anything more, said one man. The monks, however, did not appear to be too despondent and have set about repairing the damage, which they hope to complete by the end of the week. However, they did set up a proper barrier to avoid any further disappointmen
