[scifinoir2] Superman and Batman arrested by NYPD!
Say it ain't so! http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/batman-and-superman-fight-nypd-in-times-square/
[scifinoir2] Fw: MJ Update
ahar...@earthlink.net Of great interest. - Original Message - From: Barry Chamish To: cham...@netvision.net.il Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 10:44 PM Subject: MJ Update LaToya Jackson: Michael Was 'Murdered' PopEater posted: 2 HOURS 44 MINUTES AGO comments: 1570 filed under: Music News Print Share Text SizeAAA Skip over this content WireImage Speaking out for the first time, the grieving sister of Michael Jackson says she thinks a shadowy entourage led to the death of her brother, accusing them of murdering him. Speaking with Britain's Daily Mail, LaToya Jackson -- who signed the King of Pop's death certificate -- says that Michael was an isolated figure, making him easy prey for greedy associates. She accuses these people, whether it be doctors, handlers or assistants, of feeding Jackson drugs to control his moods in order to get what they want. I believe Michael was murdered, I felt that from the start. Not just one person was involved, rather it was a conspiracy of people. He was surrounded by a bad circle. Michael was a very meek, quiet, loving person. People took advantage of that. People fought to be close to him, people who werenâ?Tt always on his side, LaToya said. LaToya then said that she predicted her brother's demise Less than a month ago. Skip over this content 'Heâ?Ts never going to make it to London. He was worth more dead than alive, LaToya said she told fellow Jackson family members, I said I thought Michael was going to die before the London shows because he was surrounded by people who didnâ?Tt have his best interests at heart. Michael was worth more than a billion dollars. When anyone is worth that much money, there are always greedy people around them. LaToya continues, saying that in the final months, her brother was isolated from his family. He had no real friends. He was the loneliest man in the world. I knew something terrible was going to happen. She also takes on the speculation as to what role Jackson's doctor, Conrad Murray, played in the King of Pop's final hours. LaToya says Murray disappeared from the hospital after she began peppering him with questions about her brother's health. She says that Jackson was found in Murray's bedroom in the rental house, and that oxygen canisters and IV bags lined the walls. Skip over this content Jackson says that Murray mumbled a bunch of nothing as she grilled him with questions. He said something like, 'Michael didnâ?Tt make it, Iâ?Tm sorry.' It wasnâ?Tt right. It felt weird. LaToya also goes on to retell just exactly how her life changed when she got the frantic phone call about her brother. I was at home when I received the news that Michael had been rushed to the hospital. I live about three minutes away from Michael in Beverly Hills, LaToya said. Finally, I heard Mother in the background asking, 'Who is that?' When she learned it was me, she screamed, 'Why donâ?Tt you just tell her?' and she grabbed the phone and just screamed as loud as she could, He's dead!' Jackson says she nearly crashed my car. My legs went weak. I couldnâ?Tt press down on the gas pedal. I got to the wrong entrance at the hospital and was begging the security guys to help me and take my car because I was so weak and faint. They took me up to the area where Michael had been taken. Mother was crying and Michaelâ?Ts kids were crying. LaToya says she and Jackson's three children then went to view his body. There was a towel over his face and I lifted it and the kids saw him and Paris said, 'Oh Daddy, I love you.' We hugged and kissed him and the children lifted up his hands. He didn't look like he was gone. His eyes were half open and he looked like he was sleeping. He wasnâ?Tt cold. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.13.12/2235 - Release Date: 07/13/09 05:56:00
[RE][scifinoir2] Superman and Batman arrested by NYPD!
I forsee a lot of kids who'll be needing therapy in the years to come... :-( -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : [scifinoir2] Superman and Batman arrested by NYPD! Date : Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:35:27 -0700 From : Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Say it ain't so! http://newsone.blackplanet.com/nation/batman-and-superman-fight-nypd-in-times-square/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites
First Laugh of the Morn Award to you, Keith, for bringing back those good memories! -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites Date : Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:09:54 + (UTC) From : Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com And Deacon Jones is the guy who introduces you to your new life. The white dude who's newly resurrected is given a videotape of Jones, who all but explodes from the TV in his fervor. He gives the hapless dude the scoop on his new life, and then, leaning even further into the camera, Jones says And one more thing--Nooo sex! You see, there are all these evil undead/zombie like people called Moorlocks (I think) who look like humans most of the time. The newly resurrected do-gooders have a lease on life that's odd: they can't commit anything considered a mortal sin, or they're toast. Well, it seems that having sex with a Moorlock is a mortal sin, and, since you can't tell them from humans, it's better to simply avoid the whole affair rather than risk that. It was really good, quirky, fun show, with great characters. Think Reaper with a bit more humor and danger. Gone too soon. Brooks was perfect for his role, his deep, almost pained way of speaking lending itself to the dry humour of the show. I remember one show when he was talking to his partner about the need to be celibate and how hard it was. He reminisced about this one Sister he was really tempted by. The description: She was a backup singer with Gap Band, and man could she burn some pork chops in the kitchen! I still roll with laughter thinking of that line. You really have to hear it to experience the full effect. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 8:18:58 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites It had Richard Brooks of Law amp; Order and Clayton Rohner playing two formerly dead men who are resurrected by the forces of Good to return demons to Hell. They have no powers and only magical gizmos to do so, while the demons are fully powered. Oh -- and they can't have any contact with people in their past lives. And no sex. 8-O -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites Date : Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:59:00 -0700 From : Mr. Worf To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com I never got around to catching it. What was it about? On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: Good vs Evil, a USA show from earlier this decade. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites Date : Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:02:15 -0700 From : Mr. Worf To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com What is G vs E ? On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Keith Johnson wrote: Yeah, I mentioned that in my review of Warehouse 13 the other night, along with similarities to Level 9, G vs. E, The Chronicle, and others--and all of them are better than this show. I hope it gets better, but have doubts... but I must say, between SyFy and another channel --was it USA? TNT?--the debut was aired at least half a dozen times in the last week. - Original Message - From: Tracey de Morsella To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 11:28:48 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites I was thinking like you. Friday the thirteen meets XFiles. Dead on *From:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Mr. Worf *Sent:* Sunday, July 12, 2009 8:26 PM *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites I'm glad that someone made the same connection that I was seeing. Warehouse 13 is a LOT like Friday the 13th but a little more humorous. More like Friday the 13th meets Xfiles. On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: By Sarah Hope Williams , 2:00 PM on Sun Jul 12 2009 Copy this whole post to another site Slurp cancel [image: sending request] Syfy is back, now with Ys, vying even harder for your attention. But the network's name isn't the only thing that has been re-purposed; its new staple shows seem oddly familiar. Why is Syfy so unapologetically recycling old television? Syfy is trying to impress us with its new look and new shows, like a small-town girl who moves to the big city to be an actress, bleaches her hair platinum blonde and changes her name. And while we remain skeptical of clichéd reinvention, we have to admit – it
Re: [scifinoir2] Bill Cosby Does it Again... Profound!
Bosco, I still have to ride with Cosby after reading that, even though I don't see totally eye-to-eye with him.. Kids are wearing baggy pants to identify with the fact that their pants fall down after their belts are taken from them after being put in jail. IMO, nothing to identify with. And Dyson has to *show* me the historical significance of names like Shaniqua and Taliqua. I've been to Africa three times, and have *yet* to run into a native woman with either of those names. (I admit that I didn't go there to gather names, just to see the place.) And I once had a native of the Ivory Coast to tell me, to my face (politely, though) that I was wrong in referring to myself as an African-American, that I would stick out like a sore thumb if I set foot on the continent. (And he was right.) ...overemphasis on personal responsibility... That's one of the major problems in the world right now, that there isn't *enough* of that, in *all* races and cultures. However, Cosby *does* fail to take into account the need of many single Black parents to work long hours to keep hearth and home together costing in the parent-child relationship. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Bill Cosby Does it Again... Profound! Date : Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:15:49 -0700 (PDT) From : Bosco Bosco ironpi...@yahoo.com To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com I think I prefer Mr. Dyson's analysis: http://www.michaelericdyson.com/cosby/points.html http://www.michaelericdyson.com/cosby/ Bosco --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Augustus Augustus wrote: From: Augustus Augustus Subject: [scifinoir2] Bill Cosby Does it Again... Profound! [1 Attachment] To: Sci Fi Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 10:25 AM [Attachment(s) from Augustus Augustus included below] Enough said. Period. Fate. --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Bobby Galloway wrote: From: Bobby Galloway Subject: [Bham_Meet_N_ Greet] FW: Bill Cosby Does it Again... Profound! To: BLACK PLANET , SouthwestRegionalMe etNGreet@ yahoogroups. com, AtlantaMeetNGreets@ yahoogroups. com, CharlotteandBeYond@ yahoogroups. com, Bham_Meet_N_ gr...@yahoogroup s.com, Alicia White , ANITA FOSTER , awilson51382@ nc.rr.com , BRENDAS DAUGHTER 12dais...@excite. com, CARMAN WRIGHT , CHERYL RIDDICK , Connie Brandt 7733922...@mms. uscc.net, dea cutler , Debra Shipman , Debra Shipman , DENISE BROWER , Dolly Waiters , faye , Geneva Galloway , jahnasia829@ yahoo.com, KIYADA PITTMAN , Linda CMO Nettles , LORI FARMER , Lovonne Traver's Bertchelle , MARY RANDOLPH , MARY BRYANT , MISS KIT , ms jhooly , mze...@hotmail. com, NANA BAHDO , Nana Bandoh , OPHELIA , Pauline Griffiths , renata sims , Rochelle MCMillan , SHARON WALKER , sis green , STEPHANIE ETHRIDGE , teresa banks , Toni Warner , Trena R R , TRINA , tylene merricks , Tylene O Merricks , venise beauzile , YVONNE RILEY Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 11:19 AM I think this is very True... BOBBY GALLOWAY --- On Mon, 7/13/09, RODNEY SHIPMAN wrote: -- Subject: Bill Cosby Does it Again... Profound! This man deserves a Nobel Prize 'They're standing on the corner and they can't speak English. I can't even talk the way these people talk: Why you ain't, Where you is, What he drive, Where he stay, Where he work, Who you be... And I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk. And then I heard the father talk. Everybody knows it's important to speak English except these knuckleheads. You can't be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth In fact you will never get any kind of job making a decent living. People marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an Education, and now we've got these knuckleheads walking around. The lower economic people are not holding up their end in this deal. These people are not parenting. They are buying things for kids. $500 sneakers for what? And they won't spend $200 for Hooked on Phonics. I am talking about these people who cry when their son is standing there in an orange suit. Where were you when he was 2? Where were you when he was 12? Where were you when he was 18 and how come you didn't know that he had a pistol? And where is the father? Or who is his father? People putting their clothes on backward: Isn't that a sign of something gone wrong? People with their hats on backward, pants down around the crack, isn't that a sign of something? Isn't it a sign of something when she has her dress all the way up and got all type of needles [piercing] going through her body? What part of Africa did this come from?? We are not Africans. Those people are not Africans; they don't know a thing about Africa . I say this all of the time. It would be like white people saying they are European-American. That is totally stupid. I was born here, and so were my parents and grand parents and,
[scifinoir2] Re: topic: the last man on earth
The female vampire gives him poison so he can commit suicide instead of being executed. He looks out and sees the terrified faces of all the living vampires and realizes that in this world the vampires are the norm and that he is the thing that goes bump in the night(or day in their case). He takes the poison and muses that now he is the legend. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: Ok that makes much more sense. They could have used his blood to create a vaccine but that seemed to be the not a goal. What was the ending in the book? On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 7:25 AM, B. Smith daikaij...@... wrote: He represented the last links to the old world and he was their boogeyman. The new living vampires retained their intellect unlike the corpses reanimated by the disease. He had unknowingly been killing both kinds of vampires. So he ends up being captured and killed by the new vampires for his crimes. Of the three film versions the Vincent Price version was closest to the original story. The ending is slightly different in the book. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ wrote: They weren't even close to any kind of vampire. More like intelligent slow moving zombies. They couldn't break into his house because he put up some mirrors and a few 2x4s on the windows. There was a hybrid type that was a group of scientists and other folks that came up with a vaccine that cured them temporarily. They were killing off the other vampire folks. I didn't understand why they wanted to kill Vincent Price though. On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 7:39 PM, wlrouge@ wrote: *Are we talking about sexy vampires or just your regular want to suck your blood ones?* *--Lavender* *From:* Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ *Sent:* Sunday, July 12, 2009 3:14 AM *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* [scifinoir2] topic: the last man on earth I'm watching the original movie starring Vincent Price on my local PBS station. I think that if they had made the Will Smith movie with vampires instead of zombies it would have been more interesting. What do you think? *People may lie, but the evidence rarely does.* ** -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Re: Question: When does the hate stop and human decency begin?
Amen to that. The comments about Malia Obama at the Free Republic and the Young Republican controversy are just the tip of the iceberg. There a segment of the Republican party that has devolved into hate filled racial arsonists and unfortunately they are the inmates that seem to be running the asylum. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, George Arterberry brotherfromhow...@... wrote: So I guess folks thought racism would end on Jan 20? This is mild compared to stuff I read on non-political message boards, t include ESPN and most newspapers. --- On Sun, 7/12/09, Daryle Lockhart dar...@... wrote: From: Daryle Lockhart dar...@... Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Question: When does the hate stop and human decency begin? To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, July 12, 2009, 5:36 PM Come on, Amy. EVERY change we can believe in? OBUSHa? There are a lot of unemployed people getting an additional $25 a week who probably don't feel very betrayed. There are a lot of military personnel who feel a lot better about having someone trying to get them OUT of a situation instead of finding ways to give more money to civilian contractors. The man came into office and faced a MOUNTAIN of problems. A mountain that took 8 years to build. He's dealing with them politically, surrounded by people who want him to fail. Can the man have a year before we vote no confidence? On Jul 12, 2009, at 5:25 PM, Amy Harlib wrote: ahar...@earthlink. net Much as I disagree with The President's betrayals of every change we can believe in - becoming President 'Obusha' essentially, this kind of racist insanity has got to stop. We need a whole lot of educating, starting at very young ages. I voted for Cynthia McKinney, Amy Hate to post this, but I found this from a Princeton professor friend of mine. http://www.facebook .com/ext/ share.php? sid=101100539206h=Wq46xu=HJmBoref=nf No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.375 / Virus Database: 270.13.12/2233 - Release Date: 07/12/09 08:20:00
Re: [RE][scifinoir2] Bill Cosby Does it Again... Profound!
This is neither profound nor relevant. It's old. It's what he said
in DC.
And it was 2-dimensional thinking back then.
His fear of embracing Africa is a symptom of him spending more time
in the offices at NBC and not enough time understanding his audience.
I am very aware that producer Marcy Carsey had a better understanding
of The Cosby Show's audience than Dr. Cosby.
This you kids get off my lawn and get a haircut routine sounds good
at a gathering where we're all Black and trying to feel positive,
because we all want there to be a simple answer to how to properly
respond to a thousand years of systematic deception and violence,
but none of his tirade is relevant to the problems facing the people
he's making fun of. And he IS making fun of them. No, scratch that.
Of US. His we aren't from Africa bit disrespects my mother, who
taught her sons African principles to reinforce values like honor and
hard work. American history does not teach you that. He's pandering
to an audience so hard that he's not seeing that there are
countless success stories that come out of the very environment he's
talking about. People who could have helped him buy NBC when he was
trying. He's generalizing a segment of Black people he has no
connection to or association with. Just what we DON'T need.
To come around in 2009, or whenever he said this, and criticize
people that he, himself had ignored for decades, but helped sell
Jell-O to, is ridiculous. He missed an entire art movement born out
of poverty, and all he sees are sagging pants.We've got to do
better is rhetoric. I'm building a school is justice and progress.
When jazz musicians were creating bebop and new terms of slang,
mainstream media did not embrace them. Most folks made fun of them,
and intellectuals talked about how crazy they looked and sounded
with their loud clothes and loud, confusing music. Now we play
Dizzy and Monk and talk about their genius.
Personal responsibility is rhetoric. The problem is, and was,
family. And true, actual, hands on support systems for true, actual
modern day communities and families. Bill Cosby is encouraging us to
allow someone's dress and speech to stand in the way of us putting
them on the right path. Melvin van Peebles didn't dress or act
properly, and that didn't stop him from lending him $50,000 to make
Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song, a film where Melvin had his son
Mario have sex on camera.
Supporting Black kids who apply to and get accepted to HBCUs is not
enough, when most of the people he's talking about are dropping out
of school before the 6th grade. It's not about blaming people it's
about seeing the problem for what it is and addressing it. A lot of
football players have educational foundations and regularly give to
the high schools they came from. A large number of people who
understand what is going on are focused on elementary and middle
schools. About promoting adoption. And we're not concerned about a
damned backwards hat.
Bill Cosby, with all due respect, is Black America OS 1.5. Version 3
is in beta right now. There may not be many of us who have installed
it, but it was officially made available for download on January 20.
On Jul 13, 2009, at 12:04 PM, Martin Baxter wrote:
No way to put it better.
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Enough said. Period.
Fate.
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Subject: [Bham_Meet_N_Greet] FW: Bill Cosby Does it Again... Profound!
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Toni Warner , Trena R R , TRINA , tylene merricks , Tylene
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I think this is very True...
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[scifinoir2] Re: topic: the last man on earth - Slight spoilers
Mr. Worf, this is my chief pet peeve - how the heck DID she drive to Manhattan when all the bridges had been blown up to protect the island of Manhattan from the raging contagion? Then, how did she and her son DRIVE to Vermont? I'm just sayin' ~(no)rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: I thought that he was stuck on the island of Manhattan? (I haven't been to NYC so I don't know if it is a true island) But what I didn't understand is how the woman got to Manhattan with a car if all of the bridges were blown up? (one of the effects that I enjoyed deeply) On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 8:57 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@...wrote: slight spoilers for the movie I Am Legend I agree, it was problems like that which dampened my enjoyment. He seems to have spent all that time holed up in his townhome, hitting golf balls off the deck of ships. Yet when he meets the lady and her kid, they're on the way to a colony which is really not that far away. Why couldn't he have taken that armored up vehicle, left one morning at sunrise, and gone exploring? Why and how is it that he never found anyone on the radio all that time? As for the mutants, I think the leader was more intelligent than the rest, who I took it, were regressed to near-bestial state. - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 2:14:17 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] topic: the last man on earth Another question I had was, why didn't he live on the aircraft carrier? Were we to assume that the mutants gained strength but not intelligence? How did the mutant set the trap? Why did he own dogs? Why didn't the survivors answer back on the radio? Too many holes... On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@...wrote: I agree with that SUV thing. The movie had so much potential, but someone seems to have decided they had to jazz it up with over-the-top FX. The ending bothered me too, and I felt that the way they staged it actually provided for Smith to have had an ending other than the one he had--has fate wasn't foregone. There was also the matter of his isolation and lack of contact with others: once the other humans show up near the end, he engages methods to find out if he's alone or not, and I kept thinking That's all it took? He could have done that a long time ago! - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 6:29:00 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] topic: the last man on earth There's one scene that really bugged me in the Will Smith movie. That was the one where they were on the pier and one of the creatures runs into the side of the SUV and flips it over. Ten people could pick it up on the side and turn it over, but it would take at least 20 to run into it with the right timing to turn it over. I agree about the CGI. It was overused. They should have saved it for later. Also the ending bugged me. (I will try not to give that away) The mutants that were left didn't have to leave the room and what about fire? On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: I haven't seen this version. I like the version with Heston, though it varies from the book (I hear). It's decent '70s scifi. The one aired last week on SyFy was horrible. It was like a Van Damme or Lundgren flick where they throw in the trappings of a scifi world, then execute what is basically a standard fighting/actioneer. the movie didn't even *feel* like it was another world: it looked and felt exactly as if it had been filmed in our current reality, and the fights and stuff were standard martial arts/gun battles from a hundred other movies, most of them non scifi. Horrible. I liked I Am Legend in many ways. Smith did a creditable job. The sense of loneliness and despair is palpable. there are a couple of genuinely scary moments. The major mistakes in the movie are the plotting and pacing, in that the arrival of other humans on the scene takes place very late in the film. Things are then resolved quickly and unsatisfactorily. It's as if they spent all the writing and time on Smith as one man alone, then had to rush things at the end. Could have used anothe twenty minutes to work on that, or cut a bit of the stuff that came before. The other thing that was a bigger problem for me was the use of CGI for the mutated humans. They were in every single scene, painfully, obviously CGI. They were nowhere nearly as convincing as Gollum in LOTR, and it was distracting. The scenes where they attack Smith's house, or menance him on a pier, aren't exciting because they're leaping about like
[scifinoir2] Obama's choice for Surgeon General: Change We Can Believe In
President Obama has chosen Dr. Regina Benjamin as his choice for the next surgeon general. Dr. Benjamin, a black woman, is the founder and CEO of Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. In 1995 , Dr. Benjamin became the first black woman and the youngest doctor elected to serve on the board of the American Medical Association. In 1998, she received the Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights. In 2008, she received a MacArthur Foundation genius grant supporting her efforts to treat patients in the Gulf Coast region regardless of their ability to pay. http://twitter.com/ravenadal http://blackplush.blogspot.com
Re: [scifinoir2] Bill Cosby Does it Again... Profound!
Oh what the hell, I'll take it. The historical significance is that it's Black people trying to identify themselves instead of accepting names given to us. That's important. A white male can rename himself Neo. A Black woman can name her daughter Reynisha. Same rules apply. Kugichagulia. On Jul 14, 2009, at 8:05 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: Bosco, I still have to ride with Cosby after reading that, even though I don't see totally eye-to-eye with him.. Kids are wearing baggy pants to identify with the fact that their pants fall down after their belts are taken from them after being put in jail. IMO, nothing to identify with. And Dyson has to *show* me the historical significance of names like Shaniqua and Taliqua. I've been to Africa three times, and have *yet* to run into a native woman with either of those names. (I admit that I didn't go there to gather names, just to see the place.) And I once had a native of the Ivory Coast to tell me, to my face (politely, though) that I was wrong in referring to myself as an African- American, that I would stick out like a sore thumb if I set foot on the continent. (And he was right.) ...overemphasis on personal responsibility... That's one of the major problems in the world right now, that there isn't *enough* of that, in *all* races and cultures. However, Cosby *does* fail to take into account the need of many single Black parents to work long hours to keep hearth and home together costing in the parent-child relationship. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Bill Cosby Does it Again... Profound! Date : Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:15:49 -0700 (PDT) From : Bosco Bosco ironpi...@yahoo.com To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com I think I prefer Mr. Dyson's analysis: http://www.michaelericdyson.com/cosby/points.html http://www.michaelericdyson.com/cosby/ Bosco --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Augustus Augustus wrote: From: Augustus Augustus Subject: [scifinoir2] Bill Cosby Does it Again... Profound! [1 Attachment] To: Sci Fi Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 10:25 AM [Attachment(s) from Augustus Augustus included below] Enough said. Period. Fate. --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Bobby Galloway wrote: From: Bobby Galloway Subject: [Bham_Meet_N_ Greet] FW: Bill Cosby Does it Again... Profound! To: BLACK PLANET , SouthwestRegionalMe etNGreet@ yahoogroups. com, AtlantaMeetNGreets@ yahoogroups. com, CharlotteandBeYond@ yahoogroups. com, Bham_Meet_N_ gr...@yahoogroup s.com, Alicia White , ANITA FOSTER , awilson51382@ nc.rr.com , BRENDAS DAUGHTER 12dais...@excite. com, CARMAN WRIGHT , CHERYL RIDDICK , Connie Brandt 7733922...@mms. uscc.net, dea cutler , Debra Shipman , Debra Shipman , DENISE BROWER , Dolly Waiters , faye , Geneva Galloway , jahnasia829@ yahoo.com, KIYADA PITTMAN , Linda CMO Nettles , LORI FARMER , Lovonne Traver's Bertchelle , MARY RANDOLPH , MARY BRYANT , MISS KIT , ms jhooly , mze...@hotmail. com, NANA BAHDO , Nana Bandoh , OPHELIA , Pauline Griffiths , renata sims , Rochelle MCMillan , SHARON WALKER , sis green , STEPHANIE ETHRIDGE , teresa banks , Toni Warner , Trena R R , TRINA , tylene merricks , Tylene O Merricks , venise beauzile , YVONNE RILEY Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 11:19 AM I think this is very True... BOBBY GALLOWAY --- On Mon, 7/13/09, RODNEY SHIPMAN wrote: -- Subject: Bill Cosby Does it Again... Profound! This man deserves a Nobel Prize 'They're standing on the corner and they can't speak English. I can't even talk the way these people talk: Why you ain't, Where you is, What he drive, Where he stay, Where he work, Who you be... And I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk. And then I heard the father talk. Everybody knows it's important to speak English except these knuckleheads. You can't be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth In fact you will never get any kind of job making a decent living. People marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an Education, and now we've got these knuckleheads walking around. The lower economic people are not holding up their end in this deal. These people are not parenting. They are buying things for kids. $500 sneakers for what? And they won't spend $200 for Hooked on Phonics. I am talking about these people who cry when their son is standing there in an orange suit. Where were you when he was 2? Where were you when he was 12? Where were you when he was 18 and how come you didn't know that he had a pistol? And where is the father? Or who is his father? People putting their clothes on backward: Isn't that a sign of something gone wrong? People with their hats on backward, pants down around the crack, isn't that a sign of something? Isn't it a sign
[scifinoir2] Re: Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites
I laughed so damned hard when the old lady feed Brooks sheep testicles and his reaction. It's no wonder he was still stuck on Earth. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@... wrote: First Laugh of the Morn Award to you, Keith, for bringing back those good memories! -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites Date : Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:09:54 + (UTC) From : Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com And Deacon Jones is the guy who introduces you to your new life. The white dude who's newly resurrected is given a videotape of Jones, who all but explodes from the TV in his fervor. He gives the hapless dude the scoop on his new life, and then, leaning even further into the camera, Jones says And one more thing--Nooo sex! You see, there are all these evil undead/zombie like people called Moorlocks (I think) who look like humans most of the time. The newly resurrected do-gooders have a lease on life that's odd: they can't commit anything considered a mortal sin, or they're toast. Well, it seems that having sex with a Moorlock is a mortal sin, and, since you can't tell them from humans, it's better to simply avoid the whole affair rather than risk that. It was really good, quirky, fun show, with great characters. Think Reaper with a bit more humor and danger. Gone too soon. Brooks was perfect for his role, his deep, almost pained way of speaking lending itself to the dry humour of the show. I remember one show when he was talking to his partner about the need to be celibate and how hard it was. He reminisced about this one Sister he was really tempted by. The description: She was a backup singer with Gap Band, and man could she burn some pork chops in the kitchen! I still roll with laughter thinking of that line. You really have to hear it to experience the full effect. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 8:18:58 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites It had Richard Brooks of Law amp; Order and Clayton Rohner playing two formerly dead men who are resurrected by the forces of Good to return demons to Hell. They have no powers and only magical gizmos to do so, while the demons are fully powered. Oh -- and they can't have any contact with people in their past lives. And no sex. 8-O -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites Date : Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:59:00 -0700 From : Mr. Worf To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com I never got around to catching it. What was it about? On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: Good vs Evil, a USA show from earlier this decade. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites Date : Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:02:15 -0700 From : Mr. Worf To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com What is G vs E ? On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Keith Johnson wrote: Yeah, I mentioned that in my review of Warehouse 13 the other night, along with similarities to Level 9, G vs. E, The Chronicle, and others--and all of them are better than this show. I hope it gets better, but have doubts... but I must say, between SyFy and another channel --was it USA? TNT?--the debut was aired at least half a dozen times in the last week. - Original Message - From: Tracey de Morsella To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 11:28:48 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites I was thinking like you. Friday the thirteen meets XFiles. Dead on *From:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Mr. Worf *Sent:* Sunday, July 12, 2009 8:26 PM *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites I'm glad that someone made the same connection that I was seeing. Warehouse 13 is a LOT like Friday the 13th but a little more humorous. More like Friday the 13th meets Xfiles. On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Tracey de Morsella tdli...@... wrote: By Sarah Hope Williams , 2:00 PM on Sun Jul 12 2009 Copy this whole post to another site Slurp cancel [image: sending request] Syfy is back, now with Ys, vying even harder for your attention. But the network's name isn't the only thing that has been re-purposed; its new staple shows seem oddly familiar. Why is Syfy so
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: topic: the last man on earth
Thank you for the info! Did the book explain the effects of the vampire disease? Did they have any powers? Can they reproduce? Just curious how much of a difference the book versus the movies are. On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 6:24 AM, B. Smith daikaij...@yahoo.com wrote: The female vampire gives him poison so he can commit suicide instead of being executed. He looks out and sees the terrified faces of all the living vampires and realizes that in this world the vampires are the norm and that he is the thing that goes bump in the night(or day in their case). He takes the poison and muses that now he is the legend. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: Ok that makes much more sense. They could have used his blood to create a vaccine but that seemed to be the not a goal. What was the ending in the book? On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 7:25 AM, B. Smith daikaij...@... wrote: He represented the last links to the old world and he was their boogeyman. The new living vampires retained their intellect unlike the corpses reanimated by the disease. He had unknowingly been killing both kinds of vampires. So he ends up being captured and killed by the new vampires for his crimes. Of the three film versions the Vincent Price version was closest to the original story. The ending is slightly different in the book. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ wrote: They weren't even close to any kind of vampire. More like intelligent slow moving zombies. They couldn't break into his house because he put up some mirrors and a few 2x4s on the windows. There was a hybrid type that was a group of scientists and other folks that came up with a vaccine that cured them temporarily. They were killing off the other vampire folks. I didn't understand why they wanted to kill Vincent Price though. On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 7:39 PM, wlrouge@ wrote: *Are we talking about sexy vampires or just your regular want to suck your blood ones?* *--Lavender* *From:* Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ *Sent:* Sunday, July 12, 2009 3:14 AM *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* [scifinoir2] topic: the last man on earth I'm watching the original movie starring Vincent Price on my local PBS station. I think that if they had made the Will Smith movie with vampires instead of zombies it would have been more interesting. What do you think? *People may lie, but the evidence rarely does.* ** -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo ! Groups Links -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Obama's choice for Surgeon General: Change We Can Believe In
Sounds like a good choice to me. :) On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:33 AM, ravenadal ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: President Obama has chosen Dr. Regina Benjamin as his choice for the next surgeon general. Dr. Benjamin, a black woman, is the founder and CEO of Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. In 1995 , Dr. Benjamin became the first black woman and the youngest doctor elected to serve on the board of the American Medical Association. In 1998, she received the Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights. In 2008, she received a MacArthur Foundation genius grant supporting her efforts to treat patients in the Gulf Coast region regardless of their ability to pay. http://twitter.com/ravenadal http://blackplush.blogspot.com Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Bill Cosby Does it Again... Profound!
I have been holding back on this topic. I think that some of the things that Mr. Cosby said are correct, while other things show a sign of him being out of touch. His point of view comes more from an assimilationist point of view which is let's do our best to fit in and not disturb the white man. Our people have been seeking our own identity for generations and it has shown up for good and bad in our speech, social norms, food and entertainment. Despite Mr. Cosby's ramblings, it has been appropriated by every other culture on the planet! It is much too easy to have a counter-argument for most of the statements made in his speech, so I will stop here. On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Daryle Lockhart dar...@darylelockhart.com wrote: Oh what the hell, I'll take it. The historical significance is that it's Black people trying to identify themselves instead of accepting names given to us. That's important. A white male can rename himself Neo. A Black woman can name her daughter Reynisha. Same rules apply. Kugichagulia. On Jul 14, 2009, at 8:05 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: Bosco, I still have to ride with Cosby after reading that, even though I don't see totally eye-to-eye with him.. Kids are wearing baggy pants to identify with the fact that their pants fall down after their belts are taken from them after being put in jail. IMO, nothing to identify with. And Dyson has to *show* me the historical significance of names like Shaniqua and Taliqua. I've been to Africa three times, and have *yet* to run into a native woman with either of those names. (I admit that I didn't go there to gather names, just to see the place.) And I once had a native of the Ivory Coast to tell me, to my face (politely, though) that I was wrong in referring to myself as an African- American, that I would stick out like a sore thumb if I set foot on the continent. (And he was right.) ...overemphasis on personal responsibility... That's one of the major problems in the world right now, that there isn't *enough* of that, in *all* races and cultures. However, Cosby *does* fail to take into account the need of many single Black parents to work long hours to keep hearth and home together costing in the parent-child relationship. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Bill Cosby Does it Again... Profound! Date : Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:15:49 -0700 (PDT) From : Bosco Bosco ironpi...@yahoo.com To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com I think I prefer Mr. Dyson's analysis: http://www.michaelericdyson.com/cosby/points.html http://www.michaelericdyson.com/cosby/ Bosco --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Augustus Augustus wrote: From: Augustus Augustus Subject: [scifinoir2] Bill Cosby Does it Again... Profound! [1 Attachment] To: Sci Fi Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 10:25 AM [Attachment(s) from Augustus Augustus included below] Enough said. Period. Fate. --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Bobby Galloway wrote: From: Bobby Galloway Subject: [Bham_Meet_N_ Greet] FW: Bill Cosby Does it Again... Profound! To: BLACK PLANET , SouthwestRegionalMe etNGreet@ yahoogroups. com, AtlantaMeetNGreets@ yahoogroups. com, CharlotteandBeYond@ yahoogroups. com, Bham_Meet_N_ gr...@yahoogroup s.com, Alicia White , ANITA FOSTER , awilson51382@ nc.rr.com , BRENDAS DAUGHTER 12dais...@excite. com, CARMAN WRIGHT , CHERYL RIDDICK , Connie Brandt 7733922...@mms. uscc.net, dea cutler , Debra Shipman , Debra Shipman , DENISE BROWER , Dolly Waiters , faye , Geneva Galloway , jahnasia829@ yahoo.com, KIYADA PITTMAN , Linda CMO Nettles , LORI FARMER , Lovonne Traver's Bertchelle , MARY RANDOLPH , MARY BRYANT , MISS KIT , ms jhooly , mze...@hotmail. com, NANA BAHDO , Nana Bandoh , OPHELIA , Pauline Griffiths , renata sims , Rochelle MCMillan , SHARON WALKER , sis green , STEPHANIE ETHRIDGE , teresa banks , Toni Warner , Trena R R , TRINA , tylene merricks , Tylene O Merricks , venise beauzile , YVONNE RILEY Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 11:19 AM I think this is very True... BOBBY GALLOWAY --- On Mon, 7/13/09, RODNEY SHIPMAN wrote: -- Subject: Bill Cosby Does it Again... Profound! This man deserves a Nobel Prize 'They're standing on the corner and they can't speak English. I can't even talk the way these people talk: Why you ain't, Where you is, What he drive, Where he stay, Where he work, Who you be... And I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk. And then I heard the father talk. Everybody knows it's important to speak English except these knuckleheads. You can't be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth In fact you will never get any
Re: [scifinoir2] Obama's choice for Surgeon General: Change We Can Believe In
When I heard that Dr Benjamin had rebuilt a clinic post-Katrina, in spite of FEMA's best efforts, she won my vote. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Obama's choice for Surgeon General: Change We Can Believe In Date : Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:14:05 -0700 From : Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sounds like a good choice to me. :) On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:33 AM, ravenadal wrote: President Obama has chosen Dr. Regina Benjamin as his choice for the next surgeon general. Dr. Benjamin, a black woman, is the founder and CEO of Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. In 1995 , Dr. Benjamin became the first black woman and the youngest doctor elected to serve on the board of the American Medical Association. In 1998, she received the Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights. In 2008, she received a MacArthur Foundation genius grant supporting her efforts to treat patients in the Gulf Coast region regardless of their ability to pay. http://twitter.com/ravenadal http://blackplush.blogspot.com Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [scifinoir2] Bill Cosby Does it Again... Profound!
Okay, Daryle. That explanation I can understand and accept, though it unnerves me because of the ridicule I've seen women of color subjected to by Whites because of that decision. And had to break up a few fights as a result. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Bill Cosby Does it Again... Profound! Date : Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:03:31 -0400 From : Daryle Lockhart dar...@darylelockhart.com To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Oh what the hell, I'll take it. The historical significance is that it's Black people trying to identify themselves instead of accepting names given to us. That's important. A white male can rename himself Neo. A Black woman can name her daughter Reynisha. Same rules apply. Kugichagulia. On Jul 14, 2009, at 8:05 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: Bosco, I still have to ride with Cosby after reading that, even though I don't see totally eye-to-eye with him.. Kids are wearing baggy pants to identify with the fact that their pants fall down after their belts are taken from them after being put in jail. IMO, nothing to identify with. And Dyson has to *show* me the historical significance of names like Shaniqua and Taliqua. I've been to Africa three times, and have *yet* to run into a native woman with either of those names. (I admit that I didn't go there to gather names, just to see the place.) And I once had a native of the Ivory Coast to tell me, to my face (politely, though) that I was wrong in referring to myself as an African- American, that I would stick out like a sore thumb if I set foot on the continent. (And he was right.) ...overemphasis on personal responsibility... That's one of the major problems in the world right now, that there isn't *enough* of that, in *all* races and cultures. However, Cosby *does* fail to take into account the need of many single Black parents to work long hours to keep hearth and home together costing in the parent-child relationship. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Bill Cosby Does it Again... Profound! Date : Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:15:49 -0700 (PDT) From : Bosco Bosco To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com I think I prefer Mr. Dyson's analysis: http://www.michaelericdyson.com/cosby/points.html http://www.michaelericdyson.com/cosby/ Bosco --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Augustus Augustus wrote: From: Augustus Augustus Subject: [scifinoir2] Bill Cosby Does it Again... Profound! [1 Attachment] To: Sci Fi Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 10:25 AM [Attachment(s) from Augustus Augustus included below] Enough said. Period. Fate. --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Bobby Galloway wrote: From: Bobby Galloway Subject: [Bham_Meet_N_ Greet] FW: Bill Cosby Does it Again... Profound! To: BLACK PLANET , SouthwestRegionalMe etNGreet@ yahoogroups. com, AtlantaMeetNGreets@ yahoogroups. com, CharlotteandBeYond@ yahoogroups. com, Bham_Meet_N_ gr...@yahoogroup s.com, Alicia White , ANITA FOSTER , awilson51382@ nc.rr.com , BRENDAS DAUGHTER 12dais...@excite. com, CARMAN WRIGHT , CHERYL RIDDICK , Connie Brandt 7733922...@mms. uscc.net, dea cutler , Debra Shipman , Debra Shipman , DENISE BROWER , Dolly Waiters , faye , Geneva Galloway , jahnasia829@ yahoo.com, KIYADA PITTMAN , Linda CMO Nettles , LORI FARMER , Lovonne Traver's Bertchelle , MARY RANDOLPH , MARY BRYANT , MISS KIT , ms jhooly , mze...@hotmail. com, NANA BAHDO , Nana Bandoh , OPHELIA , Pauline Griffiths , renata sims , Rochelle MCMillan , SHARON WALKER , sis green , STEPHANIE ETHRIDGE , teresa banks , Toni Warner , Trena R R , TRINA , tylene merricks , Tylene O Merricks , venise beauzile , YVONNE RILEY Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 11:19 AM I think this is very True... BOBBY GALLOWAY --- On Mon, 7/13/09, RODNEY SHIPMAN wrote: -- Subject: Bill Cosby Does it Again... Profound! This man deserves a Nobel Prize 'They're standing on the corner and they can't speak English. I can't even talk the way these people talk: Why you ain't, Where you is, What he drive, Where he stay, Where he work, Who you be... And I blamed the kid until I heard the mother talk. And then I heard the father talk. Everybody knows it's important to speak English except these knuckleheads. You can't be a doctor with that kind of crap coming out of your mouth In fact you will never get any kind of job making a decent living. People marched and were hit in the face with rocks to get an Education, and now we've got these knuckleheads walking around. The lower economic people are not holding up their end in this deal. These people are not parenting. They are buying things for kids. $500 sneakers for what? And they won't spend $200 for Hooked on Phonics. I am talking about these people who cry when their son is standing there in an orange suit.
RE: [scifinoir2] Obama's choice for Surgeon General: Change We Can Believe In
Amen! AND the clinic burned down after that, and she rebuilt it again! And she treated everybody. _ From: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Martin Baxter Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 3:27 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Obama's choice for Surgeon General: Change We Can Believe In When I heard that Dr Benjamin had rebuilt a clinic post-Katrina, in spite of FEMA's best efforts, she won my vote. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Obama's choice for Surgeon General: Change We Can Believe In Date : Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:14:05 -0700 From : Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sounds like a good choice to me. :) On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:33 AM, ravenadal wrote: President Obama has chosen Dr. Regina Benjamin as his choice for the next surgeon general. Dr. Benjamin, a black woman, is the founder and CEO of Bayou La Batre Rural Health Clinic in Bayou La Batre, Alabama. In 1995 , Dr. Benjamin became the first black woman and the youngest doctor elected to serve on the board of the American Medical Association. In 1998, she received the Nelson Mandela Award for Health and Human Rights. In 2008, she received a MacArthur Foundation genius grant supporting her efforts to treat patients in the Gulf Coast region regardless of their ability to pay. http://twitter.com/ravenadal http://blackplush.blogspot.com Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYa hoo! Groups Links -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites
ha-ha, thanks! - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@lycos.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 7:46:14 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites First Laugh of the Morn Award to you, Keith, for bringing back those good memories! -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites Date : Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:09:54 + (UTC) From : Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com And Deacon Jones is the guy who introduces you to your new life. The white dude who's newly resurrected is given a videotape of Jones, who all but explodes from the TV in his fervor. He gives the hapless dude the scoop on his new life, and then, leaning even further into the camera, Jones says And one more thing--Nooo sex! You see, there are all these evil undead/zombie like people called Moorlocks (I think) who look like humans most of the time. The newly resurrected do-gooders have a lease on life that's odd: they can't commit anything considered a mortal sin, or they're toast. Well, it seems that having sex with a Moorlock is a mortal sin, and, since you can't tell them from humans, it's better to simply avoid the whole affair rather than risk that. It was really good, quirky, fun show, with great characters. Think Reaper with a bit more humor and danger. Gone too soon. Brooks was perfect for his role, his deep, almost pained way of speaking lending itself to the dry humour of the show. I remember one show when he was talking to his partner about the need to be celibate and how hard it was. He reminisced about this one Sister he was really tempted by. The description: She was a backup singer with Gap Band, and man could she burn some pork chops in the kitchen! I still roll with laughter thinking of that line. You really have to hear it to experience the full effect. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 8:18:58 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites It had Richard Brooks of Law Order and Clayton Rohner playing two formerly dead men who are resurrected by the forces of Good to return demons to Hell. They have no powers and only magical gizmos to do so, while the demons are fully powered. Oh -- and they can't have any contact with people in their past lives. And no sex. 8-O -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites Date : Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:59:00 -0700 From : Mr. Worf To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com I never got around to catching it. What was it about? On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: Good vs Evil, a USA show from earlier this decade. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites Date : Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:02:15 -0700 From : Mr. Worf To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com What is G vs E ? On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Keith Johnson wrote: Yeah, I mentioned that in my review of Warehouse 13 the other night, along with similarities to Level 9, G vs. E, The Chronicle, and others--and all of them are better than this show. I hope it gets better, but have doubts... but I must say, between SyFy and another channel --was it USA? TNT?--the debut was aired at least half a dozen times in the last week. - Original Message - From: Tracey de Morsella To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 11:28:48 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites I was thinking like you. Friday the thirteen meets XFiles. Dead on *From:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:scifino...@yahoogroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Mr. Worf *Sent:* Sunday, July 12, 2009 8:26 PM *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites I'm glad that someone made the same connection that I was seeing. Warehouse 13 is a LOT like Friday the 13th but a little more humorous. More like Friday the 13th meets Xfiles. On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Tracey de Morsella tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com wrote: By Sarah Hope Williams , 2:00 PM on Sun Jul 12 2009 Copy this whole post to another site Slurp cancel [image: sending request] Syfy is back, now with Ys, vying even harder for your attention. But the network's name isn't the only thing that has been re-purposed; its new staple shows seem oddly familiar. Why is Syfy so unapologetically recycling old television? Syfy is
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites
dang forgot that one! - Original Message - From: B. Smith daikaij...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2009 1:33:06 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Re: Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites I laughed so damned hard when the old lady feed Brooks sheep testicles and his reaction. It's no wonder he was still stuck on Earth. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com , Martin Baxter truthseeker...@... wrote: First Laugh of the Morn Award to you, Keith, for bringing back those good memories! -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites Date : Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:09:54 + (UTC) From : Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com And Deacon Jones is the guy who introduces you to your new life. The white dude who's newly resurrected is given a videotape of Jones, who all but explodes from the TV in his fervor. He gives the hapless dude the scoop on his new life, and then, leaning even further into the camera, Jones says And one more thing--Nooo sex! You see, there are all these evil undead/zombie like people called Moorlocks (I think) who look like humans most of the time. The newly resurrected do-gooders have a lease on life that's odd: they can't commit anything considered a mortal sin, or they're toast. Well, it seems that having sex with a Moorlock is a mortal sin, and, since you can't tell them from humans, it's better to simply avoid the whole affair rather than risk that. It was really good, quirky, fun show, with great characters. Think Reaper with a bit more humor and danger. Gone too soon. Brooks was perfect for his role, his deep, almost pained way of speaking lending itself to the dry humour of the show. I remember one show when he was talking to his partner about the need to be celibate and how hard it was. He reminisced about this one Sister he was really tempted by. The description: She was a backup singer with Gap Band, and man could she burn some pork chops in the kitchen! I still roll with laughter thinking of that line. You really have to hear it to experience the full effect. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 8:18:58 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites It had Richard Brooks of Law amp; Order and Clayton Rohner playing two formerly dead men who are resurrected by the forces of Good to return demons to Hell. They have no powers and only magical gizmos to do so, while the demons are fully powered. Oh -- and they can't have any contact with people in their past lives. And no sex. 8-O -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites Date : Mon, 13 Jul 2009 04:59:00 -0700 From : Mr. Worf To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com I never got around to catching it. What was it about? On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Martin Baxter wrote: Good vs Evil, a USA show from earlier this decade. -[ Received Mail Content ]-- Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites Date : Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:02:15 -0700 From : Mr. Worf To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com What is G vs E ? On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Keith Johnson wrote: Yeah, I mentioned that in my review of Warehouse 13 the other night, along with similarities to Level 9, G vs. E, The Chronicle, and others--and all of them are better than this show. I hope it gets better, but have doubts... but I must say, between SyFy and another channel --was it USA? TNT?--the debut was aired at least half a dozen times in the last week. - Original Message - From: Tracey de Morsella To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 11:28:48 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites I was thinking like you. Friday the thirteen meets XFiles. Dead on *From:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com [mailto: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com ] *On Behalf Of *Mr. Worf *Sent:* Sunday, July 12, 2009 8:26 PM *To:* scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com *Subject:* Re: [scifinoir2] Syfy's New Flagships Recycle Old Favorites I'm glad that someone made the same connection that I was seeing. Warehouse 13 is a LOT like Friday the 13th but a little more humorous. More like Friday the 13th meets Xfiles. On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 8:19 PM, Tracey de Morsella tdli...@... wrote: By Sarah Hope Williams , 2:00 PM on Sun Jul 12 2009 Copy this whole post to another site
Re: [scifinoir2] topic: the last man on earth
When I was younger or a kid I wanted to be bit by one. But since where I loved Santa did not have a chimney to come down so I know that vampires would not come over to see me. Now before I get the bad comments I am talking about the sexy cute ones. You know like someone like Mick on Moonlight. --Lavender From: Mr. Worf Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 11:17 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] topic: the last man on earth They weren't even close to any kind of vampire. More like intelligent slow moving zombies. They couldn't break into his house because he put up some mirrors and a few 2x4s on the windows. There was a hybrid type that was a group of scientists and other folks that came up with a vaccine that cured them temporarily. They were killing off the other vampire folks. I didn't understand why they wanted to kill Vincent Price though. On Sun, Jul 12, 2009 at 7:39 PM, wlro...@aol.com wrote: Are we talking about sexy vampires or just your regular want to suck your blood ones? --Lavender From: Mr. Worf Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2009 3:14 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: [scifinoir2] topic: the last man on earth I'm watching the original movie starring Vincent Price on my local PBS station. I think that if they had made the Will Smith movie with vampires instead of zombies it would have been more interesting. What do you think? People may lie, but the evidence rarely does. -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ People may lie, but the evidence rarely does.
[scifinoir2] Steele: I'll Woo Blacks To GOP With Fried Chicken And Potato Salad
Sadly this is NOT satire The Young Republicans convention was held in Indianapolis last weekend and their election of a racist, middle-aged woman as President http://indiana.bilerico.com/2009/07/young_republicans_elect_racist_middle-a g.php isn't the only controversial item to come out of the GOP gathering. Local Republican blog Hoosier Access http://hoosieraccess.com/blog/2009/07/13/more-from-michael-steele-meeting-w ith-bloggers/ was able to get RNC Chairman Michael Steele to sit down with a group of bloggers and they taped the conversation. The old gaffe-o-matic (or as I like to call him, the Republican Joe Biden!) answers a question from a gay person of color http://www.milehive.com/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=585Itemi d=232 in this clip about the GOP's diversity outreach. Yes, that's right. To lure African-Americans into the GOP, Steele is offering fried chicken and potato salad. Since he mentions Republicans should also be reaching out to the LGBT community, I wonder what stereotype he's going to offer us? Buttplugs and Birkenstocks? See the video http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bil-browning/steele-gop-woos-blacks-wi_b_23153 4.html
