[scifinoir2] Cooler than garfield
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Re: [scifinoir2] Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior
Keep speaking that truth-to-power, Keith! On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 9:16 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: And don't forget that, by twisting the presentation of the news, you create and exacerbate an atmosphere of hatred. For example, when Obama met with Republicans a few weeks back, Fox simply quit airing the event because Obama was handing the Republicans' heads to them. Thus, Fox actually covered up and hid part of the facts that could make people reconsider their beliefs, and, by disrespecting the President, furthered animosity toward him. The phrase The pen is mightier than the sword isn't an idle threat, and Fox is using its figurative and literal pens to heighten an atmosphere of hatred and violence. - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2010 5:39:14 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior Bosco, I have no trouble blaming them. They've seen their constituency up close and personal many a time. They covered the health-care town halls when those folks showed up packing, declaring that they were defending their right to keep and bear arms. It only took me five seconds to know that these are people a step away from violence, if they feel they aren't going to get their way. Faux/Fixed/Fox knows, and fuels, this. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Bosco Bosco ironpi...@yahoo.com wrote: Actually I wouldn't feel comfortable blaming Fox News for crazy man antics. Yeah they're propagandists for all kinds of nonsense but they don't make them put guns in people's hands. It's like blaming heavy metal for teen suicide or hip hop for gang violence. I'm no defender of Fox or it's rampant stupidity and wrecklessness but at some point people make choices. Bosco --- On *Thu, 4/8/10, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com* wrote: From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010, 11:59 AM Of COURSE, all and sundry at Faux/Fixed/Fox will rise up to a lifeform and deny any blame for this, wrapping themselves in Flag and Constitution. Bastiches. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.comhttp://mc/compose?to=hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: http://abclocal. go.com/kgo/ story?section= news/iteamid=7374140http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteamid=7374140 Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior Wednesday, April 07, 2010 [image: Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior] Related Video All Live Video http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/live : All Videohttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video » [image: Greg Giusti was arrested for making threatening phone calls to Nancy Pelosi.] [image: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington] - Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behaviorhttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7374223 - FBI arrests man for threatening Pelosihttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/video?id=7374228 Tags: nancy pelosi http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?tag=nancy-pelosi, health care http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?tag=health-care, health insurance http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?tag=health-insurance, i-team http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?section=kgo/news/iteam, dan noyes http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/explore?columnist=dan-noyes - Comment Nowhttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteamid=7374140#comments - Emailhttp://webapp.abclocal.go.com/formmailer/emailFriend?station=kgoheadline=Accused%20man%27s%20mom%20blames%20Fox%20News%20for%20behaviorURL=/kgo/story%3Fsection%3Dnews%2Fiteam%26id%3D7374140contentId=7374140contentType=Article - Printhttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/iteamid=7374140pt=print - Report a typohttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/feature?section=newsid=7112889 - - - - - - [image: ShareThis via email, AIM, social bookmarking and networking sites, etc.] http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteamid=5771710 Dan Noyeshttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteamid=5771710, Chief Investigative Reporter More: Biohttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/bio?section=resources/inside_station/newsteamid=5771710, E-mail http://mc/compose?to=%20dan.no...@abc.com, Bloghttp://iteamblog.abc7news.com/, Facebook http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=567930426, Twitter http://twitter.com/dannoyes, News Teamhttp://abclocal.go.com/kgo/newsteam SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Gregory Giusti's 83-year-old mother had not heard that her son had been arrested, but she told ABC7 he has a history of mental problems. She does not think he would be capable of carrying out the threat; he has never owned a gun, and she blames Fox
Re: [scifinoir2] F1 ace Lewis Hamilton gets ticket in Australia...........
[?][?][?][?] Who am I to stand in the way of humor? On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 7:33 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Couldn't help myself. The similarities are so striking that it is impossible. Also, who was he in the car with both times? His wife? On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Please, Mr Worf. Don't curse the man like that. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: He hasn't been on his A game lately and I think he will probably end up like Tiger Woods. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: [?][?][?][?] Couldn't they tell that he was just practicing? On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: Formula One ace Lewis Hamilton pulled over by Australian cops Mar 27 2010http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2010/03/27/Keith Mcleod AUSSIE cops pulled over a boy racer for doing wheelspins, then realised the idiot was Lewis Hamilton. The former Formula One champion had his luxury Mercedes road car towed away to a police pound. And he was forced to issue a humiliating apology after he did a burnout spin and roared off at speed as he left the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne following practice for Sunday's Grand Prix. Hamilton said: I was driving in an over-exuberant manner and, as a result, was stopped by the police. What I did was silly and I want to apologise for it. Hamilton pulled his stunt right in front of a police van, and the cops followed the £15million-ayear speed king and stopped him at the roadside. Bystanders said red-faced Hamilton slid down in his seat and tried to hide his face as the officers spoke to him. His souped-up Mercedes C63 AMG road car, loaned to him by a local dealer, was seized under laws designed to crackdown on hoons - Australian slang for neds and boy racers. A few hours after the incident, Hamilton, 25, released his apology through the McLaren Mercedes team. He will be charged with improper use of a motor vehicle, which carries a maximum fine of about £750. The car will be held at the pound for 48 hours. Hamilton was turning into Melbourne's Fitzroy Street - a main road packed with bars - at about 9.15pm when he did a burnout, spinning his wheels so the back end of his car swung outwards as he pulled away . A police source said: Smoke was billowing from the tyres and he left tyre marks all over the road. Senior Constable Scott Woodford said Hamilton stopped immediately when he was pulled over and was extremely co-operative. He added: It would have been fair to say that he was fairly disappointed with the incident. Hamilton was interviewed at the scene for about half an hour and passed a routine breath test. Onlookers said he was visibly upset. He is said to have told the cops he was worried the incident would damage his reputation. Hamilton was not taken to a police station. After booking him and loading his car on to a truck, the police gave him a lift back to his hotel about four miles away. He was carrying a male passenger, who has not been named, when he was pulled over. Hamilton was stopped as he left Albert Park after recording the fastest time in morning practice for the big race. It wasn't clear last night whether he would appear in court before leaving Australia, or whether the case will be held in hs absence after he leaves. He was banned from driving for a month in France in 2007 after he was clocked doing 123mph. Police in Australia have been working hard to clamp down on dangerous driving by hoons. One of Hamilton's biggest F1 rivals, Ferrari ace Felipe Massa, publicly backed the campaign hours before his fellow-star was pulled over . -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ 360.gif
Re: [scifinoir2] Cooler than garfield
Mr Worf, I'm getting nothing here. I'll try it later. On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Taisho the cat movie trailer http://www.nipponcinema.com/trailers/neko-rahmen-taisho-trailer/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Re: F1 ace Lewis Hamilton gets ticket in Australia...........
Driving while black in Australia. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: Formula One ace Lewis Hamilton pulled over by Australian cops Mar 27 2010 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2010/03/27/Keith Mcleod AUSSIE cops pulled over a boy racer for doing wheelspins, then realised the idiot was Lewis Hamilton. The former Formula One champion had his luxury Mercedes road car towed away to a police pound. And he was forced to issue a humiliating apology after he did a burnout spin and roared off at speed as he left the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne following practice for Sunday's Grand Prix. Hamilton said: I was driving in an over-exuberant manner and, as a result, was stopped by the police. What I did was silly and I want to apologise for it. Hamilton pulled his stunt right in front of a police van, and the cops followed the £15million-ayear speed king and stopped him at the roadside. Bystanders said red-faced Hamilton slid down in his seat and tried to hide his face as the officers spoke to him. His souped-up Mercedes C63 AMG road car, loaned to him by a local dealer, was seized under laws designed to crackdown on hoons - Australian slang for neds and boy racers. A few hours after the incident, Hamilton, 25, released his apology through the McLaren Mercedes team. He will be charged with improper use of a motor vehicle, which carries a maximum fine of about £750. The car will be held at the pound for 48 hours. Hamilton was turning into Melbourne's Fitzroy Street - a main road packed with bars - at about 9.15pm when he did a burnout, spinning his wheels so the back end of his car swung outwards as he pulled away . A police source said: Smoke was billowing from the tyres and he left tyre marks all over the road. Senior Constable Scott Woodford said Hamilton stopped immediately when he was pulled over and was extremely co-operative. He added: It would have been fair to say that he was fairly disappointed with the incident. Hamilton was interviewed at the scene for about half an hour and passed a routine breath test. Onlookers said he was visibly upset. He is said to have told the cops he was worried the incident would damage his reputation. Hamilton was not taken to a police station. After booking him and loading his car on to a truck, the police gave him a lift back to his hotel about four miles away. He was carrying a male passenger, who has not been named, when he was pulled over. Hamilton was stopped as he left Albert Park after recording the fastest time in morning practice for the big race. It wasn't clear last night whether he would appear in court before leaving Australia, or whether the case will be held in hs absence after he leaves. He was banned from driving for a month in France in 2007 after he was clocked doing 123mph. Police in Australia have been working hard to clamp down on dangerous driving by hoons. One of Hamilton's biggest F1 rivals, Ferrari ace Felipe Massa, publicly backed the campaign hours before his fellow-star was pulled over . -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Re: F1 ace Lewis Hamilton gets ticket in Australia...........
What? Scoring a 68 after at the Masters after a six-month lay-off? ~rave? --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: He hasn't been on his A game lately and I think he will probably end up like Tiger Woods. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@...wrote: [?][?][?][?] Couldn't they tell that he was just practicing? On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: Formula One ace Lewis Hamilton pulled over by Australian cops Mar 27 2010 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2010/03/27/Keith Mcleod AUSSIE cops pulled over a boy racer for doing wheelspins, then realised the idiot was Lewis Hamilton. The former Formula One champion had his luxury Mercedes road car towed away to a police pound. And he was forced to issue a humiliating apology after he did a burnout spin and roared off at speed as he left the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne following practice for Sunday's Grand Prix. Hamilton said: I was driving in an over-exuberant manner and, as a result, was stopped by the police. What I did was silly and I want to apologise for it. Hamilton pulled his stunt right in front of a police van, and the cops followed the £15million-ayear speed king and stopped him at the roadside. Bystanders said red-faced Hamilton slid down in his seat and tried to hide his face as the officers spoke to him. His souped-up Mercedes C63 AMG road car, loaned to him by a local dealer, was seized under laws designed to crackdown on hoons - Australian slang for neds and boy racers. A few hours after the incident, Hamilton, 25, released his apology through the McLaren Mercedes team. He will be charged with improper use of a motor vehicle, which carries a maximum fine of about £750. The car will be held at the pound for 48 hours. Hamilton was turning into Melbourne's Fitzroy Street - a main road packed with bars - at about 9.15pm when he did a burnout, spinning his wheels so the back end of his car swung outwards as he pulled away . A police source said: Smoke was billowing from the tyres and he left tyre marks all over the road. Senior Constable Scott Woodford said Hamilton stopped immediately when he was pulled over and was extremely co-operative. He added: It would have been fair to say that he was fairly disappointed with the incident. Hamilton was interviewed at the scene for about half an hour and passed a routine breath test. Onlookers said he was visibly upset. He is said to have told the cops he was worried the incident would damage his reputation. Hamilton was not taken to a police station. After booking him and loading his car on to a truck, the police gave him a lift back to his hotel about four miles away. He was carrying a male passenger, who has not been named, when he was pulled over. Hamilton was stopped as he left Albert Park after recording the fastest time in morning practice for the big race. It wasn't clear last night whether he would appear in court before leaving Australia, or whether the case will be held in hs absence after he leaves. He was banned from driving for a month in France in 2007 after he was clocked doing 123mph. Police in Australia have been working hard to clamp down on dangerous driving by hoons. One of Hamilton's biggest F1 rivals, Ferrari ace Felipe Massa, publicly backed the campaign hours before his fellow-star was pulled over . -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Re: F1 ace Lewis Hamilton gets ticket in Australia...........
[?][?][?][?] On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: Driving while black in Australia. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: Formula One ace Lewis Hamilton pulled over by Australian cops Mar 27 2010 http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/2010/03/27/ Keith Mcleod AUSSIE cops pulled over a boy racer for doing wheelspins, then realised the idiot was Lewis Hamilton. The former Formula One champion had his luxury Mercedes road car towed away to a police pound. And he was forced to issue a humiliating apology after he did a burnout spin and roared off at speed as he left the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne following practice for Sunday's Grand Prix. Hamilton said: I was driving in an over-exuberant manner and, as a result, was stopped by the police. What I did was silly and I want to apologise for it. Hamilton pulled his stunt right in front of a police van, and the cops followed the £15million-ayear speed king and stopped him at the roadside. Bystanders said red-faced Hamilton slid down in his seat and tried to hide his face as the officers spoke to him. His souped-up Mercedes C63 AMG road car, loaned to him by a local dealer, was seized under laws designed to crackdown on hoons - Australian slang for neds and boy racers. A few hours after the incident, Hamilton, 25, released his apology through the McLaren Mercedes team. He will be charged with improper use of a motor vehicle, which carries a maximum fine of about £750. The car will be held at the pound for 48 hours. Hamilton was turning into Melbourne's Fitzroy Street - a main road packed with bars - at about 9.15pm when he did a burnout, spinning his wheels so the back end of his car swung outwards as he pulled away . A police source said: Smoke was billowing from the tyres and he left tyre marks all over the road. Senior Constable Scott Woodford said Hamilton stopped immediately when he was pulled over and was extremely co-operative. He added: It would have been fair to say that he was fairly disappointed with the incident. Hamilton was interviewed at the scene for about half an hour and passed a routine breath test. Onlookers said he was visibly upset. He is said to have told the cops he was worried the incident would damage his reputation. Hamilton was not taken to a police station. After booking him and loading his car on to a truck, the police gave him a lift back to his hotel about four miles away. He was carrying a male passenger, who has not been named, when he was pulled over. Hamilton was stopped as he left Albert Park after recording the fastest time in morning practice for the big race. It wasn't clear last night whether he would appear in court before leaving Australia, or whether the case will be held in hs absence after he leaves. He was banned from driving for a month in France in 2007 after he was clocked doing 123mph. Police in Australia have been working hard to clamp down on dangerous driving by hoons. One of Hamilton's biggest F1 rivals, Ferrari ace Felipe Massa, publicly backed the campaign hours before his fellow-star was pulled over . -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ 360.gif
Re: [scifinoir2] When Pandering to your redneck base goes wrong
Agreed. Sadly I'm not at all surprised. I think that once the white robes, the Colored only signs, and the fat cops with water hoses disappeared, people deluded themselves into believing racism and ignorance were dead. In my old job, I once had one of those Okay, that's it. I'm unloading both barrels moments with a conservative white guy. He was always spouting off foolishness, and I typically ignored it. But he was insistent one day that he wanted to talk to me about issues. I told him, Okay, but if you ask my opinion, you better be ready to listen with an open mind, 'cause I don't have time to senseless arguing. He said to go ahead so I did. So for the next twenty minutes I spoke of my views. I laid out why Affirmative Action was needed and good...I spoke of how immigration reform was needed and how a wall between us and Mexico was ludicrous and offensive...of why white men like him still had unfair advantages that they try to deny all the time...of how universal healthcare was desirable, and how much i respected the European models...why I admired unions (which can all but get you lynched here in Georgia)...why gays getting married wasn't going to impact my heterosexual lifestyle--and on and on. I did all this without rancour or anger, shouting or swearing, insulting or attacking, just remained cool and firm. The whole time, his ruddy face got more so, thunderclouds built up over his head, and, he started sputtering. Finally, he started shouting, That's the problem with liberals! You hate America! You want to destroy America, you want to destroy the country! I calmly asked him how a man who still celebrated the traitorous South could say that he loved America more than me, whose family has been loyal to the Union stretching back to the days of slavery. I asked him how he, who'd never suffered the indiginities of racism, could possibly be a better exemplar of love of country than my late father, who endured all sorts of hatred, but still supported the flag. He could do nothing but sputter on, and I finally said, This is why liberals like me don't often waste time with people like you. and walked away. Ignorance, fear, and hatred are self-perpetuating, and people cling to them like security blankets. - Original Message - From: Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 9, 2010 1:04:25 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] When Pandering to your redneck base goes wrong Keith, I saw him last night on The Chris Matthews Show and thought the exact same thing. Number One turned 2 me and she said how ignorant can he be? I told her, it's not ignorance, but rather, his unwillingness 2 acknowledge what he knows the Civil War was about. Talking about Virginia did not want 2 fight against their own country men, but some how, they joined the confederacy and found it o.k. 2 fight against the union. go figure. Fate. --- On Thu, 4/8/10, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net wrote: From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] When Pandering to your redneck base goes wrong To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010, 7:14 PM Pat Buchannan was just on MSNBC, loudly and angrily arguing that the Confederacy wasn't about racism at all. I turned to my wife and said, I have dealt with men like him all my life, which is why I no longer waste time dealing with men like him. If they can't get the basic humanity, the basic morality they love to quote from the Bible, of how wrong this is, there's little chance in changing their minds. All one can do in such cases is fight them with power ,and worry about attitude later. In short--vote, vote, vote! - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2010 4:35:07 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] When Pandering to your redneck base goes wrong I too felt ill when I read the original story, and I am happy that you all felt the same. I'm always amazed but never surprised at the totally lack of common sense on issues like this. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 6:15 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo. com wrote: Governor Apologizes for Confederate History Month Proclamation Ignoring Slavery. http://www.bvblacks pin.com/2010/ 04/08/governor- apologizes- for-confederate- history-month- proclamation- i/ My favorite part of this article is the accompanying photo with GOP apologist/step- in-fetch Michael Steele grinning like a pickaninny with his arm around Gov. McDonald. ~(no)rave! - - -- Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/scifinoir2 /app/peoplemap2/ entry/add? fmvn=mapYahoo ! Groups Links (Yahoo! ID required) -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity!
[scifinoir2] Defendor
Has anybody seen this trailer? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kg8HFQ1xP4 Defendor is a Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Stebbings, and starring Woody Harrelson, Kat Dennings and Sandra Oh. The story tells of a regular man who adopts the persona of a superhero named Defendor on a quest to find his arch enemy, Captain Industry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defendor Unfortunately this movie, like all movies about actual people donning masks and costumes to actually fight crime, never do well at the box office (Defendor earned the princely sum of $44,462) cause anyone who actually likes this sort of fare doesn't want to dwell on how ridiculous it all is. Still, I can't wait to get a DVD copy. ~rave!
Re: [scifinoir2] Defendor
Yea and verily, it looketh wild. I shalt have to search high an' low for 't. On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 5:18 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: Has anybody seen this trailer? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kg8HFQ1xP4 Defendor is a Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Stebbings, and starring Woody Harrelson, Kat Dennings and Sandra Oh. The story tells of a regular man who adopts the persona of a superhero named Defendor on a quest to find his arch enemy, Captain Industry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defendor Unfortunately this movie, like all movies about actual people donning masks and costumes to actually fight crime, never do well at the box office (Defendor earned the princely sum of $44,462) cause anyone who actually likes this sort of fare doesn't want to dwell on how ridiculous it all is. Still, I can't wait to get a DVD copy. ~rave!
Re: [scifinoir2] When Pandering to your redneck base goes wrong
Fate, I've learned of late that denial can be a powerful psychological balm for the deficient-of-intellect. On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Augustus Augustus jazzynupe_...@yahoo.comwrote: Keith, I saw him last night on The Chris Matthews Show and thought the exact same thing. Number One turned 2 me and she said how ignorant can he be? I told her, it's not ignorance, but rather, his unwillingness 2 acknowledge what he knows the Civil War was about. Talking about Virginia did not want 2 fight against their own country men, but some how, they joined the confederacy and found it o.k. 2 fight against the union. go figure. Fate. --- On *Thu, 4/8/10, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net* wrote: From: Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.net Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] When Pandering to your redneck base goes wrong To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010, 7:14 PM Pat Buchannan was just on MSNBC, loudly and angrily arguing that the Confederacy wasn't about racism at all. I turned to my wife and said, I have dealt with men like him all my life, which is why I no longer waste time dealing with men like him. If they can't get the basic humanity, the basic morality they love to quote from the Bible, of how wrong this is, there's little chance in changing their minds. All one can do in such cases is fight them with power ,and worry about attitude later. In short--vote, vote, vote! - Original Message - From: Mr. Worf HelloMahogany@ gmail.com To: scifino...@yahoogro ups.com Sent: Thursday, April 8, 2010 4:35:07 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] When Pandering to your redneck base goes wrong I too felt ill when I read the original story, and I am happy that you all felt the same. I'm always amazed but never surprised at the totally lack of common sense on issues like this. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 6:15 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo. comhttp://mc/compose?to=ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: Governor Apologizes for Confederate History Month Proclamation Ignoring Slavery. http://www.bvblacks pin.com/2010/ 04/08/governor- apologizes- for-confederate- history-month- proclamation- i/http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/04/08/governor-apologizes-for-confederate-history-month-proclamation-i/ My favorite part of this article is the accompanying photo with GOP apologist/step- in-fetch Michael Steele grinning like a pickaninny with his arm around Gov. McDonald. ~(no)rave! - - -- Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/scifinoir2 /app/peoplemap2/ entry/add? fmvn=mapYahoohttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups. yahoo.com/ group/mahogany_ pleasures_ of_darkness/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Defendor
I think the other superhero movies tend to work because they are larger than life. Realistic hero stuff doesn't work well because they are too normal I think. Unless you throw in some martial arts or gun play (or cool equipment like batman or iron man). On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 2:18 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: Has anybody seen this trailer? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Kg8HFQ1xP4 Defendor is a Canadian comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Stebbings, and starring Woody Harrelson, Kat Dennings and Sandra Oh. The story tells of a regular man who adopts the persona of a superhero named Defendor on a quest to find his arch enemy, Captain Industry. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defendor Unfortunately this movie, like all movies about actual people donning masks and costumes to actually fight crime, never do well at the box office (Defendor earned the princely sum of $44,462) cause anyone who actually likes this sort of fare doesn't want to dwell on how ridiculous it all is. Still, I can't wait to get a DVD copy. ~rave! Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Can 'Iron Man 2' beat 'The Dark Knight'?
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2010/04/iron-man-2-downey-dark-knight-box-office.html Exactly one month from Wednesday, Tony Stark, Pepper Potts and the other personalities of Iron Man will return to make witty mayhem in the superhero sequel. And exactly three days after that, we could have a new domestic box-office record. Stark himself, never lacking in suave self-confidence, probably wouldn't make such a bold boast. But it's entirely feasible. According to just-released tracking surveys, director Jon Favreau's second installment in the Marvel franchise is showing astonishing levels of interest and awareness well ahead of its three-day opening next month. There are enough statistical indications to think that the first-weekend gross could top the $158.4-million haul for Dark Knight, the current record-holder for the biggest (non inflation-adjusted) opening weekend and the gold standard for movie debuts.
Re: [scifinoir2] Cooler than garfield
Try this youtube link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk0TJUqseGI On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 5:30 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Mr Worf, I'm getting nothing here. I'll try it later. On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Taisho the cat movie trailer http://www.nipponcinema.com/trailers/neko-rahmen-taisho-trailer/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Star Wars Google commercial parody
http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1931028 -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Star Wars - Galactic state of mind
Is that Jay Z? http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1931028 -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Can 'Iron Man 2' beat 'The Dark Knight'?
True, but the essence of this story is what I was saying the other day about what bothers me: movies being labeled blockbuster before they even hit the theatre. We all know this film will do well, and I understand the studio needs to make major bank. But i'm more concerned about whether films are *good* than if they're going to make good box office. Transformers 2--the over long, over loud, frankly racist-tinged mess --is a great example. It made a lot of bank, everyone predicted it would do so, and yet it is roundly felt as being horrible. - Original Message - From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 9, 2010 6:25:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Can 'Iron Man 2' beat 'The Dark Knight'? http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2010/04/iron-man-2-downey-dark-knight-box-office.html Exactly one month from Wednesday, Tony Stark, Pepper Potts and the other personalities of Iron Man will return to make witty mayhem in the superhero sequel. And exactly three days after that, we could have a new domestic box-office record. Stark himself, never lacking in suave self-confidence, probably wouldn't make such a bold boast. But it's entirely feasible. According to just-released tracking surveys, director Jon Favreau's second installment in the Marvel franchise is showing astonishing levels of interest and awareness well ahead of its three-day opening next month. There are enough statistical indications to think that the first-weekend gross could top the $158.4-million haul for Dark Knight, the current record-holder for the biggest (non inflation-adjusted) opening weekend and the gold standard for movie debuts.
Re: [scifinoir2] Can 'Iron Man 2' beat 'The Dark Knight'?
It'll out-perform in terms of box, I have no doubt. But as for whether it's a better story, IMO, it'll come up far short. On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2010/04/iron-man-2-downey-dark-knight-box-office.html Exactly one month from Wednesday, Tony Stark, Pepper Potts and the other personalities of Iron Man will return to make witty mayhem in the superhero sequel. And exactly three days after that, we could have a new domestic box-office record. Stark himself, never lacking in suave self-confidence, probably wouldn't make such a bold boast. But it's entirely feasible. According to just-released tracking surveys, director Jon Favreau's second installment in the Marvel franchise is showing astonishing levels of interest and awareness well ahead of its three-day opening next month. There are enough statistical indications to think that the first-weekend gross could top the $158.4-million haul for Dark Knight, the current record-holder for the biggest (non inflation-adjusted) opening weekend and the gold standard for movie debuts.
[scifinoir2] Double Bill
I just finished watching a double bill of Zombieland and Black Dynamite. You might not want to mess with me right now. ~rave!
Re: [scifinoir2] Cooler than garfield
That's a kitten after my own twisted mind. Thanks, Mr Worf! On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Try this youtube link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk0TJUqseGI On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 5:30 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Mr Worf, I'm getting nothing here. I'll try it later. On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Taisho the cat movie trailer http://www.nipponcinema.com/trailers/neko-rahmen-taisho-trailer/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Double Bill
rave -- the Baddest Man on the Cyber-Block. [?][?] On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: I just finished watching a double bill of Zombieland and Black Dynamite. You might not want to mess with me right now. ~rave! 35C.gifB68.gif
Re: [scifinoir2] Cooler than garfield
That cat is big over there. Not big as Hello Kitty but pretty big. It has manga, anime and now a movie too. On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 5:38 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: That's a kitten after my own twisted mind. Thanks, Mr Worf! On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Try this youtube link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk0TJUqseGI On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 5:30 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Mr Worf, I'm getting nothing here. I'll try it later. On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.comwrote: Taisho the cat movie trailer http://www.nipponcinema.com/trailers/neko-rahmen-taisho-trailer/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
Re: [scifinoir2] Double Bill
Don't be smackin' fools up this weekend cuz no one here has any bail money. :) On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: I just finished watching a double bill of Zombieland and Black Dynamite. You might not want to mess with me right now. ~rave! Post your SciFiNoir Profile at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/app/peoplemap2/entry/add?fmvn=mapYahoo! Groups Links -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Trailer: Alien vs Ninja
You know that this was bound to happen. Another movie idea that I want to do is Predator vs Ninja. http://www.nipponcinema.com/trailers/alien-vs-ninja-trailer/ -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
[scifinoir2] Freaky Physics Proves Parallel Universes Exist
http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/05/freaky-physics-proves-parallel-universes/ Freaky Physics Proves Parallel Universes Exist By John Brandon - FOXNews.com Look past the details of a wonky discovery by a group of California scientists -- that a quantum state is now observable with the human eye -- and consider its implications: Time travel may be feasible. Look past the details of a wonky discovery by a group of California scientists -- that a quantum state is now observable with the human eye -- and consider its implications: Time travel may be feasible. Doc Brown would be proud. The strange discovery by quantum physicists at the University of California Santa Barbara means that an object you can see in front of you may exist simultaneously in a parallel universe -- a multi-state condition that has scientists theorizing that traveling through time may be much more than just the plaything of science fiction writers. And it's all because of a tiny bit of metal -- a paddle about the width of a human hair, an item that is incredibly small but still something you can see with the naked eye. UC Santa Barbara's Andrew Cleland cooled that paddle in a refrigerator, dimmed the lights and, under a special bell jar, sucked out all the air to eliminate vibrations. He then plucked it like a tuning fork and noted that it moved and stood still at the same time. That sounds contradictory, and it's nearly impossible to understand if your last name isn't Einstein. But it actually happened. It's a freaky fact that's at the heart of quantum mechanics. How Is That Possible? To even try to understand it, you have to think really, really small. Smaller than an atom. Electrons, which circle the nucleus of an atom, are swirling around in multiple states at the same time -- they're hard to pin down. It's only when we measure the position of an electron that we force it to have a specific location. Cleland's breakthrough lies in taking that hard-to-grasp yet true fact about the atomic particle and applying it to something visible with the naked eye. What does it all mean? Let's say you're in Oklahoma visiting your aunt. But in another universe, where your atomic particles just can't keep up, you're actually at home watching The Simpsons. That may sound far-fetched, but it's based on real science. When you observe something in one state, one theory is it split the universe into two parts, Cleland told FoxNews.com, trying to explain how there can be multiple universes and we can see only one of them. The multi-verse theory says the entire universe freezes during observation, and we see only one reality. You see a soccer ball flying through the air, but maybe in a second universe the ball has dropped already. Or you were looking the other way. Or they don't even play soccer over there. Sean Carroll, a physicist at the California Institute of Technology and a popular author, accepts the scientific basis for the multi-verse -- even if it cannot be proven. Unless you can imagine some super-advanced alien civilization that has figured this out, we aren't affected by the possible existence of other universes, Carroll said. But he does think someone could devise a machine that lets one universe communicate with another. It all comes down to how we understand time. Carroll suggests that we don't exactly feel time -- we perceive its passing. For example, time moves fast on a rollercoaster and very slowly during a dull college lecture. It races when you're late for work . . . but the last few minutes before quitting time seem like hours. Back to the Future Time seems to be a one-way street that runs from the past to the present, says Fred Alan Wolf, a.k.a. Dr. Quantum, a physicist and author. But take into consideration theories that look at the level of quantum fields ... particles that travel both forward and backward in time. If we leave out the forward-and-backwards-in-time part, we miss out on some of the physics. Wolf says that time -- at least in quantum mechanics -- doesn't move straight like an arrow. It zig-zags, and he thinks it may be possible to build a machine that lets you bend time. Consider Sergei Krikalev, the Russian astronaut who flew six space missions. Richard Gott, a physicist at Princeton University, says Krikalev aged 1/48th of a second less than the rest of us because he orbited at very high speeds. And to age less than someone means you've jumped into the future -- you did not experience the same present. In a sense, he says, Krikalev time-traveled to the future -- and back again! Newton said all time is universal and all clocks tick the same way, Gott says. Now with Einstein's theory of Special Relativity we know that travel into the future is possible. With Einstein's theory of gravity, the laws of physics as we understand them today suggest that even time travel to the past is possible in principle. But to see whether time travel to the past can actually be realized we may
Re: [scifinoir2] Freaky Physics Proves Parallel Universes Exist
I'm fairly well versed as a layman in concepts of multiverses and quantum mechanics, but this article confused me. The author seems to be jumping around as those multi-state particles he's referencing. I couldn't find the overall explanation equating time and alternate universes. Maybe I need to read it again. - Original Message - From: brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 9, 2010 10:47:54 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [scifinoir2] Freaky Physics Proves Parallel Universes Exist http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/05/freaky-physics-proves-parallel-universes/ Freaky Physics Proves Parallel Universes Exist By John Brandon - FOXNews.com Look past the details of a wonky discovery by a group of California scientists -- that a quantum state is now observable with the human eye -- and consider its implications: Time travel may be feasible. Look past the details of a wonky discovery by a group of California scientists -- that a quantum state is now observable with the human eye -- and consider its implications: Time travel may be feasible. Doc Brown would be proud. The strange discovery by quantum physicists at the University of California Santa Barbara means that an object you can see in front of you may exist simultaneously in a parallel universe -- a multi-state condition that has scientists theorizing that traveling through time may be much more than just the plaything of science fiction writers. And it's all because of a tiny bit of metal -- a paddle about the width of a human hair, an item that is incredibly small but still something you can see with the naked eye. UC Santa Barbara's Andrew Cleland cooled that paddle in a refrigerator, dimmed the lights and, under a special bell jar, sucked out all the air to eliminate vibrations. He then plucked it like a tuning fork and noted that it moved and stood still at the same time. That sounds contradictory, and it's nearly impossible to understand if your last name isn't Einstein. But it actually happened. It's a freaky fact that's at the heart of quantum mechanics. How Is That Possible? To even try to understand it, you have to think really, really small. Smaller than an atom. Electrons, which circle the nucleus of an atom, are swirling around in multiple states at the same time -- they're hard to pin down. It's only when we measure the position of an electron that we force it to have a specific location. Cleland's breakthrough lies in taking that hard-to-grasp yet true fact about the atomic particle and applying it to something visible with the naked eye. What does it all mean? Let's say you're in Oklahoma visiting your aunt. But in another universe, where your atomic particles just can't keep up, you're actually at home watching The Simpsons. That may sound far-fetched, but it's based on real science. When you observe something in one state, one theory is it split the universe into two parts, Cleland told FoxNews.com, trying to explain how there can be multiple universes and we can see only one of them. The multi-verse theory says the entire universe freezes during observation, and we see only one reality. You see a soccer ball flying through the air, but maybe in a second universe the ball has dropped already. Or you were looking the other way. Or they don't even play soccer over there. Sean Carroll, a physicist at the California Institute of Technology and a popular author, accepts the scientific basis for the multi-verse -- even if it cannot be proven. Unless you can imagine some super-advanced alien civilization that has figured this out, we aren't affected by the possible existence of other universes, Carroll said. But he does think someone could devise a machine that lets one universe communicate with another. It all comes down to how we understand time. Carroll suggests that we don't exactly feel time -- we perceive its passing. For example, time moves fast on a rollercoaster and very slowly during a dull college lecture. It races when you're late for work . . . but the last few minutes before quitting time seem like hours. Back to the Future Time seems to be a one-way street that runs from the past to the present, says Fred Alan Wolf, a.k.a. Dr. Quantum, a physicist and author. But take into consideration theories that look at the level of quantum fields ... particles that travel both forward and backward in time. If we leave out the forward-and-backwards-in-time part, we miss out on some of the physics. Wolf says that time -- at least in quantum mechanics -- doesn't move straight like an arrow. It zig-zags, and he thinks it may be possible to build a machine that lets you bend time. Consider Sergei Krikalev, the Russian astronaut who flew six space missions. Richard Gott, a physicist at Princeton University, says Krikalev aged 1/48th of a second less than the rest
[scifinoir2] Checked out the IPad
I played around with the IPAD for a little while tonight at my local Best buy. It is a lot smaller than I originally thought, (about 8wx12L) but I can see the potential for some applications. The demo unit had a bunch of software that was installed for the demo. It included everything from games, to books, to music apps. The first thing that I noticed is that it is not as fast as some of the laptops that are currently available. Loading time can take a couple of moments depending on the app. Now I know why Apple limited it to running only one app at a time. One thing it does offer is an extra dimension of being tactile to the user experience. It made reading a book felt very natural. Also, being about the size of a book made playing a driving game a lot of fun. Another great thing about the unit is that there is little to no learning curve. If you have an Iphone you can pretty much pick it up and go. If you have never used an Iphone before or have never seen the commercials for it, with a little poking around you can quickly learn to move around. A kid walked up next to me and he was able to figure it out in about 12 seconds, but then again kids are like that. :) Included in the demo was a music recording program. (I think it is related to Garageband.) It offered a 3.5 octave keyboard display giving you keys that are about the same size as a 49 key music keyboard. The sounds that came with the app were fairly generic, but would be useful if you are a musician on the go. The software added an arpeggio, drum loops and effects too. The biggest drawback to using this unit is being able to hang on to it without dropping it on to the floor! They should make some kind of handle that connects to the unit and rest on the back of it so you can hang on to it a little better while you are flipping pages and whatnot. I won't even mention the lack of flash support, and USB! (Maybe Apple is waiting for someone to cobble up some parts for it?) I think Apple may have plans to offer an upgrade later on that will have preinstalled or allow you to add on peripherals, but after you spend $499-699 for the unit and buy the add-ons you might as well buy a Mac book Pro which is far superior. Too bad it doesn’t take phone calls. It might be worth the money! :) Google is also releasing something similar in a few months so it may be just as nice for a little cheaper with usb and flash support. I would love to compare the two when it does come out. It should be very interesting to do a side by side on that. I am sure that every tech person on the planet would want to see the same. -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
