Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Cuban Government Releases Votes of Teenaged Elian Gonzalez

2010-04-07 Thread Martin Baxter
Keith, the Elian issue slipped into a near-Pythonesque level of comedy about two days after it began. That's when I washed my brain of it. On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 11:34 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Well, I'm not happy that little Elian is being indoctrinated into the

Re: [scifinoir2] Dubai upholds British pair's jail term over kiss

2010-04-07 Thread Martin Baxter
Note to self -- avoid Dubai. On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:45 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Dubai upholds British pair's jail term over kiss DUBAI Mon Apr 5, 2010 10:56am EDT DUBAI (Reuters) - A Dubai court Sunday upheld a one-month jail sentence given to a British pair for

Re: [scifinoir2] FCC loses Comcast's court challenge

2010-04-07 Thread Martin Baxter
A victory only for the broadband industry and their lobbyists. [?][?] On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Man, this is really bad for us. I'm amazed that Comcast is allowed to block certain types of traffic without telling subscribers. But then, this

Re: [scifinoir2] FCC loses Comcast's court challenge

2010-04-07 Thread Martin Baxter
I'm willing to be first on the line in the war. On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: They are an evil entity that must be destroyed. On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Man, this is really bad for us. I'm

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Cuban Government Releases Votes of Teenaged Elian Gonzalez

2010-04-07 Thread Keith Johnson
I hear you, Martin. News junkie that I am, I followed it long past the point of sanity. I still remember when the government had to go in and get the boy. I am well aware of the excesses to which the government can go, but this time I was angered that the family forced them to do what was

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Cuban Government Releases Votes of Teenaged Elian Gonzalez

2010-04-07 Thread Keith Johnson
You are absolutely right. There was no child abuse, no legal proceedings, nothing. His mother just up and left with the kid. Again, i get wanting to raise him in America versus Cuba. This just ain't the way - Original Message - From: Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.com To:

[scifinoir2] SGU Actress Blogs about Adult Themes on Show

2010-04-07 Thread Keith Johnson
I may have missed the SGU ep, Darkness, but evidently it generated some talk about actress Julia Benson's...assets? What did I miss? I do remember when show when Eli was using one of those remote cams, and everyone noticed he seemed to be hovering around the character's chest area. Aside from

[scifinoir2] Lost and Found

2010-04-07 Thread Kelwyn
I recently discovered I own a copy of DC's Superman vs. Muhammad Ali. It literally fell out of a box I accidentally knocked over in my ridiculously cluttered office. I suspect this may have been part of my late brother's collection as I was an unrepentant Marvel snob back in 1978. Two

Re: [scifinoir2] Lost and Found

2010-04-07 Thread Keith Johnson
Any of those worth any dough? I can relate to size/pricing. When I was a wee lad, my mom used to take me on errands with her, and we'd always stop by the neighborhood drugstore (back when it was a true neighborhood store, locally owned, soda fountains, etc). The drugstore was the local source

Re: [scifinoir2] Lost and Found

2010-04-07 Thread Martin Baxter
(rubbing rave's e-mail, hoping that his luck is transferrable) On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: I recently discovered I own a copy of DC's Superman vs. Muhammad Ali. It literally fell out of a box I accidentally knocked over in my ridiculously cluttered

Re: [scifinoir2] SGU Actress Blogs about Adult Themes on Show

2010-04-07 Thread Martin Baxter
Keith, I saw it twice and, in perfect honesty, I never noticed these assets she and others speak of. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 10:34 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: I may have missed the SGU ep, Darkness, but evidently it generated some talk about actress Julia

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Cuban Government Releases Votes of Teenaged Elian Gonzalez

2010-04-07 Thread Martin Baxter
You're nail on the head, Tracy. If memory now serves me as well, the mother's family (she died during the boat passage from Cuba to Florida) said that she took the boy to give him a better life here in America. Oddly enough, the publicity this all engendered resulted in his having a far better

Re: [scifinoir2] Lando's Love Lessons

2010-04-07 Thread Augustus Augustus
this was freaking GREAT! thanks!--- On Tue, 4/6/10, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com wrote:From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comSubject: Re: [scifinoir2] Lando's Love LessonsTo: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.comDate: Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 6:23 PM On Tue,

[scifinoir2] 150-pound velociraptor on the loose in suburbs

2010-04-07 Thread Kelwyn
http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/04/couple-says-dinosaur-sculpture-swiped-from-front-yard.html Gary and Cathy Crawford could use some help locating their 150-pound steel dinosaur sculpture. The sculpture of a velociraptor -- the same dinosaur shown hunting in packs in Jurassic Park--

Re: [scifinoir2] SGU Actress Blogs about Adult Themes on Show

2010-04-07 Thread Mr. Worf
Some guys are looking a little too hard for just about anything. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 7:34 AM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: I may have missed the SGU ep, Darkness, but evidently it generated some talk about actress Julia Benson's...assets? What did I miss? I do remember

[scifinoir2] Croatia comes out with an electric car

2010-04-07 Thread Mr. Worf
http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=68752421feedType=nlfeedName=ustechnologyvideoChannel=6 -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/

Re: [scifinoir2] FCC loses Comcast's court challenge

2010-04-07 Thread Martin Baxter
Mr Worf, in cases like these, all I'm seeing/hearing is the money talking. And anyone who believes that the courts are impartial... I've got prime oceanfront property south of Rapid City that might interest them. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I'm

Re: [scifinoir2] Croatia comes out with an electric car

2010-04-07 Thread Martin Baxter
Strangely enough, the land Great Tesla Himself hails from... must be something in the air. I'd buy one in a heartbeat. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:27 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=68752421feedType=nlfeedName=ustechnologyvideoChannel=6 --

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Dubai upholds British pair's jail term over kiss

2010-04-07 Thread Martin Baxter
Funny thing, B. Thirty seconds after posting that, I realized that I have been there, traveling with an ex-SO who was on business. She never did try to kiss me while we were there, and it never occurred to me as to why she didn't (lots of looks instead). Once we were on the way back to the

Re: [scifinoir2] SGU Actress Blogs about Adult Themes on Show

2010-04-07 Thread Martin Baxter
Mr Worf, I did know a ouple of guys when I was at Virginia State who only watched shows for the T*t Appreciation Factor. Ask them anything about content... you could hear the crickets. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Some guys are looking a little too

Re: [scifinoir2] 150-pound velociraptor on the loose in suburbs

2010-04-07 Thread Martin Baxter
Danged headlines! Always promising hew-mon death and terror, then failing to provide! [?] On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 4:44 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2010/04/couple-says-dinosaur-sculpture-swiped-from-front-yard.html Gary and Cathy Crawford could

Re: [scifinoir2] Missing link between man and apes found

2010-04-07 Thread Martin Baxter
I am considering that, but I want to finish it first, because I've read a couple of other stories posted online that were truly spectacular, but ended up unfinished because the writers lost steam or focus. Don't want to leave readers hanging. On Mon, Apr 5, 2010 at 2:53 PM, brent wodehouse

Re: [scifinoir2] Boondocks season 3 sneak preview

2010-04-07 Thread Martin Baxter
GOTTA catch this, if for no other reason than to know what right thing Huey did to end up being burned in effigy. On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [scifinoir2] I know what I saw

2010-04-07 Thread Martin Baxter
Aubrey, there are those fools inside the Beltway who truly believe that a few well-placed nukes can turn the trick. They conveniently ignore the fact that the craft can pull Mach 12 on a slow day, turn on the width of a positron and can't even be reliably tracked by conventional means. On Mon,

Re: [scifinoir2] Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group

2010-04-07 Thread Martin Baxter
Yes! A few years a go, I got something NSFW in the mail, a video of a couple making love in the boyfriend's apartment. At one point, the young lady slips below the sheets for... well, do I need to draw a map here? The camera then focuses on the man's face, filled with pleasure. Then, in the

[scifinoir2] Re: FCC loses Comcast's court challenge

2010-04-07 Thread Badie
Comcrap...Curses! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@... wrote: A victory only for the broadband industry and their lobbyists. [?][?] On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:06 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@...wrote: Man, this is really bad for us. I'm amazed that

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: FCC loses Comcast's court challenge

2010-04-07 Thread Martin Baxter
Speak your curses louder, pal... some damfool neighbor of mine is getting the hook-up from them as I type. [?] And how does the day find you, sir? On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Badie astromancer2...@yahoo.com wrote: Comcrap...Curses! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com

Re: [scifinoir2] what if: immortality

2010-04-07 Thread Mr. Worf
Depends on the family. Not every victim family is for the death penalty but the every time they show something like that on tv they show the families that are for it. Also, the type of crime doesn't always fit. For example, I mentioned the story about a guy that ran a financial fraud scheme. He

[scifinoir2] Re: Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group

2010-04-07 Thread Badie
Offends mental health group...excuse me...GET A FRICKIN' LIFE --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Aubrey Leatherwood aubrey.leatherw...@... wrote: A... I'd like to get him talking for once ;) Aubrey Leatherwood www.aubreyleatherwood.com FaceBook * MySpace Model Lover Dime

Re: [scifinoir2] SGU Actress Blogs about Adult Themes on Show

2010-04-07 Thread Keith Johnson
Well, it's not exactly unknown in the annals of scifi TV: Uhura, Troi, Seven, T'Pol, Number Six (never did see the attraction there), etc., etc. I did notice that Benson's character is always in clingy shirts, which I assume are part of the uniform for her rank. But I have also noticed the

Re: [scifinoir2] I know what I saw

2010-04-07 Thread Mr. Worf
They seem to think that they can do it because they have shot a couple down before. (probably by accident) One of the things that I find interesting is that there have been ufo sightings in the DC area before. Back in the 50s there was one that put the government on high alert and prompted project

Re: [scifinoir2] SGU Actress Blogs about Adult Themes on Show

2010-04-07 Thread Mr. Worf
The last two trek shows played up the sexual aspect. The holodeck action and the ladies in the clingy outfits was pushing the eye candy factor. (Dax should have been on that list too.) I think that someone in management is thinking that if they make sex symbols out of the characters that they

Re: [scifinoir2] I know what I saw

2010-04-07 Thread Martin Baxter
I'd love to see how they'd deal with an actual alien attack. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: They seem to think that they can do it because they have shot a couple down before. (probably by accident) One of the things that I find interesting is that

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group

2010-04-07 Thread Martin Baxter
Scared BK enough to pull the ads, pal. We live in the PC Era. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 7:31 PM, Badie astromancer2...@yahoo.com wrote: Offends mental health group...excuse me...GET A FRICKIN' LIFE --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com, Aubrey Leatherwood

Re: [scifinoir2] I know what I saw

2010-04-07 Thread Martin Baxter
Let us know how it works out, Mr Worf. Sounds like a great one. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 9:34 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I have been working on that story. I'm stuck in the middle. I've also been thinking about doing it in an alternate reality. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:29

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Crazy Burger King Ads offend Mental Health Group

2010-04-07 Thread Mr. Worf
Last year Jack in the box had to pull a series of ads that featured a group of angry mothers. (anyone remember this ad?) They were out to kill jack because he made the grilled cheese sandwich to well. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: Scared BK enough

Re: [scifinoir2] I know what I saw

2010-04-07 Thread Mr. Worf
I've been using the voice recognition program while I write the current story I'm working on. It has increased my productivity by 300%. About 5 pages an hour. I can probably do more once I train it more and outline the story more in advance. On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Martin Baxter

[scifinoir2] The Perfect Weapon--Pollen

2010-04-07 Thread Keith Johnson
You know those movies like War of the Worlds, where vicious, technologically advanced aliens are brought low by something such as a measly bacterium? Well I say bunk that! Just send 'em down here to Atlanta and let the pollen do a number on them! This is one of the most beautiful cities you'll

[scifinoir2] Accused man's mom blames Fox News for behavior

2010-04-07 Thread Mr. Worf
http://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