Re: [scifinoir2] When being tough with illegal aliens goes wrong

2010-05-22 Thread Mr. Worf
They never think stuff out. That bottle of 5 buck Chuck wine from Trader Joes will cost $29 dollars if picked by non-migrant workers. Or that cheap butter lettuce that they just bought for $5 a head shoots up to $20 you will hear the echoing of hands slapping foreheads. :) On Fri, May 21, 2010 at

Re: [scifinoir2] McDonald's says no way Ronald will retire

2010-05-22 Thread Mr. Worf
It varies depending on the school district. (public schools only) Each one has its own governing body so some districts are doing better than others. PE was being cut in one district, the district next door may be cutting art and music. Another cutting history. One interesting thing that I see

Re: [scifinoir2] Double Down to stick around

2010-05-22 Thread Mr. Worf
They can chitchat about Obama's new health care plan while they are in the waiting room for their cardiologist visit. On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 2:52 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: 10 million buyers can't be wrong!

[scifinoir2] (OT- Video) Beating Caught on Tape: Teacher Speaks

2010-05-22 Thread Said Kakese Dibinga
You got to be kidding me... http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/beating-caught-tape-teacher-speaks-10686839tab=9482931section=4765066playlist=page=1 Said Yenga Kakese Dibinga Director General, Bayindo Group SA POB 1782 Los Angeles, CA 90078-1782 em: s...@bayindogroup.com skype: saiddibinga

Re: [scifinoir2] (OT- Video) Beating Caught on Tape: Teacher Speaks

2010-05-22 Thread Mr. Worf
Wow... That's just crazy. On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 12:14 AM, Said Kakese Dibinga s...@bayindogroup.com wrote: You got to be kidding me... http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/beating-caught-tape-teacher-speaks-10686839tab=9482931section=4765066playlist=page=1 Said Yenga Kakese Dibinga

Re: [scifinoir2] (OT- Video) Beating Caught on Tape: Teacher Speaks

2010-05-22 Thread Martin Baxter
Said, she's gotta be... Back when I was in elementary school, a teacher laid his hand on a female student's shoulder. Totally innocently (he was trying to get her to move ahead in a line), but she wasn't expecting it and screamed. The teacher got two days off without pay. The ONLY reason a

Re: [scifinoir2] Double Down to stick around

2010-05-22 Thread Martin Baxter
LMNAO!!! I was at the hospital on Thursday, picking up my meds, when a guy ina wheelchair came rolling in to the waiting area, KFC bag in hand. Three guesses as to what he had for lunch. On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 3:13 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: They

Re: [scifinoir2] The Phantom

2010-05-22 Thread Martin Baxter
The one review was enough for me. Siffy is evil. On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 2:59 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Looks like syfy has made a reboot of the Phantom. It airs June 20th. Here is more info http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1438437/ -- If all the world's a stage and

Re: [scifinoir2] Science-Fictional Music

2010-05-22 Thread Martin Baxter
I'm convinced. Thanks, Brent! On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:05 PM, brent wodehouse brent_wodeho...@thefence.us wrote: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/125708-janelle-monae-the-archandroid Janelle Monáe: The ArchAndroid By Quentin B. Huff 21 May 2010 Lady Stardust There’s a perfectly

Re: [scifinoir2] James Franco to star in Planet of Apes prequel

2010-05-22 Thread Martin Baxter
To paraphrase the great line, Get your stinking paws off my prequel, you d*mn dirty H'Wood execs! On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 6:15 PM, Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com wrote: http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118019653.html?categoryid=13cs=1ref=vertfilm James Franco has signed on to star in 20th

Re: [scifinoir2] James Franco to star in Planet of Apes prequel

2010-05-22 Thread Mr. Worf
Hmm maybe I can get on set? :) The original movies were all shot in Los Angeles and Long Beach I think. This actually sounds like another syfy channel movie. On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 3:47 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: To paraphrase the great line, Get your stinking paws off

Re: [scifinoir2] McDonald's says no way Ronald will retire

2010-05-22 Thread Keith Johnson
I know times are tough, but it's been proved that kids--all of us--need a healthy physical life in order for the mind to function optimally. Not having a PE break in the day is only going to make them more sluggish and less able to focus throughout the day. And then we'll bellyache about their

Re: [scifinoir2] Science-Fictional Music

2010-05-22 Thread Daryle Lockhart
I've been a fan since the EP 2 years ago. Check out this short film she did to promote it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHgbzNHVg0c As you can see, she knows full well what she's doing. I would say that this is the best album of the year, but I just heard part of Sandra St.

Re: [scifinoir2] James Franco to star in Planet of Apes prequel

2010-05-22 Thread George Arterberry
This has hot garbage written all over it. I'll pass From: Kelwyn ravena...@yahoo.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sat, May 22, 2010 1:15:38 AM Subject: [scifinoir2] James Franco to star in Planet of Apes prequel  

Re: [scifinoir2] Science-Fictional Music

2010-05-22 Thread Martin Baxter
They kill VH1 Soul, but its decrepit sire staggers ever onward... [?] On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 7:29 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: I think I remember seeing some of her older stuff on VH1 Soul (may it rest in peace!) We really don't get to hear anything new in this country

Re: [scifinoir2] The Phantom

2010-05-22 Thread Martin Baxter
[?][?][?][?] On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 6:58 AM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: Diabolical may be a better word. :) Its the Phantom for the monster truck / WWE set. On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 3:39 AM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: The one review was enough for me.

Re: [scifinoir2] Science-Fictional Music

2010-05-22 Thread Tracy Curtis
I saw her perform a month or so ago. It was a great experience. She and the band gave it their all despite the fact that we were outdoors and it was rainy and cold. I'm starting to listen to the new album and like it. Lately it's been hard for me to find new albums, conceived as such rather

[scifinoir2] Re: The Phantom

2010-05-22 Thread Kelwyn
I was a big fan of Lee Falk's The Phantom, as opposed to his Mandrake the Magician which just pissed me off. http://blackplush.blogspot.com/2009/05/cult-of-trick-less-magician.html ~rave! --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@... wrote: Looks like syfy has made a reboot

[scifinoir2] Shows for the Sci-Fi in you

2010-05-22 Thread Kelwyn
From Entertainment Weekly: UNDERCOVERS (NBC) To spice up a marriage, some couples take a vacation...these two rejoin the CIA. When J.J. Abrams discovered the outrageously gorgeous and talented newcomers Boris Kodjoe and Guju Mbatha-Raw (let me pause while I chuckle over the notion of Kodjoe,

Re: [scifinoir2] Science-Fictional Music

2010-05-22 Thread Mr. Worf
Diddy and other producers (probably their interns) have been combing youtube for new artists for the last couple of years. On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 7:52 AM, Daryle Lockhart dar...@darylelockhart.comwrote: I've been a fan since the EP 2 years ago. Check out this short film she did to

Re: [scifinoir2] McDonald's says no way Ronald will retire

2010-05-22 Thread Mr. Worf
A lot of people may have been taught a lot of those things in school but they just don't remember it. One of the arguments for not teaching history was if you want to know something just go online and it is at your fingertips. Which is a ridiculous argument to me but that is the attitude of some

Re: [scifinoir2] Science-Fictional Music

2010-05-22 Thread Martin Baxter
Tracy, I stopped buying music back in 1990, aside from compilations of favorite artists. It's all become too homogenized for my taste. On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 12:34 PM, Tracy Curtis tlcurti...@gmail.com wrote: I saw her perform a month or so ago. It was a great experience. She and the band

Re: [scifinoir2] Shows for the Sci-Fi in you

2010-05-22 Thread Martin Baxter
rave, I join you in your chuckling, and add my silent joy at the thought of Terra Nova coming to a TV in my room. And, even though No Ordinary Family is barely off the ground production-wise, I'm only hearing pans for it across the SF community. THe kindest thing said of it is that it's a parody

Re: [scifinoir2] McDonald's says no way Ronald will retire

2010-05-22 Thread Martin Baxter
The problem with people learning that way is that they can easily pick up someone's version of history, instead of the actual facts/events. On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Mr. Worf hellomahog...@gmail.com wrote: A lot of people may have been taught a lot of those things in school but they

Re: [scifinoir2] Science-Fictional Music

2010-05-22 Thread Mr. Worf
Andre 3000 is on the guitar in this video. Overall the music sounds a lot like Outkast's last album. Its interesting though. She's almost too polished which adds to the theme. It has the makings for an interesting short film. On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 7:52 AM, Daryle Lockhart

Re: [scifinoir2] McDonald's says no way Ronald will retire

2010-05-22 Thread Keith Johnson
Agreed. And remember, there's the whole issue with my home of Texas, where they want to minimize Jefferson's prominence in history books because now they're deciding he wasn't a real American after all. And then there's Arizona, which is outlawing courses focused on non-white history. Amazing,

Re: [scifinoir2] McDonald's says no way Ronald will retire

2010-05-22 Thread Mr. Worf
That is very true. A lot of people take wikipedia as gospel. Which is a very bad idea because you don't know who wrote it and what their motivations are behind it. There is a battle going on right now in Texas over the content of their history books. Influenced by the tea party some people want

Re: [scifinoir2] McDonald's says no way Ronald will retire

2010-05-22 Thread Mr. Worf
Wow Keith I just posted about that! :) On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote: Agreed. And remember, there's the whole issue with my home of Texas, where they want to minimize Jefferson's prominence in history books because now they're deciding he

[scifinoir2] Fwd: Wonder Woman Takes It to Batman's Old Chums

2010-05-22 Thread Martin Baxter
-- Forwarded message -- From: Martin Baxter martin.baxter@gmail.com Date: Sat, May 22, 2010 at 5:31 PM Subject: Wonder Woman Takes It to Batman's Old Chums To: martinbaxt...@gmail.com Deep breathing, gentlemen. And think of fluffy kittens... 8-O (Oh, ladies? Try not to be

[scifinoir2] Fwd: Things to think about on the long wait for Fringe season 3

2010-05-22 Thread Martin Baxter
-- Forwarded message -- From: Martin Baxter martin.baxter@gmail.com Date: Sat, May 22, 2010 at 5:23 PM Subject: Things to think about on the long wait for Fringe season 3 To: martinbaxt...@gmail.com Again, I state -- I LOATHE JJ As... but there are some things to ponder.

[scifinoir2] Fwd: Sorta OT: Shuttle-Riding Bat Dies The Most Glorious Death Imaginable

2010-05-22 Thread Martin Baxter
-- Forwarded message -- From: Martin Baxter martin.baxter@gmail.com Date: Sat, May 22, 2010 at 5:15 PM Subject: Sorta OT: Shuttle-Riding Bat Dies The Most Glorious Death Imaginable To: martinbaxt...@gmail.com At first glance, you may thank, Dang... if that wasn't the dumbest

Re: [scifinoir2] McDonald's says no way Ronald will retire

2010-05-22 Thread Martin Baxter
Disturbing, Keith and, in the case of Texas, hilarious. I mean, how many folks are, during the course of arguing their points, quoting Framers' intent, while probably not knowing that Jefferson WAS a Framer? On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 3:50 PM, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@comcast.netwrote:

Re: [scifinoir2] McDonald's says no way Ronald will retire

2010-05-22 Thread Martin Baxter
And, Mr Worf, what's worse with Wiki is that any nimrod with a computer can rewrite anything they find not to their taste. I know of one guy, a self-professed intellect who spends, by his own admission, at least three hours a day rewriting Wiki entries, claiming that the grammar isn't right, or

Re: [scifinoir2] McDonald's says no way Ronald will retire

2010-05-22 Thread Keith Johnson
agreed... - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.com To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2010 7:51:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] McDonald's says no way Ronald will retire Disturbing, Keith and, in the case

Re: [scifinoir2] McDonald's says no way Ronald will retire

2010-05-22 Thread Mr. Worf
That's very true. I did a report on wikipedia for school last year and while I was writing it, the church of scientology was at war with a hackers group called Anonymous over their negative content about the church. It got so heated that wiki had to block all of their ip addresses! Over 300 people

Re: [scifinoir2] Fwd: Sorta OT: Shuttle-Riding Bat Dies The Most Glorious Death Imaginable

2010-05-22 Thread Mr. Worf
Did the bat have little bat aviator glasses on? :) On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Martin Baxter martinbaxt...@gmail.comwrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Martin Baxter martin.baxter@gmail.com Date: Sat, May 22, 2010 at 5:15 PM Subject: Sorta OT: Shuttle-Riding Bat