From ThisIsTrue.com
<<THE SHADOW KNOWS: Police in Punxsutawney, Pa., aren't taking any chances.
They've called in the state police and National Guard troops to help
guard "Punxsutawney Phil" -- the groundhog that supposedly predicts how
long winter will last. "We just never know what may pop up in these
times, so we are getting prepared," said a state police spokesman. Some
local residents wanted the festivities canceled after terrorist attacks
in New York, but "there was only one year we did not have the event and
that was in 1942 because we did not want to give our World War II
enemies any favorable weather forecasts," said an event organizer. The
troops will keep the crowds under control, and will search onlookers.
(Reuters) ...If there's six more weeks of winter, the terrorists have
won. >>
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EDIT:
More from the latest issue.........good stuff
<< WHAT'S IN A WORD? After 13 years, the industry group Phonographic
Performance Malaysia has announced it is changing its name to Public
Performance Malaysia. The licensing and royalty board says it has to
change its name because people don't know what a "phonograph" is
anymore and think the first word of the name is "Pornographic". PPM's
head, Tan Ngiap Foo, said he was tired of people asking why he ran such
a "dirty" organization. "I have clients who purposely write PPM checks
as 'Photographic Performance Malaysia' just to avoid phonographic," he
said. The organization's board of directors decided to change the name
rather than continue to suggest critics needed to consult a dictionary
before making accusations. (Malaysia Star) ...After we are all done
pandering to the ignorant, what will be left?
WHEN IT'S GOT TO BE THERE ALL NIGHT: The United Parcel Service is
threatening to sue California-based BeProud, a "leading retailer of gay
products," over the retailer's newest addition to its "American Heroes"
action figure line: the $49.95 "Billy Parcel Service" doll. "This
particular product is a very clear infringement on our trademark,"
complained a UPS spokesman. "It's not a generic policeman. It's not a
generic fireman. It's very explicitly a UPS delivery man and that's an
unacceptable use of our brand." The courier's lawyer notes that the
product is advertised as "'anatomically complete' and ...is grotesquely
so." BeProud says UPS "should be flattered." (National Post Canada)
...Now now -- you both should know that what counts isn't the size of
the package being delivered.
AS IF THERE WAS REALLY ANY DOUBT: "Can Money Can Buy Happiness?
Apparently, Yes" -- Reuters headline
THERE'S A PHOTO OF the "Billy Parcel Service" doll on my web site, along
with a copy of the story. If you *click* the picture, you'll see what
the lawyer means by "grotesquely 'anatomically complete'." NOTE: It's
not for the easily frightened.
That page also has a link to the BeProud site.>>
One more quote p.s. this is probably the most thought provoking ezine I get
I recommend it highly.......what do you have to lose.....
it's free ThisIsTrue.com
<<THIS WEEK'S HONORARY UNSUBSCRIBE goes to Richard H. Bolt. A physics
professor at MIT with an interest in acoustics, Bolt started a
consulting firm with another MIT professor, Leo Beranek, and worked on
such projects as doing an audio analysis of the JFK assassination, the
"18.5 minute gap" in Nixon's White House tapes, and improving the sound
in concert halls. Later, after the addition of one of his former
students, Robert Newman, the firm of Bolt, Beranek and Newman, better
known as BBN, designed the first computer modem in 1963, helping
computers communicate with each other. This led to work on the ARPANET,
which became the Internet. BBN helped develop e-mail and, in 1971, one
of BBN's researchers chose the "@" sign for e-mail addresses. Bolt
retired in 1976. He died on January 13, but his death was not announced
by his family until January 22. He was 90. (This week's most-suggested
honoree: Teflon inventor Robert M. Joyce Jr., dead January 19 at 86.)>>
<<THE SHADOW KNOWS: Police in Punxsutawney, Pa., aren't taking any chances.
They've called in the state police and National Guard troops to help
guard "Punxsutawney Phil" -- the groundhog that supposedly predicts how
long winter will last. "We just never know what may pop up in these
times, so we are getting prepared," said a state police spokesman. Some
local residents wanted the festivities canceled after terrorist attacks
in New York, but "there was only one year we did not have the event and
that was in 1942 because we did not want to give our World War II
enemies any favorable weather forecasts," said an event organizer. The
troops will keep the crowds under control, and will search onlookers.
(Reuters) ...If there's six more weeks of winter, the terrorists have
won. >>
Like Taliban Jokes?
EDIT:
More from the latest issue.........good stuff
<< WHAT'S IN A WORD? After 13 years, the industry group Phonographic
Performance Malaysia has announced it is changing its name to Public
Performance Malaysia. The licensing and royalty board says it has to
change its name because people don't know what a "phonograph" is
anymore and think the first word of the name is "Pornographic". PPM's
head, Tan Ngiap Foo, said he was tired of people asking why he ran such
a "dirty" organization. "I have clients who purposely write PPM checks
as 'Photographic Performance Malaysia' just to avoid phonographic," he
said. The organization's board of directors decided to change the name
rather than continue to suggest critics needed to consult a dictionary
before making accusations. (Malaysia Star) ...After we are all done
pandering to the ignorant, what will be left?
WHEN IT'S GOT TO BE THERE ALL NIGHT: The United Parcel Service is
threatening to sue California-based BeProud, a "leading retailer of gay
products," over the retailer's newest addition to its "American Heroes"
action figure line: the $49.95 "Billy Parcel Service" doll. "This
particular product is a very clear infringement on our trademark,"
complained a UPS spokesman. "It's not a generic policeman. It's not a
generic fireman. It's very explicitly a UPS delivery man and that's an
unacceptable use of our brand." The courier's lawyer notes that the
product is advertised as "'anatomically complete' and ...is grotesquely
so." BeProud says UPS "should be flattered." (National Post Canada)
...Now now -- you both should know that what counts isn't the size of
the package being delivered.
AS IF THERE WAS REALLY ANY DOUBT: "Can Money Can Buy Happiness?
Apparently, Yes" -- Reuters headline
THERE'S A PHOTO OF the "Billy Parcel Service" doll on my web site, along
with a copy of the story. If you *click* the picture, you'll see what
the lawyer means by "grotesquely 'anatomically complete'." NOTE: It's
not for the easily frightened.
That page also has a link to the BeProud site.>>
One more quote p.s. this is probably the most thought provoking ezine I get
I recommend it highly.......what do you have to lose.....
it's free ThisIsTrue.com
<<THIS WEEK'S HONORARY UNSUBSCRIBE goes to Richard H. Bolt. A physics
professor at MIT with an interest in acoustics, Bolt started a
consulting firm with another MIT professor, Leo Beranek, and worked on
such projects as doing an audio analysis of the JFK assassination, the
"18.5 minute gap" in Nixon's White House tapes, and improving the sound
in concert halls. Later, after the addition of one of his former
students, Robert Newman, the firm of Bolt, Beranek and Newman, better
known as BBN, designed the first computer modem in 1963, helping
computers communicate with each other. This led to work on the ARPANET,
which became the Internet. BBN helped develop e-mail and, in 1971, one
of BBN's researchers chose the "@" sign for e-mail addresses. Bolt
retired in 1976. He died on January 13, but his death was not announced
by his family until January 22. He was 90. (This week's most-suggested
honoree: Teflon inventor Robert M. Joyce Jr., dead January 19 at 86.)>>
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