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#51368
Topic
DVDs of 2004?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/51368/action/topic#51368
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Dafoe was just plain weird. I kinda liked how you see him "living" in the crime scene to envision how it happened. Kinda predates the concept as used on Crossing Jordan and is now used on the CSIs (the first CSI only used the closeup "wound photography" until the last season or two).
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#51353
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May 19th Avoid Gas Buying
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/51353/action/topic#51353
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I agree that the initial messages that they have collected can be very one sided. However, those e-mails or otherwise are just posted as Snopes receives them. There are more to those couple of pages than what I posted, but that data is just the original message as Snopes found it and posted it. The text I posted here is what Snopes actually wrote in response to those e-mails, etc.

I hate forwarded e-mails for this reason. I've got a friend who is a diehard supporter of Bush and he sends out that sort of propagandistic BS all the time. I usually ignore it, but once in a while I use Snopes to debunk it. It's fun because he doesn't know what to say in response.



As for your "fall into dementia", Ric... welcome to the party.
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#51351
Topic
May 19th Avoid Gas Buying
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/51351/action/topic#51351
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Okay, in your first example, this was all Snopes had to say...

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The Navy Cross, established by an Act of Congress in 1919, is the naval service's second highest award and may be awarded to any person who, while serving with the Navy or Marine Corps, distinguishes himself/herself in action by extraordinary heroism not justifying an award of the Medal of Honor. To earn a Navy Cross the act to be commended must be performed in the presence of great danger or at great personal risk and must be performed in such a manner as to render the individual highly conspicuous among others of equal grade, rate, experience, or position of responsibility.

On 6 May 2004, Marine Capt. Brian R. Chontosh of Rochester, N.Y., received the Navy Cross "for extraordinary heroism while serving as Combined Anti-Armor Platoon Commander, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom March 25, 2003."

The details of the heroism that earned Capt. Chontosh his medal are provided on the Marine Corps News web site:

(text here was written by the U.S. Navy)

The text of the message quoted at the head of this page comes from a 7 May 2004 article by Bob Lonsberry entitled "SOMETHING THAT DIDN'T MAKE THE NEWS." The correct attribution for this piece has been omitted from some of the versions circulated via e-mail.

How is this right wing? Sounds like a rather nonpartisan presentation of facts pertaining to the case at hand.

Next one...
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On 9 January 2003, 31-year-old Staff Sergeant Mike McNaughton of Denham Springs, Louisiana, a member of the Louisiana Army National Guard, was serving with the 769th Engineer Battalion in Afghanistan, scouting for land mines. Suddenly, according to Sgt. McNaughton, "I closed my eyes for a second going up in the air and then landing on the ground, and that's when I just — I knew exactly what happened." Sgt. McNaughton had stepped on an anti-personnel mine, and in the resulting blast he lost his right leg, as well as the middle and ring fingers of his right hand and a chunk of his left leg. Sgt. McNaughton was evacuated to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany for immediate treatment and later flown to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., for follow-on care.

In the months since his wounding, Sgt. McNaughton has undergone at least 11 separate operations as a result of his injuries and has been fitted with a thin, robotic prosthetic shaft to replace his right leg. While recuperating at Walter Reed, Sgt. McNaughton was honored to receive a visit from President Bush. One of the subjects of common interest they discussed was running, and the President extended an invitation to Sgt. McNaughton to come running with him once he was up and about.

The President's invitation posed something of a dilemma for Sgt. McNaughton: "He said give him a call and we'll go running. How are you supposed to just call the president?" Fortunately, Sgt. McNaughton's doctor at Walter Reed was also a doctor for the President, and the two men were able to keep in touch through her.

In April 2004, Sgt. McNaughton and his family made the trip to Washington, and — true to his word — the President went for a run with him. According to Baton Rouge television station WAFB, Sgt. McNaughton described his return visit with President Bush thusly:

(next bit written by some other news source)


Again, I'm not seeing right wing here.

I can go on...

Being relatively left leaning (moreso left than right), I'm not feeling as though Snopes gives more preferential treatment to the right at all. Your last paragraph just goes to show that they will post information about either candidate with the same non-discriminatory light.

I still don't see where you're going with this.
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#51345
Topic
May 19th Avoid Gas Buying
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/51345/action/topic#51345
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Right Winged? Where the hell'd you get that? If anything, this has proven to be one of the more unbiased sites I've seen. They present pros and cons on both sides of the fence. You call it right winged yet tell me to check out what they have to say about candidates from both parties and they have positive and negative entries on both. Support that claim.
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#51320
Topic
Help on writing.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/51320/action/topic#51320
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I just PM'd you my e-mail. I'll try to get to it ASAP, but it may be early tomorrow morning when I finally get it.

If I were to interview Dan Brown, I'd ask stuff like (and I'm no pro interviewer here, mind you).

"How much time do you spend on researching the historical element in your novels?"
"How has the fame and/or notoriety of The Da Vinci Code impacted your life?"
"What was your inspiration to write this novel?"
"To whom did you give the first drafts of the novel for the purpose of double checking your facts?"
"Where do you see yourself going in the future with the character of Robert Langdon (AH-HA! I remembered!)?"
"Now that The Da Vinci Code has been optioned for the big screen, to be tentatively directed by Ron Howard, who do you envision playing the key characters?"

Stuff like that.

Also, if you feature the characters in your press release, don't forget to mention the French cop chasing them as well. Just thought of that one.
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#51307
Topic
Van Helsing
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/51307/action/topic#51307
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Originally posted by: GundarkHunter
See, I went in with no expectation of anything grand, and was pleasantly surprised. There are some movies you just have to do that with.

I did that with Shrek 2 this past weekend and loved it. I really thought it would suck and I have to say that I think I like it better than the original. Banderas was a great addition.
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#51306
Topic
"catastrophe" movies
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/51306/action/topic#51306
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Yep, it's all about fascination with "what could happen". We all hope it doesn't, but it's cool to see how something like that might play out.

I keep pushing for a good disaster movie in Chicago. Alas, we really have none to show for us considering we are the third largest city in the U.S. I've had enough with destroying LA and NYC. We need to demolish Chicago. And, oddly enough, there has never been a movie about the Great Chicago Fire in the late 1800s. Weird. You would think that would be something that someone like Bruckheimer would just love to massacre with historical inaccuracies.
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#51305
Topic
Help on writing.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/51305/action/topic#51305
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Do you have anything written so far?

A press release should be completely devoid of your personal opinion on the book. Just the facts. Start by introducing the main character and explain how his life spins out of control when he becomes embroiled in this search for the Chalice. Don't give anything away. Maybe write two paragraphs that explain this mystery and the three or four main characters (the main guy, the main girl, the curator of the museum - maybe, and the albino dude hunting them down). Then write a paragraph about how Brown weaves this mystery together with a history lesson about Christ, Grail Lore, etc. Then write a paragraph or two bio on Brown. Include a couple of the capsule reviews that are in the book in another paragraph. Close it out by noting his other books including Angels & Demons (note how this is the first in the series of books featuring the main character from Da Vinci - I can't think of his name for the life of me - Robert Something or Other) and his other two books. And, if you can find it, mention what the author is currently working on. Try Googling for his website and see if he mentions what his next book will be. If you want samples of press releases about books, try a publishers' website like Bantam or Penguin. They should have a press section to their site that would include releases that you can use as samples.

If you'd like, you can e-mail me what you write. I work as a proofreader as part of my job responsibilities where I work so I'll check it out for you for grammar and spelling and whatnot.
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#51184
Topic
Jokes thread : Reloaded
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/51184/action/topic#51184
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Here's one for you all...

Every day there are news reports about more deaths.  Every night on TV there are photos of death and destruction.  Why are we still there?

We occupied this land, which we had to take by force, but it causes us nothing but trouble.  Why are we still there?

Many of our children go there and never come back.  Why are we still there?

Their government is unstable, and they have loopy leadership.  Why are we still there?

Many of their people are uncivilized.  Why are we still there?

The place is subject to natural disasters, which we are supposed to bail them out of.  Why are we still there?

There are more than 1000 religious sects, which we do not understand.  Why are we still there?

Their folkways, foods, and fads are unfathomable to ordinary Americans.  Why are we still there?

We can't even secure the borders.  Why are we still there?

They are billions of dollars in debt and it will cost billions more to rebuild, which we can't afford.  Why are we still there?

It is becoming clear...  








...WE MUST PULL OUT OF CALIFORNIA