Al Heirich/Rizzn is a Terrorist Update

If you click on the terrorist update link, you'll get the full scoop ... but there's a response posted to my article chronicling the Al Heirich/Riz is a "terrorist" saga. 

Al Writes:
A few points from Al Heirich
1) My original letter was in protest of how the Peace Monkeys treated our soldiers after the parade was over and had nothing to do with thier float. For the record, the Monkeys got drunk after the parade and began spitting on Soldiers and berating them with profanity.
2) One of the soldiers was my younger sister. Enough said.
3) After my commentary, the phone calls began coming in from Rizz'n and his friends. After a threat from one of these folks, I turned it over to the local District Attorney and one of my companies for investigation.
4) I don't own the e-mail addresses he claims came from me.
5) His posting of my commentary is in violation of the Telluride Daily Planet,s copyright which he tried to acquire to no avail.

A restraining order has been requested in San Miguel County Court to keep this gentleman from continuing to harass us.
Thank you for the opportunity to clear this up.
Al Heirich

I respond:
Hey Mental Midget
1) If Matthew spit on anyone I would be deeply shocked.  Given your reputation in the Telluride area, I take your accusations about as seriously as I would a bum off the street.
2) See point one.
3) This is a multi-parter.  Hold on to your panties.
a. Spell my name right.  Neither you nor your lawyer can spell it right.  It's not Rizz'n, its not Rizzen, it's RIZZN.  SEE THE DAMN DOMAIN NAME! 
b. We called you three times, in the spirit of FAIRNESS, to offer you the chance to cogently give your side of the story, on my radio show.  Nobody threatened you.  You are too paranoid. Simma down now.
4) If those email addresses didn't come from you, then why did your lawyer say that they DID come from you?
5) Oooh, another multi parter.... y'ready?
a. I don't care.
b. No I didn't.  I never tried to get the copyright.  In case you haven't noticed, I respect no copyrights on this website.  This is because I don't profit from this website. I'm not reposting for profit, and in my mind this constitutes fair use.
c. I talked to the editor of the Telluride Daily Planet, and she didn't say anything about my quoting of the article, and she also mentioned that you were a nutjob.  And that you were probably on probation.  I'll post the MP3 if you push me.  I'll post the CBI report on you too, if you keep pushing me. 

Maybe you'd like to call me sometime and chat on my radio show?  Set the record straight?  Prove to everyone you're not a nut?  Or are you too chicken.  Bawk bawk!

Do you think your application for a restraining order is going to keep me from talking about you?  I'm sure as hell not going to come after you.  It isn't worth my time to travel 5000 miles to come bother you.  I sure as hell can and will talk about you on my site for no other reason than it pisses you off and gives me much enjoyment.

/rizzn

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Saturday night

.... and I'm sitting on my computer doing absolutely nothing.

I'm such a loser sometimes.  :)

BTW, my site may be down for a few days.  EHOSTPROS is the worst hosting company in the world next to AIT, and they won't let me renew my domain.  Go fucking figure.

/rizzn

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Terminally late.

The problem with someone like me who is terminally late is when I'm actually on time, and no one notices, no one believes me.

Yesterday, Leo told me that 11:00 is too late to come in, be on time.

I got caught behind the bridge today, so I was in at 10:14, according to the clock in my car.  Unfortunately no one saw me until 11:45... so I was late.

I'm not sure how that's possible, since it's just now 11:47, but still.

Perception is reality.

Let's backtrack a little bit.  It's 11:48 as of this sentence.  My WinAmp says it's been running for 78 minutes. That means I loaded the WinAmp stream at 10:30.  Before I came into my office, I fixed a problem on the printer, which took me around 10 minutes, which puts me at 10:20.  I checked my email and responded to IMs before I loaded WinAmp, that puts me in about 5 minutes earlier than what WinAmp says.

That's 10:15.  Pretty close to what I said.  However, that's not what was observed by my partners, so it's not what reality is.  Reality is I got chewed out like a minimum wage slave for being late.

How you see things isn't always correct.  Don't always assume you are correct.

/rizzn

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200 Jews leave France for Israel

Two hundred Jews from France boarded a flight to Tel Aviv Wednesday to make Israel their new home, the BBC reported.

About 2,000 French Jews emigrate to Israel every year for religious reasons, to find work and some because they say the fear of anti-Semitic attack has made their lives intolerable.

But Wednesday's exodus only further frosted relations between France and Israel, the report said. France was outraged earlier this month when a young woman who is not Jewish made up a story about how Muslim youths who thought she was Jewish attacked her on a subway.

Before she recanted and said she made it all up for attention, French President Jacques Chirac made a personal pledge to clamp down on anti-Semitism.

Days later, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon infuriated Chirac when he called on French Jews to flee the country and seek refuge in Israel.

Sharon was scheduled to personally greet the 200 emigrants in Tel Aviv, the report said.

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Oops is right. 

These spammers keep getting weirder and weirder.

I got this one earlier today:

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Call us at 206-666-4934 leave us a message and someone will contact you about getting your future going in a better direction. 

A Degree will get you a better income so call today do not put it off! 

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/rizzn

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RznDoUrdn: sup pimp
theAykon: wat futturist... guy.. the one who built the TTS app
RznDoUrdn: Ray Kurzweil
RznDoUrdn: and I'm amazed I understood that sentence.
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in #cammafia on irc.cam-mafia.com

<jimmy> all you had to do was say something to me
<jimmy> if i misunderstood
<jimmy> i apologize
<drunk420> i thougt you'd eventually have the ability to be a good man and tell me about it
<drunk420> i gues i was wrong though
<jimmy> well it'll give you something for your LJ.  email me your address bitch.  i'll send you the money
<pheydal> i think if someone apologized to me then called me a bitch i'd be concerned about how genuine that apology was
<pheydal> mebbe that's just me
<jimmy> and you'd be correct in your assumption

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Ric Flair for President

[Rizzn's Note: I was writing a letter to Joel explaining my choice for president this year, decided to look up some keywords from my letter, and I found an article written in November of 1999 saying what I've been saying much more elequently.]

Ric Flair for President
DAVID DOUGLASS

I don't follow professional wrestling. But like so many other Americans, I get the distinct feeling that professional wrestling is somehow following me. With all the fanfare surrounding the election of former professional wrestler, Jessie "The Body" Ventura, as Governor of the state of Minnesota, I couldn't help but wonder what the United States would be like if it were governed by well-tanned hulks in flamboyant ski masks and star-studded Evel Knievel capes.

As a start, someone like wrestling icon Ric Flair should be elected President. Anyone who can withstand twenty-plus years of ultraviolet radiation and an ocean of peroxide could easily swim among the most vicious political sharks that Capital Hill can muster. It goes without saying that the State of the Union addresses would certainly be far more interesting. The nation would be riveted to its television screens as Flair teeters atop the executive podium, neck veins pulsating, threatening Congress with everything from flying knee drops to scorpion death locks. At the conclusion of his speech, he would repeatedly smash the teleprompter with a folding chair and then swiftly exit the Senate chamber under the escort of scantily clad, surgically enhanced "wrestler babes." Now that's government in action!

I am of the opinion that wrestlers would handle the press far better than your average, run-of-the-mill politician. I mean, what do you do with a politician who answers charges of corruption with, "I'm gonna bust your face.", "Whose gonna do anything about it?", and my personal favorite, "Oh, yeah?" - all with the vocal raspiness of Rod Stewart suffering from a particularly nasty case of laryngitis.

Wrestlers would also make more interesting senators and representatives. Back in the good old days, members of Congress would handily whack one another about the head with canes, throw various assortments of blunt objects, and initiate duels to the death over matters as trivial as whether or not Mormon men in Utah should be the only ones in the country lucky enough to have more than one wife. All we ever get now are boring press conferences and endless hearings where scarcely a toupee is disheveled. Let's be honest with ourselves - we would all enjoy seeing Barney Frank inflict a whirling missile drop kick on someone like, say, Trent Lott every once in awhile.

Most government bureaucrats are simply too clean cut to fulfill the responsibilities of the jobs to which they have been assigned (with the possible exception of Janet Reno, who would probably be the Women's World Wrestling Champion were it not for her recent stint as Attorney General). And speaking of the Attorney General, I can easily envision someone along the lines of Sting (the wrestler, not the musician, of course!) performing the all important duties of this office with both vigor and enthusiasm. Sting looks like the Gold's Gym version of Kiss, and would make any mafia kingpin seriously reconsider his chosen career path. Let's face it, when the prosecutor is more frightening than the man on trial, you've got a government that is, quite unequivocally, in the business of kicking some serious felonious butt.

The professional wrestler is probably best qualified for the role of foreign dignitary. There is nothing like a good figure four leg lock or spinning body slam to convince ambassadors from uncooperative dictatorial regimes that we mean business. Furthermore, all international dignitaries would be required to develop a "ring persona" and don outlandish costumes before our representatives would agree to discuss matters of diplomatic importance. You simply can't top tight speedos and rubber wrestling boots for placing everyone on a level negotiating field.

Last, but certainly not least, professional wrestling possesses perhaps the best possible solution to seemingly irreconcilable international conflicts - tag-team, no-holds-barred power matches. Wars could be waged in the ring rather than on battlefields, and victory would go to the team that shouted the loudest, sweated the most, and broke more chairs over the backs of their opponents. That's the problem with diplomatic disputes these days - they are all done in private. Weren't we all born with the inalienable right to pay $18.00 a head to see Madeleine Albright put a no-release head lock on Fidel Castro?

I suppose a good argument could be made for borrowing certain elements from other sports (such as boxing, for example) to further enhance the operation of our governmental machine. Why not? I'm flexible. How different the Kennedy-Khrushchev talks might have been had a white-shirted, bow tie wearing announcer kicked off the event with a resounding, "Let's get ready to rumble!"

Jessie Ventura may not be the best governor Minnesota has ever had, and Ric Flair will likely never enjoy a presidential cat nap in the Oval Office. But I still can't help but wonder how far our government really is from formally adopting the professional wrestling philosophy. I have my eyes peeled in anxious anticipation of Al Gore challenging George Bush to a round or two in the proverbial "Ring of Death."

I guess that what American politics needs more than anything is the ability to laugh at itself. Wrestlers seem to be quite adept in this area. After all, I think that it would be refreshing to hear a government official facing staggering inflationary figures scream the ever-familiar, yet comforting exclamation, "You're goin' down, baby!"

 
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[Rizzn's Note: I found this article on a KTVU site that was written back in April.  It explains things in a bit more like I do.]

Prof. Wrestling: Why Ric Flair Should Be President
Nature Boy Should Occupy Oval Office

POSTED: 9:29 a.m. EDT April 9, 2004

UPDATED: 11:29 a.m. EDT April 9, 2004

This week as I watched yet another Evolution love-fest on "RAW," it occurred to me that Ric Flair should leave the ring before those saggy pecs get any worse and find himself another career.

Already, his voice is starting to crack a little at the tail end of his trademark "WOOO!," and the famous Flair strut is starting to look very similar to the gait of the old guy in the plaid pants in front of me in the cereal aisle, checking out the All-Bran while I try to snag the last box of Cap'n Crunch.

Now what could Flair do? Obviously his sales talents are without question. For years now, he's managed to sell us on the idea that a guy with the build of a bowler can actually be a viable force in a wrestling ring. He's managed to convince us that his hairline really has stayed where it is for all these years without intensive enhancement. And, recently, he's managed to convince us that he actually still gives a rip about what goes on in the ring, in spite of the fact that his years of work have left him with enough money to buy and sell the musclebound palookas that fill out the Evolution stable.

And fashion sense! This man could teach the Queer Eye guys a thing or two. Gone are the days of the fur-trimmed robes and satiny trunks. The Flair of today is strictly a Haband man, with some snappy Bass loafers thrown in for good measure. His shirts, while still sporting overly generous '70s-style lapels, are well-cut and manage to camouflage his ever-decaying physique very well.

And, let's face it, the man can talk. I maintain that's the only reason he's still in the Evolution gang. Triple-H is nobody's orator, Randy Orton can't open his mouth without sniveling; and I'm not even really sure Batista is capable of shaping human words. Flair is the mouthpiece, the taunter and the "brains" of the bunch. If this were 25 years ago, Bobby Heenan (Bless The Brain!) would be filling the same role.

As far as ethics go ... well, nobody who's spent as many years as Flair has in the squared circle is going to have much trouble with any ethical dilemmas. When you've spent that many years engaging in high theater, "flexible" viewpoints are no great challenge.

So, ladies and gentlemen, given that the current slate of candidates is about as inspiring as a plate of toast, I humbly propose and offer ....

Ric Flair For President

Now that's rocking the vote, you MTV dweebs!

What do you think, is Flair fair fare for the Oval Office? Slap together an e-mail and tell the Professor what you think.

Cheap Pops
By the way, thanks for all the e-mails so far. Let's give a cheap pop to the top ten cities that have done their homework and sent the Professor a note:

Duluth, Minn.
Scottsbluff, Neb.
Roanoke, Va.
San Antonio, Texas.
Detroit.
Albuquerque, N.M.
Philadelphia.
Boston.
Hudson, Wis.
Des Moines, Iowa.

(Note to San Antonio: if you can write a better column, bring it on!)

Until class meets again, keep hold of that tag rope!

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Win Mark Hopkins' CASH MONEY with the Mark and Darrell Show

The MARK and DARRELL show is on from 8-Midnight EST on Sundays
Tune into http://akaradio.com to listen!
(if the servers are full, try http://rantradio.com's talk station)

Do you want Cash?  Do you want money?  Then you need to play the PROMOTE teh Mark and Darrell Show game!

How do you play, you might ask?  Very simple!

We're giving out a total of 275 buckaroos.  That's a lot of visits to the hookers down the hall, my friend.

 $50 : goes to the person with the most creative idea for promoting the show.
 $50 : goes to the person the runner up of the individual who brings the most listeners to the show
$100 : goes to the person who brings the most listeners to the show.
   $2 : extra bonus from Kyle if you are trailer trash babe.
 $25 : extra bonus from Kyle if it involves boobs.

All individuals will be judged by the (arbitrary and capricious) Mark and Darrell Show Panel.  The person bringing in listeners will be expected to provide some sort of documentation of how they brought in that many listeners.

This means if you brought in what you estimate as 3000 listeners by painting portraits of Darrell and I on a water tower, then I expect at least a photo of said watertower.

Likewise, if you are caught on CNN trying to assasinate the Prime Minister of Khazakstan, and while being arrested you yell out "Mark and Darrell Rules, goto RIZZN.COM", I expect a copy of the news reel.

Bookmark this site for contest updates.  The run for this contest is open, but is tentatively set to be about a month.

So get crackin!

/rizzn

 

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Why does this billionaire need money from me to get elected?  

Florida Hacker Charged in Acxiom Data Theft

A Florida man has been charged with stealing data from Acxiom, a marketing company that handles customer information for some of the country's largest companies. The Justice Department says it may be the largest case of illegal invasion and theft of personal information to date.

Florida man has been indicted in alleged scheme to steal data from Acxiom , a marketing company that handles customer information on behalf of such firms as GE, Microsoft , IBM and many credit card issuers.

The 144-count indictment against Scott Levine of Boca Raton includes charges of conspiracy, fraud, money laundering and obstruction of justice, according to the Justice Department. Federal officials said Levine is accused of stealing around 8.2 gigabytes of data from Acxiom over the Internet, resulting in losses totaling over US$7 million.

Levine is described in the indictment as "the controlling force" in Snipermail.com, a Florida-based company which distributed advertisements via the Internet on behalf of advertisers and brokers.

In a statement, the Justice Department said the charges may represent the largest case of illegal invasion and theft of personal information to date.

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I was researching the Hoyote and found these weird quotes

Kyrie O'Connor: "...And in central Maryland, a pet ferret has apparently escaped and mated with a coyote, producing the world's friendliest and most amusing freakish monster creature of the night. So it turns out the Blair Witch is kind of furry and cuddly and likes cats? "

Scorpio Horoscope: "You were fascinated by the weird photo of a creature published in a North Carolina paper. The paper ran a snapshot taken in a man's backyard. The critter looks like a hybrid of fox, coyote, and cat. Scientists haven't been able to identify it. The moon has you absolutely convinced that this creature entered through an interdimensional wormhole. (The same Bizarro portal that Bill O'Reilly, Marilyn Manson and Carol Channing stepped through.)"

jenna and barbara are hot. 

Mystery Creature Lurks In Central Maryland

[Rizzn's Note: I'm not seeing any real coverage of this, nor am I seeing any other websites talking about this.  I heard it on the radio this month and found ONE website on google news that had the story]

[original link: http://www.wnbc.com/news/3545383/detail.html]

[link to video(FIXED): http://rizzn.net/rizznnethoyote.wmv - if you link it directly, please include a link to rizzn.net or rizzn.com, kthnx]

[update: Just so this gets indexed properly, the preferred spelling seems to be "Hyote" even though Coyote is pronounced with the same sounding, people can't seem to remember that, so they take the "o" out.  I prefer my gramatically superior spelling, but so I'll be indexed properly by people searching out the story, I'll spell it "Hyote" again here.]

GLYNDON, Md. -- A mystery animal is on the loose in Baltimore County and not even the experts can pin down what it is.

A Glyndon man found a way to secretly record the beast while it grazed in his yard. For a while it was just lurking in the woods watching the Wroe family until the Wroes started watching it.

Jay Wroe: "My truck was parked here, started getting in my truck. I kind of saw it there where the sunlight is and said what in the world is that?"

Jacob Wroe: "It looked so weird to me. I didn't know what it was."

Wanting to get a better look at the beast stalking his family, Jay Wroe put technology to work for him.

Jay Wroe: "The next day, I hooked up just portable motion detectors, and put them down back in the woods there."

The trap worked.

Jay Wroe: "Very bizarre. I went and got my father and cousin and they came and looked at it and their reactions were pretty much the same -- what in the world are we looking at?"

Pictures Of The Unusual Creature In Maryland

More than a month after the first sighting, the creature has become a neighborhood regular and showing up often.

Kim Carlsen: "It comes to our house. It's been up in the woods for a while and it comes up through the bottom of our yard and eats our cat food."

Despite the fact it's lurking in these woods and no one knows when or where it will come out, no one here seems afraid of it.

Jacob Wroe: "I don't know, it doesn't look like it's going to harm anybody."

Even the other neighborhood animals like Bullwinkle the dog next door seem okay with the beast.

Kim Carlsen: "It's not afraid of the cats and the cats seem to get along with it fine."

The beast is not shy, and visits most often under bright sun. While no one here knows what it is, they do have a name for it -- the hyote, a combination of a hyena and a coyote.

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A followup story to this:

[link: http://www.nbc13.com/news/3558739/detail.html ]

[Rizzn's Note: I'm from Texas, so I thought it was Pecos Bill... sheesh... some of these quotes really shake my confidence in humanity.]

Mystery Animal Possibly Spotted Again In Maryland

UPDATED: 11:38 AM EDT July 21, 2004

JOPPA, Md. -- There may be more than one mystery animal running around Maryland -- there are pictures from a sighting in Harford County.

At the Mathis family's rural home in Joppa, they're used to animals, but not this kind.

"I looked out the window and I saw something drinking out of the water trough," said Lisa Mathis. "It looked like something out of Lord of The Rings."

"I couldn't figure out what it was," Mathis said. "I thought it was a dog and then I looked closer and then I got the camera and pulled it in closer just so I could show the rest of the family."

Mathis's sighting occurred about a year ago. They didn't think much of it until last week when home video of a very similar looking beast appeared on WBAL-TV in Baltimore.

"I saw it and immediately thought of this picture that my wife had taken," said Jon Mathis. "(It) looked exactly like the same animal."

On their Harford County land the Mathises have seen all kinds of foxes and other animals running around, but never one like this.

"I'm from New Jersey so I immediately thought it was the Jersey Devil," said Jon Mathis. "In New Jersey folklore, it's a wild beast -- sort of like the abominable snowman."

"My first impression was this was a red fox with sarcoptic mange," said Paul Peditto from the Department of Natural Resources.

With theories running wild, Maryland's Department of Natural Resources says it's very likely a fox, but even they can't be certain.

"We can't discount the possibility that someone had some type of exotic mammal as a pet and released it for whatever reason," said Peditto.

But even with maybe more than one so-called hyote running loose, DNR is going to leave the beast or beasts alone for now.

"We would respond if we knew we had a public safety situation developing," said Peditto. "If we had an animal that was acting in a way that would put people in danger, we would respond immediately."

The only way to find out what the animal is would be to trap it, but DNR says it would only do that if the animal were seen as a threat.

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[Rizzn's Note: this article was billed as "some "experts" say they've got the answers"... but it just looks like a new article on the same subject.  Still, for wholeness, I quote it here.]

[Rizzn's Note: UPDATE: I spoke with Susan Ingram via email this morning.  It is quoted below.

The "Strange Mammal on Tape" story you posted from the Community Times on July 20 ... was actually the FIRST article published and the FIRST Web site to carry the story-note the pub date of JULY 6. Local NBC and Fox affiliates in Baltimore saw the Community Times story and went out to cover it - the story then circulated through the stations' affiliate news services online. So, the first stories you posted were actually posted days AFTER the Community Times had already reported the story. ... The story just went bonkers and I would like people to know that Jay Wroe called us and after our story hit in print and Web [format and] it went nuclear from there. I tried to put a dose of reality into the "mystery" element by talking to the DNR, but it didn't seem to stop people from being captivated anyway...

So that should set the record a bit more straight.]

Glyndon: Strange mammal on tape
SUSAN C. INGRAM 06.JUL.04

Wildlife expert helps solve the case

"I think it's a hyena," said 12-year-old Glyndon resident Mitchell Jones about a weird-looking animal seen lurking around Glyndon the past few weeks. "It's really freaky."

Sighted by a few residents in the leafy, well-tended backyards along Butler Road, the animal is said to be about the size of a small dog, with no fur, except for a scraggly bit on its head and running down its spine.

Central Avenue resident Jay Wroe spotted the animal in the backyard of his parents' home in the 4800 block of Butler Avenue.

Wroe works for the family electronics business, which is headquartered in a large garage on the property. He said he saw the animal in a field one afternoon and wondered, "What in the world is that?"

Being an electronics technician, he set up a motion sensor to ring a bell in the garage. And he kept his video camera handy.

Wroe said the bell rang last Monday and he ran outside, camera at the ready. He captured about five minutes of video footage of the animal roaming around and rooting in the grass.

"When I first saw it, I went and got some more witnesses. I tried to track it a little bit, but it goes back through the big field over there," he said pointing to an adjacent property.

Wroe said his neighborhood has all the usual kinds of wildlife, such as deer and groundhogs, "but nothing this wild. Nothing this bizarre."

"It's either a hyena, or a sick-looking fox," he added.

Neighbor Marie Cole has lived in her secluded Glyndon home for 55 years.

She said the animal sat in the middle of her yard the other day as she mowed the lawn around it.

"He just sat there and looked at me," she said. "It's a fox with no hair, except on its head. I figure he's got rabies or something."

Cole said she's seen red foxes on her property, usually in the fall.

"They got a pretty red coat and they don't stop and stare at ya'. They're on the move," she said.

Wroe said a wildlife expert at the Gwynnbrook Wildlife Management Area in Owings Mills looked at his videotape and declared it a fox with mange.

"He said to just leave it alone. It shouldn't be any kind of a threat," he said.

According to the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Web site, foxes account for only 5 percent of confirmed rabies cases. Raccoons account for 85 percent.

Mange is caused by mites that burrow under the animal's top layer of skin and lay eggs. A substance in the mites' bodies causes an allergic reaction. The animal scratches and bites itself causing wounds that get infected and the animal's hair falls out. The condition is often fatal.

"We've gotten calls from people about foxes in that condition quite often," said Ken D'Loughy, regional manager for the DNR's Wildlife & Heritage Service. "It depends on the condition of the animal if they can make it."

D'Loughy advised people who spot foxes in their backyards to make sure garbage cans are secure and not to feed pets outside.

"Once you remove the food source they'll go somewhere else," he said.

He said when people call the DNR with concerns, "we try to educate them and allay their fears. Foxes aren't typically aggressive."

Mitchell Jones and friends have dubbed the bedraggled fox "The Quanak."

He said he and friend Kyle Wroe, also 12, will be keeping an eye out for it throughout the summer.

"Unless it dies," he said.

- Community Times

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A long long day

What a long long day.



I browsed thru what could only be described as a CRAPLOAD of stations to syndicate to after work today. After that it's back to the grindstone on the AKA site.



At any rate... hrm. I've been on the fone with AIT all day. I've got to say, as hosting providers go, AIT is by far the worst in the world. Completely useless tech support.



I'm spent.



Back to work.



/rizzn

AKARadio v1.0 website is now up. enjoy! 

where do i buy this? 

Apparently, C-M got hacked. S'ok... We'll find you punks. 

Well, now I'm not a "terrorist," I'm a "racist."

Google said that I advocate "Hate, violence, racial intolerance, or advocate against any individual, group, or organization..." and am disqualified from participating in their AdSense program. Someone please tell me where I do this!

 

Honestly, this is ridiculous.  I have a hit magnet of a site, it's rife with content, and a perfect candidate all-in-all for the AdSense program.  There's no reason for me not to qualify.

 

I blame it on laziness on Google's part.  They've picked up on a keyword here or there and haven't read it's context.

Rizzn is a "terrorist" update

[edited on 8-9-04: removed the name from the source, as she wished not to be named.  clarified allegations as being ALLEGED]

I recently spoke with a source who wish not to be named from Telluride Daily Planet. She warned me to "be very circumspect in your dealings with Mr. Heirich. " Of course with a warning like that, I took her up on her offer to call her up and get an idea of what she was talking about. She gave me the tip that Mr. Heirich was in her opinion, a nut, and has been allegedly convicted of internet fraud previously, and was prohibited by the terms of his probation from dealing with computers and the internet (she followed up by saying she's not sure if that is still in effect, so his probation may have run its course already). She also stated that Matthew and Company's float in the parade was very creative and whimsical, and did not recollect Matthew or any other "Monkey" insulting the troops in Iraq. In another email today, Matthew mentioned that he would attempt to get to me a video of the float in the parade, which I will post online as soon as I recieve it. Below is excerpted from an email from Matthew (aka theShit)

Just so you have some more background on the float, we put an exercise bike with a furiously peddling monkey, and a sign on his back saying "monkey powered" and a trainer in the back of a truck and had a myself variously pushing and pulling the wagon. while all about a bunch of oddly dressed characters with bizzarre signs advocating monkey enslavement, witty sayings, "like who has the extra chromosome" and "Genesis 9:37 Man shall make the animals fear", had monkeys on leashes performing various tasks such as picking up garbage, drilling stuff, odds and ends shit. (I personally prefferred allowing people to spank me, the monkey, even got the towns oldest sisters,90 and 91 respectivley to take a whack) The hood of the car was loaded on top with bannanas and some monkeys gave them out. And best of all, there was someone with a loudspeaker in the back of the truck who went on and on shouting "have a monkey do it! have a monkey do your laundrey, let a monkey wash your floors. For too long now monkeys have been up in the trees being lazy and grooming one another, they ought to work for me! they ought to be grooming me! have a monkey make you dinner.. have a monkey do it! A monkey can moe your lawn" etc...

Now playing: MAD - 2004[PREEMPTEDversion]

Lack of Content

I realize I haven't been updating, but as usual I'm over-extended.  You wouldn't believe how much time c-m takes up.  But I enjoy what I do.

I also added a great deal of historical content from 1999 into the blog.  Scroll thru some of the archives from that year.  There's a couple amusing bits in there.

I'm slowly remembering where a lot of old content that can go on here is. And I'm also fighting with the idea of putting a certain private journal online.

I have this journal I did when Stacy and I were together, and it really shows another side of me, and I don't know if I want to put it on here or not.  The biggest reason is I still think of Stacy fondly (especially since we've mended fences), and the journal doesn't really paint her in a fond light.  I don't think she'd ever read it on here, and furthermore, she has read the paper version, but still, something about it doesn't feel right about putting it online.

I doubt I have enough regular readers that would warrant a vote on the  issue, but if you feel strongly about this, go ahead and write me.

I have another design idea I'm toying with -- I'm thinking about pushing the content down another 100 or 200 pixels.  Well, probably more like 300 pixels... something like that ... and making a graphic frontpage thing that showcases different sets of blog entries... especially since I'm putting in old materials on and actually getting some real entries in here.

Ah well, that's all I can think of to say at the moment that's nominally interesting.

I've got some other big news brewing (but when do I not?), but I'm going to keep it to myself for a minute.

/rizzn

Digital Camera Reviews and News: new fuel cell

Toshiba's methanol fuel cell

It will certainly be some time before we see fuel cells used in digital cameras but it's worth noting that development fuel cells is accelerating. Toshiba today announced a small methanol fuel cell which weighs just 8.5 g (0.3 oz) and can produce 100 mW of power. Toshiba describe this new unit as "small enough for integration into a wireless headset for mobile phones, but still efficient enough to power an MP3 music player for as long as 20 hours on a single 2cc charge of highly concentrated methanol. The new fuel cell outputs 100 milliwatts of power, and can continue to do so, non-stop, for as long as users top up its integrated fuel tank—a process that is as simple as it is safe." (12:25 GMT)

New Things on the Site

Today marks the launch of the official RIZZN.COM v7.0 design.  You may all rejoice now.

If I hear one more crack about it being pink, I'm going to hurt someone.

Also, the comment system was replaced with Blogger's comment system, so all your old comments are gone, but not forgotten.  They are now on the to-do list of things to add to the site.

Basically, I've got an old journal I wrote in when I was in jail for traffick tickets that I need to add, I need to finish adding my Diaryland journal into here (it's about one third done), I need to at the old Rizzn's Wartime Factbook into here, and I need to put the old comments into the site somehow.

Oh, and of course I need to finish updating the MAD show archive, as well as put in my feature articles that have been sitting blank for about 4 months now.

Sheesh, I'm right on top of things here.

BTW, terrorist riz update later today.

/rizzn

I am so gonna go see this. I've gotten some new tips about the movie that say the stroy line's not going to be as horrible as I previously thought. Maybe there is hope 

theShit and I are on a Terrorist Watchlist!

Introduction
I have a feeling this is going to be the start of a very entertaining saga at the very least, so pay attention, folks. This story starts with a parade in Telluride, Colorado, in which some local peace-niks put a float in the parade demonstrating their distaste for war, and ends with a friend of mine (a Levite Jew), and myself (a software executive 5000 miles away) supposedly being placed on a terrorist watch-list.

I've updated the story's format to make it a bit more readable, and I'm changing the format of the site a bit for the same reason, but the same essential content is here, and nothing has been edited or changed from it's original format. If you would like to see original copies of all emails, I will send them to you upon request.

Why am I putting this story out there so plainly? Well, part of it is revenge, part of it is preventative medicine, part of it is fighting fire with fire, and part of it is a legitimate fear I have of this thing getting stupid and me being stuck with a black mark on my record that'll prevent me from having opportunities I'm otherwise qualified for in my future. I want to be first to market with this story.

I realize that right now, other than this news story, my front page has an amazing right tilt at the moment. For you newcomers to my site, I yo-yo back and forth on the political spectrum, and I can't really classify myself as conservative or liberal... I'm essentially for whatever platform ends classism and elitism in America, and right now neither big ticket is doing that in this year's election, so this year I've been playing the same roles the Dwarves from the Last Battle (by C.S. Lewis) did in that wonderful Chronicle of Narnia -- I'm taking pot shots at both sides.

But basically, for those of you following my site and aren't here because of an email I sent you, I've sent out an email to about 15 major leftist blogs, because I want this story to get out and be followed as it progresses. I didn't bother sending this out to right-wing blogs, not because I don't think they'd care, but I don't want them getting the wrong idea ... I'm not attacking their president or their stance on the war, and I'm not trying to start fights at this point. I'm trying to get the word out about Albert Heirich and his campaign to stamp out free speech in Telluride Colorado.

I know many of the right wing people would under ordinary circumstances be very Voltarian about this, but this is not normal circumstances, this is an election year, and one of the most controversial in recent memory .. so better to give the story to those who would get the most milage out of it. Sorry, Republicans. I promise, next big drama thing that hits my life that you can use, I'll send it your way

Enough introduction. Let's get on with the story.

The Telluride Daily Planet articles
This whole thing started, subsequent to the parade, with some letters to the editor in the Telluride Daily Planet. If you go there right now, you can still find the articles, but they won't be there much longer, as it looks like their archives will only go back a matter of a few days or a week or so.

These were written before I was aware anything was going on, but since I'm organising this chronologically, I'm putting them in now.

Peace Monkeys

Dear Editor,

Congratulations and thank you to the volunteers who helped put on a fantastic 4th of July parade. It was respectful, patriotic and just plain fun - until they let the Peace Monkeys out.

The disgusting manner in which these cowards berated the soldiers who served in Iraq (including my sister, See-Saw) while hiding behind masks is a shameful mark on our community and the local peace movement (the individuals are all involved in the local peace groups). Note: the masks did not keep me, or anyone else, from discovering your true identity.

An acquaintance of these buffoons attempted to excuse the childish behavior as "frustration over the war." Give me a break. These hate-filled peace monkeys are just plain ignorant and have proven what I have been saying along - that the peace movement here in Telluride is insincere, a hip fad and frankly, an obscene joke.

So if you still think they want true peace (instead of using the war to open pseudo-hip little coffee shops and boutiques catering to the stupid), then your hatred for Bush has blinded you also.

I'll close now as I've already spent more ink than these losers deserve.

The gloves are off.

Al Heirich

He may have made some valid points if he had not closed his letter with "the gloves are off" and continued your feeble attempts to make my life a living hell, as well as the "peace monkies" of Telluride.

One of Al Heirich's champions is, no doubt, Rush Limbaugh. Rush has a long long history of "demonstrating absurdity by being absurd." If you can't take satire, parody, and absurdity for what it is, and actually examine issue and take note, then you are truly lost as a human being. It is when we close our minds off that we stop growing as people.

Al has demonstrated that he isn't even willing to consider that there might be another side to this, discounting the other side as childish and cowardly.

I say to Albert: You sir, are the coward. You come and attack me without leaving a name behind, and then having me attacked by your dogs over at Owl Investigations.

I now reprint Matthew Finkelstein's response to you from the Telluride Daily Planet:

I, Monkey

Dear Editor,

So, it appears that someone has taken offense to the monkey manifesto. This is actually to be expected. We here at monkey headquarters are also offended by simians, so, in truth, we share some common ground. Although, to make things clear, we do not feel that the human lives being expended in the Iraqi occupation in any way represents the view of the Monkey Power advocacy group. In fact, by neglecting to address this during the parade, we have indeed invited criticism from those who might read as much into our monkey behaviors.

To clarify, the Monkey Power group advocates the enslavement of simians to fulfill duties of humans. However, there are some shortcomings in this principle. For instance: "Trepol gomer son mopper tustwo wjeff right nbo ew sjlsaj monkey food banana please now."

What you have just read was indeed an attempt (in fact, a first) at having some of our own personally trained monkeys write this response. As you can see, there are clearly some flaws in having monkeys do technical work. There are many things, however, that monkeys are better suited for than humans (besides writing, stupid monkeys). In fact, you have provided us with a very powerful insight indeed. Why should our soldiers be fighting to hold onto Iraq, when we could effectively employ monkeys to do the same thing?

Our enemies in Iraq (actually from Iran -- the Israelis told us to seal the damn border, but we didn't want to for some reason) advocate the use of suicide bombers to attack military targets. In response, we here at Monkey Power have initiated a training program to accomplish the very same thing. The formula is simple: brainwash the monkeys. The monkeys are strapped into a chair and forced to endure hour upon hour of Christian fundamentalist propaganda. In particular, we have decided to focus on Darwinism vs. Creationism. We do this in order to undermine the monkey's self esteem. We borrowed the technique with permission from U.S. intelligence agencies who had previously used similar means of control to train certain unnamed terrorist groups in Afghanistan that have since successfully slaughtered millions of innocents.

But getting back to the point: suicide monkeys. They are perfect for this sort of warfare. They are brainwashed beyond any shadow of hope, and strapped on those little monkey backs, a payload capable of annihilating all who oppose us. Monkeys could also be used to set off landmines and perhaps deliver powerful biological weapons through a bite. A little rabies goes a long way, and I'm pretty sure the Geneva Convention didn't bother addressing the use of monkeys to deliver these agents. I think we have a real legal loophole here, people.

So, are our soldiers in Iraq a bunch of monkeys? No. Should they be? Abso-freakin'-lutely. Making war for bananas! Monkey Power!

If you have a better idea, let me know,

Matthew D. Finkelstein

[Note: The views presented here are the opinion of just one monkey, and do not reflect the views of the Monkey Power Group as a whole (even though the author takes liberties in speaking for them.) - MF]

Well written, Matthew. Not much I can add to that, nor would I want to follow that.]

The Point at Which I Become Aware of Things
I came in to do my weekly internet radio show on Sunday, and in my inbox was waiting this email from my buddy Matthew (aka theShit):

I have to tell you all I'm not exactly sure what this guy is going on about. I think he is bluffing. He doesn't have anything to gain by putting me down. But all the same you should know the story.

During the fourth of July parade some friends and I decided to dress up as monkeys and our float was dedicated to the enslavement of monkeys. It was pretty funny. There were monkeys and trainers; the trainers carried around whips and beat monkeys and monkeys were picking up garbage off the streets and there was a monkey powered the car (we simply put an exercise bike in the back of the truck, and had a a couple of monkeys push)...

Well anyhow. This guy writes and article in the paper and says the that the monkey float was unpatriotic and that we were making fun of soldiers and calling them monkeys. It was totally delusional. I responded to the article, despite many of my friends telling me not to, and they printed my reponse int he friday paper. essentially the article stated that while we do not think that the soldiers in Iraq are monkies, we strongly believe that they ought to be, and that we should brainwash our very own suicide monkeys .. blah blah blah .. It was essentially humorous.

Anyhow, I feel that this guys response is equally funny and I am not threatened in the least by his antics. Although how he knows so much about me is a mystery.

So I responded to theShit with some information regarding the fellow and a warning basically not to f34r this guy and he is l4m3.

Not but a few minutes later, I checked my buddy theSh!t's email (a.k.a. Matthew), and his comment board included the following comments:

Matt and Rizzn were the last two Peace Monkeys we needed to identify.
Now the war begins.
Please be sure to give me the credit when the shit starts to hit the fan.
You dumb fucks

The Monkey, 07.11.2004, 8:35 am

So, according to Texas records, old Matt is a crack head. That explains it. No mercy for even stupid little crack heads.
We will be visitng you wherever you work you dumb fuck. You are not welcome in Telluride.
Oh by the way, I've seen Matt dance and it is just plain sad. I watched him once at the Moon and the girls next to me could not stop laughing. It made me sick.
He's gotta be gay, there is no other explnation.

Monkey Killer, 07.11.2004, 8:45 am

Matthew is not gay, he is just a bit slow. Do a scan on his school records and you will see what I mean.
The Owl Investigation Team

Owl Investigations, 07.11.2004, 8:52 am

So far, the opposition's not off to a good start in the civility department. It was at this point I decided I was going to take this seriously, because they had crossed the line of flamewar into "I'm going to intimidate you into doing what I want and there's nothing you can do about it." I have a big ego, and I don't take to that sort of thing very well. Don't believe me? Ask any of my friends, or my most recent ex (you can find our flame war on this very website).

I checked my other email address, the one that only is listed in a few places, and I got this email (full headers included -- have fun!):

Return-path: <telluride.com@earthlink.net>
Delivery-date: Sun, 11 Jul 2004 09:16:52 -0700
Received: from dialup-4.228.81.115.dial1.denver1.level3.net ([4.228.81.115] helo=earthlink.net)
by asmtp-a063f33.pas.sa.earthlink.net with asmtp (Exim 4.34)
id 1Bjh0J-0005qL-L2; Sun, 11 Jul 2004 09:16:40 -0700
From: "Telluride by SkiMall" <telluride.com@earthlink.net>
To: theshit@djcolonoscopyandtheshit.rizzn.com
Cc: guesswho@rizzn.com, djc@djcolonoscopyandtheshit.rizzn.com
Subject: Peace Monkeys
X-Originating-IP: 4.228.81.115

Hey Matt,

I've read your bullshit on your blog. Thank you for the information. One of my companies Owl Investigations will do a complete background check on you, Rizzn and Eric.

In the meantime, we are contacting McKinsey Tribe Company and forwarding your posting as well as sending the others involving illegal drug use to the Telluride Marshals Department and the CBI so they can place you on the "watch list".  (emphasis added)

For your reference, check around with some long time locals and ask about Jeff Salwen (the Rabbi) and see what happens when idiots cross the wrong people.

I thought it important that you know that the things that are about to happen are a direct result of your actions at the July 4th parade.

Let's see how you handle what's around the corner.

Daddy is gonna have to sell a ton of berries to save your ass.

telluride.com@earthlink.net

EarthLink Revolves Around You.

He's going to put us on intelligence agency's watch list -- for drugs and speaking out about the war.  That's essentially what he's saying here.  He's saying that he's got the influence to ruin my life and Matthew's life.

So, of course, I have to hit the hornet's nest with an aluminum baseball bat (no one challenges my athori-tay on my own website).

Brainless Wonder, I'm oh so impressed by your terrorisation of my compadre Matthew. I mean, who wouldn't be, you were able to research this fellow and find his BLOG. And as we all know, everyone's deepest darkest secrets can be found on their home page.

What kind of morons do you take us for?

Your research apparently wasn't done that deeply. What you didn't find out is that I'm an executive in a highly successful software firm. You also didn't find out that I am a DJ and manager of a highly popular underground internet radio station. And what you didn't find out is that I own and operate a very highly trafficked website.

So let's sum this up, shall we? You've declared war Matthew, "Rizzn" and Eric because of ideology differences between yourself and us. You're going into battle against me, someone who has infinitely more effect on the court of public opinion than you can ever have with your puny little letters to the editor for the Telluride Times or whatever rag you have up there. I'm respected amongst my peers.

You expect me to be afraid of being on a "watch list" of the Colorado Bureau of Investigations and the Telluride Marshal's Department? You think someone of my stature isn't already on much larger watch lists? I don't talk about underwater basket weaving on my public forums, I talk about controversial issues. If your version of a Free America doesn't include unpatriotic behavior by some of it's citizens, then I don't want to be a part of your America. Thankfully, however, your brand of nationalism is in the minority, and the rest of the country won't stand for your intolerance.

Why don't you open your mind a little bit and tune into my radio broadcast. It's on tonight from 8-MidNight, EST @ http://cam-mafia.com:8000/listen.pls and on many other affiliate stations. Of course, if you had done your dilligent research like you said you had, you might already know this.

In fact, go ahead, and put me on your watch lists. Maybe then the government will start listening to the voice of what's being thought about in America.

Why don't you ask Dave or Nixxie of EP1 Radio what happens when people cross paths with us. You're going to have to sell a lot of background checks to reverse the tide of my media campaign against you. :)

/rizzn (also, why don't you try to figure out what my real name is).

Yeah yeah, I know, over the top, but shh, don't tell him that, he reads the site. It was mostly parody anyways. The guy's a moron, his letter was moronic, so I wanted to basically say everything he was saying, but bigger, badder, and with brass balls.

I am from Texas, I've gotta outdo everyone. I won't be intimidated by a yeller coward from Telluride.

Or something.

Anyways, he didn't reply by this morning, so I sent a follow-up email:

Dear Brainless Wonder,

What's the problem, cat got your tongue? I take it because of your dilligent researching, you or one of your employees at one of your companies (that's a laugh) listened to my show last night. What, you missed it? Well, one of a few things happened:

1) You aren't a dilligent researcher, and you were shamed by my astute observation of such and you didn't tune in because of this.

2) You are a close-minded fool who is afraid I will turn you into an unpatriotic terrorist simply by listening to my broadcast.

3) You were ramping up your business in f34r of the media campaign I was going to unleash on you.

Please circle one and return. I really want to know why we haven't felt your wrath yet. I mean, you promised us fireworks, and all I've seen explode is a dud. This is me poking you with sticks thru the cage at the zoo. Are you gonna get all mean now and beat your chest and ram the side of the cage?

Or maybe you could just write an apology letter. I'd call off my hounds.

I await your reply

/rizzn

From this reply, it's obvious I'm trying to rile him up as much as possible. I really wanted a response out of this idiot. I got one. I'm not sure if this is his alter-ego or he really does have an employee named Jacob Reinhart, as I'm not local to Telluride. This is what he wrote though (once again, full headers included, enjoy!):

Return-path: <owlinvestigations@earthlink.net>
Delivery-date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 09:44:21 -0700
Received: from fozzie.psp.pas.earthlink.net ([207.217.78.218])
by bittern.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1)
id 1Bk3ub-0007MK-00; Mon, 12 Jul 2004 09:44:17 -0700
Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2004 10:44:16 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
From: Jacob Reinhart <owlinvestigations@earthlink.net>
To: guesswho@rizzn.com
Subject: Please direct all.....
Cc: legaldepartment@skimall.net

Dear Mr. Rizzin,

Please direct all futher correspondance to this e-mail (owlinvestigations@eartthlink.net) or you may have your legal counsel contact us at legaldepartment@skimall.net. Mr. Heirich has turned this over to us and has had your e-mail and domain blocked from receiving further threats.

In addition, we have forwarded your threatening e-mail to the San Miguel Sheriffs Department and the Telluride Marshals Department for possible investigation.

Your e-mail, as well as your web postings, shows you are very disturbed individual who may need professional help.

Thank you

J.R.

Owl Investigations

Of course, in typical fashion, I responded with vim, vigor, and vitriol:

Jacob,

First of all, Rizzn is the first name, and it's spelled R-I-Z-Z-N. If you can't read correctly, how can you expect to have an accurate investigation of me?

Secondly, my legal counsel? Why would I have a lawyer involved with a petty case like this? I suppose I could sue you assholes for harrassment and making threatening remarks, but that's a pretty weak case. No, I think I'll fight my own battles on this one.

This is simply what we on the internet call a "flame-war." Your moron client, alterego, or owner, or whatever he is to you, has made threats to a friend of mine, threatening his livelyhood, reputation, or freedom, depending on how you interpret his emails.

My emails were not threatening, they were simply stating what I was going to do, which is badmouth your client. I hope that you forwarded those emails with the attached correspondence from your client, as they were as threatening as my emails were.

In fact, if you are not familiar with the term parody, I suggest you re-read my first email and your client/owner/brainless wonder (I think I'll just call him B.W. from now on, since he's such a coward he won't include his name on correspondence), and compare it to my email.

My email is pretty much a rewrite of his email, as well as a point by point rebuttal of his email. If you or moronic enough to defend him on this, I will trash your company as well as B.W.'s good name all over the internet in every venue I'm listened to on.... But you know how I'll do it? I'll simply post our correspondence. It speaks for itself.

Lastly, I'd like to ask you what qualifies you to judge my mental health? Are you a psychologist? Psychiatrist? Did you even take any mental health classes in highschool? Maybe did you read a website about mental health once?

I think that you folks in Telluride need to develop a sense of humor.

BTW, an informal poll of my peers determined that everyone thinks you might be the disturbed one. In a follow-up question, 50% of those polled thought that Owl Investigations is a dumb name.

For the record, and in all seriousness, I know my rights, and I know the limits of free speech. Matthew, myself, and presumably this Eric fellow, have not crossed any lines. If you and B.W. make any trouble happen for us, you are simply pulling strings in such a manner that only rich, elite, old-boy-network fucks can do. Trust me, as well known as we are, you do not want that to happen to us. We'll become martyrs for the cause. We'll become Kevin Mitnicks. We may not have mass media coverage of our actions now, but our cult hero status will elevate us into the limelight in a manner you are not looking to make happen.

This is not a threat, this is not a warning, this is a fact.

/rizzn

And then, for a final fsck you, I sent another email from a non-blocked domain, to B.W.:

Brainless Wonder,

You, my friend, are a coward.

You can make veiled threats, but when I type a bunch of bullsh!t into a email window, you block my domain without a reply?

People in glass houses should not throw stones.

/rizzn (have you figured out who I am yet, BW?)

At this point in the game, it was time to gather a little bit of information on the idiots behind this endeavor, so I googled "Owl Investigations" and came up with the following information:

Morning Glory Industries LLC is a Telluride, Colorado business and is a privately owned company that operates debt free.

SkiMall.Net / Telluride Cyberguide / Morning Glory Cyber / Morning Glory Yachting Vacations / Owl Investigations

P.O. Box 2787
551 West Colorado Avenue
Telluride, Colorado 81435
(970)728-5752

Then I went to a perennial favorite, anywho.com and looked up the name of the client mentioned in letter to the editor and the email from JR.

Heirich, Albert
551 W Colorado Ave
TELLURIDE, CO 81435
(970)728-5752

Note: I want to be real clear about what I DON'T want you to do with this information: I do not want you to prank call him, I do not want you to record it, and I do not want you to send it to me so I can play it on my show.

Furthermore, I do not want you to DOS his website or IP addresses that were found in those email headers.

That would be just silly and wrong. And it would probably break the law. And we know that's bad. I don't endorse breaking the law.

To be continued ....
This undoubtably is only the first chapter of this saga. Pass this along. It's not a major battle, but I'm sure all sorts of small things like this are happening around the country, and they don't have ad hoc champions like me to really spread the word. Maybe they will not happen so often if this one is stopped... who knows, perhaps my faith in this country will be restored if something actualy happens that is positive as a result of this story being passed along.

At the very least it's good for a couple chuckles if you're not involved in it. :)

/rizzn

in #cammafia on irc.cam-mafia.com

<CupOJoe> my talk show will be on Rant Radio tonoght, by the way
<CupOJoe> 6 pm EST
<riz> what's the agenda, joe?
<CupOJoe>I'm interviewing Don Waller of Take Back The Media, riz
<riz> cool.
<CupOJoe> it's a real good interview
<riz> never heard of the organisationl.
<riz> what's their politics?
<CupOJoe> oh they're lefties like me :)
<riz> they already have the media!
<CupOJoe> they have the NEW media!
<riz> lefties?
<CupOJoe> WE ARE THE FUTURE!!!
<riz> lefties have the times
<riz> that's old media
<CupOJoe> left-wingers...liberals
* ZenCat meditates
<riz> lol
<CupOJoe> don't give me this "liberal media" shit...no such thing
<riz> eh, i'll listen
<nakeyDolly> left wing = facsist, correct?
<riz> no
<CupOJoe> no
<ZenCat> commie
<bizzypheydie> yaye
<CupOJoe> fascist is far right
<nakeyDolly> isnt that right wing?
<CupOJoe> commie is FAR left
<riz> there's liberal media and conservative media
<riz> you can't deny the ny times is liberal tho
<riz> even chomsky agrees
<CupOJoe> actually there's "professional" (corporate) media and "amateur" (REAL) media
<CupOJoe> I certainly CAN deny it...the Times is ESTABLISHMENT
<riz> that, joe, i agree with
<riz> but as a rule, they editiorialize by placement.
<riz> and they lean leftwards.
<riz> elitists left
<riz> but left
<CupOJoe> The Times is for The Times, if you know what I mean...and their rep has taken a huge hit in the last ten years
<riz> the washington post, on the other hand, does the same thing with an elitest right tilt
<riz> yeah
<riz> but the problem is that AP and UPI still give them creds
<CupOJoe> you want the WEIRD shit, read the Washington Times, which is owned by Rev. Moon
<riz> every day in the wires, AP and UPI list the front page items for the times
<riz> and small time papers without the resources simply mirror the times
<CupOJoe> AP is not bad, UPI is also Moon-owned
<riz> AP and UPI are still guilty of major grievances
<riz> they pander to terrorists
<CupOJoe> they pander to terrorists?
<bizzypheydie> so young to be so hate filled
<riz> they were guilty of pandering to terrorists from the 70's on
<riz> PLO especially
<CupOJoe> actually I think WE'RE the terrorists
<CupOJoe> our government is doing it, we hold partial responsibility
<riz> why? because we don't rebel?
<CupOJoe> because the ultimate power rests in OUR hands, riz...we may not be DIRECTLY responsible for the things our government does, but we by necessity share responsibility through our actions or our inactions
<riz> power of the people is an illusion in america
<riz> the goverment is the cerebellum, the media is the cerebrum
<nakeyDolly> america is NOT a democracy
<riz> we are completely controlled
<CupOJoe> illusion or not, we believe in self-rule and the rule of law and therefore share responsibility
<Max> heh, only thing we can do is not elect the people who did shit
<nakeyDolly> in the US an elite group choose two options, and then the people choose one of them.  do you think the presidential election actually matters in any way?
<CupOJoe> please let's not talk politics here
<CupOJoe> I do that gig on Rant Radio or on my blog
<riz> fine
Session Close (#cammafia): Thu Jul 08 16:52:10 2004

 

in #cammafia on irc.cam-mafia.com

<angeelo> does anybody but me thought wheatus was a girl before watching the vid ?
<angeelo> i still feel quite queer because of this
* HouseCat is blissfully ignorant
<angeelo> :/
<pheydal> these days even a viddie can't determine sex sometimes
<angeelo> wheatus is clearly a bald MALE gnome in the vid
<angeelo> but the part with the girls holding tickets in the 'teenage dirtbag' vid
<riz> eh
<angeelo> apparently is the same singer...
<riz> i went thru the same thing with prince
<riz> the first time i heard him
<angeelo> hehe
<angeelo> so you make a mental picture of the person
<angeelo> and then you watch the vid
<angeelo> *poof* 3 weeks no erection
<pheydal> :"(
<angeelo> :(
* ripper sadface

in #cammafia on irc.cam-mafia.com:6667

<Max> i love looking through my spam mail
<riz> i got loads i can send you
<Max> hehe ill pass, i got a yahoo account with 2ksince i havent checked it for 2 weeks :S

Scientists turn to Popeye to save planet

Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology [profile] reported last week that spinach could provide the missing ingredient needed to make solar cells sufficiently cheap and efficient to provide the world with electricity.

Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology reported last week that the leafy vegetable could provide the missing ingredient needed to make solar cells sufficiently cheap and efficient to provide the world with electricity. The cells work by harnessing the power of photosynthesis to covert light into electrical energy.

The MIT team - which reports its findings in the current issue of the scientific magazine Nano Letters - isolated photosynthetic proteins from the leaves, laid them on a thin gold film, and covered them with an organic material that conducts electricity. When they shone light on this high-tech sandwich, power was produced.

[via News.NanoApex.com]

Boeing Acquires UAV Developer Frontier Systems Inc.

file photo of the A-160 concept

Chicago (SPX) May 05, 2004
Boeing said Tuesday that it has acquired Frontier Systems Inc., developer of the A-160 Hummingbird and Maverick unmanned aerial vehicles. Frontier's platforms and technologies add to Boeing's portfolio and capabilities in unmanned systems that include the Joint Unmanned Combat Air System X-45, ScanEagle and other concepts under development. Terms of the acquisition have not been disclosed.

"Frontier Systems is well known in the UAV field for its innovative systems and technologies," said Mike Heinz, vice president and general manager of Boeing Phantom Works Integrated Defense Advanced Systems.

"By enhancing our ability to meet the diverse UAV needs of our customers, this acquisition strengthens our position as a key player in the unmanned systems market."

The privately held Frontier Systems has about 70 employees and was formed in 1991. Frontier is based in Irvine, Calif., and also has operations in Victorville, Calif., for flight-test operations.

"For years we've been looking for the right company to take Frontier's programs into production," said Gale Kerem, Frontier Systems executive vice president and chief financial officer.

"Boeing provides the perfect complement of people and technology for further developing and producing the Hummingbird and making it even more versatile and effective for a wide variety of domestic and international markets."

The A-160 Hummingbird, a vertical take-off-and-landing UAV, has been designed to fly up to 2,500 plus nautical miles with 30 to 40 hour endurance. Its modular payload design can carry up to 1,000 pounds.

The A-160 offers range and endurance unprecedented in the history of helicopter UAV design. It will provide reconnaissance, surveillance, target acquisition, communication relay, precision re-supply, sensor delivery and eventually precision attack capabilities.

The A-160's unique characteristics address current and emerging requirements of the U.S. armed forces, Department of Homeland Security, and international military and security organizations.

Frontier also sells the Maverick UAV, a retrofitted commercially available helicopter, to the U.S. Special Operations Command. The Maverick UAV has also been used as a test bed for A-160 technologies.

Boeing Phantom Works will complete development of the Hummingbird and then transfer the program to Boeing Integrated Defense Systems (IDS). Phantom Works recently transferred the Joint Unmanned Combat Air System X-45 program to IDS.

[via SpaceWar.com: UAV News]

What's the first thing you see in this picture. Okay, now what's the second? 

Bomb scare was no game to police 05/26/04

[rizzn's note: I'm going to be pursuing this story relentlessly with Nickel from the Video Games Show.  I'll give you updates as they come]

[rizzn's note 2: I called the lady from the paper (Jessie-Lynne Kerr).  She said the story's been handed off to a court reporter, and no movement has been made on it.  We do think we have tracked down Anthony's home number, so we'll let you know. 

Nickel called the jail late on the 16th, and his info was already out of the system, indicating he might have already been released.]

Arrested man says conversation misinterpreted as he played game while on phone to work.

By JESSIE-LYNNE KERR
The Times-Union
A man's statement that his instructions during an action-packed video game were simply misinterpreted -- prompting the evacuation of a North Jacksonville restaurant -- isn't deterring police from pursuing felony charges against him.

Police said they are treating a phone call late Sunday to Cross Creek Barbecue Restaurant in the 12100 block of Lem Turner Road as a legitimate bomb threat.

But Anthony S. Jones, 27, of the 500 block of Chestnut Drive, said he was at a friend's house and playing the game Grand Theft Auto with a child. At one point in the violence-filled game, Jones told police he warned the other player: "There's a bomb in the building. There's a bomb in the building. Everyone needs to get out!"

He made the comments while talking on the phone with a co-worker at the restaurant, where he was a cook.

The co-worker heard the warning, considered it a serious threat and became scared, police said.

The night manager called police.

The restaurant was emptied of people and searched, but no explosives were found.

Police were able to use a call-return feature to determine where the call had been placed and went to a home on Grothe Street. The house belonged to a friend of Jones, who said Jones had been playing the video game and had used his phone.

Police arrested Jones on Monday on a charge of making a false report about planting a bomb or explosive, a second-degree felony that carries a maximum penalty of up to 15 years in prison.

Assistant State Attorney Mose Floyd said Tuesday he could not comment on the case because it is under investigation.

The friend could not be reached for comment Tuesday because his phone has been disconnected, and BellSouth has no new listing for him.

Jones remained in jail Tuesday in lieu of $5,003 bail. His case is scheduled for Circuit Court on June 16.

jessie-lynne.kerr@jacksonville.com, (904) 359-4374

via [Jacksonville.com]

recent chat with some dude.

acridjoke: hey
*** Auto-response sent to acridjoke: The Mark and Darrell Show will be on from 8-Midnight EST on http://www.cam-mafia.com
rzndourdn: heya
acridjoke: hi
rzndourdn: you rang earlier?
acridjoke: not purposly
rzndourdn: ah
rzndourdn: oky
rzndourdn: well you currently have the attention of the great and mighty riz.  what do you wish to do with this?
acridjoke: go get me a pepsi
rzndourdn: hrm
rzndourdn: where are you?
acridjoke: in my almighty computer chair
rzndourdn: You are testing the patience of the great and mighty riz.  you would waste my awesome powers on a pepsi?
acridjoke: no sir, sorry, get me laid tonight
acridjoke: is that within your powers??
rzndourdn: yep. 
acridjoke: oh thanks almighty riz
rzndourdn: All you gotta do is to listen to cam-mafia radio any time you are in a computer, hang out in the irc chatroom, and you are sure to get laid.
acridjoke: i might get RAPED in SOME IRC chat rooms
rzndourdn: ah, not ours.  while the women are submissive and hot for the men, they are not agressive enough to rape.
acridjoke: damn
acridjoke: thats kinda sucks
acridjoke: ...
rzndourdn: unless you want to be raped
rzndourdn: you should have said that in the beginning
acridjoke: well umm... I MEAN NO!!!