mork

So I see this headline in a news quiz I'm taking just now and there are four countries to choose from about where it happened...

Knife-wielding man beheads fellow passenger on Canadian bus

I didn't know, although the only one I knew for sure it WOULDN't be was Canada.



Or so I thought.

This is horrific.

Mork,

This story is crying out for a market...."Will the hambulglar be doing any public service announcements for the police?" Or something like that...http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080729100013.adncmy7o&show_article=1&image=large

Hey Mork -- do you happen to know anything more about the "Big Brown Mountain"? I couldn't find anything recent. Maybe it melted already!

<http://www.hubdub.com/m7559/When_will_Torontos_Big_Brown_Mountain_finish_melting>

Mr Mork san, I totally love your work and appreciate your efforts with the hub..Some of your questions rock! keep up the good work. I'll go to the black hole of flag for review for someone whose contractually partial to a good argument.... I'm not too fussed either way. It's just $HD. Thanks for your feedback though and look forward to more of your cutting questions.

Hey Mork - can you check out this question please? Flag and comment asking for clarification,

http://www.hubdub.com/e/Market/Will_large_scale_spider_silk_production_become_a_reality_in_2008_6535/AdminView

Thanks!!

Ezra Levant's initial post about his testimony to the US Congress:

http://ezralevant.com/2008/07/levant-to-congress-put-canada.html

AAA

Hi Mork how you going? Could you help me out with the Anheuser/InBev question? Dragon01 and I are about ready to bop each other electronically on the nose with regards what an outcome will be for that market. I'll accept your adjudication here as it seems Dragon has a bit vested - I have a total of $5000 on yes. I'll make a bit on it, not a lot though. thanks.

lmao i like it, thanks Mork.. I feel like that sometimes

hi mork are you software engineer..

I have more friends than you have.

Once these bureaucracies (the HRCs) become entrenched it is devilishly difficult to abolish them. They Steyn case is one of many, these might also be of interest:
http://www.catholicinsight.com/online/index.shtml
http://ezralevant.com/

Mork, I thought this might interest you. http://davidwarrenonline.com/index.php?id=886

AAA

Mork, thanks for the link to the CBC article. Two things, that was the Canadian Human Right Commission, the BC Human Rights Commission has yet to rule. Also, I suspect Steyn & McLean's secretly want the decision to go against them so they can appeal to a court of law.

I do actually re the pix. In fact, i've got something very similar, which i've been contemplating to use as my hubdub pix. Thanks Mork!

OK, thank you anyway.

Hey Mork, perhaps you can take a crack at this one:

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2537887720080627?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=10179

It looks to be very newsworthy to me but I'm struggling to come up with a market on it, you're good at these. At first I was thinking some kind of a play on words with the syllables of axe, tax to reacts, sacks, hacks or facts, but I couldn't come up with anything I liked. But, now that BC is making this legal precedent it does seem that this trend could go either way, that more jurisdictions would jump on the band wagon, or that the citizenry of BC would indeed revolt. Have you got a read on this?

Just curious.
Adam

Why thank you mork. It's lovely to be back and to see the superusers' presence on the site

nice picture mork!

inre: controversial questions:
Thanks for the link....i've been so busy with work.... there is a lot of focus on impeaching rove and cheney, and ultimately W....i may tie that story into a question soon... that little warhead story last year caused a big stink in louisiana, and fingers pointed everywhere, and i think this story will be getting some play in the coming weeks.....

Thanks!

Mork,

Thanks for the recognition about my market re the soldier in Israel, coming from you praise means a great deal, I admire your thoroughness, market creation and prolific prediction ability.

hehe
Cool
My 1st html.
http://www.bu.edu/webcentral/learning/html/basics/formatting-italics.html
luv it...

italics test

Thanks for the add :)

Thanks for the recent challanges. I am currently vested in the Syrian reactor question, and just recently cashed out of the hakapik question. I wanted to let you know I do enjoy being challanged and concider each one seriously - thanks!
John
P.C. #1664

Very poignant, and here I'm cracking jokes about Leonidas. Anyway your comments remind me of my favorite quote from Mark Twain.."Travel is fatal to pride, prejudice and bigotry." If I could wave a magic wand I would ensure that as part of a thorough education that young children, mid teens, would have the chance to travel outside their own country, it would give them such an appreciation for other people and situations and be very humbling.

Mork, tell me about your latest avatar. Famous painter?

r u kidding me??!!

OTTAWA, Jun 18 - A Canadian court has lifted a 12-year-old girl's grounding, overturning her father's punishment for disobeying his orders to stay off the Internet, his lawyer said.

Mork, what the heck is going on out there in BC?! I'd hoped when I created that market about the severed feet that there wouldn't be any more, of any kind. Yuck. Odd that they hld back the footwear type, eh?

With the goo goo googly eyes...

NICE pic Mork!

Greetings back to you from the Music City "Nashville"

gonna get ya Mork. Your history man. I'll be having a ciggy, as I jog past you on the final leg of the Hubdub triathlon.

Hey, thanks Mork! :D
u can use it, if u like... That Biased US Librul Media is IGNORING the John McBush fundraisers!!

Mork: Who is A HARKE and why does he send me the same questions for challenge that you do?

any thoughts on InBev buying Anheiser...looks promising....

sorry I sent you the Chelsea question twice....Annie

sorry I sent you the Chelsea question twice....Annie

& now it works, go figure.

hey thanks for the reply, I know about the 2 buttons, I'd changed it a bunch of times previously, suddenly not working, I think it's something wrong w/ my computer, not the proram, thanks anyway.

Hey Mork,

Just tried to update my pic, it deleted easy enough, but when I attempted to upload a selection, and I tried a variety of types, it would just delete the selection rather downloading it. Have you ever had that happen? Just curious.

Truth! Kind of like the two headlines I found today about releasing the water from the Quake Lake:

Hey Kids todays lesson is about "spin"

Exhibit A. Headline from official Chinese news agency - "Official: China wins "decisive victory" in main quake lake drainage" @ http://www.chinaview.cn/

Exhibit B. Headline from International Herald Tribune - "Flooding spreads more destruction in town below 'quake lake'" @ http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/06/10/asia/quake.php

Same event.

I wonder if folks downstream from the "run-off" felt like it was a decisive victory?

btw... what's with the picture?

Mork, I've considered this also for a market and was stymied as well. The whole think just makes me want to puke. Reminds me of a couple of things...Children of Men when woemn worldwide have become sterile, like the reference to women in Japan, also Freejack when Emilio Estevez is snatched from the past to the future because his body is not yet tainted like everyone else. Honestly, I think this is at least as grave a concern (pollution) as global warming, probably more so. I can get more motivated by this kind of thing than the possibility of manking induced global warming which may likely involve a significant natural element beyond our control. But making and tossing plastic IS something we could chose to do differently. I applaud you for thinking of adding this, it needs more exposure.... hmmmnnn can you find stats about how much plastic is produced annually? It's largely petroeum based, so perhaps the price of oil will finally apply some downward pressure. Personally I like to buy glass containers whenever possible vs. plastic and I also created a market once about Whole Foods discontinuing plastic bags, but I agree, it is a tough one. I wonder if there are stats anywhere that reference live birth rates of countries? I'll think about it some more, but thanks for sharing, feel free to send stuff my way any time.

BTW... I grew up in Washington state and attended Univ in BC and have spent a lot of time in Canada during my life, one thing I always appreciate is the general resepect for the enviromonment that y'all have, more apparent than what we have here in the states.

Thanks for the slide show Mork, slides # 12 & # 14 APPEAR to show some good flow out of the lake but it's hard to tell from that angle, maybe they will be fortunate and they can slowly drain the lake after all.

You are Dutch? So is my husband's family. Have you ever visited the Netherlands?

Actually, the French seem to be stacking the deck with six teams. There has been so much turmoil in professional cycling with all the drug allegations and eliminations. Entire teams have been disqualified. But, it's amazing to watch these guys cycle up those mountains!

I'm glad you like my profile pic. I have a habit of saving pics that amuse me, and I finally found a use for one of them.

Hey Mork, I'll try staring at your picture later to see how it makes me feel....lol.

If you happen to see the Kung Fu Panda movie, then my market will make sense. Not to spoil it too much but the final battle between KFP and his nemisis involves a silly little "kung-fu" move in which KFP pinches the tiger's paw with just two fingers, flexing his pinky and uttering this word and the result is that the tiger is vanquished.

Ka-doosh to you Mork!

ha ha.

Won't you feel sheepish if this happens? Seriously, I know it's a long shot and you'll probably win with a "No." But when I saw this movie yesterday it cracked me up. Howe's the weather out there today? Hot? BTW... what's the significance with your new pic?

thank you for the invite...

Mork,

I don't know if you've had a chance to catch up on the Steyn BC HRC case, but it looks as though one of these cases has finally entered the public forum to the extent that the commissioners might be forced to acquit MacLeans/Steyn or face public ridicule.

My understanding is that these commissions were established around 20+ years ago with the best intentions (one of my favorite sayings is, "The road to hell is paved with good intentions"), to provide a forum where folks who were discriminated against in "real" ways like employment discrimination based on sex, or housing discrimination based on race, could seek redress without needing to have the resources to hire an attorney. It appears that for many years the HRCs achieved their goals with little fanfare, little controversy, and some success.

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But recently it seems they have been hijacked by activists with an agenda. Maybe they were always controlled by activists with an agenda, but the agenda has changed in the past decade. Rather than be advocates for the downtrodden, they have become the commissars of political correctness, and cultural appeasement.

I hope you & your fellow Canadians can band together to achieve, "true patriot love, for all thy sons (& daughters) command".

</rant>

Regards,
An Average American
(Concerned about the free speech rights of my cousins to the North)

Hey, Mork! Thanks for accepting my challenge on the Tour. g

Mork, I think you are one of the only HD's that could actually do this... interested?

In '08 will any HD'er have min 1 Q in ea. category on home page @ same time?

btw.. love the pic, hilarious!

I hit a button on my mouse which posted that shout, but it pretty much sums up my feelings about these cases. I think it's a time for Canadians to stand up for free speech, against embedded bureaucracies and political correctness gone wild.

</rant>

Heh, I'd claim my role was more like anti-spyware. You may have seen this statistic already, but the Canadian HRC's have a 100% conviction rate for "hate speech". You might want to consider moving south, the US is far from the Federalist system envisioned by our founding fathers, but despite the Patriot Act (ugh!) I think we are still a few degrees of limited government ahead of Canada.

Your national anthem is so _strong_ :

O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.

With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!

From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.

The Wildlife PSA series is called "Hinterland Who's Who".
I had just posted the reference to it when I went to This link: http://steynian.wordpress.com/ and noticed a link for 'hinterland who's who' RSS feed in the top right hand corner of his webpage.
I was taken aback and thought I had spyware on my computer.
I soon realized it was a crazy coincidence.

Thank you for enlightening me of the plights of Mark Steyn. As a Canadian I found this considerably upsetting. I wonder if complainants like these have researched our laws on ways to be manipulated better than none other. I see our tax dollars being devoured by a bureaucracy intent only on destroying the ability to speak freely, with the livelihood of a talented reporter being left in it's wake. These tax dollars are being robbed from their ability to do any good and being used to feed these smug lawyers whose education was probably not their first major benefit of immigrating to Canada.

I like how Rex Murphy explains it here.
http://www.cbc.ca/national/blog/video/rex_murphy/human_rights_gone_awry.html

I'm not sure I understand your last shout, but I'm glad you're paying attention to the subject matter (Steyn & Levant). If you accept H$ I'll buy that coffee for you 8^)

I did enjoy the sounds of the Canadian wilds!

AAA

Heh! It's not secret because you told me about it on a fairly public forum, not because everyone knows about it! I'm not Canadian, but I urge you to read up on the Steyn and Levant tribunals to calibrate the rate at which your right to free speech is being usurped by an unaccountable, unelected, bureaucracy. It makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up every time I read about it ... freedom of speech sacrificed in the name of political correctness!

These are two patriotic Canadians whose stories you should know, Ezra Levant and Mark Steyn. Each has been the target of Muslim activists, using the so-called Human Rights Commissions in Canada, for publicly exercising their right to freedom of speech.

Steyn: http://steynian.wordpress.com/
Levant: http://ezralevant.com/

No Canadian should stand aside as their right to free speech is trampled by religious bigots and career bureaucrats.

Thanks for the (not so) secret weapon!

How did you find my question about whether it would rain during the F1GP of Canada so fast? You're good! BYW, I like your new avatar, are you aware of the Mark Steyn Human Rights Tribunal affair? If not let me know and I'll send you some links.

you're welcome.

it was clear to me since
http://www.hubdub.com/m5337/
comment #22

Hello, and thanks for the friend invite.

Ha! I might use that one, too :)

Great pic. I rcvd a call once from the FBI asking for a character witness for a friend of mine that was joining to go deep under cover to be an agent and I told the FBI interviewer myh personal feelings about the two types of patriots...1.) My country right or wrong or 2.) I love my country so much that I will always jump up if I think that it is taking a wrong path I think it is our duty to be diligent, evil prospers when good men do nothing, you've captured my sentiments with this pic. Great job, way to stand on guard Mork.

wow thanks
i do love hubdub and i think this will be a great addition

hmmmph interesting link
lets not let that happen!

Unfortunately no, one needs to be quite fit to hike that trial as it's not for beginners. In fact there are companies that specialise in taking visitors to Kokoda, and part of the program includes one week of fitness training! Maybe one day, I'll be fit enough.... ;o)

You're right Mork it looks like Kokoda is available to trekkers again. Good news for trekkers not so good for a question!

Thanks and regards,
Jennifer

Hey Mork the last Aussie airlifted out of Kokoda seems to have been in 2006?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/08/23/1721988.htm

let me know your thoughts..

I'll have a look at that one re Kokoda.. how about the blue iguanas?

Thanks,
Jennifer

Hi Mork i've flagged my two suspended questions for review and submitted additional information which should help. If I need to provide anything else to lift the suspension please let me know!

Jennifer

tell me how you feel about this:
http://getsatisfaction.com/hubdub/topics/highest_net_worth_reached

I don't have to work all weekend fora change, so I thought I'd shout to all my numerous, mostly H$ richer than me, friends. How's it going Mork? You're quite a prolific question creator and challenger of friends (some of whom have too little time for HD). But the challenges are welcome, and your questions display a degree of news addiction and a leaning toward unusual, and technical, news that I _really_ appreciate. Keep it coming buddy!

Man if Zombies do attack you will crap your pants and think wow i wish i would and not gotten that marked voided
and Put a ton of money on yes Just think with 10% chance if it happeded and you wagered any amout you would have made
a lot. The Zombie outbreak could just be a bad case of rabies. and with all the sickness and stuff going around
Id say its a Long shot but hey you never know
Haha i need to lay off the Romero Flicks

OK, I was thinking that you lived there in TO. I appreciate that you frequently wager on my markets, thanx.

Maybe I saw the question after the additional info was added, It looked fine to me, sorry didn't mean to be snappish.

Hey Mork, I see that you're avoiding sleep, how's that brown mountain going, is the snow all melted yet? Just curious
Adam aka valornhonor

Hi mork, i've managed to get some of my friends onto hubdub
their names are rickjames and smuster if you would like to add them to your friend list - they are up for challenges!

Jennifer

Mr Mork, should the question on Barbie vs Bratz be extended?

Not a problem on the arrests thing, I probably read it wrong.

I LOVE THE BLUE ICE PIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's my new avatar now ;-)

Thank You, Mork!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hubdub/26367668088

Click here to become a Hubdub Facebook Fan - and get hot Hubdub news!

Mork, Thanks for the shout man... I am trying to live as Christ has called me to. I know I fail miserably all day long, but by His grace, He is working on me :-) ... Good to know you man ;-)

Mork, I'm curious... when Mr. Li's co-workers need him quickly in the control room, what do they yell out?? "Mr Li!" (Hopefully). lol

What's with that old lady? I almost got sick watching it, LOL :-D

Hi Mork, I'm sure a lot of Hubdub users could help you out with your American questions. If you ever need help regarding the Phillies baseball organization, let me know. I've been following them for so long that I'm somewhat of an expert in that area. The pic on my profile is of my baby nephew, who is with me so much I feel like he's my own. Keep up the great question creating. Hubdub needs guys like you to stay around forever!!!

hi mork

Philphan...lol
Honestly,... my first impression...you were Phil from S.E. Asia
Your pic had me scratching my head but I attributed it to our ever shrinking global village.
I like your grandpa story.
Sounds like you're a real American Icon.
I see we joined on the same day.
In the past I've been a bit reckless creating questions, sometimes not completely understanding the topics I was asking about.
The baseball one about Ortez calling his shot; a fine example. Ive never heard of big papi before.
I think the site has come to the point where My knowledge of American government etc. is limiting my capacity to pose questions in those subjects. It seems many new users have enthusiastically been creating mostly very impressive questions and filling any gap I may be leaving.

I've never been to Canada. I'm from PA. You could probably have guessed that from "PhilPhan". I've been a die-hard Phillies fan since I was 2 years old, sitting on my grandfather's lap, calling balls and strikes (and I'm a girl)!!!

Hi Mork, I noticed in your Comments that you asked for help in posting your American questions. So, where are you from? I hope not Ork!!!

Hi Mork! Out of interest, what did you mean by "process of spiking", on one of your prediction comments?

Many Thanks for all of the challenges! I appreciate them all and do my best to answer any and all that I can...Just wanted to say THANKS!

Hi, Mork. Thanks for the invite.

Sorry, I couldn't complete your challenges Mork. I just don't know too much about the questions. Keep sending them though, and I'll accept any I know a little bit about. Happy HubDubbing!!!!

Mork, I appreciate it thanks, I joined on 5/1 and as of today I'm ranked in the top 10% of overall net worth! Nice birthday present to myself!

DUDE the ants!!! Aahhhh... Okay, so they didn't do this to me, my iSight Camera did it, lol ... I love digital tools ;-)

WOW YOU OOBER SUPER USER! Cool beans man, I am sooooo glad they made you a SUPER ;-D

You are super now. But when will you become super duper? Super Duper User has a nice ring to it.

Mork, your creativity and prolific marketplaces have earned you this prestigious honor, I assume you'll be needing a new trophy case at the estate? Perhaps a small statue at the summer cottage in Georgian Bay? lol... Seriously, I hope to join your ranks someday after I've put in enough time.

Congrats again!

Thnx Mork I enjoy your questions also. Why don't you post some with expiration of Canada Day, just to confound the Yanks who will have to look it up.

Yeah. I look forward to seeing the improvements. What categories do you like to monitor?

Hey buddy thanks for adding me as a friend. If you need to get ahold of me directly you can email me at destry71@gmail.com

whatcha reading with your fingers there Mork?

Mork,

You're cracking me up with the FFFs. I had close friends in Toronto, never seemed to have the frequency of weirdness that has been happening in Texas though this past month. enjoy the markets, keep 'em coming!

wow...I need more coffee. Sorry for all the "typos" in that shout

I agree that this guy seems to be quite a "wak-job"
I did some more searching, as the site you sent seems to me, to have an agenda.
I ran across this article that was in USA Today:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/election2008/2008-03-07-mccain-hagee_N.htm
And this statement from McCain:
http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/News/PressReleases/9af1cb39-a999-4e38-93a9-541660174ba4.htm
Ya know, what I find so interesting about US politics this time year...The campaigns don't really het up until after the conventions.
Hope your well,
Erik

That video is scarier than "Prom Night".

Great pic mork, thanks for the invite.

Nice Avitar! Great Questions.... let's get the ball rolling on the first annual HubDub Awards... you know, best question, most ridiculous question not voided, most creative use of hubdub format.....I'm sure you'll be up for a few....

Visit my blog at http://rohanm33.wordpress.com/

Rohan

Ha! Yet another great avitar!

Great new pic, mork!

love the new cartoon! Wish it wasn't so true.

Thanks for stopping by. I want to show you this: http://www.canadiandimension.com/blog/2008/05/mccains-spiritual-guide/

Cool, and yes, where would Hubdub be without a little question controversy. Thanks for the prompt response!

Hi Mork - can you clarify this question please:

http://www.hubdub.com/e/Market/Who_will_be_televised_crying_next_5801/view

Discussion as to whether photos of people crying that are televised are enough to settle, etc.

Cheers,
Tisha

that's swedish, hår-hår :)

Mork,

Okay dude, what's up with that thing man? That is disturbing, hahahahahaha.... What's he kissing exactly? This is just weird man, lol :-D

Na.It's the official Hubdub kiss Congo line!

I'll guess i'll take a shot at your avatar (it seems as though that is required on your "shout out");
A late 70's/early 80's dream sequence of you (mork) kissing Mindy. http://www.sitcomsonline.com/morkandmindy.html

hey, mork, mrperfkt avatar is much more coolr than yours :-P http://www.hubdub.com/e/User/_1213

That's really amazing! I can usually figures these puzzles out, but this one has me stumped! Have you got it figured out as yet?

This avatar is kind of neat! The transforming bird (or whatever) was still the best...

Hey, I really appreciate all of the challenges you send me and want to say thanks! Your questions are really good and very interesting. Right now, I'm concentrating on not "losing my shirt" today on Obama and the Indiana Primary. I think a lot of us could get massacred on this one....

...that should have read "BAD skinhead day"...

Hey friend Mork! Time to get another cool avatar: the last one was the very best ever on hubdub. (This one is sortof a bit skinhead day!) Maybe go back to the one we all liked?

Not that I'd know what a bad trip was mind you, umm yeahhhhh, hehe :-D

MORK, what's with the weird pic man, hahaha, looks like a bad drug trip :-P Hehehe :-D

EEEEKKK!! Kill it!! Kill it!!

(I'm aggressive since I lost money on the GTA IV game).

Don't take her literally. The last flashing avatar was GREAT!! (much better than the flags). The United Nations never had this much pizazzzzzz.

hair

I am the one with the dark

I just looked to see what was FLASHING on hubdub, and it's **MORK**!!

What a COOL AVATAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Watch out- you now have set your bar so high, we expect a different, cool avatar daily!!

WOW!!! Awesome avatar!

Hey more... thanks for the info about the FireFox Update Scanner extension.

You're welcome, Mork :) Well, they were waiving the mandatory five-business-day custody; but now the judgment, "400 pages long, needs to be translated from Spanish.." It's still possible, AFAICT.

Thanks for the Melted Pond update, and sorry you missed by 1 day! I won $37- whoo whoo!!

uh, cool. I'll try that extension; thanks for the hint.
btw: the stakes you made for the euro questions seems realistic to me (apart from the stake on the netherlands, but i can comprehend :)

you seem to change your avatar more often than i change my underwear, hehe
this pulsing earth one is really cool :)

http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/418182

that's "McCain in a fit of rage"
not me. you get it.

Yes, I did. I have to admit, I was in a surly mood. I only planned on having it there for a while. (until someone noticed - thanks for the pseudo-ego boost - I am recognized)
Anyway, I'll change it back to McCain in a fit of rage. One thing's for sure, whomever holds the office for the next four years, it should prove entertaining.

just because "stealing" is a buzz hubdub topic currently: Did tickle steal your avatar and than deformed it?

yeah much better. colors, all those beautiful colors B)

mork,

I was just about to challenge all my friends to predict this question you created: http://www.hubdub.com/e/Market/Will_a_mousepad_with_the_controversial_logo_of_UKs_Office_of_Government_Commerce_OGC_become_available_on_ebay_before_weeks_end_6195/view

but you beat me to it 8^)

AAA

hehe, that's the reason why i'm friended with gregmatta now :-P

you're right - you might have noticed I've changed mine too recently

well, now, you're the grumpy guy :$