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REAGAN to BUSH FINANCIAL FIASCO EXPLAINED
We have been mired in a financial disaster for years. Opinions fly back and forth about who is to blame. It seems overwhelmingly complicated to explain the cause of this mess. The average person simply throws up his/her hands and gropes around for political cover so blame can be rendered. There is a place to find a complete and understandable explanation that gives facts, visuals, interviews, historical backdrop, proof, facts, honest statistics, etc.
Every American should view the documentary film "Inside Job" that won the Academy Award for Documentaries, and received international accolades for accuracy and film-making. It is an extraordinary film. It is loaded with factual informtion and gives the complicated subject-matter clear and understandable coverage. All the names are there in interviews and facts...George W. Bush, Paulsen, Ronald Reagan, Volcker, Clinton, Greenspan, and all the CEOs, Treasury Secretaries, financial "wizards," presidential advisers, Wall Street insiders, financial traders, bankers, and many among them who are out-and-out crooks.
One Year to Go
As a political scientist, there is nothing I find more interesting than presidential politics. And in the subject of presidential politics, there is the continued fascination of the presidential election. Even though each presidential election is historic in nature, what a person has to do to become president becomes more and more questionable. What we do to our candidates is even more disturbing. Especially if you're the opposition.
As one may have gathered, I am not enthusiastic about reelecting President Barrack Obama. Ad his policies are wrong for America. The amount of money spent by the US government during his administration is alarming but what makes it even more outrages is the lack of results produced. Obama assumed the presidency with full knowledge that the country was in a financial crisis. Yet he continually shows that he is in over his head when it comes to the way the solution has been approached. The president has continued to make excuses for the lack of results. It was the Republicans, the tsunami, an earthquake, a snowstorm, the Arab spring, an early fall, the list goes on. He has forgotten one thing-leaders become great leaders by overcoming their obstacles. We don't get great leaders with great excuses.
I've looked at politics from both sides now/From up and down and still somehow/It's political illusions I recall/I really don't know politics at all.
With that old song refrain, I plead my case.
Can you imagine what would have happened if the sexual harrassment charges were leveled against Cain if he were a liberal or a Democrat! The press destroyed several past Democrats who were running for president or lesser offices. It is truly amazing how restrained the media has been about the current charges about Cain. He has not only lied, he has had selective memory lapses. I have no intention to lambast Cain. I wish him well.
I would suggest that while you ruminate and ponder all the negative thoughts you have about JFK and past Democrats, you may want to do a little historical study about the most two-faced candidate for president in the 20th century: Ronald Reagan. He cheated on his first wife. He had a reputation as quite a stud among women, single or married. He was a Democrat going nowhere, so he switched to the Republican Party and voila!, a political career in waiting. He had fought for labor unions and then fought against them [he was the head of a large union himself].. Many of the issues that Republicans and conservatives fought against were a part of Reagan's life before becoming a Republican. Check out any search engine to find stories about Ronald Reagan's dual life and amazing switch in basic "beliefs." His own children were repulsed by his phony persona. Go to any search engine.
Calling All Recalls
Nothing in moderation. But, will we ever get what we want? In Wisconsin, like the rest of the nation, we want better times. We want more economic opportunity. We want better results. We want a better economy. We want sunnier days. Is it too much to ask?
The past few years, we are being led to believe that government is the solution to all of our problems. If we only had more services! We could feed the poor, we could heal the sick, we could educate the children. If we only had lower taxes! We could keep more of our own money. We could spend more to stimulate the economy in our own way. We could save for our retirement. If we only had higher taxes! We would have better schools. The bridges could be replaced. The elderly could have a better retirement. We could have more and better teachers. We would be safer because of more policemen.
We don't seem to know what we want as a society. We thought we wanted one thing. We went to the polls and elected some people to take office for various positions. Now that they are there, they didn't do everything we expected them to do, so now it's time to kick them out. Next time, if we don't get better results, we'll throw those rascals out too.
Let's try to be honest and objective about the way the media covers presidents and presidential candidates. How many times have you had Marilyn Monroe and JFK shoved in your face? No matter what political subject comes up and argued between Democrats and Republicans, inevitably when cornered, the conservatives bring up Bill Clinton. The Clinton reference is not only about Monica, it always has a sinister and sweeping hint about the low morals of liberals. John Edwards' career and personal life were destroyed by "revelations." He deserved judgment. But how come.....?
We never hear or see anything about Dwight D. Eisenhower and his on-going adultery? It is true. It has been carefully proven. But that's the end of it. Don't touch DDE! For me, personally, I think it is just as well that we leave Ike alone. The difference in treatment between leading political candidates of the left and right is noticeably different. Conservatives are treated......well, treated more conservatively.
Friends of the Library Annual Auction - Tomorrow Night!
The Friends of the Brown Deer Library presents it annual auction!
Thursday November 10th, 2011
beginning at 6:30 PM (with a preview at 6:00 PM)
A wide variety of Americans serve their nation loyally and with valor. This is one such group...
Not many people know that there are conscientious objectors serving in the most dangerous military zones of Iraq, Afghanistan, etc. And there have been for wars throughout our history. There are Quakers, for example, who tend to wounded soldiers on the battlefield. Many of them spend their entire young lives serving in this way.
Jihad can be translated to mean "struggle" or "inner struggle." Mein Kampf, Hitler's book, means "My Struggle." More about U.S. taxes later.
What did the Jews, gypsies, and gays have to do with Adolf Hitler having to struggle? And Hitler had a pretty darn good life, much of his success on the backs of the lives of Jews, gypsies, and gays; with the help of Henry Ford, du Pont, American bankers, and German war corporations.
Un-Occupy Everywhere
What is happening with the occupying wall street protests? Recent reports have shown that municipalities across the country are interested in clearing the streets and parks of all the youngsters who started out by exercising their First Amendment rights.
It started out so ideologically. They were protesting the lopsidedness and inequality of the pay scales in the United States. Not having jobs, they were making far less and corporate executives. And they wanted that changed. They wanted their student loans forgiven. They wanted donations from working people so they could camp out in taxpayer-funded parks.
Adult Book Club - Tonight!
Join us tonight at 7:00 PM for our next Adult Book Club!
We will be discussing The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein.
Ok, so Newt Gingirch criticized Freddie Mac and while doing so took $1.6 million from them for the "help" he gave them...no matter that they went under from his advice. Gingrich has a way with double-dealing. And now that he has been caught with his hand grabbing every buck he could from that failed "bank," he announces that Congressman Barney Frank should go to prison for supporting the same institution that Newt advised. The difference between Newt and Barney is that Newt got lots of money for services rendered, and he has yet to prove that Frank did anything wrong, let alone why he should go to prison. Good ole Newt.
No matter, leaving Congress and becoming a lobbyist or "adviser" is nothing new. Past Congressional leaders have used their taxpayer-funded experience to become rich. With Newt, there is more, and his history of unsavory actions is vomit-inducing.
It isn't enough that the corporations that profit most from wars pay off politicians to get what they want. They resort to slave labor as well. Do you know that prison inmates in the U.S. do work for these war corporations? Yep, those companies that get the multi-billion-dollar "contracts" for producing military equipmnt do some of it by having people in our prisons do their labor.
In the case of a corporation like Halliburton, they didn't even need a contract, they got no-bid billions from the actions by the Vice President of the United States, Dick Cheney. Imagine here in the USA, incarcerated slaves. This is what the right means when it talks about free enterprise. Slave capitalism. What an idea!
Harry Potter Party - Tomorrow Night!
Tuesday November 22nd 5:30 PM – 7:45 PM
Join us for a screening of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Pt 2"!
Think you know everything about Harry Potter? We will have a trivia contest before the film begins at 5:30 PM. There will be prizes!
Light refreshments will be served!
Rated PG-13
2 hours 10 minutes
The Stupid Committee
It's official. The United States government and its elected officials are not going to do anything about the long-term debt. It's going to continue to grow, and it doesn't seem to be a large concern for anyone anymore. If it ever was.
The so-called super committee was supposed to be a bipartisan approach to the nations deficit and debt problem. I was equally weighted with Democrats and Republicans. The appointments to the committee were chosen based on the most ideological people that each party could find. They went to the committee under the guise that they would compromise but everybody held their ground. And nothing got accomplished.
Following the victory in World War II, the U.S. was rightly proud of what "the greatest generation" had done. So for more than 15 years or so following that war, the new contraption called TV and the Hollywood formula movies showed America as a breeding ground for glorious and always-good Americans. Our American heroic figures, as portrayed, were forever winning the battle of good over evil. It was nice and comfortable to play on World War II heroism, and present a world in which it was easy to tell the good guys from the bad guys. Psst: we were the good guys.
The good guys, when faced with problems in which good was pitted against evil, and good was given the harder task, were people like John Wayne, Hopalong Cassidy, The Lone Ranger, James Arness, The Rifleman, Batman, Superman, and Roy Rogers. How could anyone dispute that the United States was where the good guys resided, and in the U.S. it was good that always conquered evil? We were working together as a united people who had used this same unity of purpose to overcome the Great Depression and World War II.
Make It Take It Give It! DIY Holiday Craft Day!
Join us on Wednesday November 30th for our Make-It, Take-It, Give-It: DIY Holiday Craft Day!


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Local Musician Feature
Featuring Yungfliiboy x Kanary Diamonds.
Representing the SEVEN ONE EIGHT
and THREE ONE ZERO.
We sat down with YungFliiboy and Kanary and asked them a few
questions to get some insight about what inspires them.
Q: Being from the SEVEN ONE EIGHT, can you think of one moment growing up that made you realize that music, especially hip hop, was your passion?
A: I would say the first time that I realized music was my passion was sometime in the fourth grade. It actually came into fruition after watching the Method Man and Mary J Blige video. After taking notice to how fashion was integrated with the actual music, it was the spark of an undying passion.
Q: This beat is not your typical hip hop beat. When you first heard it, what did you like about it that made you want to paint a picture of your community on it?
A: It is definitely not your typical hip-hop beat. When I first heard it I felt the musical tone was broad-based and allowed room to touch on different aspects of coming from the SEVEN ONE EIGHT..
Q: Nowadays, with all the social media and YouTube presence, there are so many people trying to make it in the hip hop game. How do you keep yourself separated from the pack?
A: I feel like individuality in actually being genuine will always keep one separate from any pack.
Q: Can you give some advice to the up and comers out there, seeking to represent the best of their community through their music?
A: I would say never give up on your dream, integrate what it is you actually want for yourself, visualize yourself actually doing it, build relationships, become interactive with those in your community, and gain their support and move forward. Become a force to be reckoned with.
Q: What can we expect next from you?
A: I have Fly boy radio part one dropping in the fall/early winter. I also have a ton of visuals being released for the promo records. A show coming up in Minnesota and a lot more heat on the way. Stay tuned:)
Q: Representing the West Coast, how do you feel about Kendrick's bold statement claiming the throne of both coasts?
A: I LOVE that he said that, Hip hop needed a major shaking up and that's exactly what he did.
Q: Can you think of one moment growing up in the THREE ONE ZERO that made you realize that music, especially hip hop, was your passion?
A: I was a kid, don't remember the exact time. Music has just always been a part of me. It's always been something I wanna do.
Q: Being a female in the game whose had success, can you give some advice to the aspiring female artists out there, seeking to represent the best of their community through their music?
A: Be you! So many people are going to try to tell you who to be. Find you, your voice, and be confident in that.
Local Visual Artist Collaboration
Featuring The Raw Art BNS
Representing the SEVEN ONE EIGHT.
We met this amazing duo at a local
art festival, and hit it off right away.
Q: You guys are from Argentina and Russia. What made you want to come to the SEVEN ONE EIGHT, and how does being in Brooklyn inspire you differently than your home countries?
A: We both ended up here for different reasons, but the energy of the city is the reason why we are still here. We find the inspiration in each and every city block and one can see it in every single piece.
Q: You use many types of techniques in your art, including silkscreen, spray paint, graffiti, sketch. Which is your favorite and why?
Maria: Silkscreen.
Mariano: Spray Paint.
The best is the mix. Always. The more you mix the more new stuff you get. And that is always exciting.
Q: What is your dream as an artist? Do you have a wall you would like to paint on, or something of that nature?
A: As a collective, one day we'd like to have our own space to showcase our work as well as the work of the people whose art we admire.
Q: Being independent artists, you guys go from job to job. I'm sure there have been tough times in the past. What keeps you motivated to stay focused and turn your dreams into reality?
A: The fact that the time is limited, and we love what we do.
Q: Many artists try to be inspired by their community. Through this piece, and many others, you guys have really seemed to capture the pulse of the SEVEN ONE EIGHT through your art. What advice can you give to aspiring visual artists trying to best "paint a picture" of their communities through their art?
A: To pay attention to the details, that's where you find a true character of the place.


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Very smart but I don't think any woman would appreciate it.
Durex - Sexy doors
I can see people smiling while passing these.
Leo now steals moves
He stole a face and now a move...
Sexy Hillary Clinton
Not a picture to frame I guess.
Sexy bag
Finally, a nice bag for men...
Erection in progress
That is sexy and funny in the same time. I chose funny and here it is...
Princess... NOT
Oh girl... this is simply too much information for Facebook. And a not quite royal-like I must say...
Scarlett Johansson has a pretty face
she really does. look!
21 pictures for your dirty mind!
How dirty is your mind??
Motivational Boobs (18 photos)
I am now motivated.
Hayden Panettiere, Kim Kardashian and the other Oktoberfest girls of 2011
One more reason to love beer. Like you need another one.


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3154 N Fry Rd, Katy
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233 S Mason Rd, Katy
We ate there once, not long after it opened. The food was good, maybe even very good, but it was closed down within about a year.
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My husband and I decided to try Allie's Steakhouse because we wanted to have a good steak in katy and not have to drive into Houston, and we are kicking ourselves for not taking…
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We have been going to Babin's for almost 8 years. The food, especially the Golden Tile, is the best! The crab bisque is amazing! Like they say, "If you want it any fresher,…
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Not a highly visible location, tucked behind a Sears outlet, but worth tracking down. The Hot & Sour soup is among the best I have found in any city, and all the dishes I have…
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Me and my husband go to las Rosas on Kingsland and Mason all the time. The food is great the enviornment is great. And the customer service is awsome, unlike other restuarants…
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Five Star Society
Five Star Society was created for those individuals who continually share in the vision of Eisenhower Medical Center and recognizes those donors who have cumulatively contributed between $500,000 and $999,999.
These donors are an inspiration through their consistent generosity to help the Medical Center. They have helped build Eisenhower's foundation with numerous exceptional facilities throughout the Valley accommodating innovative state-of-the-art equipment and excellent health services, additional top-rate physicians, and now the achievement of becoming a School of Graduate Medical Education and Research.
This sustained giving allows us the special honor to express our appreciation to these donors by providing naming recognition in the Eisenhower Greg and Stacey Renker Pavilion and/or the Eisenhower Walter and Leonore Annenberg Pavilion.
To learn more about the Five Star Society and naming opportunities, please contact one of our senior members of the Eisenhower Medical Center Foundation:
- Michael Landes, President at 760-773-4553;
- Ann Ventura, Executive Director at 760-773-4503; and
- Greg Mattox, Planned Giving Director at 760-773-2967.


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AUSTIN -- Their walk through the Texas State Capitol is just the latest part of a long and difficult journey that for each began with tragedy.
"My son was killed by a drunk driver. He was walking on the side of the road, and this man just struck him," said mother Sally Tegel from San Antonio.
Originally from California, Tegel recalls the moment clearly. Her 16-year-old son Joshua lost his life at 8:03 p.m. Saturday, November 17, 2012.
"You don't know it's not going to happen to you," Tegel said tearfully. "It could be your grandson, your niece, nephew. It could happen to anybody. I never thought it was going to happen to me. Everything was going great."
"I'm in the anger stage," said Gladys Ybarra of Kerrville, who lost her son to a drunk driver on Christmas Eve.
Ybarra hopes to convince lawmakers and lay citizens alike that more can be done to prevent deaths at the hands of intoxicated motorists.
"When they get behind the wheel, they don't have any idea. There's nothing going through their mind," she said.
"Know that there are families out there that they can destroy, like my son," said Ybarra. "He had a three-year-old that he was raising alone and now this son is basically orphaned. And there are parents out there that have young children that they're still raising."
Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) met with lawmakers Tuesday to pursue two goals: A law allowing statewide sobriety checkpoints and one that would require ignition interlock devices installed on the vehicles of all first-time drunk driving offenders.
"We hear it all the time, this is the umpteenth time that somebody's been stopped and they're still on the road again," said State Rep. Bill Callegari (R-Katy), who authored HB 260 requiring interlock devices for first-time offenders after a friend and constituent lost their son to a drunk driver.
"If they're drunk, they shouldn't be driving. Period," Callegari said.
"It would hopefully make those aware that if they have to have an ignition interlock, they would recognize that there's a problem and they shouldn't be driving, and maybe induce them even when they get past that point to be more careful about getting in a car and driving if they're not capable," Callegari said.
Barbara Macias of El Paso lost her husband in 2005 to an intoxicated driver three times over the legal limit. Macias said the 31-year-old motorist had driven drunk multiple times before.
"It basically tore our life apart," said Macias. "I think if this law would have been in effect, it probably would have made a difference because a person has to blow into the ignition in order for them to drive the car. If he would have been drunk, that wouldn't have happened. He wouldn't have been able to start the car."
"I think there is a gap of some type," said Callegari. "This is one of the ways to maybe close that gap, is to make sure those people who have been convicted, even if it's the first time, that they do have a way to keep them out of the driver's seat."
Though it hasn't been filed yet, a sobriety checkpoint bill could originate in the Texas Senate, but some have questioned whether it could amount to unconstitutional search and seizure.
Public Policy Liaison Bill Lewis with MADD of Texas points out the U.S. Supreme Court has already found such checkpoints are legal.
"That's why some 38, 39 other states in the country do run sobriety checkpoints," said Lewis. "Texas is in the minority that does not, and possibly that is one of the reasons why Texas is the worst state in the nation for drunk driving. We kill more people in Texas in drunk driving crashes than any other state in the nation, including California."
According to the most recent data available from the Texas Department of Transportation, alcohol was involved in the deaths of 1,039 of the 2,751 Texans killed on the roads in 2011. Statistics from MADD indicate Texas saw 1,213 driving under the influence (DUI) fatalities in 2010, compared to 774 in California.
"People will modify their behavior. They will have less to drink or they'll find a designated driver if they think they'll have to go through a checkpoint," said Lewis, who concedes that previous efforts in support of checkpoints at the local and state level have been unsuccessful.
"I would be less than honest with you if I told you that we thought we had a good chance that this bill will pass. I don't know that it will, but we're kind of down to this," said Lewis. "We're talking about life, death and permanent disability, so it's very important to us. We know what the answer is if we don't ask."
Meanwhile mothers hope to turn their loss into lessons.
"I hope it makes a difference," said Tegel. "I hope I can change their minds. Realize that lives are being taken, and we need these drunk drivers to stop because lives are being lost."


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HESPERIA • The trustees of the Hesperia Unified School District have ousted their longtime Superintendent Mark McKinney without cause at an emergency board meeting Tuesday night.
The vote was 3-2, with trustee Hardy Black and new trustees Ella "Lee" Rogers and Cody Gregg voting yes to have his employment terminated immediately. Niccole Childs and Eric Swanson voted to keep McKinney at his post, which he has held for five years. As the three trustees who voted yes left the meeting, they were heckled and booed by many of McKinney's supporters.
At this time, it is unknown what warranted McKinney's termination, although it is rumored to be a political vendetta on behalf of Rogers, Gregg and a romantic relationship the assistant superintendent of personnel services, Karen Kelly had with an outside contractor, which cost the district half a million dollars.
According to inside sources, McKinney still has 18 months on his contract, which the district will have to pay out. In the mean time, McKinney was assigned to be a vice principal at Hesperia High School.
During the meeting, a large number of people held signs that read "recall" and "we still support Mark." The recall signs were aimed at the two newest board members, Rogers and Gregg.
On Dec. 12, the board held an identical meeting regarding McKinney's employment and decided to keep him in his post. Both meetings were posted only 24 hours in advance, and garnered a large number of McKinney supporters who pleaded with the board on his behalf.
"I think that instead of being the leaders this district needs, they're using the forum on the school board to exploit people politically," Betsy Patridge, lead negotiator for the Hesperia Teachers Association, said. "Their last concern is the children of this school district."
McKinney started with the school district as a teacher and worked his way up the ranks to his post as superintendent. He was selected to share interim superintendent duties in August 2007 when the district's previous superintendent, Hank Richardson, went into early retirement. McKinney was appointed interim superintendent that same month and went on to become the permanent superintendent of HUSD.
"What did he do wrong?" asked Rebekah Swanson, wife of board member Eric Swanson and a mother of two children in the district. "Nothing. I've been a teacher for 28 years and this is a sad day."
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I get mine at wal mart all the time I just have to call everyday to see if it comes in Last friday I bought ten boxes of 9mm which was every box they had called them saturday afternoon and went back and got eight more boxes
I get mine at wal mart all the time I just have to call everyday to see if it comes in Last friday I bought ten boxes of 9mm which was every box they had called them saturday afternoon and went back and got eight more boxes
I go to walmart also
Everyone in my neck of the woods is sold out as well. Guy told me that they had a bunch on order, a shipment was coming in on Sat night, and would be out on Sunday morning. When I arrived on Sunday morning, they got in one box (100 rounds) and that one was gone before I got there.
I keep hearing all these stories about high priced ammo in our future -- is that the reason? Is everyone else hearing this same story?
Online is the way to go anymore. cheaperthandirt, ammoman, midway etc. I usually will check as many as I can and keep an eye out for as sale. Then buy a bunch! I reload too. Makes shooting a 40 and/or 45 a little more cost effective.
Ok, btw- I believe that this is the "madness of crowds".
Whether were are talking about Adam Smith and the invisible hand, the dutch tulip bulb market bubble of the 1600's, or buying gas in NC after hurricane Gustav.... people are irrationally buying and hoarding...
jeesh, we might all be joining Jeff W and the other reloaders (and creating scarcity there too!) soon enough.
O.K. This thread is quickly turning into a complaint about perceived legal changes and politics. I have therefore moved it here to the political forum.
.... Jeff quietly wanders to the garage to load up a few hundred more...
just need some more powder...
This might help explain what is going on.
February 28, 2009 - by Bob Owens
If you, like thousands of other Americans, have Googled to find out why we are in the middle of a nationwide ammunition shortage, you would have stumbled across this 2007 blog entry.
In it, I corrected a poorly researched Associated Press story by Estes Thompson that claimed the military's consumption of ammunition was responsible for police ammunition shortages here in the United States. Few things could have been further from the truth, but it seems rather apparent, in retrospect, that the goal of that AP article wasn't to find the truth as much as it was to (falsely) lay blame for the police ammunition shortages at the feet of George W. Bush.
The real fact of the matter is that the military got the bulk of its small arms (pistol, rifle, machine gun) ammunition from one contracted ammunition plant, and that plant wasn't even running near capacity. The military's consumption clearly wasn't to blame, and anecdotal evidence and statements from ammunition manufacturers strongly suggested that police departments themselves caused the 2007 ammunition shortage by purchasing far more ammunition than they had in the past.
But what is causing our current ammunition shortages here in 2009?
Much of the demand comes from continued high law enforcement demand, the same demand that led to shortages two years ago. Police agencies around the nation have become more militarized in recent years and two trends within this militarization have led to greater police ammunition demand.
An increase in the size and number of paramilitary police units
Once upon a time, highly trained, heavily armed police units with alphabet-soup acronyms such as SWAT, SRT, SRU, or ERT were generally found as part of large, metropolitan police departments. Today, law enforcement agencies of every size — including some university police forces — have SWAT-type units armed with some combination of submachine guns, assault rifles, and sniper rifles to add to the traditional compliment of pistols and shotguns. To become proficient to the level expected of these units, each officer must fire thousands of rounds in training every year.
An increase in the use of "patrol carbines" in law enforcement
Some agencies prefer to call them "patrol carbines"; others refer to them as "tactical rifles." But whatever you call them, rifles based upon the AR-15 are becoming increasingly common as a weapon deployed to police officers outside of SWAT units, for some very logical reasons. AR-type rifles extend the range at which patrol officers can engage armed criminals, and because rifles have more practical accuracy than pistols, they can potentially reduce the number of shots fired to neutralize a suspect. Paired with the right kind of ammunition, the .223 Remington/5.56mm caliber rifle also has surprisingly less over-penetration, theoretically reducing threats to civilians who might be downrange. Each of these weapons will also require officers carrying them to fire hundreds of rounds in training each year, and in a city that rotates rifles from one shift to another among their patrol units, this can necessitate tens of thousands of rounds of training ammunition.
Fears of draconian gun and ammunition restrictions
The 2008 elections that saw the Democratic Party extend their power in both houses of Congress and saw Barack Obama elected president made gun owners very nervous, and with good reason.
We have a president that has favored gun bans and who desires to reinstate the horribly flawed 1994 assault weapons ban authored by our rather dim vice president. We also have radically anti-gun majority leaders in both the House of Representatives and Senate, and a Congress quite willing to pass massive, bloated laws without even bothering to read the contents. Fears of encroachment are certainly warranted.
Economic instability
As economies become unstable and people lose jobs, crime rates go up. It is an economic fact of life. Many people who are worried about an increase in crime arm themselves during economic downturns, leading to an increased demand for firearms and ammunition.
As a result of all of these factors, manufacturers of firearms and ammunition saw demand increase to unprecedented levels as civilians have made a run on the kind of firearms they suspect that gun control advocates presently in charge will try to outlaw.
This includes all handguns, all semi-automatic rifles (especially those targeted by the 1994 assault weapons bill that expired in 2004), and most semi-automatic shotguns.
Matt Reams of Sierra Bullets noted that after the 2008 presidential election demand shot up 50%-100% for bullets used by handguns or rifles in military calibers, and says, "Law enforcement has seemed to increase quite a bit the last year or so. The individuals jumped in after the elections and pushed our orders over the top when we were already running in high gear."
Federal Premium/ATK is the largest ammunition manufacturer in the world, running the Lake City Army Ammunition Plant for the U.S. military under contract; it also is a major supplier of law enforcement and civilians. In a statement, the company noted "unprecedented demand" for law enforcement ammunition. While other corporations are presently laying off workers and shutting down operations, ATK is in the middle of capital improvements to further increase production capability.
Rick Shoupe of PMC Ammunition, which has a more civilian-focused market for his company's products, reflected in his explanation:
Shortly before the presidential election the dam broke as far as U.S. gun and ammunition sales are concerned. I believe it is a reaction by the general public because of two main reasons. Number one, the political environment which results from the attitudes about gun control in the majority of Congress and the president himself. They are anti-gun. Number two, the current financial crisis in the U.S. has added to the frenzy, causing again the general public to want some sort of personal protection. Just in case they need it.
We are seeing a bubble in demand like I have never seen before and I have been in this business for 35 years. This demand is in addition to the military and law enforcement that also continues. PMC has expanded production to try and handle as much of the demand as it can before the demand starts to drop. Even so, the first scent of legislation being introduced to Congress will light another candle in the demand for these products. It will not end until the legislation is passed.
Individual shooters are stockpiling thousands of rounds of ammunition because of fears of future punitive taxation or outright bans of certain kinds of ammunition. Law enforcement agencies are also stockpiling ammunition to make sure they have enough on hand to meet training requirements. The shortage we are seeing is the result of both agencies and private citizens hoarding the most sought-after ammunition.
Thus, this shortage is the result of an accordion effect that has developed over the past few years.
Law enforcement agencies have been rapidly increasing their ammunition consumption because of how they are rearming, causing a permanent increase in demand. Just as ammunition manufacturers began to cope with that increase, a second run, based upon a downward-turning economy and rising fears of laws targeting gun and ammunition, dramatically expanded demand yet again.
Shortages of ammunition and firearms can be expected to continue for as long as it appears our overreaching federal government is a threat to our individual liberties, our economy continues to falter, and our police agencies keep militarizing.
It's going to be a long ride. Stock up while you can.
Bruce, Life Member: NRA, NCRPA, GRNC, GOA
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It reinforces my hoarding comment though (to me - of course!). Perhaps it is rational fear of pending legislation, but I sure hope not...
I have had a few times where I couldn't buy 22LR or 9MM at wally-world, Dicks or Gander, but never at the local gun shop or range...
I hope we can fight the monsters that are there: HR45, etc and not worry about the phantom monsters (My buddy sent me an email that said....).
My girlfriend and I were at one of our local Walmarts yesterday, and they only had two WWB 380ACP 100 packs. Nothing else. I was tempted to purchase them, since I'm looking for a P3AT, but I didn't. Just another update...
I stop in at many WallyWorlds in the area to check the ammo shelves and they are all pretty much bare for handgun ammo. There are three Blains Fleet Farms that handle Blazer aluminum and usually have ammo more often that WallyWorld. Gander Mountain is high priced but has handgun ammo, could their high prices be why they have ammo? There is one Cabelas and they do have limited handgun ammo but are also higher priced.
When I do find a WallMart that has ammo, I just buy two boxes and then return the next day and buy two more. I'm not that guy who buys the whole lot and leaves everyone searching.
I have 4 walmarts within a 30 min drive here, but no luck in finding ammo at any of them. Given, .357 sig ammo is not very common, but I ended up paying $66 for two 50rd boxes at my local range. Pricey, but you gotta do what you gotta do.
Does anyone know where I can find 38 special ammo? everywhere I look they are sold out. I have looked at Wal Mart, Academy, Midway USA, Natchez, Cheaper than dirt, Ammo to go, and Sportsmans Warehouse.
Dang!! Snatch up the 500 rounds while you can!
Thanks Unpecador, I just ordered from ammo to go. your help is appreciated!
Things are not looking good. I'm just going to ride from store to store and buy as much as I can and order online when it's available.
You're welcome!
I just bought 5 cases (100 rd each) of 38 Special reloads from the local gun shop near my work place at Lunch time. Each case of 100 rounds is $23.40. There is still about 20 to 30 cases on the shelf..The truck load always comes on Mondays to this shop so I time my ammunition shoppings on Mondays for 9mm and 38 Specials, and I buy for the whole month. I shoot 9mm in my semi-auto and 38 Special in my 357 Mag S&W for target practice. BUt I don't feel the shortage here in Michigan. Ther is plenty around.
Here in middle Tennessee there seems to be plenty of everything except 380. I bought a Beretta 380 Cheeta and it took me about 10 days to find some. A friend and me were both looking and I found 12 boxes at a gun store. The guy behind me offered me $5.00 on the box but I turned him down. I wanted to fire my new gun and see if it was OK. I hope this shortage will end soon.
Our Walmart gets a little in every couple of days. 9mm, 45 and 22lr sell out in a few hours.
Keep checking Walmart. If you can go at lunchtime you can sometimes catch it as they are stocking the shelves. Soon after that it is gone.


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Missouri TB Josey is game-breaker againThursday, 05 December 2013 22:54 Published in Sports
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — A little more than two years ago, Henry Josey ripped his left knee to shreds making a cut. He tore the ACL, MCL and patellar tendon on a 2-yard gain against Texas at home, an injury so extensive Missouri coach Gary Pinkel thought it looked like his star tailback had been in an automobile accident.
It was serious enough that Texas coach Mack Brown crossed the field at a hushed Faurot Field to have a look.
In the SEC championship game on Saturday, No. 3 Auburn will see a player who's made it all the way back.
Coaches and teammates couldn't have been more pleased that the 5-foot-9, 190-pound junior got a chance to really stretch his legs on the go-ahead touchdown late in the victory over Texas A&M that wrapped up the SEC East.
"You saw Henry, when he got that one hole how fast he took off," center Evan Boehm said. "And that's something special to see. What better person to get that than Henry?"
Josey is a cinch for a second 1,000-yard season in as many years starting for the fifth-ranked Tigers (11-1, 7-1 SEC), needing just 50 yards with two games remaining. He's busted four 50-yard-plus gains this season, serving notice with a 68-yard TD in the opener and scoring on an 86-yard run at Kentucky.
He has eight carries of 20 yards or longer and is averaging 6.2 yards per carry. Though it's down from a scintillating 8.1-yard average in 2011, Josey believes he's a better back now.
"I hope I'm better than I used to be," Josey said.
Faster, too?
"I think so," he said.
There's no doubt he's an inspirational presence, what Pinkel refers to as "untouchable."
"You don't say a bad word about Henry Josey," Pinkel adds, "no matter what."
Josey was all-Big 12 as a sophomore with 1,168 yards despite missing the last three games with an injury that required multiple operations. He spent all of 2012 rehabbing.
"We saw it every day, just tirelessly working, and coming back mentally, too," guard Max Copeland said. "You've got to be a special dude to come back from something like that mentally."
Missouri has been careful not to overload Josey his first season back, plus there's plenty of depth. Sophomore Russell Hansbrough (624 yards, 6.3-yard average, 4 TDs) and junior Marcus Murphy (561, 6.9, nine TDs) are speedsters, and quarterback James Franklin (412, 4.5, three TDs) is a shifty threat.
"Sometimes we don't even block the right guys and he still scores," right guard Conner McGovern said of Murphy. "That's why we call him 'Magic Murph.' But we definitely take a little extra pride with Henry, with what he's been through and how he's sacrificed."
That balance definitely has Auburn's attention.
"You can pull out the sheets and look," Auburn defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson said. "They're right up at the top in total offense, rushing and passing."
Running backs coach Brian Jones said he's made it a point to keep Josey fresh for "crunch time" like the third-and-1 play that produced the winning score against Texas A&M.
"He's sitting on the bench; at times he's all by himself," Jones said. "He's very aware of what's going on, very aware of the situation."
On the deciding play, McGovern and center Mitch Morse opened big holes. Wide receiver Jimmie Hunt contributed, too.
"All three of those guys had great blocks on that play, and Henry finished it off," offensive coordinator Josh Henson said. "It's always great when you see a guy return from an injury like he had and have the success he's had. It just makes you feel good."
Missouri bests West VirginiaThursday, 05 December 2013 22:53 Published in Sports
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Jordan Clarkson scored 25 points and Jabari Brown added 18 to help Missouri defeat West Virginia 80-71 Thursday night in the Big 12/SEC Challenge.
Missouri shot 53 percent from the floor, but its defense limited West Virginia to making 42 percent of its shots. The Mountaineers entered the game averaging 85.1 points and shooting nearly 50 percent, but only made eight of 29 shots in the first half.
Missouri (8-0) extended its national-best home-court winning streak to 23 games and has won 78 consecutive games at Mizzou Arena against non-conference competition.
Juwan Staten scored 16 points, while Gary Browne and Terry Henderson added 14 for West Virginia (6-3), which fell to 0-3 against power conference teams.
Missouri scored the first nine points and led throughout as West Virginia never established a rhythm until the end of the night. The Mountaineers also averaged 10 3-pointers per game before Thursday, but only converted one of their first 14 attempts until Browne's make with 7:51 remaining. They finished four for 19.
Earnest Ross added 16 points for the Tigers, who have won their first eight games for the first time since the 2006-07 season. Clarkson, Brown and Ross have combined for nearly two-thirds of the Tigers' scoring this season.
Missouri also out-rebounded West Virginia 40-32 after the Mountaineers grabbed 62 boards against Loyola Maryland, their most since 64 in a contest against Radford in 1992. West Virginia had been averaging four more boards per game than its opponents.
The Mountaineers used a 9-2 run to pull within 27-20 with 4:36 remaining in the first half, but Missouri countered with an identical run to take a 36-22 halftime lead. After Devin Williams opened the second half with a layup, Missouri then scored the next five points.
West Virginia again narrowed the lead late in the second half, as Staten capped a 17-5 run with a layup with 1:45 left to narrow the Mountaineers' deficit to 73-64. After two free throws by the Tigers' Wes Clark, Rémi Dibo drained a 3-pointer from the corner with 1:10 left to make the score 75-67.
But the Mountaineers couldn't get any closer.
Staten (16) and Eron Harris (8) combined for 24 points after only scoring four total in the first half. The duo previously averaged nearly 37 for West Virginia, which has also lost to Virginia Tech and Wisconsin. Coaches picked the team to finish seventh in the 10-team Big 12 prior to the season as the team lost its final seven games last year and finished 13-19.
Missouri's new chancellor, R. Bowen Loftin, attended the game and was introduced to fans in the first half. He then went into the stands to shake hands and pose for pictures with students. Currently the president of Texas A&M, Loftin will begin his new job as Missouri's leader on Feb. 1.
Blues hand Islanders 8th straight loss, 5-1Thursday, 05 December 2013 22:50 Published in Sports
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Derek Roy and David Backes scored power-play goals 2:31 apart in the second period to lead the St. Louis Blues to a 5-1 win over the struggling New York Islanders on Thursday night.
St. Louis won for the sixth time in eight games. The Islanders have lost eight straight overall (0-6-2) and eight in a row on the road.
Jay Bouwmeester, Magnus Paajarvi and Brenden Morrow also scored for the Blues, who improved to 12-1-2 at home and tied Boston (12-3-2) for the most home wins in the NHL. Jaroslav Halak made 22 saves and upped his record to 15-4-2.
Andrew MacDonald scored for the Islanders, who are 2-11-2 in their last 15 games.
St. Louis was 3 for 6 on the power play after managing one goal in its previous 10 chances.
The Blues scored three times in 7:57 during the second period to break a 1-all tie. Roy converted the rebound of a shot by Kevin Shattenkirk at 7:02 to put St. Louis in front 2-1. Following an instigator penalty on Matt Carkner, Backes scored on a wrist shot from the top of the circle.
Paajarvi added his second of the season just more than 5 minutes later.
New York goalie Anders Nilsson lost for the first time in regulation in his third start of the season.
The Islanders, who are 3-10-0 on the road, have given up a league-high 27 power-play goals.
NOTES: The Blues are 11-0-1 when leading after the first period. ... Islanders G Evgeni Nabokov, who is out with a groin injury, practiced Wednesday and could rejoin the team in a week. ... New York started a five-game road swing that will end Dec. 12 in Phoenix. ... Paajarvi was back in the lineup after missing the previous game with the flu. ... St. Louis won the previous meeting between the teams 5-1 on Feb. 16, 2012. ... The Blues killed off 15 successive penalties at home before MacDonald's power-play goal in the second period.
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Humane Imprisonment And Murder Are, By Definition, Oxymorons.
Published: December 5, 2012
Could Jenn Ladd ("Free Bird," Feature, Nov. 21) have gushed any louder about "free range" turkeys? Could she have been any more subjective about a controversial, hotly debated topic? Could she have written more effusive advertising copy? Ms. Ladd excels at selling product; journalism, however, is another question.
Of course, who needs to bother with objective facts when the article's conclusion is predetermined? Who needs to present opposing points of view, especially when experts such as Ms. Ladd herself have declared the practices to be "humane" and "pleasant"? And on what basis does Ms. Ladd conclude the birds are happy? Oh, right, she just assumed it. It's amazing she didn't burst out singing "Kumbaya" at the article's end.
Clearly, Ms. Ladd's guilty conscience is soothed by her presumptions about the practices at Springfield Farms. However, humane imprisonment and murder are, by definition, oxymorons. One can create whatever preconceived notions one wishes, one can even assume the turkeys "give" their lives so Ms. Ladd and others can indulge in an optional dietary choice. However, the turkeys have no option, and their inherent rights to life are collectively dismissed for the sake of personal preference. Since there is no biological need for meat, the entire process is optional; in the face of nonviolent alternatives, mercy in such circumstances would require the cessation of killing. Therefore, deliberately continuing the violence (and buying the product thereof) in the face of clear options otherwise cannot be considered merciful or humane, the naive wishes of local foodies notwithstanding. The conspicuous absence of photos from the killing site at Locust Point Farm testifies to this fact; one must wonder how "pleasant" the killing really is.
Those who seek a humane lifestyle of substance can start by exploring websites such as humanemyth.org, earthsavebaltimore.org, and vrg.org. Readers can also experience new foods and flavors at any of the numerous local vegetarian/vegan events held monthly, which can be easily found online. One can also experience true "free birds" at various sanctuaries for farmed animals, such as Poplar Springs, outside D.C. Perhaps we'll even see Ms. Ladd at one such event.
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June 7-10, 2004
Chavez takes the lead for the Boys Division at the AJGA Lubbock Junior
LUBBOCK, Texas- Guillermo Chavez left his mark on round one by shooting a 5-under-par 67, giving him a 3-stroke lead over his competition in the Boys Division at The Rawls Course at Texas Tech University. For the Girls Division, there was a three-way tie at 1-over-par 73 among Melissa Fahey, Taylor Leon and Lauren Espinosa.
Conducted by the American Junior Golf Association, the AJGA Lubbock Junior features 98 players from eight states, including 72 Texas natives. The event, which is being played for the first time, is being held at The Rawls Course at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The second round will begin on Wednesday.
Chavez, 17, of Clovis, N.M., started the day off by carding three birdies in a row on Nos. 1, 2 and 3. After a successful front nine, he went on to end the day on an even happier note by carding four birdies on the back nine. In Tuesdays round, he only made two bogeys and said he was feeling good about the way he played.
I want to try and get into the top five, he said. Thats my goal for this tournament. Im looking forward to coming out tomorrow to do the same thing again.
Coming in behind Chavez are Colton Williams, 17, of Jacksboro, Texas, and Kyle Yonke, 18, of Lubbock, Texas, who shot 69s, followed by Zach Fullerton, 17, of Albuquerque, N.M., Justin Davidson, 18, of Haslet, Texas, Luke Symons, 16, of Lone Tree, Colo., and Mark Jones, 16, of Odessa, Texas who all shot 70s.
Melissa Fahey, 17, of League City, Texas, said she was excited about how she played in round one. Her favorite shot of the day was a putt on No. 14 in which she hit a 15 footer up the hill for par.
Patience is everything and Im looking forward to tomorrow, she said. Its important to stay patient and have fun. Thats what Im here for.
Taylor Leon, 17, of Dallas, Texas felt good about her round as well. Her strategy for the next two rounds is to play it safe with fairways and greens.
It feels good to be in the lead, she said. Its where I want to be. I hit the ball and putted really well today.
Lauren Espinosa, 17, of Hickory Creek, Texas, said that two of her shots really kept her going. On No. 11, she hit it within six inches of the hole, and on No. 12, she followed it up by hitting it within two feet of the hole.
I finished really well today, she said. Im excited because I finished better than I thought.
Coming in behind Fahey, Leon and Espinosa are Kelley Louth, 18, of Victoria, Texas, and Stefanie Page, 17, of The Woodlands, Texas, who both shot 75s, followed by Lucy Nunn, 17, of Lawton, Okla., who shot a 77, and Carrie Morris, 18, of Tyler, Texas, and Kaylin Isler, 17, of Glendale, Calif., who both shot 78s.
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So we just finished producing our first commercial and it's just so cute. A special thank you to Susanna (mom) and Holden (baby) in the spot. You can see our commercial on TLC, Lifetime, and Oxygen through June. You can see the spot directly on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xijUrkzs42Q, also embedded in this post.


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Mother artists: Fargo painter featured in documentary about work/life balanceFARGO – An infant crawls around the dining room table where her mom is framing prints. An award-winning director washes baby bottles and laments an acting career that never was. Mothers with grown children come to terms with how their artistic endeavors affected their families.
By: Sherri Richards, INFORUM
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What: "Lost in Living" documentary film screening
When: 7 p.m. Thursday
Where: Fargo Theatre, 314 Broadway
Info: Event is free. A panel discussion will follow.
Online: www.maandpafilms.com/lostinliving
FARGO – An infant crawls around the dining room table where her mom is framing prints. An award-winning director washes baby bottles and laments an acting career that never was. Mothers with grown children come to terms with how their artistic endeavors affected their families.
A pre-kindergarten girl is asked if her mom is an artist.
"She used to be," she replies tellingly.
"Lost in Living," a documentary film to be screened Thursday at the Fargo Theatre, explores the elusive work-life balance mothers who are artists face through the stories of four women, including Fargo painter Marjorie Schlossman.
"Both making art and making babies is about optimism," Schlossman, a mother of seven, says in the film. "There's a lot of hope that comes out of that. And a lot sense of all's right with the world."
The 110-minute documentary was directed by Mary Trunk, who won best documentary feature at the 2005 Fargo Film Festival for her first film, "The Watershed." It was then she first met Schlossman.
Trunk had already started on "Lost in Living" and was searching for another artist to include.
Schlossman walked Trunk to her Roberts Street Chapel. Trunk says she was "blown away" by Schlossman's art.
She later directed "Plain Art," a documentary about Schlossman and six local architects she commissioned to design small, non-denominational chapels.
For "Lost in Living," Trunk, of Los Angeles, filmed the four women – Schlossman, novelist Merrill Joan Gerber, director Kristina Robbins and painter Caren McCaleb – for seven years. All the women are scheduled to be in Fargo Thursday for a panel discussion after the screening.
Robbins and McCaleb are best friends, pregnant together in their 30s. Their journey into motherhood and struggles to pursue their art are intertwined with reflections by Schlossman and Merrill, both who incorporated art into their home lives as a way to deal with the tedium of motherhood. The film shows artistic triumphs and stumbles of each woman.
Along the way, the film touches on themes of maternal love, friendship, loneliness and isolation, creativity, age, success and sacrifice. It delves into intimate details of the women's lives, including Schlossman's strained relationship with her mother, difficult marriage and divorce, and attempt to mend fences with her oldest daughter.
"I think the beauty about Marjorie's story is she's willing to reveal her fragility and her mistakes. That takes a lot of courage. And yet she also has strength," Trunk says.
"People will be able to relate to it and say 'Thank you, I've been dealing with that,' " she adds.
Schlossman notes she didn't have the same ambitions of fame or recognition as the other women featured in the film, describing herself as a "closet artist."
Still, she understands the unique challenges artists who are mothers face.
"So often I think it's because we have to fit our art making in between the laundry and the dishes and picking up our child at preschool," she says. "I think so often our art is in the back of our minds preoccupying us. And for many, interruptions can be problematic, and children interrupt a lot."
McCaleb at one point describes her paintbrush as a "lover" she longs to meet again.
Trunk is self-distributing the film. She's created "house party kits" that include extra material and a discussion guide to encourage small groups to view the film. She's heard from mothers, fathers and single women who've all taken something different away from the documentary.
Trunk says she chose the four women because she recognized in each of them something she related to or wanted to learn from. She says she now regularly hears quotes from them in her head as she wonders deals with work/life balance situation.
"I always make films not to tell people what I think, but to discover what I think and what I'm going to learn," Trunk says.
Readers can reach Forum reporter Sherri Richards at (701) 241-5556
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With no lack of coverage coming into the May 3 welterweight championship bout between Floyd Mayweather and Marcos Maidana, Showtime and CBS Sports Network will feature "All Access" and companion specials.
Readers debate Bernard Hopkins' and Manny Pacquiao's all-time great status, talk about what's next for Pacquiao and Tim Bradley, and what might happen in the Floyd Mayweather-Marcos Maidana fight in this week's Friday mailbag. Enjoy!
Former U.S. amateur star Demetrius Andrade talks about achieving his lifelong goal of winning a major title, the first defense of his WBO 154-pound belt vs. Brian Rose on June 14, fighting the Canelo-Lara winner, the Charlo brothers and his dream of facing Floyd Mayweather Jr.
There is no nervousness in Bernard Hopkins as he enters his 175-pound title unification bout against Beibut Shumenov on Saturday at the D.C. Armory in Washington, D.C. The legendary champ is eager to make more history.
Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe says there's a chance that Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., could land a Floyd Mayweather Jr. fight before the pound-for-pound king, who usually fights at the MGM Grand in his hometown of Las Vegas, retires.
Read on for lots of fan feedback on Manny Pacquiao's unanimous decision victory over Tim Bradley in this week's Monday Mailbag. Enjoy!
Leonard Ellerbe touted Marcos Maidana's punching power at a recent press gathering for Maidana's May 3 clash with Floyd Mayweather Jr. Ellerbe used Maidana's decision over Adrien Broner as evidence of the Argentine's threat to the huge odds favorite.
Lennox Lewis used his Twitter account to call for Showtime, Floyd Mayweather Jr., HBO and Manny Pacquiao to get together and make the mega-fight happen. The former undisputed heavyweight champ compared the Mayweather-Pacquiao situation to his fight with Mike Tyson.
Noted British sports writer Gareth A Davies says if Manny Pacquiao defeats Tim Bradley tonight, the Filipino icon's victory will compel the boxing media to hound Floyd Mayweather Jr. for answers as to why he will not fight Pacquiao.
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Trainer Joel Diaz believes some of the harsh criticism laid on Tim Bradley speaks to a more general lack of credit for the skills of black fighters such as Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Andre Ward.
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Pursuant to the board resolutions and shareholder consent of Mochi Media, Inc., a Delaware incorporation (the "Company"), the Company has filed a Certificate of Dissolution with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. The Company is in the process of winding up all of its affairs. Please read the announcement set forth below and other information provided hereon because they may affect your rights.
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It saddens me to make this announcement today–our parent company Shanda has decided to dissolve the Mochi Media business. The last day that Mochi Media services will be available is March 31, 2014.
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As such, you are encouraged to do the following prior to March 31st–Advice to Developers
First off, thank you for working with us all of these years.
Mochi Media was founded in 2005 by Jameson and Bob with the mission of fueling the creativity of indie game developers. You focus on making a great game, and we'll take care of the rest. At that time, Flash was a platform that held a lot of potential if developers could find ways to track, monetize and build better games. Together, Flash and Mochi provided an on-ramp to a career or business in game development.
In addition to furthering our services and business, Mochi assumed a role in growing the category. We organized and hosted FGS (aka Flash Gaming Summit) for five years to get this community out from behind computer screens and in person to talk game development. We supported developer meet-ups like Mochi London. And we addressed the "state of the union" with the Flash Game Market Survey. Moving forward, we expect that others will pick up the baton in advancing the indie cause.
I think I speak for everyone who has been a part of the Mochi team over the years in saying that the innovation from you developers inspired us. We take great pride in currently seeing Ninja Kiwi's Bloons TD5, and Flipline Studios' Papa's Freezeria To Go among the Top Games Charts on iOS. We love that at one time we shared a desk with Casual Collective which is now known as KIXEYE.
Today, there has never been a better time to be an indie game developer in terms of the platforms and audiences one can reach: Flash, iOS, Android, XBLA, PSN, Steam, HTML5, and the list goes on. If Mochi had a more meaningful position today beyond Flash, then there may have been a different path for the company going forward.
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Nathan Tinkler is trying to gain control of Australia's biggest independent coal company, Whitehaven Coal, just weeks after it welcomed him onto the share register.
The audacious Hunter-bred, Singapore-based dealmaker became a 21.6per cent shareholder in the $4billion company in April after a friendly takeover of Tinkler companies Aston Resources and Boardwalk Resources.
Mr Tinkler's bid, if successful, will go down as one of the greatest ''fox in the hen house'' coups in Australian business history.
Whitehaven was worth $5billion when it took control of the Tinkler-founded Aston Resources earlier this year and, while its share price has dropped since then, it is still valued at more than $4billion.
It has mines and mining proposals in the Gunnedah Basin and is managed by a team of highly respected coal veterans, including Tony Haggarty and Allan Davies.
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The board said the bid was ''highly conditional and incomplete'' and ''not considered capable of being progressed at this time'', but a committee of directors not associated with Mr Tinkler had been formed to consider any future developments.
Whitehaven said it had retained Grant Samuel Corporate Finance and lawyers Corrs Chambers Westgarth as advisers.
Tinkler spokesman Tim Allerton confirmed last week the magnate and his family had moved from Newcastle to Singapore ''to be closer to the markets, to Asia''.
US-based Farallon Capital Markets, an investment house with offices in Singapore, Hong Kong and Tokyo, has worked closely with Mr Tinkler in the past and is believed to be involved in this latest tilt.
Mr Tinkler, Whitehaven's largest individual shareholder, had no comment yesterday beyond the Whitehaven board's statement.
The Whitehaven bid is the latest in a series of escalating coal plays by Mr Tinkler, who has confounded industry observers at every turn with unconventional, but ultimately successful, investments.
Since 2006, he has turned a small borrowed kitty of about $1million into a personal worth of at least $1billion and created substantial shareholder wealth for others along the way.
But he has rankled some in the markets.
Aston's share price plunged late last year when Mr Tinkler installed himself as Aston chairman, pushing aside former deputy prime minister Mark Vaile.
Mr Vaile became Whitehaven's chairman after its friendly takeover of Aston, and most analysts backed the deal – despite concerns about the amount Whitehaven was paying for Mr Tinkler's private assets in Boardwalk.
When the deal was approved in April, the market seemed more concerned Mr Tinkler would cash in his chips by selling his 21.6thper cent Whitehaven shareholding.