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There have been many times in history when great men have met and the world was rapt with attention. Malcolm X and Martin Luther King. FDR, Stalin and Churchill. Caesar and Brutus. Ali and Frazier. But all must now take a backseat to the day when Louis Gohmert and Alan Keyes took to the radio together to tell the world that the "elites" want to "depopulate the globe" down to less than 500 million people.
Aug 30 2013
When Keyes and Gohmert Met
by Ed Brayton
There have been many times in history when great men have met and the world was rapt with attention. Malcolm X and Martin Luther King. FDR, Stalin and Churchill. Caesar and Brutus. Ali and Frazier. But all must now take a backseat to the day when Louis Gohmert and Alan Keyes took to the radio together to tell the world that the "elites" want to "depopulate the globe" down to less than 500 million people.
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August 30, 2013 at 9:04 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I've heard this 500 million figure bandied about before but I've never had the strong desire to look up where it originated. Don't suppose anyone could give me the short version?
Michael Brew
August 30, 2013 at 9:24 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
What are you gonna have them do, just disobey a direct order from the Deity in Chief? It's not as if anything in the New Testament rescinded that directive, after all. We'd need some kind of testament ammendment. A Testammendment, if you will. Obviously, that would be heresy, of course, per the policy letter stating that none shall add to the Word. Still!
Gregory in Seattle
August 30, 2013 at 9:25 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
@sbuh #1 – Population reduction conspiracy theory.
August 30, 2013 at 9:25 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Can't listen to either moron without grinding my teeth. What I suspect they are most fearful of is that they are near the front of the cull line. Paranoia and ignorance. Two great tastes that taste great together.
August 30, 2013 at 9:28 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
The IQ in that room must have doubled to at least 12 while the derp went off the scale. If they do that again, it may very well push the planets out of their orbits.
August 30, 2013 at 9:34 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Oh, so it's a hypothetical number some conspiracy nut heard or read once and decided was THE figure that all of the shadowy cabals they believe in had agreed upon at some point.
August 30, 2013 at 9:35 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Hey, the population reduction conspiracy is absolutely wonderful propaganda for the large corporations. Which makes me wonder if that is the origin.
You got sick eating some food? It can't have been that kind, benevolent large corporation with all those caring commercials. It must be the elites trying to kill you!
Something went wrong with the flu shot you got? It wasn't due to bad handling practices implemented by the drug industry to cut costs. It must be the elites trying to kill you!
And before you state that the masses wouldn't buy it, keep in mind how staunchly people defend Apple or Sony or Microsoft as if they were part of their own family in lieu of the corporations whose only interest is sucking their money away. It is quite telling how effective PR is.
August 30, 2013 at 9:36 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
If 'they' really wanted to reduce the population they could just get their elite scientist buddies to arrange some kind of cataclysmic event (a flood, say).
But what kind of a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully would do that?
August 30, 2013 at 9:38 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
No idea where or how that figure got dragged out of their communal cess pit…but presumably they have calculated on the back of an envelope or napkin that about 500million are teh ghey, wimmins' that demand abortions, and atheists that hatesess' god.
And the rest are liberal elite syentifikals' that work everyday to kill god and the muppets that worships him!
But in the end possibly it it just some spurious number that caught their attention like a glittery ball and sounded scary…cos these 500 million folk walk amongst them, sort of, and they are legion…but small enough to confer a status of an elite compared to the rest of the global population and certainly swamps the US with a population only around 313 million.
But who really knows how the self inflicted brain damaged boogie or what they regard as 'facts' or 'evidence' …certainly nothing vaguely rational and that's for sure.
Don Williams
August 30, 2013 at 9:38 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
1) You alleged intellects don't have much sense of history. Let's look at the Downton Abbey British aristocrats so admired in New York City:
a) Highland Clearances: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_clearances
b) Shipping debtors off to Australia and (shudder) Georgia, USA
c) Starving 1 million Irish to death when they wouldn't emigrate to USA:
d) creating the concentration camp as a way to keep the Boers under control
2)So it may happen some day — probably when the profit rates on the Fortune 500 factory farms/cubicle barns decline.
If billionaires Haim Saban or Rupert Murdoch express an interest in sheep farming, be afraid. Be very afraid.
Er.. in non-Democratic sheep, I mean. The ones with fur all over, not just on the face.
August 30, 2013 at 9:41 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I read the link at three and followed back. Interestingly the source (without the number) seems to have been a memo by the noted communist anti-American Henry Kissinger*, arguing that it would be in the interests of the US to encourage birth control and abortion in other countries because larger populations are rivals for resources and the higher numbers of young people would be easier to radicalise.
*Pre warning for the hard of thinking this is what we refer to as sarcasm.
August 30, 2013 at 9:50 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Huh. When I saw the title, I thought this was going to be a romantic comedy.
Don Williams
August 30, 2013 at 9:50 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
PS I forgot to cite British PM David Lloyd Georgia starving 1.5 million Germans to death — and then claiming "world Jewry" helped him do it in exchange for the Balfour Declaration creating Israel.
A Big Lie which caused a slight fracturing in German society –especially among WWI veterans named Adolf.
August 30, 2013 at 9:53 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I am aware of the history thanks and without wishing to defend the inbred syphilitics of the British aristocracy, it is quite a leap from "they were willing to let people starve rather than see a fall in profits" to "there is a widespread and ongoing conspiracy to reduce the global population to an arbitrary figure".
August 30, 2013 at 9:53 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
If I remember correctly, the 500 million figure comes from a publication by a member of the deep ecology movement, back in the 80s or 90s – I think it was Arnie Naess, but don't quote me on that. Whoever it was, he actually did advocate for the reduction of the Earth's population to that level. He picked that figure because he believed it was small enough for humans to live without causing any environmental damage at all (provided they also did the other stuff he advocated, like getting rid of cities and most post-industrial technology.
To my knowledge, no one else has ever said this, and no one outside of the deep ecology movement has ever agreed with him.
August 30, 2013 at 9:54 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
That is Alex Jones Prison Planet/Infowars gibberish.
He's been pushing that for years. It is truly lunatic fringe material.
August 30, 2013 at 10:03 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
The 500M figure does seem to be anally derived. Various estimates of this planet's "carrying capacity" for humans run from 4-16B according to a quick scan of wiki (I'm sure Conservapedia would go with the highest figure and blame the lower estimates on liebralsienz). As it is most likely a pulled outta your ass stat, we should check with Dondi as to its provenance. He is to reason, logic and lucidity what a $39 pair of car speakers is to "Signal/Noise ratio".
"But what kind of a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully would do that?"
A NY Yankees fan?
August 30, 2013 at 10:03 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Don @ 10 & 13,
Your understanding of history is superficial, silly, and, a times, downright stupid. And no, I'm not defending any of those policies, it's just that your interpretation of them smacks of the scribblings on a napkin at a George Webb's at three o'clock in the morning after a three day bender.
August 30, 2013 at 10:10 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Re Don Williams @ #13
Hey Donaldo, that book by Vincent sells for $233 in hardcover. Sounds like a ripoff to me.
By the way, Germany tried to do the same thing to Great Britain via the unrestricted UBoat campaign in 1917/1918 and almost succeeded. The First Sea Lord, Admiral John Jellicoe, refused to institute convoys until Wilson's envoy, Admiral William Sims, went over his head and convinced the First Sea Lord, Admiral Lord Wemyss, to overrule Jellicoe, who was subsequently summarily retired. The convoy system saved Great Britain from being starved out of the war.
August 30, 2013 at 10:17 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Re dogmeat @ #18
About what can be expected from an engineer. Donaldo has shown his contempt for humanities on numerous occasions on this blog.
August 30, 2013 at 10:22 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
infowars 2009:
The eugenicists are back with their latest program to kill an untold number of people under the cover of the "swine flu pandemic." If you line up for a vaccination contaminated with mercury, aluminum, formaldehyde and other toxins — and a possible agent for future cancers designed to decimate world population — you need to have your head examined.
However, as Ron Paul indicates, you may not have a choice — the government may force you to choose between a toxic vaccine and a FEMA camp.
According to Alex Jones and infowars the H1N1 swine flu vaccine is:
1. Part of a UN population reduction program.
2. Designed to kill billions of people.
3. According to Ron Paul, will be mandatory. The flu vaccine or the FEMA concentration camps.
Of course, this was written in 2009. None of it happened. It was and is cuckoo fantasy.
In fact, the H1N1 flu vaccine was a great success and saved tens or hundreds of thousands of lives. Mortality was in high in the southern hemisphere without the vaccine. With the vaccine in the northern hemisphere, it was far lower than expected for a novel pandemic.
The right wingnut and conspiracy theorists are always wrong. They never notice it and just keep on going.
August 30, 2013 at 10:26 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Suggesting an ideal human population of 250 million — or whatever number — does not equate to thinking humans are a blight on the face of the planet.
I'd write and tell Alan Keyes that, but I think he already knows. He's just using the bogus claim of a culling program (a pogrom?) as a talking point.
It's just like AGW deniers claiming their opponents think a worldwide catastrophe is imminent and therefore martial law is needed right now, today, chop-chop. (And I note Keyes got in a shot at AGW in this bit.)
August 30, 2013 at 10:30 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Re raven @ #21
An who is Ron Paul's biggest defender on this blog. None other then Don Williams, aka Donaldo, aka Dondi, aka Donikens.
Don Williams
August 30, 2013 at 10:30 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
1) Some more superficial history — the US National Security Study Memorandum (NSSM 200) referred
to by Matty at 11. Aka Henry Kissinger's Final Solution to the Muslim Problem. dated Dec 10, 1974.
2) Some excerpts:
"This document can only be declassified by the White House"
"Closest to home, the combined population growth of Mexico and
the U.S. Southwest presages major difficulties for the future. Mexico's population is growing at
some 3.5% per year and will double in 20 years with concomitant increases in demands for food,
housing, education, and employment. By 1995, the present 57 million will have increased to
some 115 million and, unless their recently established family planning program has great
success, by 2000 will exceed 130 million. More important, the numbers of young people entering
the job market each year will expand even more quickly. These growing numbers will increase
the pressure of illegal emigration to the U.S., and make the issue an even more serious source of
friction in our political relations with Mexico."
"Egypt with about 37 million today is growing at 2.8%
per year. It will approximate 48 million by 1985, 75 million by 1995, and more than 85 million
by 2000. It is doubtful that Egypt's economic progress can greatly exceed its population growth.
With Israel starting at today's population of 3.3 million, the disparity between its population and
those of the Arab States will rapidly increase. Inside Israel, unless Jewish immigration continues,
the gap between the size of the Arab and Jewish populations will diminish. Together with the
traditional animosities ── which will remain the prime determinants of Arab-Israeli conflict ──
these population factors make the potential for peace and for U.S. interests in the area ominous."
"Assistance for population moderation should give primary emphasis to the largest
and fastest growing developing countries where there is special U.S. political and
strategic interest. Those countries are: India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nigeria,
Mexico, Indonesia, Brazil, the Philippines, Thailand, Egypt, Turkey, Ethiopia and
Interesting to speculate what might have happened if that annoying Watergate problem had not
August 30, 2013 at 10:33 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Louis Gohmert is the new Michele Bachmann. Or maybe Ron Paul or Sarah Palin.
The UN population reduction conspiracy theory is an old and long running lunatic fringe belief without any evidence. It's been around for decades.
One of my old coworkers, a Mormon, once told a version to me. I pointed out that the population of most of Europe, Russia, and Japan are falling a lot, right now. And not by force, people just decided at some point not to have a lot of children, mostly for economic reasons.
His eyes glazed over and he wandered away. Does not compute!!!! Divide by zero errror!!!
Not so long after that he was fired. For routine incompetence. Which happened to him often. He was an OK guy but sad to say, simply not very bright and not able to hold even a minimally complicated job.
August 30, 2013 at 10:35 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
What exactly is wrong with a slow, un-coerced reduction of world population? We'd be able to raise the world's standard of living and cut back on carbon emissions and environmental damage. There's nothing in the bible saying that 7 or ten or 20 billion are the magic numbers.
Sounds like a gosh-darn good idea to me. Of course, achieving it by ameliorating poverty and voluntary use of birth control isn't what these loons are fantasizng.
Don Williams
August 30, 2013 at 10:35 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Some more excerpts from 1974 NSSM 200:
"The above basic strategy assumes that the current forms of assistance programs in both
population and economic and social development areas will be able to solve the problem. There
is however, another view, which is shared by a growing number of experts. It believes that the
outlook is much harsher and far less tractable than commonly perceived. This holds that the
severity of the population problem in this century which is already claiming the lives of more
than 10 million people yearly, is such as to make likely continued widespread food shortage and
other demographic catastrophes, and, in the words of C.P. Snow, we shall be watching people
starve on television.
The conclusion of this view is that mandatory programs may be needed and that we
should be considering these possibilities now.
This school of thought believes the following types of questions need to be addressed:
– Should the U.S. make an all out commitment to major
limitation of world population with all the financial and
international as well as domestic political costs that would entail?
– Should the U.S. set even higher agricultural production goals
which would enable it to provide additional major food
resources to other countries? Should they be nationally or
internationally controlled?
– On what basis should such food resources then be provided?
Would food be considered an instrument of national power?
Will we be forced to make choices as to whom we can
reasonably assist, and if so, should population efforts be a
criterion for such assistance?
– Is the U.S. prepared to accept food rationing to help people
who can't/won't control their population growth?
– Should the U.S. seek to change its own food consumption
patterns toward more efficient uses of protein?
– Are mandatory population control measures appropriate for
the U.S. and/or for others?
– Should the U.S. initiate a major research effort to address
the growing problems of fresh water supply, ecological
damage, and adverse climate?
While definitive answers to those questions are not possible in this study given its time
limitations and its implications for domestic policy, nevertheless they are needed if one accepts
the drastic and persistent character of the population growth problem. Should the choice be made
that the recommendations and the options given below are not adequate to meet this problem,
consideration should be given to a further study and additional action in this field as outlined
above. "
August 30, 2013 at 10:39 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Raven (#21): In fact, the H1N1 flu vaccine was a great success and saved tens or hundreds of thousands of lives. Mortality was in high in the southern hemisphere without the vaccine. With the vaccine in the northern hemisphere, it was far lower than expected for a novel pandemic.
Ah, that's what those nefarious elites want us to think! Their vaccine contains a slow-acting toxin. They'll wait until the tenth generation of
Syndicalistshumans dies out, then they'll strike—strike like hawks!
Seriously, one thing that amazes me about these claims is the slowness of the methods proposed. I mean, "a possible agent for future cancers"? Given how long that would take to cull the population by even 50 percent, most of the so-called elites would be dead before their alleged goal was achieved.
August 30, 2013 at 10:40 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
A while ago, decades, I once hung around with the Deep Time ecologists. They look at ecology not in decades but millennia and millions of years.
The big argument at the time was whether we were mining out the planet and there would be an overshoot followed by a dieoff. This is common in natural populations. The lemming model. (The lemmings don't commit suicide, they just eat everything up and start migrating with no where to go, then die en masse.).
The answer is, no one knows. It's not really an answerable question because humans continually invent new technology to increase the carrying capacity of the earth.
We will just have to wait and see and find out one way or another.
August 30, 2013 at 10:42 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Re Don "Williams @ #24
Interesting to speculate what might have happened if that annoying Watergate problem had not arose.
Oh boy, another conspiracy hypothesis from ole Donaldo. Since his ravings hardly constitute theories as understood by scientists, I have come to the conclusion that hypotheses is a more accurate description.
August 30, 2013 at 10:53 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Hey Donaldo, how come this tidbit has escaped your notice so far. You really should be reading Mano Singham's blog on a regular basis. He's a conspiracy hypothesist after your own heart.
August 30, 2013 at 10:58 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
What exactly is wrong with a slow, un-coerced reduction of world population?
That is happening now in Europe, Russia, and Japan. Without immigration, it would be happening in the USA.
Populations naturally fall in democracies with prosperity.
But First World, wealthy democracies are a minority of the earth's population.
Going from memory, we in the USA were better off with 5 billion than the current 7 billion. These days we fight wars for oil, watch the climate change rapidly due to CO2, and increasingly wonder where to get more fresh water. Many of the world's rivers, including the Colorado and Rio Grande, don't reach the ocean any more. Every bit of their water is pumped out for human use.
John Pieret
August 30, 2013 at 11:11 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Whew! We were a visit by Sandy Rios away from a supidity black hole opening up and swallowing the Earth.
August 30, 2013 at 11:12 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
MikeMas wrote:
What I suspect they are most fearful of is that they are near the front of the cull line. Paranoia and ignorance.
What I suspect they are most fearful of is that people might stop paying attention to them. Narcissism and histrionic personality disorder.
Don Williams
August 30, 2013 at 11:31 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
caselo at 28, raven at 29:
1) Disease is inefficient — as the death rate rises, population density declines and transmission rate falls due to social distancing. You can almost write a math equation for it.
2) Where things get interesting is if some of the lemmings have nukes.
And not the USA lemmings versus the foreign lemmings — more like the 2% lemmings
versus the 98% lemmings. You could reduce the population of the USA
by 75% in 30 minutes — more if you tweaked the economy to increase jobs in the
urban areas and remove them in the rural areas beforehand. Let the fallout
settle over the Midwest farmland and you might get up to 95% for those "not
in the program".
August 30, 2013 at 11:38 am (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Hey Donaldo, how come this tidbit has escaped your notice so far
Because "he"'s someones failed attempt at a political AI program?
Don Williams
August 30, 2013 at 12:04 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
SLC at 30:
1) While I have contempt for humanities MAJORS I respect the humanities. We don't do experiments on human societies so we have to look at history as showing the result of naturally occurring experiments.
2) Fact 1:
World population was 4.068 billion in 1975 –as of
2010 it was 6.972 billion. Asia's population soared
from 2.397 billion to 4.252 billion, an increase of almost
2 billion. North America's population, in contrast,
only increased by 107 million –from 243 million to 351 million.
Most of the US Population growth since then has been
from immigration (40 million) not native births.
3) Fact 2: Nixon went to China. Asia's population explosion
was due to Nixon abolishing US farm support policies and
encouraging farmers to massively expand their crops to feed
Asia. That destroyed much of the wildlife habitat in the USA
– the once huge Pennsylvania pheasant population is
now almost extinct.
4) Without consulting with the American People, the elite's
Rockefeller Foundation hired Norman Borlaug to create
high yield cereal grain monoculture — the Green
Revolution — that drove Asia's population explosion.
US government's AID supported it.
5) The end result being that US elites now had 4 billion in cheap labor
– and totally dependent on food shipments from the USA and
seed from USA's Monsanto Inc. If you control the food supply, you
control the Herd. You can even make it lend you money.
6) Two problems:
a) Monoculture is very vulnerable to biowarfare — a bug or feature depending
on where you are sitting.
b) US Midwest grain production is dependent upon deep well sunk into the
Ogallala Aquifer. Ogallala is fossil water –it took many millions of years to
accumulate and is not being replenished by current limited rainfall. As I
noted earlier, it is shrinking like a suburban swimming pool being drained and
when it is exhausted we will be back to the Dust Bowl. Tight supplies in the
USA and I don't know what happens to Asia.
PS Ask me about Terminator Genes. heh heh
7) Meanwhile, the stupid Democratic voters remain as ignorant of what's going on
as a herd of sheep grazing in the meadow and thinking that trunk from
the slaughterhouse is coming to take them to
greener pastures.
Don Williams
August 30, 2013 at 12:18 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Of course, the growth in Jewish male population in the USA since 1975 has been almost flat, SLC. I
think Judah Benjamin would be embarrassed for you:
August 30, 2013 at 12:25 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Five hundred million?! What does he think these liberals are? Zentraedi?
August 30, 2013 at 12:45 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
raven@29 The answer is, no one knows. It's not really an answerable question because humans continually invent new technology to increase the carrying capacity of the earth.
Well, we seem to. The problem is, most of those increases in food production have really been reliant on increases in exploiting nonrenewable planetary resources. Our fertilizers, for example, are derived largely from potassium and phosphates, which we've been mining and washing downstream into the oceans, where they cause algae bloom and subsequent dead zones. Pesticides and herbicides are mostly petroleum products. We should be running out of minerals in mines for fertilizers and oil for poisons in about 20 years… coupled with drought and floods from global warming. We will see famine become a serious topic for everybody in a generation or less. Even western rich sociopaths may see their gated community perimeters breached.
I would have preferred to see global warming and other such processes controlled, and let the population control itself via middle class options and values as third worlders were lifted by improvements in global living standards. But I fear that it will instead be controlled by nature in the usual ways: famine, war, pestilence, and plague.
Ed Brayton
August 30, 2013 at 1:06 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I've had enough of Don Williams and his bizarre rants and thread hijacking. He's history.
August 30, 2013 at 1:12 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Re Don Williams @ #35
Ole Donaldo cites an article from Faux Noise. They are, perhaps, somewhat more reliable then the Whacknutdaily but not by a whole lot.
Re don Williams @ #37
Actually, due to the 1 child per family restriction in China, the population of that country has been growing much more slowly then, say, India. Of course, because most of the fetuses being aborted are women, there is now a large surplus of young males in China that is going to be a source of instability in that country in the not so far future. Sounds like a lot of cannon fodder there.
Ace of Sevens
August 30, 2013 at 1:16 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Wouldn't the elites benefit from a large population? That gives them more people whose labor to live off of and they can use their wealth to shield themselves from the effects of overpopulation. They may want peopel shipped somewhere else where they cans till leech off their labor without tripping over them in the street and may not feel compelled to intervene if the poor and starving through the effects of their policies, but purposely killing large numbers of people on whose labor they depend would be counter-productive.
August 30, 2013 at 1:19 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Finally, Ed joins the "Good News Friday!" blogosphere.
Biking question. I just replaced the shifter cables on my bike and I can't get the derailleurs adjusted. Can you do it for me if I FedEx my piece-of-shit, $169 dollar 21-speed rustbucket bike to you? I'm only asking because Ed just eliminated one of your hobbies. {;>)
August 30, 2013 at 1:48 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
The Tea Partiers think they live in a cartoon. Hence, the main antagonist is a cartoon villian whose goals, methods, and motivations make very little sense to anyone who's older than 6 years old.
That this seems to make sense to the Tea Partiers says something about them.
August 30, 2013 at 2:01 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
About what can be expected from an engineer.
Wow. That was uncalled for.
Skip White
August 30, 2013 at 2:55 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Ed @41:
Thank you. Once I see a few of his comments in a thread, the whole thing turns into TL;DR.
August 30, 2013 at 4:57 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Re democommie @ #44
Come on, it will cost more to ship it back and forth then to take it to a local bike shop. I know, I shipped a bike from Orange Co., Ca. to the DC area by Fedex which cost me $100 because it was oversized.
Actually, I have three bikes, 2 of which have the synchroshift levers. However, I don't use the synchroshift but instead the old fashioned friction adjusters, which are invoked by turning the bolt on the right hand one (e.g. the one that controls the rear derailleur).
August 30, 2013 at 5:06 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Re Ed Brayton @ #41
I can't disagree with the decision to give DW the heave ho. However, I have had a longer relationship with him then the other commentors here because of our previous relationship over at Matthew Yglesias' old blog and must admit that I found his apparent insanity and conspiracy hypotheses endlessly amusing. However, obviously, the other commentors, and, I guess Brayton, found him annoying.
Hopefully, he can find a venue where we can continue our repartee back and forth.
August 30, 2013 at 5:18 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Chiroptera @12:
"When Louie Met Alan: A Lurve Story".
John Phillips, FCD
August 30, 2013 at 6:17 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Ed Brayton #41, thank you for that blessed relief.
Michael Heath
August 30, 2013 at 7:06 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Ed Brayton writes:
I've had enough of Don Williams and his bizarre rants and thread hijacking. He's history.
Proof that prayer works.
August 30, 2013 at 10:13 pm (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Yes, I know. I just got through riding the bike the one mile or so uphill to my house. After blowing like a whale for a few minutes I'm right as rain and I have not spent a nickel for gas in two months.
I have just the one bike and it's in a sorry state. Otoh, it's road ready and the Ranger is not. I just discovered that the cheat I had in mind will not work and I WILL have to drill two bolts out of the exhaust manifold–not a job I look forward to doing.
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The University of Louisville football team plays its home finale tomorrow against Connecticut.
Coach Charlie Strong's Cardinals need a victory over the 4-6 Huskies to keep their Big East Conference title hopes alive going into their last regular season game at league-leading Rutgers.
"It's not what anyone is going to do to us, it's what we're going to do ourselves. What's key for us is just our effort, our preparation heading into these next two games and just making sure that we are mentally and physically locked in," Strong said this week.
Thirteen U of L seniors will be honored before the UConn game. Center Mario Benavides will be among those bidding farewell to fans.
The Texas native has battled back from several major injuries during his collegiate career. He hopes to be remembered as being tough and a team leader.
"Despite my multiple surgeries, I've still started more games than most people who came through here. I would like to think that I've upheld the standard that's been set before me," Benavides said.
The 18th ranked Cards are 9-1 overall and 4-1 in the Big East coming off their first defeat of the season at Syracuse. Saturday's kickoff is at noon.
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About 10:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 20, 2010, an explosion rocked the floating rig Deepwater Horizon. Most of the 126 workers were safely evacuated. Eleven however, were unaccounted for. The oil rig sank Thursday, April 22, 2010.
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A Brookfield contractor forged insurance documents so he could obtain work from another contracting company, a criminal complaint alelges.
Jack M. Richarz, 39, was charged in Waukesha County Circuit Court Monday with two counts of forgery by altering the value of an object. If convicted, he faces up to 18 months in prison and $20,000 in fines.
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On July 12, an employee with R&R Insurance in Waukesha contacted police after she discovered Richarz had been presenting information that he was insured by R&R. The documents were submitted to Sawfish Contracting on March 15 and 26, but company records showed Richarz hadn't had insurance with R&R since 2007.
Richarz, owner of S.E.R. Roofing, admitted to the contractor that he was working to get his permits so he could run the business, the complaint alleges.
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A 37-year-old man was walking home from the liquor store around 8:30 p.m. when two men near 107th Street and Komensky Avenue confronted him. One of the robbers said, "Hey, dude, we're taking your beer." The man put the beer on the sidewalk. As the robber knelt down to pick up the beer, police said the man punched him in the side of his face, knocking him to the ground. The would-be robber immediately got up and fled southbound with his buddy down Komensky. The man did not have his cell phone so he ran home to call 911. Fortunately, the robbers, described as males in their early 20s, did not steal the beer.
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Someone tried to force their way into an apartment in the 10000 block of South Mayfield Avenue sometime before 1 p.m. A 23-year-old woman noticed that her back door frame had been forced partially out of its frame. The woman told police she thought she heard noises in the middle of the night. Police said the woman recently had Comcast Cable installed on Aug. 24 in her apartment. The woman told police that the cable guy was very flirty with her and later texted her that night to see how her cable TV was working. She replied it was fine and the cable guy continued to text her for the next few days. On August 29, she received a last text from him saying he just wanted to say hit and that he would not cut her cable. She did not reply and the cable to her apartment was soon cut. A neighbor who lives in the building said she saw the same cable guy on four separate occasions parked on the corner of 104th Street and Mayfield Avenue sitting in his cable truck early in the morning. The neighbor's husband also saw the cable guy backing his truck into their parking lot. Police said the woman's father filed a complaint with Comcast on her behalf. The report said the scene was contaminated from the family touching the door handle and were unable to collect evidence. Police are investigating.
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Shannon McMullen, of Huntingdon Valley, sang the national anthem at the Flag-raising ceremony on Wednesday, July 4.
Honored at the ceremony were:
- Chief Petty Officer Marc Willard - Willard served in Vietnam from 1965-69, before serving in the Navy Reserve from 1972 until 1993. He is a member of the Guardians of the National Cemetery in Washington's Crossing and is currently the Commander of American Legion Pennypack Post 800 in Southampton.
- Ret. Staff Sgt. William Clark, a World War II veteran who was shot down while flying in a B17 over Germany. He was held as a prisoner of war for over a year before escaping during a work detail by jumping in a river, only to return to continue to fight for the allied forces.
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We've got a busy week here at the Stow-Munroe Falls Public Library! Tomorrow, Miss Lydia leads our Special-Needs Storytime at 4:30 p.m. Her award-winning programs combine iPads with storybooks to engage the attention of children with all sorts of abilities.
On Wednesday, there's our movie -a new release presented free of charge on the big screen, complete with popcorn and soda- at 2 p.m. Click here to see what's playing (You'll need your library card to see the schedule -- it has to be super-secret because of our licensing agreement).
Yo-yo club meets at 4 p.m. on Wednesday (bring a yo-yo and learn some tricks, or just watch the amazing yo-yo feats of others). The day concludes with our Astronomy Club for kids at 7 p.m.
Friday, November 11 is our yearly In-Service Day, where the library closes so that staff can receive continuing education. Fear not, however! If you have things you need to return to the library, that day doesn't count -- so you won't be charged overdue fees for the 11th. We'll be back open bright and early on Saturday, November 12 at 9 a.m.
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Last but not least, a little trivia: Marie Curie, the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize and the only person to ever win a Nobel prize for two different sciences (physics and chemistry) was born on this day in 1867. She didn't have it easy. The pioneering scientist left home at age 15 to become a governess so that she could pay for her sister's education. Read more about Curie's life in her own words at the American Institute for Physics' exhibit on her life and work. You can check out a number of books on Curie's life here at the library. A list for adult readers is here, and one for children, here.
Curie shares a birthday with Joni Mitchell. the famous singer/songwriter was born on November 7 in 1943. Watch a video of her singing "Big Yellow Taxi" here, or take out a CD from our collection at the library. Click here for a sampling.
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Wheeeeeeeee Mr. Darcy wins!!!
Wheeeeeeeee Mr. Darcy wins!!!
Yea Darcy!!!!!!!!!
Nubka - Unpaid Slave Laborer...
Was there any chance that anyone but Colin Firth was going to win.
bless them for giving him what he deserved last yr (and this yr too imo)
I feel like I'm in a dream. But it can't be a dream because there are no boy dancers!
Glad for Colin.
my career just peaked!
Colin Firth: I have a feeling my career's just peaked!
Don't forget the wife Colin!
Wait colin has only had 2 nominations???
yessss! Colin Firth was amazing!
Love Colin
My mom just called all excited that Mr. Darcy won.
He is so charming. I'm thrilled for him.
An MLB.com reporter asked what one thing Votto couldnt do. I cant skate or play hockey, Votto said. Well, I can skate ... but I cant stop.
"I guess I'm just...I'm not used to someone putting me first." -Emma, Once Upon a Time, episode 2x3, Lady of the Lake
Boy, the British are just so damn classy
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But the speech would have been better if he really did dance.
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What inspired me to create the Andromeda line? The same impulses that compelled me to create Luna Guitars itself. Having been around the heavy guitars that my mother played during her career, I wanted to design sleek, light, contemporary electric instruments that combined ergonomics with art. I wanted these guitars to be sculptural. The graceful line on the Andromeda's double cutaway was inspired by the crescent moon. Play an Andromeda and you'll see that the design also makes it easy to get your hands on even the most hard- to-reach notes. The trick was creating an innovative shape that would be light and both perfectly balanced on a strap and easy to play when sitting down. When you're sitting, the Andromedas' bottom cut literally molds to your thigh. A truly form-fitting instrument!
I drew the profile on paper, then played around with the shape, enlarging it by various percentages before cutting it out of cardboard. Luckily, my husband Mike is a furniture maker, so I had a willing and expert assistant. We first cut the profile from a 2" block of basswood. Next came the challenge of hand-sculpting the prototypes. They are 2" along the center to accommodate the guitars' electronics, and taper to 3/8" along the edges. Mike and I used rasps, hand planes and sandpaper to produce the first guitar and bass models.
At many points along the way, we stopped to bolt on the appropriate necks and test them for balance. After many hours of work, the Andromedas were born: truly innovative guitar and bass shapes that weighed just 4.6 and 7 lbs, respectively. But there was more left to do. Once I had the blank canvasses, I was compelled to adorn the instruments with a meaningful image. Appropriately, the Phoenix was the first to arise. The ancient bird symbolizing rebirth now flies again in glistening abalone, soaring on wings of sound.
I am happy to report that my mother owns the very first Andromeda Phoenix we produced, and she plays it every single day! She waited a long time for a guitar that gave her great performance without cumbersome weight. I am very pleased with the manifestation of my vision and, once you play the Andromedas, I think you'll love them too.
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Some say the cupcake fad is on its way out, but from the number of cupcake places in Seattle and Tacoma—don't count on it. The fact is that cupcakes are just tasty. As cupcake bakeries continue to pop up, many are adding more creative flavor concoctions into the mix. Have a traditional chocolate or vanilla, or get crazy and try a mojito cupcake, a key lime cupcake or any other number of taste adventures.
1. Cupcake Royale
Seattle's first cupcake bakery is still among the best. The cake is baked from scratch daily and frosting is buttercream made with real local butter. The quality of ingredients shines through and the size of cupcakes is slightly larger than most, with a generous muffin top. The crucial cake-to-frosting ratio is also just about right for people who don't want the frosting overload that is so common with cupcakes. Rather than the dome of swirled frosting, Cupcake Royale spreads frosting on almost flat (but artistically). Available flavors include traditional, seasonal flavors like gingerbread and pumpkin spice, and the always popular salted caramel.
Other products: Vegan cupcake, gluten free cupcake, cake pops, ice cream
- 1111 East Pike Street, Seattle
- 2052 NW Market Street, Seattle
- 1101 34th Avenue, Seattle
- 4556 California Avenue SW, Seattle
- 21 Bellevue Way NE, Bellevue
- 108 Pine Street, Seattle (ice creamery)
2. Trophy Cupcakes
Another well-known top Seattle cupcake favorite is Trophy Cupcakes. Each day of the week brings a new lineup of often-inventive flavors. Examples are snickerdoodle (that actually tastes like a snickerdoodle cookie), triple coconut, chocolate Nutella, and salted caramel. Like Cupcake Royale, Trophy focuses on high-quality ingredients like rbgh-free dairy, organic peanut butter and free-range eggs. The frosting-to-cake ratio is more liberal on the frosting end than Cupcake Royale, but the frosting isn't overly sweet or over powering.
Other products: Custom cupcakes for special events.
- 1815 N 45th Street, Seattle
- 2612 NE Village Lane, Seattle
- The Bravern at 700 110th Avenue NE, Bellevue
3. Pinkabella
Pinkabella is a small chain of cupcake shops that has a nice selection of non-traditional flavors—meaning you can try out a mint chocolate chip, caramel macchiato, bananas foster, cherry coke and other fun flavors. Pinkabella cupcakes are strong on the frosting and topped with a generous dome of the sweet stuff, and it is sweet. Pinkabella frosting is among the sweeter frostings at Seattle's cupcake shops, so this is a great destination for those with a powerful sweet tooth. Pinkabella is also committed to giving back to its community and gives 100% of tips received to help abandoned children.
Other products: Special event cakes and cupcakes
- Alderwood Mall, 3000 184th Street SW, Lynnwood
- Redmond Town Center, 16418 NE 74th Street, Redmond
- Bellevue Square, 320 Bellevue Square
- Southcenter Mall, 1002 Southcenter Boulevard
4. Hello, Cupcake
If you're in the South Sound and need a cupcake fix, downtown Tacoma's adorable Hello, Cupcake is an excellent place to look. A modest, yet pleasing list of flavors includes traditional favorites (chocolate, vanilla, salted caramel, red velvet) as well as a special flavor each month. Where Hello, Cupcake really shines is the frosting. Make no mistake, it's intense and sweet, but with a flavorful pop that is sure to wake up your sweet tooth. The chocolate frosting is one of the most chocolately you will ever taste and the cream cheese is quite amazing if you request it with their chocolate cake.
Other products: Sometimes whoopee pies and some vintage-style candy for sale.
Location: 1740 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma
5. Sweet Charley B's Bakery
Sweet Charley B's is all the way down in Olympia, but is worth mentioning as it was voted as one of the best cupcake shops by Evening Magazine's Best of Western Washington. The bakery is known for moist, flavorful cake and their wide variety of unusual flavors. What kinds of flavors? Try hot cocoa, toffee crunch, peanut butter cup, cherry cheesecake, Snickers and cinnamon roll. Sure, you'll find traditional flavors here too, but that's not really why you came here, is it?
Other products: All cupcakes, all the time.
Location: 111 Market Street NE, Olympia
6. Other Cupcake Bakeries Worth Exploring:
New York Cupcakes – 15600 NE 8th, Suite A4, Bellevue
Wanna Cupcake – 2102 E Main, Puyallup
Sweet Bliss Bakery - Renton
The Yellow Leaf Cupcake Co. – 2209 4th Avenue, Seattle
Stuffed Cakes - 9003 35th Avenue SW, Seattle
Dahlia Bakery - 2001 4th Avenue, Seattle
Columbia City Bakery - 4865 Rainier Avenue S, Seattle
Common Ground Cupcakes - 900 South 3rd St # A, Renton
Burning Cupakes – 4312 6th Avenue, Tacoma
Jubilee Cupcakes - 13333 Meridian Avenue East, Puyallup


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The Game Gets 'Compton' Stomach Tattoo
How do you pay homage to the city that raised you? In the case of The Game, you get a tattoo across your stomach. The "Celebration" rapper went under the needle to show love to his native Compton.
He endured the pain while tattoo artist Peter Koskela applied the word "Compton" in Old English font to his heavily-tatted body.
"The stomach gotta be the most fu**ed up place to get tatted but I thugged it out," wrote Game, who covered up a previous tattoo that said "Stretch."
He also added a second tattoo, but he's yet to unveil it.
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A life sentence for a former Santa Monica landlord who, along with a co- conspirator, took out insurance policies on two homeless men who were later killed in hit-and-run crashes, was upheld Monday by the California Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court justices found there was "overwhelming" evidence against Helen Golay, who was given a no-parole life sentence in July, 2008 in Los Angeles Superior Court for the murder of two transient men—Paul Vados in 1999 and Kenneth McDavid in 2005.
Golay's lawyer, Roger Jon Diamond, had argued that the trial court violated Golay's Sixth Amendment right to confront and cross-examine witnesses against her. His argument was based on the fact that the director of the coroner's laboratory testified in court, instead of the lab technician who actually performed blood tests on one of the victims.
He argued that even though the director reviewed and signed the lab report and was the director of the laboratory at which both reports were prepared, he was "not really an expert on the subject for which he was testifying."
Golay and co-conspirator Olga Rutterschmidt befriended and housed the indigent victims for two years, investigators said, to exceed the period under which the life insurance companies could contest the policies. Golay claimed to be the fiancee of both victims, while Rutterschmidt claimed to be a cousin.
Both men were run over by cars.
They became known as the "Black Widow Murders" on an episode of American Greed that aired in 2010 on CNBC, according to Wikipedia. The case was also profiled on an episode of Deadly Women.
Golay was 75 and Rutterschmidt was 73 when they were indicted in July 2006 with the murders.
Crime lab director Dr. Joseph Muto had testified at trial that blood samples from one of the victims showed the presence of drugs that could have caused drowsiness, supporting the prosecution's argument that the victim was drugged before he was run over and killed.
Golay's defense attorney argued Muto "admitted he was not a pharmacologist... and... was... out of [his]... area of expertise," and thus, "essentially operated as a conduit to relate to the jury critical evidence" contained in reports by non-testifying laboratory analysts, whom the defense could not cross-examine.
"We need not decide, however, whether the trial court erred in allowing laboratory director Muto's testimony, because any error did not prejudice Golay... the evidence of Golay"s guilt was overwhelming," wrote Supreme Court Justice Joyce L. Kennard in the ruling.
Diamond told City News Service that the California Supreme Court "dodged the major constitutional question that was the major issue that they took the case on."
"They have to answer the question of whether the 6th Amendment prohibits the government from using the crime lab supervisor, instead of the crime lab technician," Diamond said. He plans to ask the Supreme Court for a rehearing.
The U.S. Supreme Court has recently ruled that the U.S. Constitution requires a defendant to be able to confront his accuser, if the evidence is "testimonial" in nature. Although four recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions are relevant to that issue and were summarized in Kennard's opinion, the court made no specific findings on that matter in the Golay case.
The opinion cited evidence including a recorded conversation between the co-defendants in a police interview room in which Rutterschmidt blamed Golay
for buying too many insurance policies, drugs found in Golay's home and tissue
samples matching one of the victims on the underside of a car Rutterschmidt
once owned.
Rutterschmidt's attorney had also requested a review by the Supreme Court, but the justices denied that request.
The appeals court had noted "overwhelming evidence as to defendants' cold-bloodedness and lack of remorse in committing crimes that bespoke a complete lack of compassion for their victims."
A number of technical legal issues were raised by both sides during the
appeals, including whether Muto's blood test evidence was "testimonial."
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman was released from jail Friday for a second time while he awaits his second-degree murder trial for fatally shooting Trayvon Martin.
Zimmerman left the Seminole County Jail a day after Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester granted a $1 million bail with strict conditions. He wore a white shirt and dress jacket as he walked out and got into an SUV, ignoring shouted questions from nearby reporters.
The judge is requiring Zimmerman to stay in Seminole County. He was allowed to leave Florida after his first release in April. Now he must be electronically monitored, can't open a bank account, obtain a passport or set foot on the grounds of the local airport. He has a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew.
"He's very happy to be out," Don West, one of Zimmerman's attorneys, told reporters outside the jail. "Certainly it's been a sobering experience spending the last month in jail in that kind of environment."
Zimmerman had been released on a $150,000 bond in April in the shooting of the unarmed black teenager, but the judge revoked it last month after prosecutors presented evidence that he and his wife misled the court about how much money they had available to pay for the bond. They didn't tell the judge that donations from a website for Zimmerman's legal defense had raised around $135,000 at the time of his first bond hearing.
Prosecutors argued Zimmerman and his wife talked in code during recorded jailhouse conversations about how to transfer the donations to different bank accounts. For example, George Zimmerman at one point asked how much money they had. She replied "$155." Prosecutors allege that was code for $155,000. Their reference to "Peter Pan" was code for the PayPal system through which the donations were made, prosecutors said.
Shellie Zimmerman faces arraignment at the end of the month on a perjury charge; she is free on bond.
Zimmerman's attorneys said Thursday that there was $211,000 in an account, which included the amount raised from Zimmerman's website and also money generated from another website set up by his legal team. An additional $20,000 was raised in the day after Lester issued the $1 million bond order.
Zimmerman had to pay a bond company $100,000 but also needed $1 million in collateral to secure the bail, his legal team said.
West refused to comment on what was being used as collateral after Zimmerman left the jail.
"We worked that out," West said.
Zimmerman will stay in a "safe house" before relocating to a permanent home, and he has hired a security team, according to information posted on a website run by his legal team.
Shortly before Zimmerman's release, the Rev. Al Sharpton criticized Zimmerman for raising money through online donations. The civil rights leader and talk-show host was in New Orleans with Martin's parents, Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton.
"Now we see where they're soliciting money, saying, 'If you would have done the same thing, send money to help with his bond,' showing no remorse over the loss of human life," Sharpton said.
Court documents show that Zimmerman's parents are using their house as security for the bond. But Zimmerman likely didn't put up $1 million worth of collateral because the amount can be negotiated with the bond company and the insurance company backing the bond, said David Engel, an Orlando-area bail bondsman.
"Do they have a $1 million worth of collateral? I'm sure they don't," Engel said. "There's nothing set in stone regarding what we have to take. It's up to us what we decide between us and the insurance companies."
During Zimmerman's second bond hearing, his attorney, Mark O'Mara, said that his client was confused and fearful and experienced a moment of weakness when he and his wife misled the court.
The judge didn't buy it and expressed his unhappiness with Zimmerman and his wife in his second bond order. He accused Zimmerman of making plans to flee to avoid prosecution, misleading O'Mara by not disclosing the money from the website and trying to manipulate the judicial system.
"Under any definition, the defendant has flaunted the system," Lester wrote.
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For the past 6 months the stock has been moving sideways, mostly flat since November. Connecting the peaks and lows, it seems that NVDA´s stock may be in a symmetrical triangle formation. Right now, NVDA is almost near the triangle's apex, so watch out for either a breakout or breakdown of this stock in the coming days. The momentum in the short-term remains modestly bullish, with MACD trending upwards above its signal line. A close above 12.68 would be required to turn the near-term bias significantly toward buying trades. Stay tuned.
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) Momentum has turned bullish, and a break above resistance at 33.88 would open the door for a rally to 35.
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DOVER, Del. (AP)- The CEO of United Way of Delaware is defending raises and bonuses she has received in recent years even as contributions to the agency have remained flat and funding to many local nonprofits was recently cut.
Michelle Taylor said Monday that she believes she is fairly compensated.
According to tax filings, Taylor's compensation grew from about $190,000 in 2009 to more than $257,000 for the tax year ending last June, including a $30,000 retention bonus. She received another raise and bonus this past year.
Local nonprofits that receive United Way funding saw an average cut of about 13% this year.
Taylor acknowledged that funding to many individual nonprofits has been cut but said spending on longer-term strategic efforts to help local communities has increased about 25%.
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With Bulova-like accuracy, the little gray carrier pigeon flew its mission swooping over our rural house toward the Fort Mifflin Navy Yard in South Philadelphia. We knew he had a coded message because one day his little wings faltered and he landed in my sandbox. We called the Navy and they came for their wounded warrior.
On August 15, 1945, my little avian soldier would have watched me from aloft and wondered where the rest of the children's Navy had gone. Dressed in a blue gabardine suit that I'd outgrown the previous winter, a paper hat from the Sunday funnies perched on my head, I marched into the woods drumming a large kitchen pot with a wooden spoon. My mission: to tell the beasts of the forest that America had won the war.
The music heard round the world played in my head. I was not aware of the embracing strangers and welcomings home. We didn't have TV in those days and wouldn't see the images until we attended our next Movietone News. But I knew the nightly news would change: no more battle reports; no more casualty reports; no more blackout curtains. The lights were back on. Our carrier pigeon, soon to be retired, had gone back to base.
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If using a GPS locator, the address is
University at Albany - East Campus
DB Wing, 9 University Place
Rensselaer, NY 12144
From most points of origin, easiest access is from Interstate 787 or
Route 20 from Albany.
From 787: Take the Rensselaer Exit for Routes 9 and 20 off of Interstate 787. This travels across the river on the Dunn Memorial Bridge. (see above)
From Albany: Take Route 20 East (pick it up at the bottom of Madison Avenue at the intersection with South Pearl Street. This travels across the river on the Dunn Memorial Bridge. (see above)
After entering Rensselaer follow the directions below:
At the end of the bridge, stay to the left, following the signs to East Greenbush via Routes 9 and 20.
Staying on the main road, you will go through Rensselaer and up the hill (Columbia Turnpike - Routes 9 and 20).
Take a left at the light at the top of the hill. This entrance is marked with a large University sign.
The first building you will see is a large white and glass building, the Gen*NY*Sis Center for Excellence in Cancer Genomics.
TVHS is brick semi-circular building straight back past the School of Public Health.
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Google Operating System reports Picasa is the latest Google property to be monetized with Google AdWords ads. If you conduct searches for pictures in Picasa's web albums, you will find the ads at the top of the image results. For example, a search on my iPhone shows ads for AT&T, Blackberry and ZapBangDone.com (an iPhone app seller).
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The New Jersey Nets have acquired forward Gerald Wallace from the Portland Trail Blazers, according to Yahoo Sports.
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The talks appeared to have started with Jamal Crawford's name, but he is ear-marked to go in a 3-team deal to the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Dollar Tree Stores Inc. have voluntarily recalled about 117,000 votive candle holders.
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The particular candles they're considered about are frosted and contain vanilla scented wax. They measure 2 ½ inches tall with the model number 976127. The date code is 1010.
According to a press release from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, "(CPSC) is still interested in receiving incident or injury reports that are either directly related to this product recall or involve a different hazard with the same product. Please tell us about your experience with the product on SaferProducts.gov." For more information call the Dollar Tree store or see their website.
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Product Description
Share orgasmic thrills with this vibrating cock ring with a stimulating tongue. 5 powerful vibration modes and an extra stretchy silicone ring work together to bring you and your partner longer-lasting pleasure and intense stimulation.
Offering a snug fit for him and pinpoint clitoral stimulation for her, this innovative sex toy for couples is a must-have accessory for heightened pleasure for both of you during sex and foreplay.
The bullet vibrator is located in the top section of the cock ring and sends a powerful array of 2 speeds and 3 patterns down the length of his shaft and straight to her clitoris - explore which setting or combination works best for both of you with a touch of a button.
Super-versatile, you can even remove the bullet vibe and use it for direct stimulation of other sensitive spots.
Using a little water-based lube, slide the ring down to the base of his shaft and press the button located on the side to activate the powerful vibrations.
Key Features:
- Vibrating cock ring with tongue-shaped clitoral stimulator
- 2 vibration speeds and 3 patterns to explore
- Stretchy silicone ring for a snug fit to enhance erection strength and staying power
- Removable bullet vibrator for pinpoint stimulation of your favourite spots
- Easy-to-use
How it measures up
- Number of rings: 1
- Minimum diameter: 1.5
- Maximum diameter: 4.5 inches
- Ring size: Stretchable
- Ring style: Single Ring
- Stimulator style: Clitoral
How it feels
- Material: Silicone
- Waterproof: No
- Contains latex: No
- Contains phthalates: No
Power and speed
- Vibration speed: Speeds and patterns
- Battery Info: 1 x AAA battery
- Power Type: Batteries (not included)
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Lovehoney Bionic Bullet Cock Ring with Tongue Stimulator 8 out of 10 (13 reviews) Write your own reviewOrder by:
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Wow, what a blast
Reviewed: 14 July 2014 by sexytime87
We received this beautifully designed cock ring from LH as a tester item.
On getting it out of its box, we both noticed how soft and flexible this ring was. We really wanted to try this as it wasn't just something for him, it was for both of us.
We have tried many rings before and noticed that most of them were either not very powerful or they were plain and dull. But not this ring. It has something for both of us and the vibrations are some of the best we have found in a cock ring. This little thing really does pack a punch, and we both like that.
Another good point was the fact we didn't have to go through all of the cycles to turn this bad boy off. All we had to do was press and hold the on/off button for a few seconds and this brilliant creation was off. All of the cycles were incredible, and made each of us scream for more.
We have noticed that on putting the batteries into this toy, it vibrates once to let you know that the batteries are working well and the vibrations are still going strong.
We used some lube to help the ring to slide onto my partners shaft, and to be honest it looked much sexier than most rings we have tried. We turned on the ring and used it while I pleasured my man by hand. He was instantly turned on by the powerful vibes he was getting.
As he slipped himself inside me I felt the vibes too, and they felt absolutely amazing. I too felt the affects straight away. The added extra of the tongue stimulator was mind-blowing. Not only was my partner's long hard shaft penetrating me, I also had the tongue stimulating my clit. We used this ring through our passionate night and we both had some of the best orgasms we have had.
Amazing toy and highly recommended for everyone to use in both, solo play and with your partner. Honesty, try this and you will not be disappointed.
- Pros
- Great design and super soft material.
- Cons
- Honestly, couldn't find anything not to like.
- Bottom line
- One hell of a cock ring for both him and her.
- 1 person found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes
Reviewed: 11 July 2014 by Jazzam, a Straight Engaged Female
I'm incredibly pleased to say I received this item as my first ever tester, and only hope I can really do it justice with my review!
As always, the item arrived in a timely manner in the normal Lovehoney discreet brown box packaging. The inner packaging is a simple white box with blue décor, LH logo and then stating what the item is. Nice a simple, just what you expect from the excellent value BASICS range.
Opening to box we couldn't help but note how large it is. We've had a few cock rings before, but nothing quite like this.
The size makes it both fantastic, but has some problems too. Firstly, the minimum diameter is 1.5", that's a circumference of 4.7" - which is about the UK average, so this is not an item for guys with a slimmer girth. My partner is just over 5" in girth and whilst snug. This was easily manoeuvrable on his manhood. I was pleasantly surprised that, despite this, it stayed firmly in its place!
The material of this item is very soft and smooth, yet somehow rigid enough to carry the vibrations throughout!
We did have the traditional hunt for a single AAA battery but once located we slipped out the bullet from its holding, unscrewed the top, popped the battery in and slid it back into the ring.
The bullet is controlled by a simple push button that cycles through the patterns. If I had to make a negative point, it was that there is no "Off". You just have to cycle through until you get there, but that is pretty standard for bullet vibes, and with this, there aren't that many to go through. (Fab, because you won't need them!)
In your hands, you would almost feel the power isn't all that, but when nestled onto the hard penis it really magnifies and becomes itself.
The super flexible "tongue stimulator" does a fantastic job of carrying the powerful vibrations up to your lady's sensitive areas, whilst the firm ring transports that power throughout your shaft.
For me, the tongue stimulator didn't quite reach high enough to nestle directly onto my clit, but the vibrations were deep enough to reach it by stimulating the tissue around, and in fact I feel this is better! The indirect vibration really allowed for the sensation to build up and up!
Although my partner was almost unhappy as the stimulation felt "too good" (if you know what I mean), I for one was thoroughly impressed at the power, and its ability to turn my already fantastic partner into a hard shaft of rumbling orgasmic pleasure!
I loved this, and I can't wait to use it again!
Would highly recommend to anyone providing they fit the measurements, and I look forward to purchasing further items/designs from this range of cock rings!
- Pros
- The Rumble, Feeling, Good Quality, Firm yet stretchy and soft material. So much power!
- Cons
- The minimum size is too big. It fit us fine, but please measure before purchasing!
- Bottom line
- Must Own Item! One for the bedside drawer, not the bottom of the wardrobe!
- 1 person found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes
Good quality cock ring
Reviewed: 11 March 2014 by yorkieted, a Straight Married Male
When my brown parcel came through to my office (discreetly labelled as always) from LH, I know my new cock ring had arrived and my thoughts immediately turned to being able to try it out. Unfortunately, it arrived a particularly unfortunate time of the month, so it remained in its box for a week or so!
I've had a few cock rings in the past, all of them vibrating as I do like to share the pleasure with Mrs Yorkie, and I have to say I'm a big advocate of them. This one is the sturdiest I have tried and really good quality.
It looks good - not necessarily the most discreet - but it's made from high quality materials so it will last. Most of the ones I've experienced previously have been disposables (although I've become adept at changing the batteries even of some of these, and often recycle them using a small bullet vibe once the integral bullet goes).
The results of this were excellent for both Mrs Yorkie and me. Unlike disposable rings, the ring which fits around the shaft on this is not stretchy so plenty of lube is required (but Mrs Yorkie enjoyed applying it as much as I did). Once it was on and the bullet turned on, it felt really good for me, and when the tongue stimulator came into contact with Mrs Yorkie's clit, the effects were - ahem - noticeable.
All in all this is a really good quality, well built cock ring. Although it's pretty sturdy and powerful it is also pretty quiet. Easy to clean too using a good quality toy cleaner (though soap and water should be fine if you're careful).
- Pros
- Felt great for me and my OH. Looks good and well made.
- Cons
- Would prefer a little more "give" in the ring.
- Bottom line
- Good quality cock ring with surprisingly powerful and quiet bullet. The tongue stimulator's brilliant.
- Was this review helpful to you? Yes
Superb toy
Reviewed: 05 March 2014 by jellybaby51, a Straight Married Male
Awesome. I opened the box assuming it was small. It was massive. But it fit snug.
The feeling is out of this world and my wife had the most awesome orgasm ever. With the delay lube our session lasted for hours and it made such a great memory.
This toy doesn't go back into its box to gather dust.
- Pros
- This is the best toy I've ever tried.
- Cons
- Tremendous value for money, makes lovemaking superb.
- Bottom line
- An experience not to be missed.
- Was this review helpful to you? Yes
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It's happened, the best cock ring ever
Reviewed: 15 February 2014 by MrsMcX, a Straight Married Female
The Lovehoney Bionic Bullet Cock Ring with Tongue Stimulator comes in a lovely white box, with a picture of the product on front, and Lovehoney logo. Crisp and clean, and not tacky at all.
Once opened the box, I was surprised at how big the cock ring is, and was initially concerned it might be uncomfortable. I was happily wrong!
The cock ring is made of silicone, and as my husband is quite girthy he often has problems with silicone cock rings feeling too tight, but this cock ring is made from extra stretchy silicone, meaning he had a perfectly snug fit, that didn't cause any discomfort.
The actual vibrating part of the cock ring requires 1 x AAA battery, so make sure you add one to your basket, you won't be able to wait to try it! The bullet vibrates over two speeds and three different pattern changes. I don't know what is so special about this cock ring, compared to others I have, but it is so powerful! I've never had a more powerful cock ring, it really is remarkable!
I thought it was a nice touch that there is a slower setting for more sensitive women, that may not be able to enjoy the full power this cock ring gives out. Another bonus is when wearing the cock ring, it's really convenient and easy to change to a different speed or a different setting, or just enjoy the cock ring with no vibrations. Sometimes cock rings can have buttons in awkward places which means you're destined to one setting all the way through, not this time!
I'll save the best until last, the tongue! I've had maybe around 8/9 different cock rings, some have had lumps, bumps, nodules and even rabbit ears. Some have been great, some have just been sort of hitting that sweet spot, but this cock ring blows them all out of the water.
The tongue is super smooth, and flexible. I was worried it might just sit and poke at me, but somehow Lovehoney have managed to design a cock ring that is a perfect fit. I wouldn't say that the cock ring feels like a real tongue, but it certainly bends and flexes to sweep your clitoris up and down. I honestly think this cock ring would be amazing even without the vibrations, but the vibrations totally complete the cock ring.
Overall, this cock ring is definitely the best I've had. But a warning - it will have you exhausted!
- Pros
- Perfectly designed to hit your sweet spot.
- Cons
- Nothing.
- Bottom line
- The best cock ring on the market!
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Enjoy sunset dining, drinks and plane-spotting in a spectacular setting at the Airtel Plaza Hotel on Wednesday nights
An array of L.A.'s most popular food trucks will land at the Airtel Plaza Hotel—offering an up-close view of Van Nuys Airport's main runways— every Wednesday night from 5 p.m to 9p.m. beginning on Sept. 19, 2012.
The first "Runway Eats" event will feature an assortment of delectable dishes such as lobster roll, Vietnamese banh mi sandwich, bacon cheeseburger, aioli sandwich, sweet-potato chili-cheese fries, fusion tacos and Italian pistachio gelato. Happy hour will be offered throughout the event.
Who will be there:
- Baby's Bad Ass Burgers
- Cousins Maine Lobster
- Don Chow Tacos
- Frysmith
- Holy Aioli
- India Jones
- Nom Nom
- Palazollo
and more!
Plane-spotters are invited to dine, unwind and view aircraft take off and land.
Excellent visuals, interview and sampling opportunities will be available to the media.
Where: Airtel Plaza Hotel (back parking lot overlooking the runways)
7277 Valjean Ave., Van Nuys 91406
Free street parking or discounted hotel parking at $3.
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Julianne Moore is a gifted actress, yet she never disappears into a role so completely that you forget it's Julianne Moore. (Watch The Kids are Alright or her guest appearances on NBC's 30 Rock as Jack Donaghy's former flame and you get the idea.) However, HBO's Game Change -- which premiered this past weekend -- is itself a game changer for Moore, a role in which she is unrecognizable. In fact, if the cast and crew of the political docudrama had been able to keep Moore under wraps as skillfully as John McCain's campaign team did with Sarah Palin before she was announced as his running mate in 2008, you'd be hard pressed to figure out which actress was under all that hair and makeup and those designer jackets and glasses.
Playing Palin In Over Her Head
To her credit, Moore not only disappears into Palin but shows us a side of the telegenic and crowd-pleasing vice presidential contender that makes her both sympathetic and repugnant at the same time. Like President Reagan, a politician she admires and emulates, Palin turns on the charm for the camera and the crowds. Yet Game Change also reveals the many missteps of a preternaturally sanguine woman who thought she was ready for the national spotlight and finds herself in over her head politically, emotionally and intellectually.
Sarah Bright and Dark
Perhaps the most unexpected allegation of Game Change, is that Palin teetered on the edge of a nervous breakdown. In a series of quick edits, we see Palin pushed nearly to the breaking point until she is sprawled out on the floor of her hotel room in a white bathrobe, notes and 3x5 cards scattered around her.
Palin only recovers when she stops trying to be what McCain's team wanted her to be and goes "rogue," ignoring McCain's "Country First" campaign slogan in favor of putting herself first.
Enough Blame to Go Around
Although it's obvious how the campaign ends up, the film builds to a climactic moment on Election Night 2008 when Palin's final grab for the spotlight is thwarted. Fiercely determined to give her own speech in addition to McCain's concession speech, she is told off by Schmidt who forcefully explains that never in the history of the United States has a vice presidential candidate done so and she will not be the first. She seethes as the campaign team readies McCain who is preparing to walk onstage and acknowledge Obama's win.
Coincidence or Foreshadowing?
If the movie hadn't already been filmed, edited, and finished before Rush Limbaugh called Georgetown law student Sandra Fluke a slut and a prostitute, I might have believed that the second and third sentences were added in for emphasis. Since they weren't, the coincidence makes Game Change even more timely and relevant though the events it depicts are now history.
McCain will never run again, but would Palin? Just last week CNN caught up with her on Super Tuesday at the polls in Wasilla, Alaska. Asked whether she'd run for President if the 2012 primary season didn't produce a clear-cut Republican nominee, she coyly said, "I don't close any doors that perhaps would be open out there." After seeing Game Change, there's a chance that viewers previously on the fence about Palin may now be thinking, "Don't let the door hit you on the way out."


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The Sucarnochee Revue launched its 10th season Thursday at noon at the Temple Theatre with Revue Host Jacky Jack White, Hartley Peavey of Peavey Electronics, and special musical guests and dignitaries.
The Revue's 2013 lineup will kickoff June 7 with Meridian's Greatest Hitmakers – the first of seven monthly shows slated at The Temple Theatre – followed by The Revue features Belmont on July 5; Little Big Stars on August 2; Be Bop a Lula ... Rockin' the Revue on Sept. 6; Retro Country Classics on Oct. 4; Camp Meeting Revue – Peace in the Valley on Nov. 1. All shows start at 7 p.m. Admission is $10 at the door, with advance tickets and group discounts available through The Angie Denney Agency.
"The Revue is still going strong. It's great to be wanted and the Queen City music lovers wanted us back," White said. "The Revue and the Temple Theatre fit like an electric guitar and a Peavey amplifier."
The Sucarnochee Revue has helped spread the original, traditional music of the twin states' folk culture and soil-rich Black Belt Region – a heritage that boasts legends like Elvis Presley, Hank Williams and bluesman Willie King – literally around the world, according to a press release.
Featuring musicians from the Country, Bluegrass, Southern Gospel, Rock N Roll and Blues genres, The Revue is a two-hour show recorded live at Meridian's Temple Theatre and at The University of West Alabama's Bibb Graves Auditorium in Livingston, Ala. Young artists such as American Idol's Skylar Laine, as well as award-winning songwriters like Wood Newton and Rock N Roll Hall of Famer Spooner Oldham, have graced the Sucarnochee stage.
The Revue's weekly one-hour radio show has aired over 59 stations across the country and worldwide on Internet Radio. The Revue has also been syndicated in 10 states and in Australia and has been broadcast on Alabama and Mississippi Public Television and Radio and locally on WMOX-AM on Saturday afternoons. The Revue has aired on two Fox affiliates and one ABC affiliate and is in the process of becoming a thirty minute syndicated television series.
White, a Silverwolf and South City recording artist, is from Livingston and has had songs on the charts as a singer/songwriter since 1985. Artists who have recorded his songs include Ray Stevens, Charley Pride, Buddy Jewell, Steve Wariner, Neal McCoy and Mark Lowery. White received an ASCAP Award for "If I Didn't Love You" and an NSAI Award for the number one Southern Gospel song, "When Men Pray." More than 100 of his songs have been recorded.
In March 2009, the Sucarnochee Revue radio program was awarded a citation from the Country Music Association for "Outstanding work and promotion of Grassroots Music across the world." In April 2009, White was awarded the Fellowship in Music Grant from the Alabama State Council for the Arts. The Revue has also received recognition from the Black Belt Community Foundation, the Alabama State Council on the Arts, and the Mississippi Arts Commission.
The tourism departments in the states of Alabama and Mississippi and the city of Meridian have recognized The Revue's national and worldwide impact on the preservation of Folk Music and Folk Culture. The Sucarnochee Revue has proved to be an effective ambassador for the Black Belt and its heritage by showcasing regional music in its most authentic manner.
The Revue is sponsored in Alabama by UWA's Center for the Study of the Black Belt and the Sumter County Fine Arts Council. Alabama show dates are Sept. 20, Oct. 25, Dec. 20, March 14 and April 19. All shows are open to the public with $10 admission at the door.


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"Renaissance Thinking About the Issues of Our Day"
Miles Grant, National Wildlife Federation, joins Thom Hartmann. Two years after the BP oil disaster - our worst nightmares might be coming true. With eyeless shrimp and clawless crabs being plucked from the Gulf on a daily basis - just how concerned should American consumers be?