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CATEGORIES MoviesThe Cold War is back -- at least at the movies.
This weekend moviegoers can watch Meryl Streep portray ardent Cold Warrior Margaret Thatcher in The Iron Lady, Gary Oldman root out a dangerous Soviet mole from the British intelligence service in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, and Tom Cruise race to prevent a Cold War-style nuclear exchange between America and Russia in Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol.
These films form part of a major Hollywood trend toward reawakening memories of the Cold War -- an era that is suddenly returning with a vengeance on the big screen, with long-term implications for our popular culture.
Currently in the midst of an awards-season run, for example, Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar tells the story of legendary FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover's decades'-long confrontation with Soviet infiltration of America. Also in the midst of an awards-season run is the ominous new documentary Khodorkovsky, which depicts how little Russia's authoritarian governing style has changed since the dark days of the old Soviet Union.
And the trend doesn't stop there. If Santa slipped new Blu-rays of Transformers: Dark of the Moon, X-Men: First Class, Apollo 18 or The Kennedys into your Christmas stocking, you just got another healthy dose of Cold War nostalgia from those films -- because 2011 was a watershed year in Hollywood for reviving America's long-standing rivalry with all things Russian and/or communist.
So, what's going on here? Why is Hollywood suddenly reviving Russian communists, spies and autocrats as the go-to villains of choice?
The simplest answer may be that the old Soviet Union is gradually replacing Nazi Germany, Imperial Rome and space aliens as Hollywood's favorite antagonists. In an industry still hesitant to make films about today's War on Terror, and with memories of World War II fading, Russian authoritarians -- including those of the present day variety -- are on their way to becoming Hollywood's safe, consensus villains of the moment.
This trend began in 2008, with, of all things, an Indiana Jones film. Set in 1957 at the height of the Cold War, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull featured Soviet communists as the villains, and despite grumbling from critics and internet fanboys the film played well in middle America -- taking in over $317 million domestically (a figure even Ghost Protocol seems unlikely to match) and $786 worldwide. Perhaps just as significantly, the fact that the film had been made by Steven Spielberg and George Lucas seemingly gave the green light to other left-of-center filmmakers that depicting Reds as the villains was OK again.
Soon Angelina Jolie was hunting sleeper Soviet agents in Salt (2010), Ed Harris and Colin Farrell were escaping a brutal Soviet gulag in Peter Weir's extraordinary The Way Back (2010), and even Richard Gere and Martin Sheen were getting in on the act -- smoking out a Russian mole in The Double (2011). Released here in the U.S. in 2010, Fred Ward played Ronald Reagan in the French Cold War spy thriller Farewell, and Renny Harlin's action-drama 5 Days of War (2011) depicted the brutality of Russia's recent invasion of Georgia.
To be fair, Russians haven't been the only villains in this trend. MGM's forthcoming remake of Red Dawn (read a review of an early cut of the film here) depicts a communist invasion of America by the North Koreans and Chinese, similar to the invasion of Australia depicted in Stuart Beattie's recent thriller Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010). Bruce Beresford's touching Mao's Last Dancer (2009) recreated in heartbreaking detail the restrictions in Chinese communist society on artists. And perhaps no recent film captured communist tyranny more vividly than Mads Brugger's gonzo documentary from 2009 on North Korea, The Red Chapel.
This movie revival of the Cold War -- in its many Russian, Chinese and North Korean variations -- has intriguing implications. For the past generation, many left-of-center filmmakers have been deeply invested in the notion that the Cold War was a kind of paranoid mirage, a tragicomic figment of Ronald Reagan and Whittaker Chambers' imaginations. With few exceptions, the basic image created by these filmmakers of the Cold War -- codified in films like Dr. Strangelove (1964), or more recently in Good Night, and Good Luck (2005) -- has been one of an artificial conflict fueled by American militarism and bourgeois small-mindedness. The sardonic The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966) serves as perhaps the sine qua non of this genre.
This vision of the Cold War appears to be changing, however, among younger, less ideologically driven filmmakers. These filmmakers view the Cold War simply as a fertile field of storytelling possibilities about the struggle for freedom, in much the same way an older generation viewed World War II. Filmmakers today seem more eager to tell such stories about the Cold War, unearthing the past and depicting the sharp political divisions between East and West, perhaps because these filmmakers detect a continuity between communist tyrannies of the 20th century and similarly repressive regimes today.
After all, Brezhnev and Mao may be gone -- but an ex-KGB man still runs Russia, and communists still run repressive regimes in China and North Korea. And America's relationship with these nations sometimes seems no better than it was before.
Today's Hollywood seems alive to these realities as never before, as reflected in a slate of new projects in the development pipeline that channel Cold War themes. Along with sequels to Salt, X-Men: First Class, Die Hard (with Die Hard 5 set to take place in Russia), and even Top Gun, work is also underway to re-boot the Jack Ryan franchise with Chris Pine in a new thriller called Moscow. Remakes of famous Cold War properties like Ice Station Zebra, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and even Colossus: The Forbin Project are also in development -- along with adaptations of the books Londongrad, The Reluctant Communist, and the Red Star comic book.
On TV, HBO and FX are working on competing series about '80s-era Soviet spies in the U.S., and HBO reportedly has another series in development about Cold War spies in Berlin.
As if that were not enough, Gerard Butler and Ed Harris will soon be trying to stop rogue Russian generals and KGB agents from starting World War III in Hunter Killer and Phantom, respectively. Or if your sensibilities run toward the art house, Andrzej Wajda is currently directing a biopic of Polish Solidarity leader Lech Walesa.
Granted, it shouldn't be assumed that these films will express a uniformity of opinion about the Cold War, or about current international tensions. Indeed, several recent films like The Iron Lady, J. Edgar, and X-Men: First Class express a pronounced ambivalence about the Cold Warriors they depict.
Watching The Iron Lady, for example, you would hardly know why the Soviet Red Army newspaper labelled Margaret Thatcher "the Iron Lady" in the first place. The film is weirdly evasive of Thatcher's vital role in ending the Cold War -- barely alluding to it except in brief moments of Thatcher with Reagan and Gorbachev, or attending an event commemorating the end of the Cold War. The Iron Lady seems more concerned with Thatcher's current state of physical fragility than in her momentous alliances with Ronald Reagan, Pope John Paul II and Lech Walesa in hastening the collapse of the Soviet state.
Still, the fascination that films like The Iron Lady or J. Edgar have with Cold Warriors of the past is obvious. And certainly none of these recent films bothers to romanticize the communist cause. Indeed, the days in Hollywood of dueling Che Guevara biopics (Che, The Motorcycle Diaries) -- or of Katherine Hepburn wearing a frayed Mao jacket to the Oscars -- seem long gone.
The Cold War is back in Hollywood, but this time the idea seems to be to support the winning side.


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Elder care facility under pressure not to move forward with evictions
A group of senior citizens, mostly in their 80s and 90s, faces eviction from the University Mound Ladies Home, a San Francisco elder care facility serving residents of modest means that has been in operation for 130 years.
The University Mound Board of Trustees has said the nonprofit organization that runs the home is too far in debt to keep the doors open.
Nevertheless, interim director Bill Brinkman and members of the Board of Trustees have rejected the city's offer of temporary financial assistance. University Mound has entered into an agreement to sell the facility to Alta Vista School for $5.4 million as a way to pay off its debts, making it clear at a public hearing that it would not reconsider this plan despite the city's attempts to intervene on behalf of the impacted residents.
At the Board of Supervisors' Neighborhood Services and Safety Committee today [Thu/10], Sup. David Campos put board treasurer John Sedlander on the spot.
"The city has given you every opportunity to stay open," Campos said, referencing offers made when his office met with University Mound leadership shortly after the closure was announced. "We are willing to put money on the table, to keep this open temporarily, until we find a long-term viable solution. Are you willing to accept that?"
But Sedlander insisted that this was not a viable option. "We've been financing our operations for the past six years … with debt," he said. "We are unable to make the payroll unless we were to close this facility. … It's one of those things that's just a model that doesn't work."
The closure has sparked widespread community concern, in part because it can be very dangerous to force people in frail health to move.
"They're playing with people's lives," Eddie Shine, whose mother is 97 and lives at University Mound, told the Bay Guardian. "A move would be devastating, which is why I'm so passionate about this," she added.
Speaking during public comment, Anna Stratton said she was concerned that her 87-year-old mother would "feel isolated and alone" after being transferred to a Hayward retirement home. "When we transferred her [to University Mound] she did not eat for seven days," Stratton explained, noting that this would arise as a concern yet again with the pending move.
In May, residents were issued eviction notices indicating that they would have to move by July 10. That date has since been extended to July 31.
Campos said the city would explore every possible route to prevent University Mound from closing down and evicting the seniors, including the possibility of rezoning the property to be maintained as a retirement home since the benefactors behind the original endowment established that it should function as such. After public comment was over, Campos called Sedlander back to the podium.
"You heard the testimony," he told the University Mound board treasurer. "You know the city is going to do everything we can to block you" from moving forward with the July 31 eviction. "I am going to give you the option to do the right thing here," he went on. "Are you prepared to call that deadline null and void?"
Sedlander responded that he was not prepared to rescind the evictions.
The item was continued and will likely come up for discussion again before July 31. "I will fight to do everything I possibly can till hell freezes over to make sure we stop the closure of this facility," Campos said. "If the city has to fight to make it happen, then the city will fight to make it happen."
From SF Gate:
"The sale will allow the nonprofit home to pay off its obligations, which include $2.1 million in loans, as well as pension obligations due to the SEIU United Healthcare Workers West union."
The loans are an easy way to take cash out of a property and then complain about higher operating expenses because of debt payments, necessitating bankruptcy. Corporate raiders do this all the time. Buy a company; strip out its asset values and pay the cash to the raiders; crank up the debt on the company assets; and then walk away from the over-leveraged assets and other long-term liabilities such as pensions or toxic clean-ups, etc.
Follow the money. Why was the money taken out of the property and who did it go to? Do those same individuals benefit by getting out of this business? Do they benefit by selling the property (via bankruptcy)? Were the pension obligations material compared to the cash withdrawn from the property?
they oppose evictions except where it benefits them
This may not be accurate: End of May, UMLH took out a loan on the property 1.7-1.9 million and paid off the debt, as we the family members understand the actions of the Board. UMLH is sitting on 1.2 million cash. The buyer at was made public end of June, absorbs this debt.
We may be saying the same thing, in different ways.
What we can NOT afford is to lose another assisted living facility in San Francisco.
What I don't understand is why other RCFE's, just 10 miles outside of SF can operate facilities charging similar average rates THAT we are currently paying at UMLH. (ranging from 1600-4800 a month)?
Sandra Parker
Because these other operators can. They are making a profit at the expense of loved ones. There are no restrictions on what they can charge. And anyone who takes over this place will do the same.
what I don't understand is, why their family members don't apply for Medi-cal that will pay for their stay for them and place them in a nursing home in the city. That's what we ended up having to do for our mother after she spent down her savings. Are you trying to save your inheritance? Get in line with the rest of us, you've been spoiled for far too long and it sounds like this home suffered as a result.
JUST wondering, what SNF did you place your mother? My mother isn't qualified for a SNF
If, in the future, I found a SNF that I would feel comfortable placing my loved one in I would. What I have seen with SNF and MediCal is that they stack people on top of one another. This is how it was for my late father. I refuse to place my mother in such a facility. EVERYONE needs to make the decision that they can live with. My understanding is that Laguna Honda is a really nice facility for SF elders. However, they reduced the number of beds of available beds with the remodel after a bond measure was passed. I might stand corrected on Laguna Honda issue.
Not a SNF. Try St Anne's home in the Inner Richmond.
Not sure my message worked: try St Anne's Home in the Inner Richmond.
I was there. I have to say, Campos is just trying to get votes for his election and the audience fell for it. Who is going to pay for the difference in care these people need? sure isn't going to be Campos. A $250K bandaid is not going to help. The city gave that to them last time and look where it got them. Further debt. The long term viable solution is to let these people move into places with the funding that has been offered to them so they can live out the rest of their lives in peace.
Supervisor's Campos offer is generous enough to help keep the current residents safe while a business model is put is place. Transferring these elders could mean DEATH. There is a solution - its called quality elder care with good management. Thank you Supervisor Campos!!
Why isn't Campos fund-raising to offer more? He cares about old people as long as the money comes from others.
Throw in debt payments and unpaid bills, and 250K can get swallowed up very quickly.
Why hasn't Campos come up with millions if he really cares?
It will not take millions to keep the home open. It will take a viable business plan, that's all.
Supervisor Campos is RIGHT ON with the money.
BELIEVE in the soul of San Francisco - Cristina Flores
This center has unfunded liabilities that will cost millions when projected into the future.
What Campos is really trying to do here is to push the cost of welfare (a city mandate) onto private individuals rather than bite the bullet and fund it themselves. Which of course is exactly what rent control tries to do and, no coincidence, that is leading to evictions too.
If the center cannot provide its owners with a competitive ROI, then the business must be closed. If Campos doesn't want that then why desn't he put up his own money to buy and run it himself?
Rhetorical question, because Campos knows it is not viable.
Would be happy to talk to you if you would name yourself.
Supervisor Campos is correct in that it is viable. The Board knows it. The community knows it. AgeSong knows how to do it. Give me a call 650-483-1202. Better yet, come on over and meet me and some of our wise Elders.
...would be so dogmatic, and devoid of heart, to use the plight of these elders to write a little more smack on rent control laws. Not really related, but whatever.
Your comments, suggest that "guest" is actually your real name.
You are a true troll. Get a life. You must spend all day at this. Heartless phony.
So it's purely a business decision, and no business can be forced to operate at a loss, whatever it is,
Why doesn't the city buy the business and run it if they think it is a great deal?
I don't agree. This is NOT about Campos; it's about our parents, our aunts, our uncles, hardworking people who have made SF their home, there residence. They worked HARD their entire lives. They deserve to age in place. TRANSFER TRAUMA in our 80's & 90's is not about who gets the most votes and wins an election. Why move the remaining residents from their home and be scattered all over yonder to make room for a PRIVATE school, that serves less than 3% of the local area residents? THIS IS NOT RIGHT FOR OUR CITY.
why let a for-profit entity take over and charge the market rate for rents? how does that help future working class members of our community?
AgeSong told Campos they wouldn't evict, but the follow up question should have been "will you raise their rent". The answer is yes. A for profit enterprise is bad news and then there's no endowment to help those who need it.
If you would like to make comments about AgeSong, you should leave a name and contact information. You are misinformed.
The answer to that follow up question would have been NO!
Cristina Flores, RN
We will honor the Legacy resident's contracts - Please call me if you would like to discuss at 650-483-1202.
For profit businesses don't run on a charity model last I heard.
How much are you donating to keep this center open?
You heard wrong - Cristina Flores, RN and COO of AgeSong Living
A business needs to make a profit. If it makes a loss, it makes more sense to close the business, sell the assets and reinvest elsewhere.
If the city wants to bribe the business to stay open and the taxpayers are fine with that, then make it happen. But don't whine that I won't run my business at a loss just because you personally think the underlying cause is noble.
Put your money where your mouth is.
Why is it Campos allows problems to fester into crises before taking action or holding a hearing?
Because when something becomes a crisis and makes headlines, he can show up in front of the cameras and act like he has a solution. But mainly he justs wants to pander to his narrow constituency and try to look busy.
Jason Grant Garza here .... WOW, GREAT .... what PR for Campos. He said "You heard the testimony," he told the University Mound board treasurer. "You know the city is going to do everything we can to block you" from moving forward with the July 31 eviction. "I am going to give you the option to do the right thing here," he went on. "Are you prepared to call that deadline null and void?" His concern for ELDERS could be admirable; however, WHAT is the RESULT? Mr. Campos and other supervisors recently passed Laura's Law in regard to healthcare and their caring. I have been repeatedly denied healthcare, gone to the supervisors to get help and not gotten meetings (see youtube videos over 500 under Jason Garza) so now I will go back (keep watching the youtube videos) and ask about those who need healthcare and is denied SINCE NO ONE ENFORCES MEDICAL LAW. Shall we see WHAT Mr. CAMPOS' Office will do? Here is but one video ... where you will see DPH stating help (6/24/14) and as of TODAY 7/12/14 still NO CONTACT. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIPN-55O8UA ... KEEP DRINKING the KOOL-AID ... this is PR and propaganda ... unless after I go back THERE is ACTION and RESULTS ... shall we see? Will HE sue and have DPH arrested? Yes, I will be back at CAMPOS office to give him the OPTION of doing the RIGHT THING ... shall we see if the contact is not as the last ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NMDfV36LLk in addition shall we see what I get from Avalos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IsQe0x2-QI and the rest of the Supervisors? Here is what I got from my SUPERVISOR'S Office after HOW MANY MONTHS of my following up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsIy8V0yHkY ... keep DRINKING the KOOL-AID ... I mean such concern in newspapers (Elder care, Laura's Law) but what happens when I go in? Learn the GAMES and watch the INHUMANITY and know that you and yours are NEXT. Keep watching the youtube videos to see what REALITY is verses sweet meaningless no result producing words.
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But the time is coming where it won't be unkind to start murdering people in the fucking streets and leaving a note on their bodies
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I live at 7500 ft and they were great for me! (7/8 cup is 1 cup minus 2 Tbsps)
These were okay. Like another reviewer said, I have had better brownies from a mix. The batter was delicious though.
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This was a wonderful brownie, gooey in the middle and crunchy around the edges. I used a 9x13 pan and I am so glad I didn't double the recipe, it was still pretty thick. I used 3/4c pecans and 1c chocolate chips. I cooked it for about 45 minutes, when the top cracked, it was perfectly done. My friends and I all raved about these brownies. I will definitely make them again.
These are the best brownies I have ever made - very moist, chewy and "fudgy". I live at 10,500 feet and they turned out great at 38 minutes.
Oh my goodness I made these the other nite & I live near Boulder, CO and have always had difficulty perfecting the art of baking at high altitudes, however this recipe has converted me for sure!! I did follow the recipe exactly, though used semi-sweet mini chocolate chips instead of the regular and the brownies disappeared within a matter of days at our house, next time I might try dusting some powdered sugar very lightly on top, these are sublime and to me taste extremely similar if not better than those of a local bakery called Breadworks that is known for its exquisite brownies, now I can indulge at home as these are very inexpensive to make & amazing!! A+!! Thank you!!!
I live in Quito, which is 9895 ft above sea level. Brownies are one of the most difficult treats to make here. But, these passed the test. Not only against the altitude, but with all of my High School Home Ec students. Thank you for contributing this recipe!
Tried this recipe at about 6500' and were quite pleased with the result. Chewy and fudgy and delicious! Definitely add the chocolate chips.
I live at 8,228 feet and have all but given up on baking. That being said, I have made these brownies 3 times with rave reviews. It's so nice seeing these come out of the oven without a big crater in the middle. They are super fudgy and chewy with that nice crackled top I adore. Not only that, they are easy to whip up if you need to bring something to a party.
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on Jan 9, 2013 at 10:54 am
> A new report from Aaron Aknin, assistant planning director
Is there a link to this document, or is it not yet released to the public?
on Jan 9, 2013 at 11:59 am
What needs to be done is fairly simple:
1. All downtown business owners(with employees who need parking) should get a discounted monthly parking pass for the main garage.
2. All residents should be given free parking stickers to be placed on their cars (a maximum of 2 per house).
3. After two(2)months, ticket those cars that do not comply on a daily basis.
4. All future buildings must include appropriate parking on site.
on Jan 9, 2013 at 12:15 pm
What the RFP does not include is a reference to existing adopted Comprehensive Plan Themes, Goals and policies that very specifically say protect neighborhoods from the impacts of adjacent commercial intrusion - specifically parking with its associated traffic and pollution. Come look at my neighborhood - does it feel like a great place to live or a Costco Parking lot?


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(UPDATE) Manti Te'o: College football star's inspirational story a hoax
Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o was arguably the biggest name in college football this past season as the Fighting Irish made a remarkable run to the National Championship game.
The 22-year-old Mormon was a Heisman trophy candidate and his inspirational story gained steam throughout the fall. As dozens of media outlets told it, including Sports Illustrated, Te'o learned of the death of his grandmother and girlfriend in a span of six hours this past September.
Te'o's grandmother did, in fact, pass away. However it turns out his girlfriend never existed at all, according to a scathing report by Deadspin.com Wednesday.
One source in the story said that he was "80 percent sure" Te'o was "in on it" and that he had helped stir the pot regarding the death of a fictional person.
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Te'o released the following statement Wednesday night:
"This is incredibly embarrassing to talk about, but over an extended period of time, I developed an emotional relationship with a woman I met online. We maintained what I thought to be an authentic relationship by communicating frequently online and on the phone, and I grew to care deeply about her. To realize that I was the victim of what was apparently someone's sick joke and constant lies was, and is, painful and humiliating. It further pains me that the grief I felt and the sympathies expressed to me at the time of my grandmother's death in September were in any way deepened by what I believed to be another significant loss in my life.
"I am enormously grateful for the support of my family, friends and Notre Dame fans throughout this year. To think that I shared with them my happiness about my relationship and details that I thought to be true about her just makes me sick. I hope that people can understand how trying and confusing this whole experience has been. In retrospect, I obviously should have been much more cautious. If anything good comes of this, I hope it is that others will be far more guarded when they engage with people online than I was. Fortunately, I have many wonderful things in my life, and I'm looking forward to putting this painful experience behind me as I focus on preparing for the NFL Draft."
Notre Dame also issued a statement on their Facebook page Wednesday regarding the situation:
On Dec. 26, Notre Dame coaches were informed by Manti Te'o and his parents that Manti had been the victim of what appears to be a hoax in which someone using the fictitious name Lennay Kekua apparently ingratiated herself with Manti and then conspired with others to lead him to believe she had tragically died of leukemia. The University immediately initiated an investigation to assist Manti and his family in discovering the motive for and nature of this hoax. While the proper authorities will continue to investigate this troubling matter, this appears to be, at a minimum, a sad and very cruel deception to entertain its perpetrators.
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Tituss Burgess Celebrates Debut Solo Recording at New World Stages Oct. 14
By Andrew Gans
Singer, actor and songwriter Tituss Burgess celebrates his new CD, "Comfortable," in a concert Oct. 14 at New World Stages.
Burgess will be backed by a 10-piece band. Show time is 11 PM.
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- Anderson Area Crimestoppers board of directors, 4 p.m., Anderson Police Department, 1040 Main St.
- Lafayette Township trustee advisory board, 6 p.m., 3235 N. 100W.
- Horseshoe pitch, 7 p.m., Warren Miller Park, 29th and Fairview streets.
- Produce giveaway, 2-4 p.m., 1518 Main St.
- Mini burger sliders dinner, 5-8 p.m., Lapel American Legion.
- Dan's Fish Fry, 4-7:30 p.m., Rawlins House & Fall Creek Retirement Village, 300 J.H. Walker Drive. Proceeds to the Salvation Army.
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In 2011, Dave Wolfsen decided to give something back.
Wolfsen raised $50,000 for the faith-based organization's Disaster Response Services and another worthy group, Foods Resource Bank, by driving a restored 1937 Co-op tractor across the United States.
"Tractor Dave" entertained his fellow volunteers with tales from his trip after supper recently at the old Cordova VFW. Wolfsen, who returned home last week, was on one of the last teams from World Renew to work on tornado recovery projects in the city.
Wolfsen was an International Harvester dealer for 36 years before concocting an unusual plan for the antique tractor he had purchased for $50.
A friend's invitation to join a tractor convoy from Michigan to Iowa inspired the idea for a 9,300 mile fundraising adventure.
"I put this route together. Then I had to get support. I thought, 'If I'm going to do it, let's do it for somebody important,'" Wolfsen said.
Wolfsen is a longtime member of the First Christian Reformed Church in Fremont, Mich. His business partner also happened to be a rapid responder for the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee, which recently changed its name to World Renew.
Wolfsen contacted Bill Adams, director of World Renew's Disaster Response Services division. He also reached out to Food Resources Bank, a separate faith-based organization dedicated to increasing food security in developing countries.
Wolfsen set out solo from Fremont in June 2011. With 48 states to cover and a top speed of 30 miles per hour, he expected to be back in September.
However, Wolfsen's progress was soon slowed by endless media interviews at every stop and 100-degree days.
He also had to unload the 20-foot camper trailer he was hauling because it became a burden on the antique tractor. Wolfsen decided to instead rely on motels, which he soon discovered were few and far between in rural America.
After several weeks on the road, Wolfsen returned to Fremont after making it to Maryland.
"I just couldn't handle it. I was advised by more than one along the way, 'The mountains are going to get tougher. You ain't gonna make it,'" Wolfsen said.
Wolfsen was unwilling to give up his mission because of the outpouring of support he had received.
"No matter where I went, I had people standing in their front yards and on street corners. At red lights, people would run up and hand me money. It was unbelievable what was happening," he said.
Wolfsen resumed his trip in July with friends following along in his 1954 International Harvester pick-up.
He arrived home safely in mid-August to much fanfare, having covered 13 states and 4,150 miles in 55 days.
Wolfsen gave 29 speeches during his journey to raise awareness of World Renew and the Foods Resource Bank and continues to spread the word about their respective causes everywhere he goes.


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Fresno State surged to a 34-0 halftime lead against visiting Cal Poly, on the strength of two Isaiah Burse punt returns for touchdowns as well as a hook-and-ladder that saw left tackle Austin Wentworth find the end zone. The Bulldogs led 41-3 in the third quarter when the starters exited the game, and despite an unremarkable finish from the backups, won at Bulldog Stadium 41-25.
Former Bulldog quarterbacks David Carr and Billy Volek were on hand, and Carr watched his younger brother Derek pass him on the school's all-time touchdown list. The younger Carr passed for three touchdowns in all, including one to Davante Adams, extending Adams' nation leading streak of 10 games with a touchdown reception.
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Linzer Tarts Recipe
With a creamy chocolate and hazelnut filling, these decadent Christmas cookies look and taste amazing. Guests will never guess how relatively easy they are to make.
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 egg
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- Additional confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 cup Nutella
- In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg. Combine flour and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Divide dough in thirds. Shape each into a ball, then flatten into a disk. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350°. On a lightly floured surface, roll one portion of dough to 1/8-in. thickness. Cut with floured 2-1/2-in. holiday-shaped cookie cutters. Using floured 1-in. shaped cookie cutters, cut out the centers of half of the cookies.
- Place solid and cutout cookies 1 in. apart on greased baking sheets. Repeat with remaining portions of dough. Bake 8-10 minutes or until set. Remove to wire racks to cool completely.
- Sprinkle cutout cookies with additional confectioners' sugar. Spread 1 teaspoon Nutella on the bottom of each solid cookie; place cookies with cutout centers over filling. Yield: 2 dozen.
Originally published as Linzer Tarts in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2011, p71
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Cameron Diaz has admitted that she has tried Botox in the past, but she wasn't a fan because it made her face look weird.
The Counsellor actress, who is promoting her new Body Book, said she was happy to age gracefully rather than try to hold back the years through cosmetic procedures.
According to the Daily Mail, she told Entertainment Tonight: "I've tried [Botox] before, where it was like [a] little tiny touch of something. It changed my face in such a weird way that I was like, 'No, I don't want to [be] like [that].' I'd rather see my face ageing than a face that doesn't belong to me at all."
Of her wrinkles, she said: "I love [them,] I don't mind. It's like, 'Guess what this means, I've smiled my whole life.' I love life, I'm happy I don't have a problem with that."
The 41-year-old also said she had turned her diet around to combat her bad skin.
She told People: "I still splurge on french fries. Discipline is not deprivation. I used to live on processed fast food. I drank a ton of soda and ate greasy, cheesy foods constantly. I'd eat until I hurt myself! I would literally be lying there going, 'Why did I do that?'
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WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) - There was a special visitor at the 7th Annual Monty's Home Pet Expo at the Wilmington Convention Center Sunday.
Michael Strahan, football hall-of-famer and co-host of Live! With Kelly and Michael visited with his two daughters.
An autographed football and baseball cap were featured in the silent auction and Strahan posed for a picture with Monty's Home President Barbara Raab.
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By JOHN KLINE
What do you think should become of Goshen's historic downtown theater?
Over the past couple of years, many questions have been raised about what should be done with the more than 100-year-old theater. Should it be restored? Is it too expensive to maintain? Should it just be torn down and turned into a parking lot?
Goshen Downtown Inc. in mid-2011 received a $35,000 grant from the National Park Service's Historic Preservation Fund to conduct an architectural and feasibility study for the historic building to try and determine the best answers to those and many other questions related to the theater's future.
The year-long study, unveiled this past December by members of the Goshen Theater Task Force, was initially brought on by the fact that the church organization that currently owns the structure is looking to transition ownership.
Myron Bontrager, pastor of the Downtown@808 church, which meets in the theater, has said for the past few years that he would like to see an ownership transition happen soon, and preferably into the hands of a local non-profit that would be able to support and maintain the historic site for the enjoyment of future generations.
"I think there is going to be a change of hands at some point," Bontrager said. "That's always what we've been working toward. Over the last couple of years, with the feasibility study, and even before that, as a church we've always wanted the theater to be used as a gathering place for the community. And as time went on, we really began to look at and pursue the option of releasing the theater to another organization that could accomplish that goal more easily and tap into some of the available funds out there for these types of venues."
Through the study, several potential business plans and possible uses for the theater were evaluated with the end goal of helping to nail down exactly what the theater will be used for in the future. Some of the primary goals identified included restoring the exterior of the building as well as allowing for the expansions of public areas and spaces needed backstage for performers.
In addition to the primary goals, several secondary goals were also identified which could help bring the theater up to its full potential. Such goals included expanding the lobby into the neighboring storefronts, working with the attached Menno Travel building to appropriate some of the rear of that building to create backstage space, redoing the front stonework and installing an elevator.
All together, total cost for the proposed theater renovations was determined by the study to be around $7.6 million, with an operating budget post-renovation projected at approximately $400,000 per year.
Even with proposed revenues and contributions helping to meet that cost, the study noted that any group operating the theater would most likely need some sort of assistance to make ends meet, whether that be through a grant program or additional financial support.
"The way this would probably work is a not-for-profit of some sort would eventually be formed to take ownership of the whole movement of what happens with the theater," Bontrager said. "How and when that will happen is a little bit up in the air right now. But I really think anybody's dream is still up for grabs right now. I think there are a lot of things that could happen with it."
According to Gina Leichty, co-chair of the Goshen Theater Task Force, task force members are currently working hard to find a viable long-term solution for the continued operation of the Goshen Theater.
"The theater is at a transition point right now," Leichty said. "We completed our feasibility study, so we know now what it would take to renovate the theater, and we have a business plan to operate that once the renovation takes place. So the next step is to find out the financial feasibility."
Along those lines, Leichty said the group is currently conducting research to see what resources might be available in the community and also at the state and federal level to get the funding needed to complete the ambitious project. And, as Bontrager mentioned, the task force is working under a bit of a ticking clock, so time is of the essence.
"There are some real threats to the theater right now," Leichty said. "The current owners are ready to end their operation of the theater, so we have some immediate needs that we need to address just to keep it operational. So we may be looking for some short-term funding just to keep the heat on and the doors open."
In the meantime, Leichty said the owners will continue to manage the building and host events, though likely in a much reduced capacity moving forward.
"They will still be managing the building, and there will still continue to be some events there and things like that," Leichty said. "But I do anticipate that there will be significantly fewer events at the theater until we can find an alternate solution."
That said, Leichty was quick to note her continued optimism regarding the future prospects of the historic downtown structure.
"I think we have good reason to be optimistic," Leichty said. "People have been very supportive of the theater for a long period of time, and the research we've done has shown that there is a need for a theater like that. So I think there certainly is a market for the theater. It has been the cultural centerpiece in Goshen's downtown since 1907, and we want to make sure it stays that way for another hundred years or more."
While the task force is currently focused primarily on getting its financial feasibility study completed, Leichty said it is also her hope in the coming months to continue to solicit community input on the future of the theater, though exactly how that will shake out has yet to be determined.
"I don't know exactly what format that will take at this point," Leichty said. "Right now we're just focusing on getting our fundraising feasibility study done so we'll know where the funding is coming from. As we dig deeper, we'll have a much clearer idea of what resources are available moving forward."


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The suspect in a shooting in Poplar Bluff was arrested early Friday morning.
According to the Poplar Bluff Police Department, Ryan Harvey, 31, was arrested around 2 a.m. on County Road 481 in Poplar Bluff after being located by the Poplar Bluff Police Department, the Butler County Sheriff's Office and the Missouri Highway Patrol.
Harvey was taken to the Butler County Jail and was charged with first degree assault and armed criminal action.
Poplar Bluff police had responded to a report of shots fired Thursday evening on Kinzer Street in Poplar Bluff.
Police say around 4:17 p.m. they arrived at the scene where Jeremy Vaughn, 25, had three gunshot wounds. He was taken by ambulance to the hospital.
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A cross-section of luminaries in government, journalism and Israeli society
gathered Sunday evening in the capital to inaugurate the Jerusalem Press Club
(JPC), created to serve as a central hub for foreign journalists based in
During a gala ceremony featuring Jewish Agency chairman Natan
Sharansky, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat, Jerusalem Foundation president Mark Sofer
and Cripan Balmer, the bureau chief of Reuters News and chairman of the Foreign
Press Association, the JPC was described as a "truth machine" for international
Dalia Dorner, a former Supreme Court justice and the current
president of the Israel Press Council, said she was pleased the press club was
established in the picturesque compound of Mishkenot Sha'ananim, adding that she
hoped it would help engender greater balance in Israel's dueling
"I think it's a very good idea to have a foreign club here so
that journalists from all over the world can gather and socialize," she said.
"This way they will meet more Israelis and see our side and our problems, which
will lead to more empathy."
Dorner emphasized that the JPC's main mission
will be to help accurately inform reporters about a region often misrepresented
in the press.
"News must be objective, but it's rarely perfectly
objective when it comes to Israel," she said. "I want to be objective from this
side – not just the [opposing] side."
Barkat described the press club as
being "strategically important" for the city's future.
"Coverage of
Jerusalem is not coverage of just another city, but one that is perceived as the
center of the world," he said.
"We want people to see the real Jerusalem,
and that is why we felt this press club – by hosting journalists from around the
world – is so strategically important to our city."
Barkat continued,
"This is extremely important for our future and I have no doubt in my mind [the
JPC] will enable reporters to show the truth of what is happening in
Sharansky juxtaposed the profound restrictions the press
faced in the former Soviet Union – defined by government interrogations, torture
and imprisonment – with Israel's flourishing freedom of the press.
KGB and interrogations were a large part of the press there," he
Still, Sharansky noted the challenge facing journalists to distill
the "ocean of information" generated in every news cycle about Israel into
truthful insights to help the world disseminate and understand a largely
misunderstood region.
"Your challenge in this ocean of information is,
how do you get one drop of valuable information?" he said. "That's the challenge
of Jerusalem – so you have a really interesting challenge and task…. The
Israeli/Palestinian conflict is important, but there is also much more
information that needs to be reported."
Balmer echoed Sharansky's
sentiments about the challenges of reporting in Jerusalem, but said he hoped the
JPC would help reporters "get closer to the truth."
"Journalism and
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free," he said. "Jerusalem more than any other place I worked in puts you under
a scrutiny that is quite astonishing. Against this backdrop, it's great to see a
new press club open."
"I hope [JPC] will help reporters from all over the
world to get closer to the truth, which is the Holy Grail of what we do," he
Sofer also noted the gravity and scrutiny of reporting from
one of the most complex regions in the world.
"Israel has perhaps the
most complex of all the conflicts in the world, with narratives from all sides,"
he said. "It's not just a perception that Jerusalem is the center of the world –
the ramifications of what happens here are felt all over the globe, thousands of
kilometers away."
He added that the challenge for foreign journalists
will be to offer "narratives in a simple, non-partisan manner," fostered by "the
free flow of ideas."
Sandor Frankel, a trustee of the Helmsley Charitable
Trust – who oversees a quarter of the Helmsley family's fortune acquired in real
estate – said Leona Helmsley gave him autonomy to spend her money as he saw fit
before her 2007 death.
"She gave us complete discretion," he said. "The
trustees had no experience in philanthropic work and had to decide where these
vast financial resources would do the most good. For me, the answer was easy:
here in Israel."
Frankel said he wanted to create a "truth machine" to
inform the world what "Israel is, and what it's not," and emphasized that the
press club was not created to "propagandize" on Israel's behalf.
press from around the world will be free to see Israel for what it is – a free
and open society with extraordinary challenges, that somehow overcomes them and
flourishes," he said. "There isn't a lot of press freedom in this part of the
world, but the JPC will offer just that."
Following the procession of
speeches celebrating the JPC, a panel discussion including The Jerusalem Post's
editor-in-chief Steve Linde, Inge Guenther of Frankfurter Rundschau, and author
and journalist Ilene Prusher, was moderated by JPC executive director Uri
Dromi emphasized the importance of nurturing a new generation of
journalists and providing a tranquil setting for all members of the JPC to learn
from each other, as well as from experts in other fields.
"One of our
main interests is the next generation of journalists," said Dromi. "This will be
a hub for journalists to meet other journalists, diplomats, artists and
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Chris Matthews' Violent Imagery: 'Sarah Palin is Going to be Erased as a Potential Candidate'
While lambasting Sarah Palin for using violent imagery with her now infamous crosshairs election strategy map as well as her "Don't Retreat - RELOAD" Twitter posting, MSNBC's Chris Matthews used an expression concerning the former Alaska governor that could easily be misconstrued as a threat.
As he chatted with Cynthia Tucker and Richard Wolffe on "Hardball," the host said, "If she doesn't get off of this and stop trying to have somebody else skate her off of it like Glenn Beck or this person Mansour, she is going to be erased as a potential candidate" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
CHRIS MATTHEWS, HOST: Here's somebody who is sort of an associate of Sarah Palin, Rebecca Mansour, Mansour, she's a conservative radio talk show host when she says this to Tammy Bruce, talk show host, on Saturday. This is the kind of defense we're getting. Let's listen.
REBECCA MANSOOR: We never, ever, ever, ever intended it to be gun sights. It was simply crosshairs like you'd see on maps.
TAMMY BRUCE: Well, it's surveyor's, it's a surveyor's symbol, Rebecca...
MANSOUR: Surveyor's symbol. And I just can't wait to say this, Tammy, if I can…
BRUCE: Please.
MANSOUR: You know, this graphic was done, it was done not even in-house. We had a professional who does, political graphic artist, you know, consultant do this for us. So we saw it really quickly and we said that's fine. That's great. And we had never imagined or occurred to us that anybody would interpret it as violence because it's not.
MATTHEWS: Okay, this is idiotic. This is, everybody knows what a gun sight looks like. Everybody knows that Sarah Palin is very familiar with the imagery of a gun sight. She's out there doing it on television with a big telescopic lens with a gun, gun sight. She, the language was bull's eye. The language was clearly lock and reload and everything. And now to come out and say that it's something to do with surveying details is nonsense. She is not answering. I will say this again. If she doesn't get off of this and stop trying to have somebody else skate her off of it like Glenn Beck or this person Mansour, she is going to be erased as a potential candidate. You cannot run like this. We can disagree.
Readers are advised that as Matthews was saying this, a "Sarah Palin's Alaska" clip was being shown of the former governor about to shoot a caribou. Rather ominously, just as the host said "erased as a potential candidate," the picture on the screen was the caribou in Palin's gun sight.
You want to talk about violent imagery?
Maybe Matthews wasn't aware that the word "erase," amongst other things, means kill.
From Dictionary.com:
Slang . to murder: The gang had to erase him before he informed on them.
Maybe Matthews also was unaware that the great mystery writer Raymond Chandler wrote a short story called "The Pencil" wherein receiving that writing instrument in the mail was a warning that you were about to be erased by the mob.
Now, to be sure, that's not what Matthews meant. But it seems tremendously hypocritical of him to be for the second day in a row carping and whining about Palin's SarahPAC map and her reload tweet whilst using a term about her that itself has a violent meaning, especially coincident with showing an image of a caribou in a gun sight's crosshairs.
If words do matter, and folks like Matthews want the rhetoric to be toned down, then they should be more careful not to be making statements that can be misinterpreted by deranged people like Jared Lee Loughner.
This seems especially important given that no matter how hard Palin tried to explain what she meant by "reload," folks like Matthews didn't care.
Here's the former governor speaking on the subject at March's Tea Party Express gathering in Searchlight, Nevada:
SARAH PALIN: Now, when I talk about "It's not a time to retreat, it's a time to reload," what I'm talking about – now media, try to get this right, okay? That's not inciting violence. What's that, that is doing is trying to inspire people to get involved in their local elections and these upcoming federal elections. It's telling people that their arms are their votes. It's not inciting violence. It's telling people, "Don't ever let anybody tell you to sit down and shut up Americans. You stand up and you stand tall."
Pretty good explanation, right?
So was the one John McCain gave to NBC's Ann Curry two days earlier:
ANN CURRY: You're also working, Senator, for re-election. And I understand that Sarah Palin will be joining you in Arizona as you campaign tomorrow. And as we just saw from Kelly O'Donnell's report, she has used some pretty incendiary language. She Tweeted in response to the health care vote, "Commonsense, conservative and lovers of America don't retreat, instead reload." And on her Facebook page she also posted a map highlighting weak Democratic districts that conservatives should target with a crosshair symbol. Considering these threats, these concerns, that we've been hearing about regarding violence, do you think, do you now recommend that your party use less incendiary language and will you say that to her tomorrow?
JOHN MCCAIN: Ann, I have seen the rhetoric of targeted districts as long as I've been in politics. Please. This is - any threat of violence is terrible. But to say that there is a targeted district or that we reload or go back in to the fight again, please. That's just language.
CURRY: Those are not my words, those are her words!
MCCAIN: Oh those, those are fine. We, they're used all the time. Those words have been used throughout my political career.
CURRY: But should they be perhaps used less.
MCCAIN: There are targeted districts.
CURRY: Sorry for interrupting Senator.
MCCAIN: There are targeted districts and there are areas that we call battleground states. And so, please. That, that rhetoric and kind of language is just part of the political lexicon. It is in no place for threats or violence or anything else. But to say someone is in a battle ground state, is not originated today.
CURRY: Senator, with all due respect and, and I, I heard what you had to say.
MCCAIN: With all due respect, that's, that's, with all due respect that's simply...
CURRY: No let me just simply, let me just inject this one question sir.
MCCAIN: Sure.
CURRY: The question is, given even if, even if what you're saying is, is accepted by everyone that this is a language of campaigning, this is the language of politics. Given, however, the sensitivity regarding this particular bill, should this still be the language of this day, given how much we are hearing about hundreds of calls regarding threats, about vandalism, about the gas line of a congressman's brother's home being cut. Sir, this is, these are very dangerous times. Is this the language that we should be hearing today?
MCCAIN: The language that we should be using today is the language that we are using. We condemn violence. We, we condemn threats of violence. If anyone does that, and violates the law, they will be persecuted to the full extent of the law and that there is no place for it. But to somehow say that someone's in a battleground state is somehow offensive simply, I'm sorry.
CURRY: Well I think it's the "reload" and the, and the crosshairs, I think, that's caused a lot of people to be concerned, Senator.
MCCAIN: Well maybe it has and we condemn any violence, any threats of violence. But I've heard all of that language throughout my political career. But we have to do everything we can to make sure the American people know that there's no place for that in America but what has just been done, against the overwhelming opposition of the American people, sleazy deals done in an unprecedented fashion, of course has people angry. That anger should be, should be channeled into voter registration and go continue the, the struggle that we're in to regain America and stop mortgaging our children's futures.
Now, almost ten months later, no matter how this was explained by Palin and her former running mate, people like Matthews are continuing to not only misinterpret her meaning, but also claim that what she said and did is inciting violence.
If they're right, then Matthews' comment about Palin being erased - with the image of a caribou in a gun sight's crosshairs on the screen - is equally inflammatory.
If the Left wants conservatives to be careful with their metaphors, they had better practice what they preach or keep their hypocritical concerns to themselves.
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Even with the bulk of the
Submitted by d1carter on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 10:07pm.
Even with the bulk of the elite media, the left cannot sell the American people on their Marxist ideology...it simple will not work. Look out for the backlash.
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I really think they have way,
Submitted by Chris Norman on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 10:17pm.
I really think they have way, way, overplayed the hand they had absolutely no business playing in the first place.
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Submitted by adamsmith on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 10:41pm.
Tingles and the rest of the Progressive Propagandists will get Palin elected. The electorate sees this kind of garbage and say maybe we should give Palin another look if these liars are so adament about trashing her at all costs. That's the way it works in Marxist world, the laws of unintended consequences destroy these Communists every time. 2012 is going to be one interesting campaign. Even more so as the Progressive America haters will have no chance in Hell with the economy they are purposely destroying to implement their George Soros Utopia....
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Submitted by Dave. on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 10:44pm.
I agree.
And I think it is about to backfire and blow up in their faces, too.
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"The Eraser"
Submitted by kg on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 10:53pm.
In the movie "The Eraser" the victims were put in a tub and hydrochloric acid was poured on the screaming victim.
Nice Chris....real nice!
"DumbAssity of Dope"
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Neal Boortz proved that the "crosshairs" are really
Submitted by Clutch1956 on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 10:17pm.
surveyor's marks on Palin's map, while the DemonRATs used "behind enemy lines" and bulls-eyes on their maps. http://boortz.com/nealz_nuze/2011/01/sarah-palins-map.html
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Clutch re crosshairs
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 10:23pm.
The only problem is that Palin herself described them as" bullseyes".
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Tonight, Hannity read off a number of "crosshair" . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 11:15pm.
. . . references applied by ABC and the Dems about Palin in 2008-2010.
The focus on Palin has merely been a manifestation of the ongoing MSM/Left assault on her. Matthews disgusting comments on his show this evening are typical of the kind of crap going around. The Daily Kos and DLC had target lists and/or maps long before Palin.
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Yes indeed, Galvanic... a
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 11:27pm.
Yes indeed, Galvanic...
a fact I've acknowledged REPEATEDLY in the past three days. What does that have to do with my merely pointing out the FACT that Palin described them as bullseyes instead of surveyor marks? I'm not attaching any significance to icons which the Dems have also used. The symbols--and Palin's rhetoric [even if it pushed the boundaries]--had, by every indication, absolutely nothing to do with Loughner's mad assault.
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Submitted by well99 on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 11:34pm.
The symbols--and Palin's rhetoric [even if it pushed the boundaries]--had, by every indication, absolutely nothing to do with Loughner's mad assault.
It didnt push no boundaries.It is just unacceptable for the left for people not to fall in line.They must meekly accept what the left will allow them.Now I'm not a gun guru but I never seen a scope which had the lines extend outside the circle.That would be a neat trick.
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Submitted by Jer on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 11:48pm.
My only point is that she called them bullseyes.
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Submitted by well99 on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 11:51pm.
I understood that.I wasnt ripping on you so much as the leftist.There is a difference between liberals or centralist and leftist in my book.Then again my book has never been sold.
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Got a link?
Submitted by ckc1227 on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 12:38am.
Even if she did call them bullseyes, she was wrong. She could have called them big macs if she wanted, they are still survey points on a map.
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Tough to compete
Submitted by Captain Repus on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 1:40am.
Tough to compete intellectually with someone who seems to have instantaneous and unlimited access to the MSDNC database archives on all three shifts. It must have been running on a slow computer a couple of days ago when you couldn't find accurate information about what is in fact a standard Surveyor's location symbol used on Palin's map after 45 minutes searching. Our other commenters found the symbol on 'public' database systems in just seconds.
Also interesting that after pointing the true meaning of that symbol to you more that 2 days ago, none of the MSDNC talk show hosts have found it necessary to relate that information on the air.
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I don't understand why Chris
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 10:19pm.
I don't understand why Chris Matthews feels the need to promote violence against somebody just because they disagree politically. Reminds me of that movie that advocated the assassination of G.W. Bush when he was in office. Ah, but Hollywood commended that movie, remember?
Chris Matthews needs to slow his violent rhetoric.
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Submitted by adamsmith on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 10:43pm.
I'd be happier if he just drank himself to death. That's not violent rhetoric, there's no violence with a drunk doing himself in.....
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Am I the only one who thought of this?
Submitted by dronetek on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 10:30pm.
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Chris are you responsible for death wishes on Sara?
Submitted by well99 on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 10:42pm.
Are these people wishing Sara's death on twitter because of you?
Bad language.
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well99.....Thanks for the link. I was aware that there were
Submitted by Rush Fan on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 1:55am.
Palin haters out there, but this is disgusting and turns my stomach. It's frightening to think that some of these creeps may live near me.
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Remenber when Palin's Church
Submitted by Vonu on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 10:44pm.
was fired-bombed while children were inside?
didn't think so.
no story there. nope.
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As I said before:
Submitted by djwolf12 on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 10:46pm.
I like the useful idiot of choice Chris Matthews has on his show to talk about Violence, Vitriol, and the right wing: Congressman Emanuel Cleaver! Please, the way M.S.S.R. has been ginning up talk of banning all words and symbols that even hint of violent imagery, the congressman would be forced by the Government to change his last name.
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Where is Palin?
Submitted by Vonu on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 11:09pm.
Chris wants to know.
The poets down here don't write nuthin at all
they just stand back and let it all be.
Give 'em enough rope...
be THE adult and let the facts come out before speaking,
t/h br. springsteen
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Well, DUH, Chris isn't that the goal of the MSM, erase Sarah?
Submitted by Red Jeep on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 11:02pm.
What kind of violent talk is that Chris, erase someone? Rub them out.
I hope you keep trying to get political advantage from this shooting because it will be the beginning of your end.
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Chris is just like the rest of the left
Submitted by va5thdistrict on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 11:09pm.
Matthews would like to see conservatives have there 1st amendment rights taken from them. The left will continue to use intimidation and lies to coerce the right into quelling there God given right to free speech. Besides wanting new laws regulating speech and symbols we now have renewed talk about instituting the Fairness Act. As always it is only hate speech if it comes from conservatives.
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silence of the lambs
Submitted by Vonu on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 11:14pm.
Isn't that about a serial killer?
on the lam
What is meant here? Graphic Viloence
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Like the rest of the libtards gunning for Palin...
Submitted by KyWriter on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 11:23pm.
...Chrissy is infuriated she won't come out so he can knock her down (as if he could). Palin's expression of condolence was timely, dignified and completely appropriate. She very wisely is saying little more, as she knows anything she says would be twisted by the self-deluded stars of the liberal media and impotent blogging also-rans who are desperate for a bone to gnaw. Chrissy's career and his standard Soros-directed politics are tanking and this mindlessness will untilmately have severe consequences. It seems every liberal or leftist commentator abandoned all reason at the moment of the tragedy and by the hour attempted to rachet up the vitriol in the most unhinged systematic political assassination attempt I have ever seen. It became so visibly unhinged that the public simply quit buying it.
Some of the wiser ones are now scaling it back, couching their phrases in general condemnation of the rhetoric of the right, although everyone knows their primary target is and always will be Sarah Palin. Yet Matthews, Olberman, et al, seem to have given up any attempt to veil that hatred.
If it weren't for the unspeakable tragedy that provoked this undeniable crack-up, it would be fun to watch them implode.
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Check out the new liberal t-shirt
Submitted by mrt721 on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 11:40pm.
I wonder how many Tingles ordered?
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Whoa. Edward G. Matthews starring in "Little Caesar"
Submitted by SickofLibs on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 11:43pm.
"Listen you mugs, we're gonna rub her out, see?"
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Here's an idea...
Submitted by MightyMouth on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 11:52pm.
Let's let liberal, leftist jackasses tell us who our next Republican candidate will be? Oh wait... we tried that once .... and LOST!!!!!!!!!
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Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 12:01am.
And if we aren't careful, we are going to see the same thing happen again, as Romney the RINO and the Huckster are currently leading in the "polls."
I give Huck a boost only because of his support for the FairTax, but RomneyCare is a 400 lb. albatross hanging from Romney's neck.
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Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 12:11am.
I will be happy to as soon as I noodle out how to get there without having to reload from dead scratch
LOL - *%^#@% software upgrade.
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Not fair Jer (hey that rhymes)
Submitted by MightyMouth on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 12:12am.
How about filling you're old buddy MM in on replies to his post. eh buddy? ole pal?
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Big Wuss
Submitted by grammajane on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 12:25am.
Matheews, olberfool, schultz , williams and all the other radicals have probably never in their lifes shot a shot-gun,, fished, played hockey or anyother sport including snow-mobiling and are so jealous of Palin and many other attractive conservative who have done so. These wusses spend 99% of their time trying to be arrogant, elite tv "hosts" thinking people appreciate their news and views. Do they ever talk about sports or anything positive in life??? No, no, no just spend time trying to impress what veiwers they have which are few and far between.........
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Who cares what the Left wants? Those on the Right who have
Submitted by Rush Fan on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 1:42am.
backbone refuse to let the Left either impose their opinions on us or define our positions.
I heard a former Congressman who is a moderate Republican (RINO) on CNN's John King Show today say that "we need to lower the rhetoric. We need to lower the tone. "
BULL! Given the damage that Obama and the Democrats have already done, and what they intend to do if they get the opportunity, the rhetoric and the tone on our side should be increased, not lowered. Unlike those on the LEFT, we can accomplish this peacefully.
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I think
Submitted by panzerakc on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 4:15am.
the Left ought to be the first to tone down the rhetoric.
After all, isn't it up the more intelligent, enlightened, tolerant, compassionate etc., etc., ad nauseum, folks on the left to show us knuckle-dragging, gun clutching, bible clinging, Neanderthal savages on the Right how it's done?
Let them "set an example".
(I am not holding my breath until this happens.)
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Chris Matthew's is nothing
Submitted by Barack_must_go..... on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 7:59am.
Chris Matthew's is nothing more than an opportunistic, reprehenible, little liberal pussy.
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Is that the sound...
Submitted by Toast of the Town on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 9:14am.
of Chrissy's ratings going even further down the flusher? Is that even possible?
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Yep...and .............
Submitted by Patriot II on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 11:27am.
Chris "the tingler" matthews is going to be erased as an imposter news commentator!!!
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It may be a great time-
Submitted by JIMMY1660 on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 12:12pm.
to invite Mathews to sit in front of a congressional hearing and explain himself.
lets get the lights on the "players"-and have some truth.
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If something happens to any
Submitted by marpel on Wed, 01/12/2011 - 2:01pm.
If something happens to any conservatives or Tea Party people, Chris Matthews, Joe Scarborough, Keith Olbermann and that fat Ed Schultz will be responsible.
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Spring Break .. (Mar 02-Apr 12) .. $ 2,420/wk
Spring ........... (Apr 13-May 17) .. $ 2,010/wk .. $334/nt
Summer ........ (May18-Aug 16) .. $ 3,220/wk
Late Summer ..(Aug 17-Sep 06) .. $ 2,420/wk .. $402/nt
Fall ............... (Sep 07-Oct 25) .. $ 2,010/wk .. $334/nt
Winter ........... (Oct 26-Mar 01) .. $ 1,520/wk .. $254/nt
*some dates require a 3, 5 or 7 night minimum. Saturday to Saturday required in some seasons.
**Taxes and cleaning fee not included... Holiday rates are subject to a higher rate.
***No College Groups, This is a Family Rental ONLY! NO BOOKINGS UNDER 25 YRS OF AGE!


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By Playbill Staff
24 Nov 2012
I guess I could be happy owning a ranch somewhere with lots of horses. I love them, and I love to ride them.
Bruce Dow
I have a BFA in Acting and an MFA in Directing, minor in Theatre History. Using those, I'd love to teach acting/music theatre at the college/university level.
Outside the arts - I'd go back to school to become a nurse. It's a tough profession, but I'm so proud of my sister. I think I could do it. I couldn't have years ago... but now, I think I could.
Anna Chlumsky
Equestrian rider? Wine grower? Hard to say. I really like being a performer. :)
Can a girl who can't play baseball be on the NY Yankees roster? Because I'd like to do that! Continued...