text: What Would Walt Say? by Orson Bean 13 May 2009 post a comment Share This: "The picture got great reviews but let's take a chance anyway." That's what I usually say to my wife when we're planning a night out at the movies. Critics and I are not usually on the same page. But the Disney release called "Earth," a compendium of brilliant nature footage cribbed from a BBC series, seemed irresistible, even though it got raves. True, there'd been quibbling about the corn-ball narration and the selection of stentorian-voiced James Earl Jones to deliver it, but the summation of the reviews was: don't miss it. Disney had taken miles of extraordinary footage from the long-running English nature series and condensed and shaped it into a story of sorts: mama polar bear and her cubs emerge out of hibernation in the arctic snow, with the adorable babies blinking at their first sight of the summer sun. She begins the task of teaching them to survive. Papa bear, meanwhile, or "dad" as he's known in the narration, is off on the ice floe, trying to catch a seal for his dinner. But "global warming" is making this difficult to do as the ice is breaking up earlier than usual. Dad falls into the frigid water and begins swimming for his life. He swims and swims till he gets to Antarctica where there is an abundance of seals. But dad is too weak from all that swimming, can't nab a seal, and lies down and dies. End of family. Now, polar bears don't mate; they copulate and split. "Dad" has never seen the cubs he spawned and never will. Neither is he any longer interested in mom nor she in him. It's not a family. And "dad" is, in all probability, played by a number of polar bears from different episodes in the original series. This sad downer of a story has been cobbled together by the Disney writers to make a point: we Homo sapiens are a mortal danger to families and to our beautiful planet. After a lucrative opening weekend, moviegoers realized that this picture was not something they wanted to take junior to see, and business fell off sharply. The movie could have made a fortune if an uplifting story had been created. Sure, nature can be treacherous and the world is often a dangerous place to live in. But that's not the main fact of life. The main fact of life is that a gloriously beautiful and perfectly designed planet (and universe) has been created for us and for all our animal and vegetable co-inhabitants (my brother the carrot). Sunrises and sunsets are thrilling; even rainstorms and hurricanes are breathtaking. The BBC photographers captured all of this and the Disney film does show a lot of it, including the mass migration of thousands and thousands of animals. But of course, they focus in on the one baby elephant that gets separated from the herd and wanders off to starve to death. Hour upon hour of glorious footage, filmed by brilliant and intrepid photographers are turned into an agitprop picture condemning consumerism and capitalism. "Wall-E," a brilliant animated picture, is another example of the Disney crowd using its powerful creativity to send a message to the younger set: we are destroying the earth. "We" meaning, of course, America with its incredibly successful production of "stuff". And like all good propaganda, it has more than a kernel of truth to it. The waste in this country is overwhelming. I don't object to reasonable preachment in favor of conservation and against waste. What pisses me off is the fact that the cultural left is frightening the children. And they're doing it on purpose. Polls of little kids have been taken which show that they are scared as hell that the earth will be an uninhabitable place to live in when they grow up. There's a video called "The Story of Stuff" being shown in classrooms around the country. It has been put together by a former Greenpeace employee and, to quote The New York Times, it "paints a picture of how American habits result in forests being felled, mountaintops being destroyed, water being polluted and people and animals being poisoned". The filmmaker also complains that the federal government "spends too much on the military." Children are being frightened. It's not enough that the cultural left is sexualizing them at an early age, it's also making a generation of worrywarts out of them: trans-fats and second hand smoke and climate change and toxic this and toxic that. And who is strong enough to save us from all this? Only the government, of course; only Big Brother. Worriers tend to vote Democrat and the left is systematically manufacturing a generation of them. Child molesters belong in jail.


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Last week the Minister told me, "The women are having a hard time collecting enough fire wood to cook their meals. Can you help?"
In fact I noticed while we were making the solar lamps that the fire wood that the children brought over was only kindling. I wondered at it then.
I told the Minister about solar cookers and told him that I would research them on the internet. While I was at it I found with a different principle, Insulation cooking. The theory is that you heat the food to boiling and then insulate it so that it cooks with the retained heat. I remember my father talking about cooking this way and while looking things up on the internet I also found a report of an 800 year old insulation pot dug up in London so I figure that the method has withstood the test of time.
Yesterday afternoon I tried to teach a class to a few young men about solar cookers and this insulation cooker. This idea was met with great hilarity by all. You couldn't possibly cook anything this way. So I decided to prove it them, which was pretty brave considering that I have never done it. We chose beans because they take 2 hours on the fire and only 15 minutes of fire cooking if you use insulation cooking.
We made an appointment to prepare beans at 8AM, and promptly at 9 AM everyone arrived. One of the young men presented me with a bag of beans, dry, unsoaked. I explained that beans need to be soaked overnight before being cooked. No one thought of that, including me. So, as a replacement we decided to cook rice. It doesn't need soaking.
The pastor had an old cardboard box kicking around. We used that to contain the insulation. I walked with the young men to a stand of banana trees. As the young men told me, "We've got lots of bananas around here.
We stripped some dried leaves off of their stems and filled the box with them.
Then the entire community cooked a pot of rice. First we had to boil it for a few minutes on a wood fire. That is done in the cook house on a fire with the pot held up by 3 rocks.
This young man wisely did not enter the cook house. I have never seen a man in one. They're smart. God, the smoke. They say those things are bad for you. It about killed me in the few minutes it took to give the rice its initial heating. The Pastor's wife and the President of the Women's group watched.
When the pot was boiling the Pastor and I brought it out and put it in the box. I couldn't take a picture of myself. Besides, I was dieing of smoke inhalation.
The town English Teacher and town librarian held the aluminum foil at the ready. We used it since the pot didn't have a proper top. Foil is an exotic item around here.l I brought it as a reflector for the solar oven that wasn't built.
Mary, my fellow teacher who is working on this with me, and the Pastor from the next town watched the process.
We put the pot in the box and the young men put extra banana on top to be sure it was well insulated. For good measure I put my sleeping bag over the box.
And the men watched the box. The man seated on the left is the village leader, second from right is the Pastor. I have no idea what was with the man with the cloth folded over his head. He walked around like that all morning.
I have been laughing all day at the number of people who stood and watched a cardboard box do nothing for a half hour. It's a good thing we didn't cook beans. Those sit in the box for 4 hours. After a half hour of everyone watching the box with my sleeping bag over it we opened the box and 3 cheers, the rice was cooked. We all sampled a taste. It was rice. It needed salt.
Will the town adopt insulation cooking? I don't know. This afternoon there seemed to be a fair amount of turning up of noses among the women. How can there be anything of value in an old card board box and dead banana leaves?


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It is important for the design and delivery of adolescent health services to appeal to adolescents and be responsive to their needs and concerns. In that spirit, the committee included questions in an online Harris Interactive poll aimed at understanding the health perspectives and interests of adolescents themselves. Nearly 1,200 adolescents responded to questions about their access to medical services, barriers to receiving care, communication about health services, the extent to which their parents or other adults or peers are involved in helping them obtain health services, their interest in using technology for health information and health reminders, and their perspective on how health services could be more helpful to them. Respondents reported that their parents are quite often involved in their health care and that they view this involvement positively. The majority of respondents indicated that they experience no access barriers to health services. When barriers were reported, cost and scheduling were cited most frequently, along with a lack of insurance. Respondents frequently mentioned having access to affordable, convenient, and high-quality dental care as what they would most like to change about health services to make them more helpful. Although confidentiality appeared to be of low concern, 10 percent of respondents worry that their parents will learn information they do not want their parents to have. (Privacy and confidentiality issues are discussed further below.) About 20 percent of respondents are extremely or very interested in using technology (e.g., mobile phones, the Internet) to obtain health information.
Differences in adolescent perspectives may be attributable to certain demographic variables. Family values and structures, for instance, may play a role in the health behavior and attitudes of adolescents. A study of urban adolescent males found that family circumstances influenced attitudes toward sexual behavior. Young male adolescents who were raised by a single parent with no father present or had a mother who was a teenage parent reported little concern about sexual responsibility. By contrast, urban adolescent males with two parents in the home or father-figure relationships expressed concern about their sexual health and the possibility of becoming a teenage father (Gohel, Diamond, and Chambers, 1997).
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The S&P/Case-Shiller index of property values showed home prices in 20 U.S. cities dropped at a slower pace in January, while consumer confidence in March held close to the highest level in a year, the New York-based Conference Board said. The dollar rebounded from a three-week low against a basket of currencies, reducing the appeal of the metal as an alternative investment.
"Dollar strength is weighing on the market," Harry Denny, a broker at Hoboken, New Jersey-based PVM Futures Inc., said in a telephone interview. "Until the Fed sees that housing has fully recovered, they'll hint at stimulus. But I think they'll just leave that on the table."
Copper futures for May delivery retreated 0.2 percent to settle at $3.88 a pound at 1:17 p.m. on the Comex in New York. Prices gained 3.2 percent in the previous two sessions, and have risen 13 percent this quarter.
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Barclaycard site falls over, web payments impossible
Barclaycard customers trying to buy things online have found that their cards don't work. The Barclaycard problems started at 6pm yesterday and are still dragging on. It appears as if it's a DNS failure that has booted the payment processor and all customer accounts offline. The site throws up "can't find the server at secure. …
It's not DNS related, as anyone with half a ping could verify.
It's just not answering over HTTP(S).
It definitely was DNS, none of the 3 servers hosting the DNS for barclaycard.co.uk were returning an IP address for secure.barclaycard.co.uk:
paul@vm:~:$ nslookup
> server ns1.barcap.com
Default server: ns1.barcap.com
Address: 220.127.116.11#53
> secure.barclaycard.co.uk.
Server: ns1.barcap.com
Address: 18.104.22.168#53
** server can't find secure.barclaycard.co.uk.: NXDOMAIN
I'm told that it is working again now, but I haven't tried yet.
As a backup, do NSLOOKUP secure.barclaycard.co.uk 184.108.40.206 or use 184.108.40.206 , these are non-uk DNS servers.
Write down the IP address it gives back, and then you might be able to connect by using the numeric address instead of the name.
I have a few jotted down for when things like this happen and I can usually get online.
If you want to get complex, over-ride the dns servers in your router or Network Connection to use these, this will push all dns to them but may extend your response times slightly.
No all servers are configured to return ping (ICMP) packets.
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Oh dear Tom.....don't give up the day job.....
(a) 220.127.116.11 or use 22.214.171.124
Erm.... it's 184.108.40.206 actually, NOT 18.104.22.168 (https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/)
(b) these are non-uk DNS servers
Heard of anycast DNS ? Are you 100% sure there are no UK nodes ?
(c) you might be able to connect by using the numeric address instead of the name
Erm yeah... to a static website perhaps. What happens about form submits or links that reference the DNS name ? Or redirects that use DNS ?
I agree
I was getting that problem yesterday, dns would not resolve... It was around 5 I first had the issue, and Barclaycard had no clue it was happening, or the drone on the phone didn't, took me ages to explain what was broken to her...
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"Erm yeah... to a static website perhaps. What happens about form submits or links that reference the DNS name ? Or redirects that use DNS ?"
You might want to hang onto your own day job. You have heard of the hosts file haven't you? It overrides the DNS name with the IP address you specify.
Changing your DNS servers to the Google public DNS servers wouldn't have helped in this instance. At the time I first noticed the problem I checked 188.8.131.52 and 184.108.40.206 to see if they had cached the IP address but they didn't have it.
Re: Shanghai Tom
>You might want to hang onto your own day job. You have heard of the hosts file haven't you? It >overrides the DNS name with the IP address you specify.
Yeah, hang onto yours whilst you're at it mate.
Hacking the hosts file is a pointless and stupid fix to the Barclays problem or problems like it and will cause more problems than it's worth.
Also what about load balanced sites, and sites with low TTL set on their DNS records in order to allow short notice emergency changes ..... are you going to carry on manually hacking your hosts file to keep up to date.
If you want to know what DNS results appear to different parts of the world, try https://www.opendns.com/support/cache/
Not just Barclaycard
My internet banking with Barclays private client business is not allowing me to log in and is generating an error. I need to transfer money to a different bank by this evening, so this is not good.
Re: Not just Barclaycard
So ring them and do it over the phone then.
Re: Not just Barclaycard
Not affecting personal banking, at least. Just logged in to check, worked fine.
or even
nip into a branch
Re: or even
Hahaha. That's a good one.
a) Barclaycard is not Barclays (but, granted, you can usually do most things).
b) A branch? What's that?
c) You feel like queuing for hours to do a money transfer while being harassed every ten seconds to "use this machine over here"?
More 'cloud' fun
Hehe, I love seeing stuff like this, after all the 'cloud' crap that is being shoved down our throats.
This is just another example of why the 'cloud' can't work.
Re: More 'cloud' fun
What has the cloud to do with BarclayCard? This is a technical failure at DNS level, this could affect any website and so on. If BarclayCard were a cloud offering business fair enough.
Comment is pointless.
Oh grow up
pointing to a single incident (which we don't know all the details about) and going "nrarr nrarr it'll never work" is pretty lame.
ANYTHING can go wrong in any system. The trick is to design systems where you can cope.
Re: This is just another example of why the 'cloud' can't work
Or just another example of IT not working?
Shall we all pack up and go home?
Re: More 'cloud' fun
Not the cloud.
More like the way Barclays & Co treat their IT staff like sh1t.
Re: More 'cloud' fun
Actually, it has alot to do with the cloud.
I am pointing out how unstable the web actually is and fools actually think that they will always have full access to all their important documents whenever they need them.
Re: More 'cloud' fun
Just another example of why people should stop using the term "cloud".... By cloud, you just mean internet. Servers go down, but they haven't started going down since people started calling them "clouds."
Re: More 'cloud' fun
"I am pointing out how unstable the web actually is and fools actually think that they will always have full access to all their important documents whenever they need them"
What's the solution? Go back to mailing checks? The benefits of the internet, or the "cloud" if you like, far outweigh the negatives. It is like someone saying that people should go back to horses because things can go wrong in complex automotive systems.
must be DNSChanger
some might blame the FBI removing infected servers
some might say they've finally run out of money
some might say they've had to pay their bonuses in full
probably just some c*up
ps. barclaycard is a trading name of Barclays plc
Re: Not just Barclaycard
@Tom Chiverton: Upon receiving the error message you are given a number to call. It says in the message that this is a 24hr number. So when you call them, the answer machine message informs you that they are only open between 8am and 5pm!!!
This problem has been here for almost the entire week.
Non-Available system Fee
Shouldn't there be a clause in the Contract that if they fuck up when we try to use their services we could charge them a fee? say £25 a go?
Re: Non-Available system Fee
And don't forget to bill them £12 every time you inform them.
Re: Non-Available system Fee
Very true, I doubt they would be understanding if someone local internet connection went down and they were unable to pay on time.
This sort of thing causes significant problems.......
I was trying to make an online payment for something urgently and it gave me all these incomprehensible error messages, now my erection is all but gone and I think the guy I share my office with will be back from lunch any minute......
Very Useful Card
Since they dramatically reduced their interest-free payment period by a week and removed the Nectar points offer my Barclaycard has become little more than structural reinforcement in my wallet to keep the card that I DO use from getting warped.
6pm? no... it was down at 5pm at the latest!
Always have a backup card as you can't trust the banks...
isit just me being paranoid? or....
is this the 3rd big dns fuckup i have read about in 3 days.
then again i believe in global warming so what do i know1
Service Update ...
"We're sorry - due to essential maintenance, the 'Pay your card bill' facility in mybarclaycard will be unavailable between Midnight and 6am on Sunday, 29th April 2012".
Full DNS report here ...
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- The following 79 reviews are from the Select Cut Steakhouse reviews archive.
- Nice DinnerOpenTable Diner Since 2007Dined on 7/28/2014This was our second time at Select Cut. Our first experience felt rushed. They seemed to have listened and slowed the pace of dinner. We have a very nice dinner, very good service and overall a great experience.Special Features:
- Great ribsstingywithpraisesDined on 7/16/2014I love Select Cut's ribs. Their sides need some work but the ribs are great.Special Features:
- Don't go for the steakRobertDined on 7/3/2014Very friendly environment, but I suggest that you pass on the steaks and try something else.
- Always a great steak!BrianDined on 6/21/2014This place is a fantastic neighborhood location. The staff is always excellent and the food is consistently amazing.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Good hjomest foiodConsistentDined on 5/19/2014Simply honest basic food always prepared well. Service is greatSpecial Features:
- Great MEATPaullyPaulDined on 5/16/2014Have been here quite a few times live the good and great serviceSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Nice steak placeAmusedJimVIPDined on 5/11/2014A friend recommended the restaurant. The food was very good. All four of us had steaks of different kinds. We had several sides too. Portions were good so we took bags home. If we're up that way, I'd go back.
- Good food - average value.OpenTable Diner Since 2004Dined on 5/11/2014The service was very good and the food well prepared and enjoyable. The value was average because the price was quite high (over $400 for seven of us, including the tip, and not everyone had an alcoholic beverage).
- OpenTable Diner Since 2007VIPDined on 5/10/2014Good steak restaurant with good service. Good for fun, casual, family dining.Special Features:
- Don't miss this oneSusieRDined on 4/12/2014Select Cut Steakhouse has been in the neighborhood for many years and is still one of the best buys one can find for fine dining. The steaks are always tender and perfectly seasoned; the meals are complete with 2 sides; there is an ample wine list and one never leaves hungry. One needs to be very strong to avoid the scrumptious desserts. Service is attentive without being intrusive. Given the size of the meals and the service provided, neither the meal nor the cost can be beat. This is a definite "do-not-miss."Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- I love this place!midknight6Dined on 3/29/2014From the giant jumbo shrimp cocktail to steaks so tender that you can cut with a fork. Fantastic service. Great alcohol selection. Street parking can be a problem, but I wouldn't let that be a discouragement from giving it a try. Sign up for email updates and receive promotional discounts for special occasions and holidays.Special Features:
- A sure thing for a nice steakBrenlrVIPDined on 3/8/2014If you want a great cut of beef worthy of the steak houses downtown, but at a reasonable price and with an understated atmosphere, this place delivers. I've been here several times -- always for a steak with a bottle of red -- and have never been disappointed. It's definitely not a frou-frou steak house, but the service is good, the wine selection is good, the food is great, the prices are great, and it's not hard to get a table. Husband & I come here when we're in the mood for a nice, juicy steak minus the "experience" of a Mastro's or Morton's.Special Features:
- Great experienceEmilyDined on 2/15/2014Such wonderful food! The steaks were fantastic and cooked to perfection. Wine pairing were nice and the service was really great. The only thing I didn't love was that our table was crowded in between two other tables and it felt pretty cramped. But asfter the first few minutes I pretty much forgot about it.Special Features:
- Horrible Valentines DinnerBrittanyDined on 2/14/2014We were greatly disappointed at this restaurant. We went here before we saw Blue Man Group while celebrating Valentines Day. The best part of the meal was the bread and butter. We should have had a hint that the restaurant wasn't very good considering they were slow and it was Valentines Day at 6:30pm. Or maybe the hint should have been when they put A1 Sauce and Ketchup on the table before they brought out the steaks... No good steak needs any sauce... Both my husband and my steaks were burnt on the outside, chewy, ABSOLUTELY NO seasoning, and it was really bad. We actually thought of just paying our bill and going across the street to eat at a fast food restaurant. I wouldn't be surprised if they close soon.
- New YearsJessDined on 12/31/2013We went there on New Years Eve. I originally made the reservation for 2 and had to change it last minute to 4. They were very accommodating and the food was great.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Good choiceOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 12/25/2013Select cut is good food good price not a dive but not so fancy you can't be comfortable.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great dinnerJellymanDined on 12/20/2013Perfectly cooked filet mignon & rib eye, (which is not the norm for "steak places" lately). Nice choice of wine and service was excellent. This was our second visit and both were great. We will be back.I would recommend this to a friend.
- The food was mediocre at best.OpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 11/29/2013The food was mediocre at best. My boyfriend and I each ordered the ribeye with a garlic "crust." What we received was a flavorless piece of meat with a thick layer of minced, semi-cooked garlic. This is not a crust. Our server should have let us know. It was a disappointing experience overall. We won't be going back again.Special Features:
- Recently moved into the neighborhooOpenTable Diner Since 2007VIPDined on 11/15/2013Recently moved into the neighborhood and we are delighted to find this solid local gem. Nothing fancy but great food and big-time value for money.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great value and great steak!KjuanVIPDined on 11/9/2013The menu reminds me of the steak houses from years ago. With veggies and a starch served with every steak, there is no comparison to what other steak places offer. The prices are very reasonable! The atmosphere only needs a uniform dress code by all of the servers. That alone would kick it up a notch. We were constantly asked about our satisfaction and needs. The water remained full. This is the kind of service that makes them stand out. I look forward to returning for that famous steak burger. While I remain a fan of the pricey steak houses, this spot is a hidden Gem!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Good food, neighborhood jointjgy1Dined on 11/8/2013Wonderful neighborhood spot with good food, nine service and reasonable prices.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great neighborhood placeRealFoodie1VIPDined on 11/2/2013If you live in the area, nice place to go for dinner, Friendly, good service and the food was good, my Preference would be a prime steak!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great food and service! MyJackVIPDined on 11/1/2013Great food and service! My steak was wonderful !!!Special Features:
- Great Steak in LakeviewAllenDined on 10/28/2013A Lakeview gem. No need to go downtown! Good for special occasions or guests to Chicago.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Loved it,KikiDined on 10/20/2013Great service without being pushy. I was in Chicago for work and staying at the company condo in Lakeland. I am so glad I picked this restaurant from open Table. Great steaks for a very reasonable price. Very nice wine list. Defiantly going into favorite restaurants for the Condo.Special Features:
- I Must Have Missed Something.......FishChiefVIPDined on 10/19/2013We chose to try Select Cut based on good reviews, and am still wondering what I missed. Service and food was rushed, we had a later, 8:30 reservation, the restaurant was not full, the staff seemed to be in a big hurry to get us done and out the door. We were attempting to have a nice relaxed, comfortable experience and it was anything but that. My steak was ok, my guests' steak was overdone. Crab cakes were marginal. Guests' baked potato and broccoli was ok, my potato was overdone, been in the steamer too long. We really didn't even have enough time to complain about things, the meal was out and done in like 25 minutes. The best thing was we had a great table, in the window, and would have spent more time there had we not felt so pushed.
- reliable dining choicejennygDined on 10/18/2013we always enjoy our meal at Select Cut- we get a nice steak dinner with a neighborhood atmosphere.
- Did not expect to be rushedOpenTable Diner Since 2007Dined on 9/20/2013Did not expect to be rushed throughout our dinner and out the door in an hour. We went to a steak house because we wanted a relaxed lea surly dinner. Same treatment extended to all the diners. They also seated everyone on top of each other even though the restaurant had a number of open tables.
- Just GreatJodyDined on 8/24/2013The steak was outstanding!! My friend and I love the place!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Just OKOpenTable Diner Since 2008Dined on 8/17/2013We were hoping to get a great steak on our trip to Chicago. Select Cut was just OK, steak did not have much flavor, my wifes chicken dish was cold, presentation was a bit lacking, restaurant was kind of dark, but the service was very good. Overall fair, probably would not go back again.


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Snooki Parties With Jionni LaValle, Crocadillyby Free Britney at . Comments
Freaking Snooki partied up a storm Saturday night in Las Vegas. No, it was like crazy out there. Even more so than a typical Tuesday night at Karma.
Hosting a bash to kick off spring break at LAX nightclub, VIP Snooki rocked the house and kicked it with boyfriend Jionni LaValle and her father Andy.
The Jersey Shore star posed with Jionni, who she's been dating since November, and a big inflatable crocodile reminiscent of her favorite stuffed toy:
FREAKING SNOOKI: Girl probably banked five figures for this too. That thought is almost as nauseating as when she talks about "getting it in" on Jersey Shore.
It's nice to see her happy with Jionni LaValle in all seriousness. He's clearly a good influence on her ... well, maybe. Honestly who the heck knows with Snooki.
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woww, some people are obviously jealous, if you had an opportunity like snooki i bet you would do the same thing. its not like snooki made fun of you and called you people all those mean names your calling her, shes a freakin person like everyone else, just because you dont like what type of person doesnt mean you have to be a bitch about her.
They're from NY, like you. Idiot.
OMG. Jersey is full of the dumb morons. Never seen the show, never will. I live in NYC. I can tell who is from Jersey. Morons try too hard to look like they are from a big city. Looks ridiculous.
shes the only retard that would need to drink all hours of the day if they had the chance. a 4 foot nothing troll who needs a reality check. cant stand her or the rest of the fucking jersey shore crew. well, Pauly and Vinny are pretty regular dudes. The rest can fuck right off.
wth they aint even talking shit u ppl r stupid stop tryin to defend ppl wen thrs no fukin reason get a fukin life lol its sad wen ppl try to take a stand for the wrong reason
What do you have against Snooki @ Free Britney?
Everytime I read an article, you're always getting on her crap - WTH?
You would be living it up too if you were her. Leave Snooki alone!!!


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In an affidavit, Officer Doug Wright of the Winhall Police Department said the manager of the Fat Spy Tavern in Winhall reported April 10, 2013, that a van that belonged to the restaurant was missing. The manager said Mackey, a former employee of the restaurant, had been overheard saying he could sell the van easily either as a van or as scrap.
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In a strongly worded Op-Ed, Chris Christie had his largish be-hind handed to him in a firestorm of splendidly worded jabs by New Jersey Star Ledger contributor and Connecticut Governor, Dannel Malloy, this weekend.
As you can imagine after Sandy Hook, Gov. Malloy is a tad frustrated with governors of neighboring Northeastern states who won't raise a finger to help save innocent children's and teacher's and law enforcement's and regular citizens' (not protected by Secret Service) lives in order to placate the Gun Fondlers and the NRA Gods who fund and ferociously frenzy them.
Then Christie had the unmitigated gall, and the egregious Jersey Cajones, to snub the Sandy Hook families that wanted but moments of his time.
Despite President Obama and other folk with brains, there has been no progress on gun reform since the Second Amendment, gun-fondling fanatics landed on the wrong side of history - and morality - following that horrific shooting tragedy in Connecticut and the dozens more we have survived.
Here's a taste, link above.
Gov. Christie and other governors across the country have to make tough choices on behalf of their constituents every day. It's far easier to blame the complexities of gun violence on mental illness, but true leadership requires approaching all sources of the problem, regardless of their convenience, popularity, or personal political aspirations.
A week and a half ago, Gov. Christie missed an opportunity to make meaningful, common-sense change that had the potential to limit the lethality of shooting incidents.
He's got the right of it there, governors across the United States truly do have a role in common sense gun reform … and Christie has gone out of his way to oppose it. Malloy summarized:
And what's worse, he showed a callous lack of respect to the families who have bravely devoted their lives to ensure other parents won't endure the same unimaginable heartbreak they live with each day.
Those families deserve better. The people of New Jersey deserve better as well.
Joe Schmoe Scarborough had to interject this morning and insist that even soooo … Friend of The Show Chris Christie's stock is going up and he, harrumph hubris harrumph, will be back ahead of the pack in six months. [Ridonculous.]
Oh, Joe. Morning Mika jumped in to defend, natch. They lerves them some Christie.
Props to Governor Malloy and any American who has the courage to take on the gun fondlers. Let's hope they keep up the stellar work.
I guess the police in Rosemount Minnesota haven't heard of the Second Amendment:
A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
This unconstitutional action in Minnesota cannot be tolerated. This is hereby a formal invitation to all armed NRA and Militia members to fall in line and help defend the actions of 61-year-old Gary Drake. If you think Cliven Bundy in Nevada needed your help, you were right. And now the newest call is up to the land of lakes.
In case you missed it, here's some of the details of Drake's arrest, from the Raw Story:
A Minnesota man was arrested last week after pulling a shotgun on a neighbor who was teaching his 7-year-old daughter to ride a bike.
"If you don't like my advice, get off my street," Drake told the man, who reminded his neighbor he didn't own the street.
This apparently angered Drake even more, and police said he went inside to retrieve a Remington 870 shotgun. He came back with the weapon and threatened to kill the father, but Drake's wife came outside, pulled the gun away from him, and physically dragged her husband back inside.
Now what's hard to understand here? This guy Drake was just protecting his street -- and isn't that the job of any state militia guardsman? How much clearer can you make it? The neighborhood father and his daughter were infringing on the armed man's rights to peace and quiet as he deems fit.
Drake admitted to police that he had a confrontation with the father, saying he didn't like how the man treated the girl during the bike-riding lesson.
He admitted to drinking during the day but denied the alcohol had influenced his behavior.
I mean really, so the armed man had a few drinks before pulling his rifle....that's his right. It doesn't mean he's under the influence because he felt justified in arming himself to deal with a father teaching bike riding to his daughter. That's dangerous stuff. He might have even launched the girl at him where he'd be so fearful of his life that he's have to shoot her right off the two-wheeler.
"Maybe next time I should have shot him," Drake said, according to the arrest complaint.
Drake's wife turned over his shotgun and a rifle, and he was charged with second-degree assault and terroristic [sic] threatening.
Don't know about you, but I find this blatant infringement on Drake's Constitutional rights to be totally unwarranted and the police in Minnesota need to be stopped. Are you with me? Grab your guns and rifles. We've got our rights to protect.
Here's the coverage if you'd like to know more:
Richard Martinez was on "The Last Word" discussing the Second Amendment -ing of his son Christopher in the Isla Vista massacre. He ended with a comment about how gun zealots will come after him once they decide his grieving period is over:
"My son's dead, and there is NOTHING that you can do to me that's worse than that."
The Second Amendment is becoming a religion to gun fetishists. This is not healthy on so many levels, starting with, you know, living human beings being slaughtered. Here are a few links to the Los Angeles Times that you should read in full.
Let's start with Steve Lopez's column that examines how mass killings should affect us deeply, but instead, it appears that, disturbingly, we are becoming desensitized or increasingly uncivil. His post is titled "Ignoring the Insanity of Gun Violence":
Sensational gun violence... always gets us wringing our hands about gun control for a few days or maybe a few weeks, but that's about it. The focus is often on the mental health of the killers in those high-profile cases, and certainly there's room for vast improvement in identifying and treating illness and preventing violence.
But firearm violence is an everyday reality, and the truest expression of insanity is the argument that greater access to more guns can make anyone safer. No developed nation comes close to either the number of guns per capita in the U.S. or our rate of firearm deaths, and yet the NRA and its congressional stooges stay the course, money in their pockets and blood on their hands. [...]
[E]ither [the staggering statistics on gun violence] have lost their shock value or we have lost our civility. [...]
[I]t's worth noting that the states with the lowest gun control grades have the highest rates of gun death, while the states with the highest gun control grades have the lowest death rates.
In the video above, Ari Melber gave Richard Martinez well-deserved time to express himself, as-- especially in the second half of the video-- he shifted from beautiful memories of a wonderful son to his frustration with the status quo and revelations of how he, himself, failed to take action until his own son was murdered.
Lopez ended his column with an earlier quote from Martinez: "Chris died because of craven, irresponsible politicians and the NRA. They talk about gun rights. What about Chris' right to live? When will this insanity stop? When will enough people say, stop this madness, we don't have to live like this? Too many have died. We should say to ourselves — not one more."
Yesterday I linked to an op-ed in the L.A. Times in my post, "Joe the Plumber": "Your dead kids don't trump my Constitutional rights." Here's the link: California needs a Gun Violence Restraining Order. Today the Times is reporting that the "gun violence restraining order" concept has now prompted a proposal for a new firearms bill:
If notified by a subject's family or friends that someone could harm himself or others, law enforcement officers would be able to petition a judge to grant a restraining order that could prohibit possession or purchase of a gun. [...]
The family of Elliot Rodger, the shooter, had raised concerns with law enforcement about his mental state, and Santa Barbara County sheriff's deputies visited Rodger at his apartment in April but took no action against him.
Of course, ignoring countless mass shootings over the past few decades, Sam Paredes, executive director of the Gun Owners of California, called the proposal a "knee-jerk reaction." Apparently, in his mind, "knee-jerk" means that lawmakers haven't had years upon years to carefully consider needless deaths caused by easy access to deadly weapons. Isn't that just like a gun fondler who reveres the Second Amendment the way GOP Senate nominee Ben Sasse reveres his religion over established law?
Finally, there was this letter to the editor, because despite how often we feel ignored, our voices do matter:
It has indeed been sadly demonstrated that no alarms were sounded about Elliot Rodger prior to his gun rampage in Isla Vista this past weekend despite some warnings. There have been, however, countless red flags raised about the dangers of having the access Rodger had to guns. ("In Isla Vista, red flags came too late," May 25)
I blame not only those who misread and misinterpret the U.S. Constitution, which they also unreasonably cite as holy writ on a par with scripture. I also blame the politicians who pontificate about the horrors of innocent people being killed by these weapons while continuing to accept money from the National Rifle Assn.
I am weary of this repeated scenario, and I await the next front-page article on another mass murder committed by someone with easy access to guns designed not for "protection," but primarily to kill people.
Don Fisher
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Your cheat sheet for the Newport Beach Film Festival, from the parties to the flicks about speed-dating geezers
I've already provided a primer for some of the things going down at this year's OC Film Fiesta in Downtown SanTana, and if that didn't entice you to check out the online schedule, perhaps this will: the organizers have given us some added items to expect, and damn if they aren't impressive. So here ... More >>
I would not presume to review the science or even explain the specifics of the regulatory tar baby that, thankfully, seems to have caught up So Cal Edison in its lies and obfuscations, stubborn insistence on the viability of SONGS. Read Nick Schou and other OC Weekly reporters for that. Mine is a po ... More >>
Master cinematographers on the end of a medium
Medium Cool
The Boys Are Back
Controversial docudrama Death of a President imagines a post-Bush scenario
Hilary does Versailles


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Al Jazeera obtains declassified documents on deceased Rolling Stone journalist following FOIA lawsuit
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