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- Breed: Australian Shepherd/Border Collie Mix
- Color: White - With Black
- Age: Young
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- Sex: Male
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I am already neutered, housetrained, a special needs pet, up to date with shots, good with kids, good with dogs, and good with cats.
Draco was born in November 2008. He is a bigger sized boy that is VISION IMPAIRED but can hear . He has very unique markings on his face.
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Draco would do best with another doggie companion and he hopes that you will allow him to swim. Draco and Echo are siblings. Draco is current on vaccinations, micro-chipped and neutered.
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Update 666)
by Edgar J. Steele
June 15, 2006
"The modern banking system manufactures money out of
nothing. The process is perhaps the most astounding piece of
sleight of hand that was every invented. Banking was
conceived in inequity and born in sin . Bankers own the
earth. Take it away from them but leave them the power to
create money, and with a flick of a pen, they will create
enough money to buy it back again . Take this great power
away from them and all great fortunes like mine will
disappear, for then this would be a better and happier world
to live in . But if you want to continue to be the slaves of
bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, then let
bankers continue to create money and control credit."
--- Sir Josiah Stamp, president of the Bank of England and the second
richest man in Britain in the 1920's, speaking at the
University of Texas in 1927
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This is no time for real men to be getting depressed. Perk up. Hold your head up high! Get up off that couch. Throw those shoulders back. Stand up straight. Push out that chest. Lift up that chin. Face adversity with a smile. Be a man! Never give up! Never say die! Never give up!
HOORAY FOR THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE.....errr....unnhhh....excuse me. I got a little carried away there.
We have work to do. There is a silver lining, but finding it isn't going to be pretty.
If your wife already has thrown you out, try to get a quick property settlement statement executed, with all that under-water silver allocated to your side of the ledger. Then, if you can get the house sold quickly and there is anything left over after paying off that 2nd or 3rd mortgage, go buy some more silver bars.
Didn't you notice that, just a week ago, the date was 6/6/6? What did you expect to happen? Fluffy bunnies and manna from heaven?
Now, have I answered the many emailers who have been wondering just what I think the current market slide means? It is not bad news unless you sell out and realize a loss. If you bought silver or gold, you are in the game. Hang in there. When the tide turns and the runup occurs, you will see why.
In fact, recent huge price drops say just one thing to me: Hallelujah! Sell the kids and buy silver and gold! It is the Perfect Storm of a buying opportunity, folks. All aboard. Don't worry. Be happy. Back up the truck. Hell, go rent a second truck and back it up, too. You can buy silver today at two-thirds the price of just a month ago! (Or gold, but silver is, I think, a better call.)
Always, I have resisted calling the top or bottom of anything, but this is about as close as I think we are going to see in a bottom in today's metals markets. True to my word, I bought more silver at $12, still more at $11 and yet still more just yesterday, at $10. Yes, I, too, am under water on all those purchases. You have company, but I'm not accepting any whiners in our upcoming march downfield, so cheer up.
When does a metals bull market correction get redefined as a metals bear market? It doesn't. Not these days. You are witness to the manic death throes of the dollar. You want to talk doomed? I'll show you doomed. The dollar is doomed. Both Alan Greenspan and George W. Bush have seen to that. Doomed, I tell ya. Doomed!
If you must own fiat currency, make it Swiss francs. Otherwise, once you have taken care of essentials (physical safety, location, food, protection, etc.), shift any and all dollar-denominated assets (stocks, bonds, mutual funds, retirement funds) into precious metals of one sort or another. You may not have noticed, but the dollar lost one third of its value under the first five and one-half years of the current Bush Administration. You won't believe what's going to happen during the next couple of years!
Today, let me turn to some other well-known market analysts in an attempt to lift your spirits. You will see: it's not just me saying the things that I say.
Consider the following from Roland Watson, who writes, in "Staring Into the Abyss":
"The push to trade crude oil in euros instead of dollars has been gaining momentum in Iran and Venezuela as well as Russia. This will obviously increase demand for euros and decrease demand for dollars and send the US Dollar Index down. Moreover, some of these petroeuros will find their way into the currency reserves of oil exporting countries. The final question is whether other countries will follow suit and diversify out of dollars? We know they are already, will that continue? If Japan is no longer going to keep the Yen down, they won't be needing all those billions of US dollars they got in exchange for selling Yen. Moreover, if China is going to decelerate the expansion of the Yuan money supply (which has been as high as 24% per annum), they will not be exchanging as many Yuan for US dollars. Assuredly, the central banks of the world are top heavy in dollars and that amount is certain to decrease in the years to come."
Did you hear that? Mr. Watson says all those dollars that overseas countries and banks have been using to conduct business are going to be coming home. But, you say, the dollar has strengthened in the midst of all the recent chaos. In fact, the US dollar may seem to be the only shoal of strength in today's storm-ravaged world financial system. Well, there is some truth to that, but it is only temporary and merely illusory.
Now listen to this extended quote, from a June 12 unattributed article on Unknown Country's web site entitled "Dollar on the Edge":
"The Organization for Economic Cooperation and some elements of the International Monetary Fund are predicting that the dollar will fall from 35% to 50% to account for the gigantic debt that the Bush Administration has created by the combination of tax cuts and spending on the war in Iraq.
"This will result in an increase in gasoline prices from the region of $3.00 to the region of $6.00, and will cause all imports to roughly double in price. This will mean that everything from clothing to cars to many grocery items will shoot up in price. At this point, the housing market will collapse, and there will be a wave of bankruptcies...
"A 'run' on the dollar, caused by panicking foreign holders attempting to sell into non-existent buying, could cause the dollar to collapse very suddenly, even over a matter of days. There is evidence that the US is attempting to manage the decline by purchasing its own debt. As Asian purchasing of US paper declined last month, the slack was taken up by Caribbean and UK banks that would not normally have the liquidity to make such purchases. Therefore, they are acting for a third party, and the only party that would buy dollars when a loss in value is inevitable is the US Treasury.
"By doing this, the US is hoping to prevent a sudden collapse of the dollar and the subsequent unwinding of the US and world economies in a fiscal disaster so profound that it will eclipse the Great Depression. It can work for a while, but inevitably if the US becomes the only major customer for its own currency, the dollar will go into freefall. Where it will stop, and what will happen to the world economy then, are the looming unknowns that have made world equity markets so uneasy over the past thirty days, and promise to bring more trouble in the future."
And just who, do you suppose, the author means when he says "some elements of the International Monetary Fund" say that the dollar must go down by 35-50% just to account for Bush's profligate spending? They are us! Our own officials are warning of an impending decline in the value of dollars by up to one half. Our own guys! They should know, for heaven's sake. And, of course, they do know. Add in the foreign dollars coming home, and that drop becomes a "freefall."
In other words, boys and girls, the dollar is doomed, just like I've been telling you! Not only are all those foreign dollars coming home, but Bush has been shoveling even more overseas, to add to the upcoming carnage. And, to hide the fact that foreigners no longer are buying American wooden nickels, America secretly is buying back its own debt. And what does America use to buy that debt, you ask? Why, more dollars, of course. After all, it's only ink on paper to those yahoos in Washington. You don't really think that they care if every dollar they print dilutes the value of any dollars you have left, now do you?
And where does America get those dollars, the creation of which the 1913 Federal Reserve Act gives exclusively unto that private company owned by the foreign elite, disingenuously named the Federal Reserve Bank? Why, by issuing still more debt, of course. Lessee now, issue debt in exchange for dollars to use in buying back that same debt....hmmmm....and the interest paid means that more debt must be issued with each round...now factor in an ever-increasing rate of interest, too.
It sounds almost criminal doesn't it? Well, that's because it is, of course. But, then, when has a little thing like criminal behavior stopped the current American regime?
Notice who are the only people making money on this scheme via the interest paid on the debt now owed to those foreigners who own that private company given a license to steal nearly one century ago. And how much have those foreign central bankers stolen in that time? Nearly 99 cents of every dollar. That's right. Today's dollar will buy only about a penny's worth of 1913 goods. And that's just the theft of the principle! Imagine how much interest must have been paid to these thieves down through the years, for the privilege of their robbing us blind. Is it any wonder that they seem to own almost everything in sight these days? Well, almost everything is never enough for these guys. Next comes the real shearing of the American sheep, last done during Depression I.
It's a wonder that the mafia never got into this racket. Oh, excuse me - that's right. The same people (not Italians, for the record) who brought organized crime to America are the very ones who have been running this racket all along. You don't think so? As Michael Corleone said to his bride-to-be in The Godfather (I or II, I forget which): "Now who's being naive?"
Hmmmmm....how long before the upward-spiraling dollar-creation curve goes parabolic? We're there right now, folks. Right now. This past month's turnabout has been simply a part of the death throes of what can be seen only as a doomed currency: the dollar. Doomed.
But wait - there's more. Lots more, in fact.
What I like about Bob Chapman's International Forecaster is the fact that each and every 30-page weekly edition is a complete rehash of everything he ever said before, together with the current week's new stuff. From his second June 2006 edition:
"If the Fed carries through and raises interest rates 1/4% in June and 1/4% in August, the dollar index probably at this time won't break down through the long-term support level of 80. On the other hand, if the Fed pauses, the professionals in the bond market will sell Treasuries and drive yields up anyway and the dollar could break 80. This is not an enviable position. The best avenue for the Fed is to make the two increases. That would put the US ten-year Treasury note at 6 7/8% to 7 1/8%. That would slow the economy, would slip into recession. The Fed would continue to increase money and credit trying its best to hide what it is doing. That means an inflationary recession, known as stagflation (stagnation and inflation simultaneously.)"
See what I mean? And that's just one paragraph from one of thirty pages. It's tough to pull pithy quotes from Chapman's material because every article he writes is a complete economics course in itself. This week, Chapman picks up on the IMF mantra and goes on to say:
"This time they have to deal with a dollar that has to be depressed by 30% to 50% - probably 50%. In addition, both government and consumer debt, both of which are at record highs, have to be serviced at an ever more expensive rate. As housing prices flatten out and then decline, so will consumer spending that makes up 71% of GDP...As the dollar depreciates goods and services being imported into the US will be more expensive. That means a reduction in consumer spending and higher inflation. As house prices slide, equity is reduced. That means fewer equity loans and cash outs, which have been adding billions in spending by consumers - sixty percent of which kept consumers from financial difficulty. We have had wage and salary increases but they have been limited. Income rises 3% and inflation rises 10%. That means even less purchasing power or less discretionary money available for spending."
Chapman, too, shows his understanding of the confluence of ever-increasing national debt and all those foreign dollars that have started to march home:
"During the 18 Greenspan years overall indebtedness has virtually quadrupled from $10.569 trillion to $38,889.3 trillion, while savings out of current income plunged into negative territory...Treasury and Agency debt will be sold, which in turn will cause interest rates to rise in the US. As this debt falls in value all those holding it will be sellers as well. Not only will interest rates rise, but also who among foreigners will supply $3 billion a day so the US doesn't go bankrupt? This pressure will also cause the dollar to fall in value. Countries exporting to the US have been keeping the value of their currencies low by printing yen or Yuan, buying dollars and then Treasuries. That scenario will end and the currencies of exporters will rise in value, the dollar will fall, foreign goods sold in America will cost more and America will have more unwanted inflation."
And for what does Mr. Chapman see those repatriated dollars being exchanged? Gold and silver, of course (and other commodities, too) - America's seed money, built up through the years by our fathers and their fathers before them, now squandered by the undeserving rabble that we Americans have become:
"The problem left for foreigners is what do they do with the physical dollars they are holding? They don't want to be in US debt or stocks so the only alternative is commodities, gold and silver. That is because they are a store of value. That is why they have been buying them and this is why they are rising in value. It's a flight to quality, a flight to reality. That means the correction you have just seen in these metals is just another chance to buy, served up on a platter by elitists who want to destroy our dollar and our economy. They have been shorting all these metals as they have fallen. They haven't bought any of their shorts back. This is like a rubber band. Sooner or later they have to cover."
Finally, Chapman essentially calls this the bottom in the current correction, then forecasts a huge upswing from here:
"It is rare that a gold market would fall 15.3%. The second worst fall was in April 1978, which was 15.3%. After the fall in April 1978, gold rose 500% in the following 21 months. That probably will happen again, taking gold to $3,000."
As I have said more than once already today: the dollar is doomed!
Richard Daughty, known as "The Mogambo Guru" to legions, is a world-class, Austrian-school economist who shows profound savvy and analytical skills in his current column by stating:
"I am 100% sure that we are going to get price inflation. Lots of it. I am so sure, so very sure, so very, very sure that price inflation is coming because it has always, always, always followed monetary inflation."
Now, that may not sound especially enlightened or profound to many, but ask yourself the last time you heard anything you actually understood from a government economist or a central banker. This ain't rocket science, boys and girls. Essentially, all of economics can be summed up in one phrase: "There's no such thing as a free lunch." You'll be hearing that a lot as we descend into Depression II, along with another golden oldie from Depression I: "Brother, can you spare a dime?" It will have to be restated in dog dollars, of course, to something like: "Brother, can you spare a Ten Dollar bill?"
The way-erudite Mogambo goes on to note:
"When you have, like we do right freaking now, lots and lots and lots of growth in the global monetary base, especially after whole decades of it, you eventually run out of bubbles in the stock market, bubbles in the bond market, bubbles in the size, scope and cost of government, and bubbles in the housing market. That's when you finally get around to bubbles in commodities. Gold is a commodity, AND it is a store of wealth....as price inflation heats up and up, as the value of the dollar goes down and down, gold will go up and up, just like it has all the other times in history when somebody's stupid government caused too much money to be created. And especially those times when the "too much money" created is not just by literally printing up cash with paper and ink, but creating the money from debt! Hahaha! But now, this one time in history, you think gold is going to go down as a result? Hahahaha!"
Do you see a theme developing here? Paper Bad, Metal Good, perhaps?
Still not convinced? Boy, you are a tough one, if so. As regular followers of this space know, I am a self-confessed Silver Loon. I think there is a very real danger of gold once again being confiscated by our government before it finally caves in and allows the price of gold to really take off, while it already has tipped us off that silver will not share gold's fate. Besides, I believe the fundamentals of silver really call for it to accelerate past gold, in any event. That brings us to Ted Butler, who believes that he invented the field of silver analysis and commentary.
I have had my differences with Ted Butler, "independent" house analyst for Investment Rarities, and consider him generally to be a self-absorbed buffoon of the first order. You see, when I first released "Peak Silver," Butler got its republication by at least one major financial web site blocked by falsely claiming I had plagiarized the concept of above-ground silver being scarcer than gold from him. (That's why it is called a precious metal, of course, and why its price has been accelerating faster than that of gold, characteristics that have escaped the attention of very few analysts.) I could have sued him for that.
However, when Butler knuckles down and gets over himself, he can be quite compelling, even untouchable. This is one of those times. On June 12, in an essay entitled "Silver Default Looming?," Butler clearly puts the lie to the recent silver price plunge by calling "the current situation in silver...a crime in progress." Butler has done a first-rate job in deducing that, perhaps, a single rogue trader "is forcing the market sharply and intentionally lower by building on an already heavily concentrated short position as is clearly evident from the CFTC's own published data."
Here is an extended excerpt from Butler's report, the length of which is necessary to develop the real flavor of his assertion:
"While the dealer community, as a whole, aggressively bought back and covered short positions on the price decline in silver (as expected), the very largest trader(s) actually increased short positions on the decline. This is unprecedented...The largest trader(s) have been selling whenever the market is most illiquid (on the electronic Access market on off-hours and regular session openings and closings) to cause the biggest price declines. It is predatory pricing at its most extreme, designed to cause liquidation from leveraged long position holders. Unfortunately, it has had the intended effect, as leveraged longs have been flushed from the market. Needless to say, this violates commodity law...
"4 or less largest traders have more than doubled their concentrated short position relative to the next 4 largest traders during this time period. (Special thanks to Carl Loeb for the graphics...)
"The 4 or less largest traders are now net short the equivalent of 187,625,000 ounces, or 37,525 futures contracts, an incredible 86% of the total net commercial short position. This is the highest percentage in history...
"I am now convinced, from studying the data, that anywhere from 100 to 125 million is held by just one trader. It is looking more likely that this could be a rogue trader, selling more in order to buy time, although he's probably already in too deep...(R)ogue traders from the Peoples Republic of China have emerged in both oil and copper in the past couple of years. Why not silver?...
"Given the current concentration of a short position well in excess of all COMEX inventories (certainly not all of which is available for delivery), the risk of a default in COMEX silver by the largest and most concentrated trader looms large. (T)his default potential is the most bullish development possible for the price of silver and those holding real silver positions."
Pretty strong stuff - and more than just a little warranted by the facts, as well. Let's take a look at Mr. Loeb's chart of silver short concentrations again, only this time alongside a chart of the price of silver during the past two months. What is interesting about these two charts is that their graphed inflection points occur in tandem:
In mid April, and not for the first time during the current silver bull market, Butler's mysterious "rogue trader" embarks upon a truly serious selling campaign. Within a week, silver's spot price starts moving lower, stopping at $12, but recovering fully after another week. Again, in early May, the "rogue trader" sets a record for being short. Within a week, the price of silver is falling again, this time slipping under $13. Finally, around the first of June, our rogue trader really pulls out all the stops, accumulating an all-time record short position, and silver drops a week later, once again, this time bottoming out beneath $10 after another week. Coincidence? Do you believe in coincidence?
Butler is absolutely correct. Just a single unidentified trader or two is/are moving the entire market lower by accumulating record short positions which he/it can never fill; enough to overwhelm the buying by all the other major traders. The recent decline in the price of silver (and other commodities) is an orchestrated (and grossly illegal) show not even remotely related to real market pressures.
Butler claims to have written the CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission), demanding that it require this trader to prove it possesses the silver to fill the short orders it has written when they expire (impossible, as it is a total much larger than all the silver available for such delivery) or, in the alternative, to post a bond equal to the total market value of the shorts now possessed (equally unlikely). The government won't do this, of course, though it moved against, and bankrupted, the Hunt Brothers a quarter century ago when they tried to corner the silver market, via the simple expedient of increasing the reserve requirement for leveraged positions.
I believe that the same people running the government, you see, likely are the ones writing the shorts, though Butler speculates that it could be the Chinese at work. If it were just silver being manipulated, I might see it being China, but the same thing is happening across a broad swath of commodities, all while the regular stock market's Plunge Protection Team has been especially active in averting the same disaster befalling the rest of the world's stock exchanges (they don't have plunge protection teams, you see, to protect their moneyed interests at the expense of mere mortals like you and I).
Here's the best part: unless you are a market maker (broker, commodity house or the like), you are exposed to no danger. Should a default occur, they will take it in the shorts (pun intended), not you. You will be sitting there, admiring your shiny little stash of silver (or gold or whatever). If the market makers are the culprits, themselves, as unidentified straw men for government, ours or another, then they will cover at some point. Again, you will be sitting there, admiring your shiny little stash of silver. In either eventuality, where does the price of silver go? All together now: To the Moon, Alice...to the Moon!
Meanwhile, what happens to the dollar? What is the past tense of doomed?
As always, Jim Sinclair's MineSet web site this week carries several interesting charts, among them the three reproduced below.
The first shows the path of the dollar during the past four months. Note that the dollar began its swan dive in earnest at about the beginning of April. When did it abruptly turn around? Why, when it got rescued by all the nefarious elements mentioned above, in mid May. In fact, since early June the dollar has been on a literal tear, though its fundamentals, as recounted above, get weaker every day. And how did the dollar get rescued? Why, by what has become the new old-fashioned way, of course: governmental rigging. Buying stock futures long and selling commodity futures short. Your tax dollars at work.
Meanwhile, look at the progress of silver's price during the same period of time. Silver's rise became parabolic in mid April, just as the market rigging began in real earnest, then got stopped dead in its tracks. Finally, it fell out of bed two weeks ago, just as Mr. Butler's "rogue trader" began to set new world records for market rigging. Notice that the slope of the fitted downward curve for silver matches almost exactly the upward ascent of the dollar, which previously looked like a duplicate of silver's current path. How much longer can this go on? Despite the old wag about how the market can stay irrational longer than you can stay liquid, not long, rest assured.
Now let's look at gold's chart, which is a more faithful mirror image of the dollar's movement, though for the same reasons as silver.
How much longer? Not much. Before much longer, there literally will not be enough dollars in the world to throw into the breach that is being widened by our own government. Illegally, too, I might add. Let me say it one last time: The dollar is doomed! If you still aren't convinced, then you simply aren't paying attention.
Mr. Sinclair also includes the following reassuring wisdom on his site this week:
The direction of the price of gold is all in
the US dollar.
The magnitude of that direction is in the
hands of mad men and women with black boxes and $7 trillion in trading
These people are the original "Bulls in a
China Shop" that break everything coming in and break everything again when
What we look for is higher lows and higher
highs as the market lunatics enter and exit.
All technical damage requires technical
Technical repair will occur.
Dig your hole.
Drag your rock over the top.
Peek out once a week.
Soon you will be happy.
No, it isn't exactly poetry, but it should be music to your ears.
Once again, I do these financial pieces for two reasons: First, it is critical that those in the "Patriot Movement" do everything they can to protect their families during the upcoming unpleasantness, even if it means our buying and putting away only a silver dollar or two each and every payday. Second, I hope to entice the unsuspecting back to my lair (www.ConspiracyPenPal.com), where I then can have my way with their politically-correct belief systems. Do your part to help make it a better world: send the unsuspecting a copy of this newsletter today.
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I'm installing a hot wire to contain horses, and have a question.
Old farm built circa 1973, but with copper wire and good breaker box. In the well house, 20 feet from the house is a receptical, it is coming off the well pump electrical supply. Using just 1 hot, thus only 110 volts, and the ground/neutral. Just 2 wires!!! Is there anyway to safely plug in my polarized fence charger? Even though the receptical has a polarized plug. I realize that it isn't really polorized-used just a 2 wire hookup. If you can understand this mumblejumble, I'd appreciate your advice..... Thank You, Booger2011 |
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Even in 1973, the circuit to the pump house should have had separate neutral and ground wires, unless you are saying that the circuit to the pump house has two hot legs, one ground (bare or green) and no neutral (white). If there is no neutral wire, you should not have any 110v receptacles. (The ground wire is not to be used for a substitute for the neutral.) With a neutral and no ground you can use a GFCI receptacle but you should not plug in any equipment that is intended for a grounded receptacle. If your charger has a two-pronged plug, one blade being wider than the other (i.e. Polarized), this should work fine. If you have both a neutral and a ground wire present, install a GFCI receptacle and this would also work with your polarized plug, as well as a grounded one. |
- Posted by booger2011 (My Page) on Wed, Aug 11, 10 at 12:25
I had to go look to make sure, 2 hot wires coming from the house into a small fuse box. Then a ground from the fuse box to the copper water line. These 3 wires then feed the power to the well pump. Also from the fusebox is 3 wires to the recepticle(110V). Of course the neutral and ground are bonded. |
You do not have a proper or safe 110v receptacle. You must run new cable to the pumphouse. |
- Posted by booger2011 (My Page) on Wed, Aug 11, 10 at 17:23
Was this legal when installed? There are a few things running off this, are they in danger ? |
It was never legal. Sounds like the pump is 240 volts and someone illegally installed a 120 receptacle using the hot and ground to make up the missing neutral wire. Very dangerous situation. If the ground ever becomes open between the house and the pump, everything connected to ground will become hot if anything is plugged into the receptacle. |
- Posted by booger2011 (My Page) on Wed, Aug 11, 10 at 18:44
That was my original question actually, there is no ground from the house, just the 2 hot wires. They go to a sub panel, which has a ground going to the copper water line. This then feeds the well, and one leg feeds the receptacle. Even the swimming pool pump is running on this set up !!! |
If the pool pump is 240 volt it is OK if you put a GFCI on it. The 120 receptacle has to be removed. To make this right you must bring a four wire feeder to that sub panel. |
There has never been a time when a water pipe could be used as a current carrying conductor. It was allowed as a place to attach a safety ground many code revs back (and washing machines often came with a clamp for this purpose). |
After having Dish Network installed a dish it has come to light that I have 14 recepticles showing there is an open ground (according to a Klein Tools 3-Prong Tester). I switched the white and black wires to opposite sides of the recepticals (which I believe is incorrect) and the 3-Prong Tester shows no open grounds now, but according to a Klein Tools Non-Contact Tester the wiring shows to be incorrect, and the hold-down brackets are now hot according to the Klein Tools Non-Contact Tester. Temporarily I tapped into another recepticle ( a good receptical ) to get around the problem (a fuzzy TV) for the time-being, but I still need to correct this problem I feel is a hazard. Any suggestions . . . Please help . . . I'm lost on this. henryl80@hotmail or 832.971.8089 . . . . Thanks |
Henryl80, please start a new thread with this topic. Switching the wires was not a good thing to do. To fix this problem you probably will need to completely rewire the circuits in question, pulling new wire from the circuit breaker (or fuse) box. I'm guessing that the house was built before the 1950s (or 60s) when circuit grounds became a requirement. It may only present a moderate hazard, but as you have noticed, modern electronics don't always play nicely without a ground. |
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Housed in a 19th-century sake brewery that was relocated from the countryside, Tofuya Ukai sits at the base of Tokyo Tower amidst zen gardens (complete with a stream and water wheel) visible from each of the restaurant's 55 private tatami dining rooms. Each is outfitted with low, dark wooden tables and chairs with leg wells beneath. Kimono-clad waitresses serve traditional kaiseki (multi-course) meals featuring the house-made tofu, which is deep fried, smooth, floating in soy milk, or simmered in ginger, along with selections such as sashimi, grilled fish, seasonable vegetables, rice, and miso.
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From the very beginning Fahamu's work has been guided by the priorities of those working for social justice in Africa. In our first decade, Fahamu supported the movement for social justice with a focus on civil society broadly. While we have been particularly successful at creating networks, platforms and providing learning to these actors, as we move into our second decade, we have rooted ourselves more deeply in the continent, and remain attuned and attentive to the social movements whose goals we continue to serve. Addressing these needs, we have organically found ourselves more directly supporting movements that address the needs of economically oppressed communities as well as the most vulnerable and marginalized segments of society, and finding our value added in supporting autonomous formations of these movement, not at the exclusion of other actors, but, in the spirit of people-centered change.
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Fahamu is distinctively placed as a pan-African organisation supporting and working collaboratively with social movements over the long term. Rather than imposing generic solutions to address the needs of and to strengthen movements, Fahamu is committed to ensuring that our interventions are relevant, timely and significant to the movements we serve. Our approach respects the collective leadership, self-determination and self-sustainability of our partners. Further, Fahamu seeks to provide diverse and innovative approaches, tactics and resources to the social movements that we work with. With our expertise, access to information and networks, we seek to enhance the access of transformative social movements to each other as well as to the processes, knowledge, skills, experience and platforms to strengthen their work.
Fahamu's work is driven by an understanding of the shared history and common destiny of African peoples globally. Without minimising the specificity of particular community and national contexts, nor the potential for solidarity globally, Fahamu's work seeks to enhance pan-African ties, understanding and unity. Further, Fahamu is committed to addressing the key role that gender inequalities, lack of women's empowerment and the patriarchal and sexist character of institutions, norms and governing values play in Africa's democratic regression. As such, feminist values are at the core of our work and enshrined in the design and implementation of all our programs. Gender equality and non-discrimination are mainstreamed throughout, and are prime objectives of, our work, including in our internal structures. Lastly, our people-centred approach places people and communities at the core of our objectives and activities and seeks to ensure that they remain determinative actors. This value informs our approach as well as our objectives.
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Hooey! That's some gorgeous stuff! Thanks for the encouragement - snow is predicted here tonight ): |
Ooooooooooo, aaaaaaaaaaaah that is a beauty! |
- Posted by xeriscape8321 Z10 FL Ft. Laud (My Page) on Sun, Apr 3, 11 at 9:39
Someone has asked me to post pics of what she looks like in the daylight. nighttime shots tend to over exaggerate colors...making them look darker that they really are. Let me tell you, this brug has nice deep, rich color day or night....and holds up to the heat and inclement weather because of a thick corolla. Here she is in full morning sun...about 9am...still a beauty |
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Again, Gary...those babies are something to look at for sure. Are you growing yours as standards? I think that I'll trim some of mine up this year. |
- Posted by fengshui05 eu (My Page) on Sun, Apr 3, 11 at 9:53
I really like that one! HJ |
- Posted by xeriscape8321 Z10 FL Ft. Laud (My Page) on Sun, Apr 3, 11 at 10:09
Pearlgirl...I really have no choice but to grow as standards. I have a small patio growing area that has 3 sprinkler heads that stand at about 3 feet high. I need to keep as much foliage above that level as possible so that the water will actually make it thru to the brugs in the back row. If i leave big leaves on low branches they will only serve to stop the water right at the leaf and the water will just drip into the pot below. It takes a lot of strategic planning and some very deliberate leaf removals to keep my garden watered at all corners. Keep in mind Fort lauderdale gets blazing hot in the summer and the water requirements just to keep them alive is pretty heavy |
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Hi Xeriscape 8321- What a beauty! You have the magic touch!I was wondering about her fragrance- I've heard that it's wonderful. Does yours have fragrance? Thanks for sharing, great photos! kasha77 |
- Posted by xeriscape8321 Z10 FL Ft. Laud (My Page) on Sun, Apr 3, 11 at 11:19
Oh yeah...JT has it listed i believe as a mild fragrance....but here in my yard it's the dominant fragrance....in the eve this plant which stands by my front door will fill my drafty old front door and windows with fragrance so i can smell it in my living room. |
Beautiful plant. I have to have one of those. I keep reading about growing as standards as opposed to something else. What is "standard" and what is the other way? Bill |
- Posted by xeriscape8321 Z10 FL Ft. Laud (My Page) on Sun, Apr 3, 11 at 13:24
Standard is growing it like a tree instead of bush. Sometimes it;s painful to trim so severely but the end result is worth it. A standard consists basically of a trunk (bare of foliage) and a three top type growth. I need to do this so that water will move between the trunks and not be obstructed by the foliage. that allows the sprinkler water to move further out and hit the base of all my brugs. |
- Posted by plantlover49 6B (My Page) on Sun, Apr 3, 11 at 13:37
Gary you have did a wonderful job with that beauty, Thank you for posting it Elizabeth |
- Posted by sultry_jasmine_night Florida z9 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 5, 11 at 18:19
For some reason, alot of my brugs grow naturally like either a single or double trunk tree here in FL. Seems like they grew more shrublike when I lived in other places. |
- Posted by MsMorningSong 9 (My Page) on Mon, Jun 27, 11 at 8:54
What exactly is the scent of the flower? Can you describe it to something? ;) |
Isn't she pretty!! and she takes pollen like crazy!!!! Kylie |
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Absolutely lovely, Gary! |
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Legoland Discovery Center Westchester, located in Yonkers, NY, is an indoor amusement park featuring more than 3 million Lego bricks, plus Lego-themed rides, games, and more. It is the first of its kind in the New York City area.
On March 27, 2013, Yonkers, NY, became the proud home to an already iconic attraction when it opened the doors to Legoland Discovery Center Westchester. The first of its kind in our area and only the fifth in the nation, this new 32,000-square-foot indoor destination boasts more than 3 million Lego bricks and a host of fun activities geared toward children ages 3-10, including hands-on play areas, a 4-D cinema, master classes led by Master Model Builders, two Lego rides, and special birthday party rooms.
A unique exhibit at Legoland in Westchester is Miniland, which showcases a colorful version of the New York metro area landscape, including some local Westchester landmarks such as Lyndhurst and Washington Irving's Sunnyside, all made out of Lego bricks.
The Lego Racers: Build and Test area allows participants to build their own cars and race them around a track. (Warning: It can be very hard to pull competitive kids away from this high-energy activity!)
You'll also find an Earthquake Table, where little builders can construct Lego towers and, with the press of a button, find out whether their creations can withstand an earthquake.
If you've got a preschooler in tow, be sure to visit Duplo Village, a soft play area that features larger Lego bricks.
Kids can take a break from building and scale a large climbing structure where they can burn some energy. There are also two rides: Kingdom Quest is skewed for older riders, as it features lasers "to defeat the skeletons, vanquish the trolls, and rescue the captured princess!"; Merlin's Apprentice requires riders to be at least 36 inches tall, and those 48 inches and shorter must ride with an adult. This ride goes up and down, controlled by the riders.
You'll need at least two to three hours to enjoy all the exhibits. There's also a café on site, serving kid-friendly fare, and a store where you'll find plenty of Lego-themed items, big and small.
Legoland Discovery Center Westchester is located in Westchester's Ridge Hill complex, an outdoor mall filled with shopping, restaurants, a movie theater, an outdoor play space, and more.
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It has now been over one week since Ken Bell, the court-appointed receiver overseeing ZeekRewards ("Zeek"), held a press conference to brief various members of the media about his progress thus far and plans for the near future. In his remarks, Bell indicated that one of his main priorities going forward was to continue gathering assets for eventual distribution to victims. This included cashiers checks deposited, but not cashed, by Zeek investors just before the scheme's collapse. Following the press conference, Mr. Bell posted an update to his website that included a letter updating investors and additional answers to investor questions.
Since that meeting, a review of the court docket reveals that the recovery of assets continues to be the focus of Mr. Bell and his team. In the past ten days, various financial institutions have submitted sworn statements in response to the court's earlier asset freeze indicating how much, if any, Rex Venture Group ("RVG") maintained in bank accounts. RVG is the parent company of ZeekRewards. Those reports, from institutions such as Charles Schwab and NewBridge Bank, showed that tens of millions of dollars were currently being held in the name of RVG or Paul Burks, Zeek's founder. Additionally, the Receiver's lawyers have sparred with Burks in an attempt to gain control of his personal assets.
While this information does not answer the most pressing question of when the victims will be paid, these recent filings provide a glimpse into the Receiver's focus: securing all assets. These recent filings do, however, address the issue of cashier's checks that were sent immediately prior to Zeek being shut down.
Shortly after the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") filed suit against Zeek, United States District Judge Graham Mullen issued an order appointing Mr. Bell as receiver. That order listed the various assets over which Mr. Bell would have authority over, including assets held or fraudulently transferred by RVG. These orders are standard in receivership proceedings, and their wording rarely varies. However, Zeek was somewhat unique, in that it highly encouraged the use of cashier's checks to fund a new investor's account. Different from personal checks, a cashier's check operates like cash upon endorsement by the maker. According to the receiver, "numerous" cashier's checks and other forms of payment potentially totaling several million dollars were received either on or after the date the SEC shut down Zeek, Because of this, Mr. Bell sought the Court's approval (the "Motion") to clarify the language of the order appointing receiver to explicitly include those forms of payment as receivership assets. The Motion can be viewed here.
The Motion also sought to freeze assets in possession of Burks and other third parties, including his family members. In support, Bell noted that while Burks was estimated to have secretly misappropriated roughly $11 million from Zeek, nearly $7 million of that sum was no longer in Burks' possession or control, including $1 million transferred to certain family members.
Not surprisingly, while Burks did not object to the inclusion of uncashed cashier's checks into the receivership estate, he strongly opposed any attempts to now "include Mr. Burks' personal accounts." His objection can be found here.
Apparently swayed, Judge Mullen declined to grant the receiver's request to include Burks' personal accounts in the asset freeze, but did allow the amendment of language in the order appointing receiver to include cashier's checks and other forms of payment as receivership property. The Judge's order can be viewed here. However, the receiver certainly has the ability to bring future lawsuits against Burks and/or his family members once he has completed his analysis of Zeek's financial records and been able to trace the flow of assets in and out of Zeek. This investigation is expected to take weeks, if not months, to complete
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Fall is upon us, which means it's time to get excited about CW's new line up of sexy young-adult fare! There will be vampires, doctors, and a dude who looks like Robin Hood. But the most highly anticipated show of the season is undoubtedly Young People Doing Stuff. We know the quality content that network looks for, and now they've replaced the low rated L.A. Complex with a show that 'fits in more with their audiences taste and mindset'.
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For our June Rose Decoder we had to taste a lot of wine to find the 5 best picks for the summer (rough life, right, but imagine the other 364 days of the year when we are plowing through hot dogs, canned beans, and other basics for road tests) so we used a very unusual wine tasting tool that you might not immediately think of: brown paper lunch bags. Genius, right?
The fact is, everybody has pre-formed opinions and prejudices about wine, based on price, label design, or being from a certain place or producer. Removing these biases keeps tasters honest since they have no choice but to evaluate the wine in the glass. Keep in mind that blind doesn't mean blindfolded, (which we don't recommend unless you have complete faith in your dry cleaner) since a wine's color is a huge part of evaluating it.
This method isn't just for pros. Anyone who wants to learn about wine can try it: Starting with three or more wines at once that each fall within the same category of region, grape, or style (such as rose), you can learn a great deal about wines by comparing them blind. (Comparing just red wines won't be as useful, for example, as comparing California Chardonnays or Oregon Pinot Noirs since comparing red wines from different grapes and places can be like comparing apples, oranges, and bananas.) That said, comparing wines that all fall within a certain price range can lead to some exciting discoveries.
I am an inveterate wine bargain hunter (generally I don't spend more than $12 a bottle) and periodically will open a few bottles with friends to see what is best. Better yet is if you have a few friends over and everyone brings a bottle to open, taste, and share.
Since we tasted roses on work time, we spat them out after sipping and swirling; here's hoping you won't have to.


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Free 'Celtic Christmas' show is Dec. 21
December 19, 2014
NEW — 6 a.m. Dec. 19, 2014
Enjoy an evening of free Irish music at the 'Celtic Christmas' show with The Fire Inside from 4-6 p.m. Dec. 21, at Blakely Hall, 2550 N.E. Park Drive.
The Fire Inside has been playing family friendly concerts in the Northwest with jigs, reels and hornpipes for more than five years.
Learn more about the band here.
The Fire Inside to perform in Issaquah Highlands
September 17, 2013
The Fire Inside Celtic band brings their energetic, Irish music to a free concert in the Issaquah Highlands at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20 at Blakely Hall, 2550 N.E. Park Drive.
The Fire Inside has performed regionally for nearly three years, including at 20 festivals, pubs and events this year alone. As a recent feather in its cap, the band will open for the Young Dubliners at the Yachats Celtic Music Festival in November. They will also perform at the west Gilman Boulevard Starbucks and Salmon Days.
ArtWalk season continues Aug. 2
July 30, 2013
The 12th annual season of Issaquah ArtWalk continues from 6-9 p.m. Aug. 2.
ArtWalk is the first Friday of the month June through September. Visitors are invited to meet local business owners, enjoy live music, watch artists in action, shop and dine in downtown Issaquah.
This ArtWalk includes the opening of the Rookery art exhibition and artwork from summer teen camps at artEAST Art Center. Kids can enjoy animal-themed arts projects when Menagerie takes over in artEAST Artist Alley. Enjoy clay making at Museo Art Academy and printmaking in the park, compliments of Museo. Witness glassblowing at its finest by artbyfire. There will be dancing in the streets at artEAST Artist Alley when Blue Dog Dance in Renton brings its dance troupe to showcase some hip-hop talent.


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Featured Embedded Report: Chris Muir from Iraq
In mid-February, Chris Muir, the talented cartoonist behind day by day, a political comic strip prevalent in the blogosphere, embedded in Mosul for five days. Public Multimedia, Inc, my non-profit media company, was proud to sponsor Chris for this embed. Chris is the first of several embeds Public Multimedia will put into the field this year. Chris provides notes and photographs from his travels and time Iraq. His experiences will be shown in the strip this month.
By Chris Muir
Insider Out
Arriving in Kuwait late at night was good, as there are far less people in line for passport/visa check-ins. Burqua-clad women, like strange chess-pieces, glide past 60's retro-clad KLM stewardesses in pillbox hats and high heels. The PAO (Public Affairs Officer), Kevin ____, calls out my name, and importantly, helps haul this old coot's body armor and attendant 50 lbs of gear out to a waiting Bronco that will take us to Ali Al Saleem airbase for transport to Baghdad.
Ali Al Saleem Airbase
The Great Dust Bowl
Sand is a misnomer; subatomic particulate I think describes the main element present in Kuwait, Iraq, et al. A fine dust that finds it way everywhere and into anything, it also makes for an astonishingly mobile mud that actually travels up one's pants when it (infrequently) rains. I still grind when I walk.
Here Army Paperwork® begins in earnest, and takes on a life of its own. Fortunately, Public Multimedia, Bill Roggio's embed company, plays St.George to the Dragon of Documentation, and I pass with nary a glitch, yet I still camp out in the Manifest area, to make sure I don't miss my 2 am flight to BIAP (Baghdad International Airport). On this tour, I select nocturnal flights to lessen crowding, though by the end of it, I consider hanging upside down when sleeping.
We fly out on a cool C-130, which becomes somewhat less cool when the pilot does the standard "Figure 8" missile avoidance landing in Baghdad. Everyone is strapped close together in in the cargo bay, hence projectile vomiting is frowned upon. My fellow passengers, all SOF types and Army, may be more sensitive to nuance than supposed by the media; they maintain an impressive distance from me for people securely strapped in. We land without incident, and I proceed to the now-appropriately named 'Green Zone'.
The Green Zone (Baghdad)
Ve Are in Zee Bunker
Upon arrival, all media types share one room with bunk beds, internet access, communications,etc. I claim a top bunk, and arrange with some soldiers on site to tour Baghdad briefly,as there's not a hella lot to see from a bunker.
Pictured above is where Saddam fired his rifle from, a concrete- and - broken glass shell now. I take crappy photos, but no photographers (except Eric Bowers) would leave the media building to tour Iraq. They were all typing stories from their terminals inside. 'Stories', indeed.
I tried making chicken sounds to them, but it didn't take.
OK, I made that one up, but you get the picture, even if they wouldn't. Baghdad, like any large city, is largely quiet except where terrorist (gang) activity takes place. If you toured Watts in LA, only, well yes, there's violence. But 99.8% of the city is just fine. Then again, there aren't large amounts of US heavily armed soldiers touring through it, so...
Say what you like about dictators, but they do make cool architecture, blank check,etc. Here's that 'Pass of Swords' monument, though all I could think of was that song lyric, 'Big hands, you know you're the One'. What? You were looking for trenchant analysis? Sorry.
City of Light, Sorta
I arrive at Mosul airfield, the HMO of airports. Not a lot there, but it 'functions'. Surrounded by ultra-cool SOF dudes with special headgear mikes, armor and weapons, I saunter professionally to the terminal and immediately become the Total Lost Tourist®, saved only by the fortunate arrival of Rob____, my PAO for 1-9 Cavalry. Now, I am 6' and 235lbs, yet Rob is seemingly 2 feet taller. With a dual advantage of providing cover from snipers, and shade, Rob is a genial fellow who quickly gets me to FOB (Forward Operating Base) Maretz, which is the base for 1-9 Cav.
Above is a picture of the base, barriers they call, uh, I forget. [Editors' note: they're HESCO barriers.] There are so many acronyms in the Army I can't recall all of them, so you're SOL. Anyway, pix of the FOB is a no-no, so imagine it.
I can show you the city of Mosul view from the base, though, and here it is in all its glory:
Sorry, storage facility, wait:
No, that's a power generator (snore). Here we go:
Seems a bit barren, hold on:
Not Club Med, I know. But the area is cleared out so Islamic Wahabis can't sneak in. Wahabis? Wahabists? Isn't that a Japanese horseradish sauce, and why do they get such a big say in Islam?
Be that as it may, as I was Anointed Media®, I got a trailer with air & heat (8'x15') and settled down for my 7 days. Mosul at night is not like Western cities, sporadic lighting mostly. But on some days, it is well and truly lit up.
The floorboards and I get acquainted
Anyhow, I went on patrols most every day, with 1-9 Cav, and 2-7 Cav, respectively. The MSM had geared me up to expect RPGs flitting about like ginormous mosquitos, but I gotta tell ya, I couldn't draw a single shot while I was there. The troops wanted me to hang around, as I had 'Jesus Fire' about me, etc.
However-I was only out on 5 patrols for 5 days, versus being there 500 days, or a bazillion days like Michael Yon, so I had a very different experience from what our troops get there.
Contrary to what one hears, these guys are so oversupplied with armor, they leave some of it on base so they can maneuver effectively on patrol, whether body armor or Humvee armor. I can personally attest that hauling 40 lbs of weight on your torso can slow you down, and that's not even counting body armor. These kids are in shape, however, and when you go 'outside the wire', they all become this Big Green Machine that is totally professional and, may I say, efficient. I heard it all on the Comlink, which did not fit my strange head:
And went to some interesting locales where mud was the theme:
Yes. I look like a total dork. That Humvee was transporting serious dorkage.
In the brief time I was there, I attended meetings where everyone was working with each other, I mean sheiks, the Police Chief of the city, US Army, Kurds, Sunnis, Shia, cats and dogs, everyone- together. There are real divisions here, but also a real determination to weld the place into a more stable society.
It was good to see the US State Department building infrastructure like schools, roads, water & sewage, to witness them helping integrate the various tribes here, setting up workable trade and political organizations, even living within the populace to get a feel for what is needed culturally. It was very impressive and more importantly, working.
Well, actually, it's the US Army that does all of the above with their MITT teams (Military Transition Teams). The State Department? A complete no-show, for all I could tell. Maybe they're double-parked in Washington or something.
People here will tell you they are mostly afraid of one thing-that we will leave soon, like we have since Vietnam, Somalia, etc., and that they will then be at the mercy of the terrorists who seep in from Iran, Syria, Egypt, and Saudia Arabia. A self-fulfilling circle, helped out vastly by our 'anti-war' citizens back home, who ironically enable wars as this by forcing constant US retreats through our political process. People here - real people, not 'Jamil Husseins' - want us here to give them time to reform their society.
I speculate this is one of the reasons I observed such high morale in our soldiers here. They are wanted here, unlike, say, in San Francisco. But, I digress.
Well, that's the debrief-that sounds so wrong-and, I've related much more to Zed & Jan, who are scheduled to arrive in Iraq very soon now. So, catch up with them at www.daybydaycartoon.com.
Chris Muir
READER COMMENTS: "Featured Embedded Report: Chris Muir from Iraq"
Posted by Lorin Friesen at March 8, 2007 8:30 AM ET:
Thanks for the feed Chris. What is a kid that spent his years in the back of class to cut-up doing in the front war of the century? Thanks for explaining the nuance of your gritty imbed.
Stay safe and keep on cluckin!
Posted by Mrs. Badger6 at March 8, 2007 9:13 AM ET:
Excellent. I look forward to seeing how Zed & Jan do in Iraq. Keep up the great work.
Posted by Drazen Gemic at March 8, 2007 9:27 AM ET:
So, we are going to witness another "prophet Mohamed" circus :-)
Posted by RCC at March 8, 2007 9:44 AM ET:
Thanks for the report. Stay safe.
Posted by Mike Rentner at March 8, 2007 9:48 AM ET:
Chris, thanks. Your 'debrief' is a much more entertaining read than most you get from there. I'm looking forward to learning what Zed will be up to.
Posted by Eric Bowen at March 8, 2007 10:34 AM ET:
I spent about 4 days with Chris Iraq, Kuwait and Amsterdam, and I'm embarrassed to admit that I only have one picture with a corner of his head:
This is the correspondents "lounge" at CPIC in Baghdad. You can (barely) see the top of Chris' head sitting on the couch to the right.
Keep the good work Chris!
Posted by Neo-andertal at March 8, 2007 10:36 AM ET:
Those real reporters that are hunkered down in their bunkers have carriers to think about. They had a carrier long before they got to Baghdad and hope to have a carrier long after. Taking any risk of being blown up is not part of their plan nor in the plans of the companies that hire them. Going out and finding a news story is also not part of the plan. They already pretty much have the their angle on the story figured out, all they need is to fill in the details from the daily news releases. Being in Baghdad lends them authenticity. The fact that they could be doing the same stories from their desks at work is irrelevant.
I don't want to be totally down on reporters. Some of them find ways to get out original stories despite the obstacles. Some also do a much better job of encapsulating the days events than others. If it was all bad formula writing, than digging through it wouldn't be worth it.
Posted by Eric Bowen at March 8, 2007 10:40 AM ET:
Wait I found another one (where you can actually see his face):
Interesting note: All the journalists are using Macs and the CPT Lappegaard, is using a PC. Go figure...
Posted by harrison at March 8, 2007 10:40 AM ET:
Chris, great report! Cartoonists are funny, after all.
Posted by Solomon2 at March 8, 2007 11:41 AM ET:
Illustrations, please.
Posted by David M at March 8, 2007 1:49 PM ET:
Trackbacked by The Thunder Run - Web Reconnaissance for 03/08/2007
A short recon of what's out there that might draw your attention.
Posted by madconductor at March 8, 2007 1:50 PM ET:
Great stuff, Chris. Adding your own sense of humor to the gravity of that situation is wonderful. And I'm also waiting on Zed and Jan's great adventure.
Good luck to you.
Posted by RonF at March 8, 2007 4:19 PM ET:
Zed and Jan, in Iraq? Jan's going to Iraq?
Posted by Mark Hugonaught at March 8, 2007 5:28 PM ET:
As I say of a certain relative who spent 26
months in the Bag-Dad...as a civilian contractor: Chris - - - You've got more guts
in your little pinkie than I have in my whole
Bravo, thanks for the work!
Mark H.
Posted by JGsez at March 8, 2007 6:07 PM ET:
How many soldiers vs. journalists knew who you were or were familiar with your Day by Day strip?
Posted by Teresa at March 8, 2007 7:43 PM ET:
Terrific report Chris! Can't wait to see what happens to Jan and Zed over there.
Posted by NSSaint at March 8, 2007 8:22 PM ET:
Now I understand the template for "Zed".
Keep it up, Mr. Muir! Your characters' lines are some of the wittiest I've read in some time.
Posted by Chris Muir at March 8, 2007 10:29 PM ET:
Sorry, Eric! It's Eric Bowen, not Bowers.
Mark, those contractors are the brave guys, they are over there for, say, 26 months! I was in & out.
No journalists heard of DBD, but the soldiers did, mostly through milblogs.
Thanks all for reading DBD, and thanks Bill for making the embed smooth running!
Posted by Maj Rod Cunningham at March 9, 2007 12:52 AM ET:
Good story buddy, you messed my name up even though I gave you a card. You forgot to mention the brigade as a whole (4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division). 1-9 and 2-7 Cav are part of this brigade. You are welcome back any time and believe me, I will find you for that speed boat ride and fun in sunny FLA. Take care.
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Posted by devildog6771 at March 9, 2007 3:54 AM ET:
Great post. Thank you for giving us s true, on site accounting from the front;
Posted by al at March 9, 2007 7:52 AM ET:
For a cartoonist that was pretty good writing! :-)
It's interesting how the embed view compares to the bunker based reporter. I, for one, appreciate the risk that people like you, Bill, Mike Yon, and others take to give a realistic view of whats really going on.
Can't wait to see how this comes out in DBD.
Posted by M.A. at March 9, 2007 8:19 AM ET:
People here will tell you they are mostly afraid of one thing-that we will leave soon, like we have since Vietnam, Somalia, etc., and that they will then be at the mercy of the terrorists who seep in from Iran, Syria, Egypt, and Saudia Arabia.
Yes, of course. Despite the fact that most of the Iraqi violence is home-grown and foreign terrorists are a minor factor (the idea that foreign terrorists were causing the violence is a ridiculous myth from circa 2004, made up to pretend that we are fighting an "enemy" that we can "win" against in Iraq), "people" are telling you that those nasty Iranians are causing everything.
Which "people" are those, anyway?
Posted by Chris Muir at March 9, 2007 9:38 AM ET:
Sorry, Rod-told you I suck on remembering names & designations!
I have to say, M.A., I don't recall seeing you there when I was listening to these people's stories-US soldiers, sheiks, Iraqi reporters, locals, etc.
You should have introduced yourself, at least.
Now go crack yourself another beer, expert.
Posted by Mike James at March 9, 2007 9:49 AM ET:
"Which "people" are those, anyway?"
Gee, M.A., do ya think maybe the ones he met in Iraq? The ones that might be little squeamish about having their names published on the web?
"Myth", huh? I seem to recall some guy named Zarqawi, from Jordan I think it was, amongst many others reported in the news. Got any proof that it's a myth, or are you just speaking colonically?
Posted by M.A. at March 9, 2007 10:14 AM ET:
Ah, yes, Chris, those of us who have not spent their time in Hell cannot begin to know what you have gone through on your five-day guided tour. (For conservatives, going to Iraq is basically an excuse to masquerade as an "expert," even though they come back spouting the same propaganda they spouted going in.)
Mike, most of the violence in Iraq is caused by home-grown Iraqis: militias, death squads, and so on. Foreign terrorists and Al-Qaeda and such have always been a minor factor, as you can tell from any analysis of how many foreign terrorists are in the country (hint: not many). Iraqis know this, which is why they depend on militias etc to protect them from the other side in the civil war. The implausible idea that most of the violence comes from foreigners is something that was made up to pretend that we're fighting "terrorists" (in which case we can win) rather than the reality that it's an inter-Iraqi civil war (which we therefore cannot "win").
Posted by Bill Roggio at March 9, 2007 10:23 AM ET:
Read the comments policy. Do not conduct personal attacks here. The next one will be deleted, regardless of who publishes it.
Posted by Agnieszka at March 9, 2007 7:57 PM ET:
Thank you Chris for your report. It was fun to read it. Who knew cartoonists were funny! :-)
I've been checking DBD every day for a long time now. Thanks.
Posted by jordan at March 9, 2007 7:59 PM ET:
MA, I've seen credible reports that the number of foreign terrorists is low because the strategy was to build cells where Iraqis actually do the dirty work, get caught, etc... So the foreigners have the money and expertise, build up cells comprised of locals and ensure open paths to whomever in Saudi, Jordan, Syria or Egypt is supporting them. They don't need high numbers, necessarily. True?
The Al Queda organization has renamed itself Al Queda in Iraq to try to dispell that foreign flavor. Also, the guy that was just captured, al-Baghdadi re-named himself with a local flair for the same reason. Their PR strains to avoid the appearance that the insurgents are supplied by outside powers, for obvious reasons. The idea that these are homegrown "freedom fighters" obviously is a good way to club Bush's policy in Iraq.


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After spending a year in a juvenile center for beating up his stepfather, Todd Turnbull returns to his backwoods hometown repentant. When he finds his best friend, withering away without any medical attention due to the family's spiritual beliefs, Todd must make a choice: let his friend die; or break his oath of non-violence.
A dark western musical from the team at Whitestone Motion Pictures.
The Grim Reaper waits patiently as the residents of a small western outpost turn on one another in this student film from The Animation Workshop.
A western machinima animation based on the popular video game.