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What was the name of the short book mentioned in a scene of The Rum Diary? The author of this book in question was a 25 year old Italian explorer who wrote a travel book. Depp's character compares this Italian's incredible book to his own failure to write something valuable after 10 years of carrying a typewriter around.
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Very nice photos and report. It looks as if the matches were played on grass, is that right?
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About the time conversation turns to talk of charters and civics, people start to tune out, get up to use the bathroom, turn the newspaper page, or have visions of a boring high school class in which they talked separation of powers and what the secretary of state's duties are.
But lost in that arcane civics knowledge lies a pretty important point — the remarkable power of a charter city.
This may be an oversimplification of the concept, but when it's boiled down, cities that use a charter ideally get powers not taken by state or federal government. It's really a beautiful and an American concept — one that should resonate with many rugged, freedom-loving Montanans. It says that Billings (and other charter cities) should get to decide how to best govern itself through ordinances. The state and the federal government only get to claim powers they assign to themselves respectively. The rest is off-limits if your city is chartered.
Sorry about that civics lesson. However, it's important to understand that so that residents understand just how dangerous it is when city leaders ask for an opinion, as happened recently when the city sent a proposed (and failed) ordinance about nondiscrimination to the state's attorney general.
With all due respect to state Attorney General Tim Fox, that's like asking the fox (no pun intended) his opinion on henhouse safety.
What would seem like nothing more than a friendly bit of advice could end up being a pretty far-reaching opinion — and not just for the City of Billings.
Sorry, we promised just one civics lesson. But, here comes another.
An opinion from the state's attorney general isn't a mere recommendation. A formal opinion by the office has the force of law until challenged and overturned by the courts. That means if Fox and his office believe (remember it's just an opinion) that the city does not have the power to enact a nondiscrimination ordinance or other similar ordinances, then it will put the city on very shaky legal ground. The issue — whatever it is — would likely have to be referred to a court to get a definitive answer.
That's a lot of hassle.
And, really this has nothing to do with the now-defunct NDO.
Sure, if the attorney general ruled that Billings couldn't do it, it would have meant the NDO would have dissolved if it had passed. But even more far-reaching, if Fox's office rules that the city charter doesn't allow it to enact an NDO, that would nullify the similar ordinances around the state in Butte, Helena, Bozeman and Missoula.
This isn't just about Billings. It's about how cities govern themselves and what powers they have.
It should be noted that Fox isn't necessarily a neutral party when it comes to the NDO.
As a private attorney, Tim Fox provided legal representation to the Montana Family Foundation and other parties opposed to rights for same-sex partners. As Montana's attorney general, he joined 10 other state attorneys general in an amicus brief to defend Nevada's ban on same-sex marriage on appeal to the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Fox is defending Montana's same-sex marriage ban against a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Great Falls.
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haha paulson is such a dick
And he still ends up with a hag for a wife.
@3 you're a tool.
But is he a chump?
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HP: I guess now that you stopped taking the Estrogen, the pounds just melted away.
NK: Yea, let's make sure we keep that part out of the book, ok?
HP: Only if you let me make it "rain" as they say. Just one more time? Come on, I will throw in a good word with Lloyd for ya. What do you say?
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The weight gain due to stress is BS. Little known outside the beltway, NK was a two time vending machine challenge champ at the Treasury.
-the vending machine restocking guy at the Treasury -
Did it not cross his mind to simply walk to Subway every day and enjoy a fresh, healthy and delicious 6 inch submarine sandwich?
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I hear he's pissing in Paulson's mouth as part of his detox.
@11 the preferred nomenclature is tinkling
"Kashkari packed on the lbs like it was his job," golden.
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I wish I was addicted to food instead of….. well…….you know.
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Real men eat KFC.
I can relate to what NK is going through – I'm also a stress eater, although I prefer to eat things other than food.
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Agree with @1: this guy is going through bricks of sensemilla californicus and plowing his wife like a Boston back bay avenue. and good for him. he can start that new job "as soon as the golden seal gets here"
I know, 13 and 18!! I can't stop thinking about golden showers either. Call me if you're down…
lmao 17…….
and actually i agree that NK is a tough who just actually wants to prove himself while following hank to dc…
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shocker commented on the blog post Mitt Romney Seen as Having Won the Debate
My opinion means nothing. I have no great moral standing, education or expertise in politics or anything related to it. I only read a few headlines on the blogs this morning and I only watched the second half of the debate last night.
So, for what it's worth, here are my impressions of what I saw of it:
I guess I look at this campaign/election with two perspectives:
1.The entire thing is a complete sham and it probably doesn't matter all that much who wins.
2. The President is a ninety pound weakling, with both hands tied behind his back, in the ring with the champion heavy weight prize fighter.
Last night I felt the President gave the impression (intentionally?) of "I'm doing my best under impossible circumstances with an opponent and opposing party that are completely full of crap and I'm tired of it. It may be that we should accept that idea at face value. Well, because they are. However, I have been around long enough to know that nothing is accidental and there are many, many aspects and influences – deceptions and manipulations to this mess.
A few things bothered me greatly about the President's performance. The worst, to me, was that he articulated no clear vision or path for our country. Nothing to rally around. From what I saw he seemed content to not even mention the most difficult and pressing issues facing our country and planet (although he may have in the first half of the debate).
While he did talk about the need for regulation of the financial industry (and his challenger's ties to it) and the causes of the crash, I thought it was lackluster and without any passion at all. It almost seemed he knew he could only go so far in criticizing the real power in our country. And his challenger knew it, spewing all manner of nonsense that he seemed incapable of defending against. And he looked like he was resigned to it. Beaten.
OUR ELECTIONS AND GOVERNMENT ARE NOW CONTROLLED BY CORPORATIONS, (foreign and domestic) THE VERY RICH (foreign and domestic) AND FOREIGN GOVERNEMENTS FROM ACROSS THE GLOBE AND OUR PRESIDENT COULDN'T BRING HIMSELF TO EVEN MENTION THE DEMOCRACY DESTROYING CITIZENS UNITED DECISION AT KEY POINTS IN THE DEBATE?
At one point the President was attacked for investing so much in green jobs, Solyndra in particular, with the throw away line that went something like "the President doesn't pick winners and losers, he just picks losers". If I remember correctly, he didn't make a peep about the need to protect our climate and environment. THE MOST DEVASTATING PROBLEM OUR COUNTRY AND PLANET FACE IS CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTER AND THE PRESIDENT WAS UNABLE TO MENTION IT IN A NATIONALLY TELEVISED DEBATE? AFTER BEING ATTACKED ABOUT HIS ENVIRONMENTAL RECORD?
One of the last questions was something like "how do you view the role of government and how does it differ from your opponent?" Again, the President seemed unable to articulate a clear vision for the role of government. What I remember about his uninspiring, lackluster answer was that he stressed that his job, and the job of government, is to protect the American people against our enemies. Right . His challenger ate his lunch, even mentioning that the role of the President is to "(preserve) protect and defend the Constitution of the United States." I realize how scripted and meaningless everything that comes out of the challengers mouth is, but the lack of anything resembling a strong answer on the role of the government and THE PROTECTION OF OUR CONSTITUTIONAL LIBERTIES from a sitting, democratic President AND CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLAR, I found most disturbing. It was a perfect opportunity to help clarify some of the difficult issues we face that was lost there.
These are what I consider to be the three most important, most relevant and most difficult challenges for the future of our nation:
1. Protection of our civil liberties as granted us by the Constitution of the United States.
2. The end of Corporate(foreign and domestic) control over our government and elections, wealthy elite (foreign and domestic) control of our government and foreign government control over our government and elections.
And from what I saw they were among the least discussed topics in the debate (at least in the second half that I watched.)
So, I'm left with my two perspectives:
1. The entire thing is a sham, in which case this is all probably a complete waste of time and I should just ignore it and try to go with the flow and try to enjoy life (sadly, this has never been my nature.)
2.The President is out of his league and I should try to help him or something?
While I've been leaning heavily toward the first one for quite some time now, I don't think it automatically excludes the second. If I think about it like that analogy of being in the ring, with both hands tied behind his back, with a heavy weight prizefighter, it gives me some context to consider. Now, I have no idea what the President really thinks or what his ultimate motives actually are (they're certainly not clear to me), but for now I'm inclined (perhaps for lack of anything else to hope for) to see the President as completely outmatched in the heavy weight fight of his life, in a corrupt system, against all that money and power. The judges, the boxing commission, the entire system bought and paid for. And maybe the corrupt powers that control the system are telling him to take a dive. Perhaps he's being told to take mini dives? Perhaps, on certain issues (maybe the three I listed above?) he knows he will step on some powerful toes if he goes too far? Who knows?
There was a lot of discussion last night about healthcare, and taxes, and education etc… All important issues that must be addressed. But I think they pale in comparison to the erosion of our privacy rights and constitutional civil liberties. They pale in comparison to the fact that our elected government and our citizens now answer to rich, powerful, foreign and domestic corporations, rich, powerful, foreign and domestic individuals and foreign governments. They pale in comparison to the environmental disasters we are facing right now.
I'm clear that Mr. Romney would be a disaster for our country. But I'm also clear that President Obama would be as well if he continues to ignore the most important challenges we face.
I'm sure there are many decisions and tradeoffs he has to make as president. Maybe at some point he will get tired of being told what to do and get up off the mat, not take the dive AND FIGHT!!!
shocker commented on the blog post European Recession Spilling Over Into Global Economy
Oops, that should be 8/2/11 and 8/5/11
"Indeed, it seems like that has become the conventional wisdom since the economic turmoil in the U.S. immediately after the debt ceiling hostage crisis/fiasco/sham that ended last August causing worldwide panic in the financial markets?
8/2/11 Republicans finally agreed to release the debt ceiling hostage and the President signed the bill raising the ceiling.
8/5/11 Standard and Poor downgraded U.S credit rating for the first time in history."
shocker commented on the blog post European Recession Spilling Over Into Global Economy
"I can't believe that anyone tried to trot out as conventional wisdom the idea that Europe's troubles would cause no economic turmoil in the US."
It should be obvious to everyone how interconnected the global economy is now. It is amazing how fragile it seems.
Equally obvious, it seems, should be the notion that Europe is not the cause of all (or most?) of the financial corruption/problems etc. in the U.S. Although, watching the media here, that notion may not seem so obvious these days.
Indeed, it seems like that has become the conventional wisdom since the economic turmoil in the U.S. immediately after the debt ceiling hostage crisis/fiasco/sham that ended last August causing worldwide panic in the financial markets?
8/2/12 Republicans finally agreed to release the debt ceiling hostage and the President signed the bill raising the ceiling.
8/5/12 Standard and Poor downgraded U.S credit rating for the first time in history.
The following week, markets around the world (including in the U.S and Europe) had the worst crash since the 2008 crisis.
I understand there is plenty of blame to go around, I just wonder if all the finger pointing and denial isn't part of why problems never seem to never get solved.
I remember watching the financial channels last summer and I remember how quickly, after the crash, the focus became about the problems in Greece and then Europe. The Debt ceiling hostage crisis became less and less a part of the narrative.
I heard recently that the republicans are threatening another kidnapping of our economy this summer via the debt ceiling limit.
Here we go again.
shocker commented on the blog post Get Ready for the Billion Dollar Flood of Outside GOP Money
One billion dollars from outside groups sounds low to me.
Of course, we have no way of knowing where (or who) the money comes from or where it goes, do we? How could we know how much?
I listen to all the talk about the "free market" and "job killing regulations" and I have to wonder. What is this mythical "free market" they talk about? As far as I can tell the "free market" is controlled by a smaller and smaller number of giant, multi-national corporations and billionaires.
Regulation of the financial industry is a pathetic joke. It doesn't exist. I suppose the global economy is finally "leveling off"… our working and middle class is now being forced to compete with the rest of the world. Our retirement plans, pension plans and social security are being taken away. All of our labor protections, Environmental protections, public health regulations, food safety regulations, product safety regulations… are disappearing or less and less enforced. Wages will soon follow.
And kiss most of the small businesses goodby. They're building a Wallmart on every corner (six new ones are being planned for Washington D.C.), a Home depot and maybe a Best Buy next to it. Small businesses will be reduced to competing on ebay or amazon. There are a handful of giant, multinational, corporations that control every industry in this country (the world actually). Whether it's the media/entertainment industry, the financial/banking industry, the food/farming industry, the defense/weapons industry, the health care industry, the energy industry, the telecom industry, the "Cyber Defense industry", the technology industry… You can point to from two to seven giant multinationals that control each of them.
These giant multi national corporations are free to spend unlimited, unregulated money, "lobbying" our elected leaders, and literally writing (OR ELIMINATING) the legislation and the laws that regulate them.
FREE MARKET? Let's see,just recently, I heard that a Mexican billionaire (the richest man in the world?) wants to buy (or already has bought) media companies in the United States. Or how about the China corporation buying all those AMC theaters in the United States for billions, oh yeah, and they're buying banks now as well. And Bank of America is outsourcing tens of thousands of jobs to China. Or the Saudi billionaire who owns? a huge chunk of Newscorp… Who knows who owns what anymore? These are all giant multinational corporations with virtually no accountability, or responsibility to the people of our country or the people of any other country as far as I can tell. Who knows what other countries or their billionaires own in the United States? And who knows what "our" multinational corporations own in other countries or how they influence their governments?
And not a one of them want any regulation unless they are allowed to write them in a way that increases their profits and? reduces the profits of their competitors. Especially small business.
How much money are they spending to influence our elected government?
If we ever find out it will probably be too late. Because, for the most part, most of us haven't even begun to think about (or want to begin to think about) the ways we are being influenced, threatened, bribed and blackmailed… by those who have hijacked our democracy.
shocker commented on the blog post Booker's Wall Street Fundraising Past – and Obama's
Leaving aside the discussion of whether anything in the media can be taken at face value especially post Citizens United, especially during campaign season, especially involving political infighting on cable tv, there are some excellent points made here about the duplicity and corruption of our political parties.
It seems this situation is being used to frame some kind of national debate? (at least by the President) regarding the benefits of private equity?
"I think it's important to recognize that this issue is not a "distraction." This is part of the debate that we're going to be having in this election campaign about how do we create an economy where everybody from top to bottom, folks on Wall Street and folks on Main Street, have a shot at success and if they're working hard and they're acting responsibly, that they're able to live out the American Dream."
One problem,in my opinion,is that it seems this may be getting framed strictly in terms of economics. Not just part of it. Another problem is that the corporate control of our government was not even mentioned in the press conference that I saw.
No question, the economic challenges we face are huge. But to equate the "American dream" strictly to money, as this answer appears to have done, is wrong. Just as the ruling that money equals free speech is wrong.
"And when you're President, as opposed to the head of a private equity firm, then your job is not simply to maximize profits. Your job is to figure out how everybody in the country has a fair shot. Your job is to think about those workers who got laid off and how are we paying for their retraining. Your job is to think about how those communities can start creating new clusters so that they can attract new businesses. Your job as President is to think about how do we set up a equitable tax system so that everybody is paying their fair share that allows us then to invest in science and technology and infrastructure, all of which are going to help us grow."
It's understood, especially since Citizens United, everything said (especially) during campaign season is suspect. (Sucks I know, but a whole bunch of people were trying to warn about that before the campaign.)
"My job is to make sure that the country is growing not just now, but 10 years from now and 20 years from now."
Of course, the primary job of the President of the United States of America is to "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Sadly, that doesn't seem to get talked about much. Hell, I don't think anyone can even agree on (or knows) what the Constitution means. I once had hopes that a Constitutional scholar would help us with that. Besides, at this point, it would come across as insincere, flag waving, campaign, BS.
It seems that there is only one thing that matters in our great country now.
You know, I'm old enough to remember the end of the cold war and all the spies and double agents and all. I remember how people used to talk, in shocked disbelief, about how anyone could betray our great country like that.
And the thing that really disgusted people was not just that someone would betray our great democracy because they believed in communism. The thing that many people were truly sickened by was how some of the traitors would do it just for money.
shocker commented on the blog post Greek Eurozone Exit Mulled Over in Germany
I have to say I'm having some difficulty keeping up.
"Germany Mulls Greek Euro Exit"
"Bank vs. America – protests outside, inside Bofa shareholder meeting"
"Activists want DNC convention to move of North Carolina after amendment one passage" -
shocker commented on the blog post DC Democrats Upset That Feingold Called Out Pelosi's Game of Footsie with Bowles-Simpson
I have great respect for the former speaker of the house, the progressive caucus and former Senator Feingold.
I don't pretend to understand everything that is going on with the Social Security/Medicare debate, the Bowles/Simpson commission or this rift with Senator Feingold.
What I do understand, on a fundamental and instinctual level, is that there is way, way too much unaccounted for money, therefore corruption, in our politics and media.
Given that Wall Street has wanted to get their hands on our earned retirement benefits for decades, the only change to Social Security and Medicare I would be in favor, at this point, would be to raise the salary cap for payroll deductions. Clearly there should be some other reforms, but I wouldn't support anything else unless the Citizens United Supreme Court decision was repealed.
I have great respect and admiration for these leaders. These are fundamental issues for democrats and the survival of democracy as we know it. I truly want to be able to stand with them.
shocker commented on the blog post Metastasizing under the Radar
"More to come, now if any media in this country care to notice."
And the, obviously, relevant question is:
What possible reasons could our media have for not covering this story to the hilt?
shocker commented on the blog post White House Nixes Executive Order Prohibiting LGBT Discrimination By Federal Contractors
Good lord, the political horseshit is getting deep. Let's see, if my calculations are correct, the first term ended and the campaign started about 6 months to a year ago (or maybe the campaign never ended?)
"Over the past couple weeks, not one but two potential restrictions on them have been lifted." I would include another I saw in Monday's WaPo (4/9/12 p.A10):
"U.S. to allow larger companies to qualify as small businesses". Obviously, this does not support small businesses.I would be up in arms about this latest outrage from our current president regarding this LGBT discrimination issue, but I'm tired of being jerked around by the latest headline.
Everything in the media is beginning to feel like a big campaign marketing/PR/propaganda/BS shell game to me. "Look at this, look at this, look at this… here's the issue right here" then the next day, "stop looking at this, now look at that…" My, my, how easily distracted we are.
Whether with the divisions of gay rights issues, women's issues, birth control, abortions, religion, the environment, labor, jobs, small business big business, health care, fear of terrorism, fear of everything… we are being manipulated, jerked around and distracted in more ways than you can shake a stick at.And what we do get from our current president?
"While it is not our usual practice to discuss Executive Orders that may or may not be under consideration, we do not expect that an Executive Order on LGBT non-discrimination for federal contractors will be issued at this time,"
I may be wrong, but it feels like the psychological equivalent of the "good cop, bad cop" routine that they seem to be laying on everybody. It may be subtle, but I think the insinuation may be there: "if the gay community supports my campaign I can help you, if not well…?" And this seems to be the game they play with everybody, from big business issues, to minority issues, to women's issues… And perhaps, not long before the election, they will allow some key "victories" regarding some of them. While all the time giving a wink and a nod to big business. Kabuki and a half.
Playing both sides against the middle. Or all sides against all other sides.
I wish I understood all the ways we are all influenced and manipulated by the corporations, the corporate media, and our political parties. And I wish I could communicate them better.
Look over here! The issue is the way we are being influenced and jerked around, and distracted, and divided (by marketers, the corporate media and our political parties)to the point where can no longer focus on the most pressing problems we face, the environment, sustainability, a just and fair economy, a just and fair judicial system, civil liberties…
The issue is that our government is literally controlled by multinational corporate interests that don't give a shit (other than a little green washing etc… lip service) about our country or our people. Only profit and power.
shocker commented on the blog post And the world…will be as one
"…don't just repress your opponents, have them repress each other.
That's what American-style freedom is all about."
This is an important point. It's clearly not only relevant in this case, though. Many, if not all, of our differences are exploited and manipulated in the media and everywhere. From religious differences (Christian vs. Muslim, vs. Jewish vs…) to racial differences, to pitting environmentalists against unions as was done during the XL pipeline debate… even women vs. men. It seems the supply of differences to manipulate and exploit are endless for those trying to make a name (or money) for themselves. Or those trying to distract and deflect attention from some of the huge problems we face.
Not the least of which is the unbelievable influence (and control) giant multi national corporate interests and the super rich have over our government.
Our diversity, inclusion and compassion are our country's most valuable and honorable assets. But instead of working together to celebrate and promote these incredible characteristics that, as far as I can remember, our country has taken great pride in, many of our so called "leaders" are working to destroy for their own selfish gain.
shocker commented on the blog post Republicans Release Payroll Tax Cut Package
I'd like to hear the argument, given the current climate of attacks on the viability of social security, that it is a good idea for anyone, much less democrats, to propose a cut in payroll taxes. If the only arguement is that it will make republicans look bad in the media, it's a big, stupid gamble in my opinion. Especially knowing that the media is owned by the very people trying to cut/eliminate social security. Of course, it is getting more and more difficult to tell where the democratic stands on anything these days.
Nothing but kabuki.
shocker commented on the blog post Late, Late Night FDL: Someone Like You
Beautiful song. Thanks for posting it.
Sometimes I forget. Through all the war, violence, greed, division, mayhem, corruption, unfairness, lack of responsibility and my own anger at it… Through my own failures and dissapointments… sometimes I forget to see things that make life worth living.
"Never mind, I'll find someone like you… I wish nothing but the best for you."
You know, regardless of the way cynical "leaders" have exploited the hopes and dreams of our people there is always a spirit of possibility that will never disappear as long as we continue to look for it. And work to share that sentiment "I wish nothing but the best for you" with others.
Good to know what you're fighting for.
shocker commented on the blog post GOP Poll: Gingrich Now Tops the Field, Cain Falling Fast
Saw this at hullabaloo:
Gingrich to OWS: "Go get a job right after you take a bath"
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/gingrich-occupy-wall-street-go-get-job-right-after-you-take-bathFrom a religious forum the GOP candidates participated in.
Newt Gingrich:
"All of the occupy movements start with the premise that we all owe them everything. The take over a public park they didn't pay for; To go nearby to go to bathrooms they didn't pay for; to beg for food from places they didn't pay for; to instruct those who go to work to pay the taxes to sustain the bathrooms and to sustain the park, so they can self-righteously proclaim that they are the paragons of virtue for which we owe everything."
"Now that is a pretty good symptom of how much the left has collapsed as a moral system in this country and why you need to assert something as simple as saying to them, "Go get a job right after you take a bath"
Yes indeedy.
So we should all grovel at the feet of the powerful for allowing us unworthy 99% to breathe the very air that they so generously have provided for us? They will allow us to exist, you see, as long we have jobs, shut up, and don't speak out about their abuses of power.
This is fucking sick.
And if you do stand up (or sit down) you will no longer be breathing the air, you will be breathing a throatful of chemical pepper spray.
shocker commented on the blog post Live Blog for #Occupy Movement: Day 59, Occupy Wall Street Camp is Gone
When a Billionaire, acting like a bully, can buy a powerful "leadership" position, when a billionaire, acting like a bully, can buy media and use PR/spin/marketing/propaganda/BS to justify actions like this, when a billionaire, acting like a bully, can randomly and selectively enforce laws in ways that ultimately damage our nation's higher values of civil and constitutional liberties for all of our citizens…
We have to question whether those who hold "leadership" positions are actually providing the leadership our representative democracy requires.
shocker commented on the blog post Occupy Wall Street's "Leader-full" Movement
Thinking about leadership in that way, it almost seems impossible for an actual leader to hold a leadership position in our corporate/media/government.
shocker commented on the blog post Occupy Wall Street's "Leader-full" Movement
When I take the time to consider what real leadership means, it seems much less exciting and glamorous?, to me, than perhaps it is portrayed in our media culture (if it is ever portrayed in media). I believe real leadership is personal and requires a large dose of humility, making many acts of leadership unknown to the majority of people. Almost by definition, real acts of leadership are not done for profit or credit, but simply because they're the right thing do.
Leadership is making the hard choices, the ones that often don't make us "look good". Leadership is a set of values, courage, compassion, humility, honesty…, that I often like to write about in blog comments…
and too often fail to live up to in my own life.
shocker commented on the blog post Brief Note from Nashville on the Soul
Sadly, I'm not familiar with Edward Hopper, but I think I get your point, and it's a good one. I'm not an artist, though I do appreciate the artistic perspective and context from you and Glenn.
Something is definitely missing from the canvas, from the music, of leadership in our country.
Misplaced values? Or perhaps it's that too many of them are simply untrustworthy?
Cheap, production line knockoffs of the real thing?
shocker commented on the blog post Brief Note from Nashville on the Soul
"Why do they want to reduce life some a kind of shadow life, a life in which everything but their own power or pursuit of power is without meaning?
It seems this type of smallness of thinking somehow, in our media culture, is what passes for leadership and strength?
Actual leadership, actual strength, I believe, is doing what is right simply because it's right and good for society. Without looking for credit or profit. (Is that considered blasephemy in our society?)
Nice post, thank you.
shocker commented on the blog post Bill Daley Relieved of the Chief of Staff Part of the Chief of Staff Job
For a long time I couldn't understand it. I couldn't understand how conservatives can think the media is " the left wing, liberal, drive by media" (or whatever they call it), and, on the other hand, progressives think the media is a corporate owned propaganda echo chamber (which it is of course).
So the corporate media narrative is: "if both extremes hate the media it must be just right"
Likewise, progressives think the President is too conservative/corporate and, on the other hand, the conservatives think the President is too liberal or socialist or whatever…
So the corporate media narrative is…
shocker commented on the blog post Bill Daley Relieved of the Chief of Staff Part of the Chief of Staff Job
"A couple things here. Daley was more a symbol than anything else, something the Administration could hang up in the West Wing and say "see, we're not anti-business, ex-JPMorgan Chase banker Bill Daley is here!" I guess he doesn't actually have to do his job to remain as that symbol."
So, now that it's campaign season and the winds of "change" are blowing in a different direction…
You know, I truly hate how cynical I've become.
I really don't see that I will ever have any trust in a politician again, until they prove to me (when it's not campaign season) that they are not double talking, double dealing, multi national corporate monopoly mouthpieces.
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Said she understands me, that was rare
Cause no one understands me, not even my peers
from Joe Budden – Momma Said Lyrics on Genius
Joe is shocked that his mother understands and can relate to him. Joe has said many times he is a loner. Joe has referenced this in other songs as well, as in Downfall, Joe states:
"Tryin' to change the pattern but its on loop, even an outcast in my own group"
Joe feels that he is the outcast even inside of Slaughterhouse itself, the rap supergroup consisting of Royce Da 5'9, Joell Ortiz, Crooked I, and Joe Budden.
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Funeral service for Joe Thomas "Tommy" Taylor, 39, will be held Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home, Lugoff, with burial to follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Saturday 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Powers Funeral Home.
Funeral services to celebrate the life of Charles William McGuirt, 74, of Camden will be held Saturday November 26, 2011 at 2:00 PM at Lyttleton Street United Methodist Church with burial to follow in Quaker Cemetery with Masonic Rites. Rev. Steve Patterson, Rev. David Weaver and Rev. Frank Griffith will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday, November 25, 2011 from 4:00 – 6:00 PM at Kornegay Funeral Home Camden Chapel.
A celebration of life service for Joann Daley "Jo" Lackey will be held Sunday, November 27, 2011 at 2:00 PM at First Baptist Church with burial to follow in Quaker Cemetery. Rev. Bruce Hancock will officiate. The family will receive friends Saturday, November, 26, 2011 from 4:00 – 6:00 PM at Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Camden Building Fund, 1201 Broad Street, Camden, SC 29020, The American Cancer Society, C/O Gail Kirkland, 647 Lachicotte Road, Lugoff, SC 29078 or a charity of one ...
Mr. Woodrow Jenkins, Sr., 79, of 1690 Goodwin-Jenkins Lane, Camden, entered into eternal rest on Monday, November, 21, 2011. He was the son of the late Sam and Mary Jenkins and father of Woodrow "Woody" Jenkins, Jr. and Dell Jenkins. Funeral service will be held Monday, November 28, 2011 at 2 p.m. at Saint Matthew United Methodist Church, Camden, with internment to follow in church cemetery. Brown's Funeral Home, Camden, is serving the family of Mr. Woodrow Jenkins, Sr.
A funeral service for James Alson Collins, 56 of Kershaw will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 30, 2011 in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Mr. Collins will be cremated following the service. Rev. Jamie Rogers will officiate.
Funeral service for Norma Thelma Branham Barfield, 90, will be held Monday at 2:00 p.m. at Springvale Baptist Church with burial to follow in Lugoff First Baptist Church Cemetery. The Rev. Todd Horton, the Rev. Doug Whitfield, and the Rev. Dr. Angela Jennings will officiate. The family will receive friends Sunday 5-7 p.m. at Powers Funeral home. Memorials may be made to Springvale Baptist Church Building Fund, 1496 Springvale Road, Lugoff, S.C. 29078.
Jeff Bunton of Kershaw and Camden's Ina Price each missed the same number of games and had the same total for the tie-breaker and were co-winners of last week's Chronicle-Independent football contest.
After a slow start --- literally and figuratively --- in the Buford Preseason Invitational, the North Central High boys' basketball team finished with a flurry.
Lugoff-Elgin High School's TV production class set the stage for its Thanksgiving show with a feast prepared by the students. Students enjoyed turkey, dressing and pumpkin pie and set the table with place cards. The traditional scene of friends gathered around a bountiful table created the backdrop for L-ETV's Thanksgiving week newscasts. Students involved in the filming are Thomas Barrett, Rachel Zigila, Tessa Blevins, Zach Hellman, Chris Gibson, Ryan Hinson, Case Horton, Brandon Rose, Dustin Hill, Jarkese Rodriguez and Steven Fogle. Derek Berry teaches the class.
As Chair of the local Let's Move Cities & Towns, the White House initiative targeting our national epidemic of childhood obesity, I have tried to educate myself about how to best serve the well being of the next generation. To this end, Let's Move, partnering with KershawHealth and Eat Smart Move More, with Councilwoman Alfred Mae Drakeford as our presiding muse, recently held the first Mini Olympics of Kershaw County at Camden's Doby Complex; we plan a student garden for the spring, and other programs not yet announced.
Among the animals available for adoption at the Walter M. Crowe Animal Shelter are Cyrus, a 4-month-old male Great Dane who's leash-trained with a harness, and a 6-week-old Siamese kitten. The adoption donation includes spaying or neutering. The shelter, located at the south end of Fair Street and managed by the Kershaw County Humane Society, is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. The shelter is closed Sunday and Monday. For information on the shelter or to check for a missing pet, call 425-6016 or e-mail ...
I appreciate this opportunity to inform the thousands of Camdenites who are interested in the progress with the referendum, what occurred at the Council meeting Tuesday morning. As expected, the plan for the Camden Sports Complex was the grandiose reveal on the agenda. But another great surprise came in a revelation from Mr. Cushman (city attorney) advising Mayor Graham and Council Members that the initiative petition calling for a referendum had not been presented according to State Code. Well, I should say his interpretation of State Code.
Final registration for the youth basketball program will be accepted at the Kershaw County Recreation Department.
Even though the calendar just turned to January and cold weather is on the way, it is not too early to be thinking about the warmer days of spring.
Dec.: 5 – at Governor's School (6 p.m.); 10 – at Heathwood Hall (6 p.m.); 11 –Australian traveling team (6 p.m.); 15 – at Gray Collegiate (6:30 p.m.); 16 – Great Falls (6:30 p.m.)
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3 years after his last European tour John Hiatt will performing on a few festivals in Finland, Germany and Switzerland. Click here for a complete list of tourdates in 2015. More news soon !
One of rock's most astute singer-songwriters of the last 40 years," will release his new album Terms Of My Surrender, on July 15, 2014 via New West Records. Hiatt, a master lyricist and satirical storyteller, weaves hidden plot twists into fictional tales ranging in topics including redemption, relationships, growing older and surrendering, on his terms. The new record is musically rooted in acoustic blues, accentuated by Hiatt's soulful, gritty voice, which mirrors the gravity of his reflective lyrics.
For Terms Of My Surrender, Hiatt turned to his longtime guitarist Doug Lancio (Patty Griffin, Jack Ingram) to produce. Though Hiatt initially picked up an electric guitar on day one of recording, Lancio challenged him to play acoustic instead, which set the tone and mood for the whole process. Hiatt even plays Harmonica on the album, which he hasn't done recently. They recorded most of the album off the floor as if in a live setting, which was fitting since the band in the studio was Hiatt's exceptional touring band (Lancio, Nathan Gehri, Kenneth Blevins, and Brandon Young).
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Infant Meningitis – Your help is needed!
Meningococcal disease, also called meningitis, is a very serious disease that causes infection of the membrane that surrounds the brain and spinal cord. My husband had Encephalitis as a child (which is similar to Meningitis) and it was incredibly scary.
Meningitis can affect people of all ages, but it is especially serious in teens, children and infants. In fact, it can kill a previously healthy child within 24-48 hours of the first symptoms (and many times it mimics the flu). The video shown on the Protect Infants Now website, is very informative, and I hope you will take a look at it so you can be informed as well. I have heard of meningitis before, but I honestly didn't know how very devastating it is. Nobody should have to go through this when it can be prevented.
Meningitis Angels, an organization that is dedicated to raising awareness about meningitis and other vaccine-preventable diseases, is trying to encourage the CDC to include meningitis vaccines in the recommended vaccination schedule for infants. The CDC is gathering public opinions and your voice needs to be heard to help eliminate this horrible disease.
Please watch the video below, which explains how you can help.
I hope you will join me in signing the Protect Infants Now (PIN) Petition – together we can make a difference!
*I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central and Meningitis Angels. This campaign was made possible in part through support provided by Novartis Vaccines. A small donation to a charity of my choice was made in my name from Mom Central as a thank-you for participating. All opinions in this posting are 100% my own.
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Thank you for sharing this! As a mother who sat by the hospital bed of a seriously ill child, I know first hand that meningococcal disease is real. We were incredibly lucky with our child, but I know other parents who were not nearly so lucky.
as a former ICU nurse…I know how scary this is!! get the vaccine!


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Nature Journaling - Arts in the Parks
Study nature and explore wilderness through journaling
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Mar 13, 2014 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM |
Where | Ray Roberts Lake State Park - Isle Du Bois Unit |
Contact Name | Kelly Lauderdale |
Contact Email | firstname.lastname@example.com |
Contact Phone | (940) 686-2148 ex. 258 |
Tap into your creativity while enjoying the outdoors! Nature journaling is a great way to explore the natural world around you. Meet at the Lost Pines Amphitheater, bring along a notebook and something to write with. You may want to bring along a camera, art supplies or anything that you use to exercise your creativity.
There will be an opportunity for kids to make their own journal. This program is open to adults and children.
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A sometime writer, social worker, dancer, artist and yogi, Dylan Ryan is also one of adult entertainment's favorite feminist porn stars. She has been the recipient of The Feminist Porn Award's Heartthrob of the Year Award and was named one of Fleshbot.com's Crush Objects. An avid defender of sex worker rights and a queer-identified activist, Dylan is currently working on her first book. Here, Dylan speaks to the "strangeness" of being a queer person in porn.
Not so good morning, America. I woke up yesterday to discover that on Monday night the police had cleared Zuccotti Park. As of this morning, Zuccotti Park remains largely unoccupied and quiet, thanks to a judge's ruling that the city needn't allow them back in. At a press conference yesterday, NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg defended his decision to effectually shut down the protest, which had lasted 61 days and counting, saying that the "health and safety conditions became intolerable." In a statement made yesterday morning, Bloomberg said: "I have become increasingly concerned ... that the occupation was coming to pose a health and fire safety hazard to the protestors and to the surrounding community." Hey, disease is no joke, Bloomberg seems to be saying. Politics aside, you've all heard of the black plague, right? Who wants that to happen again!!? Certainly not our mayor! Sounds pretty rational, until you consider how sanitation and the interest of public safety, including fear of the risk of communicable disease, is a rationalization our country has relied on historically to control its population, particularly minorities.
The first time I met Essence Revealed was two years ago at the Sex Workers Cabaret, an annual event in New York City where sex workers take the stage to tell their diverse stories through performance, narrative, puppetry, burlesque, comedy and more. Essence is a dual degreed, former lap dance engineer from the upscale gentlemen's club scene. Her performance that night reminded me of the girls I used to work with at Flashdancers, women who took their business seriously and were so skilled no one would dare consider them anything less than performers. Dancing in a red velvet floor-length gown to Michael Jackson's Princess Diana, Essence elevated striptease to an art. I was as enamored as a customer. Not unlike a customer, I wanted to meet the woman behind Essence.
Every now and again I'm struck immobile by the state of our nation. I had wanted to prepare an article on the risks of sex work, real versus imagined, but I'm thinking what the fuck. Why bother. This country sucks. No one's listening. I turned on the news this morning and they're rioting at Penn State over the firing of a football coach, a man who played a pivotal role in covering up the actions of a child molester. In the next segment, a Republican audience is booing Maria Bartiromo for questioning their candidate about claims of sexual harassment, two of which extend beyond allegations into the realm of fact, as those cases were settled. Whatever he says, they cheer. This is the same candidate who said that the unemployed and working poor should "blame themselves" and insinuated that a woman who is raped and gets pregnant has exercised a choice. This is the same audience who booed a gay soldier, cheered another candidate's unparalleled record of execution and supported another candidate's conclusion that an uninsured man be allowed to die. This is not my country, I sometimes think. I don't belong here.
"Sometimes it was very sexy and sometimes I was attracted to the person and sometimes I had great sex. And sometimes I was just going through the motions and it was neither good nor bad. And sometimes it was really unpleasant and I just got through it."
TRIGGER WARNING: The following story includes a description of a sexual assault.
The H-Word presents first person experiences from sex workers across the country. Here, Liv compares her job as a sugar baby to her perceptions of other forms of sex work.
As important as it is for activists to establish sex work as work, it is equally important we acknowledge that not everybody who sells sex calls themselves a sex worker. As the current feminist debates about the Slutwalk march make all too clear, there is power and privilege in reclaiming a word and—like slut—to call oneself a "hooker" or even a sex worker is not everyone's preference, nor is it a privilege everyone can afford.
What does a sex worker look like? Not like "Captain Hooker" here. (Well, maybe sometimes, but not always.)
I did it for the money but it was also true that I enjoyed it. Like no job I'd had before, stripping took skills. Yes, it was physically strenuous, but it was not only physical. Interacting with customers required intelligence and personality. I was free to be myself—or, at least, a part of myself. Indeed, of all the jobs available to me at the time, there was no question: stripping was, by far and in many ways, the best. It had the best uniform. I could make my own hours. I liked to dance. I felt genuinely good at it. And then there was the money.


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The Rell administration and Democratic lawmakers continued budget negotiations this week for the new fiscal year. The governor has signed an executive order to pay the bills in the meantime.
Rell's budget spokesman Jeff Beckham says that in the absence of a new biennial budget, the governor's executive order will cover essential government services through the month.
"What that means is that if there is a law somewhere or contract somewhere that says a payment will have to be made, she will make those, because we have a legal obligation to do that."
That means state employees will keep getting paychecks. State parks will stay open. State roads will keep getting paved.
But an $11 million dollar grant for local road maintenance didn't make the cut, and that has towns concerned.
"Don't necessarily blame your mayor of First Selectman for the potholes."
Jim Finley is the head of the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities.
"The fact of the matter is right now towns and cities are waiting for a funding commitment they thought the state had made to them."
Without the grant that usually comes on July 1, Finley says some towns are borrowing to cover costs, while others are putting off maintenance that was scheduled for the summer construction season.
The last time Connecticut started the fiscal year without a budget, towns did not have to wait for the local road money, because it was included in the emergency funding plan.
That was back in 2003, when a budget deal was worked out by the end of July.
But Rell budget spokesman Jeff Beckham cautions, the state revenue shortfall back then was a whole lot less deep and not as widespread across the economy.