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Some epic journey where you follow the quest of Beowulf to defeat all of the enemies that he came across?
So what kind of game is this?
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Posted 30 November 2008 - 09:07 AM
This was based on the book, right? Or was there no Beowulf book?
Posted 01 December 2008 - 07:20 AM
there was indeed a Beowulf book, i even own a copy. So is there any one that has played this game on here?
Posted 01 December 2008 - 02:48 PM
In some ways, this is a typical Knizia auction game. It's the addtion of the "risks" which make it so unique and fun. When was the last time you playe a game when all the playeres were cheering or groaning on the turn of a single card? I really enjoy the way the track on the board lets the players know which cards they should be saving. There are no easy choices, even when you win a bid and get first choice of the spoils! If you like games which reward good card sense, risk taking, and planning, you'll like this game!
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Posted 03 December 2008 - 10:43 AM
On the flip side, if you're expecting rolling dice to attack monsters, you're going to be disappointed. Beowulf is a fun auction game with a higher-than-average amount of luck (but still plenty of room for strategy), but it's not a typical adventure-style game. I love Old English literature, and I'd be even more interested in an FFG Beowulf game with miniature sea hags and Grendels and ships and dice, but this game is fun too, for what it is.
Posted 03 December 2008 - 08:56 PM
Is it playable (and fun) with 2 players?
Posted 10 December 2008 - 01:26 PM
Because it's a bidding game, I wouldn't recommend it for two players only. 3 is OK, but 4 or 5 is best.
Posted 10 December 2008 - 01:28 PM
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This was based on the book, right? Or was there no Beowulf book?
Yes - it's the oldest book in the English language
Posted 11 December 2008 - 09:54 AM
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Some epic journey where you follow the quest of Beowulf to defeat all of the enemies that he came across?
some stupid journey if you watch the ratings
Posted 11 December 2008 - 11:30 AM
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Is it playable (and fun) with 2 players?
Better with more.
this is another one of those games where bigger is better
Posted 25 January 2011 - 10:28 PM
I'm not clear after reading these threads: is there a Grendel component to this game, insofar as the book, Grendel (playing from the monster's point of view)?
Posted 16 May 2011 - 11:42 AM
The game is based on the original Anglo Saxon epic poem (not the 1970s John Gardner novel 'Grendel' or 1980s film 'Grendel Grendel Grendel' which both retell the story from Grendel's prespective).
You can't play as Grendel but there is an area of the board with a bit of text saying "Grendel's Attack", which is meant to represent the episode when Grendel attacks the hall. There are a couple of other areas representing episodes with Grendel's mother. However these thematic elements aren't very strong in the game and you will probably be too busy looking at your cards and symbols on the board to really pay much attention to the text about Grendel and his family.
As a player you are accompanying Beowulf on his travels and when he dies, at the end of the game, the winner becomes his successor.
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Posted 17 May 2011 - 01:35 PM
sounds like fun , how easy is it to get OTHER gamers into if you took it to the game store and set it up ?
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sounds like fun , how easy is it to get OTHER gamers into if you took it to the game store and set it up ?
Not sure about playing it at a gamestore - just cause I have never tried playing games there.
It's an easy game to get other people to play as its simple to lean (short rulebook) and doesn't take hours. And most people find it fun.
Anyone who plays any kind of board game will probably be interested - its a game you could play with family too.


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The Oak Hill Academy Lady Raiders have battled injuries in the last few weeks, but that did not stop them from toughing out a win against North Delta, which secured their placed in the state tournament for the second time in four years.
Mamie Allen, who has been battling the biggest injury for Oak Hill, pitched her team into the state tournament in that 7-3 win against North Delta.
ŌĆ£We played really well against North Delta,ŌĆØ said Oak Hill head coach Marion Bratton. ŌĆ£We looked like an entirely different ball club defensively.ŌĆØ
Now the team will play the No. 1 team out of the south in Silliman Saturday at 12:30.
Win or lose, they will follow that with a game at 5:45. A win on Saturday brings them back on Monday.
ŌĆ£If we lose both games Saturday, then weŌĆÖre out of it,ŌĆØ said Bratton.
With Allen battling the quad injury and some other team injuries, Bratton is counting on his depth this weekend.
ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖve got some flexibility,ŌĆØ Bratton said. ŌĆ£WeŌĆÖre stronger, naturally, if Mamie is on the mound, but we do have the ability to move some girls around and compete.ŌĆØ
The games will be played at Freedom Ridge Park in Ridgelan.


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For those on the fence about the tournament, the course continues to be improved. The parks department has been working hard.
The first work we noticed was quite a bit of the brush on #4 being cleared out. Much of the growth to the right edge of the fairway (along the mando side,) up to the strange little arched tree has been removed--the arch is still there, but there's now an opening to the right of it. They also moved all the dead limbs that were piled up behind the grouping of trees that hides the basket (the dead trees that had been there since that was the fairway for old #15.)
They have cut out an opening through the pine trees on #7 that will lead back to the new pin placement in the clearing, and I understand that sleeve could be poured soon.
Other work has been done, but those are the two major pieces. I hope we have a full field on the 30th.


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Scarpa Inverno Mountaineering Boot
The Scarpa Inverno Mountaineering Boot is the world's most popular plastic hiking boot, and has probably seen most every mountain in the world. Well, the pair you buy wouldn't have... yet. This Scarpa boot features the super-durable and lightweight PEBAX shell and high altitude liner that gives the Scarpa Inverno a reputation for absolute comfort when compared to other mountaineering boots on the market. Having a reputation can be difficult, but these Scarpa hiking boots aren't scared. The Inverno will take you from water to land with a rocker sole that is easy to walk in, so hop confidently through freezing water puddles on your way up the nearest mountain without a single worry about dreaded wet socks. Wet socks suck.
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These are great all-around mountaineering boots. They are big, they are heavy, but they are bombproof, warm, and trusty. But, fit is absolutely critical, unlike a leather boot which may have some give. They don't feel heavy when fit properly. Spend the time and effort to get the fit just right with these (seriously), and it is the boot that keeps on giving for a bargain. My street shoe size is 9.5 US, trekking boot 10 US (sock + liner), but these I needed a size 11 US (sock, no liner) to cradle my foot properly and offer enough toe box length to prevent bashing. I added a SOLE insert, took them out for two day-climbs to figure out that the shells needed to be punched in 4 hotspots in all, and added ankle supports to the liner. Now they fit like a warm glove. Not even rime ice on the toe and tongue area gave cold feet. Accepts BD Sabretooth Pro crampons firmly, (buy the large toe bails for a proper welt fit!). And wear sweat-wicking socks - toasty! Punishers, but I love them.
This is a classic boot for a reason! They're not light but they're WARM and COMFY. Your thighs will be in great shape when you get home! I bought these for a mountaineering trip and didn't seem to fit so trained in something else. Well, turns out that mountaineering boots are SUPPOSED to be BIG. When your foot is in it you should be able to have wiggle room about the width of your thumb. That seems like a lot of extra space at the top, but it's important for sock space and to prevent banging when coming down steep slopes and ice climb crampon kicks. This said, I did 30+ winter miles (heavy backpack, gear, steep summits) in 5 days without breaking them in: no hot spots or blisters. For heavy plastic, they're the most comfy winter boot ever. If the plastic starts to rub on the shin, lacing lower is an easy fix. To avoid frozen boots place the removable liner in the bottom of your sleeping bag at night. Con: the pull tabs on plastic boots came off right away. LOVE them anyways!!
I used a rented pair of these boots for a mountaineering course, and loved them so much I had to go buy my own pair. They are extremely comfortable and warm in very cold conditions. The plastic is very durable and tough- no need to worry about damaging these on rocks! Definitely preferable for cold weather mountaineering but can work in warmer conditions as well. Overall a great boot, versatile and will last forever!
I did a LOT of research before buying a pair of mountaineering boots for a trip to Alaska. This was the boot that kept coming up as one of the best to buy. I was mountaineering in Alaska for 12 days and my feet stayed fairly dry and warm (as long as I was moving around) in these boots. Other people on my team had a hard time with cold feet and having to wring out wet socks, but not me! I took them out for only one test hike before going on the trip, and did not get a single blister the whole 12 days of wearing them on the trip! The boots are comfortable. I removed the liners at night and kept them in the tent. Gaiters fit over the boots.
Getting the correct size is critical. I normally wear men's US7 and ordered a size larger to accommodate for thicker socks (US8). The size I received was US7 (mistake in dispatch). I tried walking around in these in the house and it was comfortable and snug. This is ideal for more technical ice. A larger size would have probably been too loose and require some padding-out. Note that size 7.5 and 8 share the same shell size range.Also, the tongue plastic sits right underneath the lace rivets so it could have limited tightening of the boot if I had gone a size larger.The laces are slightly stretchy which I dislike. I'll swap them out with some spectra cord instead.
I wore these boots up a few local (NY) hikes to get a feel form before taking them up Mt. Washington on 1.19.13 - they never disappointed. I had absolutely no issue wearing them up Washington. My feet were never cold, never wet, and I had almost no shinbang. I found that not using the top hooks on the outer boot was the way to go for more comfort. It was a nasty day up there, and absolutely frigid. Never worried about my feet once. Get these boots.
These boots are what I rented when I first got into mountaineering decades ago. They were huge, bulky, heavy, and climbed poorly, then and now. Better alternatives now exist. If you actually try on various kinds, you'll find that Invernos are the most rigid and least comfortable of all plastic boots. Seriously these things are dogs. Warmth in a plastic boot is more about sizing and fit than brand & model. Look at alternatives. And, for 1 day trips, lots of hiking, and on rock, consider a modern *insulated* leather mountaineering boot. You'll climb better and save energy, if not money.
These felt absolutely bombproof. Felt very secure edging on any step with confidence. Insulators remained warm when wet, and dried quickly (30 min) in afternoon sun. During descent from high alpine to timberline, and eventually to uncovered trail. Obviously these are not ideal for trail, I managed about 5 miles to trailhead without problem. Any longer and I would consider packing a hiking shoe. I spent days before the trip practicing lacing in different techniques putting time in the boot. After one careless lacing I developed pretty good shinbang after a short period.Practice, practice, practice lacing to your exact preference and ensure you never deviate!
These felt absolutely bombproof. Felt very secure edging on any step with confidence. Insulators remained warm when wet, and dried quickly (30 min) in afternoon sun. During descent from high alpine to timberline, and eventually to uncovered trail. Obviously these are not ideal for trail, I managed about 5 miles to trailhead without problem. Any longer and I would consider packing a hiking shoe. I spent days before the trip practicing lacing in different techniques putting time in the boot. After one careless lacing I developed pretty good shinbang after a short period.Practice, practice, practice lacing to your exact preference and ensure you never deviate!
I was looking for some affordable mountaineering boots that can be used for snowboarding. These boots are bulky but still a little bit smaller than my snowboard boots, so my 11-sized Scarpa Inverno just fit on Grivel's G14 crampon (! size 11 is the limit with this boots). If you tie your infernos loose, you can freeride on your snowboard almost like you would be wearing snowboard boots (my binding is a large sized Burton Mission). My feets have only hurt after jibbing and jumping on ski slopes the whole day. If you tie them tight, you can climb with or without your snowhoes/crampons better then with a common snowboard boot.
I wanted an all-around mountaineering boot that could be used in a variety of situations. I have used these winter climbing in the Northeast, and on a couple of late summer climbs on high peaks in the Northwest. They are super comfortable and warm well below zero without an overboot (NOTE: the high altitude liner is super warm and may be too much for some folks during the summer season). The boot is shaped a bit narrower than some of the others available and, as a result, has more feel over areas of ice and rock. Bottom line - they aren't the sexiest boots on the market, but there's a reason they have stayed around so long. Good price + consistent performance = great boot.
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Sick Kids is building a new office tower on the parking lot at bay and edward (south of the nightmare). Look for construction to start by the end of the year.
That is nice breaking news. Any other details (size, design, architect etc)?
Wow, that's kind of out of the blue! Nice surprise.
This might go a long way towards "de-griming" that stretch of Bay. North Bay Street has really seen a lot of development these past few years.
is this the lot that is directly east of the enwave smokestack?
good news either way. i love the that this intensification is taking place at.
In this context, what's a "tower"?
I'd be surprised if it fronts Bay Street
There's been talk of this for years... glad to hear it's finally happening. It's north of the Nightmare, right?
Since I work at Sick Kids, I hope to hear something about this new construction project.
That's great. Even better if that's next to the Enwave building.
Its the lot directly south of the nightmare and north of the bus depot. The lot stretches along Bay and Edward St. No renderings have been released but they should be out by the end of the summer.
Edit: and yes there will be Bay St. frontage.
Good to see the hospitals continuing to expand - my guess is that the offices for Sick Kids on Bay will be largely research based, given the fair distance from the main building, but administrative functions, such as finance and human resources are a possibility, as they can often be located off-site.
Many of you might be surprised at where some of the downtown teaching hospitals lease office space for research/administrative purposes.
What/where is the nightmare?
Prepare to be enlightened (and sickened).
It's the HSC parking garage/residences.
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First up is a very nice Whitney 4 pt blanket. It has been used, but only indoors, and is in very good shape, no holes or thin spots. The only real sign of wear is that some of the whip stitching on the ends has come undone; this would be an easy fix if you care. It has been washed (by me, in cool water and woolite) and is completely clean and ready to use. I think it may have shrunk just slightly in the washing process, since the label is a bit wrinkled now. It is very thick and warm, I don't have a scale but think it weighs around 6 lbs. Asking SOLD! including shipping and PP fees.
PS it looks a little orangey in the pics, but it is really a very nice rich red color, not orange at all.
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Today is the 16th anniversary of the release of Frankenchrist by the Dead Kennedys. More controversial than the album itself was the packaging: The Shriners filed suit regarding the cover (pictured were some of the ridiculous little cars they drive); and a poster included in the album was later the basis of obscenity charges against Jello Biafra and Alternative Tentacles.
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(Singapore-AP) -- Jack Sim wants to break the silence on the topic of toilets. He's the founder of the 17-nation World Toilet Organization. The inaugural W-T-O summit took place recently in Singapore. And the members have declared every November 19th from now on World Toilet Day. Sim says the day will be used to promote awareness of the need for good toilets. The W-T-O has released nine aims, including improving the quality of toilet environments and promoting better toilets for all people on earth. Korea will host the next summit. Many industry members say that country has the best but most expensive toilets.
11/22/01: WHY DOC DART (Crucifucks) GETS HATE CALLS AFTER 9/11
It didn't take long for Doc Corbin Dart to publicly express his ideas following the Sept. 11 attacks. Since that day he's posted signs on the front of his Okemos house such as : "U.S. terror in Iraq makes Sept. 11th a tiny mirror image," and "U.S. Troops terrorize as cowards from the skies. They should be in body bags."
The reaction has been just as quick. He's faced everything from rocks thrown at his window to visits from the State Police, who, he said, walked around the perimeter of his property taking pictures. All along, Dart said he has also received menacing phone calls. "The threats at first were rather veiled, but starting last Wednesday or maybe the week before that, the veils came off. They've been completely death threats," her said.
One of the signs on Dart's house lists a phone number, which is how he's received most of his threats. Tapes recorded on his answering machine contain messages such as: "I'll brace myself for a long, long time...but in the end I'm going to kill all of you...all of you dead." "I will kill you if I get the chance."
Dart said that because of his opposition to the actions of the United States in Afghanistan, many people assume he's Arabic. One caller left the message: "Here's an idea-how about you camel jockeys go back to your goddamn country, leave us alone and pray to your fake God."
"Everything that I'm doing has been under the heading of the Animal Liberation Front, because human beings are animals and they won't admit it," Dart said. "There's not much that separates us from animals except that they're awake and alert and most humans are asleep."
To Dart, it is a moral imperative to act out against suffering in the world. He cites the assassination of John Lennon as a turning point. "That's kind of when it started for me. That was the final straw."
After multiple arrests during the mid-1980s in the name of various causes, Dart said he sank into a severe depression that lasted for years. About three years ago, he said his depression lifted and he began to work on what he calls "mystical trances," which he said is the antithesis of meditation. It is through his work with trances that led Dart to leave this message for anyone who calls the phone number posted on the front of his house: "His name is the number 26...He is the Messiah...He has arrived at the mountaintop...And no one on earth can bring him down." "Someone with divine authority had to step in and stop the destruction of nature, and the out of control propagation of the human species," he said. And Dart believes he is that authority. "But it's hard for people to understand that because I don't look the part." He said that there is a purpose to the expression of his claims, and that the signs are meant to "call attention to the terrorism initiated by the United States."
"It's not a local project, and it won't be finished until I've had my own impact on foreign policy," Dart said. That impact, according to Dart, would include a realignment of the United Nations so that more powerful countries don't have stronger influence. Also, he feels that the United Nations should go in between the Palestinians and Israelis to stop the violence there and begin negotiations until a fair settlement is reached, "for the Palestinians in particular." But the biggest impact for Dart would be to help convince the United States to "pull all of its tentacles out of the Middle East, and perhaps make reparations to the Iraqi people and others," he said.
22 Nov - 1 Dec : Art and Music Memorablia Auction
The DIAL HOUSE TRUST BENEFITIn order to help the infamous punk band Crass repay the debts that they incurrred in the purchasing of the house they've lived in for over thirty years and utilize as a local community center, a bunch of artists, music makers, etc have donated works of art and an auction begins next week on eBay.
Participants include: Cynthia Connolly, Pat Graham, Maya Hayuk, Tortoise, David Tibet (Current 93), Steven Stapleton (Nurse With Wound), Alec Mackaye, Sean Meadows, Modest Mouse, Winston Smith, Savage Pencil, V. Vale, Jem Cohen, Glen Friedman, and a lot more. Read on for more info about this amazing house and its efforts to offer an alternate way of living in the 21st century.
All the pieces exhibited and offered for sale have been donated by the contributors. The auction will take place from 21st November to 1st December on ebay.co.uk. All of the work will be displayed here at the roving eye gallery and there will be direct links to the auctions on ebay if you want to make a bid.
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11/10/01: Mumia Abu-Jamal on detentions
Mumia Abu-Jamal on detentions
What was the most common response heard to the devastation that struck New York's Twin Towers and the Pentagon on 11 September, 2001? For tens, perhaps hundreds, of thousands of people, especially those in their 50s or older, the carnage and destruction of the aerial attack of 11 September brought to mind the flying squadrons of Imperial Japan when waves of them struck Pearl Harbor on 7 December, 1941. Over 2,300 Americans perished during that attack. As is often the case, people are often right. While there were obviously dissimilarities (Japan was a nation, not an organization) the psychological impact was indeed similar: shock, fear, outrage, and a massive military and social response.
After the Pearl Harbor attack, the U.S. declared war by the next day -- December 8th. It also embarked on an internal war of sorts, against Americans of Japanese descent. Within days of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the media agitated against Japanese-Americans, as did the Los Angeles Times, which wrote: "A viper is nonetheless a viper wherever the egg is hatched - so a Japanese American, born of Japanese parents - grows up to be a Japanese, not an American." Racist editorials such as this paved the way for people like U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt to issue Executive Order 9066, which removed tens of thousands of Japanese-Americans from the West Coast, and placing over 120,000 Japanese men, women, and children in concentration camps, over 60% of whom were American citizens.
While there are far more Arab-Americans in the U.S. then there were Japanese-Americans in the U.S. in the 1940s, over 1,000 Arab-Americans are being held in secret, unlimited detention, with no meaningful access to lawyers. The U.S. Justice Dept. recently announced that it will monitor telephone conversations between detainees and lawyers.
So, that (internment) hasn't happened -- yet. At the time of World War II, the U.S. government announced it was fighting totalitarianism, and demanded hemispheric unity. As a result, some nations, like Peru, waged virtual war against their Japanese citizens. The Peruvian government froze and confiscated Japanese assets, shut down Japanese businesses and schools, and black-listed the entire Japanese community. Under U.S. pressure, the government forced some of its Japanese citizens to flee back to Japan; 1771 others were deported to the U.S., where they were confined to ugly, dusty concentration camps, in Texas. *These were Spanish-speaking Peruvian citizens*, whose only offenses were having Japanese ancestry!
Can what happened in the 1940s happen now? No? Why not? What if another bombing were to occur? Who can say?
Copyright 2001 Mumia Abu-Jamal
"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve
neither liberty nor safety."
"All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation
ought to know that war is the surest and the shortest means to accomplish it"
09/17/01: Tamim Ansary on the Attacks
BY: Tamim Ansary
(Note: this was originally posted listing him as a Professor at Berkeley. We have just heard that is not a Professor at Berkeley, but someone with a lot of insight.)
I've been hearing a lot of talk about "bombing Afghanistan back to the Stone Age." Ronn Owens, on KGO Talk Radio today, allowed that this would mean killing innocent people, people who had nothing to do with this atrocity, but "we're at war, we have to accept collateral damage. What else can we do?" Minutes later I heard some TV pundit discussing whether we "have the belly to do what must be done."
And I thought about the issues being raised especially hard because I am from Afghanistan, and even though I've lived here for 35 years I've never lost track of what's going on there. So I want to tell anyone who will listen how it all looks from where I'm standing.
I speak as one who hates the Taliban and Osama Bin Laden. There is no doubt in my mind that these people were responsible for the atrocity in New York. I agree that something must be done about those monsters.
But the Taliban and Ben Laden are not Afghanistan. They're not even the government of Afghanistan. The Taliban are a cult of ignorant psychotics who took over Afghanistan in 1997. Bin Laden is a political criminal with a plan. When you think Taliban, think Nazis. When you think Bin Laden, think Hitler. And when you think "the people of Afghanistan" think "the Jews in the concentration camps."
It's not only that the Afghan people had nothing to do with this atrocity. They were the first victims of the perpetrators. They would exult if someone would come in there, take out the Taliban and clear out the rats nest of international thugs holed up in their country.
Some say, why don't the Afghans rise up and overthrow the Taliban? The answer is, they're starved, exhausted, hurt, incapacitated, suffering.
A few years ago, the United Nations estimated that there are 500,000 disabled orphans in Afghanistan--a country with no economy, no food.
There are millions of widows. And the Taliban has been burying these widows alive in mass graves. The soil is littered with land mines, the farms were all destroyed by the Soviets. These are a few of the reasons why the Afghan people have not overthrown the Taliban.
We come now to the question of bombing Afghanistan back to the Stone Age. Trouble is, that's been done. The Soviets took care of it already.
Make the Afghans suffer? They're already suffering. Level their houses? Done. Turn their schools into piles of rubble? Done. Eradicate their hospitals? Done. Destroy their infrastructure? Cut them off from medicine and health care? Too late. Someone already did all that.
New bombs would only stir the rubble of earlier bombs. Would they at least get the Taliban? Not likely. In today's Afghanistan, only the Taliban eat, only they have the means to move around. They'd slip away and hide. Maybe the bombs would get some of those disabled orphans, they don't move too fast, they don't even have wheelchairs.
But flying over Kabul and dropping bombs wouldn't really be a strike against the criminals who did this horrific thing. Actually it would only be making common cause with the Taliban--by raping once again the people they've been raping all this time.
So what else is there? What can be done, then? Let me now speak with true fear and trembling. The only way to get Bin Laden is to go in there with ground troops. When people speak of "having the belly to do what needs to be done" they're thinking in terms of having the belly to kill as many as needed. Having the belly to overcome any moral qualms about killing innocent people. Let's pull our heads out of the sand.
What's actually on the table is Americans dying. And not just because some Americans would die fighting their way through Afghanistan to Bin Laden's hideout. It's much bigger than that folks. Because to get any troops to Afghanistan, we'd have to go through Pakistan.
Would they let us? Not likely. The conquest of Pakistan would have to be first.
Will other Muslim nations just stand by? You see where I'm going. We're flirting with a world war between Islam and the West.
And guess what: that's Bin Laden's program. That's exactly what he wants. That's why he did this. Read his speeches and statements. It's all right there. He really believes Islam would beat the west.
It might seem ridiculous, but he figures if he can polarize the world into Islam and the West, he's got a billion soldiers. If the west wreaks a holocaust in those lands, that's a billion people with nothing left to lose, that's even better from Bin Laden's point of view. He's probably wrong, in the end the west would win, whatever that would mean, but the war would last for years and millions would die, not just theirs but ours. Who has the belly for that? Bin Laden does. Anyone else?
09/14/01: MORE FROM MOORE on the ATTACKS
Across America Tonight ...
Dear Friends,
I am on the road tonight, the only way to get out of L.A. and back home to our daughter and our friends in New York City. Oddly enough, I have never driven across this vast country. My wife and I have now stopped in Flagstaff for a few hours sleep before moving on.
The sorrow and anger builds across America. Talk radio tonight was filled with calls for carpet-bombing every Arab country. Many want revenge, blood. But a surprising number of people have called for us to not add to the killing of more innocent humans. The rest stops and the convenience stores along the way were filled with quiet, solemn people, many of whom, like us, can get home no other way than by this four-day trip.
Our daughter is fine, mostly frightened by my desire to fly home to her rather than drive. Once again, I was outvoted 2 to 1. This is nothing new.
We have learned of more people we know who have lost their lives. Bill Weems, who worked as a line producer for us this year, was on the flight from Boston that crashed into the World Trade Center. He was such a sweet and decent soul. Such senseless madness.
The children of New York who are orphaned tonight ... what do we say or do? I will do my part -- anything, something -- as soon as I get to New York. But it will never be enough.
The firefighters of New York: they are on every other block, every day, and they are your best neighbors. Sitting out on the sidewalks in front of the fire stations, a good word and a kind smile to all who pass ... now, 350+ of them gone, having risked their lives to save the victims of a carnage they soon became part of.
A good friend from Flint is a clerical worker at the Pentagon. I have heard no word about her condition. I have tried contacting her family to no avail. Her son, Malcolm, worked on our show. I cannot find him. I keep getting tears in my eyes. Once she gave me a tour of the Pentagon, took me everywhere, and got such a kick out of taking me around this building I used to march on. Will our mutual friends who know Barbara, and know how she is, please write me? Please.
The man who occupies the White House cried today. Good. Keep crying, Mr. Bush. The more you cry, the less you will go to that dark side in all humans where anger rages to a point where we want to blindly kill. Your dad's and Reagan's old cronies -- Eagleberger, Baker, Schultz -- are all calling for you to bomb first and ask questions later. You must NOT do this. If only because you do not want to stoop to these mass murderers' level. Yes, find out who did it. Yes, see that they NEVER do it again.
But GET A GRIP, man. "Declare war?" War against whom? One guy in the desert whom we can never seem to find? Are our leaders telling us that the most powerful country on earth cannot dispose of one sick evil f---wad of a guy? Because if that is what you are telling us, then we are truly screwed. If you are unable to take out this lone ZZ Top wannabe, what on earth would you do for us if we were attacked by a nation of millions? For chrissakes, call the Israelis and have them do that thing they do when they want to get their man! We pay them enough billions each year, I am SURE they would be happy to accommodate your request.
But I beg you, Mr. Bush, stay with the tears. Go today to comfort the wounded of New York. Tell the mayor, a guy most of us have not liked, that he is doing an incredible job, keeping the spirits of everyone up as high as they can be at this moment. Being there for a city I believe he loves, his own cancer still with him, he goes beyond the call of duty.
But do not declare war and massacre more innocents. After bin Laden's previous act of terror, our last elected president went and bombed what he said was "bin Laden's camp" in Afghanistan -- but instead just killed civilians. Then he bombed a factory in the Sudan, saying it was "making chemical weapons." It turned out to be making aspirin. Innocent people murdered by our Air Force.
Back in May, you gave the Taliban in Afghanistan $48 million dollars of our tax money. No free nation on earth would give them a cent, but you gave them a gift of $48 million because they said they had "banned all drugs."
Because your drug war was more important than the actual war the Taliban had inflicted on its own people, you helped to fund the regime who had given refuge to the very man you now say is responsible for killing my friend on that plane and for killing the friends of families of thousands and thousands of people. How dare you talk about more killing now! Shame! Shame! Shame! Explain your actions in support of the Taliban! Tell us why your father and his partner Mr. Reagan trained Mr. bin Laden in how to be a terrorist!
Am I angry? You bet I am. I am an American citizen, and my leaders have taken my money to fund mass murder. And now my friends have paid the price with their lives.
Keep crying, Mr. Bush. Keep running to Omaha or wherever it is you go while others die, just as you ran during Vietnam while claiming to be "on duty" in the Air National Guard. Nine boys from my high school died in that miserable war. And now you are asking for "unity" so you can start another one? Do not insult me or my country like this!
Yes, I, too, will be in church at noon today, on this national day of mourning. I will pray for you, and us, and the children of New York, and the children of this sad and ugly world ...
Michael Moore
Today's attacks were major atrocities. In terms of number of victims they do not reach the level of many others, for example, Clinton's bombing of the Sudan with no credible pretext, destroying half its pharmaceutical supplies and probably killing tens of thousands of people (no one knows, because the US blocked an inquiry at the UN and no one cares to pursue it). Not to speak of much worse cases, which easily come to mind. But that this was a horrendous crime is not in doubt. The primary victims, as usual, were working people: janitors, secretaries, firemen, etc. It is likely to prove to be a crushing blow to Palestinians and other poor and oppressed people. It is also likely to lead to harsh security controls, with many possible ramifications for undermining civil liberties and internal freedom.
The events reveal, dramatically, the foolishness of ideas about "missile defense." As has been obvious all along, and pointed out repeatedly by strategic analysts, if anyone wants to cause immense damage in the US, including weapons of mass destruction, they are highly unlikely to launch a missile attack, thus guaranteeing their immediate destruction. There are innumerable easier ways that are basically unstoppable. But today's events will, nonetheless, be used to increase the pressure to develop these systems and put them into place.
"Defense" is a thin cover for plans for militarization of space, and with good PR, even the flimsiest arguments will carry some weight among a frightened public. In short, the crime is a gift to the hard jingoist right, those who hope to use force to control their domains. That is even putting aside the likely US actions, and what they will trigger -- possibly more attacks like this one, or worse. The prospects ahead are even more ominous than they appeared to be before the latest atrocities.
Noam Chomsky
09/13/01: MICHAEL MOORE's INITIAL COMMENTS ON THE TERRORIST ATTACKS
Dear Friends
I was supposed to fly today on the 4:30 PM American Airlines flight from LAX to JFK. But tonight I find myself stuck in L.A. with an incredible range of emotions over what has happened on the island where I work and live in New York City.
My wife and I spent the first hours of the day -- after being awakened by phone calls from our parents at 6:40am PT -- trying to contact our daughter at school in New York and our friend JoAnn who works near the World Trade Center.
I called JoAnn at her office. As someone picked up, the first tower imploded, and the person answering the phone screamed and ran out, leaving me no clue as to whether or not she or JoAnn would live.
It was a sick, horrible, frightening day.
On December 27, 1985 I found myself caught in the middle of a terrorist incident at the Vienna airport -- which left 30 people dead, both there and at the Rome airport. (The machine-gunning of passengers in each city was timed to occur at the same moment.)
I do not feel like discussing that event tonight because it still brings up too much despair and confusion as to how and why I got to live* a fluke, a mistake, a few feet on the tarmac, and I am still here, there but for the grace of* Safe. Secure. I*m an American, living in America. I like my illusions. I walk through a metal detector, I put my carry-ons through an x-ray machine, and I know all will be well.
Here*s a short list of my experiences lately with airport security:
* At the Newark Airport, the plane is late at boarding everyone. The counter can*t find my seat. So I am told to just *go ahead and get on* -- without a ticket!
* At Detroit Metro Airport, I don*t want to put the lunch I just bought at the deli through the x-ray machine so, as I pass through the metal detector, I hand the sack to the guard through the space between the detector and the x-ray machine. I tell him *It*s just a sandwich.* He believes me and doesn*t bother to check. The sack has gone through neither security device.
* At LaGuardia in New York, I check a piece of luggage, but decide to catch a later plane. The first plane leaves without me, but with my bag -- no one knowing what is in it.
* Back in Detroit, I take my time getting off the commuter plane. By the time I have come down its stairs, the bus that takes the passengers to the terminal has left -- without me. I am alone on the tarmac, free to wander wherever I want. So I do. Eventually, I flag down a pick-up truck and an airplane mechanic gives me a ride the rest of the way to the terminal.
* I have brought knives, razors; and once, my traveling companion brought a hammer and chisel. No one stopped us.
Of course, I have gotten away with all of this because the airlines consider my safety SO important, they pay rent-a-cops $5.75 an hour to make sure the bad guys don*t get on my plane. That is what my life is worth -- less than the cost of an oil change.
Too harsh, you say? Well, chew on this: a first-year pilot on American Eagle (the commuter arm of American Airlines) receives around $15,000 a year in annual pay.
That*s right -- $15,000 for the person who has your life in his hands. Until recently, Continental Express paid a little over $13,000 a year. There was one guy, an American Eagle pilot, who had four kids so he went down to the welfare office and applied for food stamps -- and he was eligible!
Someone on welfare is flying my plane? Is this for real? Yes, it is.
So spare me the talk about all the precautions the airlines and the FAA is taking. They, like all businesses, are concerned about one thing -- the bottom line and the profit margin.
Four teams of 3-5 people were all able to penetrate airport security on the same morning at 3 different airports and pull off this heinous act? My only response is -- that*s all?
Well, the pundits are in full diarrhea mode, gushing on about the *terrorist threat* and today*s scariest dude on planet earth -- Osama bin Laden. Hey, who knows, maybe he did it. But, something just doesn*t add up.
Am I being asked to believe that this guy who sleeps in a tent in a desert has been training pilots to fly our most modern, sophisticated jumbo jets with such pinpoint accuracy that they are able to hit these three targets without anyone wondering why these planes were so far off path?
Or am I being asked to believe that there were four religious/political fanatics who JUST HAPPENED to be skilled airline pilots who JUST HAPPENED to want to kill themselves today?
Maybe you can find one jumbo jet pilot willing to die for the cause -- but FOUR? Ok, maybe you can -- I don*t know.
What I do know is that all day long I have heard everything about this bin Laden guy except this one fact -- WE created the monster known as Osama bin Laden!
Where did he go to terrorist school? At the CIA!
Don*t take my word for it -- I saw a piece on MSNBC last year that laid it all out. When the Soviet Union occupied Afghanistan, the CIA trained him and his buddies in how to commits acts of terrorism against the Soviet forces. It worked! The Soviets turned and ran. Bin Laden was grateful for what we taught him and thought it might be fun to use those same techniques against us.
We abhor terrorism -- unless we*re the ones doing the terrorizing.
We paid and trained and armed a group of terrorists in Nicaragua in the 1980s who killed over 30,000 civilians. That was OUR work. You and me. Thirty thousand murdered civilians and who the hell even remembers!
We fund a lot of oppressive regimes that have killed a lot of innocent people, and we never let the human suffering THAT causes to interrupt our day one single bit.
We have orphaned so many children, tens of thousands around the world, with our taxpayer-funded terrorism (in Chile, in Vietnam, in Gaza, in Salvador) that I suppose we shouldn*t be too surprised when those orphans grow up and are a little whacked in the head from the horror we have helped cause.
Yet, our recent domestic terrorism bombings have not been conducted by a guy from the desert but rather by our own citizens: a couple of ex-military guys who hated the federal government.
From the first minutes of today*s events, I never heard that possibility suggested. Why is that?
Maybe it*s because the A-rabs are much better foils. A key ingredient in getting Americans whipped into a frenzy against a new enemy is the all-important race card. It*s much easier to get us to hate when the object of our hatred doesn*t look like us.
Congressmen and Senators spent the day calling for more money for the military; one Senator on CNN even said he didn*t want to hear any more talk about more money for education or health care -- we should have only one priority: our self-defense.
Will we ever get to the point that we realize we will be more secure when the rest of the world isn*t living in poverty so we can have nice running shoes?
In just 8 months, Bush gets the whole world back to hating us again. He withdraws from the Kyoto agreement, walks us out of the Durban conference on racism, insists on restarting the arms race -- you name it, and Baby Bush has blown it all.
The Senators and Congressmen tonight broke out in a spontaneous version of *God Bless America.* They*re not a bad group of singers!
Yes, God, please do bless us.
Many families have been devastated tonight. This just is not right. They did not deserve to die. If someone did this to get back at Bush, then they did so by killing thousands of people who DID NOT VOTE for him! Boston, New York, DC, and the planes* destination of California -- these were places that voted AGAINST Bush!
Why kill them? Why kill anyone? Such insanity*
Let*s mourn, let*s grieve, and when it*s appropriate let*s examine our contribution to the unsafe world we live in.
It doesn*t have to be like this*
Michael Moore
08/17/01: AT BENEFIT SEPT. 15 in RORSCHACH, Switzerland
There will be an Alternative Tentacles Legal Defense Fund Benefit concert in Zurich on September 15th, 2001. Bands playing will be : Cwill, Curb Dogs,and OCME. (This is not to be confused with Jello Biafra's spoken word engagement September 21st at the Volkshaus in Zurich. We will let you know the details as they develope. For more info email firstname.lastname@example.com
08/16/01: AT flaunts rarities on eBay ; effective TODAY!
Alternative Tentacles Records have decided to raid our 22 year old vaults and auction off some of the cool collectable crap we have assimilated over the years. We have been around for 22 years and hence have lots of cool stuff that many people have expressed interest in such as promotional copies of albums, old posters, test pressings, inserts, AT memorabilia, photos, out-of-print titles in all formats, t-shirts, stickers, buttons, autographed items, etc. Lots of stuff in very small quantity, hence it doesn't make sense to sell them on our site. We actually started this in January 2000 when we auctioned off the LARD 70's Rock Must Die Ford Pinto!!(hence the eBay user name Virus235)
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August 14, 2001
Please contact and demand that Mumia be in court:
Joseph J. DiPrimio, Court administrator Phone: (215) 686-2547 Fax: (215) 686-7485 City Hall, Room 336
John Street, mayor of Philadelphia Phone: (215) 686-2181 Fax: (215) 686-2180 City Hall, Room 215
In a stunning but not surprising move, Mumia Abu-Jamal has been ordered to be kept away from his upcoming August 17th court hearing. During his original trial in 1982, Mumia was physically removed from his trial when he attempted to legally represent himself.
On July 27, 2001, Judge Pamela Dembe ordered Mumia to appear in the Pennsylvania State Court of Common Pleas. Yet, yesterday, on August 13, the Court Administrator of the First Judicial District, Joseph J. DiPrimio, of the same court stated that Mumia should not be transported down to Philadelphia. His "rationale" is there will not be any room in the Philadelphia prisons to house Mumia. How absurd! During Mumia's 1995-96 post conviction hearing in Philadelphia, Mumia was actually housed in a prison outside of Philadelphia. Judge Dembe has not responded to this order by DiPrimio as of yet.
The real reason for this illegal and unconstitutional order is that thousands of supporters, who want to see Mumia free, are mobilizing in Philadelphia as well as around the country and the world to stand with Mumia on August 17th. The courts, the Fraternal Order of Police and the prisons are desperate to stop the momentum that Mumia's court date has created. We fully expect that Mumia will appear in court this Friday. We must protest loud and clear this outrageous maneuver to keep Mumia from coming to court. He has the right to hear firsthand the oral arguments regarding whether he will be granted a new post conviction hearing because his very life is at stake. Also we must double and triple all efforts to be in Philadelphia on August 17th.
We want Mumia to hear our chants and feel our support inside and outside the court on the 17th. International Concerned Family and Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal, International Action Center, NY Free Mumia Coalition and others are initiating this campaign here and around the world. Please pass along this important information to others ASAP.
Free Mumia!


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Martina Bullard (Godwin, NC) was 2-3 with one run scored, while Stephanie Bethea (Greensboro, NC) also scored a run and was 1-2 at the plate. Heather Nobles (Ainger, NC) was 1-3 with one RBI and Ranzy York (Milton-Freewater, OR) tallied Pfeiffers other RBI. Allison Braswell (Asheboro, NC) suffered the loss for the Falcons, going six innings giving up five hits and three earned runs. She walked two and struck out four in 26 batters faced.
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