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The original Peacemaker costume
Comic History
Peacemaker first appeared in The Fightin' 5 #40 in 1966 published by Charlton Comics. He was part of this team for five issues. Apparently he became popular enough that he was given his own series that lasted five more issues. Peacemaker became one of DC Charlton Comics biggest heroes.
Character Biography
Christopher Smith grew up the only child of an army officer turned statesman father and a research scientist mother. His skill at flying fighter aircraft, interest in science and wealth came from them both. Smith, himself, became a pacifist diplomat working as a U.S. Peace Envoy for the Geneva Arms Conference.
A hero of his own While trying to nullify an international madman named Bork, Smith discovers simple diplomacy wouldn't work. Smith loved peace so much that he was willing to fight for it. When more diplomatic means failed, Smith adopted the identity of Peacemaker to use more extreme tactics in his quest for peace. Using his hobby as a master weapons builder, Smith crafted a costume and developed numerous non-lethal weapons for his Peacemaker identity. Bork confronted Smith in the air by firing missiles at him. Smith managed to redirect those missiles and blew up the jet bomber Bork was in. From that point on Smith would use the Peacemaker identity whenever he felt it was needed.
Smith operated from his private chateau in the Swiss Alps. The cliffs below his home secretly concealed his activities as the Peacemaker.
Peacemaker, along with other Charlton heroes acquired by DC, was introduced into the DC Universe by means of the Crisis on Infinite Earths maxi-series. Peacemaker made his DC Comics debut in Crisis on Infinite Earths #6 in 1985. In the epic adventure that destroyed DC's Multiverse, the Charlton characters were revealed to have existed on Earth-4. Their Earth along with Earth's 1, 2, S and X were the only surviving Earths, which ended up converging into a single "New" Earth.
Peacemaker played a small role in the series, fighting beside heroes of all five Earths against the Anti-Monitor. Peacemaker's last appearance in the series had him fighting the Anti-Monitor's Shadow Demons. Unable to save the Earth-2 Green Arrow, Peacemaker was caught by surprise when a Shadow Demon touched his gun. The gun exploded in Peacemaker's hand, causing him great and agonizing injuries. However, Peacemaker seemed to survive and his next appearances began to reveal DC's reboot of the character.
Peacemaker was now Christopher Schmidt, only son of Austrian munitions manufacturer Wolfgang Schmidt and American children's book author Elizabeth Lewis. Christopher's toddler years were pretty typical for a child of his social and economic class. However, Christopher's life quickly changed as his father's past was soon revealed when WWII documents obtained by the were opened. Wolfgang Schmidt had been an officer in the Nazis' elite SS corps. and responsible for the deaths of over 50,000 innocent lives. Knowing his arrest was imminent, Wolfgang committed suicide right in front of Christopher on his fifth birthday
His mother Elizabeth, wanting to erase the taint of evil her husband soiled her with, quickly relocated from to her native with Christopher and legally changed their last name to Smith. The death of his father and constant upheaval at such an early age left Christopher severely traumatized. Christopher became unruly and a bullying throughout his adolescent years. When he turned 18 he enlisted in the military, which seemed to have a positive influence over him. In a couple of years he was recognized as an exemplary soldier.
His unit was sent to where he continued to serve with distinction and was promoted to sergeant. During the tenth month of his tour Christopher lead a scouting mission on a small village suspected of harboring enemy North Vietnamese troops. For no apparent reason Christopher fired upon the village inhabitants, killing old men, women and children. Christopher was court-martialed and sentence to life imprisonment at Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary.
Near the end of his second year of imprisonment, Christopher was offered a pardon if he joined Project: Peacemaker, a top-secret, high-tech, independent anti-terrorist squad. Eight months into the program Project: Peacemaker was shut down and quickly became lost in the bureaucratic shuffle. Christopher was able to walk out of the base and disappear without incident. A year later, Christopher reappears in , running his father's businesses and heading the Pax Institute (a non-profit organization devoted to the interest of peace and providing social services to victims of terrorism the world over). The experience of the program steered Christopher to achieve its prime directive: the combating of terrorism. He took the Peacemaker name for himself and established a new costume identity.
Christopher's sanity became increasingly unstable and his actions more violent. He began hearing the voice his father Wolfgang and believed the souls of those who fell victim to terrorism resided in his helmet urging him towards more violence and retribution. Christopher loved peace so much he was willing to kill for it. Attempts to stop his violent tendencies or control them came from the top-secret government bureau lead by Valentina Vostock called the Agency. However, Christopher could not be contained and he began creating enemies to fight. Harry Stein and the Vigilante (Dave Winston) were two such "enemies" Christopher pursued. The Agency once again stepped in, but not before Christopher killed the Vigilante.
Despite his instability the Agency attempted to make him a field operative. They were able to recondition him so that the souls speaking to him within his helmet disappeared and he was given a live psychologist named Dr. Bridgette D'Abo, in which to resolve his fears. Around this time, Vostock relinquished command of the Agency to Harry Stein, who recreated it into a new organization, dubbed Checkmate, in relation to its chess-inspired command structure. Christopher continued to work for the newly reformed organization.
Christopher was next recruited by Amanda Waller (of the Suicide Squad) to join the Shadow Fighters, who's mission was to free the South American country of Parador taking over by Eclipso. The first attempt failed with Eclipso killing many heroes, in which Christopher was one of them. His soul, however, lived on in purgatory, and made an appearance in Day of Judgment helping a group of heroes return to Earth.
Christopher possesses the physical strength and stamina of a man who engages in intense physical exercise. He's a master of various hand-to-hand combat techniques and is a skilled gymnast. A superb marksman, Christopher is also a proficient weapons maker and pilot.
Most of Peacemaker's fighting needs are tied into his costume. The costume itself is a thin, pliable body armor developed by Christopher. The helmet is a heat and pressure proof plastic containing sophisticated cybernetic circuitry, that operate various devices including communication (all-band radio) and surveillance devices, an ultrasonic blaster and at one point a laser. The right glove holds a vial that becomes a firebomb when crushed. The boots hold a Pentolite compound. The holster carries one of many conventional firearms, a Derringer, holds ammunition, a tool kit, explosive pellets, nerve gas, and a shark sedative (useful on all water-breathing creatures). On his back is a mini-jet-pack that works in both air and water. It is also operated by his helmet.
Beneath Christopher's Chateau, just outside , lies the base that holds Peacemaker's armament and transportation vehicles.
He uses several weapons, including and Uzi, an ultrasonic pistol, and a derringer.
The identity of Peacemaker II is unknown, but he was probably a U.S. government agent. He was supposed to take on the original Peacemaker's mission. He was a member of the Leaguebusters, a team that tried to take down the Justice League of America. His current place of residence is unknown.
Mitchell Black was once a doctor practicing in . He performed a risky operation on a child's pulmonary system despite the religious objections of the parents. Unfortunately the child did not survive due to post operative complications. The hospital suspended Black's privileges and ordered a full investigation of the incident. In the end, the AMA board of inquiry revoked Black's license to practice due to his misconduct.
Black would next be recruited by the secret organization known as the Peacemaker Project to be one of their Peacemaker agents. In return for his services the anonymous governors of the Project would reinstate his medical license and allow him to leave the organization. Under the tutelage of Salt, a former resident of Nanda Parbat and now a top administrator of the Peacemaker Project, Black is trained for combat. For short period later Black worked as part of the L.A.W. (Living Assault Weapons), in order to stop Judomaster's sidekick, Tiger, now Avatar and his attacks on the war makers of the world. When Black and the others put a stop to the Avatar's plans, the governors of the Peacemaker Project refused to reinstate his license. They concluded, much to Black's dissatisfaction, that his work was not yet over as more hostile forces were still out there that threatened global security.
Mitchell Black later died when he was shot through the chest by Prometheus in Infinite Crisis.
Height: 6'1"
Christopher Smith returns to aid the newest Blue Beetle, Jaime Reyes. Though he claims he is Mitchell Black, we later learn that he is actually Christopher Smith somehow returned. He explains that a year earlier, while fighting Intergang, he found himself in a pyramid that happened to be the same one in which the original Blue Beetle Dan Garrett found the Blue Beetle scarab. In that Pyramid, Chris came into contact with technology from the alien race THE REACH. Chris accidentally downloaded the database that was missing from the Scarab that Jaime had.
Chris worked with Jaime for a while, fighting super-villains and the Reach. Eventually, Chris was implanted with a Scarab himself, and was subsequently approached by a yellow ring during the Sinestro Corps War.
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U-T 32 NFL Power Rankings: Injuries rock 49ers
This week: at Saints.
18 – (18) St. Louis Rams (7-7-1) . Heck of a rookie year for CB Janoris Jenkins, who has four TDs. Can he handle success?
Last week: won at Bucs.
This week: at Falcons.
19 – (20) New Orleans Saints (7-8) . Given all that's gone wrong, it says something for Brees that they could end up .500.
Last week: won at Cowboys.
This week: Panthers.
20 – (21) Miami Dolphins (7-8) . Not knocking Philip Rivers, but Fish are one of four teams that start a rookie QB and has more wins than Bolts. It's a brave new NFL.
Last week: won Bills.
This week: at Pats.
21 – (18) Tampa Bay Bucs (6-9) . They've lost five of six since beating the Chargers, and it's murky whether Josh Freeman is their quarterback of the future.
Last week: lost to Rams.
This week: at Falcons.
22 – (23) San Diego Chargers (6-9) . Even A.J. Smith's critics have to like young homegrown defenders Liuget, Reyes and Butler.
Last week: won at Jets.
This week: Raiders.
23 – (22) Cleveland Browns (5-10) . Both of their Pro Bowlers – Josh Cribbs and Phil Dawson – are free agents, and neither will be easily retained.
Last week: lost at Broncos.
This week: at Steelers.
24 – (24) Arizona Cardinals (5-10) . If Philip Rivers had to play behind their so-called blockers, he might actually let Charlie Whitehurst take snaps.
Last week: lost to Bears.
This week: at Niners.
25 – (25) Tennessee Titans (5-10) . As expected, they have no Pro Bowlers. With four starting blockers out, it's difficult to evaluate Jake Locker.
Last week: lost at Packers.
This week: Jaguars.
26 – (26) Detroit Lions (4-11) . Vintage Lions lore: Ex-Lion Brown says he let a foe beat him so that Lions QB Scott Mitchell would be knocked from game. It worked.
Last week: lost to Falcons.
This week: Bears.
27 – (27) Buffalo Bills (5-10) . Is the Chan Gailey Era soon to end? The numbers say yes: 15-32 (.319).
Last week: Dolphins.
This week: Jets.
28 – (28) Philadelphia Eagles (4-11) . Another team that can't block anyone.
Last week: lost to Redskins.
This week: at Giants.
29 – (29) Oakland Raiders (4-11) . Asked by the U-T what improvement his team has shown, Dennis Allen made no mention of the offense.
Last week: lost at Panthers.
This week: at Chargers.
30 – (30) Jacksonville Jaguars (2-13) . Maurice Jones-Drew's absence was felt this year.
Last week: lost to Patriots.
This week: at Titans.
31 – (31) Kansas City Chiefs (2-13) . Tamba Hali was a deserving Pro Bowl selection.
Last week: lost to Colts.
This week: at Broncos.
32 – (32) New York Jets (32) . Norv gave out game balls to all six Chargers who were part of the 11-sack day against the ponderous McElroy.
Last week: lost to Chargers.
This week: at Bills.

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This is getting to be an embarrassing habit. Right-wing activist Andrew Breitbart has already shown us he doesn't know what a "hate crime" is," and that he doesn't understand what "blackmail" means. And now, apparently he can't read Supreme Court rulings.
Breitbart's been wildly (over) hyping a batch of ACORN documents that a San Diego private investigator (and failed GOP candidate) by the name of Derrick Roach stuffed into his car one night back in October. Roach got the docs after a dumpster dive behind ACORN's office. Breitbart has been claiming the latest ACORN installment is Watergate-meets-the-Lindbergh-kidnapping in terms of blockbuster news, even though, to date, his site hasn't produced the goods yet on San Diego, which is why the story's gone nowhere.
But in a recent post, note how Big Government pushed back against claims that the ACORN docs may have been obtained illegally; a claim that California AG's Jerry Brown seemed to endorse. Here's how Breitbart's site defended the charge [emphasis added]:
At age 71, California's top cop and erstwhile Gov. Moonbeam might benefit from a refresher course in current law. Attorney General Brown cited a case from the 1960's where items placed in the garbage were considered private; however, in 1988 the United States Supreme Court ruled in a case, California v. Greenwood, 486 U.S. 35 (1988), that there was no expectation of privacy when items are thrown in the garbage since it is common knowledge that plastic garbage bags are readily accessible to animals, children, scavengers, snoops, and other members of the public. As for the local National City ordinance prohibiting scavenging through garbage that the ACORN office and its supporters cite, that law was enacted in 1984 and was nullified by the United States Supreme Court ruling just four years later.
Breitbart's Big Government pointed to a 1988 Supreme Court ruling to suggest that everything Roach did in obtaining the ACORN docs was okay.
Not quite.
From CALIFORNIA v. GREENWOOD, 486 U.S. 35 (1988):
Here, we conclude that respondents exposed their garbage to the public sufficiently to defeat their claim to Fourth Amendment protection. It is common knowledge that plastic garbage bags left on or at the side of a public street are readily accessible to animals, children, scavengers, snoops, and other members of the public. See Krivda, supra, at 367, 486 P.2d, at 1269. Moreover, respondents placed their refuse at the curb for the express purpose of conveying it to a third party, the trash collector, who might himself have sorted through respondents' trash or permitted others, such as the police, to do so. Accordingly, having deposited their garbage "in an area particularly suited for public inspection and, in a manner of speaking, public consumption, for the express purpose of having strangers take it," United States v. Reicherter, 647 F.2d 397, 399 (CA3 1981), respondents could have had no reasonable expectation of privacy in the inculpatory items that they discarded.
Furthermore, as we have held, the police cannot reasonably be expected to avert their eyes from evidence of criminal activity that could have been observed by any member of the public. Hence, "[w]hat a person knowingly exposes to the public, even in his own home or office, is not a subject of Fourth Amendment protection."
The 1988 ruling clearly dealt with garbage disposed "on or at the side of a public street." And today, Breitbart's Big Government claims that that decision means their actions were legit. But where did Big Government obtain the ACORN documents? Did they come across them in garbage bags that "could have been observed by any member of the public" and "left on or at the side of a public street"? Were the documents "knowingly expose[d] to the public"?
Of course not. According to Big Government's own telling of the tale, the docs were taken, under the cover of night, from a dumpster located behind ACORN's San Diego office. In fact, here's the photo Big Government posted showing the dumpster in question. And yes, the dumpster was caged:
In 1988, the Supreme Court ruled there was no claim to privacy regarding garbage bags placed on the side of a public curb from pick-up. Today, Breitbart says that law pertains to them, even though Big Government's docs were taken from a caged dumpster; a dumpster that Breitbart even concedes was located not on the side of a public curb, but "behind ACORN in San Diego."
And get this: Roach himself even admits that he drove by a no trespassing sign to get to the ACORN dumpster!
UPDATED: Big Government itself has referred to the San Diego document retrieval as a "dumpster dive." Obviously, the 1988 Supreme Court ruling did not concern itself with late-night dumpster dives into caged containers located beyond a no trespassing sign.
Continuing its proud tradition of doubling as a GOP bulleting board, where every possible anti-Obama talking point is treated as breaking news (hello Drudge link!), Politico's John Harris cobbles together a breathless laundry list of all the awful things people (i.e. Republicans and Village pundits) are saying about Obama. Y'know, that he's an "over-exposed" "opportunistic" "patsy" with a low opinion of America.
But oh my, the evidence of the 'trends' is awfully thin and Harris doesn't even bother to maintain the traditional three's-a-trend newsroom rule. Take a look at this knock [emphasis added]:
Obama, a legislator and law professor, is fluent in describing the nuances of problems. But his intellectuality has contributed to a growing critique that decisions are detached from rock-bottom principles.
Both Maureen Dowd in The New York Times and Joel Achenbach of The Washington Post have likened him to Star Trek's Mr. Spock.
The Spock imagery has been especially strong during the extended review Obama has undertaken of Afghanistan policy.
So far this year, out of the tens of thousands of Obama mentions made in the mainstream press, Harris found exactly two examples of his pundit pals comparing Obama to Mr. Spock, therefore voilà! it's a disturbing trend for the White House that's "gaining momentum."
Folks, this is why they call it The Village.
Or let's put it this way, she's willing to pretend she has no idea what public polling is when it suits the interest of her column. So she writes an entire piece about how devastating Obama's bow in Japan was to the president's reputation (the image "took off" and became "iconic") without mentioning that, oh yeah, a strong majority of Americans approved of the bow. And even a majority of Republicans thought the bow was fine.
Noonan writes a column in which she suggests that almost overnight the Obama bow became the defining image of his supposedly failed presidency (she can just feel it), and yet Noonan forgets to mention that most Americans, and even most Republicans, approved of the bow.
Which means this point is worth repeating as you read Noonan's latest filing from the parallel universe:
Yet more proof that the right-wing noise machine doesn't even reflect mainstream conservatives. It's just its own bizarre, fact-free world that whips up an endless stream of nonsensical allegations that only truly radical Obama haters care about.
UPDATED: Watching Peggy Noonan, who worked for (and worshiped) Ronald Reagan, now regularly re-write Reagan history is more than a little amusing. However, it does not speak well of her attempts at intellectual honesty.
For weeks now, Noonan has been writing about how Obama's not up to the job, about how his presidency is slipping away, and Americans are turning against him. And now, with the bow, about how Obama's getting tagged as a failure. What she conveniently ignores is the fact that Obama's current job approval rating stands at almost the exact same spot Reagan's did ten months into first year in office. Noonan wants to write Obama off as a first-year failure, even though Obama's first year has unfolded almost exactly as her hero Reagan's did.
In fact, Reagan's second year, in terms of job approval, was a complete catastrophe, as his rating plunged into the mid-30's. But Noonan ignores all that and pretends that Reagan sailed through his first term in office.
Here's Noonan re-writing history in her latest column:
You can get tagged, typed and pegged your first year. Gerald Ford did, and Ronald Reagan too, more happily.
According to Noonan, Regan was "happily" tagged with a public persona his first year; a first year that looked almost exactly like Obama's, which she presents as a growing failure. But if Reagan was "happily" tagged in year one, than how does Noonan explain Reagan's second year in office, in which his administration virtually collapsed?
Seems that if Noonan's going to re-write Reagan history on a weekly basis now, she's going to have to be less sloppy about it.
From a November 28 post by Gateway Pundit titled, "White House Party Crashers Linked to Obama's Radical Pal Rashid Khalidi":
American Power has more on the Salahi's leadership role with the the American Task Force on Palestinian, the "moderate" rights groups pushing a thinly-veiled program of Palestinian nationalism and the "right of return" (the backdoor destruction of Israel).
According to Discover the Networks, ATFP's former vice president is Rashid Khalidi, the Columbia University Middle East Studies professor and militant Palestinian rights activist. Khalidi cites the late Edward Said as his major influence, and according to the entry cited, "As with Said before him, Khalidi's involvement with the Palestinian cause goes beyond mere support." And, "Khalidi so strongly identified with the aims of the PLO, which was designated as a terrorist group by the State Department during Khalidi's affiliation with it in the 1980s, that he repeatedly referred to himself as 'we' when expounding on the PLO's agenda." Also, according to Campus Watch, ATFP remains in full support Kahlidi, for example, during charges of academic misconduct in 2005, at the time of Senator Barack Obama's meeting with Tareq Salahi. See, "ATFP EXPRESSES FULL SUPPORT FOR COLUMBIA PROFESSOR RASHID KHALIDI.
Note too that Obama's ties to the Palestinian community became something of an issue during the 2008 campaign. See, the Los Angeles Times, "Allies of Palestinians See a Friend in Obama." Plus, from Andrew C. McCarthy and Claudia Rosett, "In Obama's Hyde Park, It's All in the Family: Passing Anti-American Radicalism From Generation to Generation.
As you may recall. The LA Times hid the tape of Barack Obama attending a 2003 Jew-bash where he praised and toasted the former PLO operative Rashid Khalidi.
With Barack Obama, it's always about the radicalism. Always.
It looks like the Salahi security breach is much more than just an "embarassment" for the Secret Service. [emphasis in original]
Hume's report citing LA Times article on Khalidi event omitted Times' report that Obama "called for finding common ground"
UPI reported McCain campaign allegations that LA Times is "suppressing a video" of Obama and Khalidi, but not McCain's own reported "connection" to the "Palestinian activist"
Another day, another doctored claim from Gateway Pundit
Lies, Damned Lies, and Gateway Pundit's use of statistics
Fox's Kelly gives "hat tip" to birther, Obama-Hitler Youth comparing blog Gateway Pundit
From conservative web publisher Andrew Breitbart's Twitter account:
Limbaugh: Scientists involved in global warming "hoax" should be "named and fired, drawn and quartered, or whatever it is"
Someone get the smelling salts. WorldNetDaily is gonna need them:
Now, I won't pretend to be surprised that WND is outraged at a "'gay musical,'" when they presumably wouldn't think twice about a "'straight' musical."
But I am curious about one thing: why does WND repeatedly put the word gay in quotes? Do they think the musical isn't really gay?
Anyway, WND uses the musical as an excuse to hawk this charming little book:
Why have Americans come to tolerate, embrace and even champion many things that would have horrified their parents' generation? Get David Kupelian's "The Marketing of Evil" at the WND Superstore.
Newsbusters' Jeff Poor issues a proclamation:
We've already seen how ineffective the previous $787-billion stimulus Congress and the President forced through earlier this year has been with curbing unemployment, as it has raced into double-digits over the previous months. But will there be an effort to force through another one?
Now, let's set aside the question of whether the first stimulus really has been "ineffective" for a moment.
Poor never once entertains the possibility that if it has been ineffective (or insufficiently effective), it's because it was too small. This despite the fact that many economists at the time said it should be bigger. And despite the fact that conservative economist Martin Feldstein, a former Reagan administration official, says "There should have been more direct federal spending," and former McCain economic advisor Mark Zandi says "there was a considerable amount of hand-wringing that it was too small, and I sympathized with that argument." Zandi also says "the stimulus is doing what it was supposed to do - it is contributing to ending the recession. ... In my view, without the stimulus, G.D.P. would still be negative and unemployment would be firmly over 11 percent. And there are a little over 1.1 million more jobs out there as of October than would have been out there without the stimulus."
No, forget all that: Newsbusters' Jeff Poor says the stimulus has been ineffective, and there shouldn't be any more. He doesn't offer any evidence or expert analysis -- but why would we need any? He's Newsbuster Jeff Poor. Isn't that enough?
You've probably noticed that Washington Post columnist David Broder and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are having a bit of a spat. Again. What you may have missed was the Beltway media rallying around Broder via a Politico article earlier this week:
In an age of ideological divisions, Broder is widely known as a fair arbiter on Capitol Hill, a journalist who's as interested in the process as he is in the policy and politics. He favors pragmatists over fierce ideologues and speaks up for decorum in Washington politics.
David Broder called for Bill Clinton's resignation over lies told about an affair, then refused to call for George W. Bush's resignation over lies told about a war, and refuses to explain the disparity. He writes extensively about the marriages of Democrats, but when asked if he plans to write a similar article about Republicans, replies, "Why would I write such an article? I know of no occasion for that." Broder may be "widely known as a fair arbiter," but it's hard to justify that reputation if you look at his actual track record. Which I have, in great detail.
As for Broder's staunch defense of decorum in Washington politics: that, too, is rather inconsistent. Or perhaps when he dines on quail with his good buddy, the famously indecorous Karl Rove, he does so in order to urge his pal to tone down the partisan attacks? (Or maybe Broder's insistence that reporters should apologize for Rove for -- correctly -- suggesting Rove was part of a campaign to out Valerie Plame was an example of his defense of DC decorum? Criticizing someone for outting a CIA agent is so rude.)
Anyway, take a look at the things Broder is praised for in that Politico article: his sense of "decorum" and his "temperate disposition" and the fact that he "knows everybody."
Well, I couldn't care less about his disposition or who he knows. I've read quite a bit of his work, and much of it isn't any good.
Maybe you thought that the recent outrage from the right over Newsweek's use of a photo of Sarah Palin in a running outfit meant conservatives are finally coming to understand that sexism has no place in the news media. And maybe you thought all the attention the mainstream media paid to the controversy was a sign that they, too, are beginning to see the light -- and not simply another example of them asking conservative media critics how high they should jump. Well, if you thought that, you'd be wrong.
Take, for example, Newsbusters. The right-wing media critics were all over the Newsweek/Palin controversy. But they haven't said a word about Mark Halperin doctoring a photo to portray Mary Landrieu as having semen in her hair.
But Newsbusters certainly isn't alone in ignoring Halperin's vicious portrayal of Landrieu. Do a Nexis search for news reports containing the words "Halperin" and "Landrieu" in the past week, and you'll get exactly one result: a blog post by Michael Tomasky. And this comes immediately after the media uproar over the Newsweek Palin cover.
Now, you might think the difference in attention is because Newsweek made the mistake of putting the photo of Palin on its cover, while Halperin's photoshop of Landrieu appeared only on Time's web page. On the other hand, Newsweek used a photo Sarah Palin voluntarily posed for in order to promote herself, whereas Halperin doctored a photo of Mary Landrieu to make it look like she had semen in her hair. So, let's call it even, shall we?
And, no, the disparity can't be explained by the fact that Beltway journalists love Mark Halperin, creator of ABC's insider gossip sheet The Note. Glenn Beck called Mary Landrieu a prostitute, and the media didn't give a damn. And when I say Beck called Mary Landrieu a prostitute, I don't mean that he hinted that Landrieu might do legislative favors in exchange for campaign cash. I mean he literally called her a "prostitute."
Progressive political figures like Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi have been on the receiving end of sexist media treatment for years, and conservative media critics like Newsbusters don't give a damn. Nor does much of the mainstream media. The lesson? Newsweek's treatment of Sarah Palin was, indeed, sexist -- but many of those who criticized it don't really care about sexism in the media. They care that a Republican was the target, and that Republicans were upset.
First it was Newsmax columnist John L. Perry. Now it's Rush Limbaugh essentially advocating a military coup by saying that when Obama outlines his Afghanistan policy at the United States Military Academy at West Point next week, "hopefully" they will "detain him" there.
Note: If you are calling for military officials to detain a president, you are calling for a military coup.
Newsmax got rid of Perry's column after we highlighted it and endeavored to distance itself from the column. But Limbaugh is more known for people apologizing to him than for apologizing for his outrageous remarks.


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Gordon Bietz, president of Southern Adventist University, will be in the minority at an upcoming conference being held on the university campus. Bietz is the only man listed on the conference program for the Association of Adventist Women's annual conference October 16 through 18 — but he will stand in august company.
People from more than 80 countries tuned in to watch the World Stewardship Conference streamed live from the General Conference headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland this weekend. Almost 20 different presenters spoke Friday, Sabbath and Sunday on budgeting, Christian ethics, tithing, personal finance, and biblical principles for managing resources.
The Record Keeper (initially sponsored by the General Conference but then cancelled) has been chosen as one of the films in the 2014 Raindance Film Festival in cen
The North American Division's Theology of Ordination Study Committee last year recorded some of the amazing stories of the women serving as Adventist pastors in the Division. Tara VinCross, who was senior pastor of the Chestnut Hill Church in Philadelphia and this summer was called to head the Columbia Union Conference's new School of Evangelism, worked to collect the stories as part of her work with the committee.
Stephen Eirich spent his summer driving around the communities near Andrews University, offering fresh produce at affordable prices. He agreed to tell us about the experience.
It's just over a mile, or a four-minute drive, between Canfield Drive in the Canfield Green Apartments where 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot by a police officer on August 9, and the Northside Seventh-day Adventist Church on Lucas & Hunt Road, in St. Louis, Missouri.
El seminario de la Universidad de Andrews ha publicado un comunicado en su página web que refuta la doctrina de la "supremacía/jefatura masculina" en el liderazgo de la Iglesia Adventista. Bajo el título "Sobre la supremacía única de Cristo en la Iglesia", la declaración afirma que la autoridad de Cristo es "intransferible" a los hombres o las mujeres.
Pacific Union College reported that there were no injuries on campus, and no damage, after an earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale struck the area last weekend.
Trending everywhere is one of the most successful charity fundraising campaigns ever: the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, which has raised $53.3 million since July 29. Chances are you've seen videos of George W.
The seminary at Andrews University has posted a statement on its website refuting the doctrine of "male headship" in Adventist church leadership.


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Apparently Jamal Crawford's dribbling practice has finally paid off. Los Angeles Clippers guard Jamal Crawford nutmegged San Antonio Spurs guard Nando de Colo with just under 30 seconds left to remain in the game, with the Crawford's Clippers up 20 points. This will surely spark a discussion of whether or not this was classy in any respect, and we will be the first to say that it was not. However, you have to give Jamal points for style. via @blazersedge Article found on: Cosby Sweaters
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Life is good when you're an effective placekicker, playing on a team with a stagnant offense that rarely finds the end zone. Life is even better when you're paid quite handsomely for your results. Per ESPN's Adam Schefter, the Chiefs signed kicker Ryan Succop to a five-year, $14 million extension Friday. The deal, which runs through 2016, includes a $2 million signing bonus and $2 million in guaranteed salary for next season. The value of the new pact could reach as high as $14.675 million if additional incentives are met. Succop was drafted in 2009 by Kansas City and has connected on 69-of-84 career field goals. This season, he's made 24-of-29 tries, with a long of 54-yards. Now financially set — both in life and the NFL — Succop, formerly known as Mr. Irrelevant, figures to remain in K.C. for the long term.
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Oh. My. God. The ESRB has released the "Rating Summary" for Grand Theft Auto V and it's… it's a little crazy.
Naturally, the game has been rated Mature for "Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Mature Humor, Nudity, Strong Language, Strong Sexual Content, and Use of Drugs and Alcohol." But its the ESRB's in-depth analysis of the game's content that really drives home just how insane GTA5 is. The game will include copious amounts of nudity (including naked cultists), enough swearing to make the Goodfellas blush, a little drug use, enough violence to make Quentin Tarantino blush, and… just for fun… some necrophilia.
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In this open-world action game, players assume the role of three criminals whose storylines intersect within the fictional city of Los Santos. Players can switch between each character to follow his storyline, completing missions which often include criminal activities (e.g., stealing cars, executing heists, assassinating targets). Players use pistols, machine guns, sniper rifles, and explosives to kill various enemies (e.g., rival gang members); players also have the ability to shoot non-adversary civilians, though this may negatively affect players' progress as a penalty system triggers a broad police search. Blood-splatter effects occur frequently, and the game contains rare depictions of dismemberment. In one sequence, players are directed to use various instruments and means to extract information from a character; the sequence is intense and prolonged, and it involves some player interaction (i.e., responding to on-screen prompts). The game includes depictions of sexual material/activity: implied fellatio and masturbation; various sex acts that the player's character procures from a prostitute—while no nudity is depicted in these sequences, various sexual moaning sounds can be heard. Nudity is present, however, primarily in two settings: a topless lap dance in a strip club and a location that includes male cult members with exposed genitalia in a non-sexual context. Within the game, TV programs and radio ads contain instances of mature humor: myriad sex jokes; depictions of raw sewage and feces on a worker's body; a brief instance of necrophilia (no nudity is depicted). Some sequences within the larger game allow players to use narcotics (e.g., smoking from a bong, lighting a marijuana joint); cocaine use is also depicted. Players' character can, at various times, consume alcohol and drive while under the influence. The words "f**k," "c*nt," and "n**ger" can be heard in the dialogue.
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Monday, July 26, 2010
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By Curt Yeomans
College Park resident, Tyrone Terek Patterson, is facing four felony charges, including one count of murder, and three counts of aggravated assault, in connection with the death of 17-year-old Darnell Fields, last Thursday.
Warrants for Patterson's arrest, filed in Clayton County Magistrate Court last Friday, point to him as the person who allegedly shot Fields twice in the chest in College Park after an exchange of words with a relative of Fields'. Police had previously identified Patterson as a person of interest in the murder investigation.
Clayton County Police spokesman, Officer Otis Willis, III, said authorities have been looking for Patterson, who also goes by the aliases "T-Rex," "T," and "Jersey," since Friday. Patterson is described as a black male, 5-foot, 9-inches tall, and weighing approximately 215 pounds, according to Willis.
Willis, in a written statement, recommended caution if anyone sees Patterson. "If he is seen, notify the nearest law enforcement agency," he said. "Do not approach Tyrone Terek Patterson. He is believed to be armed and dangerous."
According to warrants for Patterson's arrest, he is facing three counts of aggravated assault for allegedly shooting at three people, who were walking along a path in a wooded area, off Faith Cove, in College Park, toward a neighborhood pool.
Police had previously released the names of only two people, Fields, and his 32-year-old aunt, Cande Hope, because they had been struck by bullets. Hope was hit with a bullet in her left calf. She was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, in Atlanta, for treatment. Fields died from his injuries at the scene of the shooting, according to Willis.
The arrest warrants reveal that Patterson allegedly shot at a third person, Fields' 22-year-old cousin, Caponetti Faulkner, who was walking with Fields and Hope when the shooting occurred. Faulkner was not injured, according to the warrants.
The warrants reveal that, prior to the shooting, Patterson and Faulkner shouted "What's up?" to each other. "Caponetti reported he observed a known black male lift his arm, and start shooting a handgun at them," Clayton County Police Detective Michael Medious wrote in his warrant application affidavit. "Caponetti reported he told everyone to get low. Caponetti reported he observed his cousin, Darnell Alonzo Fields, go to the ground, and initially thought he was taking cover from the gun fire.
"Caponetti reported he doesn't know the guy that was doing the shooting('s) real name, but he thinks they call him 'Jersey,' Medious wrote. "Information was discovered that 'Jersey' is also Tyrone T. Patterson," he said.
Medious wrote in his affidavit that Faulkner and two witnesses identified Patterson as the alleged shooter during a photographic line up. Medious also wrote in his affidavit that he searched Patterson's reported home, on Faith Cove, and found a gun case for a .45 caliber Hi-Point pistol. Several spent .45 caliber shell casings were also found on the ground around the porch on the side of the house, Medious wrote.
One of three people who were reportedly standing with Patterson during the shooting, 19-year-old Isaiah Adams, told investigators that the shooting was brought on by another person in the neighborhood stealing a handgun from Patterson, Medious wrote in his affidavit. A Clayton County Police Department statement reports that there were, in total, five people standing on the porch of Patterson's home during the shooting.
Adams reportedly told investigators the handgun was allegedly stolen "probably two, or three weeks" before the shooting.
According to court documents, Adams told police that Patterson had said he had been "robbed out of a handgun and pistol whipped" by a person in the neighborhood, known as "Thermal."
"Thermal's" real name is not listed in the affidavit, but Medious wrote, "Isaiah [Adams] reported they call him 'Thermal' because he always has a long sleeve thermal type shirt on in any weather." Police spokesman, Lt. Tina Daniel, said she could not give out the identity of 'Thermal,' because it might hurt the police department's ongoing investigation into the shooting.
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Thursday, September 08, 2005
Live From Ft. Worth
I'm in Ft. Worth today attending a conference on religious liberty that the Center for Leadership Development at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is sponsoring. I decided to do a little opposition research to see if Southern Baptists still believe anything that they did when I went to this school in the late 1970's and early 80's.
I arrived a little early and drove to the new (to me) alumni conference center named for one of my former professors, Dr. Jack MacGorman. My hotel room at the conference center is literally across the street from where Kylene (my wife) and I lived for the three years that I worked on my master's degree. That house was torn down long ago to make room for a Baptist Book Store -- now LifeWay. Fittingly, my room in the conference center is called the "Jimmy Draper Guest Room," named after one of the takeover presidents of the SBC who became the head of the Baptist Sunday School Board which operates LifeWay.
This is the first time that I have been on campus since the day after Dr. Russell Dilday, former President of the Seminary, was fired -- sometime in the early 90's (I've forgotten the year, but remember the time well).
The most noticeable difference between those days and today is the vacant atmosphere of the campus. I expected to have difficulty finding a place to park. That was the biggest problem around campus when I was a student. It was still a problem in the early 90's. Today the parking lots are empty, and numerous parking spaces are open on every street around the campus.
I knew that enrollment was down at the Seminary, but until today the magnitude of the decline escaped me.
Truthfully, in those days it was harder to find a parking space around the Seminary on a Saturday, when classes were out, than it is to find one today when classes are in session.
Whatever else the Fundamentalist takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention did, it didn't do anything positive for the enrollment at Southern Baptist seminaries.
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- John said...
If you recall, back in those days we were allowed to park on the street around campus. Even with that, it was a struggle to find a spot after 9am during the week.
Now, the City has taken away all of the street parking and I am amazed how much space is still available on campus during the day.
- Jonathan said...
"opposition" is strong word. i am someone who isn't happy with the SBC for a number of issues. but God still loves "them," which might mean that we need to as well, despite theological and personal differences. "oppostion" implies a battle, a war, a competition. we're not trying to "win more souls" than them.
i can understand where you come from, and the mentality that you have. i've heard the stories. but it was a long time ago. the SBC is the way that it is, and it's not going to change.
i'm not telling you what to do, and i'm by no means telling you how to write in your own blog. by all means, one's blog should be where they can express whatever they want. what i am asking though, as a moderate baptist, is that you consider that you are seen as a representation of "this side."
- David Flick said...
Bruce, I've only been back to the SWBTS campus twice since I graduated (in '74). Haven't been back a single time since Patterson became president. In my mind, the day Patterson became president of the institution was the blackest day in the history of Southwestern. On that day, I turned my SW certificate upside down. I would have burned the d***** thing, but I wanted something as a reminder that I at least graduated from the institution when it was still a credible seminary... (3rd photo on bottom row)
- Greek Shadow said...
I was only at SWBTS for one year, but what I remember most about it was the atmosphere. When you walked on campus everyone was not just friendly, but you felt a loving spirit -- it was tangible -- you could feel it, taste it and sense it every other way. I have never been anywhere that was like that -- not even Glorieta. Those were really difficult days for my first wife who was very ill when we moved into student housing a couple of months before the semester began. I remember when word of her hospitalization reached Dr. Drumwright he made a special effort to visit her, where else would a Dean of an institution that size go out of their way for someone who hadn't even attended a single class yet? The true crime of the Fundamentalists has been killing that loving spirit and replacing it with Legalism, Judgementalism, and rigid conformity. The Love was strangled the day Dilday was fired. I'm not surprised that what was once the Seminary with the world's largest enrollment is now a shell of its former self. It stopped being a place of learning and became a Brain Washing Academy a long time ago. All Baptists should weep for what has been lost.
- Greek Shadow said...
I've never claimed I had a lock on "The Truth". I readily admit that my beliefs are personal and accept the fact that other people think differently. Paige Patterson and those who took over the SBC and the Seminaries are the ones who cannot accept opposing ideas. And have obviously chased off any "Free Thinker" who might be amellinial or gap theorist or think that there were two or three Isaiah's or that someone other than Paul wrote Hebrews, etc. And that has been born out by their drop in enrollment.
Furthermore I was only stating my opinion, and as such it will be subjective instead of objective hence judgemental, nature of the beast, old man.
- Hershael W York said...
Bruce, once again you paint with too broad a brush. Southern Seminary's enrollment is the highest in its history. Funny how you visit one seminary and make a general statement about the other five with no facts to back up your assertion. Par for the course.
- Snoofy said...
One third of the enrollment at Southern Seminary is now undergraduate. If you subtract that off is enrollment still the highest in history?
- Scott Slayton said...
Take away the undergrads at SBTS and you still have a very high enrollment. Plus you have to consider the immense popularity of SEBTS as well.
- Roger said...
Greek Shadow,
It's too bad that my earlier post was deleted...it now makes your comments useless as you replied to something that is no longer there. But to follow up on your logic: you have a personal opinion, and I have a personal opinion - but they are irrelevant if they are just our opinions and not grounded in truth. Truth is what matters. So we must ultimately seek truth.


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The Ottawa County Fair gets beer this year.
Ottawa County Senior Fair Board President Beth Lepper received word last week the fair's four-day liquor permit was approved by the state. Ottawa County is only the fifth county to allow alcohol sales at its fair, joining Cuyahoga, Auglaize, Delaware and Lucas counties.
"We're hoping to make some money, but we also would like to give people the opportunity to have an alcoholic beverage," Lepper said.
The fair starts Monday and runs through July 22, but the permit limits alcohol sales to Wednesday through July 21. The permit restricts sales to beer and wine coolers.
Ottawa County Commissioners approved the liquor application by a vote of 2-1 in March and anticipate alcohol sales will help the fair bring in about $10,000.
"We'll try it this year and see how it works," said County Commissioner Jim Sass, who approved the fair's application. "Hopefully, it can generate some revenue for improvements at the fair."
The fair board has taken some precautions to restrict access to alcohol. Alcohol is available for purchase within an enclosed area near the grandstand and is allowed only in the grandstand and track areas. Fair goers are limited to two alcoholic beverages per person. Wrist bands will also be distributed to prevent underage drinking.
Two groups of volunteers will be serving alcohol. They were trained by a state liquor agent.
"I believe the fair board has put in restrictions to control the sale and the amount of sales to the individuals," said County Commissioner President Carl Koebel, who approved the fair's application. "I know they're going to do everything humanly possible to make this work to their benefit and keep any problems from occurring."
Lepper said the fair will also have additional deputies from the Ottawa County Sheriff's office to handle any unforeseen problems.
County Commissioner Steve Arndt voted against approving the fair's liquor application because of potential liability issues.
"There's a time and a place for alcohol," Arndt said. "I don't believe the amount of money generated justifies the liability it could produce for the county."
"I'm hoping we don't have any problems, but if we do, we're not beyond saying we won't shut it down and the fair board's aware of that," Koebel said.
In case something should happen, the fair board has purchased additional insurance coverage.
"It's our first year. We're hoping for the best," Lepper said. "You don't know how something's going to work until you try it."


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Tough Love, Dark Souls Style
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I am honestly surprised that I even bought Dark Souls. Normally I would shy away from a game that is specifically known for being extremely difficult, but with all the bewildering good press that both it and its predecessor have gotten I kinda wanted to get in on the action. And you know what? I like it.
There is something about not being told anything specific about its mechanics, or how to proceed in this nearly open world that gives me a genuine sense of discovery. I mean, Ive gone into some games cold, usually old PC games and left feeling frustrated and unsatisfied that Im doing something wrong and cant seem to make any progress. Yet, even though Dark Souls has occasionally frustrating I know that if I can just make it to the next bonfire, or maybe grind out just a few more souls, or try that boss just one more time Im usually able to push through it and move on to something else totally new and alien. I have nothing against easy, breezy, games that seem nearly set on a linear path, but there is just an awesome feeling of achievement that I was able to figure out where to go or what to do with not much more than a few cryptic messages on the floor.
Of course its not all pleasant. The flip side of that coin is I have no idea what weapons I should upgrade, what spells are worthwhile, or what is the "normal" path I should be taking so as to not run into some giant dragon that is going to stomp me into the ground repeatedly while I mutter to myself "what am I doing wrong?" Sometimes all this freedom lets me run into some dead ends until I figure out there was another door to open or another stairway hidden in a room leading to a much easier route. Kinda makes me crazy wondering if this style of game is a refreshing change or maybe my time would be better spent finishing some other games where I know what the hell I am doing. But... maybe finishing Assassin's Creed Brotherhood can wait for another week. ;)


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How can I adjust a program into thinking my Windows 2000 installation is actually Windows older version like nt,etc
i have 1 application always giving error when i m trying to open it that its not compatible with your os version,
what should i do or is there any utility to correct this problem
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talking about the actual installation, or about attempting to start the application?
If it's the installation, and it's not an MSI, then recapture it. If it's an MSI, check the Launch Conditions.
If you talking about the application, try creating a pif file, that starts the application in Windows 2000 compatibilty mode.
so let's try again.
You have an application that is written for a Pre windows 2000 version?
The actual OS that you are using IS Windows 2000?
It appears that you application requires a dongle to use (not in your first post, but subsequent posts)?
The dongle requires hardware, i.e. requires a driver. Is the driver compatible with the current OS?
I do not have a Windows 2000 OS image at the moment, but I am pretty sure that you can right-click on the executable, and choose a compatibilty mode that the executable should use to run (Win95, Win98 etc). Making the settings here creates a pif file, and that can be used to launch the application. It's another question if the app works, but it's worth a try.


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Political Pulse: Ballot order announced for city council election
CORPUS CHRISTI - Earlier this week City Council election candidates learned their order on the May 14 ballot.
Some the first candidates who picked chose a low spot, so others who drew later ended up with a higher listing. For two incumbents facing contested races, it seemed to be the luck of the draw.
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Carolyn Moon
Joe Adame, incumbent
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Mark Scott, incumbent
Hector "Coach" Salinas
Jesse Noyola
Nelda Martinez, incumbent
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John Sloan
Daniel Lucio
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Rose Marie Soto
Roland Barrera
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Noyola put in bid as deadline neared
About a half-hour before the deadline to file for City Council candidacy, Jesse Noyola arrived at City Hall to put his hat in the ring for an at-large seat.
He said his wife, Patricia, had been bugging him to file for weeks. He was reluctant because Patricia, a former City Council candidate for District 3, is pregnant with their fifth girl and due in June. He didn't think the timing was right, but she saw the opportunity.
In the last few minutes before the deadline, Noyola finished filling out candidacy paperwork and dashed to an ATM in City Hall to cover the $100 filing fee.
"She really believes in me and it's an opportunity for people all over the city," he said. "I have a lot of encouragement from people who wanted me to run. I want to make them proud."
Noyola, who lost last year in a race for county commissioner, served as District 3 councilman from 2001-07.
Police association picks endorsements
The Corpus Christi Police Officers Association announced its endorsements this week for the City Council election. It endorsed seven candidates for the nine seats on the council, leaving out endorsements for mayor and a third at-large seat.
Association president Mike Staff said the endorsing committee knew of only one candidate that had filed for mayor, incumbent Joe Adame, when it came to a decision and decided not to endorse.
"We didn't feel as though that candidate met our needs," he said without elaborating. "But we may endorse again."
The association has clashed with Adame and incumbent at-large Councilman Mark Scott on issues with its retiree health insurance fund.
The association is planning to regroup March 25 and consider other candidates who filed March 14 for the seats, he said.
Endorsements for contested races include: District 2, John Marez; District 3, Priscilla Leal; At-large, David Loeb and Nelda Martinez. Uncontested race endorsements include: District 1, Kevin Kieschnick District 4, Chris Adler; and District 5, Larry Elizondo.
Hinojosa: 1 House seat could be lost
Nueces County, where population growth was slow compared to the Rio Grande Valley based on 2010 census data, could lose at least one seat in the state House of Representatives and could be split into two congressional districts, said Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa, D-McAllen.
Hinojosa, a member of the Senate Select Committee on Redistricting, said the 27th Congressional District, held by U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold, could be split on a north-south line through the heart of Nueces County.
"There could be one district graded for a Republican congressman to the north and one graded to a Democratic congressman to the south," he said.
He said if that were to happen, the county would lose ground in Austin and Washington, something he would try to prevent.
"My objective is to keep Nueces County whole," he said.
Hinojosa said he had no plans to seek one of the new congressional seats.
"By and large here in the Texas Legislature we are bipartisan, we work together," he said. "Congress is hostile, poisonous."
'Capital high' surprises Scott
They call it 'capital high' — a condition shared by some Austin lawmakers whose chief symptom is an acute fear of not being re-elected.
Freshman Rep. Connie Scott, R-Robstown, said she has encountered capital high among colleagues in both houses.
"I've been a little disappointed in the childish attitudes," she said. "Some worry with being popular. We came here to do a job, but I hear a lot about getting re-elected."
Scott said she has been impressed, however, by the majority of lawmakers' willingness to reach across party lines.
"There is more of a bipartisan spirit here than I'd expected," she said. "People do work together."
Scott said that, if forced to choose between being re-elected and doing what she believes is the right thing, "I'd definitely do the right thing," she said. "I came here to serve, not be served."
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Another way to draw curved or smooth surfaces is by using the Arc tool and Again, that's on the Draw, we have Arc or the letter A and it's also here under the Pencil tool. So I am going to go ahead and clear out screen, I am going to select that person Delete and let's go ahead and activate the Arc tool and when you do you can see the icon changes a little bit. So when use a Arc's tool there are 3 clicks, you anchor it first, then you draw out the length and Again, you can type in a number if you want to for this.
You click a second time, and then you determine how big of an Arc you want. And this is called the bulge. So we set the length, and then we set how deep of a bulge we have for that object. And once I do I have my Arc. Now if I want I can draw Again, and the Arc tool actually will snap, so if I want I can snap to this endpoint, this endpoint, and then If I want I can snap along the red axis and kind of bulge this out the opposite direction and when I do because these are all connected I do get an actual face and if I want I can actually pull that up and when I do you'll see that this is actually a curved surface here with two edges on either side.
So Again, is very similar to the Circle tool in the way that it creates lines. One handy way to use the Arc tool is to kind of round off corners on objects. So I am going to go ahead and select all of this and delete it and let's just create a very simple rectangle here. I am going to zoom in on this a little bit and let's select our Arc tool and if I want I can snap two edges and go ahead and start this on an edge, and then I'm going to go and draw my line over to the opposite edge.
Now notice this is actually really handy thing is that this will snap up when it's at 45 degrees, in other words when this is equidistant on the side as it is on this side it will snap and that can be very- very handy because all I have to do now is click that second time and then just bring out the bulge until Again, it highlights, notice how it's come popping violent here and that means it's tangent to the edge and when I do that I now have an Arc that goes tangent to this edge and tangent to that edge and all I have to do now is just go to my Select tool, select the outer edge of this and then just hit Delete.
And once I hit the Delete key now I have a curved edge, very cool. So if I wanted to do that on the other side I could just reselect the Arc tool, go along this edge until I snap and that tells me it's exactly opposite where that tangent hit on the other side. So I am going to lay down my first point here by left-clicking, and then Again, a snap when it gets purple on the edge and then snap when it's tangent to edge, and then I can delete. If I want I can select and Delete, or I can just use the Eraser tool, either way works just fine.
So now that I have this I can extrude it or whatever, or If I wanted to do something even little bit different I can take this Arc and go from opposite side to opposite side and then bulge in the middle as well and then go ahead and select these faces and delete them and now that I have this I can just Again, pull that into a shape if I want, okay. Those are some of the basics of the Arc tool, I'm sure you can find this very handy for rounding off corners or making curved types of surfaces.
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This is when I love being a pedophile, when I can just relax and look at sexy young boys on line and have a good wank imagining the brilliant sex I would have if those boys were here with me. It gets me sooooooo hard and horny.
Yes, it's just so great knowing that young boys all over the world are being exploited, and that people like you would gladly take away their innocence against their will. I hope you die a horrible death.
What's the worst that can happen? The boy grows up fearing anal sex? Or maybe he hates sex in general? (Nah, impossible). If men wouldn't take out their unhappiness from their childhood on women there'd be no problems. They can turn gay and rape and give each other AIDS all they like, and I'll be happy they removed themselves from the gene pool.
That is not a a justification. Do you know just how traumatized someone would be if they were raped at a young age? Would you really do such an awful thing to someone just for your own pleasure? You're pathetic, even for a pedophile. I don't mind pedophiles who accept that their fantasies will only be fantasies, and they'd never want to hurt a child, but you are just sick.
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I know you probably won't read this shit because you've got your head so far up your perverted ass so basically fuck off and when you get caught for your pedophilia affliction just prepare for the consequences of getting the shit beaten out of you in jail. Pedos are the first to go in the jail food chain you sick perverted fuck.
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In the 1980s, California played a vital role in America's craft beer revolution when such pioneers as San Francisco's Anchor Steam and Chico's Sierra Nevada inspired a generation of innovative home brewers. While Northern California remains a hotbed for hopheads, San Diego County in recent years has also emerged as a top craft beer destination with more than 70 breweries.
Stone Brewing Company, Escondido
The country's 10th largest craft brewery, Stone has grown from 400 barrels in 1996 to more than 200,000 today. With distinctive gargoyle-themed bottle artwork and such irreverent names as Arrogant Bastard Ale and Ruination IPA, Stone hasn't lost its edge (or quality), even as it has evolved into the closest thing in San Diego to a beer empire. Its Escondido brewery is positively palatial. The stone, wood, and steel interior of the expansive restaurant and bar looks into the production area, while a curtain of windows can be raised to open up onto a patio with fire pits and granite boulders.
Favorites on the eclectic world cuisine menu include the wild boar Korean barbecue sandwich and duck tacos, and many dishes feature produce grown at Stone's own organic farm. With bamboo, pines, and avocado trees arrayed around ponds and a cascading brook, the one-acre beer garden is a Zen escape — a perfect place to settle into an Adirondack chair and savor one of Stone's seasonal brews. First-come, first-served tours of the brewing facility are offered daily and typically fill early. Stone also recently opened an equally impressive operation at Liberty Station, a historic navy facility along San Diego Bay. 760-294-7866; stonebrewing.com
The Lost Abbey/Port Brewing Company, San Marcos
These affiliated breweries share a location in Stone Brewing Company's former brewhouse, but under the guidance of co-founder and director of brewery operations Tomme Arthur, they produce vastly different beers. Just take a look at the tap handles. Befitting its emphasis on Belgian-inspired beers in the monastic tradition, Lost Abbey's pulls feature a Celtic cross. But Port focuses on West Coast-style IPAs, and so its colorful handles are shaped like flip-flops.
The joint tasting room is nothing fancy, pretty much just a bar in a corner of the brewhouse, where beeping forklifts occasionally pass through. But that no-frills approach doesn't bother the beer geeks who come for Saturday tours and seasonal creations and specialty releases by Arthur (a onetime world champion small brewer). He ages Belgian beers in oak barrels once filled with bourbon, cognac, and tequila, and experiments with yeasts and adds fruit to produce complex ales with a distinct, sour tang (try the raspberry-rich Framboise de Amorosa). Lost Abbey is serious beer but doesn't take itself too seriously, as evidenced by a self-proclaimed crusade on behalf of "good beers vs. evil beers." And the sign in Latin over the barrel room entrance? It translates as, "In The Wild Yeast We Believe." 800-918-6816; lostabbey.com or portbrewing.com
Green Flash Brewing Company, San Diego
To get a sense of Green Flash's rapid growth, tour the brewery and take a look at the cold box unit, which is virtually lost among rows of giant stainless steel tanks. Before moving into its current 44,000-square-foot facility, Green Flash's entire operation would have fit into that cold box. Since 2010, Green Flash's production has increased nearly five-fold, reflecting the popularity of its signature West Coast IPA and a growing beer lineup, including the spicy Saison Diego farmhouse ale, which blends California and Belgian styles. The airy, music-filled tasting room, with its wood and corrugated steel bar, draws big crowds, as does its beer garden, where visitors can pick up meals and snacks from a fleet of food trucks. Green Flash is continuing to innovate with a "Genius Lab" program, in which teams of employees develop recipes that can quickly lead to 50-barrel production runs (often available in the tasting room). That's a big commitment for an experimental beer. But as Green Flash's brewmaster Chuck Silva says, "The Genius Lab generally hits home runs...if we're ever actually afraid to brew a beer, then we probably shouldn't." 858-622-0085; greenflashbrew.com
AleSmith Brewing Company, San Diego
The focus is clearly on craftsmanship and creativity at AleSmith, where the logo features a glass of beer on an anvil and the contemporary orange-and-gray tasting room displays lush photos that celebrate the brewing process. Owner Peter Zien thinks of the AleSmith team as "an artist colony" and loves the blend of art and science involved in making what he calls "hand-forged beers." While AleSmith can deftly shift gears between brewing approaches, Zien says the brewery is less intent on inventing new beers and flavors than trying to perfect classic Belgian, British, and American styles. Even so, he's willing to experiment a bit, such as with the Speedway Stout, a rich, dense beer that's aged in bourbon barrels and flavored with coffee from local micro-roaster Ryan Bros. Coffee.
Since opening in 1995, AleSmith has won numerous awards at both national and international competitions. The accolades and high demand for AleSmith beers certainly provide a measure of validation. But for Zien, who amassed a collection of 300 beer bottles by the time he was 16, it's about something more. "Beer is a link to the past," he says. "People have been making beer for thousands of years. The process is about tricking Mother Nature into doing what you want her to do." 858-549-9888; alesmith.com
Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits, San Diego
Named for the location in San Diego where Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo first came ashore in 1542, the brewery dates back to 1996. It grew out of founder Jack White's post-college home brewing efforts, which were inspired in part by beers that his father made and served in Coca Cola bottles. Along with business partner Yuseff Cherney, White later opened a home brewing supply store, where the two first produced Ballast Point beers in an effort "to find a way to turn our passion into a profession."
That they did. In 2010, Ballast Point earned honors as the top small brewing company at the biennial World Beer Cup and three gold medals, including one for its popular Sculpin IPA. Ballast Point beers are all named for ocean life, and the relaxed tasting room carries out the marine theme with displays of label art and fish figurines on the walls. With 27 taps, the selection is huge, including beers you won't find anywhere else, and brewery tours are offered four times daily. In addition to being a brewery, Ballast Point is also San Diego's first distillery since Prohibition and produces gin, rum and vodka, and a line of mixers. 858-695-2739; ballastpoint.com
Societe Brewing Co., San Diego
While many craft brewers opt for bold label art inspired by graphic novels, Societe Brewing Co.'s imagery is considerably more genteel. Walk into the tasting room, and on the tap handles and in artwork along the walls, you see silhouettes of people (actual members of the San Diego beer-making community) wearing Victorian-era costumes. The silhouettes symbolize Societe's commitment to producing beers using traditional techniques and a keen focus on quality rather than flash.
"There's no lab here. Everything is low-tech and mechanical and based on taste," says co-founder and brewer Doug Constantiner. "We're going for balance, and nothing should be too over-powering. We're all about subtleties." Constantiner and fellow co-founder /brewer Travis Smith boast impressive pedigrees, with stints at such leading California breweries as The Bruery in Orange County and Santa Rosa's Russian River Brewing Co. Since its 2011 founding, Societe has risen into the upper echelon of San Diego beer brewers . It only produces 12-15,000 barrels annually, 80 percent of which is sold within 15 miles of the brewery. Because of this, the tasting room is still your best bet to sample and purchase Societe favorites like The Harlot, a crisp, citrusy Belgian pale ale. 858-598-5409; societebrewing.com
Brew Hop Tours
For an insider's look at the San Diego beer scene and top breweries, Brew Hop Tours offers in-depth private tours. Brew Hop co-founders Summer Nixon and Larz Watts are very much plugged into the community (Watts works for a local brewer), and will customize tours to suit your interests. Their insights into the history and evolution of the San Diego beer community greatly enhance the experience of visiting the breweries, and Brew Hop outings offer other advantages as well-- most stops include quick private brewery tours and the chance to meet and talk with beer makers. And because many breweries are located in below-the-radar office and industrial parks, it can help to have experts doing the navigating and driving, while also eliminating the risk of driving under the influence. 858-361-8457; brewhop.com


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