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On Oct. 30, 2007, we got in a tussle with a reader. Can you imagine?
On that day, it was because we weren't stumping for Ron Paul as conscientiously as Lew Rockwell.
This morning, we see we may yet get another chance. Dr. Paul is holding a press conference today in Iowa. We're told he'll launch an "exploratory committee" – that fateful first step toward a run for the presidency.
In 2007, we suggested the country – pre-Lehman, pre-stimulus, pre-bailouts – wasn't ready for the medicine Dr. Paul prescribes.
Perhaps now that we've seen a few trillion-dollar deficits and a community organizer who's proven equally adept at military adventurism as his "aw, shucks" predecessor… a few more people are willing to go to the pharmacy… or, at the very least wondering now what that mysterious lump is.
"This would seem to be an ideal year for Paul," muses the Washington wonk weekly National Journal: "Since the last election, the Republican Party has moved much closer to his view on deficit reduction. All of the party's top-tier presidential hopefuls are focusing on lowering debt, government spending and tax rates, issues Paul has long advocated."
"Ron Paul Is Starting to Make Sense," reads the headline the May issue of Esquire. He "is the most important politician in America today," the profile begins, "because he's the rare politician – maybe the only politician – who always says exactly what he really believes.
"Unlike Paul Ryan, Haley Barbour, Mitt Romney, Mitch Daniels and Mike Huckabee, who all raised taxes while calling for lower taxes, Ron Paul gives us a chance to examine the ideas currently driving the conservative movement in their pure form."
We'll see.
One way to examine those ideas is by reading this review penned by our own Gary Gibson.
While Dr. Paul is away in Iowa, the nabobs in Washington are twittering over two "competing visions" of the way forward – the 12-year budget plan of the president and the 10-year plan of Rep. Paul Ryan.
We can see why. The difference between them is "vast":
Hmmn… shall we raise the national debt by 84% in the next 10 years, or merely 62%? To even suggest the national credit card may be revoked long before then… well, that makes you a "kook" in these parts.
Still for a growing number of people in "flyover country," it's starting to make sense… and get real.
Addison Wiggin
for The Daily Reckoning
Addison Wiggin is the executive publisher of Agora Financial, LLC, a fiercely independent economic forecasting and financial research firm. He's the creator and editorial director of Agora Financial's daily 5 Min. Forecast and editorial director of The Daily Reckoning. Wiggin is the founder of Agora Entertainment, executive producer and co-writer of I.O.U.S.A., which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, the 2009 Critics Choice Award for Best Documentary Feature, and was also shortlisted for a 2009 Academy Award. He is the author of the companion book of the film I.O.U.S.A.and his second edition of The Demise of the Dollar, and Why it's Even Better for Your Investments was just fully revised and updated. Wiggin is a three-time New York Times best-selling author whose work has been recognized by The New York Times Magazine, The Economist, Worth, The New York Times, The Washington Post as well as major network news programs. He also co-authored international bestsellers Financial Reckoning Day and Empire of Debt with Bill Bonner.
With this announcement, I'm registering Republican so I can vote for him in the Republican primary. Hopefully more RP supporters will do the same. Ron Paul is awesome!
After supporting Ron for decades, it's about time…just hope it's not to late for USA
I am READY!! Getting my liberal family members to register republican for Dr. Paul too! Liberty really does bring people together.
Things are not bad enough for Republicans to support him in the primaries. They do not want to downsize the military just like Demcrats do not want to cut domestic spending. Both parties will crash the dollar soon. After the crash we can get silver and gold dollars, end the Fed, reform entitlements and bring our troops home. Real change is coming.
Misguided militarism is your problem. When is the USA going to get over it. Dropping expensive bombs in Afghanistan and Pakistan is dumb and dumber. Soldiers crawling all over Iraq and Afghanistan …. good grief.
Ron Paul is the cure, that's why he doesn't have a prayer. America is like a lung cancer patient chain smoking in a hospital bed.
Politicians don't get elected by promising to put a lock on the liquor cabinet (and being sincere about it).
Remnants scrambling to copters, rickety planes, bicycles, motorcades, or whatever movable vehicles. The looming Tet offensive would overrun the besieged Saigon any moment. The outcome was written all over the face. Straight set result! By thumb rule it didn't require a rubber game. Referee has blown the last whistle and called it a day.
Out of the blue, came the monetary infiltration. Dramatic social upheaval. By Geneva convention of cross border war, it doesn't permit the use of paper bullet that is soul damaging.
I would be happy to vote Ron Paul in 2012
Ron Paul's moment? in POLITICO's Arena, Grover Norquist responds:Ron Paul brings energy and a great number of young activists into the Republican Party and the broader conservative movement http://bit.ly/g9d3So
Ron Paul is the Tea Party candidate with the best voting record but being against the foreign wars is still considered a weakness to the Repubs so how can he get the nomination? If he does,will he get a trip to Bilderbergers? LOL
While it may be true that the Repub and Dems will nominate only a candidate that will keep up the statists status quo I do think that Ron Paul's message will have to be coopted by whoever the counterfeit candidate is, like last election. The Obama Deception, see it on Youtube.com?
Ron Paul's medicine will be very bitter to swallow and this will make it difficult to get elected. Voters usually prefer to ignore nasty options until they fall them on the head. I would be surprised if it will turn out different this time.
Be fun to see just how much WALK he has to go with all that TALK.
No one man is going to cure this country's ills. The whole national attitude has to be changed and I don't see that happening…
Hope I'm wrong…
I will be changing my party registration to vote for Ron Paul, and I will be sending him my financial support. I don't agree with all his views. The one thing he does have the power to do, as commander in chief, is get us out of the wars. That alone, will reduce our deficit.
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
America is a nation of morons who do not deserve the last great patriot, Ron Paul. As the old republic disappears beneath the jackboots of Obama fascism, Americans will wallow in their monumental stupidity right until the very end.
To borrow a turn of phrase from my fellow blogger John Reilly, Ron Paul is a Fortean personality whose candidacy indicates that American history has gone off the main sequence. He might do some good for all that, but it will likely be outweighed by all the bad going on in spite of him.
One Man cannot make a difference, yes this is true. What we need is to heed his words. Ron Paul is the ONLY voice of reason among corrupt men. We should allow him to be the greatest mentor of this age to show us how to turn the tide of this Nation that has lost it's credibility. We should be willing to be part of the "RON PAUL REVOLUTION" We should be backing, supporting, informing others about this MAN that I believe was born for "Such A time as this" HE WILL WALK THE TALK,
Love RP but don't think he has any chance. We'll get a couple of face-(wo)men that the Joe Averages can get tribal about while the rest of us watch in horror. Again.
Interesting and informative post. Thank you for your effort. Nice work Addison.
Ron Paul……… There is another example of a dinosaur in the Republican Party and the Eagle Forum. Ron Paul won't give you change. He will transport you back to 1928 and Hoover Economics. We would then re-play the whole bloody mess over again because you all would not have learned from this experience.
"The most difficulty lies not so much in the development of new ideas as in the escaping from old ones." (Keynes)
"The most inflationary of things are idle workers and idle production-lines and shuttered factories."
I would NOT vote for a Republican, a Tory, a Conservative, and ESPECIALLY NOT a Green, anywhere in this world.
YOU Republicans dragged us into the Vietnam War, cost us billions, plus millions of lives, accomplished absolutely NOTHING and NO-ONE wanted the war. You created it. Now the financial bill is coming in. Such a lovely bunch you all are, and you say you're pro-gold, too?
I can't believe I'm reading this clap-trap. King George VI awarded The Sword of Honour to Joseph Stalin in 1945 for liberating Eastern Europe and saving MILLIONS oF LIVES from the Nazis. So, who did the Republicans here start their ridiculous Cold War with? Stalin and Russia. And why? Because the Republicans needed a new enemy to keep their war economy going in America. I mean: Let the truth be told to the kids here! The Republicans started an un-necessary Cold War in the 1950s to keep the war economy going from WWII.
The Republicans bankrupted the U.S. with their ridiculous wars and defence spending.
I beg to differ: Pres. Obama is cutting you a break now. The dollar is being steadied to even with the beaver buck and 10:1 with the Mex peso. There is a new NAFTA economy emerging now, right before your eyes. In five years, the U.S. will be exporting oil and bringing-in money. Get rid of these Greens (now appearing in both parties), because they are the worst and most anti-people rats, and we all will have power not just from heavy oil but from nat-gas, hydro-electric, coal, and atomic. We are going to prosper. Canada, America, and Mexico are going to BOOM. The men/women behind Obama are brilliant, and they are not going to pee-away the money on Cold Wars, Vietnam Wars, Korean Wars, Defence spending of all kinds probes to Jupiter, to Saturn to Uranus, to Neptune, trips to Mars, a man on the Moon, a probe to Venus, and more garbage in orbit, a probe to the next galaxy and lavish spending like this. Rather, for a change: spending is going to be made on people, on their jobs, and on their exports.
Let me close with another quote from John Maynard Keynes, whom I don't always agree with, but I shall say: HIS ECONOMICS IS BETTER THAN HERBERT HOOVER's ECONOMICS, and all you are going to witness from your hero Ron Paul is a re-play of Hoover Economics and the horrors of the Great Depression.
"THE MOST INFLATIONARY of THINGS ARE IDLE WORKERS, IDLE PRODUCTION LINES, & SHUTTERED FACTORIES." (John Maynard Keynes)
Right now, the year is almost 2013, and Mexico is BOOMING and for the first time in its history. But in five years, the boom will spread all over North America, and this will be a NAFTA miracle. We will be able to thank people like President Obama for directing us out of poverty and darkness. And in the years ahead— maybe four or five now— everyone in America will have free medical care as a basic human right.
Yes, the gold coins would be fun, but can you imagine people hoarding money because it's gold. So, money stops circulating, prices collapse, everything fails, everything stops, everyone is out of work and everyone starves. GOLD! GOLD! GOOOOOOOOOLD!!!!!
Jeff Desjardins breaks down various aspects of the Greek crisis with a focus on particular issues, like the exodus in population...
Charles Hugh Smith explores how the end of secure work and diminishing returns of financialization are disrupting the traditional human experience of growth...
These suckers have dragged down the entire market for months. It's been a tale of two Dows. The Dow Jones Transportation Average has dropped more than 8% on the year. But the Dow Jones Industrial Average has just about broken even over the same period. That shows you just how bad the trannies have been.
Peter Schiff reports on the broken spell of confidence surrounding the dollar, and how it may also reverse the fortunes of other beaten down currencies...
Bill Bonner explains why you can count on central banks to exaggerate the commodities cycle with more cheap credit...
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It's up the hill and out of the city happenings which for me is good....too much congestion around while dining is not sexy! Overall, RG still does well. But the interior really needs updating. I see Rive Gauche with dark paneled walls, amber lightning, heavy rugs under the chairs/tables, as though is someone's estate on the river in Paris....the food, when good, screams to have ambience to match! And please, remove the flyers, signs, stands, promos, etc. between the entry and my table and at the reception desk...I mentioned the same type 'intrusion' in my Chez Melange review. Invite me into your restaurant, please don't make me maneuver around this and that...I like Rive Gauche but with a few tweaks I would love Rive Gauche. Plenty of free parking but unless some decor change takes place, the lot will not be filled. Unfortunate because the location is ideal. Take a drive around the peninsula after a lunch or brunch or park and take in the lights after dinner.
Posted by Gary R on 04/10/2011
I was pleasantly surprised to find this cozy little French restaurant in Palos Verdes. My girlfriend and I were driving around one afternoon, and we noticed the sign – La Rive Gauche, from the road. It was about four in the afternoon, and there was only one other couple in the restaurant. The owner, Jaques attended to us and was very friendly and charming. We started with a delicious appetizer, Coquille St. Jaques, which is a rich casserole with scallops and mushrooms in a cream sauce. We ordered a nice bottle of wine from the extensive wine list. Jaques recommended the Chateau du Pape, and it was excellent. Soup and salad was included with our meal and the cream of celery soup really hit the spot. For dinner I ordered the Veal Ossobucco and was definitely not disappointed. My girlfriend had salmon with a horse radish dijon cream sauce and was equally pleased. After dinner, we went for a walk on the trail above the restaurant to round out a truly romantic dining experience! Two thumbs way up for La Rive Gauche and Jaques.
Posted by Kiki on 08/20/2008
Been a staple in my dining for years and years. The food is always good, the service is always good. Plenty of parking and, on the Palos Verdes Pennisula, a great place to end a beautiful drive by the Pacific. I would like to see the interior updated and perhaps some of the information in the foyer disappear but for my money and palate, yes. La Rive Gauche ("the left bank") is still on my list. The soups, entrees, sauces - the food astes the way it's supposed to taste. Go in Chanel or jeans, but wear a sportscoat.....

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Excellent customer service, outstanding facilities and high levels of repeat business have all helped Bedford Lodge Hotel in Newmarket secure a place in the finals of this year's Suffolk Tourism Awards.
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I wrote this when I only read the First book of the series, almost two and a half years ago. I was somewhat overly optimistic, but generally this still stands. Snodgras never wrote anything worthwhile for the Wild Cards again.
The only Wild Card book I've read so far, this is very promising.
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4.0 out of 5 stars How it all began. . .,
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Having loved the latest Wild Cards triad (Inside Straight, Busted Flush, and Suicide Kings, I was curious to read about how it all began. And with Tor Books reissuing the original Wild Cards installments, I wasn't going to miss out on the opportunity.
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Back in print after a decade, expanded with new original material, this is the first volume of George R. R. Martin's Wild cards shared-world series.
There is a secret history of the world'a history in which an alien virus struck the Earth in the aftermath of World War II, endowing a handful of survivors with extraordinary powers. Some were called Aces'those with superhuman mental and physical abilities. Others were termed Jokers'cursed with bizarre mental or physical disabilities. Some turned their talents to the service of humanity. Others used their powers for evil. Wild Cards is their story.
Originally published in 1987, Wild Cards I includes powerful tales by Roger Zelazny, Walter Jon Williams, Howard Waldrop, Lewis Shiner, and George R. R. Martin himself. And this new, expanded edition contains further original tales set at the beginning of the Wild Cards universe, by eminent new writers like Hugo'winner David Levine, noted screenwriter and novelist Michael Cassutt, and New York Times bestseller Carrie Vaughn.
I remember being concerned about the mosaic novel format when I first read Inside Straight, fearing possible glitches in terms of continuity, consistency, chronology, style and tone. I was worried about how the individual stories would fit and further the plot of the overall story arc. But as was the case with the last triad, the various plotlines are woven together almost seamlessly, and the entire cast of writers involved in the production of this book maintain an even style and tone throughout.
This expanded edition also features new material that could potentially clash with the stories which were more than two decades old. And yet, had I not known that this was the case, I would never have been able to tell you which is which. In retrospect, the addition of new voices and stories provide even more depth to this collective work.
My favorite aspect of Wild Cards I is that it is also somewhat of a social commentary of about four decades of American history. It begins with post-WWII America, and we then follow the evolution of the Wild Cards virus and its repercussions on Aces and Jokers and the American and international psyches through the Cold War, the Vietnam War, the hippie movement, the Kennedy assassination, etc, all the way to the 80s.
It starts off with a bang as Jetboy tries to prevent a tragedy in the skies above New York City. And then we are taken for a ride throughout about forty years' worth of Americana experienced through the eyes of a disparate group of individuals touched by the virus.
As fun as it is intelligent, Wild Cards I will satisfy readers in myriad ways. Beyond being a political and social commentary, the opening chapter of the Wild Cards sequence is a rousing tale of unlikely heroes.
Newbies wanting to sample George R. R. Martin's labor of love for more than twenty years should look no further. Though the latest trilogy could be read as a stand-alone meant to attract new fans into the fold, new readers like me couldn't possibly get all the nuances. But with Wild Cards I, you find out how it all began with no ambiguity.
Give it a shot if you are looking for something different. You won't be disappointed.
5.0 out of 5 stars A fantastic new world of heroes!,
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This review is from: Wild Cards (Wild Cards, Book 1) (Volume One) (v. 1) (Paperback)
A month ago (as of this writing) I'd never ever heard of this series, but now I'm eagerly awaiting the next volume. George R.R. Martin has assembled some fantastic writers to concoct an entire universe of "Wild Card" superheroes that parallels our own world even moreso than the worlds of Marvel and DC Comics which serve as much of the inspiration.
Here's the concept -- in the days after World War II a bomb went off in the skies above New York City, blanketing the people in a virus. Most of them died. Some, the "jokers" underwent a terrible transformation. A select few drew "aces" -- superpowers without a deformity.
Each writer in this collection (an intriguing device martin calls a "Mosaic Novel") tells the story of an ace or joker of his or her creation. All of the stories stand on their own, although many feel very much like a chapter in a longer tale (John J. Miller's "Comes the Hunter" especially) and I hope these threads are picked up in the later books.
As with any collection of diverse writers, some stories are better than others. Martin's own "Shell Games" is my favorite in this volume -- I could have done without the sewer tale, "Down Deep." Even with that lesser story, the concept and execution is wonderful -- I for one am hoping Martin deals out a few more Wild Cards in the future.
4.0 out of 5 stars Great reprint,
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This review is from: Wild Cards (Wild Cards, Book 1) (Volume One) (v. 1) (Paperback)
This is a reprint of the first book in the Wild Cards series. When I first read the original many, many years ago, I became absolutely enthralled with the characters and the unique style of storytelling. The Wild Cards series is made up of predominantly "Mosaic Novels", meaning that each novel is comprised of short stories written by different writers, each from the point of view of their own characters in the Wild Cards universe, but all the short stories taken together comprise one whole META-story, if you will. When I finished this first book, I began a frantic search to find the rest of the series (they were out of print before I had even read the first book) that took me several years. And, to my surprise, I found that this book, as amazing as it was, wasn't even one of the best in the series! But, it's very important, as it portrays the events that seperate the Wild Cards universe from our own reality, and therefore is ALMOST essential to fully experience the Wild Cards. Most of the series I had ended up borrowing and have never been able to find for sale, so I was overjoyed when I found out they were reprinting it. The reprints contain some really nice art to illustrate the tale as you go along (the best art I have seen of the Wild Cards so far), and they make this book worth the purchase, even if you already own the original printing.
4.0 out of 5 stars a hit, a palpable hit...,
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This review is from: Wild Cards (Wild Cards, Book 1) (Volume One) (v. 1) (Paperback)
There are those who have complained that the stories in this book aren't complete, but seem like they're just beginning. This complaint is valid, but the reasoning is inaccurate. Look at the Wild Cards series as comics books told in narrative rather than picture form. A regular comic book series doesn't usually have a complete tale, without clues to the future, and neither does this book. Some of these stories are setups to larger stories, and believe me, that ain't bad. I have read all sixteen books, and in my opinion, while some of the stories ARE weaker than others, the whole is much bigger than the sum of its parts.
The fact is that I grew to care about these characters. I wanted to know more about them, and that need to know drew me deeper and deeper as the series progressed. Now that the series is being re-released, I can honestly say that if you are comic book fan in search of more serious fare, where even the so-called "good guys" can have some unpalatable personality traits, than the wild cards series is for you. If you don't want to blow the bucks for a brand spanking new one, than get one used. I will say that if you dismiss this series without at least trying ONE book, you are missing out on the next level of superheroics.
Try Vol.1 out. If you don't end up loving Croyd (the Sleeper), I'll eat my hat!
5.0 out of 5 stars A golden oldie,
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This review is from: Wild Cards (Wild Cards, Book 1) (Volume One) (v. 1) (Paperback)
I read this series when it was originally released. I wasnt happy with where the series eventually ended up late in the series, but the earlier works are fond favorites.
People buying this book (or others in the series) because they are fans of GRRMartins Song of Ice and Fire series are likely to be disapointed due to misaligned expectations.
The only thing this series has in common with the Song of Ice and Fire is a gritty certainty that favorite characters will get killed....or worse, and the use of widely scattered often disconnected characters and plotlines that sometimes may cross but also might never. Further, as this is a 'mosaic' novel, GRRMartin isnt the sole proprietor of the stories.
Treated as a seperate entity from GRRMartin's more recent series, the Wild Cards series is a fairly unique and often brilliant body of work. Due to its nature, not all of the short stories will appeal to everyone; to be sure there are stories and story arcs that dont appeal to me either.
Regardless, taken as a whole the series is really something special. Its similar to a massive wall mural which cant be appreciated from up close; you have to pull back abit and look at it in its entirety to fully appreciate the overall effect.
The strength of the series lays in its deft characterizations. Some of my favorite fictional characters are from this series; the Turtle, Croyd Crenson (the Sleeper), Golden Boy, Mackie Messer, Carnifex, Mr Nobody, Jumpin Jack Flash (et al), Kid Dinosaur.....the list goes on and on.
The series really picks up in the second book, but the 1st is where all of the necessary background resides.
Unfortunately, the books are being released in a grossly overpriced large softbound edition; my advice it to find the original paperbacks in a used book store.
3.0 out of 5 stars New comments on an Old Review,
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This review is from: Wild Cards (Wild Cards, Book 1) (Volume One) (v. 1) (Paperback)
I wrote this when I only read the First book of the series, almost two and a half years ago. I was somewhat overly optimistic, but generally this still stands. Snodgras never wrote anything worthwhile for the Wild Cards again.
The only Wild Card book I've read so far, this is very promising.
I think I'll start with the bad things first. Too many of the stories don't work. Some, like Witness, are bad, while many (maybe most) seem to be a beginning, setting the stage without solving anything. ( that is especially true of stories like ' The long night of Fortunato')
Also, there are to many characters, and the story isn't focused enough. It covers thirty years, but most of the time its not very vivid. The early stories, at least, all feature Tchyon as a main character, but then he disappears, and that's a shame.
Now for the good part.
First, the intervals are great. Especially the one summing up the red scare, and the one with the quotes.
Also the one with about the science behind the wild Card virus.
Then we have the premise, which is great. The world, and many of the characters, seem fascinating. I love the wild card virus.
Also, three of the stories are simply exellent. Those are, Sleeper, by Roger Zealany, Strings, by Stephan Leigh, and especially, Degredation Rites, by Mellinda sondgrass, which is a touching, tragic love story, as well, as a powerful political tale.
The best thing about the book, though, is the great promise it contains. It thrills me, and I'm sure I'm gonna love the next books.
3.0 out of 5 stars A hit and miss affair.,
This review is from: Wild Cards (Wild Cards, Book 1) (Volume One) (v. 1) (Paperback)
Wild Cards has an interesting premise, but in this, the first volume, it fails to realise it's full potential. The main problem with this mosaic novel is the lack of continuity of characters throughout the book. As each chapter/story is written by a different author, they all seem to want to introduce several of their own characters into the story, and whilst these characters provide interesting plot lines, they never seem to interlace with other characters that were introduced earlier in the book, leaving you to ask; what's the point of having all these characters at all? There's only one character that appears consistently throughout the novel, and therefore he is the only one that provides any sort of interest.
As each chapter/story is written by a different author, you have to constantly adjust to the authors style. This added to the fact that in each chapter the story jumps to a whole new set of characters, you can become confused and lose yourself very easily.
The book, as a whole, is a hit and miss affair. For example, the story "The Long, Dark Night of Fortunato" by Lewis Shiner really is quite awful and to be frank, rather stupid. "Shell Games" by George R. R. Martin is very good indeed (though it lacks the sharp dialogue of his brilliant "A Song of Ice and Fire" series). "Strings" by Stephen Leigh is a taut web of a story with a few suprises and is easily the best in the book.
Overall, the first volume of 'Wild Cards' is slightly disappointing with some major teething problems. However, the book is, in most parts, still immensely enjoyable due to the mostly accomplished storytelling of its authors, and the premise certainly has a lot of potential.
3.0 out of 5 stars Perhaps For Fans of Comic Books (really 2.5 Stars),
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This review is from: Wild Cards (Wild Cards, Book 1) (Volume One) (v. 1) (Paperback)
I am a fan of George R. R. Martin, I think he is one of the most talented writers around today. Furthermore, Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" Series is a masterpiece of writing. Additionally, I have enjoyed some of his short stories. However, I would caution anyone about the "Wild Cards". This is not at all like Martin's other works. "Wild Cards" is a single plot carried over many different short stories written by many authors.
The plot is interesting and initially it sounded great. A deadly virus infects earth after World War II and humans that are infected undergo various physiological and mental changes. Each author brings his own style to the story and some are outstanding. I especially enjoyed Roger Zelazny's story "Ashes to Ashes".
However, overall I could not get into the story. Trying to follow a single story line over many short stories is difficult enough but having to contend with different author's styles, makes it tedious. Some of the stories are down right boring, others are hard to follow. This is very unfortunate because I had great hopes for this book.
4.0 out of 5 stars One big, essential prologue,
This review is from: Wild Cards (Wild Cards, Book 1) (Volume One) (v. 1) (Paperback)
Wild Cards is a great series. This, of course, is not by far the best book in the series; as it mainly serves as a 400 page introduction; but for such an involved and sprawling saga, perhaps such a thing was necessary. The huge back story had to be chronicled, and there was little other way to introduce such a large gallery of significant characters other than to devote chapters to each without getting into a consecutive story. Even so, this book sets certain events in motion that DO eventually put it into the bigger picture and link this with the two following books as somewhat of a trilogy. Overall, very well written, great characters, and Martin edits it exquisitely; making this shared, multi-author book seem like it was all done by one person.
5.0 out of 5 stars Why all comic readers need this book,
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This review is from: WILD CARDS (Mass Market Paperback)
For those of you out there that grew up on comic books as I did, this book is a must. From the get-go the collaborative authors strip down super-heroes to their roots and show how truly heroic people are. There aren't any fancy teams or 2 dimensional characters. These are all people that you might meet and love, hate, want... etc. Except some of them have weird powers and some of them as bizarrely misshapen. Oh, and make sure to watch a little boy name Tom become a true hero, THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TURTLE, through the books.
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The wonderful website We the People, which allows Americans from all walks of life and mental capacities to file petitions that may or may not receive an official presidential response, is back in the news.
Hundreds of thousands of people have signed petitions requesting that states be allowed to secede - or in some cases "succeed" - from the Union following President Obama's win, thereby avoiding the coming fiery apocalypse they are waiting/secretly hoping for.
Petitions have been filed for all 50 states, though in Texas, some residents of Austin filed a counter petition asking the city be allowed to remain part of the U.S. should their state strike out on its own under the benevolent dictatorship of Gov. Rick Perry.
As of this writing, the Obama administration, taking the swift and decisive action it is known for, has ignored the petitions, even those with the 25,000 signatures needed to trigger a response, and focused instead on scheduling the president's holiday pickup basketball games on that court near the fiscal cliff.
Last November, I penned a column (full disclosure: I did not use a pen), about the We the People petition site and the presidential response to a petition "formally acknowledging an extraterrestrial presence engaging the human race."
In other words, the real scoop on UFOs and probings.
Alas, the response from the White House Office of Science and Technology was this: the government has no evidence of life outside our planet, be it friendly, candy-loving ETs or hostile, tentacle-laden probe monsters.
While secession petitions are filling up We the People quicker than a U.S. general can be debriefed, there are other issues the nearly 150 individual petitioners want the president to consider, including premium cigars, internet porn, offending prophets of major religions and the alleged poor treatment of radio sportscaster Scott "The Torg" Torgerson.
More than 33,000 people have signed a petition to "not allow the FDA to regulate premium cigars."
The petition wants Obama to "stand up for small businesses that dot Main Street America & recognize that premium cigars are enjoyed by adults, are not addictive and therefore do not conform to the Congressional intent of the Family Smoking Prevention & Tobacco Control Act."
What about enjoying a premium cigar while perusing some of the more risqué realms of the internet?
No, say the 3,919 people who signed the "regulate internet pornography" petition, which aims to make credit cards mandatory and advertising illegal for all those web sites no one will admit visiting.
"Regulating the distribution of internet pornography is crucial," reads the petition.
How crucial? Almost as crucial as a ban on "offending prophets of major religions."
More than 37,000 people want to "enact a law that prohibits any action or literature that offend prophets of major religions: Moses, Jesus, Mohammad."
The petition does not suggest a punishment for such a crime, but stoning would most likely be near the top of the list.
And why should we give up one of our most cherished rights - free speech - something that so many have fought and died to preserve?
Because "acts like this contradict the essence of coexistence and peace among humans," according to the petition.
As does, according to nearly 25,000 people, the firing of Scott "The Torg" Torgerson from 97.1 The Fan, ESPN's Columbus affiliate, for "tweeting something about Desmond Howard, a former Michigan football player and current ESPN Game Day Analyst."
Desmond Howard, by the way, is not on the list of major prophets.
The Torg "is a great radio sportscaster who speaks the truth," the petition assures the president, while "Desmond Howard does stink up ESPN."
The ball is in your court, Mr. President (they're playing a 2-3 zone, so try to score in transition). America demands answers on secession, cigars, porn, dissing major prophets and The Torg.
The fiscal cliff can wait.
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SAUGUS — A police investigation into an allegation of teacher misconduct at the Ballard Early Childhood Center in Saugus has cleared the teacher of any wrongdoing, Superintendent Richard Langlois said in a press release issued this afternoon.
Neither police nor school officials have said what the teacher was accused of doing.
"As of today, the police have completed their investigation and found no cause for action, clearing the teacher of all charges," said Langlois in the release. "The School Department made its own administrative inquiry into the matter, and confirms that there was no foundation for the complaint or evidence to support the allegation."
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For some reason or another I'm signed up for the Item Live (digital Lynn Item) Breaking News e-newsletter. I figured it is a way for me to stay on top of the breakings news in my old community. However, lately, they've just been abusing the fuck out of the breaking news function. Can anybody just hit the button over there and it becomes breaking news? Seriously, the shit I see on a daily basis is amazing, one day it will be a car accident on Western Ave. and the other it will be a St. Mary's football win over Spellman. I have no clue what defines "breaking news" at the Lynn Item. When the newsletter first came out it would just be stories about someone getting capped on Union Street in Lynn or whatever, with the most common breaking news story seems to be when a water pipe breaks on Route 1 (I think they have those set up automatically to go out twice per week). The only reason I keep open it is for the hope that one of my shitty middle school teachers got busted for being a pedophile or maybe I know someone who OD'd. But, now, well, now anything qualifies as breaking news I guess.
That said I don't think Matt Tempesta is winning a Pulitzer Prize anytime soon. what kind of journalism is this piece of shit story? We don't have a name or the reason for the allegation. We got nothing to work with here, buddy. How can I be relieved of a teacher's dismissal of charges if I don't even know what the fuck they are. Terrible work here and another case of disappointment from an Item Live Breaking News newsletter for Bobo.


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So me and my fiancée are deciding on where to go for our honeymoon. We want to go somewhere with great snowboarding but also romantic. We have been deciding between Whistler, Vermont and Banff/Lake Louise/Sunshine. I have heard great things about Banff. I hear they have hot springs which is a bonus. I have never been to any of these locations and would like peoples opinions. I have tried to look online for honeymoon packages but there doesn't seem to be much of anything. All honeymoon packages seem to be to Europe or some tropical destination
which is not what we are looking for. Where's the honeymoon vacations for snowboarding??? Any opinions/suggestions would be greatly appreciated
I just went through quite a bit of territory on my trip. Banff would be my only choice in that region. Whistler looks nice but we didnt go that far west. Living in vail, going to other ski areas makes me love Vail that much more. It is a very romantic place and the boarding is great. Whistler would be a similar experience to Vail from what I can tell.
Everything after Banff on the highway to Revy, including Revy, was just kinda blah.. Small run down towns without much going on. The "resort' area at revy closed everything but one restaurant at like 5pm. We rode there 3 days and were not impressed. We were actually pretty bored with the mountain/area that we hauled ass to Jackson Hole to ride for a day. I would have to put Jackson on your list too. Very cute little town, great mountain with amazing terrain, better than Revy. The base areas at Jackson are built nicely too with a free bus system going into town from Teton Village.
I have never been to Vermont but hear its nice..... I would not recommend a honeymoon there just because I have not been there. I have been to Tahoe this season also. Northstar is pretty nice.... its pretty small as far as the resort area is concerned and beginner/intermediate mountain terrain. Great amenities on the property.
I would stick with Vail and Whistler but would edge it to vail just because its snow quality is better in Jan/Feb. Both village bases are quite sprawling with a ton of shit to do. There is very little Bro-brah shit going on here too. Very professional and polite service industry type people......
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Discussion in 'FC Dallas' started by 3rd Degree, Nov 14, 2006.
Ronnie O'Brien on the Move?
Whatever it is, there's something not keeping him happy. If he wants out a trade is the best way to do it, rather than keeping him unprotected for the expansion draft. Trade him for an allocation and have Toronto take Simo and Vanney off our hands as well. Let them become the 07 version of the Salt Lake.
Another off-season, another ROB on the move story. Every year, since 2003, it has been the same old story. I will believe it when it happens.
spot on, that would be the best possible offseason move for these players and for FCD to clean house, new coach, new era, no veteran favoritism
Trade Shaka and Ronnie to Toronto. Betcha Toronto will turn right around and trade Ronnie in some sort of package for some of Houston's Canadian players.
I'd hate to see Ronnie get traded. Find a manager who'll fix the situation because he's a big reason why I enjoy watching FCD.
The ROB to Toronto rumour has been floating around here for the past two weeks or so.
Think Houston will unload Onstad or DeRo now?
Damn. I also hate to see him go.
I found the real estate listing, he does have his house up for sale.
I would think Onstad would be a definite possibility.
Unloading DeRo, though, would be a positively stupid move by Houston -- unless they were pretty sure that DeRo is likely to head for Europe soon.
New England supposedly is also a possibility.
Don't forget about Serioux.
Good Riddance. Let him be a cancer at another club.
If we get ROB in Houston, he will come back to haunt Dallas.
If we lose D-Ro, could ROB play the Offensive Center Mid for us? He can certainly cover as much of the field as D-Ro.
You guys would be crazy to get rid of him.
ROB, Sala, Mulrooney, Ruiz, Nunez, Cooper, and Moore should be the core of FCD next year IMO.
Moore or Moor? Moore didn't play much this year.
Ronnie really isn't very good in a center midfield role. He'll always be better out wide.
ROB to NYRB for Amando Guevara. Guevara wants to come to Dallas anyway
I am fine with trading ROB. He is overvalued in MLS. He is a solid winger, but he makes poor decisions on the ball as far as when to make the cross and when to settle for the short, easy pass. He also fades in and out of games (but then, all true wingers do). I think we can get more for him than the value add he brings over starting Nunez every game at right mid.
Priorities in the offseason:
- Move one of our keepers.
- Move Simo.
- Move Goodson.
- Pick up another good central midfielder.
- Pick up a starting left winger.
- Pick up a starting right back.
- Draft a center back.
- Draft a right mid.
Two deep:
F: Ruiz/Abe/Smith
F: Cooper/Mina
LM: New/AA
RM: Nunez/Draft
CM: New/McCarthy
CM: Mulrooney/Pitch
LD: Gbandi/Wagner
RD: New/Moore
CD: Vanney/Yi
CD: Moor/Draft
GK: Shaka/Burse
I don't think we should drop Vanney, because I think Yi is going to have the chance to shine under a new coach.
Why do I get the feeling that if Ronnie O goes to another team that he will have a monster year - 10 + goals and 10 + assists.
He still has that kind of talent in this league - but for whatever reason hasn't played that way the last 2 years - although he is still one of our best players and one of the best in the elague.
I don't want to see him go - but if he wants a change of scenery or wants out - better to let him go and get value than try and rehab his attitude. I hope this move is put off until a new coach is named and we see what it looks like then.
if he wants to go, sell him abroad and get cash now that we can participate in transfer fees. surely he's worth more on the transfer market than just an allocation, right? and what's an allocation worth these days with teams going after their designated player's on their own?
not since Arena came in. Guevara wants to stay to play for "Professor Arena" as he calls him.
i have since confirmed that the trade to TFC did not happen yesterday.
But it was a very serious deal, and we may still yet see it happen.
with CC out of the picture --- then do we assume that ROB doesn't see anything good shaping up under Micahel Hitchcock? (Hislop roster constipation?)
or ROB doesn't didn't like Texas as much as he let on?
Ronnie's odyssey around various Euro clubs I thought had come to an end with his UNITED STATES of AMERICA green card and his love of golf
(which ain't so easily played in Ontario CANADA in winter)(yellow ball and snowmobile boots, I suppose)
how 'bout FCD keeping the good players and getting rid of the dull and ineffective ones? and not acquiring elderly ones?
[in the feckless event of ROB being traded] he will rip us to shreds on ANY visiting team he's on. his passing is too angular and unpredictable for him to play central mf, but he's a genius when he's on.
and I don't care if you are Sir Stanley! go do your naked handstand!
I will repeat: MY FAVORITE COTTON BOWL MEMORY EVER:
chosen from amont 1 match 1999 (season opener), 1 match 2000 (play-off knocked out by Metros), 2002 all season, [also non-CB eason of 2003] 2004 all season, 2005 1/2 season.
Ronnie faked out2 defenders with stop-start, foot change, hip dip etc and this delighted, jolly hispanic guy sitting behind me said, in English "He ... know ... how ... ... [long pause] ... ... to do!"
and if Jefferies had BOTHERED to mention to Kries and Johnson that ROB's crosses come over REALLY REALLY FAST so as a RESULT you just might CONSIDER running in from an especially wide angle, then we would've beaten Colorado in '02.
"GK: Shaka/Burse"
Would hate to see the guy go, but if there was a way to minimize cap impact by packaging him off with Hislop's albatross of a contract AND a guarantee of a pass on any remaining FCD guys I'd be open to discussions. Toronto might be happy with a guy like Shaka. They might also be happy with a guy like Vanney. New team with plenty of cap space could be a win win situation. They are looking for competent pro's, but probably realize they are not winning MLS cup next year. Maybe they could take our fat contracts off of our hands.
Sure would miss ROB, but this way he could still help us out for next season.
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Conduit straps (a lot) $5 a bag
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Wire, screws, and fuses
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I think the parts and tool purchases added up to about 300 dollars.
Flipping the safety switch probably requires 10x more strength than a regular light switch and it's so satisfying.
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Ex-Sampdoria sporting director Pasquale Sensibile has reflected on his attempts to net Rafael Benitez last summer.
The Spaniard, formerly of Inter, is now back in Serie A after he was signed by Napoli in July, but he did consider a switch to the city of Genoa a year ago.
"There was a meeting with him in London," Sensibile told Sky Sport Italia. "It was an incredible experience for me on a personal level. The Spaniard is a great professional.
"We had just won promotion from Serie B with Beppe Iachini in charge, but we wanted to give an international edge to Sampdoria.
"We thought of Benitez because he had a great desire to return to Italy to prove himself. He thought about it for a week.
"We remained in continuous contact, but he wanted Sampdoria to be a competitive force immediately and we couldn't guarantee that.
"We were not in a position to make the transfer market moves that he was looking for. Benitez was interested, but he asked for very important investment."
Doria eventually hired Ciro Ferrara when he was tempted to leave the Italian Under-21 set-up, but he was dismissed in December.
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Perrysburg author to hold book signingWritten by Paige Shermis | | email@example.com
When Tom Waggoner's three children were younger, he would sit in the hallway of their home and tell them bedtime stories, so all three could hear from their separate bedrooms at once.
"When I got older, they said, 'Dad you shouldn't let that get away from you.' I wrote a manuscript a few years ago. In the past few years, there were some more family pressures, and I got into connection with Tate Publishing in Oklahoma. … It went from stories told to my children to a book," Waggoner said.
The book he speaks of is "Danger in the Hills," a children's work about Ernie and Petunia, groundhogs that must move with their babies to a new burrow in Ernie's childhood hills. This is Waggoner's first book.
"I grew up on a farm in Northwest Ohio, so a lot of story content comes from that. If you think of "The Wind in the Willows" and "Watership Down," it's a story like that: animals live it and tell the story. It's kind of an adventure story," Waggoner said.
Waggoner will hold a book signing on June 29 from 1-3 p.m. for "Danger in the Hills" at My Daily Grind Coffee House in Perrysburg. My Daily Grind is located at 120 Louisiana Ave. in Perrysburg.
In his book, Waggoner said he tries to weave in positive values.
"When I used to tell the stories, I tried to quietly weave family values into it, and particularly how we really need to be able to trust and depend on each other. That was really the core of it," he said.
Waggoner cautions any aspiring authors that a lot of time and energy goes into the publishing process.
"It's a lot of work to write and publish a book. … To get it plotted out and to work it, and work it, and work it, until it makes sense and all connects, and go through the editing processes until its perfect as possible takes a lot of attention to detail," he said.
Waggoner, who is the president of the Turf and Specialty Group at The Andersons, is interested in pursuing sequels and other works, but is taking the process "one step at a time."
Currently, "Danger in the Hills" is available online through Amazon, Nook and Kindle. In July, the book will be available for major chains to pick it up, Waggoner said.
This is the second book signing held at My Daily Grind, said owner Steve Kear.
"It's been organized by Tate Publishing. They call me when they have a local writer that they wish to get some exposure to in that way. We have an interesting venue, because we have a long, narrow building with a room in the front where they can greet and meet, with fans and they can mingle in the back, all in an island setting," Kear said.Kear, whose coffee shop has been open for 14 years, is "thrilled" by the prospect of the signing.
"[Waggoner's] a very nice man. … I'm always surprised when somebody wants to do something at our store, because I don't consider us to be very big. We have a solid community here in Perrysburg. I'm happy do to more and more [signings]. A great function of what we do here is being part of the community," Kear said.
Waggoner hopes that his book contributes to society in a fun way.
"What I wanted more than anything is [to write a book that's] entertaining and inspires the imagination, and there's a moral to the story. I hope as many kids as possible read it," he said.
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Lewis Hamilton on Sunday admitted that his unique and less than ideal three-stop strategy for the Turkish grand prix was not selected by choice. The British driver, who finished the Istanbul race less than four seconds behind Ferrari's winning Felipe Massa, said the extra pit stop was official F1 tyre supplier Bridgestone's idea. "Bridgestone were concerned," Hamilton, 23, admitted.
Last year at the Otodrom circuit, Hamilton suffered a front tyre failure during the grand prix, and Bridgestone was worried about a repeat of the incident in 2008. "They thought the tyre was going to fail like it did last year and they made us do a three-stop as it was the safest route to go," he admitted. "Unfortunately that put us in not such a strong position to win the race. However when I am given a problem, I deal with it."
Team boss Ron Dennis confirmed the story, explaining that Bridgestone identified some "internal delamination" following the practice sessions. Hamilton's teammate Heikki Kovalainen also stopped three times on Sunday, but the first was unscheduled, following contact with his compatriot Kimi Räikkönen on the first lap.
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New Audio, Video Details Eruption Of Baltimore Riots, Officer Response
There are new images of the frightening day Baltimore burned. People jumped on police cars, setting them on fire and officers were under attack. What could have prevented it?
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MTA To Record Audio On Buses; Raises Privacy Concerns
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Courtside In Stilettos: Jessica White, Irina Shayk, Lala Anthony & Ciara @ The Knicks Game
If you are wondering what to wear to your next Basketball Game, it may not be a good idea to take some cues from your favorite celebs unless you are a master at walking on the court in 4-5 inch stilettos. Super model Jessica White and her bestie, model Irina Shayk were spotted arriving at Madison Square Garden yesterday evening decked out in fur and stiletto boots while on the way to catch the Knicks take on The Orlando Magic. Irina definitely has no issues walking in stilettos as she conquered that street vent like a pro.
BFF's Ciara and Lala Anthony were also spotted at the game. Lala was decked out in a pair of Spiked toe Christian Louboutin pumps (with a 6.25 inch covered heel), while Ciara opted for leather pants and lace up boots. Both Ciara and Irina chose leather and fur as their courtside outfit of choice.
The Orlando Magic went on to beat the Knicks 102-93.
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MANILA, Philippines - International donors on Wednesday stressed the need for the Philippines to continue investing in programs that would enhance its disaster preparedness capabilities.
Praveen Agrawal, country director of the World Food Programme (WFP) Philippines, said such investments are important since disasters worsen the living conditions of the poor, many of whom are undernourished.
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