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TriggerFinger Infodancer Atom Toolkit 2015-10-12T09:28:19Z Heller wins again in DC 29b1d394-8dc7-3340-9f36-69adf3048088 2015-10-12T09:28:19Z 2015-10-12T09:28:19Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger News report

It looks like DC courts struck down one-gun-a-month laws, a personal appearance requirement, a re-registration requirement, and a firearms law test. Those are all policies that are inconsistent with a right to keep and bear arms. The court upheld registration requirements regardless of firearm type (ie, rifles and shotguns as well as pistols), fingerprinting, photographing, paying fees, and a firearms safety training course.

I can understand upholding the registration requirements from a consistency perspective. Registration either violates the 2nd Amendment right or it does not, and handgun registration has passed muster for now (whether I like it or not). Fingerprinting and photographing seems excessive, but is required for many concealed-carry licenses so has some unfortunate precedent. Fees are another one of those potentially-abusive-but-hard-to-argue-with policies. A firearms safety course requirement is something that makes sense as an idea but not as a government requirement, but again, hard to argue with until abused.

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The consensus seems to be that this was a mixed bag. We won some issues, they won some issues. Interior Secretary refuses to testify on EPA spill e144f17d-a73b-30fa-863a-ad3333e635cb 2015-10-11T09:28:19Z 2015-10-11T09:28:19Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger <fieldset><legend>Daily Caller</legend>Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell is refusing to testify before Congress about her department's ongoing investigation of the massive toxic mine spill caused by EPA workers last month.</fieldset>
It seems the Obama administration has learned from the IRS debacle that they can get away with anything if they just refuse to testify to Congress, because Congress can't -- or more accurately, won't -- do anything about it.

This is how dictatorships start. The executive simply ignores the other government bodies, and no one challenges that assumption of power. The only racism in the US is fake racism 6147c9ae-8476-3280-9bed-ef135cb8b387 2015-10-10T09:28:19Z 2015-10-10T09:28:19Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger <fieldset><legend>Buffalo News</legend>Campus police at the University at Buffalo removed signs saying "White Only" and "Black Only" Wednesday afternoon from Clemens Hall on the North Campus in Amherst. A university spokesperson said a police investigation found that the signs "were part of a student art project."

 The campus newspaper, The Spectrum, reported on its website that Ashley Powell, a graduate fine arts student who is black, told a meeting of the Black Student Union Wednesday evening that she posted the signs. The Spectrum noted that many students at the meeting were outraged and walked out. Other students, the newspaper said, denounced the signs on social media as "racist" and "an act of terrorism."</fieldset>
The vast majority of incidents of violence motivated by racism that I have seen reported over the last, say, 5 years have been either black-on-white racism, hispanic-on-white racism, or simply fake racism like the incident above. It's easy to understand why some people think that racism is alive and well in America; they get the reporting about about the faked incidents and not the part where they are later discovered to be fake.

I can think of one single incident of actual white-on-black racist violence, and that incident was noted by the perpetrator's utter failure to find anyone else to enlist in his racism. Wisconsin John Doe investigation targeted top conservative judges a034f366-f463-3bdf-9835-3d0d69d3e851 2015-10-09T09:28:19Z 2015-10-09T09:28:19Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger <fieldset><legend>Wall Street Journal</legend>The GAB and prosecutors tried to rig [Wisconsin] Supreme Court review of a constitutional challenge to their probe. They used information they had collected through kitchen-sink subpoenas to search for information well outside their already voluminous writ. Then they targeted conservative justices while giving liberals a pass. The good news is that in July Wisconsin's Supreme Court shut down their investigation as unconstitutional.</fieldset>
They tried to force State Supreme Court justices hearing cases challenging their illegal and abusive investigations to recuse themselves. That's basically rigging the court system.

<fieldset><legend>Elizabeth Price Foley</legend>Drip, drip, drip. There's much more partisan nastiness going on in Wisconsin than has thus far been revealed. Mr. Kennedy, his accomplices on the GAB staff, and the prosecutors involved in this cabal should lose their jobs for their blatant, partisan abuse of government power.</fieldset>
They should go to jail for civil rights violations. Suppressing the political opposition at the IRS is alive and well 931f9f5d-6745-3438-9040-0ec08f9f9933 2015-10-08T09:28:19Z 2015-10-08T09:28:19Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger <fieldset><legend>Gateway Pundit</legend>Veterans for a Strong America raised money after selling tickets for up to $1,000 a piece to see Trump speak aboard a retired US battleship. The Obama IRS acted in less then 2 days after the speech. Amazing how fast the IRS can move when they want to.Meanwhile, numerous conservative groups are still waiting for their tax exempt status.</fieldset>
Obama figures he can get away with it, so he'll keep doing it. And he certainly seems to be correct in that no one is willing to actually stop him. Sometimes I hate being right 9b5e0912-3add-3cfd-8c5a-b1e2f70eb9ca 2015-10-06T09:28:19Z 2015-10-06T09:28:19Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger <fieldset><legend>Slashdot</legend>According to private security firm CrowdStrike's founder, Dmitri Alperovitch, the Chinese are compiling a massive 'Facebook' like database on American federal government employees for use in espionage and blackmail. The data was stolen from high profile attacks against the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, as well as intrusions into the Anthem and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield health insurance networks. "That can now be used to embarrass you publicly and force you to work for the Chinese government," Alperovitch says. "It's, in effect, a private version of Facebook with much more detail about your life than even Facebook has that the Chinese now have access to."</fieldset>
Sometimes I hate being right. Missing the obvious 43053485-3efb-3a6d-b637-238215864f2b 2015-10-05T09:28:19Z 2015-10-05T09:28:19Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger <fieldset><legend>Irons in the Fire (quoting someone else)</legend>"I don't know anyone who is a Donald Trump supporter. I don't know anyone who knows anyone who is a Donald Trump supporter. They are like this huge mystery group," the CEO said.</fieldset>
Aside from the obvious thing with a very similar quote about Nixon's election, there's something else going on here. And that is simply this: do you expect people who support trump to be open about it? We've had the IRS targeting people in opposition groups (ie, the Tea Party) for 6 years now. Other government agencies have been involved in other cases. Individuals have been audited and had their private financial affairs exposed publicly for simply asking questions of a candidate at a meeting the candidate set up. The Republican Party leadership has openly stated things like "We will destroy the Tea Party." That is evidence of a bipartisan conspiracy by those in power against those they should be representing.

And in that political environment, you wonder why people are reluctant to come out in support Trump without the protection of some sort of anonymity, whether an online pseudonym or a pollster who will presumably anonymize their published results?

Of course anyone who moves in Left circles won't dare announce that they like him.

If he wins, some of them might admit voting for Trump, but not until then. Socialist Bernie proposes doubling the national debt dc0be588-9ff5-3326-850d-879dc3a15f67 2015-10-04T09:28:19Z 2015-10-04T09:28:19Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger <fieldset><legend>Instapundit</legend>Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose liberal call to action has propelled his long-shot presidential campaign, is proposing an array of new programs that would amount to the largest peacetime expansion of government in modern American history.

In all, he backs at least $18 trillion in new spending over a decade, according to a tally by The Wall Street Journal, a sum that alarms conservatives and gives even many Democrats pause. Mr. Sanders sees the money as going to essential government services at a time of increasing strain on the middle class.</fieldset>
We have $18 trillion in debt now, and Bernie wants to spend as much again. Is he nuts? Where does he think the money will come from?

In his defense, though, Obama has already doubled the national debt, and it's worked out pretty well for him. Unfortunately, accumulating debt is one of those things that seems relatively simple and painless, until you wake up one morning and apply for more debt to pay off your old debts, and the bank says "No, you may not have any more money." And then everything goes to hell. Ben Carson disqualifies himself on immigration 9fe75c95-7eae-3db7-83a5-62e67e551a10 2015-10-03T09:28:19Z 2015-10-03T09:28:19Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger <fieldset><legend>Hot Air</legend>But let's say we get [the borders] sealed, because certainly in a Carson administration that would be done within the first year. You also turn off the spigot that dispenses the goodies, so that people don't have any incentive to come here. Then those who are here, we have to recognize that we can't just round them up, but we can give them an opportunity to register. I would give them a six-month period. If they register, and if they have a pristine record, they haven't been causing problems, I would give them an opportunity to become guest workers — not citizens, not voting people, not people who get goodies. I think that would be a fair way to do it. In terms of them becoming citizens later on down the road if they've done things the right way, we the American people will decide what the criteria for that ought to be.</fieldset>
This won't fly, Ben. Americans aren't fond of having second-class citizens, which that broad a "guest worker" program without voting rights or welfare entitlements but paying taxes would be. Further, many people would prefer to remain illegal rather than become legitimate workers that have to pay taxes, because much of the illegal labor is based on wages that come under the table to avoid the tax man and without that tax-free status, the job would not exist at all. It simply is not worth the taxes and the paperwork to hire someone legitimately to do a job that pages less than minimum wage even before you take out the taxes.

For those illegals who managed to land a better level of professional job, allowing them to stay as "guest workers" does nothing to reduce the damage to the job market. The tech industry is already suffering after a decade of wage stagnation due to abuse of the H1-B system of legal guest workers.

The fact is, "you can stay and become legal" is amnesty, whether the people can vote or not. And while that deal might have sounded good when the Democrats presented it to Reagen, we've learned since then that promises to secure the border will never be carried out. Another reason to run Linux b177a95f-0d6c-3b2c-90d6-a61afe4977a2 2015-10-02T09:28:19Z 2015-10-02T09:28:19Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger <fieldset><legend>Ars Technica</legend>You might be in the process of acquiring Windows 10—whether you want the free upgrade or not. Microsoft has confirmed that it is "helping upgradable devices get ready for Windows 10 by downloading the files they need" in the event that owners decide to migrate to the new OS, even if they have heretofore passed up on "reserving" their free upgrade from Windows 7 or 8.</fieldset>
I want nothing to do with Windows 10, but I have a lot of games that like Windows 7 just fine. If you run windows you pretty much need to have automatic updates turned on to avoid getting eaten alive by viruses. But I do not feel the need to "upgrade" to an operating system that is basically a giant piece of spyware itself.

But Microsoft cannot respect my choice to avoid Windows 10. Instead they are intent on eating up several gigabytes of disk space without my consent on my own damn computer.

I run Linux because I want to be in control of my computer's actions.

There is a procedure for removing the unwanted Windows 10 install crap. House challenge to Obamacare spending succeeds 712a14e4-73a9-3d25-ad5b-415592b517b9 2015-10-01T09:28:19Z 2015-10-01T09:28:19Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger <fieldset><legend>Elizabeth Price Foley at Instapundit</legend>BREAKING: Judge Rosemary Collyer of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia has just ruled that the House of Representatives has standing to sue President Obama, challenging the constitutionality of the executive branch's decision to spend billions of unappropriated dollars to support Obamacare. Judge Collyer denied legislative standing to pursue the House's claim that President Obama has disregarded the 2014 effective date of Obamacare's employer mandate. More updates will follow once I've had a chance to digest Judge Collyer's opinion.</fieldset>
I really want to get excited about this, but I know the Roberts court will kowtow to Obama again, so why bother? Even if the House wins the case, all that will be blocked are repayments for insurance policy risk corridors that have already been made. Will the courts claw the money back from insurers? Will they go out of business? Unlikely. They might raise prices, which would just feed the demand for single-payer from people who don't want to pay for their own health care. States still oppressing political opponents via tax rules 157a0524-7d7b-342e-bd19-f783c7d9b09c 2015-09-30T09:28:19Z 2015-09-30T09:28:19Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger <fieldset><legend>American Thinker</legend>A friend-of-the-court brief filed by 58 organizations this week asks the Supreme Court to hear the case Center for Competitive Politics v. Kamala Harris, Attorney General of California. The brief describes how Ms. Harris is violating the First Amendment protections of private association described in the 1958 landmark decision NAACP v. California, where the Alabama attorney general sought the names and addresses of NAACP members to stifle the civil rights movement.... The brief describes how Ms. Harris is using extortionate demands to intimidate and censor nonprofit advocacy organizations and charities by requiring they file with her a confidential tax return schedule showing their top donors. Those demands are worse than what the Alabama attorney general tried because they violate federal law protecting confidential tax return information. The New York attorney general is doing the same as Ms. Harris.</fieldset>
The Democrats want donor lists so they can target political opponents personally. It is very difficult for a single individual to stand up to a coordinated attack from the left's media-driven criticism mobs. The targets are isolated, publicly humiliated, and financially destroyed until they apologize and switch sides. And since the attack is directed at a specific individual, it's harder for others to leap to their defense. Bond, James Bomb c40a6205-2806-31ce-a655-56500b2313ec 2015-09-29T09:28:19Z 2015-09-29T09:28:19Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger <fieldset><legend>Telegraph</legend>Horowitz, the writer of new Bond novel Trigger Mortis, said he had worked carefully to preserve Ian Fleming's original character and ensuring his 1950s attitudes remained in tact.

But he has introduced a cast of new characters to point out the error of his chauvinistic ways, including messages about smoking causing cancer, women who give him a run for his money, and an "outspoken" gay friend.</fieldset>
In my childhood, I was a fan of the admittedly and deliberately masculine and borderline psychotic James Bond as penned by Ian Fleming and the similarly-scripted character placed in far more absurd situations on the silver screen. When Fleming passed, the authors who tried to carry his torch failed to hold my attention, but the movies did a reasonably enjoyable, if somewhat incoherent, job of keeping the flame alive. I was initially a fan of the reboot; Casino Royale was excellently amoral. Later movies did not live up to the initial promise, but remained entertaining, even as the actor's anti-gun BS dampened any enthusiasm I might have felt for the franchise.

But with the above, I think I'm done. A Bond tied down and nagged to death by a girlfriend (and remember, in-canon, the foundation for his inability to commit is the death of his wife!), surrounded by anti-smoking messages and friends nagging him about not being gay-friendly enough, is not a Bond that can express the things that fans want him to express so that they can, vicariously, share the experience through fantasy. Or to put it another way, a henpecked Bond is not a fun Bond.

When this stunning bit of social-justice-warrior entryism fails to keep fans who have followed the franchise for decades coming back to see and read the latest adventures of the pathetic pussy-whipped ex-icon, they'll probably claim the character was old, outdated, out of touch, and that modern people just aren't interested anymore. Someone is wrong on the Internet ce2b349b-16cf-3b8a-bd16-a84d7f3a18ec 2015-09-28T09:28:19Z 2015-09-28T09:28:19Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger <fieldset><legend>Darths and Droids</legend> Changing career paths has been a feature of roleplaying games ever since the days of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, with its mechanic for dual-classing. Essentially, you could begin your adventuring career as, say, a fighter, and then after gaining a few levels you could - if you had the requisite ability scores - switch to being a magic-user, or a thief, or whatever. The benefit is that you have the skills you learnt before switching, plus you pick up a bunch of new skills related to your newfound profession. The drawback is that you have to start again from scratch, learning the new skills at a low level.

Anyway, you can extend this sort of thing to any game you are playing. If someone is sick of being a pilot or a journalist or whatever, they don't need to retire and bring in a new character. You can simply have them switch career paths and start learning something new. It's realistic, and you get to muck about with someone at clueless newbie level in your current adventuring group! </fieldset>
twitchDual Classingtwitch. Multiclassing is something else and has been around since the red box. Not really very shocking anymore... 7e3a939b-9da3-37e7-b372-247dc2272895 2015-09-27T09:32:51Z 2015-09-27T09:32:51Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger <fieldset><legend>The Post and Courier</legend>The exhaustive report by the Senate Finance Committee found no evidence that the crackdown was directed by any outside authority. But Lois Lerner is reported to have expressed views hostile to conservatives and favorable to the Democratic Party and the labor movement.</fieldset>
The above is definitely underselling the case. We don't have any proof of involvement by the White House because:

1) Lois Lerner and about 20 of her closest friends and colleagues had their emails and other computer records deleted, scratched, shredded, recycled, degaussed, destroyed, and lost.

2) Lois Lerner twice pled the 5th amendment before Congress on this matter.

3) The White House is refusing to release records of requests for taxpayer information made under Presidential signature, though a judge has recently ordered this information to be released.

4) The FBI is sitting on its investigation. The DC DA has already declined to prosecute Lerner, which he announced on his last day before retiring.

5) The inspector generals normally responsible for investigating corruption have had their investigative authority castrated under Obama, to the point that they have sought legislation from Congress to remedy the restrictions. Another absurd background check proposal 96bcb0be-d071-3b69-9e56-86de52218b2a 2015-09-26T09:32:51Z 2015-09-26T09:32:51Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger <fieldset><legend>The Federalist</legend>The legislative text of the proposed bill releases the criminal liability only if the seller "has taken reasonable steps to determine that the recipient is not legally barred from possessing firearms." However, the most reasonable step available — conducting a background check via the same system used by FFLs — is not available to any private individuals.

Kaine's gun control proposal is akin to an anti-speeding law that for some reason prohibited drivers from using speedometers to gauge their speeds.</fieldset>
These people seem to think that if they can write a clever enough bill, we won't notice what it does. The truth is, at this point we don't care what it does. We know they are lying, and we aren't going to trust any of them. Boehner to resign in October 6ff85775-cd22-3c90-817a-7865cc623415 2015-09-25T23:47:53Z 2015-09-25T23:47:53Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger <fieldset><legend>The Hill</legend>House Speaker John Boehner told GOP lawmakers on Friday he will resign at the end of October, capping a tumultuous four-and-half-year reign in which he repeatedly clashed with unruly conservatives in his own party.</fieldset>
He's resigning because he knows he would lose a vote of confidence in the House soon, and it's better to fall on your own sword than be forced out. It's easier to sell your ability to lobby effectively if you leave voluntarily and put a good spin on it. And, of course, he's already been paid for whatever ends up in the continuing resolution we're going to get instead of a budget again this year, so he can't step down until that passes. (I wonder if the House Republicans have the balls to shut down the government until after Boehner steps down and negotiate then?)

And on another topic: "unruly conservatives"? That constitutes both a clear demonstration of biased reporting AND an admission the Boehner was not a conservative. In truth, he was at best a middle-of-the-road type who cared for little beyond maintaining his own power. And he's likely going to be replaced by someone in the same mold, who takes their marching orders from the same people.

This should be a chance for the party leadership to realign itself with their voters, but it's more likely they will simply move another pawn into his place and continue business as usual. Why do people become terrorists? bbdde669-09f8-3435-8148-af28ffd09efc 2015-09-25T09:32:51Z 2015-09-25T09:32:51Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger

 Proof Hillary conspired to evade FOIA law 36b4954b-86b0-31ce-bcf7-cbe005822871 2015-09-24T09:32:51Z 2015-09-24T09:32:51Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger <fieldset><legend>Sharyl Attkisson</legend>The newly-released batch of Hillary Clinton emails provides further proof that Freedom of Information (FOI) law has been blatantly violated. The documents include material directly responsive to a FOI request I made back in 2012 after the Benghazi terrorist attacks on the U.S. compounds. However, the material was not produced at the time, as required by law. Once again, there appears to be nobody who holds government officials and agencies accountable for their routine violation of this law. So the infractions occur frequently and with impunity. If nobody polices our government officials and agencies–if they are above the law–then how does a lawful society function?</fieldset>
It doesn't; that's the point. The irony is strong in this one 5cefd021-31dc-3b51-8c53-c53a9bd8c588 2015-09-23T09:32:51Z 2015-09-23T09:32:51Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger <fieldset><legend>George RR Martin</legend>I have seen some hopeful signs on that front in some of the Hugo round-ups I've read. Puppies and Puppy sympathizers using terms like Fan (with a capital), or trufan, or anti-Puppy, all of which I am fine with. I am not fine with CHORF, ASP, Puppy-kicker, Morlock, SJW, Social Justice Bully, and some of the other stupid, offensive labels that some Pups (please note, I said SOME) have repeatedly used for describe their opponents since this whole thing began. I am REALLY not fine with the loonies on the Puppy side who find even those insults too mild, and prefer to call us Marxists, Maoists, feminazis, Nazis, Christ-hating Sodomites, and the like. There have been some truly insane analogies coming from the kennels too -- comparisons to World War II, to the Nazi death camps, to ethnic cleansing. Guy, come on, cool down. WE ARE ARGUING ABOUT A LITERARY AWARD THAT BEGAN AS AN OLDSMOBILE HOOD ORNAMENT. Even getting voted below No Award is NOT the same as being put on a train to Auschwitz, and when you type shit like that, well...</fieldset>
He's talking about the Hugo awards puppy controversy, and he's simultaneously demonstrating an utter lack of self-awareness. Because I haven't seen any of the Puppies, sad or rabid, describing anyone as Nazis; however.

<fieldset><legend>Mad Genius Club quoting Irene Gallo</legend>"Extreme right-wing to Neo-Nazi groups, called the Sad Puppies and the Rabid Puppies… they are unrepentantly racist, misogynist and homophobic. A noisy few but they've been able to gather some Gamergate folks around them and elect a slate of bad-to-reprehensible works on this year's Hugo Ballot."</fieldset>
That's the only time I'm aware of that accusations of Naziism have been thrown around, and note well that Gallo is in a position of some power and influence at a major publisher of science fiction and fantasy. While, no doubt, some random person on the internet who considers him or herself a puppy supporter can be found to have said similarly intemperate things, prominence does matter.

So, George, call out your own side rather than trying to lump the bad acts of your friends onto your enemies.

As for the other terms. I'm not going to play social justice warrior terminology games. Just not. I'll call them as I see them, and I will describe someone whose self-image involves fighting for social justice as a social justice warrior, and if they are bullying people in the process, I'll use that term. If they are a Maoist, a communist, a socialist, I will use those terms as well, and I will be the judge of whether they fit appropriately or not, because I won't submit to tone policing. I write what I think and to hell with being told to shut up.

Stop kicking puppies, George. It makes you look like a bully. No such thing as voter fraud? d0aa365e-a67d-3123-b9dd-68adcaca3fc3 2015-09-22T09:32:51Z 2015-09-22T09:32:51Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger <fieldset><legend>PJ Media</legend>The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) has put 141 counties on notice across the United States that they have more registered voters than people alive. PILF has sent 141 statutory notice letters to county election officials in 21 states. The letters are a prerequisite to bringing a lawsuit against those counties under Section 8 of the federal National Voter Registration Act (NVRA).</fieldset>
It would be very interesting to find out if any of those dead people voted after they died, and for which party. Obama adds transgender care to health regulations 1556f24e-0970-3908-ba74-aa1039284850 2015-09-21T09:58:13Z 2015-09-21T09:58:13Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger <fieldset><legend>Gateway Pundit</legend>The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced a planned new regulation Thursday that will require health insurers participating in Obamacare to cover more health procedures sought by the transgendered.</fieldset>
Keep in mind what's going on here.

Rather than asking Congress to pass a law to provide government funding for transgender medical procedures, which the Constitution requires originate from Congress, Obama is doing things differently. He's having his HHS department issue regulations requiring insurance companies to add these measures to all of their policies -- measures needed by a tiny fraction of the population. So everyone with a medical insurance policy is going to pay for these procedures now, without any opportunity to decline or even vote through their representatives. They will pay in the price of their medical insurance going up, and they will pay again when those insurance companies come to the government to make up the money they are losing on Obamacare. (Yes, there is a provision in Obamacare allowing for "reimbursement" of financial risks).

I have nothing against people who are confused about their gender, but I think that the problem is that they are confused about their gender, not that they need expensive and publicly funded cosmetic surgery to make their physical body match their mental self-image. If they really feel they need that surgery, they can pay for it themselves; I have no objection to that.

I do object to being required to pay for such treatment, however indirectly, and I object to the end-run around appropriate Constitutional process. Invasion, not immigration a9133d96-6cc9-3d94-bf6c-e73981498e37 2015-09-20T09:58:13Z 2015-09-20T09:58:13Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger <fieldset><legend>Gateway Pundit</legend>La Raza–which endorsed Rubio's signature legislation, the Senate Gang of Eight immigration bill–has advocated for a trio of policies that includes permanent toleration for illegal immigration, citizenship for illegal immigrants already residing in country, as well as substantial increases to the annual levels of immigration established by the federal government through green card allotments...

La Raza's rebuke of Trump comes on the heels of a new census data report authored by the nonpartisan Center for Immigration Studies. The report found that "immigrant households use welfare at significantly higher rates than native households," with more than half of U.S. immigrants on welfare.</fieldset>
If the American economy was humming along at full employment, desperate for unskilled (but trainable) workers to manufacture goods, people who were willing to work hard to become Americans, then high levels of immigration would make sense. Historically, that has been the condition of America: lots of room, lots of economic growth, and little in the way of a safety net for people to relax in. Lerner had third secret email account d1b4aae8-a0d9-3fe0-92e4-7e50481aa15e 2015-09-19T09:58:13Z 2015-09-19T09:58:13Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger <fieldset><legend>Legal Insurrection</legend>"It is disturbing that the Obama administration's explanations to a federal judge about Lois Lerner's emails become inoperative after only one week. Last week, the court was told that that Lois Lerner had a second alias email account under the name "Toby Miles". This week the court is told that the "Toby Miles" account isn't a separate account but that that there still is a second Lerner account, address unrevealed, with IRS-related emails. This game of cat and mouse shows that both the Obama IRS and Justice Department continue with their contempt for Judge Sullivan's orders that Ms. Lerner's emails about this scandal be disclosed as the law requires."</fieldset>
The interesting thing here is that the IRS is reporting each of these things like it is discovering them for the very first time. Yet Congress has been looking for Lerner emails for years now. Either the people providing those emails to Congress are entirely separate from (and not talking to) the people searching for Lerner emails via the Judicial Watch FOIA lawsuit, or the IRS failed to discover these materials in prior searches.

Regardless, now that the IRS has learned it can destroy criminal evidence while that evidence is under Congressional subpoena without legal consequences, we can be pretty sure they will provide nothing damaging. Whether it exists or not. Friendly fire ain't d9a2063b-ba7a-37eb-ae3a-4fef3b9d8b07 2015-09-18T09:58:13Z 2015-09-18T09:58:13Z TriggerFinger TriggerFinger <fieldset><legend>CNN</legend>"There are a lot of donors out there who see it as much too dangerous, obviously, for the candidates, or their allied super PACs, to go after Trump," said Reston. "So they're looking to more establishment PACs to potentially take him down in post-Labor Day ads."</fieldset>
There's no such thing as friendly fire. If someone is shooting at you, react appropriately. If they are buying attack ads against the person leading the Republican primary field because he is so popular they are afraid to have their candidates challenge him directly, consider the possibility that they are not your friends.


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Today is the 80th anniversary of the first movie showing at a drive-in theater! Last year, a fun animated Google Doodle was dedicated to drive-ins. We thought we'd celebrate this year's anniversary by posing some trivia questions and highlighting some of the drive-in theaters we are fortunate enough to still have in our area.
First order of business: trivia!
- What state (bonus points for city!) was the first drive-in movie shown?
- Who was the inventor of the drive-in movie theater?
- What was the title of the first movie shown?
- In what decade did the popularity of drive-in movie theaters peak?
- How much did it cost to get into the first drive-in movie?
While the popularity of drive-in movies has declined over the years, the good news is we are lucky to have several theaters in Susquehanna's market area! Several have invested in upgrades to digital projection systems. Some theaters even let you reserve your space online to ensure you get a great seat no matter what time you arrive.
The movie companies used to only allow second-run movies to be shown at drive-ins, but now they often show first-run movies. Epic, Star Trek Into Darkness, and Fast & Furious 6 seemed to be popular choices this past weekend. Most drive-ins offer a double feature – two movies in one night, typically costing even less than you may pay at a typical indoor theater for one movie!
Many are family friendly (some are even pet friendly!) so you can have a fun evening out with the whole family. Often times, the first movie is for all ages, while the later showing may be more for adults. The nice thing is the kids can fall asleep in the car and you can continue to enjoy the second show. And, of course you'll have to stop by the concession stand … I can smell the popcorn already!
How many of these theaters have you visited yourself?
Shankweiler's Drive-In – Orefield, PA
This theater has the distinction of being America's oldest continuously-operated drive-in theater. It was the second theater ever opened, but it has never gone dark. It is located just 5.5 miles from Susquehanna's Tilghman Street branch in Allentown.
Becky's Drive-In – Walnutport, PA
A few miles up the road from Shankweiler's is Becky's – just a stone's throw from our Walnutport branch! As is typical at some drive-ins, Becky's features a nice playground for children – and they even have pony rides on Friday and Saturday nights!
Haars Drive-In – Dillsburg, PA
Celebrating the first year of going digital, this theater is located less than a mile from our branch in Dillsburg!
Laurel Drive-In – Hazleton, PA
Family-owned and operated since 1950, our Hazleton branch is less than 2 miles away.
Pike Drive-In – Montgomery, PA
This theater boasts three different screens, each showing a different double feature! It's located near Williamsport, just 7.5 miles from our Center City branch.
Cumberland Drive-In – Newville, PA
Committed to a family-friendly environment, this theater only shows movies that are rated G, PG or PG-13. Nearly 10 miles from our Walnut Bottom Road Branch, this theater allows you to reserve your space ahead of time.
Garden Drive-In – Hunlock Creek, PA
Located about 18 miles from our Conyngham Branch, this drive-in also hosts a flea market on Sundays!
322 Drive-In – Between Clearfield & Philipsburg, PA
Built in 1950 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this theater is a little outside our area – about 23 miles northwest of State College. Make it a part of a Penn State football weekend!
Delsea Drive-In – Vineland, NJ
This is the only New Jersey drive-in theater in operation, but we are fortunate that it is less than 2 miles from our Chestnut Ave. branch! Here's an interesting tidbit of information from this article: "When the Delsea Drive-In opened in 1949, it touted free baby bottle warming, a common feature of outdoor theaters in those days."
Bengies Drive-In – Baltimore, MD
The lone drive-in operating in Maryland is celebrating its 48th season of continuous operation. This theater is located less than 9 miles from our Perry Hall branch.
I suppose you'd like answers to the trivia questions. How many did you guess correctly?
- New Jersey – near Camden!
- Richard Hollingshead, Jr.
- Wives Beware
- 1950s
- Twenty-five cents per car, and 25 cents for each person in the car
Source can be found here.
Drop us a line or two about your drive-in memories!

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I have a hole in my ceiling with mold surrounding it in which I have been complaining about for the last several months.... Roaches everywhere... Then I discovered there are 2 big huge holes in the back of my fridge with… Full Review ▶
The worst complex I have EVER dealt with! The absolute worst experience. They showed my mother and I an apartment and told us when it would be available they took our deposit and application. We got approved for the apartment two… Full Review ▶
I moved into this apartment with my then fiancé last November so that we had a place to stay after we were married. And at first it was nice. The management acted like they cared and I could make a maintenance… Full Review ▶
HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE!!! The mold has kept me sick for well over a month and took a visit from the city fire marshal just to get them to start working on it. Now everything they fix ends up more broken. Constantly… Full Review ▶
I live in 1016... these are by far the worst apartments in Lewisville... Cockroaches everywhere.. they don't fix ----,,,.mildew smells. Did i mention cockroaches... its all around bad over here... Keep Out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Full Review ▶
THIS PLACE IS HORRID!! STAY AWAY, Roach infested, worst mistake of my life. I've been here 2 days and I have been in HELLL! It's a Real Life Room 1409 (Movie) I was Greeted with Left over Rotted banana peels, Spoiled… Full Review ▶
PLEASE DO NOT RENT FROM HERE!!!!! I wished somebody would have warned me about this place. From a possum in our walls to our apartment being flooded. I would have rather lived in budget suites than his place! i was so… Full Review ▶
Please Please Please do NOT move here! I have only been here since last year, but have had plumbing issue after plumbing issue. The office staff is very slow when responding to these issues even when they are obvious emergencies. Safety… Full Review ▶
Just as a heads up, as you are reading the comments and reviews below, the management didn't REQUIRE people to post positive reviews, or ask people to post FAKE reviews. They simply said that IF you posted a positive review, you… Full Review ▶
Aside from this joke of an apartment complex offering a chance to win a $150 rent credit for people to leave fake good reviews, there are tons more problems. First of all, can we talk about the drug trafficking going on… Full Review ▶
The last 2 years have seen major improvements at Park Timbers. We have seen the stairs, patios and balconies and both pools overhauled. The new management is friendly and tries to stay ahead of any issues that might affect the community… Full Review ▶
Please ignore the past few positive reviews. The complex is having a drawing for $150 rent credit for all who send in positive reviews about the complex! The insulation is God-awful! You can feel the cold air coming in through the… Full Review ▶
THIS IS A SCAM. NOTICE ALL THE "GOOD" REVIEWS ARE IN THE PAST WEEK. The management office sent out a notice to all residents telling them if they submitted a good review of the complex and provided proof they would be… Full Review ▶
I fell in love with Park Timbers. It is a really well kept community. My neighbors are all very friendly. It is not noisey at all. My kids love the play ground and maintenance is always fast and easy. If i… Full Review ▶
I JUST WANT TO SAY IT HAS BEEN A GREAT EXPERIENCE FROM THE VERY FIRST DAY I STEP INTO THIS PROPERTY. OFFICE STAFF ARE VERY FRIENDLY AND PROFESSIONAL IN EVERY WAY, THEY MAKE YOU FEEL IMPORTANT. PROPERTY IS ALWAYS CLEAN, QUITE… Full Review ▶
Overall a great place to rent. The office management and staff are very professional. You can easily get a work order in for any fix ups needed and get a response same day. They keep the apartment complex cleaned always trying… Full Review ▶
Hello, honestly I do have many Pros of this property: Rent is affordable for any pocket. I never felt unsafe (ever). Office staff (since 2009) was always helpful, respectful and professional, I did not have any complaint about them ever. Great… Full Review ▶
Beautiful apartment in lewisville I love park timbers Full Review ▶
Must say i do do like our new management better, they are so understanding and have lend a hand me being a single mother of 2. i like my appartment i believe the space is great and the amount is great.… Full Review ▶
A new management company came in late in 2013. The new company does have a better handle on maintenance issues. Still seeing a new face every time you walk in the office and we still get notices on the door for… Full Review ▶
We have been living here since early 2013 and with the addition of new management; it has been a great apartment experience. No major issues at all, good neighbors, great maintenance staff, grounds are kept up very well. We have enjoyed… Full Review ▶
I enjoy living at Park Timbers. The new management team has done a wonderful job and the property has never looked better. Thanks for everything. Full Review ▶
Overall, great place to live at a reasonable rate. Full Review ▶
New management is great! Lots of upgrades, I been residing at Park Timbers Apts in Lewisville since May 2013 till present 2014 , maintenance staff and manager are very professional and attentive to customer satisfaction.. Overall, I'm happy to call Park… Full Review ▶
BED BUGS BED BUGS BED BUGS! Run away run away!!!!!!! Roaches, horrible neighbors, electrical problems (I some home every day expected to see my place burned to the ground). Apathetic and rude management. Prices go up while quality continues to fall.… Full Review ▶
We've had so many problems with this place already. It is unvelievable. When we first moved in 6 months ago there were a number o things that needed to be fixed, which wasn't a huge deal. The big deal was that… Full Review ▶
I've stayed at many apartments during my time in Lewisville. THIS.IS.THE.WORSE!I just got an eviction notice on my door claiming I didn't pay my rent when that same day I handed my rent in to a lady sitting behind the desk.… Full Review ▶
WORST APARTMENT EVER!! We have lived here for a little over 6 months and have had so many issues! It's ridiculous!! Let's see, the apartment was NOT move in ready when they gave us the keys. There was rusty nails, razor… Full Review ▶
I have lived here only a short few months and it is the worst apartment I have ever lived in by far. They shut the water off with no notice and then there's the parking situation. They started charging $20 a… Full Review ▶
I was at Park Timbers from October of 2003 to February of 2006. This place is not new. AMOF, it's pretty old. HOWEVER! It's well maintained and the staff is very nice. I only ever had 1 maintanance issue the whole… Full Review ▶
at 1:30am with the AC running all day its 85 degrees in my apartment. The management has decided that there is nothing wrong with it. One room has little to no air flow, the core hasn't been cleaned in years, I… Full Review ▶
I moved into the apartment complex this summer (July 2010 to be specific) and have had no complaints or problems. The community stays quiet at night and my neighbors are very respectful of my space. I live on the first floor,… Full Review ▶
I lived in these apartments for a little over two years and I have to say they really went downhill. Pros: Rent is pretty cheap I never felt unsafe (until the end) Office staff was always helpful and professional Good location… Full Review ▶
I have been living at Park Timbers for almost seven years. I believe the apartments are priced very well for the square footage (at least the two bedrooms). I have had a couple of maintenance screw ups that have made me… Full Review ▶
I was quite shocked at reading the negative reviews for this apartment. Granted it's not the "greatest" looking apartments in Lewisville but honestly, you pay for what you get and for the year that I've lived there, I've never had any… Full Review ▶
I have to say that the apartment manager is one of the nicest apartment managers I have had to deal with. It's great to know you can go in the office and ask a question and get an honest response, and… Full Review ▶
I just moved out of Park Tembers breaking my Lease. I have had problems with my I have had problems with maintance every sence I moved in. When I moved in my refrigerator was leaking and distroyed the floor in the… Full Review ▶
There are going to be problems anywhere you live...people just need to realize that and get over it. You pay for what you get. This property is obviously an older property and for that you pay a lower rent but your… Full Review ▶
The safety here is horrible. I've seen a police chase and a friend of mine was assaulted on property. The police themselves quoted "these apartments are really bad actually, I wouldn't recommend them to anyone. There's a lot of pot and… Full Review ▶
They are incredibly rude and not helpful at all. I've complied with all the rules that they've laid out since day 1 of my lease and I've only been falsely accused for loud music, parking in an "unauthorized place" and having… Full Review ▶
I have never been anything but in compliance with all the rules since day one stepping foot on your property and I have been treated very unfairly.It started when I was living in Apt 210 on the same property, they accused… Full Review ▶
The management at this apartment complex is horrible, I have been complaining for months about the loud that the air conditioner machines are here and they keep saying that they will not do anything about this, the manager is very rude,… Full Review ▶
I have been a resident of Park Timbers for almost 6 months now. Although I will definitely not be renewing my lease it was not too terrible of a place to live. The management and staff of Park Timbers were always… Full Review ▶
Over the last four months there have been 7 fire alarms (most of them false... only 1 confirmed as an actual fire by the FD). There is dog crap everywhere on the lawn. Water was turned off three times without notice… Full Review ▶
I have lived at Park Timbers for about 6 months, and it looked good to begin with. However, upon move in I discovered how cheap this place really is. The staff is pretty nice, but the apartment is small, cheap, and… Full Review ▶
I LOVE IT HERE. THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THE PARKING. IT IS ON A FIRST COME FIRST SERVE BASIS. WE DO NOT ALWAYS GET THE SAME PARKING SPACE LIKE WE WANT. BUT WE MOSTLY GET CLOSE TO OUR APARTMEANT. Full Review ▶
I have lived at Park TImbers for nearly 4 years now, and i could not imagine being in another apartment complex. The staff has been great ever since i moved in. I moved in as a single mother and was quite… Full Review ▶
After reviewing the past few comments and concerns we would like to remind everyone that people are in tiled to their opinions. That being said please also remember that unfortunately it is not always feasible or possible to make everyone happy.… Full Review ▶
Let me tell you about Park Timbers, when I first moved in there was minor problems with the apartment, but it wasnt five star or anything so I dealt with them. Problems kept reoccuring with the apartment. For example,My A/C was… Full Review ▶
The day after we moved in the ceiling leaked after we told the office that there was a bubble of paint in our kitchen. The air conditioner never worked right so it was hot all summer. The balcony above our patio… Full Review ▶
I have to take a few seconds to rant on Park Timbers! Park Timbers in Lewisville are the worst apartments anyone could move into!!! They screwed us over BIG TIME! If anyone is thinking about moving into an apartment in Lewisville… Full Review ▶
I have lived here for over 2 years and my lease is over soon, but I will not be renewing. I want to live somewhere better that is not falling apart. The appliances here are older than me! The oven takes… Full Review ▶
In response to the respondee below: Nope I don't work here. I even signed my name. People can email me if they want. Plus, managers don't usually have the time to write out detailed descriptions as I have . . and… Full Review ▶
I just want to say that when I lived here, I really liked it. I was comfortable and everyone was really nice. Never had any real problems with staff or neighbors. I would reccomend my bestest of friends to live here.… Full Review ▶
I have lived in these apartments for a few years and they are the best complex ever. The management is greta and they work with you on everything. The mantience is also there within 24 hours and they fix the problems… Full Review ▶
I have lived at this compex for a couple years now, I have never had any problems with the managment. Any time I have needed anything all have to do is talk with the staff. Seems to me that those of… Full Review ▶
there is constant leaks if not my ceiling then it's my neighbors ceiling.
i had a leak all over my bed, my mattress got soaked and whos going to pay for that? They didn't even offer my a lousy $50 off my… Full Review ▶
Ok, I don't know what happened with these other people on here. Maybe they will NEVER be happy with anything they have. Too bad! I lived at Park Timbers for 2 years and I didn't want to leave. The office staff… Full Review ▶
Let's just say there is WAY too much to tell, if I went on and on you'd think I was a mad bitter tenant just making up angry lies. THe truth is no matter how much domumentation you have you will… Full Review ▶
I cannot tel you how long I had to wait for my sink to get fixed and it took 3 times for them to do it.
They didn't do it right the first time or the second. They think caulk is going… Full Review ▶
Very rude staff and lower class people living at this community. Maintenance does not clean grounds very well. Full Review ▶
No one could be happier to be gone than me. The maintenance guys never fix anything right unless you call it in a 4th time. Electric bills very high even when I kept the thermostat around 74 almost all of the… Full Review ▶
I do not see how anyone could say anything bad about Park Timbers! I have been here since 2004, and am very pleased. The floor plans are spacious, and the price is very affordable. The maint. staff are all amazing and… Full Review ▶
I do not know what you people are talking about. Park Timbers rocks my socks off. The staff is caring, fun, and professional. They take care of their business. As for the apartments I have lived in 4 different floor plans… Full Review ▶
This has got to be the WORST complex I have ever lived in. We moved here because rent was cheap, boy was that a mistake. It all started the day we moved in. Well, the maintence man was friendly, but he… Full Review ▶
We got suckered in to this place. Everyone was nice at first, and was more than willing to do whatever we asked to get us into the apartment, including replacing the laminate tile. What a joke. The ink had barely dried… Full Review ▶
Ok, this place is cheap on it's Rent. Be careful! You get what you pay for. We toured the place and found out the appliances are older than we were, the carpets are replaced once every 5 - 6 years. The… Full Review ▶
This is one of the best places that I have lived in the DFW area. I was going to be late on my rent and as long as I talked to them they were fine with it. It has been a… Full Review ▶
DID SIGN MY THIRD LEASE BUT I AM NOT HAPPY WITH EVERY TIME I SIGN A NEW LEASE MY RENT GOES UP .. Full Review ▶
It really is a nice place to live! Full Review ▶
Park timbers was the first apartment I ever lived in and 2 years later I am still here. They have the best office staff and maintenance always takes care of my needs. I would recommend Park Timbers to anyone.
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The Staff is really great first of all...(No im not the staff either.) I know the maint. men personally and both are very helpful and reasonably prompt in their repair. They also have their eye on the place and are good… Full Review ▶
I moved into Park Timbers Apartments about 5 months ago.....wish I didn't. The biggest problem is the energy bill. It has never been under $250 and we are barley home we pretty much only sleep there which doesn't require much electricity.… Full Review ▶
We loved our stay here at Park Timbers- sorry we had to move. I would definately stay here if I could have. Thanks for all the help and being so nice to our family. Tell Richard and Bob, Thanks for helping… Full Review ▶
Best thing about this apartment is the management. very helpful and loves animals. The worst thing about this apartment is the crime. The staff gives you memos on your door saying there have been attempted rapes, theft, etc near the area.… Full Review ▶
Great place to Live. Full Review ▶
I loved it! Full Review ▶
I was a resident at Park Timbers not to long ago and had to move for my job situation. I wanted to get on here and to write a review and could not believe what everyone had to say. The staff… Full Review ▶
you can tell the office staff wrote all these reviews!!!!
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my apartment had termites and management told me it was no big deal because they had termites in their apts before me. they did not repair the termite damage either. there is still a termite problem along with a rodent, mice… Full Review ▶
I love this apartment! The management staff is very friendly and always going the extra mile to make sure I am happy. The maint men are very FAST. Anything I have ever had problems with they have fixed within 24 hours.… Full Review ▶
I am in my 2nd floor plan here,3rd year and I love it!
Leasing staff and property maintenance staff are all very friendly and helpful. Full Review ▶
We lived at Park Timbers for 2 1/2 years and thoroughly enjoyed our stay. We moved because we bought a house. During our stay we received prompt, professional service. The electric was slightly high, however after
electric deregulation things improved. The… Full Review ▶
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Please remember to read the disclaimer at the bottom. Opinions posted are strickly that...opinions. We invite you to visit our Welcome Center and see first-hand our community and meet the service team before making… Full Review ▶
We have lived here at Park Timbers for about 2 years now! The staff in the office is great! They are so outgoing and really show they care for their residents! If ever we need something, they always go out of… Full Review ▶
I have lived in this complex for four years now. i love the managment staff, they always have time for me and my needs. they always take care of my problems within 24 hours. i couldn´t think of a better place… Full Review ▶
The Worst Management staff I have ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do Not Move Here!
They are all very rude. Full Review ▶
This was the worst renting experience I have ever had. I would list all the problems I had but neither of us have the time to write or read them. Thinking of moving in? My advice....Don´t Full Review ▶
The elctricity and pwer at these apt were a joke..and always have been. Maitance was never done! That was a few years ago. Full Review ▶
I have to chime in here w/ the tenant who complained about the electric bills. I´ve lived at Park Timbers for five years now, and the electric bills are part of the reason I´m moving. I have friends who live in… Full Review ▶
I have lived here for 2 years and have enjoyed every minute of it! I recomend Park Timbers to all my friends. It is a great place for a first time renter!
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Information Morning - Cape Breton | Apr 29, 2013 | 13:21
Be It Resolved... He's One Funny Guy
Steve Patterson is host of CBC Radio's "The Debaters". He is currently touring Canada with his one man show, and will be in Glace Bay next month at The Savoy. Our host Steve Sutherland has a chat with the funny man. (runs 13:21 April 29, 2013)


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1. Natural Investments LLC
in Financial by Hal Brill
Cutting edge, hands-on, SRI-only Registered Investment Advisor. Community and regenerative investment specialists. Founded by the Brills, co-authors of 'Investing with Your Values.' Creator of the NIS Social RatingSM (the 'Heart' rating for SRI funds
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Portfolio co-managers look for stocks of mid- to large-cap companies that first meet their stringent financial criteria. Their social screens are then applied to these stocks. Ideal investment candidates are companies that show leadership in the area
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Broken Was What Made Me Free.
Source: epiic.tumblr.com via soverseas on Pinterest
Why Feeling Blue is Good for You.
Because you feel both the sorrow and pain
And cry when you're sad and laugh when you gain,
Any sweet glance and any true deeds…
You are kindred, my friend,
And your feelings I heed.
I feel faint as well when my heart starts to swell
I mourn when my lover has harsh things to tell,
I laugh when my children run home and declare
When they had a great day, and with me want to share…
All of their hopes and their youth-sauntered dreams
All of their fears and their naive-fevered schemes,
I shiver and scramble at the smallest of smiles…
Because I know moments will not last awhile.
Because you are faint, and are ever so true
Your heart can be broken, and your languages blue,
This means you're alive, this proves the sun's shine…
Has not left you lonely, has not left you behind.
That play in your mind, that old saunter and dance
I have been there my friend, I have felt my last chance,
I've wept rivers of tears in some forests unknown…
I once swore to heaven, I'd be always alone.
I have stared at the cards in cold crowded stores
Thought never for me, would I ever be more,
Than a lone soldiered-girl, all alone in my space…
Just waiting for someone to notice my grace.
But because I left open one shimmer of hope
Because I looked up from the end of my rope,
I found love again, but this time not small…
I made love again, and allowed myself to fall
Right into the abyss of warmth and red skies
Straight into the sparrows' long flights and steel eyes,
I became grounded and free all at once in my being…
For the first time not scared about what I was seeing.
Even though bloodied from battles before
I stood tall and walked forward, not less but much more,
I realized that broken, was what made me free…
I knew I was loved, and most loved by me.
Only through days and moments of gloom
Can we feel our life's passions much more than assumed,
Only once reeled in from drowning in strife…
Can we understand miracles and wonders of life.
I know this too well, I have seen the dark side
I've been so lost in mourning, I could not swim the tides,
I have treaded the waters of life's bitter waves…
I have prayed for my life to be peacefully paved.
So here I am now, somewhat battered and bruised
A little bit tormented, a bit torn and used,
Here I am now, so much wiser for wear…
Here I am now much more willing to care
To care enough to matter, to yell and to cry
To sing much too loudly, to gaze at the sky,
To mention the sweetness of my lover's pause…
To look at him deeply, sometimes just because
We are all better for it, for sorrows felt well
We are all that much closer, for our deepest of hell,
We can all melt as one, in a fledging of deep…
We can all feel our heart-songs while softly we weep.
I am blue much less often, but blue just the same
I know now that suffering is honest pure game,
Because when I feel joy now and when I know truth…
My soul is more lifted, the years peeled back in youth.
So my warriors you see, we are all truly free
Once we know depth, and once we can see,
That all life is beautiful, the darkness and light…
Once you know this my friend, your peace will take flight.
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What a beautiful poem. I really needed to read this right now. Thank you so much for sharing.


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This Shakespearean retelling of the classic Three Little Pigs story by comedian and Christian homeschool dad John Branyan is GENIUS!
(Here's a handy vocabulary list taken from the video)– http://staging.vocabulary.com/lists/182963#view=notes
Branyan has a live show tomorrow night as part of the Arizona Families for Home Education Convention.
Be inspired!
Bring the family and join us for an evening of fun entertainment!
Friday, July 20, 7:30 pm
Phoenix Convention Center, South Building Ballroom
33 South 3rd Street, Phoenix, AZ 85004
Laugh out loud funny! Great for the whole family! John Branyan, Christian comedian and homeschool dad, is part of the Rockshow Comedy Tour with Tim Hawkins and Bob Smiley. John is best known for his riotous, right-on relationship comedy, and he is committed to "comedy that won't leave a filthy residue."
Admission available for purchase at the door
You may purchase admission for $5 each (all ages) at the registration booth in the main lobby of the Phoenix Convention Center, South Building until we reach capacity. Children age 2 and under are free. At-the-door admission sales will remain open until 7:00 pm.


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44 and fiiiiiiiine!
Jennifer Lopez put her amazing physique on display at the iHeartRadio Ultimate Pool Party at the Fontainebleau in Miami, hitting the stage in a very colorful leotard, fishnet tights with a hole on her derriere and gold heels.
The mother of two proved she still has her famous booty, despite some reports ridiculously questioning the size of her rear end.
And while she definitely looks great, Lopez did have a tiny accident on stage -- posting a photo of her cut up knee after the performance.
"#imfine #anotherdayattheoffice #butterflystitch#stilldoingthekneedroptomorrownight #showbusiness#theresnocryinginbaseball #lol #jloaka," she captioned the gross-out pic.
The Miami sighting comes after J.Lo split from her boyfriend of almost 2 1/2 years, Casper Smart, and amid rumors that she may now be hooking up with Maksim Chmerkovskiy.
Just look at her, it's clear she won't be single long!
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Episode 42 – Jon Huber of The Crowned Heads
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Nice show all,
If u get a broadleaf coming I will be a happy man, or even a San Andreas. Would love to try ur blending with those wrappers. Thanks for sharing the passion and providing sanity one smoke at a time
Greg – Broadleaf is my /dream/ cigar to work with Ernesto on. It's off the table for a 2013 release, but I'm gonna keep pressing Ernesto.
Jon Huber
Crowned Heads
That guy is what every cigar Guy should be hands down best guy in the business. Great show
Corey – Thanks for the kind words. Glad you enjoyed the show–the 'Mikes' do a great job and I am a fan of their show, as well.
Jon Huber
Crowned Heads
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When i complete a repeating task from the app, it doesn't remove the notificatin
I have a daily reminder scheduled for 7AM. This morning, the notification alarmed reminding me of the task. I entered the program on my Galaxy Nexus and completed the task. Then i realized that the notification was still in the notification bar, so I went in to the notification and completed that as well. The result was that it marked tomorrow's as done, and moved the task 2 days out.
It seems that if a task it marked complete in the app, that the notification for that app should be automatically removed to prevent accidental duplication in marking a task complete.
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Thank you for your feedback, we will consider implementing such feature in future updates. You're welcome to add a request for it to our Votebox: http://todoist.com/Vote_Android/
Best regards,
David, would you have a link to the request so I could vote for it as this has happened a few times to me as well.
Hello Scott,
Such request has not been added to our Votebox yet so you're welcome to do so.
Best regards,


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Frank StellaAmerican (Malden, Massachusetts, 1936)
Untitled (Fan Protractor Variation)
1967drawing | watercolor on graph paper
Not on view at this time; find out where you can see works from our collection at locations around the Bay Area while our building is closed for expansion
17 in. x 22 in. (43.18 cm x 55.88 cm)
Acquired 1991
Collection SFMOMA
Gift of Laura-Lee W. and Robert J. Woods, Jr. in honor of Frances and John Bowes
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Bruno Mars – Locked Out Of Heaven (Official Video)
Bruno Mars drops an official video for "Locked Out Of Heaven", off his upcoming album "Unorthodox Jukebox" which drops December 11th. Enjoy.
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