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o Gator Games Newsletter: June 21 to June 27 2010
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o Happy Birthday Discount
If it is your birthday - prove it and receive 10% off most merchandise.+
o Senior Citizen - 10% off
If you are age 65 and over - prove it and receive 10% off most merchandise+
o Miltary Discount - 10% off
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o Events and Demos at Gator Games
Location: 4212 Olympic Ave, San Mateo, CA 94403
Events: Boosters and other prizes maybe added depending on how many players
We only have 8 spots available at store, so prepay is advisable for popular events.
If the wind isn't blowing, we can usually take another 8 players.
Mon. 4pm D&D 4e Dark Sun Campaign - Fury of the Wastewalker by Max $3
This season of D&D Encounters uses pregenerated 1st-level characters specifically designed for the adventure play experience!
Tues.: 4pm Official Pokemon CCG, Nintendo DS and Pokemon Rumble League by Rickki $3
We have 9 or 10 weekly, we are now running tournaments with a pack going to the winnner.
the games are still marked on your cards and foils given out when you meet the requirement
Wed. 4pm Heroclix $5 unless Sealed (Play starts 4:30)
they usually do not play till 4:30, they only play 2 games instead of 3
Heroclix players will get 10% off their heroclix purchase if they play.
New League Prizes! Prize for the Winner, Prize for 2nd place, Prize for Fellowship (sportsmanship)
Gator Games will add prizes, so all players will get a prize.
6/23 "Capture the Flag"
Prize: Green Lantern (2) or Indigo Lantern (2)
600 pts Unrestricted
Special Rules: In addition to the regular objects, each player places one light "Flag" object wherever they would like on the map. At the start of each turn, if one of your figures is carrying a flag placed by your opponent, get 50 victory points. Flags cannot be destroyed or moved by Telekinesis.
6/30 "In the Nick of Time"
Prize: Justice League International Feat Card
1000 pts Unrestricted
Special Rules: Each player begins with only four (4) figures in play, the rest are considered "Reserves." After any figure is removed from play (except for the Alter Ego ability), its controller puts one figure from his Reserves into play in his starting area. At the end of the game, each player scores victory points for figures in their Reserves.
Thurs. 4pm Official Yugioh "Advanced Format" Tourney $5
Official Championship/Turbo Packs to all that enter, 2 to the winner.
30 min of trading after tourney is over.
Yugioh Advanced Format - Limited and Forbidden Lists (Effective March 1, 2010)
We can only take 16 people.
Fri. 3:30 pm Friday Night Magic Standard 'type 2' $5
(this is so we can hold 16 people)
note: The official Prizes are only the FNM Cards.
Gator Games will be adding additonial foils, boosters and possbile other prizes.
We will 'not' be doing random prizes as we will let the 'winners' pick their choice of foil.
There will be a prize for everyone and 1st & 2nd are guaranteed one booster.
Boosters will be added based on the number of players and other prizes, so say we add a $25 playmat there will be less boosters.
Weekend Events!
June 26, Sat 11am Star Wars Miniature Tournament $5
Squad Point Cost limit: 150
Character limit per squad: 8
Faction range: Unrestricted
Normal tournament rules apply
June 27 Sun 11am Magic Booster Draft $15
Gator Games will add additionial foils, boosters and other prizes. All Rares are put in the 'prize' pot.
July 3, Sat, Noon Legend of the Five Rings CCG $5
Prize: One Admission ticket to Gen Con!
July 4, Sun We will be closed for the Holiday
July 10, Sat, 11am Magic M11 Pre-release $25
extra signups start at 10:30am
After Magic we will be demoing the new Warhammer Fantasy!
July 11, Sun 11am Magic M11 Pre-release $25
extra signups start at 10:30
After Magic we will be demoing the new Warhammer Fantasy!
July 17, Sat 11am Magic M11 Launch Party $25
extra signups start at 10:30am
July 18, Sun 11am Magic Booster Draft $15
Gator Games will add additionial foils, boosters and other prizes. All Rares are put in the 'prize' pot.
July 24, Sat 11am Star Wars Miniature Tournament $5
July 25 Sun Noon - WoW TMG Tourament - Buy one booster and Play it! ($15 to buy a booster)
Aug14 Sat 11am 2011 Magic Game Day - Bring a standard - Type II deck. $5
Aug 21 Sat 11am Dark Sun Game Day by Maxx $5
o Report Card Rewards
(for mail order, you may fax us your report card)
Good grades get free games! Gator Games rewards good students.
It's report card time and Gator Games has a special treat for all good students. From now until July 31, bring in your final report card for the year, and Gator Games will give free games to students with good grades. Any student from kindergarten through college can bring their report card to Gator Games.
Each Report Card has a $3.00 maximum that a student can get.
For every "A", students get 25¢ in store merchandise, and 10¢ for each "B".
For Pass/Fall, students get 10¢ for each "Pass" - each pass/fail report card will be on a indivivial basis.
We've seen pass/fails report cards with over 200 pass/fails, but if a major class with sub pass/fails, we take the main class only.
(an example I have seen is Arts & Crafts - then over 20 sub-breakdowns such as painting, drawing, ceramics, etc)
If a Student brings in a Straight "A" report card, an "A" in every subject, he or she will receive the $3.00 maximum in free games for that report card.
Gator Games will stamp each card with a Gator stamp when the grades are rewarded.
This is not a gimmick. This is free, no other purchase is necessary.
Ends July 31 2010
o Gamer or Product Annoucements
Avalanche Press
Price changes will be occuring on the following two products:
APL-0041 SWWAS: Coral Sea
APL-0045 GWAS: Pacific Cross Roads
Both items will change in price from $19.95 to $29.95.
This price change is effective July 1, 2010.
o SHORT SOLICIT PREORDERS
(These items may not appear in Game Trade Magazine)
______ GAW 80-02-N WHF Warhammer Rulebook $74.25
______ GAW 80-06 WHF Battle Magic $9.90
______ GAW 65-08 WHF Template Set $8.25
______ GAW 65-09 WHF Counter Set $13.25
______ WZK 70162 DC HeroClix Brightest Day Action Pack $24.99
After the Blackest Night Starter comes the Brightest Day! Heroes thought long dead are resurrected by the power of the White Lantern to fight evil anew. Why these heroes? What is their connection? Find out with the DC HeroClix Brightest Day Action Pack! This action pack includes seven highly-detailed 3D miniature and two Brightest Day-themed maps.
______ CRI AK001 ASLComp AFRIKAKORPS: El Alamein $59.95
Part I is the 'core pack' you will need to play all of the others and includes the mapsheet, overlay collection and a bunch of color die-cut counters. It is entitled ASLComp AFRIKAKORPS: El Alamein. With it you'll get two sheets x 2 of colorful die cut counters in the same sized sheets as our recent TYRANT'S LAIR. You also receive a large set of FOUR DOZEN overlays, all blunt-cut so you don't need to trim them out along hexsides. The overlay set allows you to create photo-realistic desert battlefields with multiple villages, hills, deirs, hillocks, wadis ... and some new terrain for the ASLComp gamer including a Beau Geste style fort, tracks (and different crossroads for tracks, allowing for the creation of realistic road and track nets). You also receive minefields and anti-tank ditches, not to mention the "Whtie Mosque" and more! Also included in the set is one 22" x 34" standard desert map for use in all the 10 scenarios provided. When combined with the overlays a compelling desert battlefield is created. The new counters also include Italian Folgore paratroopers.
______ CRI AK002 ASLComp AFRIKAKORPS: Benghazi Handicap $13.95
The second part of the presentation is ASLComp AFRIKAKORPS: Benghazi Handicap and it takes you along at breakneck speed on the "Tobruk Derby" ... right to the first attack on Tobruk at the gap at Post R33, staunchly manned by Aussie soldiers. The set provides another 8 scenarios bring you from Mersa el Brega to the gates of Tobruk with a sweep across Cyrenaica in between.
______ CRI AK003 ASLComp AFRIKAKORPS: Bitter Enders $13.95
The third portion of the set-piece is ASLComp AFRIKAKORPS: Bitter Enders and it takes you back across the desert into Tunisia and features American troops versus Rommel, von Arnim and company. Hitler poured a stunning quantity of men and materiel into Tunisia so you don't have to. All you need to do is pick up this batch of 8 scenarios and bring your interest in the theater (plus a few hours and the penchant to roll low) and you're good to go!
______ CRI AK004 ASLComp AFRIKAKORPS: Second Time Around $13.95
The fourth theme-based pack is ASLComp AFRIKAKORPS: Second Time Around and it brings on heavy action between the British and Germans in Tunisia. These bitter enemies saved the best of the see-saw desert war for last and this pack of 8 scenarios contains some especially viscious combined-arms actions.
______ CRI AK005 ASLComp AFRIKAKORPS: Operation Torch $13.95
The fifth set is ASLComp AFRIKAKORPS: Operation Torch and it brings forces of the United States into conflict with those of France and the fireworks erupt at Cap de Fedala, carry on to Faid Pass, and eventually drag German and Italian troops into the quagmire that was the war in Tunisia. You get another 8 scenarios that pit some of the most out-dated weaponry with some of the most modern for its time ... along with stop-gap AFVs like the M3 GMC.
______ CRI AK006 ASLComp AFRIKAKORPS: Combined Arms $13.95
The sixth and final set is entitled ASLComp AFRIKAKORPS: Combined Arms for a good reason! It consists of 8 scenarios that cover all different aspects of the war in North Africa! From the frontier of Egypt in 1940 to the bitter end in 1943 the sweep of war's pendelum is inexorable...and varied with this final set that rounds out the action.
______ CRI ASLPEL ASLComp White Beach One: Peleliu 1944 $49.95
______ CRI ATSPEL ATS White Beach One: Peleliu 1944 $49.95
WHITE BEACH ONE: Peleliu 1944TM is a new historical module that provides 8 scenarios, all playable on the new map and ranging from fast-play to monster. It includes a sheet of new color die-cut counters and special rules pages in two column format. If you've been following the HBO miniseries 'The Pacific" or perhaps read "With the Old Breed" a few times (we know you have) then you're already equipped with the intel that these here are Chesty Puller's Marines and you are ready for this experience NOW!
______ CRI ASLMET ASLComp Kursk Metal Gods $59.95
______ CRI ATSMET ATS Kursk Metal Gods $59.95
A detailed new module by Larry Winslow that tells the story of the Battle of Kursk by providing a unique new battlefield created with two large linking maps. The product comes in two versions, one for ATS and the other for our ASLComp VARIANT line. The ASLComp edition provides ALL the counters you need to play the scenarios included while the ATS edition provides an expansion sheet of counters including new aircraft types, OP tanks, and of course...the Panzerjäger VI 'Elephant' in quantities heretofore never seen on an ATS battlefield.
______ DV1 011A Down in Flames Guns Blazing [Extra Card Set] $29.99
The boxed game provides the cards needed for dogfights with 2 to 6 players. These extra sets of cards are for people who want to play monster air battles. Each set comes with the 220 cards found in the boxed game. Each deck of 55 cards is shrink-wrapped, and then all 4 decks are bundled together in clear plastic for retail sales.
o NEW RELEASES - General Games - In-stock
0 to 7 days before it hits the store due to shipping
E-mail with your name and phone number or call if you want us to put something on hold or order in for you.
We hold items in-stock for 3 days (no holds on cards)
Pre-orders are held for 7 days.
All stock numbers, titles, and prices are subject to change by the manufacturer without notice
ULP82410-P Portfolio: 9pkt PKM Plat III S $ 9.99
ULP82524-P Portfolio:4pkt PKM HGSS 2 $ 8.99
ULP82525-P Portfolio: 9pkt PKM HGSS 2 $ 9.99
REM03501 Deathspinner Spider $ 17.99
REM03502 DHL Classics: Orcs $ 8.99
REM03503 Tarsus, Minotaur Adventurer $ 9.99
REM03504 Karahl Farstep, Wizard $ 4.49
REM14593 Kashia, Lupine Warlord $ 11.99
REM14594 WF: Avrix Dirthe, Dark Elf Champion $ 4.99
REM30013 Pirate vs Sea Monster 54mm Vignette $ 19.99
REM50172 Chrono: Alien Overlord with Pistol $ 3.99
REM60032 PF: Seltyiel, Iconic Eldritch Knight $ 5.99
REM60034 PF: Seoni, Female Iconic Sorceress (v2) $ 4.99
WTW06319 28mm Terrain: Pool A - Ultra Blue $14.99
WTW06320 28mm Terrain: Pool B - Ultra Blue $14.99
WTW06321 28mm Terrain: Pool C - Ultra Blue $14.99
WTW06322 28mm Terrain: Large Pool - Ultra Blue $11.99
XRP6114 AA #14: The Verdant Vault of Malakum $ 12.00
GMG5063 DCC #64: Codex of the Damned $ 12.99
HCG773 BSara: Moonfairies $ 71.76
*Coming back in print
AEG 5012 Thunderstone Board Game 39.99
AEG 5200 Adventurers Board Game 49.95
ASM DIX01 Dixit Board Game 34.99
SJG 1410 Munchkin 2 Unnatural Axe (Rev Ed) $19.99
You demanded it, and here it is. Created by Steve Jackson and illustrated by John Kovalic . . . 112 more cards for the game of killing monsters and taking their stuff. Play a new race: Orcs! Face foes like the Hydrant and the Tentacle Demons. Equip yourself with dread armor like the Spiked Codpiece. Recruit allies like the Shoulder Dragon. Wield mighty weapons like Druid Fluid, the Catapult and, of course, the dread Unnatural Axe . . . and show them who's the greatest munchkin of all.
SJG 1419 Munchkin Bites (Rev Ed) $24.99
Includes 168 full-color cards! Be vampires . . . and werewolves . . . and snotty fairie changelings. Any similarity to an angsty roleplaying game is strictly coincidental . . . and any roleplaying is strictly accidental. You're here to KILL things. Munchkin Bites introduces a new kind of card: Powers. And it stars John Kovalic's Dork Tower characters, in their vampire guises! This is a stand-alone game, but it can - of course! - be combined with other Munchkin games. So bring along your Coffin (+3!) and wield The Sword of Beheading People Just Like In That Movie. Face the Banshee, the Heck Hounds, and the dreaded Were-Muskrat. Smite them all, and be the first to level 10!
PIP 50028 Monsterpoc S5 Big in Japan Unit Booster $13.99
PIP 50027 Monsterpoc S5 Big in Japan Monster Boosters $13.99
Get Big or Go Home! Unleash powerful new monsters and smash your way through the Tokyo skyline! Choose from the Elemental Champions, Empire of the Apes, Subterran Uprising, Savage Swarm, Tritons, and UberCorp International, and stomp the sushi out of the other kaiju! Monsterpocalypse Series 5: Big In Japan lives up to its larger-than-life status as the largest Monsterpocalypse set ever released featuring a host of new monsters, landmark and standard buildings, and all-new character units. Add to your collection with Big in Japan Monster Boosters packed with one randomly inserted, fully assembled, pre-painted plastic monster and its corresponding hyper form, as well as Unit Boosters containing five plastic figures, including one building and four units
WOC 24841-D MTG Archenemy Pack Carton (4) $79.96
You've played Magic one-on-one. You've played it in a free-for-all. But have you ever wanted to just throw down the gauntlet against all your friends at once? Have you ever wanted to take on the whole world and show them who's boss? Well, now you can! Archenemy is the first "One vs. Many" multiplayer product for Magic. With a deck of 20 oversized cards to beef up your favorite deck, you'll be ready to face off against as many of your friends as your tabletop can hold. Bring 'em on! Archenemy is introduced in four unique game packs, each with a 60-card Magic deck featuring eight rares, and a 20-card oversized deck.
FFG ANR03 Anima RPG Gaia V1 Beyond the Dreams $59.95
Explore the rich fantasy world of Anima like never before with Gaia Volume 1: Beyond the Dreams, presenting a wealth of details on the culture and geography of the world of Gaia.
______ FFG WW25A WW Hawker Hurricane Mk.I (Bader) $12.95
______ FFG WW25B WW Hawker Hurricane Mk.I (Van den Ho $12.95
______ FFG WW25C WW Hawker Hurricane Mk.IIB (Kuznetso $12.95
______ FFG WW25D WW Dewoitine D.520 (Thollon) $12.95
______ FFG WW25E WW Dewoitine D.520(Stella) $12.95
______ FFG WW25F WW Dewoitine D.520 (Le Gloan) $12.95
______ FFG WW25G WW Junkers Ju.87B-2 Stuka (1./StG.3) $15.95
______ FFG WW25H WW Junkers Ju.87B-2 Stuka (IV./LG 1) $15.95
______ FFG WW25I WW Junkers Ju.87R-2 Stuka (Sugaroni) $15.95
______ FFG WW25J WW Aichi D3A1 Val (Yamakawa/Nakata) $15.95
______ FFG WW25K WW Aichi D3A1 Val (Makino/Sukida) $15.95
______ FFG WW25L WW Aichi D3A1 Val (Takahashi/Kozumi) $15.95
Take your Wings of War game into the third dimension! Each historically-accurate, fully-painted miniature represents an aircraft from Wings of War: The Dawn of World War II. All miniatures come complete with maneuver deck and variable-altitude stand. This second series of Wings of War WWII miniatures includes twelve expertly-painted fighters (four planes in three different painting schemes each).
Legend of the Five Rings returns with the fourth edition of its award-winning role-playing game line. This all new core-book brings players everything they need to make the Emerald Empire their own. From revised rules for dueling, honor, and other aspects of samurai life, to many variants that allow players to customize their game to their own liking, the fourth edition core book truly puts the epic tale of Legend of the Five Rings in the players' hands. Featuring all the background you need on the Great Clans, ronin, shadowlands, and more, as well as the most easy to access rules in L5R RPG history, this core book will have you serving your Emperor with great honor, bringing glory to your Clan, and prestige to your family. Utz! BANZAI!
SJG 1391 Chez Geek House Party Ed $34.99
Beer! Nookie! Roommates! It's another Friday night at Chez Geek, the card game that lets you set up house with your friends - for as long as you can stand them.
PZO3014 Plot Twist Cards $ 10.99
PZO8027 Template: Novel of the Archonate, A $ 14.99
KON 88402-D Yu-Gi-Oh Gold Series 3 Dis (5) 99.95
Gold Rare Cards are back for another round, with Gold Series 3! Gold Rares are the shiniest, rarest, and most blinged-out cards you can get. This time around, you can get your hands on Gold Rare versions of cards like Infernity Archfiend, Judgment Dragon, Thunder King Rai-Oh, Plaguespreader Zombie, Blackwing Armor Master, and Blackwing Armed Wing. As a super-special bonus, Gold Series 3 is the first place you can get a hold of Jack Atlas' Vice Dragon monster - available for the first time, AND as a Gold Rare!
PZO1114 Pathfinder RPG: GameMastery Guide $ 39.99
This comprehensive guide to the art of Game Mastering goes beyond the Core Rulebook to offer tips, guidelines, and additional rules destined to take your Pathfinder Roleplaying Game campaign to the next level. This supplement is filled to bursting with encounter charts, idea lists, encounter design advice, tips for using and adapting published products to your personal campaign, and top-to-bottom guidelines for building a campaign from scratch.
PZO4026 Map Packs: Swallowed Whole $ 12.99
GameMastery Map Pack: Swallowed Whole contains 18 full-color, 5 x 8-inch map tiles, stunningly crafted by cartographer Corey Macourek, that combine to form a variety of monster stomachs and sticky organic interiors ready to be hacked apart by desperate adventurers. Locations include: Belly of the Whale, Gut of the Giant Worm, Tarrasque Tummy, Carnivorous Plant Pod, Giant Slime Blob, and Inside the Dragon.
PZO9034 PF34: Blood for Blood $ 19.99
Can the heroes protect their hard-fought holdings while facing the growing dangers of the west? A Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure for 10th-level characters, this volume continues the Kingmaker Adventure Path, in which the heroes win and defend a small kingdom from threats foreign and domestic.
PZO9222 PC: Heart fo the Jungle $ 19.99
Learn the terrible secrets that lurk below the darkened canopy of the Screaming Jungle, dare the treacherous territory of the Gorilla King, and explore the fallen air-cities of long-dead cultures! Discover the secrets to surviving in the hostile Mwangi Jungle Ñ and how to make it a memorable threat for players. Unearth lore about the strange creatures who live in the Mwangi expanse and their even stranger deities. All this and more awaits in this overview of the Mwangi Expanse, an unmapped green hell in the southern reaches of the Pathfinder Chronicles Campaign Setting.
PZO9412 PC: Sargave, the Lost Colony $ 10.99
Perched on the edge of the treacherous jungles of the Mwangi Expanse, Sargava was once the cherished southern colony of the great Empire of Cheliax. When the empire fell to devils a century ago, turbulent oceans and fierce pirates cut Sargava from the support and defenses of its parent nation, stranding it in a wilderness of disease and death.
PZO9525 PF Module: From Shore to Sea $ 13.99
The rustic folk of Blackbeach have kept their cursed heritage secret for thousands of years Ñ they are pureblooded scions of Lost Azlant, the sunken continent across the western sea, whose bloodline eventually causes them to transform into sea-folk and obey a strange underwater entity. A local sorcerer trying to cure his people has awakened a terrible evil, locked away in a nearby Azlanti ruin for thousands of years. Now the villagers are rapidly devolving into fishlike monsters and hearing a telepathic call they cannot refuse! An aquatic dungeon adventure for 6th-level Pathfinder Roleplaying Game characters.
o NEW RELEASES: Special Orders: Games and Accessories
We do not carry these items in store, but will order them for you.
QNG70101 It Happens $ 24.95
TLG8019 C&C: Monsters & Treasures of Aihrde (SC) $ 24.99
USOMN013000 Monopoly: Elvis 75th Anniversary $ 39.99
WMP 488 Civil War Series Puzzle $14.95
WMP 514 Autumn Evening Puzzle $14.95
WMP 689 Million Dollars Puzzle $14.95
NUM003 Last of the Independants $ 39.99
ADMREN005 28mm Renaissance (Landsknechts): Unarmoured Pikemen Standing (8) $18.00
WLG WGBPZ22 Partizans with LMGs Miniature Games $8.54
WLG WGBWM110 SDKFZ251/1 Half Track Miniature Games $30.75
WLG WGIR6 Testudo 2010 Miniature Games $42.71
WLG WGIRSCA1 Macro & Kato Simon Scarrow Boxed Set Miniature Games $34.17
WLG WGP08 ECW Scots Lancers Miniature Games $30.75
WLG WGPCHA01 ECW King Charles I Miniature Games $8.54
DRLAI0004 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Andrayada: Alpha Commander $10.99
DRLAI0008 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Andrayada: Hubries Variant 2 $5.99
DRLAT0002 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Andrayada: Malignant $14.99
DRLBI0001 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Bio Aliens: Critters/Defenders $5.99
DRLBI0005 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Bio Aliens: Vampire Beasts $5.99
DRLHI0004 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Humans: Standard Infantry $7.99
DRLHV0003 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Humans: Intruder $12.99
DRLHV0004 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Humans: Chasseur Tank $9.99
DRLHV0013 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Humans: Ramjack $12.99 $7.79
DRLHV0020 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Humans: Castellian Variant 1 $24.99
DRLKS0001 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Hostile Stars: Dark Knife Frigate $8.99
DRLPS0002 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Hostile Stars: Centurion Cruiser $6.99
DRLPS0003 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Hostile Stars: Templar Battleship $15.99
DRLRF0002 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Kraytonians: Arkiten $9.99
DRLRI0001 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Kraytonians: Kamalei $5.99
DRLRV0001 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Kraytonians: Arkalest $12.99
DRLRV0005 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Kraytonians: Kijakk Recon Skimmer $9.99
DRLTH0006 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Humans Terrain: Landing Pad Set 2 (Circular) $13.99
DRLTI0003 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Humans Terrain: Infested Tunnel Variant 2 (Squared) $10.99
DRLAF0001 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Andrayada: Varkator $9.99
DRLAF0002 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Andrayada: Vira $12.99
DRLAI0001 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Andrayada: Infantry Phalanx $7.99
DRLAI0002 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Andrayada: Heavy Phalanx $7.99
DRLAI0003 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Andrayada: Scouts $3.99
DRLAI0005 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Andrayada: Vulturs $7.99
DRLAI0006 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Andrayada: Vanguard $7.99
DRLAI0007 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Andrayada: Hubries Variant 1 $5.99
DRLAS0001 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Andrayada: Valkalon $9.99
DRLAT0001 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Andrayada: Majestic $34.99
DRLAT0001a 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Andrayada: Majestic Weapons $6.99
DRLAT0003 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Andrayada: Mordent $24.99
DRLAW0001 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Andrayada: Varan $9.99
DRLAW0002 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Andrayada: Vorace $9.99
DRLAW0003 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Andrayada: Velite $12.99
DRLAW0005 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Andrayada: Mantagen $12.99
DRLAW0006 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Andrayada: Mantragan $12.99
DRLBI0003 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Bio Aliens: Claw Beasts $13.99
DRLBI0006 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Bio Aliens: Malcore Beasts $9.99
DRLBM0001 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Bio Aliens: Skyth Units 1 $6.99
DRLBM0002 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Bio Aliens: Skyth Units 2 $6.99
DRLBM0003 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Bio Aliens: Skyth Units 3 $5.99
DRLHF0002 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Humans: Cargo Helicopter $9.99
DRLHI0001 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Humans: Light Infantry Detachment $7.99
DRLHI0002 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Humans: AT Infantry Detachment $7.99
DRLHI0005 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Humans: Industrial Infantry $7.99
DRLHI0006 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Humans: Scouts $3.99
DRLHI0007 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Humans: Jungle Troops $7.99
DRLHI0009 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Humans: Reg HQ $7.99
DRLHV0002 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Humans: Hammerjack $12.99
DRLHV0005 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Humans: Buggy Variant 1 $11.99
DRLHV0006 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Humans: Buggy Variant 2 $11.99
DRLHV0007 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Humans: Javelin $9.99
DRLHV0008 6mm SciFi: Dark Realm Miniatures - Humans: Lance $12.99
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Ron Artest is promoting the Lakers upcoming exhibition schedule by making the rounds to nearby cities, one of them being San Diego. And while there, he had an idea for a trade. But it didn't involve any players. Via the OC Register:
"Maybe we can swap, the Chargers for the Clippers. No disrespect to the Clippers. You can have them back. I don't mean that in a disrespectful way. I really like the Clippers, but I feel they deserve their own fan base because in L.A. they're overshadowed. The Clippers deserve a shot at having their own identity."Some might take that as a dig at the Clippers, but it's nothing but truth. The Clippers are basically a team without a city. They're stuck somewhere where they're perpetually playing second fiddle to the Lakers. For instance, when I write "Staples Center" who do you think of?
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The other day when Jeb Bush mentioned that anti-trust laws prevented gas companies from working together to form a gasoline distribution plan in the wake of Hurricane Frances and the state would have to do it instead, I knew it could only mean trouble. Sure enough, pre-storm shortages worsened and today there were reports of five mile long gas lines in some areas. People even drove to the Florida Turnpike rest areas just to fill up there.
Now if price gouging weren't illegal the few stations that have gasoline could charge accordingly high prices. People would only purchase the smallest amount they actually need and there'd be more gas to go around--but the state doesn't like that idea either. It'd be nice if those people in line realized how much the government contributed to their woes but will they be in line long enough?
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Ike Motloung, for Mdluli, probed Justina's contention that she was raped by the police and her statement about the rape.
"I knew it was the police because they were travelling in a police vehicle," Justina told the court.
Asked about her statement, which did not mentioning the police's involvement, she said: "I knew I was raped by the police - if there is such a statement it was made by the police."
On Monday, the court heard that the Ramogibe family was threatened by Mdluli and lost faith in the police.
The court was told that Justina's mother Sophia received a threatening call to tell the family to not pursue Oupa's death.
Criminal charges against Mdluli and his accomplices Samuel Dlomo, Colonel Nkosana Sebastian Ximba, and Lieutenant-Colonel Mtunzi-Omhle Mthembeni Mtunzi were provisionally withdrawn in February, pending the outcome of the inquest.
The charges against them were intimidation, kidnapping, assault with intent to do grievous bodily harm, murder, attempted murder, and conspiracy to commit murder. - Sapa
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Hey guys. I was wondering if anyone else had thoughts like this... but I'm so curious to know what DP feels like. With two live guys that is... not an object. I fantasize about it but I know I won't do it in real life. I feel so perverted and I feel like I"m the only one out there who thinks this. If these type of questions or comments aren't allowed I"ll take my post down, I don't want to offend anyone.. I just wanted to see if anyone else fantasized about this.
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Some of the new taxes and fees in the Affordable Care Act being passed through to businesses.
■ Transitional Reinsurance Program fee: $63 per year, per plan enrollee, including spouses and children. Money will compensate insurance carriers that cover the sickest patients.
■ Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) fee: $1 a year per insured employee. Later rises to $2. Money is to pay for treatment effectiveness research.
■ The insurer fee: Insurance carriers will be assessed a portion of the entire health insurance industrys new annual tax under the law. This money is to fund subsidies for low-income people buying insurance on the new exchanges. Industry experts expect insurers to pass on the fee to businesses.
■ Cadillac Tax: A 40% excise tax on high premium insurance plans will take effect in 2018.
Source: Health insurance industry research
Management at one 40-employee Michigan car dealership has been bracing for higher health insurance costs in 2014, when the Affordable Care Act goes into full effect.
But they were shocked to hear this month just how high their renewal rate with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan would jump 65%. Add in the new taxes and fees in the health care law that affect businesses, and the total cost for the dealership of providing medical benefits would rise another 5%.
Since learning of these increases, Extreme Dodge Chrysler Jeep of Jackson has debated whether it can afford to continue offering health care to employees, said Mark Trudell, the dealerships general manager.
If it drops coverage, workers would have to get coverage through a spouse or buy insurance on their own, either directly through an insurer or through the new Michigan Health Insurance Marketplace, also known as a state exchange.
I am trying to research and see if its in our best interest to keep our group coverage or to not offer insurance and put our employees into the exchange, Trudell said last week. We want to do whats best for our employees, but also you cant take on all that burden yourself as a company.
With just over two months to go before the full roll-out of the Affordable Care Act, often called Obamacare, some small and midsize Michigan businesses are preparing for the laws higher taxes and coverage costs by locking in current insurance rates, downgrading the quality of their employees benefits or looking into dropping coverage altogether. Even workers who are fortunate enough to keep their companys coverage could find themselves paying much higher premiums and higher out-of-pocket costs for medical care.
Even though the Obama administration delayed until 2015 the financial penalties on businesses with 50 or more full-time equivalent employees that dont offer adequate health insurance benefits, several taxes and fees will kick in by Jan. 1 along with a major change in how insurance premiums are calculated.
Those new taxes and fees amount to a 4% to 6% health care cost increase for many small and midsize businesses in Michigan that already offer health benefits, according to interviews with insurance brokers and benefits lawyers.
The new premium calculus has resulted in some businesses getting hit with renewal prices for benefit plans that jump 20% or more.
To be sure, not all businesses are facing double-digit rate hikes under the Affordable Care Act. Insurance officials with Blue Cross Blue Shield and Health Alliance Plan say some businesses will actually see decreases in their plan costs come January.
The laws new premium structure is particularly beneficial for businesses with many older workers or in industries with physically demanding work, as these factors meant higher insurance rates in the past.
Health care experts note that many businesses have been swallowing high single-digit increases to their health care costs for years yet continue to offer medical benefits to retain and attract good workers. Still, rising costs for employers can mean stagnating paychecks for employees.
Even without the health care reform law, every year weve seen the trend of our deductibles and co-pays getting a little bit higher, said David Lindgren, corporate compliance officer at Rosemont, Ill.-based Flexible Benefit Service, which serves health insurance brokers. This kind of escalates that.
To dodge the 2014 rate increases, a record number of Michigan businesses are choosing to renew their existing health insurance plans a month or two early and lock in 2013 rates, according to insurance brokers and two major carriers.
About 60% of HAPs small group insurance plan customers are doing early renewals, said Marc Vanderburg, an associate vice president for the carrier.
The majority of health plan renewals for small and medium-size businesses in Michigan traditionally occur in January.
December has become the new January for us for plan renewals, said Lauren Simonetti, a benefits adviser at Bloomfield Hills-based Austin Financial Group. We had a client that had about a 150% increase and we moved them to an early renewal in order to avoid that.
Some businesses here and nationwide are looking to scale back their medical benefits, often citing the cost pressures of the Affordable Care Act.
Home Depot said last month it will stop offering health coverage for about 20,000 part-time workers and that coverage for full-time workers will cost more.
Michigan insurance brokers and benefits lawyers interviewed for this story said that because of client confidentiality, they could not disclose the names of the local firms that are downgrading benefits or considering doing so.
I do definitely see a trend in our clients in making some plan decision changes whether it be moving towards a higher deductible or increased premium (costs) on employees, or removing some benefits, said Amy Christen, a benefits law attorney with Dykema in Bloomfield Hills.
Christen said a few of her client businesses are adding an additional health insurance plan option with higher deductibles and less generous benefits, but at a lower cost to the employees and the business. Employees at those firms could still opt to keep their existing level of coverage, but they would pay more for it.
She has yet to have a small-business client halt medical benefits for employees, as dropping coverage could place that business at a talent disadvantage to industry peers that do offer health care.
The reasons why theyve always offered it are still there retention, recruiting thats not gone away, Christen said.
The new premium structure is affecting small and midsize businesses more than large ones, as the health care law requires a level of benefits that many of these smaller firms havent offered, according to John Dunn, vice president for small and middle group business at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan.
A lot of these increases are commensurate with the increased coverage, Dunn said. So its not like theyre just going up for no reason.
On average, renewal rates for Blue Cross Blue Shields small group plans will increase 8% to 10% in 2014, Dunn said.
Were probably going to have 25% or more of our groups get no increase or a (decrease), he said. Likewise, probably a quarter of our groups will have 20% or 30% or more increase.
All health insurance carriers have yet to provide brokers with rate information for 2014.
Yet of the 27 small-business group plan renewals handled so far by Michigan Group Benefits, an East Lansing-based insurance agency, the median cost increase was 15% and the average was 23%, according to agency owner Michael Harp. Four businesses saw cost decreases, he said.
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Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011
Successful managers mix people, technology, and structure into new business solutions by staying "plugged-in," says Management Professor Terri Griffith in her new book, The Plugged-In Manager, to be published this month by Jossey-Bass. Griffith and her colleagues will celebrate the book's release at a reception on Wednesday, October 26, in Lucas Hall.
Griffith, a popular Santa Clara University Business School instructor and author of the award-winning "Technology and Organizations" blog, wrote the book after seeing that most discussions of management practice focused on either people issues or organizational issues, and rarely touching on technology used in either case. She noticed that the most adept managers in leading companies were skilled at using all three dimensions, and began interviewing those business leaders most proficient at combining the three.
The managers who excelled were not experts in technology or psychology, she discovered, but were exceptional in the way they connected people, technology, and organizational practice to develop new business processes. In the book, Griffith outlines three practices that each of the exemplary managers use, and demonstrates how each practice can be adopted to improve performance by individual managers and their organizations.
The book release reception, hosted by Business School Dean Drew Starbird, will feature brief remarks by Griffith and copies for sale by the campus bookstore. For reservations, see www.scu.edu/business/plugged-in.cfm.


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According to the New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, some of the top types of damage in city parking lots include scratched bumpers, dented doors, scraped rims and broken side mirrors. Had motorists been more careful, these relatively minor incidents likely could have been avoided.
With this being National Vehicle Protection Month, the Automobile Association of America offers some useful ways in which drivers can avoid parking lot damage and a potential auto insurance claim.
Perhaps the easiest thing to do, if possible, is park next to a car that's new. The owner of it will likely want to keep it in pristine shape, thus will be careful about opening it too quickly. Additionally, when at a supermarket, avoid spaces that are adjacent to cart corrals. One that gets loose can easily scratch a vehicle's paint job.
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Charlotte and Brent Springford taken in Montgomery in November 2003 at the Montgomery Country Club when Charlotte received the Dean's Medal from the College of Communication and Information Sciences. (Montgomery Advertiser, Contributed)
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A prominent Montgomery couple were found slain in their home Friday morning and authorities believe they were victims of an apparent double homicide.
Lt. Huey Thornton, spokesman for the Montgomery Police Department, said officers arrived at the home of Winston "Brent" Springford, 62, and his wife, Charlotte Springford, 60, at 1944 S. Hull St., shortly after 9 a.m. Upon arrival, officers found the bodies of the couple inside the home, he said.
Winston Springford was president of the Pepsi Cola bottling plant in Luverne.
"At this time, we believe they are the victims of an apparent double homicide," Thornton said Friday afternoon. "We have not yet determined the point of entry (into the house) or a motive."
Thornton said Friday night that based on some of the evidence found at the scene, it is believed that the Springfords were killed by someone they knew, but he would not elaborate.
"It does not appear to be a random incident," he said.
As of press time, no suspects had been arrested.
Thornton said the couple's 1998 black Jaguar has been reported missing from the home. The couple were last seen alive Thursday afternoon, but Thornton would not say by whom. He also would not say who discovered the bodies Friday morning or how they were killed.
"A vehicle matching the description of the car was seen in Millbrook around 3:30 p.m. on Alabama 14 heading towards Wetumpka at a high rate of speed," Thornton said.
"But we have still not been able to locate the vehicle." The Springfords lived in Montgomery's Garden District, and the incident left neighbors of the Springfords visibly shaken in disbelief Friday afternoon. Walter and Sherry Smith recently moved into their home on Felder Avenue, just a few blocks away from where the Springfords lived. "I can't believe it. This is such a quiet neighborhood," Walter Smith said. "And on the day after Thanksgiving ... this is just horrible, just horrible."
The Springfords not only were well-known in the Montgomery area, but also in Charlotte Springford's hometown of Luverne, where the Pepsi plant there was characterized as Crenshaw County's No. 1 civic supporter.
"The Pepsi plant always was the first to help schools, Kiwanis clubs, Rotary clubs, as well as Operation Santa Claus to make sure children of less-fortunate families had presents for Christmas," said William Petrey, president of the First Citizens Bank in Luverne. "When it came to helping the community, Pepsi and the Springfords always said yes and never said no." Petrey's ties to Winston Springford goes back to when Petrey worked for Springford at Springford Foods in Montgomery.
"Winston was bright and always surrounded himself with great people," Petrey said. "When he couldn't be there to take care of the day-to-day operations, he was good at finding the right people to run his business."
Tragedies are not uncommon for the Springford family. Charlotte Springford's mother, father and her first-born child perished in a house fire in Luverne more than 30 years ago, Luverne Mayor John D. Harrison said. "Brent was very successful at anything he did," Harrison said. "They both were very civic-minded, and he did everything he could for Charlotte's hometown. It's just a shock to hear they are gone."


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The Chicago Department of Public Health's Office of Adolescent and School Health just released a new set of teen pregnancy prevention ads that feature images of half-naked young men who appear, thanks to technology, pregnant.
The copper IUD, known as Paragard in the US, is an overlooked option which offers a number of benefits over EC pills.
Condoms are 98 percent effective when used perfectly, but only 82 percent effective with typical use. Wearing a condom that is too small or too big can impact how effective a condom is at preventing pregnancy.
Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell's proposed budget would cut the entire $455,000 in state funding to the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative which supports programs at schools and clinics in seven health districts, including Alexandria, which have the highest teenage pregnancy rates in the state.
Once a very unpopular method of contraception, the IUD is making a comeback as an increasing number of women adopt this method of contraception. A new study suggests that this is due to product improvements, increased access, and a better reputation, among other factors.
Anti-choice Politicians Beware: Large Majority Strongly Opposes Republican Leadership's "Plans" for Women
A more than two-thirds majority of voters–including those who voted for Republican/Tea Party candidates in the November 2010 election–strongly oppose the House Republican leadership's declaration of war on women.
What is emergency contraception? And is it harmful to keep taking it?
I dug deeper on the Sex and School study, and found a great deal of misinformation being reported about it. For starters, the results were misrepresented, and the words used in many headlines are nowhere in the study itself.
The FDA is considering approval of a new pregnancy prevention option. Anti-choicers are, unsurprisingly, opposing approval of and expanded access to the method.
Under New York State law, carrying condoms is admissible as evidence of prostitution in a legal case. This means practicing safer sex is one more thing that can lead a sex worker to get arrested.


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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against Charles Rehberg in his appeal of an 11th U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that gave a Dougherty District Attorney's Office investigator, James Paulk, immunity from testimony before a Dougherty grand jury that Rehberg says was false.
In a "slip" unanimous opinion issued Monday, Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the high court, said law enforcement officials testifying before a grand jury have the same absolute immunity that prosecutors have.
"Clearly the U.S. Supreme Court decision issued today was the correct one," Ken Hodges, who was district attorney in Dougherty County when the case was brought to the grand jury, said in an e-mail Monday. "The Courts were required to accept all of the plaintiff's allegations as true — they were not. Jim Paulk is a good and dedicated law enforcement officer who has served the people of Albany and Dougherty County for more than 20 years.
"What seemed to sometimes get lost in the plaintiff's attempt to portray himself as a victim was that he, in concert with others, and particularly John Bagnato, admittedly sent racist facsimiles all over town in furtherance of their own personal vendettas. In my opinion, their relentless conduct was not productive or helpful to the community and was motivated by money and greed. I hope that this ends the matter and Albany can return it's focus on the things that make it truly 'The Good Life City.'"
The case involves the prosecution of Rehberg in Dougherty Superior Court following the sending out of anonymous faxes, known as the Phoebe Factoids, that were critical of Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital's management.
"In response," Alito wrote, "the local district attorney's office, with the assistance of its chief investigator, respondent James Paulk, launched a criminal investigation of petitioner (Rehberg), allegedly as a favor to the hospital's leadership."
According to the court document, Paulk testified before the grand jury and Rehberg was indicted for aggravated assault against Dr. James Hotz, burglary for unlawfully entering Hotz's home and six counts of harassing phone calls. A few months later, Rehberg was indicted again, with both Hotz and Paulk testifying, for assault against Hotz on Aug. 22, 2004, and harassing phone calls.
While that second indictment — which Rehberg challenged on contentions that he was "nowhere near" Hotz on that date and there was no evidence of any assault taking place — was pending, Rehberg was indicted a third time, with Paulk testifying, for assault and making harassing phone calls. As with the previous two indictments, the third one was ultimately dismissed.
"I am disappointed by the Court's ruling," Rehberg said of the Supreme Court's decision Monday. "Congress enacted the civil rights law to provide a remedy for citizens who are harmed by the abuse of government power. The Court's expansion of the scope of absolute immunity reduces that protection, and I fear will mean more people will suffer, as my family and I did, from the misuse of criminal investigation and prosecution power."
Rehberg also said what the high court ruled on was only one of many counts, and that the case would continue within the walls of Albany's federal courthouse. Bryan Vroon, his attorney, confirmed he intended to move the case forward in federal court as soon as possible based on state law counts and a Section 1983 claim, specifically the retaliatory prosecution claim.
Rehberg sued Paulk under Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, charging that the investigator conspired to present and did present false testimony to the grand jury. Paulk argued that he was entitled to absolute immunity for his testimony before the grand jury.
"In the decades after the adoption of the 1871 Civil Rights Act, however, the prosecutorial function was increasingly assumed by public officials, and common-law courts held that public prosecutors, unlike their private predecessors, were absolutely immune from the types of tort claims that an aggrieved or vengeful criminal defendant was most likely to assert, namely, claims for malicious prosecution or defamation."
Alito wrote that prosecutors are generally responsible for the decision to present a case to a grand jury and, that in many jurisdictions, a prosecution of an indictment that is handed up cannot take place unless the prosecutor signs the indictment.
"It would thus be anomalous to permit a police officer who testifies before a grand jury to be sued for maliciously procuring an unjust prosecution when it is the prosecutor, who is shielded by absolute immunity, who is actually responsible for the decision to prosecute," he wrote.
The court also said Rehberg's argument that grand jury witnesses aren't exposed like trial witnesses to perjury because of the lack of cross-examination "overlooks the fact that a critical grand jury witness is likely to testify again at trial and may be cross-examined at that time." Rehberg's argument, Alito wrote, is "more than offset by a special problem that would be created by allowing civil actions against grand jury witnesses — subversion of grand jury secrecy."
Allowing actions under Section 1983 against grand jury witnesses "would compromise this vital secrecy," the justice wrote.
The court also found against Rehberg's argument that absolute immunity for grand jury witnesses would create an unsupportable distinction between states that use grand juries and those that do not.
"For these reasons," Alito wrote, "we hold that a grand jury witness is entitled to the same immunity as a trial witness. Accordingly, the judgment of the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit is affirmed."
Paulk did not return a message seeking comment on the decision Monday afternoon.
Cartman 3 years, 8 months ago
Thanks for fighting the good fight Charles Rehberg! Hodges is cocky now in his comments, but I've yet to hear the explanation for why it is permissible for a prosecutor to make up a ficticious case number to put on a subpoena for phone records and then turn them over to Phoebe investigators. Money wins in the end. Bye Ken. Please, don't come back.
southwestga 3 years, 8 months ago
It's disturbing that law enforcement can flat out knowingly lie to the Grand Jury without any repercussions. And why is Hotz allowed to lie too? The only positive out of the Supreme Court decision is that Throntaseeka will be able to include it in its Phoebe retrospective.
Sister_Ruby 3 years, 8 months ago
This decision probably cost JW a half million per Justice! Bad year for the Bonus yall!
dingleberry 3 years, 8 months ago
No problem, Sis. Can't you hear it in the halls of the executive penthouse? "Crank up the billing machine another notch, we have bonuses to pay! Break out the big cigars and the best liquor, we have a victory here."
southwestga 3 years, 8 months ago
Pardon me, Thronateeska. Surely a Supreme Court decision is as historical as a urinal?
chinaberry25 3 years, 8 months ago
Drug tests should also be administered to the DA's office. Wonder if they would pass?
BettyBowTie 3 years, 8 months ago
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Cartman 3 years, 8 months ago
Yeah. I forgot about that. Was Ken Hodges wife already hired to Phoebe's public relations dept when he used the DA's office subpoena powers to obtain information for Phoebe; or was she hired afterwards?
BettyBowTie 3 years, 8 months ago
After, as was his reward of being hired by Phoebe's Baudino Law Firm. Oh and Dr. Hotz was rewarded too. All the crooks came out well, for now.
BettyBowTie 3 years, 8 months ago
You cannot beat the corrupt crooked system but you can try to make life Hell for them. I intend to do so.
Betty Rehberg
KaosinAlbany 3 years, 8 months ago
You go girl!!
ObjectiveEyes 3 years, 8 months ago
Let me know how I can help.
Cartman 3 years, 8 months ago
I'm with you girl.
dingleberry 3 years, 8 months ago
Leave it to "Honest Ken" to inject race into the process. Thanks Ken, we needed that. Can't have anything happen in Albany without playing the card, can we?
skydog 3 years, 8 months ago
This was not a good day for Liberty. DA's, Law Enforcement, & friends of the DA can lie under oath (perjury), wrongly accuse someone of a crime, deeply affect innocent people's lives, & just walk away like nothing happened. As liberalism continue's to infect our political system, our freedoms continue to disappear. This is not a conservative Supreme Court by any standards. I thought liberalism came from the word liberate which means free. Ain't nothing free about this nor several other rulings the Supreme Court ruled on this session.
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