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Republicans Say the Poor Don't Pay Taxes. Facts Say They Pay More Than the Rich.
You are being lied to.
There has long been a argument and philosophy coming from the Republicans™ that the rich are the ones who carry us, with the middle-class helping. While the poor and lower classes sit around all day and collect money while paying no taxes.
And that it is the poor who are bankrupting this country through entitlements as the rich sit by helpless in their agenda to create jobs and prosperity in America.
This, of course, is not true in any way. This is called "Divide & Conquer", a tactic in which you defeat your opposition by turning them on each other to weaken their alliance, then conquer them when they are divided, split, and torn from within.
The GOP™ needs to convince you that it is not their policies aimed at advancing the corporate agenda that are breaking this country, but that it's your neighbor. They need you to believe that the kindness in your heart is a weakness. That it is the poor, that they don't want to work so they can collect welfare. There is no way that they want to work but life dealt them a bad hand. That life is always fair and if you fail it must be your fault. They need you to turn against your own best interest as a common citizen to support their sponsor's best interest, with an empty promise that it will make it's way back down to you. Or that you'll become rich if you just work hard because only lazy people never get rich.
So their strategy is to paint the lowest income earners as welfare queens. Convince working Americans that their tax dollars go to 24/7 care to poor people who are laughing at you as they live the good life. Tell them that if we just ended entitlements that we pay into, if we just privatized everything and made people stand on their own two feet, and if we just give the superior hard-working rich people more money, that these welfare bums will suddenly transform into responsible bankers and oil tycoons. Making money the honest way.
Do you hate the poor yet? Those smug welfare hippies ruining America with their vast wealth and political power? It's so unfair! When will rich white men finally overcome oppression and have a chance to be heard?
Best of all, they even have the balls to say that the poor don't pay taxes!
But the GOP™ say a lot of things. Having balls and/or nerve has never been a problem for them. However facts, logic, and reality have been major problems for them.
The truth is, the poor pay MORE taxes than the wealthiest top 1%...
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
For those of you who are still not convinced and despite the facts, feel sorry for the wealthiest group in the world because you think they have to carry the rest of us, I have an idea for you....
Become poor!
More and more of us are doing it everyday! Maybe against our will, but still... it's the trend that keeps on growing!
If the poor in this country have it made, just give up everything and become poor. It's not hard to do.
Then you can live the good life. Move into a poor neighborhood ridden with crime. Drive a used car to get you to your job that is barely enough to pay all the bills if you're lucky, or wake up an hour early every morning to take the bus.
Oh wait... what am I thinking? Poor people don't work, remember? So just sit around and collect your unemployment check which is 60% of your previous pay when you were employed. And don't forget to apply for 3 jobs every month or they will take it away from you. Yes, they make you apply for jobs when you are on unemployment. I don't think republicans know this.
I hope having to borrow money doesn't bruise your ego too badly. Also, when times are stressful, you won't be able to take your yacht to some distant island to get away for a bit. But if you work hard all year, you may get one week of paid vacation if your lucky enough to work for a company that still offers it.
So what are you waiting for? Give up your Swiss bank accounts and stock portfolios and come live like a king with us down here on the bottom!
The only consolation is that you will actually have to pay taxes. Oh, and you don't have any pre-existing conditions, do you?
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What a crock!ReplyDelete
Your charts are skewed and you know it. Higher excise taxes on the poor are due to the larger population in the bottom quintile. There are simply more poor people paying federal excise taxes on goods like alcohol and tobacco. The top 1% pay less in excise taxes BECAUSE THERE ARE FEWER PEOPLE IN IT.
For instance, those making $25k or less make up 35% of the population, while those making $100k or more make up 7% of the population.
Furthermore, for tax year 2008 the top quintile (those earning over $380,354) income tax percentage was 38.02%. The bottom quintile (those earning $33,048 and under) income tax percentage was 2.7%. Those who earn under $11,700 get ALL of their taxes back through deductions and tax credits.
Even the AP (hardly a bastion of right-wing ideology) reports that 47% of all Americans pay no taxes whatsoever. "Either their incomes were too low, or they qualified for enough credits, deductions and exemptions to eliminate their liability."
Facts are stubborn things.
None of this would even be an issue if there was a single flat tax rate that would be the same for everyone. Every citizen would pay the same percentage of income. The rich pay far more, the poor pay far less, but everyone would the same percentage of income.
They are not my charts, they are the CBO's.ReplyDelete
Facts are stubborn things, I can see you are having trouble digesting them.
Flat tax is a horrible idea. Your taking the same size slice of pie from 2 completely different sized pies.
Besides, here in America, we tax based on ability to pay. If you want to send the country into a depression, tax people who cant afford to pay it, watch revenue evaporate.
We've had the Bush tax cuts in place for 11 years, "job creators" aren't creating jobs, the deficit is increasing, it's not working.
Only the rabid right would demand that the poor pay more taxes while calling for cuts for the rich knowing well that they do not work.
The poor in fact, do pay taxes and have been paying through the faltering GOP cutting any and every middle-class/poor benefit they can get their hands on.
When do the rich sacrifice? They are making record profits and not creating jobs. They are doing more damage to the country than the poor is capable of doing.
If conservative budgeting worked, it would have worked after 11 years.
PS - Read the first link under "additional information" above. it will clear up your theory about the "47% who don't pay taxes"ReplyDelete
47% not paying taxes? I am taxed all year long. However, due to various tax credits from home owners to child care and earned income, I get back everything I pay in plus much more that I never did. Although the income tax is paid in, it goes back out at the end of the year. In the end, it is a wash.ReplyDelete
Those number are percentages of the incomes paid in taxes not a percentage of total taxes paid. It is showing that the people in the lower quintiles are paying a larger percentage of their incomes in taxes than those at the other end.ReplyDelete
The poor pay a larger portion of their incomes because excise and sales taxes are flat taxes on money spent and the poor actually have to spend their incomes, so a larger portion of it is subject to the tax.
The rich hate the income tax because it provides the only progressivity in an otherwise horribly regressive tax system.
Those charts prove that the rich pay less of their income in taxes than the poor, not that the poor pay more in taxes. The basis of your argument does not support your argument at all. What do you have to say to that?ReplyDelete
If I pay 25 cents of every dollar I earn in taxes and someone else pays 15 cents for every dollar s/he earns, who is paying more taxes?ReplyDelete


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The N79 in turn replaces the N78 from just months earlier and upgrades the camera from 3.2 to five megapixels, also using a dual-LED based flash; Nokia is marketing the device as a fashion phone with swappable back covers that change the look to reflect its owner's tastes. The candybar design also has the full 3G, GPS, and Wi-Fi feature set and lasts for up to 24 hours of music. A 4GB microSD card gives it more storage than the earlier handset.
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Olivia Saint
Jasmine Lynn
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in regard to the performers and their appearances, no one's looks or actions should detract from a scene.
i don't expect a/v quality to be flawless, however everything should be clearly visible and audible.
the dvd should have some extra content worth watching more than once. (needs more than trailers and photo gallery.)
there is no plot or acting whatsoever in this movie. (i usually don't view those.)
the "what its worth" amount is an approximate retail price.
greased lightning is the most recent release from director skeeter kerkove and mayhem productions. considering his promise that every kerkove directed scene will focus on anal sex, i am expecting to find just that as the theme for every scene.
olivia saint with alex sanders. solo introduction. includes smoking. olivia has shorter blond hair and wears black latex short shorts, matching bikini top, gloves and spiked heel boots. skeeter introduces her. alex and olivia rub and rouch each other briefly before olivia gets on her knees and allows alex to rub some lube between her cheeks and into her ass. alex gets behind her and puts his dick in her ass in doggy position briefly before pulling out and letting olivia suck him. alex gets behind her again and fingers her ass, fitting up to eight fingers inside her at once. he puts his dick in her ass again, then goes back to her mouth. olivia lies on her belly and grabs her heels while sucking alex's cock. alex lies on his back and olivia takes him in her pussy in cowgirl position. olivia lies on her back and takes alex's dick in her ass again. alex fucks her ass in reverse cowgirl position and piledriver position. there are multiple breaks for ass to mouth during the scene. alex cums in and on her ass which she tastes from her fingers.
a very good opening scene. i liked olivia and thought she and alex worked very well together.
anna nova with benjamin brat. solo introduction. includes smoking. anna has longer blond hair and is wearing matching purple latex short skirt and bikini top with platform heels. skeeter introduces anna from germany. benjamin and anna rub and touch each other briefly before anna gets on her knees and sucks benjamin's dick. includes deep throating, gagging and rimming. skeeter puts a toy in her ass while she gives benjamin oral sex. anna gets on her stomach, grabs her heels and allows benjamin to fuck her mouth. he removes the toy from her ass and puts it in her mouth. anna gets on her knees and allows benjamin to finger her ass, fitting up to eight fingers inside her at once. she tastes his fingers a few times. benjamin puts his dick in her ass in doggie position. they move to missionary, reverse cowgirl and piledriver positions. there are breaks for ass to mouth and to allow anna's ass to gape. benjamin cums in her ass, which she expells and licks from his hand.
no vaginal sex, alot of anal sex in this scene. i liked this scene and thought anna and benjamin matched up well.
jasmine lynn with bad bob and mark wood. solo introduction. includes smoking. jasmine has longer blond hair. she wears an black latex corset and matching short skirt with white platform boots. skeeter introduces jasmine and mentions a debate on adult dvd talk over who would shoot jasmine's first double anal scene. jasmine promised that scene to skeeter so this will be jasmine's first double anal scene. jasmine gets on her knees and sucks both guys dicks. she lies on her stomach, grabs her heels and allows both guys to fuck her mouth. the guys alternate several times and bad bob gets behind her and briefly fucks her pussy. jasmine gets on her knees and the guys alternate between her ass and her mouth. they also finger her ass, fitting up to eight fingers inside her at once. mark lies on his back and has jasmine sit on him, taking his dick in her ass in reverse cowgirl position. bad bob gets on top and fucks her pussy. they move to a standing double penetration. they move back to a sitting position for double anal penetration. jasmine alternates to cowgirl position, again taking both guys in her ass. the scene cuts to jasmine is lying on her back with skeeterrubbing her asshole with lube. he inserts a lengthy green ball anal toy all the way into her ass. he also inserts two toys at a time into her ass and allows her to taste them after removing them from her ass. the scene cuts to jasmine on her knees with mark fucking her ass in doggy position. he cums in her ass which she expells and licks from her hand. bad bob cums into her open mouth.
the double penetration and double anal penetration was lengthy. i thought putting the toy all the way inside her was very cool, i don't think ive ever seen that before. i liked jasmine and thought she handled both guys as well as the double anal penetration very well.
haley with ben english. solo introduction. includes smoking. haley has longer black hair and is wearing matching red bra and underwear and spiked heel boots. skeeter introduces her. she and ben touch and rub each other briefly before she gets on her knees and sucks and gags on his cock. ben sits and allows haley to suck his cock before she sits on him, taking his dick in her ass in reverse cowgirl position. they switch to spoon position before haley moves to lie on her stomach, grabbing her heels and allowing ben to fuck her mouth. they move to a standing position with ben fucking her ass from behind. haley then sits on the edge of a couch and again allows ben to fuck her ass from behind. they move to a piledriver position where ben fucks her ass and cums on her asshole. he rubs his dick in cum and puts his dick in haley's mouth, allowing her to suck him. there were multiple breaks for ass to mouth during this scene.
i liked this scene alot. no vaginal sex, alot of anal sex in this scene. both performers worked well together.
tracey lain with steve holmes. solo introduction. tracey has shorter blond hair and wears a red fishnet body stocking with a black thong and platform heels. skeeter introduces tracey from germany. tracey and steve rub and touch each other and steve plays with her breasts. tracey gets on her knees and sucks and gags on steve's dick. tracey gets in doggy position and steve fucks her ass. she lies on her belly, grabbing her heels as she sucks his cock. steve fucks her ass in missionary and reverse cowgirl positions. there are several breaks for ass to mouth and to allow her ass to gape. tracey sits on him briefly, taking his cock into her pussy in cowgirl position before putting him in her ass again. they move to a missionary position before steve pulls out and cums into tracey's open mouth.
a great ending scene. mostly anal sex. i liked tracey alot.
i've liked every movie i've ever seen from skeeter kerkove, this is no exception. i liked every girl in this movie. alot of anal sex per scene. gagging during oral sex. toys in some scenes.
there wasn't really anything i disliked about this movie.
cumshot reel. photo gallery. 5 trailers. biographies. about 12 minutes of behind the scenes. interviews with all five girls.
i think skeeter's behind the scenes and interview extras on the mayhem dvds are some of the best extra features i've seen from any company.
running time about 2 hours, 20 minutes.
no condoms.
i am very much a fan of skeeter's work with mayhem and own almost all of his movies. he does not disappoint me with this latest release featuring lots of anal sex in every scene. you'll want to check this one out if you're into anal themed movies and wanting to see lots of anal intercourse.
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IBM scientists move closer to light-based chip communication
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Need for copper wires replaced by light pulses
IBM has announced that its scientists have created a system that allows computer chips to communicate using light instead of electrical signals. The device, known as a nanophotonic avalanche photodetector, is claimed to be be ultra-fast while minimizing power consumption.
The device converts faint optical signals into electrical signals, as incoming photons free electrons which then 'avalanche' to amplify the signal. Although the concept is not new, IBM claims its scientists have overcome the speed limitations of previous systems that worked with slowly-building avalanches.
"This invention brings the vision of on-chip optical interconnections much closer to reality," said IBM Research VP of Science and Technology Dr. T.C. Chen. "With optical communications embedded into the processor chips, the prospect of building power-efficient computer systems with performance at the Exaflop level might not be a very distant future."
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By Ed Smith Photos by Ellie Foreman-Peck 04 December 12
If you want to lose friends quickly, announce you've decided who is the greatest sportsman of all time. It is the kind of pub controversy any sensible sportswriter studiously avoids, knowing that all it brings is trouble. Savvy pundits even resist comparing players who excelled at the same sport in different eras. So what hope is there of accurately judging sportsmen across different sports and different ages?
But, like a moth drawn to a flame, I can't resist. And I think there is a different way of approaching the debate. We usually ask the question from the perspective of historical significance. No sooner is Muhammad Ali nominated than the debate shifts to his protest against the Vietnam War. It is as though Ali's boxing is scarcely relevant to the question of his greatness. No, it has to be about his moral and political impact, what he meant to America, how he acted as a lightning rod for deep and profound social change. Similar arguments apply to Jack Johnson, the first black man to become heavyweight world champion.
So the "greatest of all time" (or GOAT) debate normally revolves around sportsmen who transcend - a recurrent term - "mere" sport. In other words, it isn't really about who is the greatest sportsman at all, but who is the greatest man who happened also to play sport.
It is rarely pointed out the criteria for greatness - moral courage, global significance and political impact - inevitably prejudice against sportsmen who live in tranquil eras. What about the great athletes who were born in comfortable suburbs, lived in mature democracies and who focused simply on sporting brilliance? They deserve a shot at the title, too, don't they?
Roger Federer has 17 majestic grand slam titles under his belt. But if you are born in Basel in 1981, it's hard to galvanise the world by standing up for the rights of white, affluent Swiss. In the GOAT debate, Federer is armed only with a tennis racket, a sense of sportsmanship and balletic grace. It is wonderful to watch, but impossible to compare to standing up to Hitler, as Jesse Owens did in Berlin in 1936. Instead of inflating the debate, making it about civil rights and global significance, we might narrow the argument. If we ask simply who was the best at sport - just sport, nothing more and nothing less - we finally have a question that might yield an answer.
So how can we avoid the problem of comparing knockout punches with forehand winners? One more scientific measure is to examine who was the furthest ahead of the next best player.
Not Ali. For all his irresistible charisma and heroism, Ali lost to both his long-term rivals - Joe Frazier and Ken Norton - even though he won more than he lost against both. Taken as a whole, Ali's epic career was a case of primus inter pares.
Babe Ruth, another candidate, revolutionised his sport as a spectacle. No one had ever hit a baseball with such joy and power. But his overall batting average is only tenth in the all-time list, significantly behind the less loved Ty Cobb.
Contrast the career of Sir Donald Bradman. In most sports, the greatest players are statistically bunched. Not cricket. Bradman's batting average of 99.94 is 40 per cent better than his nearest rival, Graeme Pollock. No sportsman in any major sport has ever led the chasing pack by such a huge distance.
So if we stick purely to scientific measures, Bradman is hard to beat. Do I think Bradman made a greater contribution to the world than Jack Johnson or Muhammad Ali? No. But was Bradman a greater outlier, purely as a sportsman? Very probably.
Only a fool would seek to detract from the achievements of those who inspired communities through moral and physical courage - athletes such as Jackie Robinson, the first black man to play Major League Baseball. But we should think carefully before conflating two very separate questions - first, who was the best at sport; secondly, who made the greatest contribution to the world through life as a sportsman.
The GOAT debate reveals a deep irony of modern sport - how we are reluctant to enjoy sport as just sport. We're always hoping it will reveal itself as being about something bigger, grander and more lasting. Sport has grown exponentially in scale, wealth and reach, yet when it is left to stand on its own two feet it remains slightly unsteady, still searching for the stabilisers.
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by Mike Sabey
Club Marine Series 2010-2011, held in Melbourne, was a huge success with Victoria's top keelboat sailors singing their praises.
L-R Phil Simpfendorfer (Veloce), Bruce McCraken (Ikon) with trophy, Club Marine's Paula Cook, Peter Williams (Cougar II), Michael Manson (Young Lion) and David Ellis (Penfold Audi Sports)
Royal Yacht Club of Victoria's Club Captain and successful owner of the new Archambault A31 Penfold Audi Sports David Ellis was one competitor full of praise, saying, 'Club Marine's sponsorship helps raise this summer long event's profile for the 140 boats and over 800 competitors and it fosters a much wider interest in keelboat racing.
'There are few fleets anywhere in the world that have IRC and the AMS measurement systems so well embraced right the way through the fleet from the fifty footers down to the smaller division three club racers like the entry level S80s,' he added.
Last Friday 15th April more than 75 owners and crew together with a team from the sponsor's head office attended the presentation of trophies at Royal Brighton Yacht Club.
Club Marine's National Client Services Paula Cook said, 'We are delighted our sponsorship of this series helps support Yachting Victoria's drive to increase the popularity of sailing and boating.'
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In Division Zero for the Grand Prix fast fifty footers, Alan Whitley's Sandringham Yacht Club based TP52 Cougar II steered by John Williams' son Peter was consistently rock solid through, dominating the IRC results across the entire summer, scoring seven bullets (ie firsts) and three seconds to finish on 13 points.
Phil Simpfendorfer's Elliott 44 Veloce (SYC) which is still being optimised and finished runner up in IRC, but in Performance handicap it took the trophy with five excellent wins.
Division One
Bruce McCraken's consistently sailed Beneteau 45 Ikon (Hobsons Bay YC) was crewed mostly by seven family members including his wife Margaret, daughter Breeahn with her fiancé Rodney Muller on foredeck, Kirwan Robb (former Australian 49ers champion and sailing master) and his wife Erin and her brother Stuart Landells wrapped up series with three firsts and two thirds to finish on 11 points. The were ahead of Executive Decision 18 pts.
But in the AMS division Grant Botica's Adams 10 Executive Decision (RYCV) reversed the results scoring 4 wins to take the trophy on 12 points.
Division Two
David Ellis's new Archambault A31 Penfold Audi Sports (RYCV) took the second division double, winning both IRC and AMS with 3 bullets in each, forcing Terry Hall's Absolut (Sandringham YC) into the unusual role of being the bridesmaid twice over.
David Ellis said, 'The double justifies of boat and the fine effort my crew has put in over the summer to hold a determined crew aboard Abslout.'
Division Three
In IRC 3, Michael Manson's top performing Young 88 design Young Lion (SYC) made it four annual Club Marine titles in recent years with 3 wins and AMS it also scored with 4 wins, however next season Michael heads back in Division 2 after purchasing a new IRC French Archambault A31 which Penfold Audi Sports David Ellis is helping get set up and optimised.
In Performance handicap, which had more than 40 entries, Jurgen Pfeiffer's Take Five from RMYS on 17 points scored a narrow victory over Young Lion.
Club Marine Insurance is the naming rights sponsor for the Series which was first staged in 1992. Club Marine is a long term supporter and active participant in the great Australian marine lifestyle, that includes recreational boating and racing.
As the country's largest provider of pleasure craft insurance, it is also proud that it's been protecting the insurance needs of Australian boaters for more than 40 years.
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Pro Tips: How to create a simple low key dramatic portrait
Looking to create a dramatic portrait using simple lighting? look no further… This week', we'll be exploring how to create just that using a simple lighting setup…. enjoy! 1. Light Setup This light setup is pretty straightforward. Background is a black seamless and the talent, Olivier, stands about 4-5 feet in front of it….
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Pro Tips: 5 killer tips to build a great portrait portfolio quickly and improve your portrait skills dramatically!
Before I started shooting portraits in June 2009, I had no real clue on how to go about building a portrait portfolio. Considering I wasn't planning on waiting 3 to 5 years before having one that looked great (even though I think it can always be better), I decided needed a plan and now I'm sharing it now with you!
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Pro Tips: 10 Portraits, 10 different lightings and 10 reasons to love them
One of the most important thing when you shoot portraits is knowing how to light you subject no matter what the conditions are. Be it natural or studio , playing with light is one of the most amazing aspect of photography. So here are 10 headshots with 10 different types of lighting to illustrate what…
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Editorial Portraiture: Haylie the cheerleader
I met Haylie during Don Giannatti Lighting Essentials workshop in November 2009. She is a cheerleader for the Toronto Argonauts CFL football team and it was a great experience shooting with her.
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Photoshop Makeover: Fashionista514′s Headshot
Photoshop portrait retouching is everywhere: in blogs, newspapers, magazines. With the development of online tutorials, plug-ins and actions, access to the skill has become easier than ever. However, like all skills, learning how to balance each adjustment is not that as easy as it may seem and experience is key. It can also depends on…


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Businesses offered anti-harassment training sessions
Our VOICE, the Buncombe County Rape Crisis and Prevention Center, in conjunction with employment lawyer Robert "Bo" Carpenter of the law firm Adams, Hendon, Carson, Crow & Saenger, will offer a sexual harassment training workshop 9 a.m.-noon Wednesday.
This interactive training provides real-life scenarios, information on North Carolina laws and policies, and strategies for creating a work environment that proactively addresses this all-too-common problem. The training will be held at the Haynes Conference Center on Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College's Enka campus.
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Notorious former OC priest Michael Harris headed to court on more abuse charges
A sex abuse and cover-up lawsuit against former priest Msgr. Michael Harris, Mater Dei High School and the Diocese of Orange is slated to go to trial in Orange County Superior Court on June 18.
Harris, the former principal of Mater Dei and Santa Margarita High Schools, has been smack in the center of the clergy sex abuse scandal in Orange County, with at least nine accusers settling with the Diocese of Orange in 2005, twelve accusers listed by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, and a record $5.2 million settlement with victim Ryan DiMaria.
Frankly put: Harris is a menace. We have seen Harris' psych reports from the most notorious church-run facility for child molesting clerics (information that Msgr John Urell kept secret), and in 2001, Bishop Tod Brown told the Los Angeles Times:
The Diocese of Orange has grave doubts about [Harris'] innocence in these matters, taking into consideration the number of complaints made against him, the similarity of those complaints and the apparent sincerity of the persons making these statements.
The attorney for the victim, John Manly (another Mater Dei grad), is just coming off of a huge win in Stockton, where a jury unanimously decided that Fr. Michael Kelly sexually abused former Air Force pilot Travis Trotter. The Diocese of Stockton refused to remove Kelly from ministry during the litigation and spent four years trying to discredit Travis. After the verdict, Kelly skipped to Ireland. The case eventually settled for $3.75 million on the eve of the scheduled testimony of Cardinal Roger Mahony.
No one knows Mater Dei, Harris and the Diocese of Orange better than Manly and his team do. There's going to be a whole lot of Diocese dirty laundry aired. Want a great start off for your research? Start here. Since 2003 Gustavo Arellano at the OC Weekly has covered the story better (and longer) than anyone else.
If you went to Mater Dei or Santa Margarita, sent your kids there, or donated money to the schools, you owe it to yourself to follow the trial. Although Harris is no longer a priest, his ties to the Diocese and Orange County money are strong. He's only a free man because Mater Dei and Diocese officials didn't care enough about any of the kids Harris abused to pick up the phone and call the cops. Shame on all of them.
Disclaimers – I was a student at Mater Dei at the tail end of Harris' tenure there. I had very limited interactions with him. But then again, he had very limited interactions with most girls. John Manly was my attorney in my 2003 case against the Diocese.
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I attended Immaculate Concepcion Catholic grammar school in Monrovia, Ca., prior to Father Harris'
tenure there. My only interaction with Fr. Harris was once playing a pickup basketball game with him.
He took my younger brother under his wing yet my brother said there was nothing ever done or said
by Fr. Harris that he would describe as inappropriate.
However, the father of a student at Immaculate Concepcion had told my father that Fr. Harris had
done unspeakable sexual acts to his son, so unspeakable you wouldn't believe it. Unfortunately his son has had the AIDS virus for years. His older brother, who was apparently very close to his brother, could not
get past what happened to his brother & later committed suicide.
I attended mass when Fr. Harris was the celebrant. The church St. John the Baptist Church in Costa Mesa in 1970 something was always packed, standing room only. His style of homily was direct and pulled no punches. His mass was the most popular among high school age. He also recorded the football games of Mater Dei and then played them for the varsity football team afterwards. I got to know some of the graduates of Mater Dei who were there when Fr. Mike was principal. While I knew Fr. Mike and while the alumni I have met knew him, he held the highest respect. After reading some of these posts, an alternative view seemed required.
I went to Mater Dei and met Father Harris several times. He once called me into his office to apologize for refusing my entrance into Mater Dei due to my families problems with him. I had an excellent academic record at the time and now work for the World Bank in DC. It took my parents (who knew higher ups in the church to force him to let me attend the school). I always felt uncomfortable around him, the hugging bit and the way he performed mass seemed more like a production (or play) then a mass.
Perfect timing for the start of this trial…. corresponds to the 40 year anniversary of the Watergate break-ins that occurred on June 17, 1972…In the interests of protecting our children, let's hope that state, federal. and elected officials take note of the many similarites involving the global cover up of heinous sex crimes committed against children and their families and evil politics that have enabled MULTIPLE
Women should go on a global birth strike until all pedophile priests are in jail.
Can you post an Orange County Superior Court case number?
Great article Joelle. Go get him. He could have done the right thing years ago and come clean, spoken out about the cover-up, and attempted to help (rather than hurt) victims. Instead, he wasted his talent honing his skills as a child molester.


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An investigator with the Manitowoc Police Department picks up markers Thursday near a blood stain on the 1500 block of South 16th Street. A man was stabbed in the area late Wednesday.
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MANITOWOC - A Green Bay man was listed in critical but stable condition late Thursday after suffering a severe cut to the back of the neck in a fight Wednesday night involving up to 20 people, authorities said.
The man, 18, formerly of Manitowoc, was transported to Holy Family Memorial Medical Center in Manitowoc, then to St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay after losing an excessive amount of blood, Manitowoc Deputy Police Chief Tony Dick said.
The man, whose name was not released, was involved in a Wednesday night melee that apparently began after a group of about 15 people confronted several ...


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Twins JoJo and Rebecca were named winners in a Thanksgiving art contest.
The adopted siblings are from Conroe and the contest benefited children from the DePelchin Children's Center. The Conroe family has two biological children and adopted the twins along with their three younger siblings.
The twins are thankful for their big family and they can also be thankful for the $500 they were awarded.
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New LEGO club at McMillan Memorial Library
The LEGO club meets from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on the third Monday of every month at McMillan Memorial Library, 490 E. Grand Ave., Wisconsin Rapids.
Tips on canine communication
Renea Dahms, dog training and behavior expert, offers tips on how to understand dog language at dog parks.
A tour of Nekoosa Port Edwards State Bank
The Nekoosa Port Edwards State Bank recently observed its 100-year anniversary.
Adams County press conference on shooting
Adams County Sheriff Sam Wollin speaks on a shooting that took place Tuesday evening in Big Flats.
Wisconsin Rapids Lincoln qualifies for state competition
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Duvalier Kendrick is Marion County's 1st baby of 2012
Published: Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 6:52 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, January 1, 2012 at 6:52 p.m.
Stretched out on a rolling baby bed, Duvalier Kendrick hiccuped as he held his mother's finger inside a Munroe Regional Medical Center nursery just after noon on Sunday.
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Just 13 hours before, at exactly 12:08 a.m., Duvalier became Marion County's first baby born in 2012, though he shouldn't have been. That's because he was not supposed to arrive until Jan. 25.
Early Saturday morning, Danielle Kendrick, 24, said she was asleep when she suddenly became soaked, jumped out of bed and took a shower. When it happened again, she said, she called her sister, Chimera Kendrick, 25, to get advice. Her sister told that her water had broken and that she needed to go to the hospital.
Danielle Kendrick said she first called her hairdresser, who rushed to her house to braid her hair. After all, she said Sunday, she had to look presentable for the birth of her second child. She has a 2-year-old son, Roger Stevens.
As it turned out, she had plenty of time.
Once she arrived at Munroe at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, it would be nearly 12 hours before Duvalier was born. At 5 pounds, 12 ounces, Duvalier has not yet adjusted to eating and may have to stay in the hospital for a few weeks.
Duvalier was supposed to arrive a week after Danielle's boyfriend returned home from Afghanistan, where he has been serving with a U.S. Army reserve unit.
"I had hoped he would have made it home in time," said Danielle Kendrick, who declined to give the father's name.
Kendrick said Duvalier was named after a family friend, Quenton Duvalier Walker, 27, who was shot and killed in September. Walker's body was found inside a Volvo parked along Northwest 20th Court.
A few weeks after the shooting, a grand jury indicted Ikavian Lenard Milton, 24, on a first-degree felony murder charge. Detectives are still searching for a second person they believe may have taken part in the shooting.
It wasn't the first time that a child in Danielle's extended family was born on New Year's Day. Her oldest sister, Kenya Kendrick, had a daughter — Tyquandra Reese — on Jan. 1, 2000.
"Now they share a birth date," Kenya Kendrick said.
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Peanut Lover's Brownies Recipe
Peanut butter lovers won't be able to eat just one of these delectable dessert squares. these chocolaty brownies are sandwiched between a graham cracker crust and peanut butter mouse. They're irresistible!
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup graham cracker crumbs
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup salted peanuts, chopped
- 3/4 cup butter, cubed
- 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, chopped
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 carton (12 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 12 miniature peanut butter cups, coarsely chopped
- 1. Line a 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan with foil; grease the foil. In a small bowl, combine the butter, flour, cracker crumbs and sugar; press into prepared pan. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until set. Cool on a wire rack. Sprinkle peanuts over crust.
- 2. In a microwave, melt butter and chocolate; stir until smooth. In a large bowl, combine the eggs, sugar, vanilla and chocolate mixture. Gradually add flour. Spread over crust. Bake for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean (do not overbake). Cool on a wire rack.
- 3. For topping, warm peanut butter for 30 seconds in a microwave. Gradually fold in whipped topping; spread over brownies. Refrigerate for 1 hour. Sprinkle with chopped peanut butter cups. Using foil, lift brownies out of pan; remove foil. Cut into bars. Store in the refrigerator. Yield: 2 dozen.
Nutritional Facts
1 serving (1 piece) equals 354 calories, 22 g fat (11 g saturated fat), 61 mg cholesterol, 192 mg sodium, 35 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 6 g protein.
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Wednesday report from Blazerville
A few notes and quotes from the Blazers practice today at their training facility:
COACH NATE McMILLAN
"It's either win or it's over. You're talking about a must win. You guys (media) say that a lot during the regular season and I can never get that _ because this is a must win and we're facing elimination."
On the fact that no Portland team has ever overcome a 3-2 deficit to win a series:"Well, this is a different year. All the other Blazer teams, it's a different team. This is an opportunity. (this year) They've beaten us five times, we've beaten them four. Each team has won at home. We just need to take care of business at home."
LaMARCUS ALDRIDGE
A reporter observed that in Game 5, Aldridge was trying to work from the left block by going to his right, toward the middle of the lane, instead of using a drop-step or dribble to attack on the baseline.
"Nah, it's not as simple as everyone thinks it is. They're clogging real hard on the elbows (wings), really not giving me nowhere to go. Last game they kind of forced me to the middle, to their help, so I really couldn't go baseline, either.
"They made some changes. I'll make some, too."
On Tyson Chandler's 13 offensive rebounds in Game 5: "Everybody has to take it personal that we don't give up offensive rebounds. Guards that are coming back have to rebound better.
"He (Chandler) is tapping them out, so it's kind of like a 50-50 ball. It's not like he's actually grabbing them. He's tapping them, so everybody has to work harder on that."
On the Mavericks' effective zone in Game 5, especially during the third quarter: "I think we were pretty good in that game except (against) the zone. When they went to zone, it kind of disrupted us offensively and we were kind of back on our toes and didn't seem to know what to do."
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Thomas Cruise Thumb IV (born July 3, 1962), better known as Tom Cruise, is a hyperactive, American, sugar-addicted actor, beard collector, couch jumper, religious extremist, latent - though repressed - heterosexual (disputed- see talk page), Oompa Loompah, heterosexual rights activist and is the first human being to accomplish the act of fitting not just his head, but his entire body, up his own ass. He will not come out of the closet. He is an avid follower of Murder Incorporated, trailing behind all the other freaks who are running away from him. He still wont come out of the closet. His cell phone is rumored to be 818-426-1482. Many scientist believe he is a member of the, long thought to be extinct, species Couchus-Jumpus Retardus, more commonly known as the Tom-Rex which, contrary to popular belief, wont come out of the closet.
His first screen appearance was in 1983's Return of the Jedi as the beloved Ewok, Wicket who has still not come out of the closet. This role propelled him into a long and illustrious film career during which he amassed a fortune by playing vacuous and arrogant heterosexual pretty-boys with limited emotional range. He plays some of this role well in his off-screen life, having been an outspoken representative for everything from the mental health profession, to felching, lawsuits, closet-hider's rights activism and soul-stealing aliens. Proving himself to be semi-competent at several activities (such as adult diaper wearing and staying in the closet), he also qualified for a spot on the Men's Couch-jumping Team to represent America in the 2004 Olympic Games, but unfortunately had to decline due to an unexplained anal injury originally brought about by a misleading link. However, he still remains a keen exponent of this ancient sport and has exhibited his cushiony prowess whilst hopping around the Global Publicity Circuit.
Cruise, who is not gay, was once enrolled in the Al Pacino Academy of Shouting, but could not deal with Pacino's verbal abuse, demeaning Cruise for the rumors surrounding his sexuality, as well as his belief that deep down inside of everyone, dwelled some kind of alien spirit from another planet. Cruise, who is not gay, then dropped out and decided to specialize in Scientology.
Educated by the great Elrond Hubbard himself, Cruise, who is not gay, enjoys higher brain fluctuations than normal people. This causes him to say things without thinking, a byproduct of his ADHD, OCD and over-masturbation to pictures of the Chippendale's. His lack of education causes Cruise to do
stupid entertaining things, like attacking Oprah, and believing in Scientology.
This arduous part of Cruizesezes' training was later adapted into a Broadway musical featuring much fine dialogue.
Life in Munchkinland
"Ha ha ha! Fun sized."
Standing at just 1'2", Cruise, who is not gay, is the size of a common table lamp, and is often seen wearing stilettos or dangling from a string in front of the camera in order to correct the perspective when working with normal sized actors.
A darling of American cinema, Tom Cruise, who is not gay, is continually ranked in People Magazine as one of the 100 sexiest stars in film history ever, ahead of Carrot Top and Yoda.
Tom Cruise, who is not gay, will do anything to indulge the audience, including, but not limited to, hopping onto and dancing on the furniture in the studios of morning talk shows. His favorite couch to stomp is the BillyBob, a medium-sized comfy chair available for purchase in an Ikea near you. Tom uses couches so as he can see the world from normal-sized people's perspective.
Tom Cruise, who is not gay, is well known for his irrational hatred of gays and couches. He especially hates gay couches, and emphatically insists that he is not a gay couch himself. Cruise, who is not gay, cites his public advocacy of the proposed 92nd Amendment to ban gays and couches in the USA, which was rejected by both the Serious wing of the Decepticon Party for being "too silly", and the Silly wing of the Silly Party for "insufficiently silly". News sources, however, do not confirm Cruise's account, who is not gay.In 2005, he revealed his multi-disciplinary expertise on the Today Show with Matt Lauer. Cruise, who is not gay, chided Lauer for being ignorant of Tom's true splendor and confirmed that he had "studied the history of psychiatry", making Tom Cruise a historian (but not gay). Cruise, who is not gay, called Lauer "glib" and had him desperately hunting for a Matthew-Webster dictionary. Tom Cruise, who is not gay, is a devoted and zealous follower of Scientology claiming it is a religion. Cruise affirmed, "It is a religion. Because it is dealing with the spirit". Cruise, who is not gay, further added, "Alcoholism, which deals with the spirit, is also a religion." This conclusively proves that Tom Cruise is not gay, unlike Freddie Mercury, who
During the course of his lecture to Lauer, Cruise, who is not gay, also revealed he doesn't believe in psychiatry. "Psychiatry is... is a pseudo science", Tom Cruise, who is not gay, informed the audience. He also went on to make known to one and all that "there is no such thing as a chemical imbalance". He further divulged that he does not believe in dentistry, geography, gravity, dinosaurs, Lithuania, oranges, diet sodas, or any other "science". He then made the Vulcan hand gesture and pretended to be whisked away in an alien spacecraft. "Nanu-nanu." He proceeded to make a Nazi salute but his balls imploded before he could finish so he had to rush to the nearest toilet to empty and replace his bloody sac with a mechanical sac. Yes, he he has CYBERBALLZ OMG!!!111!111one!111
What he does believe in, however, are past lives. Tom Cruise, who is not gay, has stated that he believes that he is the reincarnation of William Shakespeare, thus bringing the number of people worldwide who believe they are the reincarnation of William Shakespeare to an estimated 1,423,622. But this is absurd since the remaining 1,423,621 people are gay, unlike Tom Cruise and Shakespeare, who are OBVIOUSLY not gay.
Hollywood Family Life
"His Eyes Looked Puppy-like, Meaning Everlasting Pleasure, Love, Excitement, And Something Else..."
Tom Cruise's second Hollywood marriage was with Australian actress Nicole Kidman. Initially, it was feared that the 30 inch height difference would pose a problem, but this was solved when Cruise, who is not gay, cut Kidman's legs off at the knee with a rusty hacksaw. Kidman missed her shins very much and so, in 1995, they adopted them. Some harsh critics have alleged that they adopted, because Cruise could not have children, as he was a gay alien. In 2001, the couple divorced, when Kidman realized that Cruise wasn't joking when he said he couldn't reach.
Standing at just 1'2" tall (1/2" shorter than his clitoris), Tom Cruise, who is not gay, presently is married to trainee historian Katie Holmes, who is approximately 78 years younger than Tom. Cruise and Holmes got together when Holmes was promoting the movie "Batman Starts All Over on Xenu" and Cruise was promoting "War of the Xenu Worlds". The birth of their child was strangely timed to coincide with the release of Cruise's new 2006 film, "Xenu Impossible 3". Holmes is a radiant, jaw-dropping beauty, with mesmerizing eyes and teeth with more unique directions than a compass. Holmes states "He is my man, oh yes, he is my man." Why photos always show her leaning away from Cruise, who is not gay, remains a mystery. And she also is not gay and, although widely reported to be, is neither a robot nor a zombie. She may be possessed, but the Vatican has yet to confirm those rumors. When asked why so many people are cynical of Cruise's relationship with Katie, Cruise, who is not gay, said "Anyone who's not happy for me, is against me. And, I'm not gay."
The Mom
In an exclusive straight out of the National Enquirer, Tom's mom was found to be Xenu's half-bred spawn. Yeah, you heard me right, Tom Cruise, who is not gay, is the last descendant of Xenu! With tentacles for arms and a vibrator for a penis, he slithers around making stupid movies. In the movie The War of The Worlds he nearly got the role of the main bad guy/alien/half-bred but the director found out he was human at the last minute and decided to be the freelance terrorist who kills not only the aliens, but also mankind.
The Baby
Some people think that Tom Cruise, who is not gay, had a baby, even though this has scientifically been proven to be impossible. Among the many reasons this couldn't be true, here are a few important ones.
- - He has no balls.
- - The baby isn't gay.
- - The baby doesn't worship aliens as portrayed in Scientology, so the baby is currently undergoing
brainwashing Scientology indoctrination classes Xenu-propaganda barragesnothing, nothing at all; in fact, baby Suri is undergoing a lovely six-week vacation cruise on the Scientology-owned cruise ship.
- - Tom Cruise, who is not gay, cannot produce sperm, as he is a female. Recently, controversial reports have shown that he received a botched vaginoplasty and presently there is a just a mass of raw flesh surrounding his pelvic region.
Some theories of the baby's origin are:
- -Xenu inseminated Katie Holmes at Tom Cruise's birthday bash at Chuckie Cheese.
- -The thetans Tom has rid his body of conglomerated into a life form inside Bon Jovi's ass
- -The baby is actually Tom's alter ego when he doesn't eat enough cookies.
- -Tom took advice from Madonna and bought the baby off eBay.
- -Tom Cruise, who is not gay, was impregnated with the frozen semen of L. Ron Hubbard so that Tom may give birth to a vessel which will become the avatar of the reincarnated L. Ron Hubbard. Katie is just a red herring used to make the public think Tom is male.
Additionally, no one has actually seen the baby, though a handful of friends of Tom Cruise, who is not gay, and Katie Holmes, who are also famous Hollywood actors, have reported they've seen the baby. It's quite possible there is no baby, and these other famous Hollywood actors are also secret Scientologists who are in on the scam. Some believe that "seeing the baby" is part of a Scientologist initiation rite for celebrities that involves a anally-induced peyote vision quest.
When asked for pictures of the baby, Tom Cruise, who is not gay, reportedly said "No way you people are going to exploit my baby! I'm going to exploit my baby and do it on my own damn time!" On Sept. 11th, 2006, in celebration of the 5th anniversary of the attack on the WTC, Tom Cruise, who is not gay, released his first exploitation of baby Suri, a bronze cast of Suri's first bowel movement, available for 599 US dollars plus Shipping & Handling.
The baby's name is reportedly supposed to be "Suri", though it could be a Tom Cruise' coked-up attempt to pronounce curry, his favorite food.
In 2007 a splinter group of unhappy CouchSurfers, led by Tom Cruise, who is not gay, started OpenCouchSurfing, a terrorist organization entering people's homes to slice open couches and hide themselves for unexpecting old ladies. They made the news in many places, especially in Nelson, a picturesque little town also known as the Florida of New Zealand, where many old ladies where found dead - with their couches slit wide open. The crazed couch surfers become especially violent when they hear the phrases "No worries" and "You rock!" - or the now infamous "Big hugs" - a phrase bringing along a series of gory massacres across the globe after its introduction to couchsurfer lingo.
Hollywood Roles
For those that think Cruise, who is not gay, is a limited actor, we offer this insightful analysis of his range of characters:
- Risky Business - Cruise, who is not gay, plays an entrepreneur trying to live up to the example set by his entrepreneur father and slaps other guys on the back for money.
- Top Gun - Cruise, who is not gay, plays a Navy pilot trying to live up to the example set by his dead Navy pilot father and slaps other guys on the back.
- The Color of Money - Cruise, who is not gay, plays a pool hustler trying to live up to the example set an older father-figure pool hustler and manages to slap Paul Newman on the back.
- Fifi's Angels-Tom Cruise, who is not gay, plays a secret agent filled with bombs to blow up an ice cream factory
- Cocktail - Cruise, who is not gay, plays a bartender trying to live up to the example set by an older father-figure bartender and slaps other guys on the back.
- Rain Man - Cruise, who is not gay, plays a man trying to live up to the example set by his autistic brother and slaps guys on the back.
- Born on the Fourth of July - Cruise, who is not gay, plays a soldier who can't live up to the example set by his father. He slaps other guys on the back, stupidly enlists in Vietnam, were he gets shot in the back, rendering him paralyzed from the waist down. While recuperating, he utter the words "Big erect, fucking penis." to the actress playing his mother. Oedipus Complex anyone?
- Days of Thunder - Cruise, who is not gay, plays a race car driver trying to live up to the example set by his dead race car driver father and slaps other guys on the back.
- Far and Away - Cruise, who is not gay, plays an immigrant who can't live up to the example set by his dead father and slaps other guys on the back.
- A Few Good Men - Cruise, who is not gay, plays a Navy lawyer trying to live up to the example set by his dead Navy lawyer father and slaps other guys on the back.
- Interview with the Vampire - Cruise, who is not gay, plays a dead guy trying to live up to the example set by his progenitors, who are like father figures, right? And, oh, he, uh, bites other guys on the back?
- Mission Impossible - Cruise, who is not gay, plays an American Agent trying to live up to the example set by his dead father/mission and slaps other men on the back.
- Jerry Maguire - Cruise, who is not gay, plays a talent agent trying to keep a company going on started by his father and very gently slaps Cuba Gooding Jr. on the back.
- Eyes Wide Shut - Cruise, who is not gay, plays a doctor trying to live up to the sexual example set by his now ex-wife, Nicole Kidman.
- Mission Impossible 2 - Cruise, who is not gay, plays an American Agent trying to live up to the example set by his dead father/mission and slaps other men on the back.
- Vanilla Sky - Cruise, who is not gay, plays a publisher trying to live up to the example set by his dead publisher father and slaps other guys on the back.
- Minority Report - Cruise, who is not gay, plays a futuristic cop trying to live up to the example set by his future dead father and slaps other guys on the back.
- The Last Samurai - Cruise, who is not gay, plays an Army Officer trying to live up to the example set by his dead Army Officer father and slaps other guys on the back.
- Collateral - Cruise, who is not gay, murders people. On the back.
- War of the Worlds- Cruise, who is not gay, plays a devoted family man trying to live up to the example set by his father figures/tripedal death machines and slaps the shit out of the machines' backs.
- Mission Impossible 3 - Cruise, who is not gay, plays an American Agent trying to live up to the example set by his dead father/film franchise/mission and slaps other men on the back.
- Top Gun 2.0: Mo' Missiles, Mo' Trouble' (Release Date 2009 EST) - After slapping too many men on the back, Maverick is drummed out of the service and has to redeem himself by living up to his dead father by going to Vietnam and blowing stuff up. He then returns to duty, where he slaps more men on the back. Kelly McGinnus reprises her role as his long lost sister, who DEFINITELY is GAY!
- Tropic Thunder - Cruise, who is not gay, plays a disgraced actor trying to live up to the example set by his dead fanbase by making an outrageous cameo in a comedy film about a war film. Robert Downey Jr steals any remaining fans he did not take from Cruise after Iron Man came out.
- Valkyrie - After slapping his SS Nazi friends on the back for a job well-done, gassing Grues at Sloenburg, they get strafed by a ME 262, killing said friends and leaving him one-eyed and one-handed. No longer able to slap friends on the back in a friendly and definitely non-homosexual way, he decides to try to assassinate Adolf Hitler, his old drinking buddy and fellow back-slapper. After failing at his first attempt, a ring with a poisoned needle given to Himmler, who fails to slap Hitler on the back with it, he decides just to blow him up with a bomb, also a very non-homosexual way of killing someone you love.
- Knight and Day - In this Action/'Comedy', Tom played James Bond's to Lara Croft, who stalks an elderly Megan Fox, Played by Cameron Diaz, The film had mixed reviews some calling it a dumd action flick, others calling it an intelligent but long action flick.
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August 12, 2006. LOS ANGELES. While out for a "leisurely Sunday drive," as they called it, Tom Cruise, who is not gay, and Katie Holmes witnessed a horrible accident on a Los Angeles freeway Saturday. Thinking as quickly as they could, the couple pulled onto the shoulder and backed up for fourteen miles to reach the accident scene. Without regard for his own safety, Cruise, who is not gay, climbed into the smoldering wreckage, desperate to reach the victims and convert them to Scientology before help arrived. One of the victims, Stephen Brown, who wishes to remain anonymous, but whose wishes were not granted, said "My wife and I got out of the car, and then we heard someone talking in some kind of weird language. That's when we found Mr. Cruise in our trunk talking to our spare tire. We managed to pull him to safety, though I can't remember why." A CHP spokesman said it was not yet known which one of the Hollywood couple was driving as Holmes is not yet old enough to drive, and Cruise, who is not gay, cannot reach the pedals.August 23, 2006. LOS ANGELES. Paramount Pictures and parent company, Viacom Inc., announced Wednesday that they were cutting ties with former golden boy, Tom Cruise, who is not gay, and his production company, Cruise/Wagner Productions. Viacom Chairman Sumner Redstone explained to reporters the decision to evict Cruise, who is not gay, arose out of a simple conflict of interest. "Simply put, Viacom has a strict policy which prohibits us from doing business with complete fuck-wads... hence the conflict." Redstone cited Cruise's public behavior as the main reason for their decision, but added, "we really never liked him, anyway." Paula Wagner, Cruise's partner, told the press, "Mr. Redstone is using his personal bias against fuck-wads as an excuse to get rid of us." Reporters were unable to reach Cruise, who is not gay, for comment, but his family reports he has gone into a severe depression, popping Flintstones vitamins non-stop for two days and refusing to get out of bed.
November 2, 2006. LOS ANGELES. In what could be stupidest decision in Hollywood history, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer announced that actor/Scientologist/heterosexual Tom Cruise, who is not gay, and his long-time production partner Paula Wagner will run United Artists. Cruise, who is not gay, plans to rename the studio United Scientologists, and will make films intended to convert people to Scientology. "Being dumped by Paramount was the best thing that ever happened me", Cruise, who is not gay, said.
October 06 2009: Tom Cruise, who is not gay, is captured by the Canadian Mounties trying to flee into Canada. Upon Capture he continued to repeat the words "Kaite's dead, Katie's dead!". It's unknown what he meant by this, as his kidnapped wife Katie Holmes is confirmed alive and resting at the Cruise Mansion in Hollywood. She has however developed a disliking for anyone who eats peas and constantly gives out a strange scream whenever someone shows emotion. Cruise, who is not gay, is currently being held in Toronto. Due to his capture he has been taken off of the FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives.
In February of 2010 Cruse, who is not gay, escaped from Guantanamo Bay along with fellow Prisoners Harold and Kumar and was last seen making his way to Florida. He made a recent appearance at the 82nd Academy Awards. He unmasked his Ex-wife "Katie Holmes" revealing she was a pod person before fleeing the devastation. Last seen heading East. It is unknown what happened to his fellow escapees.
- Tom Cruise, who is not gay, was run over by a Chodemobile on his first visit to the Hollywood Boulevard.
- When Tom Cruise, who is not gay, jumps on the couch, the couch doesn't get jumped on, the couch gets raped.
- Chuck Norris invented all the colors of the rainbow, except pink; Tom Cruise, who is not gay, invented pink.
- Tom Cruise, who is not gay, once met with Magomed Vitargov. And scared him.
- A Viacommunist company, Paramount once huffed Tom Cruise, who is not gay, and no one gives a shit.
- Tom Cruise, who is not gay, is greatly anticipated to take part in the Couch-Hurdling marathon in the 2010 Olympics.
- Never insult Tom Cruise, who is not gay, he'll explode you with his Tom Cruise Missiles.
See Also
- Oprah
- Elmo
- Corn dog
- Chuck Norris/facts
- UnNews:Tom Cruise narrowly escapes being trapped in amber
- Katie Holmes
- Scientology
External Links
- Tom's Official Home Page
- the end of the story...
- Tom Cruise, who is not gay, fansite
- Tom Cruise remembers 9/11
- True Hires Proof that Tom Cruse is a fudgepacker!
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Martin Messier is a composer, performer and videomaker. If sound stands as the driving force of his work, Messier also quickly took an interest in the clash between electroacoustic music and other art forms as well as in artistic collaboration. That way, it is through the relationship between sound and material (objects or bodies) that Messier's work take shape. Messier constantly redefine the frontiers of concrete music by creating sounds with everyday life objects, such as alarm clocks, pens, self-conceived machines and sewing machines. At the very centre of this dialogue between sounds and objects is the desire to push the everyday imaginary a little further, to magnify these entities by giving them a voice and by reinventing their function. Messier also produces collaborative work mixing dance and music, trying to give life to sound through objects as well as bodies in movement. Here, through an inversed hierarchical relationship, music becomes the choreography's driving force instead of being its mere accompanist. Martin Messier presented his work in various national festivals and events (Mutek, FTA and Mois Multi) as well as in international ones (Berlin's Transmediale, Sonar in Barcelona, Nemo in Paris, Scopitone in Nantes and Today's Art in The Hague). La chambre des machines also received a distinction at the prestigious Ars Electronica (Austria). In 2010, Messier founded 14 lieux, a sound production company for performing arts. This collaboration was created in order to provide a platform for such kind of sound work in the art scene.
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Holding a diploma in drums, Martin Messier has completed a bachelor's degree in electroacoustic composition at the University of Montreal, and De Montfort University in England. His curiosity for graphic arts has brought him to explore the relationship between sound and image, in which he discovered video-music and digital motion graphics. It's this same interest that inspires him to compose music for dance and theater. Recently, Martin has created solo and duet projects through which he develops live electroacoustic performance. Based on strong aptitudes for rhythm, Martin's esthetic can be defined as a complex, left field and happily strange sound amalgam, constantly playing with construction and deconstruction.


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Paynter student wins art contest
Peace is the holiday message that Emma Kraus, a fifth-grader at Paynter Elementary School, expressed in her award-winning artwork.
Kraus, 10, won the ninth annual Edgar Snyder & Associates "My Holiday Wish" coloring contest along with five others from Western Pennsylvania, beating out 700 other entries. Her artwork appeared on the firm's holiday card for 2012.
Kraus also received a $100 gift card.
This is the first time that Paynter Elementary School entered the annual coloring contest.
Paynter faculty and staff surprised Kraus with the news that she'd won the contest by announcing it via the building intercom in November. A panel of judges from the Carnegie Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts and SXZ Design selected the winning artists earlier in the month.
Kraus' winning design featured the word "Peace" with holiday ornaments and mistletoe.
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This is another dark poem about life in an urban environment written while I was still in college.
As in "The Subway," I use a familiar landmark as a metaphor for the negative effect of life in an urban environment. Unlike the jarring free verse in the former poem whose cadence mimics the familiar, repetitive rhythm of the metal wheels of a fast-moving train clanking over the gaps in the steel tracks ("I don't want to see, I don't want to see, I don't want to see"), this poem uses a more soothing, "kinder, gentler" blank verse to deliver a no less disturbing message.
Central Park, for all its natural beauty and status as a verdant oasis in the heart of the city that never sleeps is just a polished, prettier metaphor of the oppressive effects of life in an urban environment. Central Park is no more natural than the "natural" habitat we reserve for lions, monkeys and elephants in a Disney theme park or polar bears and penguins at the local zoo. At least that was how I felt in my late teens. Much to the chagrin of even some close friends and family, I'm afraid my opinion has changed little on the subject since then.
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This story by Kathleen E. McLaughlin is part of an ongoing GlobalPost investigation into the supply chains that make some of your favorite electronic gadgets. In this installment, GlobalPost examined the fallout after a factory that supplies Apple and Nokia used the toxic solvent n-hexane in violation of local codes and without proper safety equipment. Though seven current and former workers said the chemical was used on Apple touch screens, Apple refused to comment.
SUZHOU, China — The mysterious illness began with an odd tingling of the fingers one week, a creeping numbness in the feet the next.
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The burqa has nothing to do with religion. It is a way for fanatical men to control women.
PARIS, France — In his 2009 Cairo address to the Muslim world, U.S. President Barack Obama mentioned no fewer than three times the issue of the headscarf, or hijab. Each time, his purpose was to stress "the right of women and girls to wear the hijab" — but never their right not to wear it.
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Over the last few months, we've seen serious discussions taking place globally as countries and cities pledge to go green.
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SEOUL, South Korea — Heinz Insu Fenkl, a literature professor at the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz, has cracked one secret to understanding the bizarre regime of North Korea: by reading its comic books.
The academic, who refers to himself as an American-Korean, spends hours in his office tucked away in upstate New York, churning out English translations of the rare books (called "gruim-chaek" in North Korea) after he gathers them at shops in China and from colleagues who travel to Pyongyang.
Venezuela tries to make it rain
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Flying high over Venezuela's southeastern territories, a plane banks and fires into a mass of clouds.
Venezuela is not at war with the skies but with a severe drought that has caused an electricity crisis and forced the government to resort to unconventional methods to make it rain.
Can Toyota Digg its way out of recall crisis?
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Walmart accused of hypocrisy in green initiatives
Just last month, Walmart announced that it would be moving to eliminate non-biodegradable plastic bags from stores across the United States to reduce their collection in landfills. While they've demonstrated positive green initiatives, this week there's been accusations of hypocrisy because they've been passing off a harmful, manufactured textile as sustainable.
Environmental advocates had been applauding Walmart for their plastic bag reduction goals and the installation of more energy-efficient systems. For example, coolers that only light up when a shopper's presence is detected. So this new accusation from the Federal Trade Commission comes at a bad time.
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In many corners of the world, the policy on gays in the military could be labeled this way: "Don't Ask, Don't Care."
In the military establishments of more than 30 countries, including U.S. allies such as Israel, Canada and the United Kingdom, gays and lesbians are allowed to openly serve in their country's military.
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New world wines: now from the north
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Three disc jockeys and the Michael Toman Quartet will provide a variety of music to accompany the progressive wine tasting and appetizers guests will enjoy at the second annual Wine Around the Square starting at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20.
"We're so excited to expand our music offerings for all our guests," said Anne Davis, Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation executive director. "As our guests walk around the downtown Square and taste all the great wines and food, they'll always be in the earshot of great music and entertainment."
Disc Jockey Jimmy Mansfield
Returning for the second year is disc jockey Jimmy Mansfield, who will be set up outside the law offices of Bragg, Mansfield and Stegall.
"The crowd can expect an authentic DJ experience with turntables and lights," Mansfield said. "We're excited to be a part of this wonderful organization and enjoy playing at events like Wine Around The Square." Mansfield will be
Since 2006 Mansfield has played at weddings and other events throughout Rutherford County. Last year, Mansfield got the crowd going to such music genres as Americana rock, old funk, upbeat dance music and country rock.
"Supporting events that bring business to our downtown Square is terrific," said Mansfield. "The fact that this is for such a worthy cause makes it even more worthwhile."
Disc Jockey Bobby Howard
Playing outside Liquid Smoke, disc jockey Bobby Howard will offer a 1950s "doo wop" sound.
"I enjoy making people happy through the power of music and aim to provide a good time for everyone," Howard said. "I like to do events like this to give back. My mom, sister and aunt are all breast cancer survivors. The work the Power of Pink does in our community is amazing. I am proud to be a part of a few of their events."
Disc Jockey John Ward
MidSouth Mobile disc jockey John Ward will be located by the County Building that evening. Ward started MidSouth Mobile DJs in 1984 and says he never turns down the opportunity to help a nonprofit with entertainment. Over the years his company has provided music for many nonprofit events such as March of Dimes, Alzheimer's Walk and Taste of Stones River. John will kick off the evening with jazz and blues, and as the evening progresses, he'll create more energetic music to encourage guests to dance.
Michael Toman Quartet
The Michael Toman Quartet, a jazz group, will play jazz standards including "Take the A Train," "There Will Never Be Another You" and "Autumn Leaves" inside Maple Street Grill for the VIP Party. WATS is reserving the entire downstairs restaurant for the gathering that evening.
"All of us attend MTSU, are studying music and met through the Jazz Studies program. We aim to put the grin in the groove and the beat in your feet," says Toman.
Toman himself is the group's drummer and routinely plays at area parties, events and weddings.
Will Elmore plays guitar and has a deep love for the blues. Originally from Mississippi, he decided to expand his knowledge by studying music at MTSU in the jazz studies program.
David Williford plays saxophone and also is a composer. He also plays at Just Love Coffee on Tuesday nights.
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Voula Papachristou is off the Olympic team for Greece because she sent a racist Tweet. Should she have gotten the boot?
Should Voula Papachristou have been booted from the Olympics?
Africans, Australians, Europeans, Asians...all races of people!
Antifon: What was the Olympic committee thinking when the games were held in 1931? China anyone? Iran is competing and their government talks about blowing Israel off the map. In 2004 and 2008 athletes from Iran withdrew from events if Israelis were participating. Where is your outrage! Sorry in my rant I forgot what you said the Olympic games were about. Greek committee was playing politics for this woman's views. Lucy: Everyone on the continent of Africa is one color right? Get a clue. Reading articles on this site is humorous at times. People wanting Robert Pattinson to give Kristen a second chance for her cheating but don't give this woman a second chance that has given her all to be on the team.
I dont see what was so racist? I'm against racism, but this seemed like an innocent comment. Similar to "at least those canadian mosquitos get to eat homegrown food because we're competing in their area". Thats how that read to me, maybe im missing something?
Olympics is way more than mere competition. It is about honoring universal human values. She was rightly banned & my congrats to the Greek committee for acting with lightening speed!
She said Africans, that is a race of people, and it was a racist comment.
This was not a racist comment, Africa is a continent, not a race of people.
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