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Black like us: The race clownery of Obama-Biden
Is there anything more ridiculous than white Democrats talking down and talking black to voters — while whitewashing the devastating effects of their economic policies on those voters? Is there anything more poisonous than stoking racial grievances by shamelessly likening your political opponents to slavemasters — while presiding over a culture of dependency that chains future generations to massive debt?
Joe Biden isn't a BFD. He's a BFE: Big F'n Embarrassment. The result of Biden's White House-approved racial tension inflammation yesterday?
This: New Black Panther Party threatens Republican National Convention…"Our feet will be on your necks."
And for your listening pleasure via Fingers Malloy: It's the "Back in Chains Blues."
Black like us: The race clownery of Obama-Biden
by Michelle Malkin
Creators Syndicate
Copyright 2012
Looks like Vice President Joe Biden has been taking extracurricular Democratic jive-talking lessons. The results of condescending liberals' cynical racial pandering attempts are, as always, seismically cringe-inducing.
At a campaign event in Danville, Va., the gaffetastic veep dropped his g's and picked up a bizarre twang in front of an audience of black voters. Middle-Class Joe swapped his Home Depot apron for an A.M.E. preacher's robe and sermonized about the big, bad GOP.
Romney's "gonna let the big banks once again write their own rules," Biden shouted. "Unnnn-chain Wall Street," he exclaimed with pulpit bravado. "They're gonna put y'all back in chains," the pasty Delaware wheeler-dealer faux-drawled. Extra-emphasis on the "y'all."
Yes, Biden is rattling chains like an extra in "Roots." This is the same politician of pallor who cracked jokes about Indians who work in 7-Elevens and who referred to his now-boss as "clean" and "articulate." Yet, Biden's demagoguery was met with approving hoots and hollers. Or rather, hollas.
Naturally, the defiant Obama campaign backed up Biden and gave a shout-out of its own. Welcome to the new tone — and the same old slime. Prevaricating spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter (last seen defending the phony, indefensible Romney-killed-a-steelworker's-wife ad run by Obama Super PAC Priorities USA) chimed in after Biden's speech. "We have no problem with those comments," she told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell. Biden "was using a metaphor" with which the president agrees.
Timing matters. Biden's race-baiting came after a weekend clogged with divisive jabs at GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney's announcement of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate.
Democratic Rep. Donna Christensen, the non-voting delegate from the U.S. Virgin Islands to the U.S. House of Representatives, tweeted: "Wait a minute! Are there black people in Va? Guess just not w Romney Ryan! At least not seeing us. We know who's got our back & we have his." Left-wing actress Mia Farrow watched the announcement and derided a "whole bunch of white people." They were joined by countless "progressive" social media users who mocked the GOP's "white guy, white guy 2012!!!" Sirius XM radio host Dave Rubin — himself the color of discount Charmin toilet paper — called Romney-Ryan "the whitest ticket since the KKK voted for their box social chairperson."
Gotta love post-racial America!
The poisonous slavery allusion echoed the former pastor of Biden's boss. Rev. Jeremiah Wright, you may recall, used the same "chains" imagery to justify his "God Damn America" diatribe. "America," he inveighed in Obama's old Chicago-based Trinity United Church, put blacks in "chains … and then wants us to sing 'God Bless America'? No, no, no. Not God bless America; God damn America!"
Biden's stunt also echoes Hillary Clinton's infamous black church minstrel performances in which she unleashed a mortifying Southern-spiced-with-street accent to show her street solidarity: "For the last five years, we've had No. Power. At. All. And that makes a big difference, because when you look at the way the House of Representatives has been run, it has been run like a plantation. An' yew know what ah'm talkin' about." At an event with race-hustler Al Sharpton, she poured it on thicker: "I'm afraid I'm gonna lift up the rug, and I'm goin' to see so much stuff uh-nder thar. … You know, what is it about us always havin' to clean up after people? … But this is not just goin' to be pickin' up socks off the floor. This is goin' to be cleanin' up the government."
At least the only thing she manufactured was her patronizing dialect. Remember candidate Barack Obama's 2007 Selma, Ala., speech? To court black voters, Obama claimed that President Kennedy had sponsored the airlift in Africa responsible for bringing his family to the U.S. and asserted that Selma's 1965 Bloody Sunday demonstration brought his parents together and led to his birth. Of course, JFK didn't take office until two years after Obama's father arrived in the U.S., and the president was born four years before Bloody Sunday.
Obama-Biden 2012: Never let facts, civility or scruples get in the way of a racist racial pander.
The ululations of radical college crybabies
November 20, 2015 06:32 AM by Michelle Malkin
Who's burning black churches? Oh.
November 6, 2015 06:41 AM by Michelle Malkin
My message to Melissa Harris-Perry: Sweat is color-blind
October 30, 2015 10:14 AM by Michelle Malkin
Hollywood lib Matt Damon's "diversity" drama
September 16, 2015 12:16 AM by Michelle Malkin
Bernie Sanders: America was founded on racist principles, and here's how much it'll cost to fix it
September 15, 2015 08:18 AM by Doug Powers
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I can tolerate Strength, and used to use it a fair amount on Normals before the 5th gen, since TMs weren't reusable. With Reusable TMs though, anyone who might've gotten Strength gets Return instead and Strength just goes on a slave. Rock Smash can be useful occasionally, since it's the only Fighting move that a lot of non-Fighters can get, but it just doesn't do enough damage, and they're generally better off with neutral STAB over even a super-effective, off-type base 40 move. I've never liked Fly, so it's always gone on a slave. Even though the AI won't take the opportunity to switch out, it's still two turns of passive damage, paralysis checks and accuracy checks just to get off one turn of damage.
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A Mental Noteby William Roberts
A Mental Note is a novel based on the life and times of a man who suffers from a mental illness. Will, who has been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic, tells his story about living with this illness, focusing mainly on specific periods and events relating to this condition, and the reasons for it. He describes life before becoming unwell, the diagnosis and treatment, as well as other incidents. These are all included to show how Will's life developed during his ordeal. Although most of the book is factual, some areas have been dramatised to bring the story to life. Also, many of the fictional passages have been included to give a sense of the nature of the illness and the thought process that goes with it. For example, a schizophrenic can create his or her own deluded perception of reality that, although it isn't real, seems perfectly believable to the sufferer.
The book is comical in places, and some of the fun in the book is designed to show that even when suffering from a mental illness, it is still possible to have a good time, and enjoy oneself. I have tried to focus mainly on the good experiences for this reason, but I have also referred to the darker sides of the illness so that people in similar situations can possibly relate to them. Hopefully this may give others a bit of an insight into living with the disease, and its harrowing effects.
I hope this book will be of considerable interest to anyone who either suffers from, or is involved with someone who suffers from, any similar mental health problems. I also think that it makes for a stimulating, insightful and humorous read for a wide range of other people concerned with such issues. Finally, because of some of the geographical locations in the book (especially references to Shrewsbury), I think people from those areas mentioned would enjoy reading this book too.
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EmmBee wrote:Its all about supply and demand and clearly some will pay that and more. But then I don't understand why someone would want to pay nearly 9 quid for a packet of fags!
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How I Realized I Am a Senior (Doctor)
It has been creeping up on me for the past year or so, but I think it really hit me today. I am a senior (doctor).
I don't mean to say that I am old. If anything, I feel younger than I did a year ago, having had a rejuvenating surgery for sciatica only this past April. What I mean to say is that I have achieved the status of venerable, sometimes crotchety, and even "old-fashioned".
The evidence has been accumulating but today was the tipping point.
It was a simple terms of address . We doctors often address each other as Doctor, especially if we are strangers, out of respect. But after having worked with a colleague more than a few times, I usually say, "Please, call me David." But lately, the new hospitalists are addressing me as "Dr. Sack", and when it happened today, I found myself free of the urge to correct her. It has become apparent to me, astonishingly, that the junior staff really respect my wisdom.
And speaking of wisdom, that's another thing. I have started to dispense it. And doctors and nurses have been actually listening lately. I'm not used to that. (My wife sees to it that I don't get accustomed to it at home.)
I am even noticing that I am dressing old-fashioned. When I started out as a medical student, doctors wore ties. Some eccentrics sported bowties, but everyone put on a tie. This dress code was fairly well observed when I was an intern and resident. Most everyone I worked with after I became an attending maintained this practice . There was the occasional out-and-out rebel/weirdo that wore a bolo tie. (There was even for a time an ER director who wore a cowboy hat on the job.) Naturally, surgeons were permitted scrubs in their offices. But over the past ten years, I have noticed that the necktie is becoming an endangered species among my colleagues. Most of my gastroenterologist colleagues are either wearing their shirts open or are wearing surgical scrubs. Same for the hospitalists. Some specialties at my hospital seem to be holding the line: our nephrologists, oncologists and cardiologists. (All serious specialties.) Perhaps dealing in serious illness demands dress standards as serious as one's demeanor. Yet here I am, knotting a tie most mornings. Lately, I must admit, I have been dispensing with the necktie on days that I will be doing procedures all morning. The patients are all too anxious beforehand or dopey afterwards to notice.
And recently I realized that my attitude about how a history and physical exam should be written, and how to interpret it, is utterly antiquated. I was taught in medical school to follow a certain order for recording the H&P. With the advent of the EMR (electronic medical record), I now note that the traditional order has been ceded to the province of computer programmers instead of doctors and is now completely and, for all appearances, arbitrarily scrambled. It has seemed to me an abomination but today I realized that the traditional order is really only arbitrary. Why should I be bothered if the chief complaint and present illness appear on page 5 after a listing of patient's habits, prior surgeries, native language, and whether they wear seat belts? I'll find the information I want sooner or later if I just keep looking. I'm just being a curmudgeon, right?
For that matter, the physical exam itself reveals itself as a telltale about my antediluvian attitude. And this particular item is really what originally inspired me to write this post.
Up until this month, I have been locked in combat with the "Physical Exam" section of the progress note in my EMR, which is so unwieldy to alter from the default normal that I end up swearing at times. I find myself spending precious time tailoring an organ system's examination in the note, only to find all my free text gets erased when I try to amend it further. The menu tree is a shriveled excuse for a multiple choice device and takes more effort to enter the pitiful data that it does accept than it does to just free-text it. My EMR doesn't even allow me to copy the previous visit's exam components that are unchanged. Even my primitive "non-qualified", "non-meaningful" EMR I installed in 2002 had that feature! Don't I sound like an old curmudgeon complaining about these "new-fangled contraptions".?
So I have sometimes taken to simply opening a text box at the bottom saying: "EXCEPTIONS", by which I mean "ignore all the useless drivel above!". After all, it was only put there to satisfy the bullet points required to code for the visit at a level appropriate to my effort and time. No one reads these exams; not referring doctors, not doctors who I send patients to, not patients themselves, not, God forbid, insurance company auditors, who might count bullets. The sole exception is me, doing my proofreading. So why bother? I have come to the realization that most of my colleagues have long since recognized that this is nothing but a charade. If I spend my time perfecting a note in an EMR, I will have no time left to treat the patient. Anyway, most of the visit is always spent in counseling and coordination of care anyway, and I code it so. But it really would be easier to just click the box that says everything is normal. I know many doctors that rely on their memory for the real exam and do just that for the note. As Julia Child famously asked, "Who's to know?"
Remember the movie Fail-Safe? The subtitle, as I recall, was "or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb." It was about simply surrendering to the absurdity of the doctrine of "Mutual Assured Destruction", or MAD, as it was referred to. Yes, I am old enough to remember the Cold War, and believe me, that notion was the foundation of our strategy for keeping the peace by nuclear deterrence.
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Shizue Kato, one of the first Japanese women to become a Diet member and a pioneer of women's rights in Japan — particularly known for her advocacy of birth control — died Saturday from respiratory failure at a relative's house in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward, her family said. She was 104.
In 1998, at the age of 91, Kato became the first Japanese to win the United Nations Population Award for her contribution to the family planning movement.
Even after reaching 100 years old, Kato actively served as president of the Family Planning Federation of Japan.
"A person who once committed themselves to politics has a responsibility for the rest of his or her life. That's why I am still an active politician," said Kato, who was also noted for her sharp tongue.
Kato was born into a wealthy family in Tokyo in March 1897 and married Baron Keikichi Ishimoto after graduating from Women's Gakushuin School at the age of 17.
When she joined her husband in Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, where he worked at a coal mine as an engineer, she was shocked at the grim situation women faced. Many had numerous children and lived in appalling poverty.
While studying in the United States, Kato met the famous feminist and pioneer of family planning, Margaret Sanger (1883-1966), around 1920 and was impressed by her thoughts.
When she returned to Japan, she promoted the use of contraceptives, which was a taboo subject under Japan's militaristic government. She also took part in a movement calling for women's suffrage.
But the prewar government cracked down on her activities and arrested her.
After her husband left her, Shizue supported herself and two sons through writing and other work promoting social reform. This brought her in contact with labor leader Kanju Kato (1892-1978) and they were married in 1944.
In the first postwar election in 1946, Kato stood for the now-defunct Japan Socialist Party and was elected as one of the first 39 female members of the House of Representatives. Her husband was also elected.
Kato served two terms in the Lower House and four terms in the House of Councilors until 1974.
Kato also made efforts to enact the Prostitution Prevention Law and the pollution control law. She retired from the political arena aged 77, but her enthusiasm for new challenges never faded.
Participating in the establishment of the International Planned Parenthood Federation, Kato continued to be involved in the population problem in the developing world.
Commentator Moeko Tawara said the women's liberation movement owes much to Kato and other feminist activists. "Accumulated efforts have led to the enactment of various laws for gender equality and the law concerning the prevention of domestic violence," Tawara said.
"Kato must be happy now she is in heaven to see the seeds she sowed sprout and flourish," Tawara said, adding that she had been very impressed by a forceful speech Kato made from her wheelchair a few years ago.
Mutsuko Miki, widow of late Prime Minister Takeo Miki, said, "She was a very gentle person. She never criticized people, always found the best in every person and complimented them on it.
"Whenever someone did a good deed, she would send a 'Pink Letter,' a letter of encouragement in a pink envelope," she added. "Even in her later years, she always dressed beautifully. I always remembered it when she made compliments on my outfit. Her care for other people was incredible."
Writer Keiko Ochiai said Kato was someone who lived the very history of Japanese women. "Her spirit of treating issues such as birth control, the right of women to make their own decisions and take responsibility for themselves has really encouraged younger generations. She lived her life exactly according to her own philosophy — your life belongs to you."
Kato wrote two biographies "Facing two wars" (1935) and "Straight road" (1956).


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February cold brings fond thoughts of French onion soup. Here's where to find some of the Seattle area's best.
Ah, February. A month that makes you want to hunker down with a fragrant bowl of soup, a piece of imported cheese and a nice crust of bread — preferably all in the same vessel.
I love onion soup, and when the mood strikes I'll make it at home. But when I'm too busy or too lazy to bother, I'll head out in search of the French classic, variations of which are available at many area restaurants, including these.
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Hours: 7 a.m.-2 a.m. daily
There's so much to love at Capitol Hill's all-hours bistro, it's hard to know where to start. I'm nuts about chef Jim Drohman's gâteau au foie de volaille (chicken livers disguised as heaven-on-a-plate and my idea of breakfast) and often stop by for his charcuterie and a glass of something wet and white. But baby, when it's cold outside, there's only one thing on my mind: soupe a l'oignon gratinee ($11). You may know it from its Le Pichet iteration as gratin Lyonnais (same soup, different name). Each is made, as in Lyon, with a vibrant chicken stock. What makes it special? Everything from cave-aged Gruyere de Comte, Tall Grass Bakery's pain au levain and the fact that I can commune with that soup "alone" at Presse's busy bar.
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Hours: 5-9 p.m. Tuesdays-Thursdays, 5-10 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays; brunch 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays
Note: Onion soup available at dinner only!
It's been 30 years since Karen Binder opened Madison Park Cafe as an espresso stop, later turning it into a popular breakfast and lunchery. Today Mad Park habitués fill this sunny little house at weekend brunch and flock to its pretty patio in warm weather. For the past decade, the cafe has built its reputation as a dinner house: a warm, welcoming French bistro where the cassoulet — served in a cast-iron skillet — is among the best in town. I insist you come to spoon into that breadcrumb-ly crown, teasing out tender duck confit, housemade pancetta, wild boar sausage and bits of lamb. Share it if you must (though trust me, you won't want to) so that you might also enjoy a proper crock of French onion soup ($8) capped with Columbia City Bakery's bread and Swiss Gruyere.
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Hours: lunch 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, 11:30-3 p.m. Saturdays; 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Sundays; dinner 5:30-9:30 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 5:30-10 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays.
I have a crazy dream that someday I'll wile away the afternoon at Pike Place Market, stopping first at Maximillien where I'll eat oysters on the half-shell and soupe a l'oignon while staring out at Elliott Bay. And then, in time for the evening cocktail hour, I'll round the bend (OK, the butcher's cases at Don & Joe's Meats), beg for a coveted corner table at Place Pigalle, and do it all over again. Only this time I'll begin with steamed mussels (their gaping shells facing north, holding bits of smoky bacon, the sauce sharp with balsamic vinegar) before delving into a cup of deep, dark, oniony broth scented with sherry and crusted over with Gruyere ($9). In my dreams I finish with a chocolate pot de crème — and live to tell the tale.
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French onion soup is a daily feature on the weekly "soup schedule" at this bustling national chain known for its (terrific!) in-house baked goods and ubiquitous presence at shop-till-you-drop spots across the land. But until this month — when I hit the handsome Northgate store — I hadn't been. Now that I have, I'm going back: for a quick soup-and-salad or soup-and-sandwich fix (they've got a "You Pick Two" halvsie-special) and a baguette to go. My onion soup ($4.59), served with a hunk of that fresh baguette on the side, bobbed with crisp croutons and a sprinkling of Asiago-Parmesan blend (purists, forgive them), making it a fine precursor to my Harvest Salad, whose greens played host to Gorgonzola, pecans, pears and dried cranberries.
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So, I'm dining at the home of friends known for their culinary expertise and the elegance with which they entertain. We sip cocktails and nibble appetizers in preparation for a ravishing roast. In between, there's soup. "This is delicious!" I said, cracking through the layer of melted cheese and bread into a fragrant broth thick with onions. "You shouldn't have gone to the trouble." "I didn't," replied my smiling hostess. And that's how I got hooked on "Plats du Chef Heat & Serve French Onion Soup" — sold frozen at TJ's (two for $4.99). Yes, you can nuke the frozen soup (after removing the shrink-wrapped plastic). But why ruin the mystique? Better to put the solid block into an ovenproof bowl and bake it for 40 minutes.
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Old Dominion sophomore quarterback Taylor Heinicke threw for a NCAA Division I record 730 yards on Saturday, leading the highly ranked Monarchs back from a 23-point deficit midway through the third quarter to a 64-61 victory against New Hampshire in Norfolk, Va.
The performance left Heinicke with his first sore arm since his high school baseball days — he was a shortstop — and with more than 50 text messages and tons of love on Facebook to soak in.
"I'm enjoying it because not many people get to experience this type of thing," he told The Associated Press on Sunday.
While Heinicke made all the headlines, he did give credit to his offense line. On a day in which temperatures on the field approached 100, ODU's fast-paced spread ran 112 offensive plays and the same five linemen played them all.
Imagine if we told you your team would win a "world" title and then essentially do nothing from there on out. Would you take it?
Kansas City sure has.
The Kansas City Royals were officially eliminated from playoff contention Sunday with a 15-4 loss to the Cleveland Indians. That assures the Royals of their ninth consecutive losing record.
Oh … and, by the way … the Royals have not made the postseason since winning the 1985 World Series, the longest active playoff drought in the majors.
Take a breather, NFL fan.
You don't get regular-season Sundays like Week 3.
Before we even got to the prime time game, we had three overtime thrillers and five other games decided by a last-second kick or final possession. Then the Ravens go and win on a final kick. Wow.
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Scenes from Another Life. New York: Brazilier, 1981.
Stars Principal. New York: Macmillan, 1986.
The Rest of the Way. New York: Knopf, 1990.
Ten Commandments. New York: Knopf, 1998.
Hazmat. New York: Macmillan, 2002.
Division of Spoils. Todormen: Arcs Publications, 2002.
White Paper. New York: Columbia UP, 1989.
Twenty Questions. New York: Columbia UP, 1998.
A Question of Taste. Music by William Shuman. 1989.
Mario and the Magician. Music by Francis Thorne. 1994.
Orpheus Descending. Music by Bruce Saylor. 1994.
Emmeline. Music by Tobias Picker. 1996.
Anne Sexton: The Poet and Her Critics. Bloomington: Indiana UP, 1978.
Poets on Painters. Berkeley: U of California P, 1988.
Recitative: Prose by James Merrill. San Francisco: North Point, 1988.
Woman in White: Poems by Emily Dickinson. New York: Folio Society, 1991.
The Vintage Anthology of Contemporary Poetry. New York: Vintage, 1996.
Poems and Other Writings. By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. New York: Library of America, 2000.
Collected Poems. By James Merrill. New York: Knopf, 2001.
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Generation Ecstasy Comes Down
A rave just isn't a rave anymore. During a recent "Underground Culture 2" party held above the Babylon International Café and Gallery, a petite brunette waits with a friend in the bathroom line, which is quite long because only one stall has a door on it. "God, I haven't been to a rave in forever!" she yelps to the other girl. Something about the combination of the venue's tacky, salmon-colored walls and the fact that the girl uses the word rave to describe the party she's at makes you want to smirk: She sounds like a parent using the word shindig to describe a kegger.
Still, the brunette has a point. This party is one of the only DJ-oriented events that have taken place in Minneapolis outside the well-trafficked clubs in many months. A few years ago, this party would have been deemed mediocre in comparison to some of the massive underground events being held in ice arenas and warehouses across the metro area. Tonight, though, "Underground Culture 2" is a rarity that's causing young adults to bound from room to room with a skip in their step. What these kids might not know is that if the U.S. Congress has its way, this type of event may soon be resurgent, as a new piece of far-ranging drug-war legislation threatens to chase electronic music out of clubs and other legal venues.
Over the past few years, the mainstream media has capitalized on parents' worst nail-biting uncertainties by divulging the dirtiest secrets of the rave--including some people's use of "club drugs" like MDMA (commonly known as Ecstasy). Films like 1999's Go and 2000's Groove have depicted the scene with some element of accuracy; "undercover" segments on local newscasts nationwide have found in raves yet another thing to fear (along with vicious house pets, unpredictable weather, and poorly made children's toys). In part as a response to this attention--and the added scrutiny of the police and city inspectors--DJs and promoters of rave-type events moved their events into clubs and other legal venues in order to survive. The end result of the migration can be seen every Saturday at the Quest, where local DJ/promoter Jack Trash and his cohort Rich Best keep a stream of headlining DJs circulating through Minneapolis for the benefit of electronic-music lovers.
Trash's former partner, local rave godfather ESP Woody McBride, suggests that the scene isn't as "punk rock" as it used to be. Still, parties are surely safer than they were before--clubs have seasoned security staff and procedures for medical crises--and for the time being, they're legal. Now, the U.S. Senate might change all that. That great debating club is responding to the global dance-music community's widely used (and admittedly cutesy) acronym P.L.U.R. (Peace, Love, Unity, and Respect) with a more frightening one of its own: R.A.V.E. In June of this year, Sen. Joseph Biden (D-Delaware) proposed the "Reducing Americans' Vulnerability to Ecstasy Act of 2002," referred to as "the RAVE Act" (s.2633). Citing the National Drug Intelligence Center, the bill claims that "raves have become little more than a way to exploit American youth." And it asserts that coded flyers, glowsticks, pacifiers, and even bottled water are blatant indicators of drug use by patrons.
Sponsored by senators Durbin (D-Illinois), Hatch (R-Utah), Grassley (R-Iowa), and Leahy (D-Vermont), the bill amends the federal "crack house law," which makes it a felony to furnish a space for illegal drug use. The original statute applies to the owner of a fixed indoor location--like a crack house. The RAVE Act extends culpability for drug use to those who "open, lease, rent, use, or maintain any place, whether permanently or temporarily...either as an owner, lessee, agent, employee, occupant, or mortgagee." In this manner, party throwers, promoters, club managers, landlords, or even owners of a farm or campground could be prosecuted for the Ecstasy use of patrons. Violators could face both felony charges that could bring 20 years of prison time and a stiff civil penalty of up to $250,000.
This isn't the first crackdown on raves of its kind. In June of 2001, Patrick and Thorston Pfeffer, owners of Florida's largest nightclub, Club La Vela, were indicted under that state's "crack house" statute. Five months later three New Orleans concert promoters, including DJ Disco Donnie, were indicted under the same law for throwing parties in the State Palace Theater. Both the Florida and New Orleans cases were successfully challenged by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and thrown out--though several federal prosecutions have already been successful. Senator Biden's more widely targeted RAVE Act has tiptoed through the Senate Judiciary Committee relatively unnoticed until recently, and it is considered uncontroversial by Senate leadership, who could pass the bill by unanimous consent in its next session.
"Unfortunately, most raves are havens for illicit drug use," says Senator Biden in a press release issued by his Delaware office (Biden did not return City Pages' calls requesting comment). "Enacting the RAVE Act will help prosecute the promoters who seek to profit from exploiting and endangering young lives. The RAVE Act will help spread the message so that today's kids and their parents will know the risks of taking Ecstasy, and what it can do to their bodies, their brains, their futures."
While the legislation has only received a committee vote to date, the Minnesota senatorial delegation appears unlikely to oppose the bill. "It hasn't been considered on the floor of the Senate, and we're not sure it will," says Allison Dobson, a spokeswoman for Paul Wellstone's office in Washington. "But should it come to a floor vote, I think Senator Wellstone would be inclined to support it."
(Mark Dayton's office reported that the traveling senator had yet to read the bill; the Norm Coleman campaign failed to respond to requests for comment.)
While the legislation snakes its way through the Senate, local club managers and promoters seem to be taking a wait-and-see approach. "Drug use will still take place at punk and country shows," Chris Olson, security and production manager at First Avenue, says. "My personal responsibility increases, but we're still going to do what we've always done--which is provide entertainment for the people. This thing is going to inconvenience the customer more than anything." Here, Olson is referring to the longer security lines that will likely await patrons of the club's numerous dance nights. Electronic-music lovers, he says, "might abandon the scene before the clubs do."
Quest Club owner Gilbert Dabison won't throw in the towel easily. Though this is the first he's heard of the proposed RAVE Act, he calls the bill "absurd" and says the Quest will continue to host dance-music events like PLUSH. "The loose language of the bill would allow officials to target any type of music, and that's the business we're in," Dabison says. "We do all we can to keep drugs and other illegal activity out of our club, but people ultimately need to be responsible for their own actions."
While the Quest and First Avenue make their business out of concerts and dance nights, a handful of other venues in town like theaters and bowling alleys have occasionally opened their doors to dance-music parties. Whether the owners of these buildings would be willing to tolerate the risk of fines or imprisonment is uncertain. Theatre de la Jeune Lune, for instance, has hosted multimedia dance events like Ricochet Kitchen's "Nudes" art party and Hush Productions' "Ascension" in its handsome warehouse space--though as Bethany Gladhill, Jeune Lune's director of operations, explains, "The events that we allow are completely ancillary to our mission, which is the work of the Jeune Lune company." Gladhill adds, "We're very careful about our space. We have it in our contract that any illegal actions could cause an immediate shutdown of the event." But she concedes that the RAVE Act could prompt a change to the venue's rental policy. "It might make us consider it more carefully," she says.
Hush Productions head DJ, Zak Khutoretsky (a.k.a. DVS1), has thrown parties in the Twin Cities for a number of years and has a fondness for the creative vibe of unconventional venues. He's annoyed by the RAVE Act. "As a promoter who takes all the necessary precautions when doing an event--insurance, bonded security, local law enforcement, etc.--the fact that I could be held responsible for the ill choices that a few people make is completely unfair. When was the last time that a Target Center promoter or a club owner has been held responsible for a legal adult's decisions? I'm sure personal lawsuits have happened to those institutions, but has the government ever bent the club or arena over its knee and slapped 'em?"
A house DJ at the forefront of the Minneapolis dance-music scene, Nick Grzechoviak (a.k.a. Nik E. Gunz), believes the bill could "make events burrow so underground that safety measures could be cast aside and made a non-issue." A promoter and head boss of Omen Entertainment (formed in 1994), Grzechoviak says, "I'm not a psychic, and I have never been. If I knew who was going to do what, and when, I would do everything in my power to prevent it. We place a simple request at the bottom of every underground promo flyer we've produced saying, 'NO DRUGS, ALCOHOL, MARKERS, BAD VIBES.' We feel that is publicly stating our convictions."
To date, opposition to the RAVE act has been scattered. The Board of Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco drew up a resolution opposing the bill, stating that the legislation "will force electronic dance and other events further underground, away from public health and safety regulations, and discourage business owners from enacting harm-reduction measures." Though most people don't deny that the risks of taking Ecstasy are real, the Drug Policy Alliance of Washington, D.C. (DPAW) and the Board of Supervisors in San Francisco, along with the ACLU, have taken an active stance against the bill. Where the right to use drugs is not protected by the First Amendment, the right to dance is. The DPAW has raised concerns that the bill's language is "too broad" and "deserves debate."
While Minnesota Civil Liberties Union executive director Chuck Samuelson hadn't heard of the little-publicized RAVE Act, he is skeptical of its legality. "If this makes it illegal to have loud parties with music and dancing, I'm 99 percent positive the Civil Liberties Union will oppose it," he says. "It's strange that you're calling me on the day of Elvis's [death]," he adds, "because this is what happened in the Fifties, based on the idea that loud music would lead to sin." When told that the proposed statute would hold promoters and club owners criminally liable for the drug use of their patrons, he states, "That's probably too broad."
While the RAVE Act has seen little official debate among politicians, message boards on rave-friendly sites across the U.S. have erupted with anger and concern. Minnesota's popular rave Web site, MNVibe (www.mnvibe.com) has been a hotbed for such discussion. Says site user Matt Murphy, age 23, who also serves as a VJ/lights coordinator at the Quest, "This bill blames a musical genre for the crimes of people who would use drugs [in] homes, at school, at a Twins game, or anywhere else."
Eide, a 21-year-old woman, makes Murphy's point more directly. On one of MNVibe's forums, she writes, "If I can't go out dancing because all the venues are being shut down or discouraged, I think I might end up using more illegal substances. Give [kids] nowhere to go and they will find their own amusement."
Andy LeMay, a 24-year-old graphic designer and flyer creator, agrees that eliminating raves won't necessarily eliminate drug use. "MDMA doesn't just swoop down out of the sky, pick up children, and carry them to their deaths," chides LeMay, who has been attending dance parties since 1994. "The [RAVE Act's use of the] word vulnerability implies that Americans are helpless drones that will ingest anything that is put in front of them." Though he says promoters who don't take reasonable measures to prevent drug use should be "dealt with," he doesn't think they can possibly eliminate every illegal activity at their events. "Did United and American Airlines suffer criminal charges for letting terrorists board their flights?" he asks.
Globetrotting West Coast house-music pioneer, DJ Dan (a.k.a. Daniel Wherrett), though strongly against the bill, searches for a positive spin on its potential ramifications. "It could keep DJs from other countries from scoring a huge bankroll on their few yearly U.S. appearances," he says. In other words, if raves move from the clubs back to the warehouses, moneymaking bar tabs might vanish, DJs might be paid less, and national and local DJs might win back some deck time from their international counterparts.
On the opposite coast, major drum 'n' bass producer Dieselboy (a.k.a. Damian Higgins) fears that the RAVE Act would force him to stop DJing live. He reports that he has signed a petition against the legislation. "It's ridiculous," he says from an Atlanta airport over his cell phone. "What's next? The hip-hop community? Hip hop blatantly refers to widespread Ecstasy use, but because there's big money behind it, it doesn't get targeted. The rave scene is far less commercial, and it's being punished for that." Indeed, this summer's Smokin' Grooves tour dates aren't being canceled for all the illegal puffing that goes on, and even the Grateful Dead Family Reunion concert promoters haven't been threatened with fines.
Though the general sentiment of electronic-music fans is that the bill is discriminatory, some people believe it is also inevitable. "The party's over," Mankato resident and registered MNVibe member Doug Stauffer says. "This scene has been flaunting blatant drug use for over a decade...and only has itself to blame by booking artists that represent drug use, à la the Crystal Method. Did you think the suburban housewives wouldn't scream?"
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Nine Inch Nails, 'Closer' – Disturbing Songs People Love
When you dig not-so-deep into the lyrics, it's mind-blowing that Nine Inch Nails' 'Closer' has been one of the most popular rock songs on radio for the past two decades.
When you dig not-so-deep into the lyrics, it's mind-blowing that Nine Inch Nails' 'Closer' has been one of the most popular rock songs on radio for the past two decades.
In the wake of some big news from Nine Inch Nails, including a new single, details of a new album and the announcement of a North American tour, yet another member of the revamped industrial giants has announced his departure from the band.
In a post Guns N' Roses glut with labels rushing to sign the next big rock band, Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor was the next rocker to flip what would be considered "hard rock" on its head. The delivery and the passion of rock was there, but Reznor added in darker themes, industrial sounds and an infectious beat that was just as at home in clubs as it was on rock stages.
The big news keeps piling in for Nine Inch Nails fans! Shortly after unleashing a brand-new single, 'Came Back Haunted,' and details of their new album, NIN have announced dates for a 2013 North American arena tour kicking off in the fall.
The wait for new Nine Inch Nails music is over, as the industrial rock kings have unleashed the new song 'Came Back Haunted.' The tune is the first taste of the band's upcoming album, which is titled 'Hesitation Marks' and will arrive Sept. 3.
Filter unleashed their new album 'The Sun Comes Out Tonight' on June 4, and the band's frontman Richard Patrick and guitarist Jonny Radtke stopped by the Loudwire studio to discuss a number of topics during a video interview.
After last week's huge news from Trent Reznor that Nine Inch Nails were returning with a new album later this year, more big news today. The band will be releasing a new single 'Came Back Haunted' to radio on Thursday (June 6).
Earlier this year, Trent Reznor revealed that he was reactivating Nine Inch Nails with a revamped lineup. Now comes word from Reznor that he's quietly completed a new Nine Inch Nails album that will arrive via Columbia Records in 2013.
Bassist Eric Avery recently exited Nine Inch Nails after being named one of the band's new members earlier this year and the news caught the eye of Avery's onetime bandmate in Jane's Addiction -- guitarist Dave Navarro. During his online radio show 'Dark Matter,' the axeman used the platform to rail against Avery's recent move and past actions.
The year 2013 is turning into quite the busy one for drummer Ilan Rubin and he wouldn't have it any other way. The multitalented rocker just released the 'Exhibit A' EP from his own band the New Regime, has returned to the drum kit for the resurrected Nine Inch Nails and has used his spare time to work with Paramore on their album and touring and with Angels & Airwaves on new music, as well.


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FULLERTON, Calif. - Casper Ware scored a career-high 27 points to lead four Long Beach State players in double figures but it wasn't enough as Cal State Fullerton snapped the 49ers' six-game winning streak 89-87 in Titan Gym on Wednesday.
Ware made 8-of-15 shots, including 4-of-10 from three, while hitting 7-of-8 free throws. He added four assists for Long Beach State (11-9, 6-1 Big West). Greg Plater added 19 points, while Larry Anderson chipped in 18 points, five assists and five rebounds. T.J. Robinson added 17 points and 10 rebounds as the four Niners combined to score 81 of LBSU's 87 points.
Plater hit 6-of-12 shots, including 5-of-9 from 3-point range. Anderson connected on 7-of-13 shots and Robinson was good on 8-of-14 as the 49ers made 52.5 percent (32-of-61) of their shots. Defensively the 49ers struggled allowing the Titans (7-12, 3-4 Big West) to convert on 51.7 percent (31-of-60) of their shots. CSF made nine more free throws, turned the ball over five less times and out-rebounded LBSU 36-32. The Titans made 56.3 percent of their shots in the second half, while Long Beach converted on 62 percent.
Jer'Vaugn Johnson led five Titans in double figures with 22 points and 13 rebounds.
The teams traded buckets through the first media timeout but then Cal State Fullerton went on a 10-0 run to build a 14-6 lead with just under seven minutes gone in the game.
The 49ers battled back cutting the lead to three on a conventional three-point play by Ware and a basket by Eugene Phelps, but the Titans answered with eight of the next 10 points to build their biggest lead of the half, 21-13.
Plater and Ware sparked a 49er run with back to back 3-pointers to cut the CSF lead to 21-19 and then Robinson tied it with a basket.
After a 3-point play by Johnson gave the Titans the lead back, Long Beach State scored the next six points on baskets by Plater, Ware and Kyle Richardson. Johnson answered for Cal State Fullerton to cut the lead to one, but Ware canned a three to give The Beach a four-point lead, 30-26.
CSF outscored LBSU 9-3 in the final two minutes to take a 35-33 lead into the locker room. Ware led Long Beach State with 11 first half points, while Plater added eight and Robinson six. Johnson paced CSF with 14 points and seven boards.
The Titans outshot LBSU 46.4 percent to 43.8 percent and made seven more free throws in the half. Long Beach State was 4-of-11 from three, while the Titans were just 1-of-3. The 49ers committed five more turnovers than the Titans and won the rebounding battle 21-17.
Plater canned his first of three second-half 3-pointers to put Long Beach State up one 30 seconds into the second half, but Orane Chin answered to put Fullerton back on top.
After a basket by Ware gave LBSU the lead with 18:43 to play, Andre Hardy answered for the Titans to put CSF back on top 39-38. The Titans extended the lead to as many as 10 later in the half and Long Beach State never led again despite 16 second-half points from both Ware and Anderson and 11 from both Robinson and Plater.
Hardy scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half. Devon Peltier had 11 of his 18 after the break, including eight in the first 6:06 of the second half.
Long Beach State returns to Big West action Saturday when the 49ers visit UC Irvine at 7 p.m.
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Hello I'm Mike Manley, welcome to my studio Blog. I am veteran comic, animation artist and created and edit Draw! Magazine. This blog is a chronicle of what's happening in my studio at home or in school,follow as I show my process and as a cartoonist, painter, teacher and more. I've just graduated with a Masters In Art from he Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art. Follow my process and path as an painter, cartoonist and teacher and find out how they inform and enrich each other!
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Plaster Master
This week I spent another full class in the Plaster Room along with most of my class working on our sculptures for our Intro to Sculpture assignment "essence of an animal". This is of course based on my late pooch Buster,who died almost one year ago.
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Feel the magic of Thailand, the Royal Palace with walls of semi-precious stone glittering in the sunlight, the majestic Buddha made of emeralds, the wat temples, the crazy tuk-tuk drivers, the boats on the Chao Phraya river, the floating markets, the night market, the monks in saffron robes, the energy of it all. Bangkok is one of the most fascinating cities in the world to explore.
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Arrive Bangkok, meet at the airport and transfer to hotel
Balance of day at leisure
Overnight at Tawana Hotel
Day 2: BANGKOK
Breakfast at Hotel
Morning tour to visit the Grand Palace and Temple of the Emerald Buddha
Afternoon at leisure
Day 3:BANGKOK-PHITSANULOKE
Breakfast at Hotel
This morning the tour begins from Bangkok as we drive north (approximately 1 hour drive) to Bang Pa-In, a Royal Summer Palace set in the beautiful gardens. The Palace combines an exotic mixture of Thai and European architecture. After the visit, we proceed to the ancient city of Ayuthaya. Explore ruined temples and palaces and admire the extensive canal and river network which helped Ayuthaya to flourish. Lunch will be provided at local restaurant.
After lunch, drive (approximately 1 hour, 20 minutes) through scenic countryside to Lopburi, the former summer capital of Siam. See the magnificent stone carvings of Phra Prang Sam Yod , stop at the Kala Shrine of Sarn Prakarn which was a Buddhist sanctuary in the mid 13th century. Hundreds of monkeys have made this temple complex their home. Drive north to the town of Phitsanuloke (approximately 3 ½ hours). The shrine of Wat Mahathat in Phitsanuloke is venerated throughout Thailand.
Overnight at Amarin Lagoon Hotel or similar
Day 4:PHITSANULOKE-CHIANG RAI
Breakfast at Hotel
After breakfast, visit Sukhothai (1 hour drive), the ancient capital of Thailand in the 13th century, explore the many ruined temples and monasteries. Further north, visit Sri Satchanalai (approx 2 hour drive), which was Sukhothai's twin city. Lunch will be at local restaurant.
Afternoon drive (approximately 3 ½ hours)through rural Thailand and stop at small town of Phayao which dates back to the 11th century to enjoy refreshments beside a lake. Arrive Chiang Rai (approximately 1 hour and 15 minute drive), check-in at hotel.
Overnight at the Teak Garden Spa & Resort or similar
Day 5:CHIANG RAI
Breakfast at Hotel
After breakfast, board 'pick-up' vans to climb narrow mountainous roads and visit several villages. Enjoy mountain views from Doi Mae Salong (approximately 1 hour and 15 minute drive), a Chinese settlement founded by Komintang soldiers who fled from China after Mao Tse Tung's victory in1949. Return to the valley for lunch before driving to Mae Sai (approximately 1 hour drive), Thailand's northernmost town near the Myanmar border. You can watch Thai and Myanmar locals walking across the bridge separating the two countries. From Mae Sai, drive to Golden Triangle (approximately ½ hour drive) where the Ruak and Mekong Rivers meet, enjoy view over Myanmar, Laos ,Thailand and the Mekong River. Visit Chiang Saen, where evidence of the orginal 13th century city can still be seen.
Day 6:CHIANG RAI-CHIANG MAI
Depart from Chiang Rai to Chiang Mai (approximately 2 ½ hour drive) stopping on the way at Mae Ka Chan,famous for a hot spring. Lunch will be served a local restaurant. Continue the drive to Chiang Mai and before arriving in the town, stop to visit the hilltop temple of Wat Phrathat Doi Suthep which offers spectacular views of the Chiang Mai area.
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Arrive Chiang Mai Airport early morning or pick up at Chiang Mai City Hotels
Travel north on Chiang Mai-Thaton route to Chiang Dao Elephant Training Camp. Enjoy the spectacular scenery along the way. Then visit Orchid Nursery to see a large collection of more than 50 different types of colorful exotic year-round-bloom orchids. After taking great pleasure at the Orchid Nursery, continue on to the camp. Arrive at the camp , watch a herd of elephants taking bath in mountain stream and a brief demonstration of elephants work in the remote jungle. After the show, take 1.5 hrs. elephant ride to Lisu Hilltribes Village. Local lunch will be served. After lunch, an experience trip by taking bamboo rafting for 1hr. along Mae Ping River. Then, drive to Prao.
Dinner and overnight at Nature Lodge (non air-conditioned room)
Day 2 : Nature Lodge – Palong Village (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
Breakfast at Nature Lodge
Depart to visit Buatong water fall, one of the most beautiful area by it's clean and clear water, then continue to more north of Phrao and hike to the Lahu village of Phang Tong. ( 30-45 minutes)
Continue walking along a mountain side to the Red Karen hilltribe of Baan Pha Lai from where you have a spectacular view of beautiful mountain. (1.30-2.00 hrs)
After lunch, walking through the hilltribe farm and the beautiful scenery to the village where you stop to visit the Lisu hilltribe, then continue to Baan Huay E-Po where the Akha hilltribe is located (30-45 minutes). From there, transfer by local open air-truck to Baan Pang Dang Nok to the Palong hilltribe. Palong people one of hilltribes in the north and are known for wearing many belts. Later in the evening, dinner will be served at the village.
Overnight at simple accommodations afforded by a bamboo cottage or dormitory room. (non air-conditioned room)
Day 3 : Palong Village-Chiang Rai (Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner)
Enjoying breakfast at the village
Depart to the Chiang Dao Caves. After a period of exploration, lunch will be served before setting out to visit other hilltribes in the area, including Lisu and Akha. Continue driving to Doi Mae Salong to see a Chinese refugee village. Arrive Chiang Rai in late afternoon.
Dinner and overnight at Hotel in Chiang Rai
Day 4 : Depart Chiang Rai (Breakfast / Lunch)
Breakfast at hotel
After breakfast, visit to Mae Sai in the northern most part of Thailand near the Myanmar border. From there, you will travel to the infamous Golden Triangle, the place where the borders of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar (Burma) meet. This is a place known for magnificent mountain scenery, ruins of ancient settlements, historic sites, Buddhist shrines and ethnic villages. Immediately following the exploration of the border area, guests will take a boat ride along the majestic Mekong River to ancient Chiang Saen. Lunch is included. Afterward, transfer to Chiang Rai Airport or back to Chiang Mai.
Price includes:
VALIDITY DATES: Oct 31, 2015. Prices subject to change.
Single Occupancy: $2,399
VALIDITY - Until May 31, 2015 and from Jul 1-Sep 30
Cruise departs every Monday, Thursday and Friday.
Minimum 2 travelers.
Note: All package prices include roundtrip air from LAX or SFO, 5 nights hotel,
roundtrip airport transfers, half day Royal Palace and
Emerald Buddha tour, hotel taxes, breakfast. Fuel charges
are not included and have been changing constantly. Prices
range from $325-350 at this time and are subject to change.
Should you decide to use a different airline, fuel charges
will be different again. The airfare may be lower but
the fuel may be higher. It's a confusing situation at
the moment.


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