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Hector Munoz Shocks Hector Camacho Jr. Over Ten
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Parker, Arizona - Hector Camacho Jr (57-6-1) and Hector Munoz (22-11-1) went to war for ten rounds. Camachor Jr., who missed weight by 7 lbs, played the role as the counter puncher, while Fernando Vargas trained Munoz played the aggressor trying to walk Camacho Jr. down. The fight went back and forth early, during which Camacho Jr had an easy time counter punching. As the fight went on his shape seemed to wear him down and at the same time Munoz picked up.
During the 6th round Munoz took control of the fight. Munoz consistently pushed the action and kept pushing Camacho Jr. against the ropes. As the fight progressed Munoz's trainer Fernando Vargas did an incredible job in the corner. In the end the judges scored the fight 97-93, 96-94, & 98-93 Munoz, who picks up a big win for his career.
Elmer Rivera (0-0-1) and Ray Palmer (0-1-1) battled to a very lackluster draw. Both me seemed gassed after Round 1. Palmer was content with throwing uninspired body shots. While Rivera tried to mix it up. After 4 rounds, the judges scored the fight 39-37 Rivera, and 38-38 x 2 for a majority draw.
Nephew of AZ Boxing Legend Michael Carbajal, Keenan Carbajal (1-1) was about to rebound from being stopped in his pro debut in a back and forth war with Rogeilio Venezuela (0-9). Venezuela was the aggressor early pushing Carbajal around the ring for the 1st round. In the 2nd, Carbajal flipped it around by starting to box from the outside. The 3rd saw the battle seesaw again, Venezuela was able to stop Carbajal from boxing on the outside and turned in to a dog fight. Finally in the 4th Carbajal landed a picture perfect body shot sending Venezuela to the canvas. Venezuela was unable to beat the count. Your winner via 4th round TKO, Keenan Carbajal!
n the first fight of the evening James Walos (1-0) had a successful pro debut against fellow pro debut-er Mark Cordova (0-1). Walos made short work of his opponent landing power shots at will while barely being touvhed. Walos dropped him with a combination to the head. Cordova beat the count but was sent to the canvas again quickly. After the 2nd knockdown the ref called a halt to the action for your winner via 1st rd TKO, James "Great White" Walos.
***Note: Camacho Jr - Munoz was originally scheduled at middleweight but Camacho Jr came in at 167 lbs so the bout was contracted to Super Middlweight***
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average chin, speed, no heart w/minimal talent...no desire, which is why he fought in Parker, AZ...he blew all the $$ he made on Dad's undercards & what little he made 4 himself...what a sad excuse 4 a son...Comment by Rossman on 09-12-2013
All due respect to Camacho Snr, but Camacho Jnr has to be one the most disappointing sons of a boxer ever.Comment by Hougigo on 09-12-2013
Was gonna ask how much he missed weight by....7 pounds.... jesus. Seriously... they should contract him to 2 weights belowComment by EZ E on 09-12-2013
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Five-star defensive back Jeffrey Okudah began the summer with plans to announce his commitment in August.
As the 6-foot-2, 197-pound versatile defensive back got closer to crunch time, the No. 8 prospect in the Class of 2017 decided to go through the official visit process before casting his lot with one of his six finalists: Ohio State, Clemson, Oklahoma, Florida State, USC and Georgia with Oho State remaining the favorite.
"Out of my top six schools, I know I will be officially visiting Ohio State, Florida State, Clemson and Oklahoma for sure," Okudah said on Tuesday.
The No. 2 prospect in the Lone Star State has visit dates for Oklahoma (Sept. 17 for the Sooners showdown with Ohio State) and Florida State (Oct. 29 for the Seminoles game vs. Clemson) and is working to finalize plans for Clemson and Ohio State.
"I'm working on a Clemson visit right now, but it will probably sometime in November, and Ohio State for the Michigan game possibly," he said.
The Buckeyes, Sooners and Tigers were the three programs Okudah mentioned most.
On Oklahoma: "They are real close to home and compete for national championships. I kind of have a little brotherhood going on with the guys in the SoonerSquad class. Those SoonerSquad guys are recruiting me all the time."
On Clemson: "[Defensive coordinator Brent Venables], I kind of see him as a defensive mastermind. And [defensive backs coach Michael Reed], he's a great technical coach. When your athletic ability is evened out, then your technique will last a long time. He has done that with DBs at Clemson. It's a family vibe with coach Swinney over there.
On Ohio State: "They are still my leader. They are recruiting me the hardest and have really got close to my family, my coaches and my trainer. They have been giving me the all-out, full-court recruitment for the longest. They have given me the full-court recruitment even though they have the No. 1 class with a lot of really good players."
The official visit process will be paramount for Okudah and his family, especially as it relates to life after football.
"Right now, I've seen a lot of the football stuff with all the schools," he said. "You can't really go wrong selecting one of those schools, so it's now about the academics and life outside of football so I can make something of myself. After I take all my official visits with the Michigan-Ohio State game being my last official visit if that works out, then I will sit down with my family and look at the pros and cons of everything. We will come up with a consensus. What plan can I have set for outside of football is big."
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The tellers chewed gum while talking to customers.
I was promised $50 to open any type of direct deposit and was not given the $50 until i copmplained. the regional manager was arrogant and made angry deraugatory remarks to me.
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Eisenberg is a professional speaker and an authority in the online marketing world, with expertise in conversion rates and persuasive content. He is also the co-author of the bestselling books "Call to Action", "Waiting For Your Cat to Bark?" and "Always Be Testing". He has worked with various large clients, including NBC Universal, GE, WebEx, and Overstock.
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ClickZ (CZ): What is big data and what do marketers need to know about this term?
Bryan Eisenberg (BE): Perhaps big data as a buzzword is used too often and inappropriately, but please don't ignore the idea. I don't know of a term that became such a crossover catchphrase based on anything analytics-oriented. The term is no longer reserved for quants. It generates a lot of buzz and captures non-analytics people's imagination. If this catchall phrase can get more people interested in analytics, then we should support it. There are several factors that determine if we are truly talking about big data:
- It's big: Until recently, massive amounts of data were analyzed by sampling. Companies looked at subsets of data and made assumptions based on the results of their analysis. With today's data toolset, companies can analyze this massive volume of data all at once.
- It's real time: Most often that data was analyzed after the fact. Today, the data can be analyzed in real time. This allows agile organizations to act on the data to generate additional business value out of it, no matter the velocity at which it comes into the business.
- It's also unstructured: All the data that was being crunched was structured data. The kind of stuff that you could input into an Excel spreadsheet. Today, companies like RetailNext are making it easy for retailers to analyze unstructured data like in-store video. Companies are also analyzing gobs of unstructured data like phone conversations, images, etc. We have a great new variety of unstructured data to analyze.
Most importantly, Big Data can now become the great equalizer for smaller businesses as well as larger ones. The cost structure for using these data tools has now made it more widely available and accessible to a greater number of businesses.
CZ: You mentioned in your session summary "No analyst skills required." What are some of the steps a marketer must do to gain insight on producing the right type of content to their consumers?
BE: The nice part about being a marketer today is that a number of tools can analyze the data stream before us and provide us with insights into what we should be presenting to consumers and what is and isn't working on our websites. I'll share some of these during my session at SES San Francisco.
CZ: So, how can Internet marketers keep Google happy?
BE: I recently shared the magical secret behind great rankings and high quality scores at Google. The answer really is simple. Companies that will get great rankings won't think of their websites and digital content as the center of the universe. They will think about the customer as the center of the universe. At the end, a great magic show is about giving the audience a great experience. Google works diligently to provide their users just that. Will you do the same?
CZ: You mention in your session summary that you will mention some tools. Could you share one of those tools with our readers right now?
BE: Many people know me for being a tool junkie. While there are many free tools to improve the website experience, many of the big data tools haven't dropped their prices down so that they are accessible to a larger audience. One freebie I'll share here is BTBuckets that allows you to do some pretty cool segmentation/personalization on your website.
CZ: What are some ways marketers can take advantage of real time data to influence their customers or search engines?
BE: Marketers could use real time data to personalize the customer experience, as well as spend time on content creation and ad targeting and retargeting. There are many ways, they just need to be creative – hence the title of my presentation being the Mad Men of Search, not the Math Men!
CZ: What are your top two apps that you're using right now?
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CZ: What's the biggest piece of advice you can give to people who wish to write a book?
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Apple Roly-Poly isn't very fancy, but it's genuine Down East fare. It came from my grandmother. With 13 children plus the men at Grandpa's sawmill, she had to do lots of cooking each day! —Megan Newcombe, Cookstown, Ontario
- 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup shortening
- 1/4 cup cold butter
- 2/3 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 6 medium Granny Smith apples, peeled and coarsely shredded (about 5 cups)
- 2-1/2 cups water
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup half-and-half cream
- In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut in shortening and butter until crumbly. Add sour cream and blend until a ball forms.
- Roll out on a floured surface into a 15-in. x 10-in. rectangle. Spread with softened butter; sprinkle with remaining filling ingredients.
- Roll up, jelly-roll style, starting with a long side. Cut into 12 slices. Place slices, cut side down, in a 13-in. x 9-in. baking pan.
- For topping, combine water, brown sugar and cinnamon in a saucepan. Bring to a boil; remove from the heat. Stir in the cream.
- Carefully pour hot topping over dumplings. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 35 minutes or until bubbly. (Center will jiggle when dumplings are hot out of the oven but will set as dumplings stand for a few minutes.) Serve warm. Yield: 12 servings.
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There's still some tightening up to be done, but Wii Fit Plus is a definite improvement in the format.
But it could have been better. As time went on, I was pushing myself more, scraping the bottom of the enjoyment barrel in an attempt to find some more value in it. It didn't help that there was no guidance from the game telling me exactly what I should be doing in my particular case. It's probably a good thing, then, that Nintendo just released Wii Fit Plus, because it addresses my biggest problems with the original. It doesn't completely satisfy them, but Plus is a step (or push, or lunge) in the right direction.
Wii Fit Plus has everything the original does -- every exercise and minigame, the same BMI tracking, and the same unsettling mannequin-like trainers. All the normal exercises are available from the start this time, as well, and there are six new exercises (three under Yoga, and three under Strength Training), but they're meant for advanced/fitter types, so it's possible many people won't even touch them. I tried them, and, yeah... they're not for newbies.
What makes Wii Fit Plus a much more useful product are the Routines. By going to the new "My Wii Fit Plus" section, you can now select from a variety of pre-set routines, or even build your own. The fixed routines work fine for me, as they're the bare minimum of what I wanted from Wii Fit anyway: Something with a lightly-defined goal ("Tummy," "Arms") and a customizable length of time that I didn't have to think too hard about -- I can just hit "Start" and go through the gauntlet, so to speak. Yes, I'm a dumb, fat American that also can't think for himself. It's about time Wii Fit's development team realized that.
But things get bumpy once you think you've "outgrown" the fixed stuff and want to make your own routine. It's a welcome feature, and I was initially interested in forming my own exercise "playlist" after a few days -- but I could only select from the Yoga and Strength exercises. I initially wanted to add some Jogging and maybe some of the other, less serious minigames, but was disappointed to see that I couldn't, especially when some of the pre-set routines do include these extra activities. I can't imagine why it's not more flexible, except that maybe the developers had questions about user friendliness if they piled on more options. Still, it's off-putting.
The new Balance Board-based minigames (all under the "Training Plus" category) offer about double the amount of activities compared to the first game's selection, and all of them are pretty clever, aside from those that aren't upgraded and/or more difficult versions of the originals. Highlights include Obstacle Course, where you step on the board to jog down a Super Mario-like course and hop over rolling obstacles, and Snowball Fight, which is like playing an all-ages-friendly version of Time Crisis as you lean out from your hiding place and pelt other Miis with snow. A dedicated Multiplayer mode is available this time if you can get some friends or family around. Multiplayer only offers a limited number of minigames (nine) to play, which is questionable, as any of them in the whole game could be played in alternating turns. But to be fair, they are the ones that take less time, like Soccer Heading, or the aforementioned Snowball Fight.
Wii Fit Plus is a better product, but keep in mind that it's not a sequel. Like the second edition of a book, it looks and feels exactly the same as before, but the additions effectively make the previous version obsolete. And it's $20 by itself, which helps even more if you still have a Balance Board lying around. Still, things have changed in the year since the first Wii Fit, with multiple exercise games that just keep coming, and are more targeted at people who want nothing but to lose weight. Games like EA Sports Active are made by Americans and likely with Americans in mind, whereas Wii Fit Plus tries to go for a culturally-neutral -- though still Japanese-leaning -- approach, where traditional ideas of exercise seemingly clash with the practical (not that flapping away like a chicken to land on targets isn't appealing). In short, there still isn't much more focus or guidance in Wii Fit Plus, but the ease of use and greater number of enjoyable, not so "exercisey" games within, make it worth it. Personally, I can see myself putting another year in.
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If the prescriptions for getting rich that are outlined in books such as The Millionaire Next Door and Rich Dad Poor Dad are successful enough to make the books bestsellers, then one must ask, Why aren't there more millionaires? In Fooled by Randomness, Nassim Nicholas Taleb, a professional trader and mathematics professor, examines what randomness means in business and in life and why human beings are so prone to mistake dumb luck for consummate skill. This eccentric and highly personal exploration of the nature of randomness meanders from the court of Croesus and trading rooms in New York and London to Russian roulette, Monte Carlo engines, and the philosophy of Karl Popper. Part of what makes this book so good is Taleb's ability to make seemingly arcane mathematical concepts (at least to this reviewer) entirely relevant in evaluating and understanding everything from the stock market to the success of those millionaires cited in the aforementioned bestsellers. Here's an articulate, wise, and humorous meditation on the nature of success and failure that anyone who wants a little more of the former would do well to consider. Highly recommended. --Harry C. Edwards --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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The big ideas are simple. The usefulness of the book is that he shows you how we generally do not behave as if the simple ideas are true. The biggest idea is survivorship bias. It explains why my book reviews tend to be positive. I generally do not post a review unless I've read the entire book, and I tend to quit books that I don't like. So, my reviews are based on a sample that is infected by survivorship bias. I won't go into the other ideas (i.e., the problem of induction and "our genetic unfitness in the world") except to say that (i) the induction issue is arguably an extension of survivorship bias, so you may feel déjà vu here and (ii) the last section on the "human aspect of uncertainty" is the weakest section.Read more ›
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1) He uses logical thought experiments to show that in a random environment Warren Buffets are almost unavoidable to produce JUST BY LUCK --of course misunderstood that Warren Buffet has been lucky (the subtelty is not difficult to get).
2) If you have done poorly in life he can convince you that it may not be your fault (therapy)
3) If you have done very well in life and do not introspect you will be angry at him (he takes away from you your self-importance). The explanation are the attribution &overconfidence heuristics: people are motivated by a lack of understanding of the odds. They believe that their successes were explainavble & their failures were random. Go tell a gambler that he does not have the odds: he will be angry at you.
All that is wrapped in his idiosyncratic style. I have to say that I find his both charming and extemely arrogant. There is a deep philosophical point but it is too difficult for this.
HE did not tame his arrogance for this second edition
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Taleb's clear failure to communicate to his colleagues and bosses says as much about Taleb's communication skills as it does of his acquaintances' foolishness.
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Skip to comments.Romney Denialists
Posted on 01/17/2012 8:22:06 AM PST by BuckeyeTexan
Though I have yet to read anything on the Internet that caused me literally to bash my laptop computer into the nearest available hard surface, comments like this, in the comments section of a popular conservative website, come pretty close:
Oh no we won't. The GOP has been forcing us to choose their candidates. No thank you.
As most of you reading this probably have already guessed, the "oh no he won't" the commenter is vowing is that he won't unite behind Mitt Romney should the ex-gov of Mass win the GOP nomination.
Well, let me be the first to break the news to Mr. Oh-No-I-Wouldn't: Oh, yes, you will. You may say you won't, you may even think it. But when the bell tolls midnight on November 5 and the Ghost of America in Decline Future forces you to confront the prospect of four more years of Barack Obama, the nanosecond dawn breaks on the 6th, you will propel yourself from your bed like the proverbial bat out of hell and pull the "R" lever - yes - even if the label next to it says "Romney."
Or maybe I'm wrong and this commenter really, truly will never vote for Mitt Romney, no way, no how. In which case, he's definitely in the right political party. "The Stupid Party" is not an appellation they just give to a political party; it must be earned.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Oh, my. You just gotta read this one, in full. Unbelievable.
Geez, Gene—I can hardly wait for you to say the same thing about Newt, OUR ABR candidate.
That happens in print media ~ you drift and drift and drift and hope nobody ever catches up to what you've done.
The problem with the internet is somebody, anybody for that matter, can jump out of the bushes alongside the band-with and start shouting "Commie, commie, commie" ~ and so they do here!
i've still got some weeds in the tops of my boots too.
Oh, no, I won't, you smarmy SOB!
My comment left at the American Thinker site for this article:
BuckeyeTexan 23 minutes ago
You have got to be kidding me! If you cannot see the near blind allegiance that the conservative "elites" (except Rush and Levin) give to Romney, then you are indeed being led around by the nose. 1 caucus, in which no delegates were actually committed, and 1 primary win for Romney. Whoop-tidee-doo! That doesn't make him the choice of the grassroots. No candidate can clinch the nomination before mid-April.
Romney hasn't been vetted at all by the media. They won't talk about his flip-flops on every single plank of the conservative platform. They don't talk about his record of liberal judicial appointments. They won't talk about his role in the MA housing crisis. (Oh but I will, shortly. Stay tuned.) They won't talk about his big-government record.
The liberals are salivating at the idea of facing Romney in the general. If you want to give Obama 4 more years, go right ahead and support Romney. That's what you'll get. But don't get all bent out of shape while the rest of us, who are awake and paying attention, fight Romney to the bitter end.
Most of us may hold our nose and eventually vote for the dude, but we're not going to have enough enthusiasm to push him over the top. A bad candidate is not going to win this thing, and Willard is pretty darn bad. Bland, uninspiring, flip-flopping, and somewhat plastic looking is not a good combo.
Give us bold colors that one of the three conservatives will bring.
We sheepish conservatives will let ourselves be sheparded to the pols as we did for statist Bush, statist McCain and vote for statist Romney. But no one else will vote for him because he is an incompetant politican and creepy to boot.
Repeat in 4 years with another statist boob.
Hey chump...munch on this!
Apparently, this guy believes that remaining loyal to "the party", regardless of what "the party" has come to stand for, is THE most important thing a voter can do.
It is clear to me that either 1) he has not followed this 'philosophy' through to its logical conclusion, or 2) his head is filled with mush - possibly both.
My problem with this line of thinking is that it's the pollsters and the MSM who have been trying to choose our candidates for us.
Newt is clearly the people's choice but all we hear is Romney, Romney, Romeny.
As long as people continue to think like this guy, the Powers That Be know they can do what they want no matter what we think. This guy's attitude is EXACTLY why we will be stuck with Mitt.
I will not vote for Romney. What in the world makes people think he is any better than the idiot in office now? They are both liars who say what they need to say on order to get votes. Different shades of suck, IMO.
The author seems to be of the opinion that there isn't really a GOP elite trying to lead conservatives around by the nose. He seems to think that Romney's Iowa Caucus win and New Hampshire Primary win make Romney the defacto choice of the conservative grassroots - not the defacto choice of the GOP Elite.
He fails to address the media's total lack of negative coverage on Romney and seems to equate that lack of negative converage with the GOP elite having considered the facts of this election and having reached a reasonable conclusion that Romney is the grassroots' chosen candidate according to all national polls thus far.
If anyone is being led around by the nose, it's the author, not conservatives. We've got Romney's number. We know his game.
Entertaining read but at the end he says "Just do what you feel is right"
They will as soon as he is nominated. The nation will also be "schooled" by the MSM on the evils of mormonism, count on it.
The liberals are salivating at the idea of facing Romney in the general.
Oh No I won't either if they think they can fool us for a 3rd time (Dole & McCain) then they better think again. I'm tired of the National Republican Party & the Media telling us who we have to vote for regardless if they are a Conservative or not.
Oh no, we will have no choice but to vote for H.W. "Read My Lips" Bush a second time!
Oh no, we will have no choice but to vote for Bob Dole!
Oh no, we will have no choice but to vote for John McCain!
Oh no, we will have no choice but to vote for Romney (what's his first name, again, is it "Liberal" or "RINO"?)!
The Democrats do not have pattern recognition, and rationalize away making the same bad decisions, over and over again.
Republicans, ESPECIALLY conservatives, are supposed to be better than that! We are supposed to be able to recognize BAD candidates, foisted on us as the ONLY alternative, by liberal Republicans far more respectful of liberal Democrats than to conservative Republicans.
Fool me once, shame on you!
Fool me twice, shame on me!
Fool me three times, slap my bottom and call me "sweetie"!
Fool me four times, and I deserve to be ignored forever.
Well, I'm interested in seeing the first reliable polls (meaning polling a lot of likely Republican voters in a scientific way) after last night's debates.
Gingrich was stunning. I though Perry equitted himself very well too. I did not think Santorum did as well last night.
I felt Romney, to be honest, also handled himself well...nothing spectacular, but also nothing really damaging. He came across with several very patriotic general statements that got applause...but nothing like the fervor Gingrich generated.
I hope that after South Carolina, which IMHO is lining up to be a Gingrich race and assault on Romeny's lead (and hoping he climbs at least to within 5% of Romney if not better), that both Santorum and Perry should throw their support behind Newt, which should give Newt the advantage going forward.
This would end up allowing, IMHO, Newt to eventually win, with Romney having a sizable seconbd place finish (including several more wins) and number of delegates, and Paul himself having a 3rd place finish with a surprising number of delegates too...though I do not see him winning any of the contests.
We'll see how the vote goes. If somehow it was Santorum that assaulted Romney successfully, or Perry, then the other two should line up with that winner...but after last night, I believe if Newt can stay on focus and target, and not get out of hand because of anger and be lured into fighting things and spending money on things that do not really nail Mitt down, then he will most probably be the one in South Carolina.
If Mitt wins South Carolina and the more conservtive candidates fail to unite and continue to split the more conservative vote...then Mitt will probably also take Florida before they come to their senses and unite behind a single conservative alternative. Making it harder and harder to overcome his momentum (ie. the longer they wait to unite).
As for me...I'm now coming down to Newt, Perry, Santorum. However, should Romney win, I will vote for him over Obama.
Despite his past, his current statements, his support, his votes, and the incoming congress will alll be depending upon him and forecing him to keep the very direct statements he has made, meaning:
1) Repeal/reverse Obama Care
2) Secure the border
3) Balance the budget.
4) Cap spending.
5) Cut the heck out of the federal government, eliminating numerous agencies and returning power to the states.
6) Making our military the most powerful force, most advanced and efficient force on earth.
7) Secure the border and then target and resolve the illegals already here...sending them home to get in line.
8) Appoint judges who are constitutional oriniginal intent and overturn Roe v Wade.
9) Lower taxes.
10) Drastically reduce federal regulations.
Obama will do absolutely none of these things and will take every opportunity as he has already shown, to circumvent the house, senate, and the constitution to continue implementing his marxist, fundamental change to America.
"Romney Denialist"
... great tag line!
I'm not following you. Where did he write that? (I am riddled with ADHD, so I could have missed it.)
"Romney Denialist"
... great tag line!
I'm confused. All the posts here scream that we don't get a say... that it's jammed down our throat, etc.
Isn't a primary an election? Are there not votes being tallied?
Is it possible that conservatives have become a minority?
Was the dude as enthusiastic bashing the so-called GOPers to fall in line when conservatives chose their candidates in the 2010 election?
Show me. Otherwise, the guy had no credit.
My impression of the writer's message was more along the lines of "You might not like Mitt, but I bet on election day you decide he's better than 4 more years of Obama."
In my case, he's right. I honestly don't think America can take another 4 years of The Destroyer.
We have a lively debate/primary season going on. Perhaps Romney would be beat if the conservatives unite. Otherwise, I'm not going to cry foul when it's over. The primary serves its purpose. So does the general.
I have posted this before but will do so again. This is why I -CANNOT- vote for Romney in any circumstances:
Here is another analogy. A choice is to be made between two men:
One is Ernst Julius Röhm, head of the Sturmabteilung, or Brownshirts. He is a Nazi. He is a personally brutish, squalid and morally depraved street thug. He is a drug abuser and a sexual predator and pervert. He is a chaotic train wreck.
The other is Heinrich Luitpold Himmler, leader of the Schutzstaffel, or SS. Like Röhm, Himmler is a Nazi. Unlike Röhm, Himmler is self controlled. In his personal life Himmler is a teetotaler, a non-smoker, and he is a family man, faithful to his wife and loving towards his daughter. In his professional life Himmler is orderly, diligent, detail oriented and punctilious. He is an effective and honest administrator.
Which is the better man? Which would you vote for, as between the two? In the event, Hitler opted for Himmler on the Night of the Long Knives. Indeed, for his purposes Himmler was the better man.
But say the choice was yours. Which of the men would you advance, if the power was held in your hands? How could you advance either one without aiding and abetting evil?
Romney and Obama have proven, demonstrable track records.
1) Both are responsible for entrenching and enabling abortion at will, and doubtless having effected more of them through their policies, Romney by making it cheaper with money taken in taxes from the general population, and Obama by holding the line as long as he could for post birth infanticide.
2) Both are contemptuous of the Second Amendment rights of Americans, which is to say the natural right of all persons to self defense.
3) Both are willing to compel government health care, which by definition can rightly be called health control. This is not the State in ones bedroom, this is the State in ones very medicine cabinet and ultimately veins - or not. It is, after all, not the individuals decision anymore.
4) Both are economic predators, as seen by their embrace not only of the TARP legislation, but the whole ideology behind TARP. There is a distinction in that Romney is corporatist, and Obama is a syndicalist, but that is as significant as whether one is eaten by hyenas or by jackals.
5) Both have repeatedly demonstrated their commitment to advancing homosexual copulatory arrangements and dignifying those liaisons with the name marriage.
6) Both are brazen deceivers, who have never admitted error, fault, or guilt as far as I know.
I regard neither Romney nor Obama as lesser evils. Both of these sociopaths are such great evils that I cannot push either one to greater power and influence. I will reject and oppose each of these demonstrably vile men with every fiber of my being. I will not participate in this game.
It's a rigged system....
Well he spends so many words trying to convince us to vote for Romney it's easy to give it up before you get to it, it says near the end :
" The main point I want to make is that while it's a perfectly respectable conservative position to oppose Mitt Romney, it is an equally respectable conservative position to support him, for those of us who are dead set on denying Obama a second term."
Interpretation : "Don't get mad at me for voting for him and I won't get mad at you for NOT voting for him"
He really doesn't tell us anything useful and he doesn't give a very strong case for voting for Romney in the general, if there is one.
"Slap my bottom and call me 'sweetie'"? - I don't know how many times you have to fool people in Las Vegas for this, but it seems they want $100 to go with it.
All the conservative candidates are self destructing. From Perry's poor performances, Newt's attack on capitalism and support of global warming, Cain's obvious issues, Paul being a nut, and Santorum's lack of charisma, - no one is left standing except Mitt.
Unless the others drop out and let Newt go head to head with Mitt, there is no serious challenge to Mitt. He is better organized, better disciplined and makes few errors. Actually, those should be pretty important to us.
He is also right that if you want Obamacare to be fully entrenched and 2 or 3 more Supreme Court Justices be appointed from the far left, stay home. Obama will waltz in. You will all prove what disciplined conservatives you are.
Second, by having everyone and his brother running for the non-Mitt position, we have solidified his position.
This is the whole reason why the Tea Party exists. The sense of repugnance that big party machine politics gives me is sickening and prevents me from ever becoming a Republican. Mitt Romney is not a bad man, but he is a weak man and panders to whatever force will propel him in the direction that suits his fancy. He has no integrity. That makes him the perfect establishment candidate, because he can be controlled just as predictably as any other addict.
If Romney wins the primary because he is the best man, I will vote for him. But it will be very difficult to convince me of that. If he wins, it will be because he has the support of the party establishment elite with their corporate backers and media lackeys. And I will not be voting for Romney. As unthinkable as it is to vote for Obama, it is not unthinkable or undoable to vote for "John Galt" or some other write-in or third party candidate.
The objective of paramount importance in this election is to take control of the Senate away from Harry Reid and the Democrats. If that happens (and it should), then the person who occupies the White House becomes less important. I am asking myself - which would be more dangerous to our nation; a Republican House and Senate with Obama as president, or a Republican House and Senate with Romney as president? It is possible that some level of gridlock is better than giving the Republican establishment complete control of the nation.
In 2012, I think it is more important to wrest control of the senate from the democrats and retain control of the house than to elect a republican 'Obama-lite' to the presidency. "Party loyalty" would allow Mr. Romney to implement more of his crackpot 'plans', and take us much further down the socialist precipice than Mr. Obama could ever dream of doing with the opposition party in charge of congress.
Of course, if the republicans who gain control of congress are not fiscally conservative budget hawks then it won't matter which party controls which branch of our government.
"The process...eliminates us. Because of the way the Primaries are set up."
Perry, Santorum and Gingrich are in it for the long haul. We've lost Bachmann and Huntsman.
If people vote for their candidate and donate, why wouldn't one of them have a chance?
All this fuss and bluster just so Willard can add "Former Presidential candidate" to his resume.
It is his turn so he gets to be the candidate but I do not believe it was ever intended, by the elite ruling class, that he should actually win the presidency. Just as with McCain, he is not supposed to win.
I find the whole thing disgusting beyond words.
Oh no, I won't...and it won't be the first time.
They are the only two 'republicans' who will be on the ballot.
In Virginia, write-ins are not allowed during primaries.
I did my time in Rinoland: Bush the elder twice, Dole, Bush the younger twice, and finally McCain only because he chose Palin and I knew what was coming with obama.
I said "never again" after McCain. Your GOP lost me and I'm not coming back.
Your GOP isn't serious about winning or reform or even about the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
FU, Gene, and the rino you rode in on.
Newt is still my first choice (even though I think Mitt can get elected in the General easier than Newt, I'd take that chance) - but I don't make that decision; the early states do and it seems that is all but over.
So, from March (when it will probably be over) until November, all the Mitt haters here can have fun trashing Mitt and help Obama win. We'll show them!
McCain got the same treatment...until he was actually nominated, at which point the media turned on him. McCain was stupid enough to believe that the media really loved him, so he never fought back and never really attacked Obama. Face it, the media is about 95% Dem/liberal/radical, and they ALWAYS want the weakest Republican candidate. I think that they cringe in fear of someone like Gingrich, who will not only attack Obama relentlessly, but he'll go out of his way (like last night) to make the Media Shill of the Day look like the damned fool that he or she is.
That said, I will probably vote for Romney if he's the Republican nominee, simply to get rid of Obama. Obama and those around him are dead set on destroying this country as we know it, and he'll never have to face the public again if he wins. At least Romney will have to face the public in 2016, and he'll also (IMHO) be forced to take a pretty conservative person as Veep (DeMint, for example) to have a hope of a large turnout of the base. I won't like that choice at all, and I'll do what I can to see that Gingrich gets the nomination (I don't think that Santorum really has a shot, though I like him a lot). Threatening to take our ball home if we don't like how the game ends up isn't the path to defeating Obama.
Oh, by the way, it looks a lot like Romney did NOT win in Iowa - the recount, still in progress, shows Santorum 80 votes ahead of where he was before. This is NOT a fait accompli, Romney does NOT have to win - and I hope he doesn't.
No problem.........
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text: The Old Man Logan, Part 5 wiki last edited by fesak on 07/14/15 02:51AM View full history SynopsisOld Man Logan continues as Clint hears why Wolverine won't fight any more.Fifty years ago Wolverine and Jubilee are at the mansion and receive distress calls from the Avengers, S.H.I.E.L.D., Fantastic Four, Wakanda and other places. When she tries calling back, no one answers. Wolverine tells her they need to get out of there right away but an explosion hits before they can move. Jubilee is seemingly dead with a piece of rubble jabbed through her head. Logan is then confronted by an army of supervillains. They begin attacking and Wolverine tries fighting them off while the students begin to evacuate. Wolverine is slicing and chopping the villains to shred while calling out to the others, wondering where the rest of the X-Men are. He finally manages to kill all the villains on his own. As Bullseye lies in his arms dying, he begs Logan to stop, saying he was supposed to be their friend.The mist clears and Wolverine finds Jubilee dead in his arms instead. Mysterio stands behind him and thanks him for his work. He asks Wolverine if he thinks he could really take on forty supervillains on his own. As Mysterio vanishes, Logan is left seeing the massacred bodies of the X-Men bleeding all over the place. Blaming himself, he simply walked away crying. He tried killing himself by letting a train drive over his head but it didn't work. Now Clint knows why Logan vowed to never hurt another living soul.The next day as they drive through Doom's Head, IL and pass some cloned dinosaurs, little do they realize that the Venom suit has seemingly found a new host.


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WE know enough not to ask too much of $500 nowadays. A weekend away would be a lot more than a half-grand if that sum could get my wife, Marsha, and me through a weekend in a cozy southern Vermont inn and feed us a few meals worth remembering; some well-stoked fireplaces and snowy landscapes would take care of the rest.
Near the end of our Friday night drive last month from Darien, Conn., to the 1811 House in Manchester, Vt., however, I could tell that the white had been washed out of the landscape by the rain and unseasonably warm temperatures that had produced the pesky little fogbanks teasing our headlights on Route 7A. Still, Jeremy and Pat David had a fire going at the 1811 House when we arrived.
The couple are former owners of the inn, which has taken in guests fairly constantly since its conversion from a farmhouse in 1811. The only interruption came early in this century, when President Lincoln's granddaughter, Mary Lincoln Isham, made it her home for almost two decades. Considering what some Lincoln Bedrooms go for nowadays, ours was a bargain. And this house had two resident cats (Heath and Heather), not just one.
The Davids were filling in for the current owners, Bruce and Marnie Duff, who were on vacation. Jeremy, a friendly Welshman, gave us a quick tour, the most telling highlight of which was the guest snoozing contentedly in front of the television in the book-lined living room. He seemed as natural a part of the decor as the antique writing desk, where the decanters of light and dark sherries sat.
Jeremy took our bags up to the Burr Room, $160 a night with a full breakfast ($347 total for the weekend, with tax). It was one of eight in the 14-room, two-story Federal style house that did not have its own fireplace. But we decided we'd rather save $40 a night and join our fellow guests (and there were plenty of them since the inn was full) in whichever of the four public rooms -- the two sitting rooms, living room or pub -- had a fire going.
Our room was part of what used to be the barn attached to the original farmhouse, built in the 1770's and now on the National Register of Historic Places. It had a four-poster bed with a crocheted canopy and antique bed tables with attractive Chinese ceramic lamps. Antique plates and a mix of prints adorned the walls, and an Oriental rug (well worn along the edges) covered the broad-plank floor. An antique dresser and two blue upholstered chairs filled the room, but didn't clutter it.
The bathroom was undistinguished, and the wallpaper in one corner of the bedroom was coming loose. Otherwise, the creaky floors and low ceiling -- crossed by the original rough-hewn beams of the barn -- were part of the idiosyncracies one would expect in this old house. Over all, the inn was a good mix of homey and formal.
There was still a little time that night to explore the inn's antiquarian pub, particularly its list of 49 single-malt scotches, while Marsha unpacked upstairs. Time, temperance and our budget limited me to one shot ($5), served in a Irish crystal snifter, but more amenable surroundings couldn't be conjured up by Robert Burns. The pub's ceiling is hung with pewter mugs and the walls adorned with all manner of old prints, sabers and memorabilia, with a leaning to the Scottish, a reflection of the Duffs' ancestry.
It felt so chummy that Saturday morning, Marsha and I had breakfast in the pub, rather than at one of the communal tables in the more formally furnished dining room. Our full English breakfast, starting with a bowl of fresh citrus-fruit chunks, was served on pretty china, accompanied by silver creamery. A small scone, bacon, potatoes, mushrooms came with two eggs cooked to order.
We could see the grand Equinox Hotel across the street, a proper old New Englander with its angular array of white columns and green shutters. When we told Pat David we were thinking of dining across the street at the Reluctant Panther that night, she quickly called the restaurant to make our reservation.
Outside, with much of their snow cover and foliage gone, the Taconic range to the west and the Green Mountains to the east looked stubbly and unkempt. But with temperatures in the low 60's, it was good browsing weather.
And Manchester is a browsers' town -- although the upper section, Manchester Village, is more a typical old New England town, with wide lawns separating the sidewalks from the main street, which is lined with large trees and stately white homes.
Down the hill from Manchester Village, along Route 7A, were a string of outlet stores in cluttered, commercialized Manchester Center, including such solid Yankee peddlers as Liz Claiborne, Giorgio Armani and Tommy Hilfiger. Marsha found some discounts at the Lancome outlet, and the Orvis catalogue store had some decent looking preppy-outdoor wear for as much as 70 percent off in its basement. But we soon developed an urge to see something Vermont-made besides maple syrup. Lunch would be a good place to start.
A few miles up the road on Route 30, in the quiet little center of Dorset, was the 200-year-old Dorset Inn. As warm as it was, we were happy to sit in the sunny, glass-enclosed room off the main dining area. Marsha's Welsh rarebit -- chunks of apple on top of an English muffin, covered with Vermont cheddar mixed with Amstel ale -- was a skillful balance of tastes and textures. Eggplant crepes -- two roulades of the vegetable wrapping a mixture of ricotta and chopped spinach, with a delicate homemade tomato sauce and melted buffalo mozzarella on top -- could have turned me into a vegetarian. ''In winter, we do more or less comfort food, like pot roast and sauerbraten,'' said Sissy Hicks, the chef and inn's co-owner. ''In summer, I have farms all over here sending us fresh produce.'' We left feeling especially comforted after sharing a serving of her bread pudding, floating in a pool of whisky sauce. With tip and two drinks, a splendid lunch came to $28.


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RAIN HAS BEEN THE 10TH MAN FOR THE VERMONT LAKE MONSTERS THIS YEAR. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE HOME OPENER, THE WET STUFF HAS FOUND IT'S WAY TO EVERY VERMONT HOME GAME THIS SEASON, DELAYING SOME, BUT CANCELLING OTHERS. LAST NIGHT'S GAME WAS THE SECOND ONE COMPLETELY WIPED OUT FOR A NIGHT, THIS YEAR, WHICH GIVES FANS TWICE THE FUN ON DOUBLE HEADER NIGHTS, LIKE TONIGHT... RAIN OR NO RAIN, THE LAKE MONSTERS HAVE PLAYED BETTER AT HOME THEN THE ROAD, BUT WERE LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST WIN AGAINST TRI CITY THIS YEAR... Vermont just happy to have their ace on the hill... BRENT POWERS another strong outing, pitched six-plus on the night... b1, B. J. BOYD picking up where he left off offensively on Sunday ... Clobbers this one to right field... homer scores HERSCHEL POWELL for the early 2-0 lead... t5, RYAN DINEEN grounds out, third baseman LUIS BAEZ elects to go to first base... RONNIE MITCHELL scores T7..one runner on... Defensive play of the game... KELVIN ROJAS strikes out the batter, RYAN GORTON with a laser turns the double play... Then ROJAS gets DINEEN to ground out to second base... B-J BOYD'S HOMER WOULD BE ALL THE OFFENSE THEY NEEDED... THE LAKE MONSTERS WIN 2-1 IN GAME ONE OF A DOUBLE HEADER... BUT THAT WOULDNT BE THE LAST TIME WE HEARD FROM WOULDNT BE THE LAST TIME WE HEARD FROM BOYD TONIGHT... 30 MINUTES LATER, IT WAS BACK TO THE DIAMOND FOR GAME 2... LAKE MONSTERS LOOKING TO BUILD ON THEIR WINNING STREAK... T2..They kept it up defensively... webjem grab from shortstop CHAD PINDER to keep it scoreless... But in the top of the 4th, there were a few hiccups... MERCEDES juggles the ball, can't go home and DAN GULBRANSEN scores one of two runs in the inning.. B4... It was back to the B.J. BOYD show... He continues his strong start to the season with another blast to right, this time just clearing the fence... 8 RBI's and batting over 400 on the season... Still the ValleyCats led 2-1 ... And that was a problem because BOYD was the only source of offense today... PAT CHRISTENSEN retires the side in the 7th inning... Lake Monsters only hit comes on the homer and they split the double header... Rubber match set for tomorrow afternoon at 1:05... CONTINUING, AGAIN, WITH VERMONT BASEBALL, THE MOUNTAINEERS WITH HOLYOKE TONIGHT, THE TOP 2 TEAMS IN THE WESTERN DIVISION... early on it was the pitching that was for front...DAVID HICKEY for vermont, getting 1 of 2 strikeouts for him, in 2 innings of work... Other side, HENRY VAN ZANT, doing what he could for the blue sox, 7 k's in 6 plus innings...but he'd give up some runs... When HICKEY wasn't striking guys out, he was getting defensive help, dartmouth's, THOMAS ROLIS, makes the tag for the out... Eventually we'd get those runs that VAN ZANT would surrender ...b3, CHANDLER BROCK fly ball to center, the sac fly, scores, BRAD KAZ-KA...1-0 vermont... Very next batter is MIKE VIG-LIA-ROLO, single to center, ball gets stuck in the wet outfield, MATT MACDOWELL, also from the big green, scores ...2-0 mountaineers... b4 now, KAZKA lifts the pitch to center, nice effort, but can't hold on to the ball, let's SCOTT DONLEY Score... 3-0 vermont, they tack on 4 more runs in the bottom of the 7th, for a 7-1 rain shortened win...their league leading 14th... WE GO FROM SINGLE "A" BASEBALL, TO
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