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on February 19, 2013 - 7:06 PM
, updated February 20, 2013 at 6:59 AM
The "what" of Burger Bowl 2013 will be instantly familiar to anyone who has watched cooking competition shows like "Iron Chef."
Eight teams, cooking two at a time, will race against the clock Saturday to make the best burger. Teammates have 45 minutes to make the most delicious meat patty possible, using a charcoal grill, smoker, griddle, deep-fryer or anything else in the kitchen of Ireland's Own, 2163 Seneca St.
How elaborate can the burgers get? In last year's competition, Team 12 Pack Jack offered a burger that was a blend of ground beef brisket, ribeye and apple-smoked bacon. It was grilled over charcoal laced with hickory, then covered with abundant Irish cheddar cheese, which was allowed to melt onto the grill and get crispy. It was served on a freshly baked garlic roll, smothered in homemade mole sauce and topped with a bacon weave, an onion ring and crispy fried shallots and peppers.
It didn't even place.
This year, as spectators look on, a panel of four judges will taste the burgers and ponder their merits. Once all the teams have presented their entries, the winning team will get a trophy and the right, for an entire year, to be insufferable to their friends whenever burgers are mentioned.
Spectators will get to taste entries and vote on a crowd choice. They'll also be fed barbecued pulled pork, aged Irish cheddar mac and cheese, and more, plus have an open bar for their donation ($25 presale, $30 door). More than 300 are expected. Proceeds go to charity. This year's cause is the Wounded Warrior Project, which helps former service members readjust to civilian life.
The "why" of Burger Bowl is not quite as selfless.
It started a few years ago when a personal trainer named Andrew Pentheros was talking to guys he knows, members of his wife's family, about how they should get together sometime, make a bunch of barbecue and eat it – while drinking adult beverages and being guys together.
So they did. In early 2009, maybe 10 or 12 guys met at his wife's uncle's house. "All the guys loved the food so much, they said, 'We gotta do it again.' "
So about six months later they did, except this time 60 guys showed up. "All the guys who were there told all their friends, and everybody else, 'You have to check out the food these guys make.' And it just kept growing from there," Pentheros said.
It was dubbed Man's Night, a fitting moniker for an evening dedicated to meat and booze, with no females allowed. "It gets a little crude because it's a bunch of guys, but there's no strippers," Pentheros said of Man's Night. "We're raising money through [ticket] auctions and raffles and stuff." The last edition of the event raised $1,200 for Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy.
By 2011, though, the guys were feeling the pressure.
"All the ladies in our lives were complaining that they couldn't go to our Man's Night event," Pentheros said. Plus, as fellow organizer Michael Shurmatz noted, "We started having so many people showing up for Man's Night that we wanted to spread it into more than one event."
So to get the wives and girlfriends off their backs, and to give their faithful followers another chance to party, Pentheros, Shurmatz and the rest of the Man's Night team created an event for everybody: Burger Bowl.
"We chose that because it was after the Super Bowl, and an event revolving around food," said Shurmatz, who has worked as a personal trainer and photographer since finishing his hitch in the Army. "Some kind of theme makes it cooler than, 'We're just getting together to eat.' We put a purpose to the day, then serve our food around that."
At Burger Bowl, some of the best teams have been coed. Glen Gebhardt, a digital account coordinator for LocalEdge, competes with his wife, Karrie. Cooking together, they took third in 2011, and second place last year. He's a huge fan of food television shows, and they enjoy cooking together as a hobby, he said.
As Gebhardt describes their 2011 entry, it becomes clear that the drive for a better burger can lead to the land of excess.
"For our stuffed banana pepper burger, we roasted the banana pepper, de-skinned it and folded it over a filling of ricotta, cream cheese, Parmesan, asiago, other Italian cheeses, sun-dried tomatoes, sausage, bacon and basil," he said. That filling was made into a patty, wrapped in roasted pepper and used to top a beef patty, a ground beef and ground rib-eye combo, then drizzled with steak sauce on a ciabatta roll.
For 2012, the Gebhardts got serious. Their sweet chile short rib burger started on a soft toasted Costanzo's kaiser roll and a layer of sweet Thai chile coleslaw, hen a layer of crispy applewood smoked bacon.
Then the burger, a patty of ground beef short ribs that were marinated overnight in Asian flavors. The meat was formed around a core of smoked bacon Gouda cheese, so it oozes when cut.
It was topped with homemade onion frizzles and Cajun aioli.
Too much? The judges didn't think so.
And it takes a lot to impress Brian Duffy. The Philadelphia-based veteran chef and restaurant consultant, whose television career includes serving as the culinary expert for Spike TV's "Bar Rescue," agreed to serve as a judge at Burger Bowl 2012 after spotting photographs from Man's Night on Facebook.
After a shoot in Los Angeles, Duffy took a Friday night red-eye flight to Buffalo, and took part in the Saturday event, waiving any fees because it was for charity. Then he flew back to California on Sunday.
Was it worth it? "I would absolutely do it again, there's no doubt about it," Duffy said. (He won't be there this time, however, having committed to time with his daughters.)
"It was amazing what these guys have put together. I mean, the concoctions, bacon-wrapped and bacon-laced and deep-fried," said Duffy. "It was amazing, some of the stuff they were doing."
The cooking he saw was "pure passion, every single thing these guys and girls did."
If you want to go:
Burger Bowl 2013
5 p.m. Saturday
Ireland's Own, 2163 Seneca St.
Tickets: $25 advance, by calling 913-5178; $30 door.
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YOUNGSTOWN - The second natural gas and shale exposition at the Covelli Centre has put a much finer point on the economic opportunities for the Mahoning Valley and the region.
"You are much closer to a major development of oil and gas than you realize," said David Mustine, the managing director of energy, chemicals and polymers for JobsOhio about the data emerging from the drilling fields.
"We believe it engages the entire state," he told a large audience of industry managers, drilling suppliers and vendors at the three-day Youngstown Ohio Utica & Natural Gas, or YOUNG, Conference and Expo Thursday morning.
Youngstown Mayor Charles Sammarone greeted visitors and participants saying the shale boom is "the next big boom for the Mahoning Valley" while telling visitors "we're interested in your business, in you and your money."
That includes the company with the biggest footprint in the city - V&M Star - that is bringing a sprawling new, state-of-the-art, $650 million facility into play.
Shale and energy show host Denny Malloy told of driving past as it was being built.
"You could see how awesome it is," he said. "The charge (into the shale boom) is being led by V&M Star."
John Mastervich, president and CEO of the seamless pipe manufacturer, said the company "felt strongly that it has "a great opportunity in both Marcellus and Utica shale."
""The emerging shale market and our location fit together in a number of ways," Mastervich said. He expected the plant to be operating at full capacity "toward the end of next year" pushing out pipeline material.
V&M has a $46 million payroll and employment is up 11 percent while it paid $2.4 million in state and local taxes. Mastervich said the plant uses 350 Ohio suppliers including close to 100 from the Youngstown area while hiring people from the immediate area.
During an educational session, Consol Energy General Manager Harry Schurr called the Utica and Marcellus shale plays "gifts" while pointing out the first oil well (Drake) was drilled in Pennsylvania. "Now we're back home with the Utica and the Marcellus," Schurr said to a packed theater and related the impact in unequivocal magnitude-of-scale terms.
By sitting on the two largest shale plays in the continental United States, "It doesn't get any better than that," said Schurr, a key speaker.
Consol Energy acquired 200,000 acres for Utica shale in joint venture with Hess Corp. in Ohio and 628,000 acres in a joint venture with Noble Energy in western Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
It recently opened a "strategically placed" unit office at the International World Trade Center in Leetonia and plans on drilling natural gas and oil wells in Mahoning, Trumbull, Portage and Tuscarawas and other counties.
It employs six people and expects to hire upwards of 20 people at the Leetonia facility.
Mustine said there are still big challenges but Ohio added 111,300 new jobs in the last 18 months and 4,666 in the second quarter of 2102.
He attributed the growth to a "general improvement" in the economy's nine key sectors headed by IT but pointed out the energy industry has invested $863 million not including leases.
He spoke in terms of oil and gas activity noting there have been 360 oil and gas drilling permits issued, 129 wells drilled with 27 producing as of Aug. 22. and 38 rigs in 21 counties.
The breakdown is 18 triple stack rigs (horizontal) and 20 double-stack (vertical).
"The number of permits is growing in 21 counties," he said, explaining there is a focus on Carroll, Columbiana and Harrison counties where 70 percent of the wells have been drilled or permitted and seem to be defining wet gas drilling in the state.
Wet gas has a higher economic value, he said.
"There is still a lot of work to determine how big the play is," Mustine said, adding that Chesapeake, Consol, Hess and Gulfport are here with major oil companies like Exxon-Mobil, Shell, BP and Chevron just getting started.
"The largest companies are just now getting permits and starting to drill. It will be very interesting to see how they engage," Mustine said.
About 115 exhibitors, experts and sponsors with connections to the shale boom participated in the event.

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A letter in the April 17 Tomahawk Leader:
To the Leader:
Would you like a dog park in Tomahawk?
A dog park promotes responsible pet ownership and enables dogs to legally run off-leash when accompanied by the owner. Dog parks are becoming popular in many communities both large and small, and can be a way to draw tourism to our town for lunch or shopping. Depending on the web site you choose to look at there may be 50 or 60 dog parks in Wisconsin now, ranging from one to 400 acres. Most have small user fees or honor system donation boxes. All have use and safety rules.
The closest dog parks to Tomahawk are in the horse arena in Wausau, and a 40-acre site over a landfill in Weston. These are wonderful facilities, but a long distance to drive.
Our city officials will want to know if there is an interest before they spend any time on this effort. Thus, I am gathering public interest information, and need you to contact me ASAP if you would like to see a dog park in Tomahawk, please call 453-0010 before 7 p.m., or preferably send me an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com. I want e-mail addresses to keep everyone informed inexpensively.
Please provide your name, e-mail address or telephone number, how many licensed dogs you have, even if you have no dogs. If you would like to be part of the grassroots organizing group, let me know that too. Everyone gets to have an opinion, so get your neighbors and friends who don't read the paper to contact me also.
At best, if public and city approval is gathered, funding is arranged, and the dog park plan is approved by July, and on the agenda for the August 2007 city planning and budgeting meetings, we might have a dog park up and running summer 2008. I believe there will be some private individuals and local civic organizations that will financially support this project. Estimates are being worked on now. One location being looked at is across from (the) SARA Park parking lot, on four-plus acres of unused city land which was formerly occupied by Powell Lumber.
Thank you for your time,
Jo- Ski Theiler


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Testimony continues at the preliminary hearing for accused mass shooting suspect James Holmes as the prosecution presented more evidence to bolster the contention that the defendant carefully planned his attack.
On Tuesday, the court heard testimony from investigators who said that the alleged shooter began planning his deadly rampage weeks in advance. As a stark testimony to the degree of carnage that took place inside the packed theater on July 20, prosecutors played a 911 call from that night. In it authorities said at least 30 shots were recorded within 27 seconds.
Holmes is facing multiple first-degree murder and other charges that resulted from his alleged attack on an Aurora, Colo., movie theater that killed 12 and injured 58.
Since the hearing began on Monday, many new details have been revealed about the shooting and the apparent demeanor of the alleged assailant. Investigators testified that Holmes purchased theater tickets to the premiere of the latest Batman movie, "The Dark Knight Rises," nearly two weeks in advance. Prosecutors also presented evidence showing that Holmes purchased more than 6,000 rounds of ammunition, handcuffs and body armor online during the days leading up to the shooting.
Additionally, he also purchased an AR15 semiautomatic rifle, a shotgun, two Glock semiautomatic handguns along with materials used to make bombs, according to prosecutors. The AR15 is an assault-style rifle similar to the Bushmaster rifle used by the Sandy Hook Elementary School killer.
Attorneys for Holmes have said that he is mentally ill. The hearing is scheduled to conclude this week. The court will then have to decide whether Holmes will stand trial for his alleged crimes.
During testimony that has been extremely graphic and at times emotional, police and investigators have given accounts of a scene of horrific proportions, rife with destruction and unimaginable suffering as survivors scrambled to escape the deadly hail of gunfire and the severely wounded struggled to escape the scene.
Although it is difficult to grasp the fact that all of this devastation was the work of a lone gunman, it is a grim testament to the destructive capability of these high-powered, high-capacity weapons.
According to the 911 recording, at least 30 rounds were fired in less than 30 seconds. To put this into some kind of perspective, a 30-round magazine is standard military issue. The average service member can fire a complete 30-round magazine on semiautomatic and ready the weapon for firing again in less than one minute. This is also accounting for reload time. The alleged shooter reportedly had a 100-round high-capacity magazine. If 30 rounds were fired in less than 30 seconds this means that had the rifle not purportedly jammed, the shooter could have unleashed the entire magazine in roughly 90 seconds.
So we now see that it is certainly possible to fire this type of weapon rather quickly. However, the fact that the gunman could fire so many times without reloading is what likely caused many casualties. If the weapon had not jammed, I am quite certain there would have been far more casualties.
Right now I'm sure there are those who will quickly point out that the gunman was armed with other weapons as well, especially the shotgun, because anyone experienced with weapons knows that shotguns are devastating in close quarters. However most shotguns, with some exceptions, hold fewer than 10 rounds. Had the suspect only been armed with a shotgun, he would have had to stop to reload. At this point he would have been vulnerable to attack and more importantly, those moments would have allowed more people to escape.
Related stories:
Police: Colorado shooting suspect planned massacre
Accused shooter James Holmes played childish games after Aurora carnage


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August 18, 2014 Warren JFK and Youngstown Ursuline alumni and students were among a group from the Diocese of Youngstown who participated in a week-long mission trip to Cumberland, Kentucky. more »»
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August 18, 2014 College gets more expensive every year, and local scholarships aren't always easy to find. Here is a list of three websites for scholarships and writing contests that might be helpful: l www. more »»
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August 18, 2014 It's time again for the Tribune Chronicles Page One workshops for the 2014-15 school year. These bi-weekly workshops are held to teach teenagers how to be journalist. more »»
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we all know that Kenny loves bringing back old boys, well im hearing that Matthias is available from Florida and ive read somewhere that the Wings are keen on Kulikov.
Maybe getting both in a deal is feasible. that's $4.25m in cap thou.
What would Kenny have to give up to get them both? One of our rookie D's would be on the list and maybe one of the vet ones as well as a young forward.


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ENGLEWOOD � Peyton Manning will be taking snaps from a Baylor center next season.
As for which one, well, that could be part of the intrigue of training camp.
The leader in the clubhouse, of course, is incumbent J.D. Walton, who�s started every game over the last two seasons for the Denver Broncos.
But the offensive lineman Walton once helped mentor at Baylor soon could be pushing him after the Broncos drafted Philip Blake in the fourth round of the NFL draft Saturday.
The team also took cornerback Omar Bolden of Arizona State earlier in the fourth round and defensive end Malik Jackson of Tennessee in the fifth.
Blake actually shifted over to center for the Bears after Walton was taken by the Broncos in the third round of the 2010 draft. Before he left, though, Walton gave Blake some valuable pointers on playing the position.
For that, Blake will be forever grateful.
�J.D. Walton is a real good guy,� Blake said.
This could be quite a transition for Blake as he goes from hiking the ball to speedy Heisman Trophy winner Robert Griffin III to Manning, one of the best NFL QBs to ever line up under center.
�It will be different,� Blake said. �It will be a good experience.�
There�s another option as well: Blake can slide over and play guard if necessary. That versatility might come in handy, especially with right guard Chris Kuper mending from a broken left leg.
�I�m very comfortable at guard and at center,� said Blake, who�s from Toronto and became interested in football after his mom brought home the John Madden Football video game when he was a teenager. �I played guard at the Senior Bowl, and I played center at Baylor, so I have the versatility to help out on the line.�
The Broncos acquired the pick in which they selected Blake as part of the deal that sent Tim Tebow to the New York Jets.
Bolden sat out last season after tearing the ACL in his left knee during spring practice. Still, he was such a valuable member of the Sun Devils that his team voted him a captain.
He also returns kicks, which is an area of need after the Broncos lost Eddie Royal to free agency.
�I love returning the ball,� said Bolden, who earned the program�s �Hard Hat� recognition award for his offseason dedication to the weight room. �I played running back in high school, so anytime I can get my hands on the ball, then I enjoy it. I take pride and joy in it.�
Bolden�s immediate role will more than likely be special teams and possibly playing in the nickel package.
Since trading out of the first round Thursday, the Broncos have been quite busy. They took defensive lineman Derek Wolfe and quarterback Brock Osweiler with their second-round picks, and they traded up to nab running back Ronnie Hillman in the third.
Asked about Osweiler, his teammate at Arizona State, Bolden couldn�t help but gush.
�He�s a team guy,� Bolden said. �He�s going to do everything that you ask him in order to make the team better. He�s a great locker-room guy, and he�s a great guy to be around. I�m excited to be reunited with him again.�
Blake felt the same way about joining Walton, even if they are competing for the right to snap to Manning.
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HERSHEY - One bit of history concerning the Altoona wrestling program was expected to be made by Altoona 138-pounder T.J. Brandt.
Teammate Austin Rosenberry's part in another bit of history Friday afternoon at the Giant Center was not expected.
Not only did Brandt earn his first medal in four state appearances with a convincing 9-0 major decision of North Allegheny's Jesse Rodgers in the quarterfinals of the PIAA Class AAA Championships, but the 285-pound Rosenberry also assured himself of at least eighth place with a 6-3 victory over Hempfield's Joey Goodhart in the second round of consolations.
The last time two Altoona wrestlers have placed in the state tournament was in 1982, when two-time placer Ernie Bonsell and Mark Gensimore placed sixth at 155 and 119, respectively. It's the third time it's happened, with the first coming in 1974, when Steve Maurey won the 112-pound title and Dan Harpster took third at 132.
Brandt and Rosenberry earned the 18th and 19th state medals in school history.
"Two state placewinners at this tournament, you can't ask for a better day." Altoona coach Joel Gilbert said. "I'm ecstatic."
Brandt (31-3), assured of at least sixth place, came into the tournament with a 2-6 career record at Hershey, but he hasn't allowed a point yet, outscoring his two opponents by a combined 13-0. In his Friday bout, Brandt broke open a scoreless bout in the second by tilting Rodgers twice for six nearfall points. Rodgers released him in the third, but Brandt took him down with 12 seconds left to get the major.
"He was dominating," Gilbert said. "To win down here by major decision, especially in the quarterfinals of states, is above and beyond what we expected. He got his tilt series moving in the second period and started scoring some points. Once he got on a roll, he kept on a roll. I was real happy with his performance."
"It feels great," Brandt said. "I'm not satisfied right now. I need to win one more match, and I'll be a little closer to being satisfied. There was 12 seconds left after I took him down, and I was happy. I knew I had it sealed up."
Brandt has a bigger task at hand in the semifinals, which, along with the third round of consys, are scheduled for 9 a.m. He faces one of the pre-tournament favorites in Central Dauphin's Tyson Dippery (46-2), who has outscored his opponents 24-0.
"I have a good kid," Brandt said. "I just have to wrestle tough."
Goodhart scored the opening takedown, but Rosenberry (28-6) escaped and headlocked Goodhart (36-5) for a takedown. Goodhart's shoulders were out of bounds, so there no back points given. Rosenberry was leading 4-3 in the third when he fought off a Goodhart takedown attempt. With 15 seconds left, he slipped behind Goodhart for a takedown, and the Altoona coaches and fans began celebrating.
"I feel pretty good," Rosenberry said. "If it wasn't for the coaches and my teammates, I wouldn't have made it here. I just came in not too confident, not expecting anything. I just came here because I made it here. I hit him with the headlock, threw him to his back, got some points and I felt I could pull out a victory after that."
"He wrestled tough," Gilbert said. "He went out and was physical, beat on the kid's head. That's what you have to do down here. He had a beautiful headlock. Too bad it wasn't in the center of the mat. We might have gotten a few more back points or gotten a fall out of the deal. He's very strong. He's an athletic kid, has great balance, and it worked for him today."
A third-place finisher in both the District 6 Tournament and the Northwest Regional, Rosenberry wasn't really expected to place in Hershey.
"A lot of people didn't expect me to be here," said Rosenberry, who faces Methacton's Tracey Green (37-4) in the third round of consys. "I'm here surprising a lot of people, so let's keep it going."
"Heavyweight is one of those weight classes where you just never know," Gilbert said. "We told him 'You just have to go out and wrestle. Everybody is good. Just continue to wrestle hard.' He believed in what we talked about, and when you buy in sometimes, things work out for you. I'm real happy with his performance."


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Training Middle East Chefs
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Chefs representing a spectrum of foodservice venues ranging from leading hotels and restaurants to airline catering and culinary institutes participated in two workshops in Dubai and Abu Dhabi recently to learn more about underutilized cuts of U.S. beef and their application in a variety of foodservice settings.
The Beef Checkoff Program was established as part of the 1985 Farm Bill. The checkoff assesses $1 per head on the sale of live domestic and imported cattle, in addition to a comparable assessment on imported beef and beef products. States retain up to 50 cents on the dollar and forward the other 50 cents per head to the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board, which administers the national checkoff program, subject to USDA approval.


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Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama chooses once again the David Zwirner Gallery in New York to present her new exhibition entitled "Give Me Love".
Designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano and situated between the High Line and the Hudson River, the Whitney's new building vastly increases the Museum's exhibition and programming space, providing the first comprehensive view of its unsurpassed collection of modern and contemporary American art.
Composed of five prismatic structures, whose shape is reminiscent of a cultivated landscape, the Slovenia Pavilion for Expo Milano 2015 responds to the event's theme of "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life".
A group of architecture students from AA Visiting School Slovenia has conceived a "levitation-suit" that allows guests to experience 3D sleeping as if they were floating in zero gravity environment.
KFC has introduced, as part of an advertising campaign for the fast food chain in Germany developed by local advertising company Serviceplan, the KFC Tray Typer, a durable paper tray that transforms into a super-thin, rechargeable wireless keyboard when you connect your smartphone via Bluetooth.
This apartment called 'Hong's House' in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, has been designed by Taiwanese based firm HAO Design for a 30-year-old engineer.
A magical Floating House designed by Nick and Steve Tidball for Airbnb has taken over The Thames this week and will be docking at Putney Pier on 22 May, to celebrate new rules to support home sharing in London.
French artist Pierre Huyghe has realized a new site-specific installation for the roof garden at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Located on the Expo's main street Decumano, the Russia Pavilion for Expo Milano 2015 by Moscow-base architecture studio SPEECH is a 3,260 square meter building which features a 30-meter long floating entrance canopy with a curving mirrored underside.
Creative French duo Zim&Zou has filled the windows of la Rinascente in Milan of genetically engineered creatures to tell how the use of chemicals is harmful to health.


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1996 Federal Windows Edition Updates
Download Windows Federal Update Now!
- Close TaxCut if it is open.
- If you are installing this update from a diskette, insert the Update Program 1.1 diskette in drive A of your PC (or drive B).
- Do one of the following:
- Windows 3.1 users: From the Program Manager, choose Run from the File menu.
- Windows 95 users: Click the Start button, and then click Run.
- In the Run dialog, type the directory path to the location of the Update Program file and UPDAT961.EXE, and then click the OK button. For example:
- Diskette installation: Type A:\UPDAT961.EXE and then click the OK button.
- Download installation: Type C:\TEMP\UPDAT961.EXE and then click the OK button.
- Read the instructions that appear in the message box, and then click the OK button to continue. The WinZip Self-Extractor dialog appears. The default installation directory is C:\TAXCUT96. If you installed TaxCut on a different drive or in a different directory, enter the correct directory path in the Unzip to Directory box. Note: You must install the update program files in the same directory that you installed the TaxCut 1996 program files.
- Make sure the option, When Done Unzipping Run: Update.Bat, is checked. If it is not checked, click the option name to select it.
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pitched 7 relatively strong innings with 7 Ks and 2 ER. His worst
trouble came in the first, which began with runners at 2nd and 3rd
before Erstad struck out and Lee flew into a 7-2 DP, with Soriano
nailing Bourn at the plate. Cubs pitchers didn't allow a walk,
and Zambrano cruised through the middle third of the game with 9
straight outs. No one reached base against Marmol or Wood in the
8th and 9th
finally made an out, and even that was a lined shot that might have
cleared the wall on another day. His go-ahead home run off of
Villarreal was hit about as hard as a person can hit a ball.
Everything is getting smokback up the middle of the field.
throw home in the top of the first was perfect. He also hit one out,
just scraping over the basket in the left field wall to give the Cubs a
2-1 lead. Hopefully it's the start of better days ahead.
- Am I the only person who didn't know that Z likes to pitch with the blue Cubs uniforms? Heh.
- Whoever
is singing the Anthem, he totally swallowed the word "perilous." How do
you elongate every single syllable, as this guy is doing, and then
swallow "perilous" ? Meh.
- 2-2 count to Bourn, who rolls one to DeRosa's left for a single into right, leading off the game
- Len tells us Z has given up 7 SB in 22 attempts in the last three years, total.
- But Bourn doesn't get a chance to test Z, as Pence hits a double
inside the LF line. Runners on 2 and 3, no out, and the fearsom
Lance Berkman up. Except no, it's the fearsome Darin
Erstad. Oh cripes, I can't write that with a straight face.
Darin Erstad is up, lol.
- Darin Erstad is down, swinging. Some slow breaking pitch, 71 mph. Thanks, Cecil Cooper.
- Lee hits a fly ball to medium depth in left. Can hear Len
getting excited about the pending test of Bourn's speed vs. Soriano's
arm. Soriano throws a perfect one-hopper to the plate, at a point
that allows Blanco to perfectly block off the plate. Nails Bourn,
with ease. Zambrano, backing up behind Blanco, pumps his fist in
excitement. Gets out of a 2 and 3, no outs jam with no runs
- Soriano rolls out to Blum at third. Got a nice ovation, at least, as he came to the plate
- Johnson K's, swinging.
- Lee lines one right over Bourn's head. Double to center.
- Camera pans to a huge collection of water bottles behind Z in the
dugout. BJB starts singing "99 bottles of water on the wall..."
- Ramirez walks.
- Nice ovation for Fukudome
- Mighty Kosuke At the Bat
- If I didn't know better, Mighty Kosuke gives a mild glare at a very generous called strike 2
- and Mighty Kosuke has struck out.
Inning 2- Top
- Z has a 20 and 2/3 scoreless inning streak, going back to last year?!?!
- Tejada taps to Z, one out.
- Blum whiffs on a 69mph curve. Blum came closer to hitting
the pitch on his backswing than he did on his foreswing, as he was at
least a couple feet out in front of it.
- Tomas Perez, still alive, pulls one into right for a single.
- Towles with an easy fly to left, inning over.
Inning 2 - Bottom
- DeRosa singles through the hole to left.
- DeRosa runs as Theriot grounds to third. Blum throws to
second, and DeRosa beats the throw. Theriot beats the relay to
first as well, everybody safe. Ugly fielding work by both Blum
and Perez on the play. That's what you get for having the name
- Blanco lines one sharply to right. Bases loaded for Z!
- Z takes a Babe Ruth style uppercut swing, but weakly rolls into a 4-6-3 DP. Run scores, at least. Runner to third.
- Soriano strikes out on three pitches.
Inning 3 - Top
- Backe bloops one towards the shallow RF line, drops
in. Fukudome overplays it a bit, and it squirts past him.
Backe takes second.
- Bourn bounces out to DeRosa, Backe advances
- Some nobodies from Budweiser who are confusing themselves for
celebrities show up in the booth and waste all of our time. Go
away. I'm missing the Lord of The Rings on TNT to listen to THIS?
- Pence flies to shallow right, and Fukudome throws a perfect one-hopper to Blanco. Backe holds at third base.
- These budweiser douchebags continue their promotional work.
I'm watching Lord of the Rings. The little munchin guys are
battling some huge CGI monster in some dwarf dungeon somewhere.
Go Munchkins!
- I'm told Erstad lined one to Center, letting Backe score.
But the Bud guys are still yacking, so I'm watching the little dwarfs
and wizards and whatnot on TNT. Oh, go big effininate looking
Elf-man! Kill the CGI Beast!
- And according to Parachat, Erstad is out stealing second on a nice throw by Blanco, and a questionable tag.
Inning 3 - Bottom
- Johnson pops out to center. Pie could have done that.
- Lee not happy with a strike two call on a slow curve, outside corner.
- Lee hits one hard to dead center, again, but Bourn catches it on
the warning track. Wind is blowing in, holds it up. Lee's 6
straight ABs with a hit comes to an end. But he still looks
totally locked in
- Ramirez follows it up with a little blooper that drops perfectly
between CF, RF and 2B. BJB comments on the lack of justice in
baseball. Somewhere, Voros McCracken is smiling.
- Fukudome laces one to center, forcing Bourn to retreat and make a
leaping twisting catch. Bourn has struggled to get good reads on
several hard hit line-drives at him. (Not that it's easy to do,
but it's happening with regularity...)
Inning 4 - Top
- Carlos Lee singles sharply to left.
- Tejada hits one
up the middle. Theriot grabs in in front of second, decides
against trying to shovel the ball against his momentum, and just throws
to first for one out. Lee to second.
- Pence pops to Theriot.
- BJB ripping the DH, on this the 35th anniversary of its introduction. Go Bob!
- Tomas Perez with an ugly swing at strike 3, inning over.
Inning 4 - Bottom
- DeRosa pops to shallow center. Bourn, running in hard
and looking into the sun, has the ball bounce off the heel of his
glove. DeRosa on, at first.
- BJB and Len discussing Bob's career as a leadoff hitter. So glad I can listen to my first WGN broadcast, here.
- Theriot K's, Blanco flies out to left, and it's up to Z.
- And Z K's swinging. What a boring inning. Backe with 4 hits, a BB and 5 Ks through four IP
Inning 5 - Top
- Towles K's swinging at a fastball. Z's fastball has
rarely broken 90 mph this game, going with a lot more off-speed stuff.
- Backe taps back to Z.
- Bourn flies out to left. Z suddenly cruising. Six hits, zero walks, 4 Ks through 5.
Inning 5 - Bottom
- Soriano leads off the bottom of the sixth by swatting a
hanging curve ball into the basket of the left-field well. Just barely
enough to get out. 2-1 Cubs.
- Johnson rolls out to Blum. Pie could have done that.
- Lee walks.
- Didn't realize it until Len says so, but Hart's win yesterday was his first in the majors. Congrats!
- Ramirez inside-outs one to right, through the 1B hole. Nice hitting, runners on 1 and 2, one out
- Kosuke at the bat.
- Fukudome walks. Bases loaded for DeRosa
- DeRosa K's, way out in front of a breaking pitch
- Theriot up, bases loaded and two outs.
- 2-2 count, Theriot reaches a bit for one, rolls slowly to Tejada, out at first. So much for that inning.
- It's the Foster Kids ad!
Inning 6 - Top
- Pence chops to Lee, wide of the bag. Flips to Z to beat Pence by a step
- Erstad
whiffs, the ball goes to the backstop, riccochettes right back to
Blanco, who throws to first to just get Erstad, and without Lee getting
clobbered, either. Well executed and also lucky play
- Carlos Lee flies deep to the well in left. 9 straight for Zambrano.
Inning 6 - Bottom.
- Blanco flies to straight-away center.
- Zambrano whiffs. For a second, thinks about splitting the
bat over his leg, but decides better of it. Z then goes back to
the bench and discusses the virtues of a well diversified
portfolio. Ah, maturity.
- Soriano pops to Perez.
Inning 7 - Top
- Z hangs a slider over the heart of the plate on an 0-2
count, and Tejada crushes it deep into the bleachers behind the well in
left. 2-2 game.
- After a long battle, Blum K's on a full-count fastball, looking. Blum not happy about it, but pretty clearly a strike.
- Perez taps back to Zambrano for an easy out.
- Bob Dernier into the booth, looks like he could still play OF.
- Towles blown away on a fastball, inning over.
- Dernier not the greatest singer, but tries his best. Sort of truncates all of his words, very clipped manner.
Inning 7 - Bottom
- Oscar Villarreal in.
- Johnson with a lazy fly to right. Pie could have done that.
- Lee demolishes a baseball way up the bleachers to
left-center. Solo HR. He's just hitting everything right on
the screws. 3-2 Cubs.
- Ramirez k's.
- Kosuke at the bat.
- Fukudome squirts one to third, easy out.
Inning 8 - Top
- Marmol and Pie both in, Z and Johnson out.
- Cruz Jr. up to hit.
- Cruz flies to shallow left
- Weird play. On a 3-2 count, Bourn checks his swing, things
it's ball four and that he held up, and runs to first. Blanco
things it was either a called or swinging strike three, and fires it
around the horn. Finally, home plate ump appeals to third base
ump, who says Bourn swung. Strikeout. Third base ump puts
up the left hand in a big old "Stop" sign, telling the managers to not
bother arguing the call.
- Pence K's looking at a fastball on the outside corner.
Makes a gesture at the outside corner, not happy at the call. Runge's
been a bit inconsistent with the balls and strikes, more to the
annoyance of the Astros than the Cubs.
Inning 8 - Bottom
- Borkowski in to pitch, DeRosa up
- DeRosa rolls out to third.
- Theriot breaks his bat in half hitting one to Erstad's
right. Erstad flubs it and Theriot beats the throw to
first. Ruled a hit. Somehow
- Blanco ends the inning on a 5-4-3 DP
Inning 9 - Top
- Wood in, to face Erstad, LEe, Tejada
- Erstad with an easy come-backer to Wood. One out.
- Lee grounds easily to Ramirez. Two out.
- "Ker-Ree" chant starts
- Wood reaching 95 mph on the gun, as he goes 1-2 on Tejada
- Tejada K's swinging on a nice slider that drops straight down. Game over!
- Cue the foster kids ad!
- The Anthem
- Manny's fine catch in the Jays/Sox game
- Will we ever see Pie again?
- Can Fukudome play CF?
- CT Steve gets tenure. I die a little more, inside.
- "Pie uncorks some pretty foul balls." Thanks, Aaron.
- NCAA pools. Oh, is there anything more exciting than listening to peoples' triumphs and tragedies with their brackets.
- How's Murton doing in AAA?
- Tony Stewart: Why nascar isn't a sport.
- Starts to our fantasy baseball seasons
- Discussing the renovated inflield
- and 69 mph breaking pitches.
- Soriano's hop-catches
- The "seeing eye" term
- Enjoying the botched 5-4-3 DP
- Urging Blanco to bunt the runners over for Z.
- Actually following the top of the third inning
- Griping about the Budweiser guys.
- Mocking Darin Erstad
- OMG, it's Johann
- Johann gripes about the quality of the paint-work in parachat
- And tells us that Lee is his "dreamboat queen."
- If Zambrano were a RPG character, punching Barrett would improve his life-bar
- Commenting on BJB's commentary on the DH
- Ripping on Dusty
- Andy discovers the "float" button.
- Andy is floating.
- Rob's girls are peeing.
- Johann and Me are cooking and eating
- CT Steve is never doing anything, ever again.
- Tax returns spent on picking off Cubs.
- Carlos rick rolls parachat. Jerk.
- Question of parachat so far: What would have happened to Len on the show "OZ"? Thanks, aaron.
- General discussion of len and bob.
- Johann leaves us to get back to his house, family and child. I die a little further, inside.
- Hunting.
- Duck season?
- Rabbit season!
- Did the Devil abandon the Devil Rays?
- Chad begs us to laugh at a "joke"
- Wolf!
- Bands Chad Hates.
- SNL skits.
- Watching games with Al.
- God Bless Desipio
- We love Dernier's voice.
- Big cheers for Lee
- Clay Aiken, Neil Diamond and Barry Manilow
- Bands that will give you 1992-cred.
- The weird Bourn strike three call
- WGN graphics
- Weather girls
- Corner Gas and other fine WGN programming.
- Is Crunch a terrorist?
- Fantasy talk.
- Cubs beards
- Celebrating.
- Cubs record in games I recap: 2-0
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Oh man, we got parachat recaps? I gotta get back into the parachat. I've been away too long ... too too long.
How's D Lee doing?
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i think everyone's still concerned about DLee's spring.
hopefully he'll show some offense soon...if not, they need to drag hoffpauir's injured self to the bigs.
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Time for Lilly to get back on track.
I'm too lazy to look it up, but I seem to remember Gorzelanny having some pretty good outings against us in the past.
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Over the past 3 seasons Gorzelanny is 2-2 with a 2.60 ERA against the Cubs in 4 starts.
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Johann?!?! I missed Johann?!?!
Hanging with his mom just doesn't match up to actually hanging out (or... um... chatting in a geeky chat room) with Johann.
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For the record I didn't beg anyone to laugh at my joke as much as I just wanted recognition of a good joke. And yes there is a difference!
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Actually, if I recall, you were begging for us to acknowledge what YOU thought was a good joke. Unfortunately for you, it was ONLY you who thought it was a good joke.
Which then then meant you were left to beg us to laugh at your bad joke.
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Total crap! You guys are just haters.
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Chad made a joke?
I have been away for FAR too long!
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in communist russia jokes made chad!
lololol...levis jeans and beatles cassettes.
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I feel sad to have missed the joy. So sad.
On the other hand, I took a nap with the windows open and the nice breeze blowing in.
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Just back from Wrigley and I gotta say - as most of you know already - Ryan Theriot would be a utility guy at best on all but a few MLB teams. His contribution today? With DeRosa at 1b, the "bat handler" cannot move him over and after looking at every pitch (his patented "lean over the plate and watch the ball get called a strike") he weakly grounds into a 4-6-3. Bases loaded, in the 6th, after DeRosa K's, with two outs - same thing.
SS really is a glaring hole on this roster. With automatic outs from the LF and SS positions, Lou has to be pulling his hair out.
Cedeno, is even worse. However, I believe he can get it out of the infield more times than The "Riot".
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I tend to agree with you, his defense does not make up for his offensive futility. He reminds me more and more of Mick Kelleher, another past Cub SS who had extremely limited batting skills and average defensive abilities.
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Thanks for the shout-out in the recap, Trans.
Don't worry: Your time will come.
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It seemed today that the cubs had men on base many of the innings. Even though we only put up 3 (with big help from solo shots) it wasn't as frustrating as the 3 put up on MIL on opening day.
ah ... the psychology of it all ... the hidden zen of cubbery
if it looks and feels like you are making progress, it doesn't matter that you are spinning your wheels more than moving ... one kick-ass inning yesterday did a lot to hide the many flaws of that game. an illusory state of steady progress today did a lot to hide the general lack of real action ... still, a win is a win!
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I don't know; it seemed to me the Cubs played a pretty good ball game today.
Z, Marmol and Wood combined for 10 Ks, no BBs, and only two earned runs.
Soriano made a perfect throw to prevent a run and finally got a meaningful hit. Not that he has been getting any not meaningful hits either.
Lee crushed the ball and Aramis was on base three times.
Sure, there were some weak spots, but we outplayed the competition and that's all that matters at this point in the season.
What would you like to have seen out of this game?
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ninjas and/or monster trucks.
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Okay, you're right; that would have improved the experience considerably.
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there was a ninja, look closely
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or at minimum, more chainsaws ...
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got up at 3:20AM sunday my time to catch the marquis/oswalt game on MLB.audio (since mlb.tv was friggin blacked out for me even though i live in friggin JAPAN goddammit) and then watched it on Japanese cable (slightly edited tape delay) from 11:00AM to 2:00PM with my sons (to the extreme puzzlement and exasperation of my wife).
if you add the post-game show stuff i spent almost 7 hours enjoying that game!
god i love weekends.
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Too bad Japan is on the MLB hotlist. I'm in Manila and I've never had any game blacked out.
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I blame Fukudome. If that doesn't work, I blame Michael Barrett.
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I'm glad that the blue alternate jerseys are back. Now mine won't be considered a 'throwback' anymore.
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Not as a major factor, but could be a tie-breaker. But, yeah, on performance and experience, it's Coghlan.
Arrieta's 2.85 ERA would be good enough to lead 26 other teams. He's 3rd on #Cubs behind Hendricks (1.99) and Lester (2.28)
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For sure! Russell and Baez are the first infielders in a while to make me think of star defensive players in football or basketball--it's almost like they force turnovers, and they definitely play the field with a degree of athletic aggression I'd expect from a linebacker.
[Edit: Was meant to be a response to JB above.]
tebow hit a HR in the 1st pitch he sees in instructs..lulz.
I don't think his issue(s) will have anything to do with it. He hasn't hit since he's been back. Coghlan has the hot hand.
I'm not a denier but definitely a skeptic on Strop and Grimm, who struggle with fastball control. Strop doesn't go near the ninth inning, and note how Grimm couldn't close the deal even with a 5-run lead. So Felix Pena comes in and gets the 3-pitch game-ending strikeout like it was nothing.
And how about Almora missing that very catchable ball? That was unexpected after all the hype about his glove.
When Trea Turner misses balls like that--which he does--I draw conclusions from it. It seems to be the one chink in his armor. But I'll give Almora another chance.
Assuming Soler is good to go, I think it comes down to 3 of the following 4: Coghlan, TLS, Sczcur, Almora. Of the 4, TLS seems to be the hardest to justify, particularly given his behavioral issues.
I'm wondering if both Coghlan and LaStella make it. With Javy being able to play all the infield spots and Joe maybe wanting late-inning D when Soler plays (assuming he plays), hence either Szczur or Almora, I think LaStella might be the odd guy out.
Hendricks needs the win, anyway, plus a couple more.
My hunch is that Hendricks wins the Cy Young . . . for Lester. That is, without Hendricks tipping the scale toward the Cubs, Scherzer tops Lester.
Old Cub fans remember when Ken Hubbs died at 22 in the crash of a small plane he was piloting in a storm in Utah in 1964. But Hubbs was not an elite power pitcher like Score and Fernandez. Score lived a long time after the accident but it was (effectively) career-ending.
HAGSAG: Since I've only seen them throw in one game and in one "live" BP session, all I can do is provide initial first impressions.
Brailyn Marquez is listed at 6'4 but is probably more like 6'5 or 6'6. I would describe him as a younger version of Bryan Hudson, throwing a ton of ground balls but not getting a lot of swings & misses (yet). Because of his size he could eventually grow into more velocity, but right now he's mostly a pitch-to-contact guy. He generally throws strikes.
Phil, do Marquez and Ocampo look like prospects?
It helps when your defense has declared war against the H in WHIP.
Still impressive.
Lackey finishes with a 3.35 ERA. Currently good for 13th in the NL. Not bad for a guy signed to be a #3 starter in a 15-team league.
He is also 6th in WHIP. Pretty amazing: Cubs have the #2, #3, #5 and #6 starters in WHIP.
Completely meaningless game, but Pena striking out Sean the Turd to with the bases loaded was very fun.
Other than one bad game in SD, Pena has been very good. Even with that game, 9.0 IP, 13 K, 0.89 WHIP.


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May 24, 1921 – April 7, 2013
Benjamin S. Sobczyk, a retired Niagara County sheriff's deputy and former historian for the Town of Pendleton, died Sunday in Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, Amherst, after a brief illness. He was 91.
Born in Buffalo, Mr. Sobczyk moved to Pendleton when he was a boy. He enlisted in the Army Air Forces during World War II and was stationed in North Africa for two years. He received the Good Conduct and European Theater medals.
After being discharged in 1945, Mr. Sobczyk worked at various places, including Wurlitzer, the Chevrolet plant and his mother's farm.
He married Dorothy Gzik in 1950 and started as deputy in the Niagara County Sheriff's Department in 1956. He retired from the Sheriff's Department 20 years later.
Mr. Sobczyk served as Pendleton's town historian for 44 years, retiring in 2013.
During that time, he served as the first president of the Pendleton Historical Society, obtained funding to renovate historical veteran grave sites in town cemeteries and dedicated a monument to commemorate the opening of the Erie Canal.
Mr. Sobczyk was a member of the Wendelville Volunteer Fire Company since 1940 and Good Shepherd Catholic Church since 1930.
He continued to live in the same home on Tonawanda Creek Road that he lived in as a child.
Besides his wife of 62 years, Mr. Sobczyk is survived by two daughters, Patricia Chrzanowski and Mary Mulrenin; and three sons, Peter, John and James.
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CHARLESTON — Two freshman delegates announced Wednesday their plans to introduce a nullification bill regarding executive orders or federal law that infringe upon Second Amendment rights, according......
Given 0bama's and Manchin's statements this past week, I expect the gun show at the Ranson civic center this weekend will be very well attended.
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Gun rights rally Sen Manchin's office 217 King Street Martinsburg Saturday 1pm
Sen Manchin thinks you have no right to defend your family or yourself. Claims 50% of WestVirginians agree with him. Let's prove him wrong!
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Let me guess 'It's Bush's fault and you're a racist!'
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You are witnessing the result of Obama yet again starting an us/them war, such as the 2012 wars of feminists versus sexists, greens versus polluters, gays versus bigots, Latinos versus nativists, etc. Jack up outrage, identify the "enemy," demonize him, and then lead the mob to a new law.
He does so cynically, for political gain, accepting grave damage to the country he heads. He can, he won.
I pity the commenters here who have joined the mob. They know not what they support.
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Hahaha! What morons those reps are! There's nothing Unconstitutional about an Executive Order to an Executive Branch Agency to enforce the law as it is written - and that is all Obama has done - besides calling on CONGRESS to PASS A BILL. That, of course, they never will do, because they're too busy acting like spoiled, dysfunctional children, gobbling up lobbyist money like candy.
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I also find it very hard to take anyone who comments seriously when you use derogatory terms such as "wing-nut" "republiturd" "libtard" etc. It just highlights your ignorance regardless of which side you are on.
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As an idependent voter, who has almost exclusively voted Democrat, I thinks it's wonderful that we have some fine young men like Mr. Folk and Mr. Nelson have the guts to stand up for our constitutional rights. I have been very dissapointed by our presidents willingness to bypass congress and ignore his duty to uphold the constitution. The document that has secured our freedom for well over 200 years. I fully support their idea of nullification.
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Apparently Mr. Skinner is lacking in knowledge of American history or his ideological blinders prevent him from understanding.
Mr Skinner, whom were the militia of the late 1700s prepared to fight? Hint: They were led by George Washington. That's right, they fought the tyrant. They defended their homes and their country against illegal invasions. That's the background for the existence of the 2nd amendment.
Remember, the Constitution regulates government, not citizens! Don't like it? Want it changed? There is a process. Follow it.
Mike Folk and Larry Kump understand this. Kudos!
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So, do the monkeys teach you that two Wrongs make a Right?
We should all be concerned about the growing abuse of executive orders and the unconstitutional power grab that they encourage!
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Mr Folk's determination to file a "nullification" of an order which he hasn't even read is a perfect example of an ignorant, "shoot first, ask questions later" attitude, common to far too many gun owners. I wonder where this guy was when Ronald Reagan introduced the assault weapons ban? Probably leading a mindless parade in support of it?
We need legislators who think with their heads.l
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Wanna see a "power grab" look at Bush's executive orders and signing statements. What's good for the goose is good for the gander.
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We'll see how much "thought" Delegate Skinner has in his head and who "scores political points with the extremists in their own party" when he proposes restricting the religious freedom, freedom of association, and private property rights of all citizens to give special favor to the homosexual and transgender community...
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Not surprisingly, only Skinner, the freshman Democrat interviewed, had given the whole thing much thought. Republicans shoot from the hip and try to score political points with the extremists in their own party.
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I know many of your have bought hook, line and sinker into the progressive thought process that has ruled American Politics for the past 100 years. I know many of you have not read the Federalist Papers, the Constitutional Ratification Convention Papers, and to be honest the Constitution. But this Act by Champions Folk and Nelson is Constitutional under the 10th Amendment. It is time to stand up and tell the Federal Government "NO", and beat it back to it's Constitutional Size and Scope. The Law of the land, the Contract between the States to form the Federal Government is vbery clear and defined, and for 100 years the government has ignored the rule of law. Time to stand our ground, and nullify all Un-Constitutional Laws, ALL. And no, the Supreme Court does not have jurisdiction of such, READ the CONSTITUTION. Just because something has been happening a certain way does NOT mean it is legal, period. Folk and Nelson should commended for their courage.
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"he had not yet read any of the executive orders announced, but he disagreed with the "attempt to circumvent Congress." Mike Folk lives up to his reputation- a hot head who shoots first and aims later.
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Good Lord. We're now following Boone County's lead. What's next, asking Jesco White to run for Berkeley County Board of Education? Contact Mr. Folk and ask him to please not embarrass the Eastern Panhandle. If he wants to run for Shelley Capito's job next election, fine but he'll need the votes of the sane majority as the Tea Party Evangelicals are quickly being exposed for the wing-nut minority they are. Dear Mr. Folk please do something constructive this legislative session. Seek to reinstate the assault weapons ban. Ross Ballard...
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I agree with you, squirm...You are a tool and a fool
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Shorter right wing nut job
"We'll say what's constitutional, even if the Constitution says the justice system is tasked with doing that."
Talk about a "power grab".
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Voting: An Information Guide
Learn everything you need to know to vote
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- When To Vote | Early Voting | Helpful Hints on Voting Early by Mail | Special Procedures for Early Voting
- When To VoteFor information on voting by mail or voting early in person, please see the "Early Voting" section. Polls are open at various times during early voting and from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Election Day.
Important 2016 Election Dates
November 8, 2016 – Uniform Election Date
A more detailed calendar will be available later on the
Elections home page and on the Conducting Your Elections pages.
Authority Conducting Elections County Election Officers and Local Political Subdivisions Deadline to Post Notice of Candidate Filing Deadline (Local Political Subdivisions Only) Thursday, June 23, 2016 First Day to File for a Place on the General Election Ballot (Local Political Subdivisions Only) Saturday, July 23, 2016 Last Day to Order a General Election (or Special Election on a Measure) Monday, August 22, 2016 Last Day to File for Place on General Election Ballot (Local Political Subdivisions Only) Monday, August 22, 2016 Last Day to File a Declaration of Write-in Candidacy (Local Political Subdivisions Only) Friday, August 26, 2016
(* NEW LAW: the deadline to submit a declaration of write-in candidacy for most local (city, school, other) general elections is now the 74th day before election day.)
Last Day to Register to Vote Tuesday, October 11, 2016*
*First business day after Columbus Day
First Day of Early Voting Monday, October 24, 2016 Last Day to Apply for Ballot by Mail (Received, not Postmarked) Friday, October 28, 2016
(* NEW LAW: 11th day before election day; ABBM and FPCA.)
Last Day of Early Voting Friday, November 4, 2016 Last Day to Receive Ballot by Mail Tuesday, November 8, 2016 (election day) at 7:00 p.m. (unless overseas deadline applies)
1Local political subdivisions might not have a "first day" to file. However, under new law, most local entities now have a first day to file. Write-in deadlines for general and special elections also vary; the deadline for most local (city, school, other) general elections is now the same day as the filing deadline for application for a place on the ballot in a May election or November of an odd-numbered year; special election write-in rules vary, see long calendars for details.
Generally, the filing deadline is the 71st day prior to Election Day (78th day prior to November General Election in even-numbered years); however, the Election Code may provide a different special election filing deadline. See Section 201.054 of the Texas Election Code.
- Early VotingMany Texans vote early. Texas enables residents to vote in the days and weeks before an election to make the voting process more convenient and accessible. There are two ways to vote early: by showing up in person during the prescribed early voting period or by voting by mail.
Vote early in person.Generally, early voting in person begins the 17th day before Election Day (if that's a weekend, early voting starts on Monday) and ends the 4th day before election day. (EXCEPTION: Early voting for elections held in May starts the 12th day before Election Day and ends on the 4th day before Election Day.) Vote at a location in your political subdivision that's close to where you live or work. All other voting rules and procedures apply – e.g., eligibility and polling hours.
Vote early by mail.You may vote early by mail if:
- You will be away from your county on Election Day and during early voting;
- You are sick or disabled;
- You are 65 years of age or older on Election Day; or
- You are confined in jail, but eligible to vote.
- The Secretary of State's office
- The Early Voting Clerk in your county; or
- Download an application for a ballot by mail here. (PDF)
- Your signature, or a witness's signature if you cannot sign;
- Your name and the address at which you are registered to vote;
- The address to which the ballot is to be mailed;
- The election date and the election for which you are requesting a ballot, or a statement that you would like ballots for all county elections remaining in the calendar year, if you are eligible (for a primary election, you must state the political party's primary in which you want to vote); and
- A reason why you are eligible to vote early by mail. To be eligible to vote early because you expect to be out of the county, your application must state the out-of-county address where you want your ballot mailed.
- November 8, 2016 Uniform Election: January 1, 2016 – October 28, 2016
- Regular mail;
- Common or contract carrier; or
- Fax (if a fax machine is available to the Early Voting Clerk)
- Email (send a signed, scanned application as an attachment to an email sent to the early voting clerk)
- Helpful Hints on Voting Early by MailVoting by mail in Texas has been available to elderly voters and voters with physical disabilities for decades. Remember, however, that many of the legal safeguards designed to protect voters and their ballots are impossible to enforce in the privacy of the voter's home. Here are a few tips that may prove helpful.
- Call your local or county office holding the election or the Secretary of State's office and request that an application to vote by mail be sent to you, or download the application here. (PDF)
- If you need help filling out the form or mailing it, ask someone you trust to help you. Your helper's name and address must be written next to your signature and they must sign the application.
- Address your application to the Early Voting Clerk. Applications mailed to an address other than the Early Voting Clerk may be rejected.
- Send your application for a ballot by mail as early as 60 days before an election. This will give you plenty of time to receive your ballot, mark it, and mail it back to the Early Voting Clerk. All applications to vote by mail must be received by the early voting clerk not later than the 11th day before election day by the close of regular business or 12 noon, whichever is later. Applications to vote by mail must be submitted by mail, email, common or contract carrier, or fax (if a fax machine is available in the office of the early voting clerk).
- If you are voting by mail because you are disabled or are 65 years of age or older, you may use a single application to request ballots by mail for all county elections in the calendar year. While you can submit this "annual" application anytime during the calendar year, it must be received at least 11 days before the first election in which you seek to request a ballot by mail.
- Generally, a ballot must be mailed to the address where you are registered to vote. However, if you are 65 or older or have a physical disability, you may have your ballot sent to a hospital, nursing home or long-term care facility, retirement center, or relative, but you must check the blank on the form indicating which address you are providing. If your reason for voting by mail is absence from the county, the ballot must be mailed to an address outside the county.
- If you need help reading, marking, or mailing the actual ballot, ask a trusted relative or friend for help. It's not uncommon for someone from a political organization to offer to help with your ballot soon after you've received it. We recommend you decline this kind of help for several reasons. If you allow your ballot to be mailed by someone you don't know, it might not be mailed at all. If it's delivered to the elections office by a common or contract carrier from the address of a candidate or a campaign's headquarters, your ballot will be rejected.
- Finally, if someone helps you with your mail ballot, you must put your helper's name and address on the carrier envelope, which is the one used to return your ballot to the early voting clerk. Your helper must also sign the carrier envelope.
- 17 days before Election Day (12 days for May election) — early voting in person begins
- 11 days before Election Day — last day to submit an application for ballot by mail
- 4 days before Election Day — early voting in person ends
- Special Procedures for Early Voting
Procedure for People who have moved from one Texas county to another Texas county
A. Limited Ballot. [Sec. 112.001]
1. The Election Code authorizes voting a limited ballot after changing county of residence.
2. A person voting a limited ballot under this chapter is entitled to vote only on each office or measure to be voted in a territorial unit (state or district) of which the person was a resident both before changing their county of residence and after the change.
B. Eligibility. [Sec. 112.002]
1. After changing residence to another county, a person is eligible to vote a limited ballot by personal appearance or by mail if:a. the person would have been eligible to vote in the county of former residence on election day if still residing in that county; and
b. the person is registered to vote in the county of former residence at the time the person
1. offers to vote in the county of new residence; or
2. submitted a voter registration application in the county of new residence; and
c. a voter registration for the person in the county of new residence is not effective on or before election day.
2. A person is not eligible to vote a limited ballot by mail unless, in addition to satisfying the eligibility requirements prescribed above, the person is eligible to vote early by mail under the standard early by mail rules.
C. Submitting Request for Mail Ballot. [Sec. 112.005]
An application for a limited ballot to be voted by mail under this chapter must be submitted to the early voting clerk serving the election precinct in which the applicant currently resides.
D. Place for Voting by Personal Appearance. [Sec. 112.006]
A person may vote a limited ballot by personal appearance only at the main early voting polling place.
E. Verifying Registration Status of Applicant for Ballot. [Sec. 112.007]
1. Before providing a limited ballot to the applicant, the early voting clerk must verify, if possible, that the applicant does not have an effective voter registration in the county of new residence.
2. If the person has applied in the county of new residence for a voter registration that will be effective on or before Election Day, the limited ballot application must be rejected. The voter will be able to vote a regular ballot in the new county since the registration will be effective by election day.
F. Notification to Voter Registrar. [Sec. 112.012]
Not later than the 30th day after receipt of an application for a limited ballot, the early voting clerk must notify the voter registrar of the voter's former county of residence that the voter has applied for a limited ballot.
Procedure for Voters Moving from Texas to Another State
Voting Presidential Ballot by Former Resident.
A. "Presidential Ballot." [Sec. 113.001]
The Election Code authorizes voting a presidential ballot for president and vice-president under certain circumstances.
SUM: the procedure helps former residents of Texas who have recently moved to another state but did not register in time to vote in the new state.
B. Eligibility. [Sec. 113.002]
A former resident is eligible to vote a presidential ballot under this chapter by personal appearance or by mail if the former resident:1. is domiciled in another state;
2. was registered to vote in Texas at the time the former resident ceased to be a resident;
3. would be eligible for registration to vote in this state if a resident; and
4. on presidential election day, will not have resided in the state of present domicile for more than 30 days and is not eligible to vote in the presidential election in that state.
C. Submitting Request for Mail Ballot. [Sec. 113.003]
An application for a presidential ballot to be voted by mail under this chapter must be submitted to the early voting clerk serving the county of the applicant's most recent registration to vote.
D. Place for Voting by Personal Appearance. [Sec. 113.004-113.005]
1. The total time period for voting this ballot by personal appearance is the early voting period, plus the early voting clerk's regular office hours between early voting and Election Day, then on Election Day.a. A person may vote a presidential ballot by personal appearance only at the main early voting polling place for the county of the person's most recent registration to vote.
b. The period for voting presidential ballots under chapter 13 by personal appearance ends on presidential Election Day.
c. Beginning on the day after the last day of the period for early voting by personal appearance and through presidential election day, the dates and hours for voting presidential ballots by personal appearance are the dates and hours that the county clerk's main business office is regularly open for business.
2. Personal Appearance Voting; Processing Results.a. On submission of an application for a presidential ballot to be voted by personal appearance, the early voting clerk shall review the application and verify the applicant's registration status in accordance with the procedure applicable to early voting by mail.
b. The personal appearance voting shall be conducted with the balloting materials for early voting by mail.
c. The voter must mark and seal the ballot in the same manner as if voting by mail, except that the certificate on the carrier envelope need not be completed.
d. On sealing the carrier envelope, the voter must give it to the clerk, who shall note on the envelope that the ballot is a presidential ballot.
e. The results of voting a presidential ballot by personal appearance shall be processed in accordance with the procedures applicable to processing early voting ballots voted by mail.
E. Notification to Voter Registrar. [Sec. 113.006]
1. As soon as practicable after the close of voting, the early voting clerk shall notify the voter registrar of the name of each person who applied for a presidential ballot whose name appears on the list of registered voters.
2. On receipt of the notice, the voter registrar shall cancel the voter's registration.


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Pronounced: MUN-chow-zins Sin-drome
A factitious disorder is a mental illness in which a person makes up an illness or injury. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-IV) identifies four types of factitious disorders:
A factitious disorder may be confused with another type of mental disorder called somatoform disorder. If a person has somatoform disorder, then he or she is not pretending to be sick. The person really believes that there is something physically wrong. However, the symptoms are actually due to psychological issues. Hypochondria is an example of a somatoform disorder. Someone who has hypochondria fears that a real or imagined minor physical symptom is a sign of serious illness.
A factitious disorder is also different from malingering. Malingering occurs when a person is pretending to be sick for some kind of clear benefit, such as money, food, or housing.
Receiving Medical Treatment
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The exact cause of factitious disorder not known. However, it may be a mixture of biological and psychological factors. Some possible causes may include:
Factitious disorder is more common in people who are young or middle-aged.
Factors that may increase your risk of factitious disorder include:
Symptoms may include:
It is difficult for a doctor to diagnosis a factitious disorder. People who have this disorder become skillful in pretending to have illnesses. The doctor also has to rule out any real physical condition that the person may have.
If the doctor determines that there is no physical cause for the symptoms, then the person may be referred to a mental health expert. This expert can then rule out other psychological conditions, like somatoform disorder and malingering. The person may become hostile and not want to work with a psychologist. However, there are strategies that the doctor can use to act in a way that is more supportive and helpful. The patient can be encouraged to seek mental health treatment.
Factitious disorder is difficult to treat. The person may resist getting help. In some cases, though, the person may agree to work with a mental health expert. Psychotherapy or behavior therapy may be helpful. If the person has any other conditions, like depression, anxiety, or other mental health problems, these can be treated as well.
American Psychiatric Association
American Psychological Association
Canadian Psychiatric Association
Canadian Psychological Association
Cleveland Clinic. An overview of factitious disorders. Cleveland Clinic website. Available at: http://my.clevelandclinic.org/disorders/Factitious_Disorders/hic_An_Overview_of_Factitious_Disorders.aspx. Updated June 11, 2013. Accessed September 24, 2014.
Huffman JC, Stern TA. The diagnosis and treatment of Munchausen syndrome. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2003;25:358-363.
Munchausen syndrome. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated April 28, 2014. Accessed September 24, 2014.
Munchausen syndrome. Patient UK website. Available at: http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/Munchausen's-Syndrome.htm. Updated September 17, 2010. Accessed September 24, 2014.
Somatoform disorders. Family Doctor—American Academy of Family Physicians website. Available at: http://familydoctor.org/familydoctor/en/diseases-conditions/somatoform-disorders.html. Updated April 2014. Accessed September 24, 2014.
Last reviewed August 2014 by Brian Randall, MD
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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5 Gamer Comments That Give Straight White Guys a Bad Name
A year ago I said that being a straight male is sexuality's lowest difficulty setting, and the word "duh" is still complaining about being connected with such an obvious statement. Award-winning author John Scalzi expanded the idea to talk about being a straight white male in order to foster intelligent discussion. Then he posted it to a gaming site, which did the exact opposite. Because if anything has a clear perspective on straight white men, it's bestselling video games.
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Where "well adjusted" only refers to the sights on their machine guns.
The reaction was like a chemist dropping sodium in water: Every frothing bit of the violent reaction only proved the smart people more right. The comment section was the all-you-can-eat undercooked-chicken buffet of intelligent debate: attracting assholes to spew torrents of shit. It was a gallery of every possible way a straight white male could be a dick about it without starring in porn.
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"I use the word 'exotic' when talking about real people!"
#5. Sexy Hot Babes Have It Easier!
I think super sexy hot chick is actually the easiest difficulty, just get everything handed to you. And what if you're an ugly straight white guy?
Easiest difficulty is definitely super fine lady of any race.
Girls essentially have the godmode of life. As long as they can find a vulnerable beta man then they can exploit him to their hearts content as he desperately tries to get her to like him.
If someone says you're privileged and you start talking about who you'd like to have sex with, you've misinterpreted their statement as a compliment. Or an offer. When someone thinks women have it easier because he wants to have sex with them, he is desperately overestimating the value of that fact.
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"I've already offered my penis, what more could they possibly want?"
When the first and only way someone defines women is whether he'd allow their face on his genitals, that information becomes purely theoretical. He might as well talk about how he'd screw dark matter. Except that requires intelligence and would advance humanity.
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"My sex drive will power flight to Alpha Centauri."
They don't understand that constantly offering to dispense pregnancy lotion does not lube the way to a finer world. The framework of utopia is not constructed from erect penises. "People want to bang you = easy life" is the worst sexual equation since David Carradine's work with knot theory.
How come the Male Flirt emote requires money to use, while the Female's doesn't AND has a proccing Shame Debuff attached to it? Clearly imbalanced, and that's just the SMALLEST of our issues.
Most gamers have healthy sex lives, but anyone who thinks sex is a one-way transaction where one person does all the work is extrapolating from their single-handed experience. These guys are whining that it's hard for them to have consensual sex with other people. Every day many women have to worry about the exact reverse of that. And last time I checked, senators weren't passing laws to prevent men from controlling their own testicles.
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"My new mandatory masturbation counseling legislation will protect this vulnerable hand from chafing and freedom!"
These offers of anonymous sex don't derail the discussion -- they tie themselves to the train tracks and jam the point-train home with how accurately it hits the target. If you can't have a discussion about gender without declaring whether you'd rub your genitals on the other party, you can't have a discussion about gender. You are the problem being discussed.
#4. Everything-ism Is Over!
if is article had been written even 10 years ago I'm not sure I would have been so strongly against it. But weve made a lot of cultural progress in the western world, and that's only going to continue. And as that progress continues, articles such as this are only going to become more and more pointless.
We've progressed in a society today where your sexual orientation either doesn't matter, or openly embraced.
Which I feel may have been true in the past, but not today.
Lets start this off ALL fucking over again. We. Are. All. People. We. Are. All. Equal. Certain people will have inherit advantages, but, those advantages really rely ENTIRELY on where in the world you are born. Whatever skin color or whatever sexual orientation you choose, guess what, you're just like everyone else, and there's nothing really separating you from them.
If someone's reaction to an equality problem is "not this shit again," it's currently unequal in their favor, whether they understand that or not. Usually "not" when they're dumb enough to say "I can't see a problem whose entire definition is that it affects people other than me. So it's over!"
"We've discussed it and agreed that period pain isn't a problem."
Things are better than they've ever been in human history, but the bulk of that history was living in caves, hitting differently colored men until they died, and women slightly less. People don't score points for doing better than that unless they're Australopithecus. Right now gay people can't marry in 39 states, in some parts of the world women are being murdered for dowries, and if you can't see any white bias in the world it's because you can't see the white stick you use to tap against it. Even if inequalities were nearly solved, which makes this sentence more hypothetical than suggesting that unicorns fly using graviton propulsion, constantly asking "Are we there yet, can we stop now?" reveals someone as a whining child who's only accidentally being dragged forward by the car of progress. And hating it.
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Except the child will grow out of it.
We've reached the point where it's publicly admitted that discrimination is bad. That's brilliant! That was not always the case! Most of human history had horseshit like skin color, royalty, or divinity used to OK treating people as property. But admitting that it's obviously bad means working to end it, not shouting "Done!" and expecting a cookie for your heroic understanding. Ignoring blatant societal problems based on color, gender, and sexuality is only workable for Smurfs.
#3. My Life Sucks, So There's No Bias
Where's all this money I'm supposed to have for being a white guy? When do people act nicer to me just because of the color of my skin?
Judging by the lives of the black women I know, yes, my life is categorically worse.
Many of the negative comments were not arguing against privilege, but genuinely upset that they weren't getting more of it. "I'm not currently covered in supermodels," they note, "therefore there is no such thing as bias in society."
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"The Red Cross should declare my crotch an urgent action area."
There are people who genuinely believe that because their lives are not perfect, nothing else in society is worthy of attention. That's a level of social consciousness below several types of chimpanzee. Except when chimpanzees fling their shit, at least they're fertilizing plants.
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And they usually have better grammar.
They're playing in the comment section of a website about video games: That's three levels of virtual world created only to entertain them. That's a more inceptive fantasy than Neo having a wet dream. There are royal infants who aren't so thoroughly pampered. Owning a console doesn't mean you don't have problems. But it does mean you don't currently have the problems of starving to death, dying of thirst, or being murdered in a conflict you had nothing to do with. Many people cannot say that! And not just because they haven't registered for an account.
In any discussion of inequality, the comments will inevitably summon the magical genie of horrible unfairness. Whatever problem you mention, wow, that happened to him, too! And he's a straight white male! This comment thread had their king. This struggling survivor slid here from a parallel world where straight white men are hunted just for the color of their skin. Or as it's known on Minori-World, "cracker leather."
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"Life is so unfair, I only have $2,000 worth of technology to complain with!"
Between black cops harassing him for being white, roving packs of gays physically attacking his friends, and his respected cop-then-lawyer-turned-professor and totally black (and at this point presumably from Canada, you wouldn't know him) friend secretly admitting that non-white races were inferior, he somehow found the time to write Ayn Rand fan fiction in the comments. It was more than twice as long as the article. When your main output is whining essays seen by two people in video game comment threads, it might not be reverse-racist bias that's holding you back in life.
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PRO TIP: If you have ever complained about a "mod," you have managed to screw up luxury.
He heroically manages all this despite suffering from the chronic Internet commenter malady of Extremely Vague Syndrome. Serious enough to make it impossible to do anything! Not quite serious enough for diagnosis, or to prevent him from commenting on a single video game site article for several hours every day for over two weeks! Where his comments are clearly ego masturbation, and equally clearly written in the refractory periods between regular masturbation.
I love this kind of commenter. Specifically, I love how they haven't realized that video game comment threads are the septic tank of the Internet: not just full of shit, but specifically built to hold that shit safely away from everything else. But maybe I'm being too hard on him. Maybe he really has endured hard times, working to make a better life, while ...
Did you know that blacks average lower on IQ tests, while Jews score higher, with whites and asians roughly the same?
I don't believe people have any problems with sexuality, but my opinions on transgender are so repellent I can't even say them on the internet.
I'm beginning to believe he might actually be as disabled as he claims he is. But only because any just god would make sure this asshole has a sucky life.