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Plugging the mouth of a beer bottle when you are told to drink, making it seem like you are drinking, when you are actually being a pussy.
Joe is such a beer plug.
by JimWal July 13, 2006
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Can you define these popular missing words?
Usually used during drinking games. The act of sticking ones tongue over the mouth of a bottle when told to drink. This creates the illusion that you are actually drinking.
Joe stop being such a beerplug and drink!
by JimWal July 12, 2006
Double meaning, when you're under influence of alcohol and either you just hear what you want to hear or some music sounds good because you're drunk
A: "Dude, that Britney song is actually pretty good.." B: "No man, you just got your beerplugs on"
by Gudbergur and Julia September 22, 2008
The phenomenon in which one can tolerate a person's speech, found infuriating in normal life for reasons of pitch or subject matter, due to the ingestion of alcohol or other intoxicating substances. A common symptom of excessive drinking, this condition may also be associated with beer goggles.
Girl: So I heard about this motorcycle vendor in Ouagadougou that sells 50,000 motorbikes and mopeds every year. I personally haven't been there, but I did my research, and, you know...
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Boy 2: Oh, he's got his beerplugs in for sure...
by bpafreebitches March 30, 2011
In the same vein as beer goggles, referring to drinking so much alcohol that horrible, annoying sounds become more tolerable.
Dude, this band really sucks. PLEASE order another round of beer plugs!
by AZschmeh February 27, 2010


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Hello everyone. I'm thinking about getting an Acer Aspire One, but I don't know how would it work for my needs. I need to work with audio mainly, because I don't work with graphics at all, and I wanted to know how does the atom processor handles it, if anyone has tried it and if it is good. Thank you very much.
My brother had one of those.
My brother had one of those. he told me he had so many problems with the installation of ubuntu that he had to simply give up. I had a asus eeepc which also uses the intel atom and that was really great for skype and I used it for that only. I had to sell it because it was too small and I have a eye condition so I need a ordinary screen size. for audio production I would think a mac was the best choice. after that any laptop that runs debian based distributions and a good soundcard solution.
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Denham challenged on Prevent
Britain's leading moderate Muslim organisation has challenged Communities and Local Government Secretary John Denham over his claim that government money was not being used to fund groups and institutions promoting radical Islamist ideology.
Speaking at a fringe event during Labour Party conference in Brighton, Ed Husain, director of the anti-extremist Quilliam Foundation, said he would provide Mr Denham with a list of organisations funded by the government's Prevent strategy that should be a cause for concern to ministers.
Mr Denham had told the audience at a debate hosted jointly by Quilliam and New Labour think tank Progress that there was no evidence that the government was unwittingly financing extremism. The case had been raised of the Muslim Association of Britain, which sits on the government's Mosques and Imam's National Advisory Body, despite its known links to Hamas.
Mr Husain was particularly worried by organisations with links to radical South Asian group Jamaat-i-Islami (JI), which has its power base in Pakistan and Bangladesh. The movement's founder, Abul Ala Maududi, wrote: "It must now be obvious that the objective of the Islamic jihad is to eliminate the rule of an un-Islamic system and establish in its place an Islamic system of state rule. Islam does not intend to confirm this rule to a single state or to a handful of countries."
JI supported the establishment of the Hudood ordinance in Pakistan, which introduced "sharia" punishments for extramarital sex, including stoning. As a result, human rights groups reported women who had been raped being incarcerated under the law if they failed to provide Muslim witnesses.
The Quilliam Foundation will raise its concerns about a number of prominent organisations in Britain with links to JI which receive government funding. These include the Islamic Society of Britain, UK Islamic Mission, the London Muslim Centre and Da'awatul Islam. The Leicester-based Islamic Foundation, which was founded as a JI outpost in Britain was also named by Mr Husain, although it has developed a reputation for moderation in recent years.
Quilliam has also urged the government to investigate the Muslim Welfare House, a London-based organisation which traces its ideology to Egyptian Islamist group the Muslim Brotherhood.
The JC highlighted concerns over the state funding of radical Muslim groups following a report by the Taxpayers' Alliance last month detailing where the Prevent money had been spent. Communities Minister Shahid Malik wrote to the JC: "It is untrue that groups promoting radical ideas receive money from the Preventing Violent Extremism fund."


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Skip to comments.Mexican instability needs close scrutiny
Posted on 01/25/2009 12:42:50 PM PST by Clintonfatigued
Military planners are paid to consider worst-case scenarios. A report issued last year by the U.S. Joint Forces Command did just that.
The latest Joint Operative Environment report, a planning document to assess national security threats, said Mexico along with Pakistan bears consideration for rapid and sudden collapse. The reason: The government, its politicians, police and judicial infrastructure are all under sustained assault and pressure by criminal gangs and drug cartels.
For residents of South Texas and the border region, this assault is well understood. Drug battles in Mexico often spill over to this side of the Rio Grande. And the threat of kidnappings and violence has dried up a traditionally healthy flow of Texans who used to regularly cross the border for business, family and pleasure.
Nevertheless, the JOE assessment was shocking. Could Mexico America's largest neighbor, its third largest trading partner and third largest supplier of oil really be ripe for collapse? That's the worst-case scenario military planners want our leaders to consider.
An introductory note to the Joint Operating Environment report states that it is speculative in nature, not predictive. Its purpose is to assess national security in such a way that military leaders aren't surprised by threats that are unforeseen or poorly understood.
The increasing levels of violence and lawlessness in Mexico can't be ignored. Fortunately, cooperative efforts such as the $1.4 billion Merida Initiative are a positive legacy of the Bush administration. With U.S. support, Mexican President Felipe Calderón is bravely prosecuting a war against the drug syndicates.
(Excerpt) Read more at mysanantonio.com ...
Things are looking dire south of the border, in spite of the fact that illegal immigration has waned somewhat in recent years. If Mexico collapses, we ain't seen nothing yet.
They're calling for the government to step down in Iceland because of the economic mess.
Two words: National Guard.
As much as we may not be entirely happy with him, we should be pulling for Felipe Calderon, because his war on the cartels is going to effect the U.S., one way or another.
****The government, its politicians, police and judicial infrastructure are all under sustained assault and pressure by criminal gangs and drug cartels. *****
Let me fix that::****The government, its politicians, police and judicial infrastructure are all criminal gangs and drug cartels. *****
"The increasing levels of violence and lawlessness in Mexico can't be ignored. "
Well, sure it can if you're a liberal or Rino! I've had one poster moaning at me for a week that there is NO problem with Mexico except my paranoia....well,me and the pentagon, the marines and any border agent!
This article is a much more responsible and honest treatment of the **TWO PARAGRAPHS** in the **56-page** JOE report that discuss Mexico.
More than one half-dozen completely disingenuous reports of these two paragraphs have been previously posted on FR, and the posters seem to defend headlines that amount to "Pentagon To Intervene In Mexico".
Good job Venturer,
Notice the slight towards Texas, basically saying they are arming the drug cartels with weapons... Not mentioning the flood of weapons being brought up through Central America...
Hmmm, Texans must have a lot of extra weapons laying around, or could it be the weapons that were supplied to the Zetas BY the U.S. Government?
I think its a given. And it is going to happen on Obama's watch. G-d help us all.....
Things are not looking dire. Suddenly with Obama's advent, all these Mexico-is-falling stories are appearing. Ask yourselves why? The left would love Calderon's government to fail and Obrador and his ilk to succeed. They've been seething since the PRI lost its grip. Take a trip to Mexico — past the border towns — and see for yourselves.
>Two words: National Guard.
Oh... I was thinking "Invasion" and "Annexation".
But yet, they imprison agents for shooting one in the butt! And then give him lots of money to stick around and testify against the agents. As much as I like Bush...he was certainly too close to the Mexican government and so is Rick Perry. Perry is pushing hard for the big interstate (I-35)out of Mexico. We need a new governor big time. One that will look out for Texas.
I wonder if this is a ploy to make us feel sorry the the Mexicans so we don't complain about them coming here illegally
Looks like we will have a second shot at it.
The US isn't far behind.
It's back to geography class for the The San Antonio Express News as Canada is over five times bigger than Mexico.
Mexico total area = 1,923,040 Sq km. Canada total area = 9,984,670 Sq km.
Yet another example of the numerous layers of editors and fact checkers that the Internet just doesn't have.
At least we'd be able to own land.
The war on drugs has been a costly disaster. Mexico is another causality. Not that it wasn't crappy enough to begin with.
"Could Mexico America's largest neighbor, its third largest trading partner and third largest supplier of oil really be ripe for collapse?"
Maybe they meant to say population?
Could well be. Lazy "journalists" often call falsely California the largest state because of its population and congressional count.
When the time comes, and I'm more inclined then ever to believe it will come, our military will occupy Mexico, the entire country will be declared US territory, and 5,000 US Marshals will be sent to bring peace much as they did in our western territories. Once peace, order and justice is assured, allow the territories to enter the Union as states upon Congressional approval of each state constitution.
"Mexico total area = 1,923,040 Sq km." (posted upthread),,,
When the time comes, and Im more inclined then ever to believe it will come, our military will occupy Mexico, the entire country will be declared US territory, and 5,000 US Marshals will be sent to bring peace much as they did in our western territories. Once peace, order and justice is assured, allow the territories to enter the Union as states upon Congressional approval of each state constitution.
Very Baaad Idea,,,
There was over 5,000 dead in the border cities ('08),,,
The dope is grown in South America,,,
Kill it there...
Kill it there..."
What dope is grown in South America? With the exception of cocaine, Mexicans produce most of the drugs they sell. According to the ONDCP Mexican drug trafficking organizations gross about $13.8 billion a year selling drugs up here in the U.S. About $8.6 billion of that comes from marijuana. That's about 62% of their gross proceeds. Americans consume more marijuana than all other illegal drugs combined. Cocaine is the second most popular drug though. Mexicans have taken control of most cocaine distribution in the U.S. The ONDCP estimates that these Mexican drug traffickers gross about $3.9 billion a year from cocaine, around 28% of their gross receipts. They do have to purchase and smuggle it from South America before they can smuggle it into the U.S. though. They don't produce it like they produce marijuana so marijuana accounts for a much greater percentage of their actual net profits than 62%. They're also selling Americans about $400 million worth of heroin and a billion worth of meth that is mostly all produced in Mexico. The vast majority of the drugs they produce are produced in Mexico, and increasingly they're producing drugs on our own soil.
And as for stopping the drugs in South America, we've been trying to do that for decades. We have a friendly cooperative relationship with the Colombian government now and have been working with them to stamp out cocaine for quite some time now, but of course the Colombians are supplying us more cocaine than ever. The current cartels there are just a lot more low key and less openly violent, especially toward the government than old Pablo Escobar was before we helped kill him. We can help the Mexican government deal with some of the thugs attacking their government, but it's pretty naive to think we'll ever stop the flow of drugs. There is just too much money to be made for that to stop.
"The vast majority of the drugs they produce are produced in Mexico"
I meant to say the "vast majority of the drugs they "sell" are produced in Mexico..."
Works for me. We can call it all "South Texas" ;)
Hey there,,,Welcome to FR,,,
Could you post a link to that site ?
Interesting numbers,,,
I'm just goin' from my memory here,,,
(fed jury in 1983)...
I found a link to an article that came out on this a while back. I imagine the ONDCP has something on their website too. Back in 1983 Colombians were supplying us a lot of marijuana in addition to the cocaine. They were much more in control of cocaine distribution within the the U.S. back then at the wholesale level. What has happened since then is that the Colombians have allowed the Mexicans to take over distribution for the most part and they've pretty much given up on selling marijuana here. The Mexicans are closer and better set up for distribution so it just makes more economic sense for Mexicans to supply the marijuana than to smuggle it all the way from Colombia and try to get it distributed without the built in distribution networks the Mexicans already have. Mexican pot has improved in quality since the early eighties and it is dirt cheap, especially near the border. It tends to get more expensive the farther it gets from the border.
I'm a good fifteen hour drive from the border but we've had such an influx in our Hispanic population over the last ten or fifteen years and I think that has driven the price of pot way down here too. Anytime you have thousands of Mexicans in an area some of those people are going to be related to or otherwise connected with people involved in the drug trade and they're going to be able to help bring large amounts in and pretty soon that will drive prices down. It's cheaper here than it was when you were on jury duty in 1983 and it's more potent (it's still weak compared to most U.S. grown pot, especially that grown indoors).
I work as a lawyer in a county with an interstate highway running through it and I've handled thousands of pounds worth of these pot mule cases where people are caught smuggling it in their vehicles and in tractor trailer loads. So, I read a lot about this stuff and I hear things from clients and those in the DEA and local law enforcement that I deal with. I think the government believes the Mexicans are supplying us something like 8 or 9 thousand metric tons of pot produced in Mexico every year and they're also growing more and more here in the U.S. The government estimates that the total supply in this country in a given year is somewhere between 12,000 and 25,000 metric tons. There are about 2,205 pounds in a metric ton, by the way. If memory serves me correctly the government estimates that about 500 metric tons or so is coming in from Canada and much less than that is coming in from other sources so Mexicans are supplying either most or at least a huge portion of the pot being consumed in this country. Even if the total supply is closer to the top end of the government estimate Mexicans may be supplying most of the pot here because they are involved with more and more of the large outdoor grows here and from articles I've read on indoor grow busts it looks like they are getting in on that game more and more as well.
Here's the link to that article I mentioned on what drugs are being supplied by Mexican organized crime:
That link is dead. It wasn't a few minutes ago. Here's a link to another article on the same thing: http://www.usatoday.com/news/topstories/2008-02-21-2221217072_x.htm
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'Skyfall' back in first place
James Bond's "Skyfall" barely edged out "Rise of the Guardians" the animated adventure of Santa, for first place at the weekend box office.
"Skyfall," in its fifth week, earned $11 million, while "Guardians" pulled in $10.5 million.
"The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn -- Part 2," which had been tops for three-straight weekends, earned $9.2 million, slipped into a tight race for No. 3 with "Lincoln," which finished close behind with $9.1 million.
The weekend's only new wide release, Gerard Butler's romantic comedy "Playing for Keeps," flopped with just $6 million.
The box office is expected to soar this weekend with the arrival of part one of "The Hobbit," Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" prelude. After that comes a steady rush of action, comedy and drama through year's end, including Tom Cruise's "Jack Reacher," Quentin Tarantino and Jamie Foxx's "Django Unchained," Seth Rogen's "The Guilt Trip" and Hugh Jackman and Russell Crowe's "Les Miserables."
"The last couple of weeks of the year are some of the strongest every year," said Paul Dergarabedian, an analyst for box-office tracker Hollywood.com. "We are on the cusp of some really huge box office hits. There's a lot of money still left in the year despite this slow period right now."
Authorities believe Rivera died in plane crash in Mexico
The wreckage of a small plane believed to be carrying Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera was found in northern Mexico on Sunday and there were no survivors, authorities said.
Transportation and Communications Minister Gerardo Ruiz Esparza said "everything points toward" the wreckage belonging to the plane carrying Rivera and six other people to Toluca, outside Mexico City, from Monterrey, where the singer who has sold 15 million records had just given a concert.
"There is nothing recognizable, neither material nor human" in the wreckage found in the state of Nuevo León, Ruiz Esparza told the Televisa network. The impact was so powerful that the remains of the plane "are scattered over an area of 250 to 300 meters. It is almost unrecognizable."
Stones to perform at 12-12-12 concert
The Rolling Stones will join the lineup for Wednesday's televised Superstorm Sandy benefit show in New York City.
The Stones join a trio of 1960s British rock royalty on the bill, including Paul McCartney and the Who. Among the other artists scheduled to appear are Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Eric Clapton, Eddie Vedder, Billy Joel, Roger Waters and Chris Martin.
The "12-12-12" concert at Madison Square Garden will be available on television or online to some 2 billion people, said James Dolan, one of the producers. A total of 34 U.S. television networks have agreed to show the concert, which begins at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday.
The concert lineup is "99 percent" set, promoters said. McCartney is the closer, followed by a finale involving many artists. It's scheduled to end around midnight, but may go longer.
King shares his fears with college students
Stephen King loves scaring people, but one student at University of Massachusetts Lowell tried to find out what scares him.
"Spiders, snakes ... my mother-in-law," the writer said with a grin.
The author of international best-selling books including "Carrie" and "The Shining" went to the college to talk with writing students.
King told the crowd of about 125 students that his goal is to write stories that sizzle with emotion.
"I'm a confrontational writer. I want to be in your face. I want to get into your space. I want to get within kissing distance, hugging distance, choking distance, punching distance. Call it whatever you want. But I want your attention."
Wearing jeans and a black T-shirt, King, 65, peppered his talk with profanity and promised students he was just a regular guy.
Theo James to star in CBS' 'Golden Boy'
CBS is giving a special platform to a new cop drama that it will premiere in February. The drama, "Golden Boy," features Theo James as the youngest police commissioner in New York City.
The series is set to debut on Feb. 26, taking advantage of the network's big audience that night with "NCIS," television's most popular drama. It will eventually move to its regular time slot on Friday nights.
CBS will also bring back the comedy "Rules of Engagement" on Feb. 4. It replaces the now-canceled sitcom "Partners."
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Paris Hilton and her longtime press representative, Elliot Mintz, have ended their relationship, Mintz announced in an e-mail to PEOPLE Sunday night.
The dissolution of their partnership comes two days after Hilton, 26, was sentenced to 45 days in jail for violation of her probation by driving with a suspended driver's license. (She is to report for jail by June 5.)
According to Mintz's message, "The day after the hearing, I sent Paris an e-mail expressing my sadness over the ruling of the judge and the irrational sentence he imposed."
At her hearing Friday, Hilton told Superior Court Judge Michael Sauer that Mintz had repeatedly informed her that her license had been suspended for only 30 days and that she could still drive for work-related matters.
"In that e-mail [to Paris]," Mintz said in his message to PEOPLE, "I also offered my sincerest apology for any misunderstanding she received from me regarding the terms of her probation. To the extent that I have mIscommunicated information I received from her attorneys ... I am deeply and profoundly sorry."
He added, "I told her that I assume personal responsibility for my part in this matter."
The message continues: "I believe when Paris stated in court that she believed it was o.k. for her to drive under certain circumstances she was being absolutely truthful.
"Due to this misunderstanding, I am no longer representing Paris."
He concludes, "For the record, I have nothing but love and respect for Paris and her family. Paris is a wonderful person and does not deserve the punishment that was handed down by the court. I only wish her my best."
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The contest was judged by a panel of five that included Bay City's NFL Draft prospect Trenton Robinson.
This was Schultz, a 19-year-old Saginaw Valley State University student, second time competing in the contest after doing well but missing the finals last year. A member of the SVSU golf team he came directly to the dunk contest from practice and had just a half hour to prepare.
"I didn't know what I was going to do," Schultz said.
He decided on literally raising the rim. All six of the event's competitors were given the option of raising the rim if they wanted but Schultz was one of the few who did, doing both of his first and second round dunks on a higher basket.
"I thought it would be harder and get more points from the judges," Schultz said.
The contest was sponsored by the Saginaw Sting indoor football team. For his victory Schultz received a trophy shaped like a basketball, four tickets to an upcoming Sting game and four t-shirts.
Each dunk was scored by a panel of five judges on a scale of one to 10. Robinson was joined in the scoring duties by Michigan Lutheran Seminary boys basketball players Wes Towne, Luke Morrell and Todd Brassow plus WNEM's Evan Beach. While best known as a football player at Bay City Central and Michigan State University Robinson also played basketball when at Central. He attended Sunday's contest after a friend asked him if he would.
"I figured why not, it'd be fun," Robinson said. "I did have a lot of fun watching the guys dunk around...It's always cool to see new and creative dunks."
After the contest ended he signed autographs and posed for photos with those in attendance. Before the event began he shot around with the competitors and even made a dunk or two of his own.
The dunk contest was divided into two rounds with each competitor having getting two dunks with two minutes to successfully complete each one. Competitors were allowed the use of any props they wanted or a teammate to feed them the ball. The two competitors with the highest scorers moved on to face each other in the finals.
Gregory, an 18-year-old Delta College student, finished second in the contest in his first time competing. He said afterward he loves trick dunks and was glad to have a chance to show off in public.
"Little kids like to see all this stuff," Gregory said, having led the contest after the first round. "I had a fun time out there."
Other competitors in the dunk contest were Lane Compton, Pat Bolton, Mike Hayes and Clayton Piechowiak. Bolton took part in the final round anyway as Gregory leapt over him for the first of his two dunks, a move that garnered the only perfect score of the night.
Before the dunk contest a three-point shooting contest was held. It was won by Saginaw's Eric Pratt who defeated Kawkawlin's Jorden Gary in the finals. Pratt played in the all-star game later Sunday night.
"I've never been in one before," Pratt said, noting he prefers the longer shots to getting down in the paint. "It was kind of neat."


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I was wondering which is the best way to start with Interaction Desing (learn principle, tools and build a solid curriculum). Two years ago I've graduated in Arts and Scienze of ShowBiz and now I'm about to finish a master in 3D Animation. During this course I've learned basics of software like Max/Msp and Processing. It was a shocking surprise who opened a new world (live performance, users interaction etc...). After some research on internet I've found interaction design who seems a very complex and new discipline with all the "good stuff" I've enjoyed in live installation plus real application. Cutting to the chase, I was wondering if:
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Posted 11 January 2011 - 08:49 PM
Whether this was his direct intention or not, who knows, but your blurb illustrates just how stubborn and annoying some people in here can be when it comes to their favorite players. And, on the flip side as well, with people in here having an obsessive disliking of certain players when those players aren't doing all that bad as they want to portray and so forth.
Horrible bump.
I think someone is trying to compensate for Flip having another mediocre season. Little misdirection can go a long way.
And Bertuzzi thinks that you all suck, so ha. *shrugs*
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Posted 02 November 2011 - 04:40 PM
Too soon to bump this? lol
LoL trying to start trouble? Either Bert is trying to be on top of the list of penalty minutes during one season, or the refs hate the guy.
Posted 02 November 2011 - 05:46 PM
But it also looks like most of the team is doing the same thing.
They need to play all out for 60 minutes and get a winning rythym going, then rest guys by rotating others in every few games, not resting on the ice for most of a couple of periods during games.
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Posted 02 November 2011 - 06:18 PM
Had to get that in there first, on this, the 2nd (or 3rd) time around for this thread.
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This season? Try 3 seasons.
I actually like Bertuzzi, a lot, but he has been absolutely horrendous this season. And as edi just said, he's got to realise the refs target him, so he's got to play smarter.
Posted 03 November 2011 - 01:01 PM
What the HELL is going on with all you people?? Just cause the Wings are going through a rough patch everyone start picking apart the team and trashing them. WTF????
You didn't know that's how it works around here? Gotta blame somebody, there is no way we could be performing poorly as a TEAM, is there? I'd be lying if I didn't say I was concerned with our lackluster play, but this is the Detroit Motherf****** Red Wings. They gotta get it going, but they know that, we know that, Babs knows that, Holland knows that. It's not worth taking years off your life b/c they lose a few games. It's not a 16 game season, so everyone chill the f*** out.
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However you view who is at fault for the recent government shutdown, we should be looking to see if less is what we want in government....
Hey Ritty, NBC News has now scrubbed that article that you refer to in your 6:23 PM post from their website.
Can you say "coercion".
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Obama has launched a class and ethnic warfare the likes as never been seen in this country to include the Civil War Era. The only pages not written yet are the battles...but this isn't over yet! Fortunately, we have black people who are educated and see past his color for who he truly is, a divisive and narcissist dictator.
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Someone, anyone on the left, please tell us that we are wrong...please tell us that we didn't hear Obama P R O M I S E not once, but several times that "If you like your policy, you can keep your policy." Tell us that was our imagination, please.
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Saw that. On Sunday, MHP had the graphic: "This Week in Voter Suppression"
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...and as the rest of the news stations, nightly news shows, and late night comedians talk about the ACA and the problems with it's implementation, MSDNC continues to focus on Ted Cruz and the "Culture of Hate" within the Republican Party.
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Oops. Last word is "today."
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"That means the administration knew that more than 40 to 67 percent of those in the individual market would not be able to keep their plans, even if they liked them.
"Yet President Obama, who had promised in 2009, "if you like your health plan, you will be able to keep your health plan," was still saying in 2012, "If [you] already have health insurance, you will keep your health insurance."
"This says that when they made the promise, they knew half the people in this market outright couldn't keep what they had and then they wrote the rules so that others couldn't make it either," said Robert Laszewski, of Health Policy and Strategy Associates, a consultant who works for health industry firms. Laszewski estimates that 80 percent of those in the individual market will not be able to keep their current policies and will have to buy insurance that meets requirements of the new law, which generally requires a richer package of benefits than most policies to
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"None of this should come as a shock to the Obama administration. The law states that policies in effect as of March 23, 2010 will be "grandfathered," meaning consumers can keep those policies even though they don't meet requirements of the new health care law. But the Department of Health and Human Services then wrote regulations that narrowed that provision, by saying that if any part of a policy was significantly changed since that date -- the deductible, co-pay, or benefits, for example -- the policy would not be grandfathered.
"Buried in Obamacare regulations from July 2010 is an estimate that because of normal turnover in the individual insurance market, "40 to 67 percent" of customers will not be able to keep their policy. And because many policies will have been changed since the key date, "the percentage of individual market policies losing grandfather status in a given year exceeds the 40 to 67 percent range."
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From NBC News:
"President Obama repeatedly assured Americans that after the Affordable Care Act became law, people who liked their health insurance would be able to keep it. But millions of Americans are getting or are about to get cancellation letters for their health insurance under Obamacare, say experts, and the Obama administration has known that for at least three years.
"Four sources deeply involved in the Affordable Care Act tell NBC NEWS that 50 to 75 percent of the 14 million consumers who buy their insurance individually can expect to receive a "cancellation" letter or the equivalent over the next year because their existing policies don't meet the standards mandated by the new health care law. One expert predicts that number could reach as high as 80 percent. And all say that many of those forced to buy pricier new policies will experience "sticker shock."
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Most of America didn't know about or didn't care about the "shutdown." It was such a non-event that Obama had to shutdown things that never get shut down. Whatever little bump Obama got by prevailing over the GOP, he immediately squandered with his obvious spitefulness and pettiness.
Obama is a lame duck. No more big agenda items will get passed. He!!, even Hillary said it's time for a change.
Obamacare is a bad joke and the WH has actually been questioned about its blatant lies about the costs and availability of health insurance. Obama will be on defense for the rest of his term: Benghazi, IRS, NSA, etc.
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Well, I hate to break it to you, but it appears that most of America did not like the shut down. Like it or not the Rep./tea party is taking the brunt of the blame for it. They campaigned on it, did it, & now want to blame it all on the President/Dems.--Go figure. LOL
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"The call for less government only has given us a government that is woefully inadequate in its duties." CMReeder
So just "the call" for less government has rendered it "woefully inadequate in its duties." Sounds to me like government is wasteful and inept.
The government is bigger and more costly than ever in this country's history. And each year it gets bigger and more costly.
Government and its sycophants need to learn to do with less. Less money, less employees, less handouts, less services, less waste, and less dependents.
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Remember the gulf oil spill?
Both industry and government are to blame for the BP spill.
BP's Texas City, Texas Refinery where 15 died and 150 were injured happened in 2005 under Bush's watch.
Bush, Cheney and the GOP set the stage for the BP oil spill, deregulation of the oil industry resulted in the greatest environmental disaster ever in US history. Remember the Energy Policy Act of 2005?
It wasn't just the Democrat's who missed the mark on BP, it also was the Republican's.
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enigma-"Bobbie, You're as bad as Sham and Chuck, Grow up!"
Funny, I just told Bobbie that (s)he was the rights version of Chuck the other day on a different thread. You're not the only one to think so.
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Bobbie, You're as bad as Sham and Chuck, Grow up!
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enigma said:
"Obama is truly the worst administrator in the history of the world."
Just look at the spying on Germany and other allies!
Obama said he knew nothing about it, but somehow, the White House ordered the spying to expand at first and then stop this summer.
What does President Obama really do for the money we pay him?
He knew nothing about Fast & Furious. He knew nothing about the IRS targeting political groups. He knew nothing about Benghazi. He knew nothing about spying on James Rosen. He knew nothing about Healthcare.gov website.
But he knew everything about killing Bin Laden! Oh, he ran to take credit for that!
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"Referring to National Parks and Monuments I suggest the Government owns too much of the People's land and, it's management of is p poor."-richardson
I did some looking and I found that the budget for the National Park Service is just over $10 per visitor. Since the admission to most of the parks is more than that, why were they shut down? The government actually lost money doing that. Not to mention that they spent as much or more money closing them down as it costs to keep them open. Obama is truly the worst administrator in the history of the world.
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Most of Reeder's losses from the shutdown are losses that we used to take care of ourselves. And, That is the differnce between Right and Left. Referring to National Parks and Monuments I suggest the Government owns too much of the People's land and, it's management of is p poor.
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Poor Chuck, for two whole weeks he couldn't steal pic-a-nic baskets in Jellystone Park. Chuck may be smarter than the average bear, but he's dumber than the average sheep. Even most of the sheeple out there knew that the 'shutdown' was just political theater, but Chuck thought it was real. He's also just dumb enough to think that a fake shutdown and a real slimdown would look the same. His thinking is so invested in big government that he can't get his nose out of Obama's rectum long enough to see what freedom smells like.
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Remember the gulf oil spill? It was found that the regulators who were tasked with ensuring work was done in compliance with regulations were sitting in their offices watching *********** at taxpayer's expense. -Erik
Or how about the gas industry. Many on the left are against the industry and blame government for being corrupt and not doing their job regulating the industry. So they admit government is ineffective and corrupt only when it suits their agenda.
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I the Tea Party wants to have a discussion about waste in gov't spending, liberals say we just want to eliminate all safety nets. Liberals never address the billions in waste and duplicate programs.
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I should say it worked for people that are blind to what is really happening and follow along like sheep. Chuck is an example of that and to the sheep, no amount of government is too much.
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Liberals love to say that our food is safely due to a bloated federal gov't.
Unfortunately, we still have salmonella outbreaks, food poisonings and other problems.
So, the program is not effective, like most gov't programs.
Remember the gulf oil spill? It was found that the regulators who were tasked with ensuring work was done in compliance with regulations were sitting in their offices watching *********** at taxpayer's expense.
Nobody fired.
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Spike, I have to disagree. If you look at how much of the government was shutdown in dollars, then it was just 17%. The military was still being paid, government entitlements were still going out, and many other exempted programs were still operating. While 17% is still a huge number when you are talking about a government that is bloated to the breaking point and requires 4 trillion a year to feed, most Americans were unaffected because 83% of government was still being funded. IMO that's why they chose to close monuments and parks because people most are unaffected and this was a way to make republican leadership look bad by picking "targets" that are highly visible and often emotional for so many. And it worked.
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The shut down dd not last long enough for our area to feel any effect. We have few federal employees beyond the 3rd circuit and the nearby prisons. We do not have national parks or military bases. We do not have businesses who survive by providing service to these entities. We actually do not know how life may have changed for us if the shutdown continued.
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After moving from wide receiver to defensive back in 2007 Brent Vinson started at cornerback that year before off-field problems short-circuited his career.
After moving from wide receiver to defensive back in 2010 Marsalis Teague started 16 games at cornerback the past two years and projects to start as a senior in 2012.
Given all of the above, Dallas' excitement about being the latest Vol to make the switch seems well founded. Although the 5-foot-11, 187-pounder caught three passes for 37 yards as a true freshman in 2011, he's convinced that he'll have greater impact on defense.
"I think about that all the time," he said, literally beaming. "I know I've got a bright future, and everything's going to be all right."
Dallas finished the 2011 season with a flourish, catching a nine-yard pass in Game 10 at Arkansas and a 22-yarder in Game 11 versus Vanderbilt before missing the Kentucky game with a broken hand. After catching just one pass in three spring scrimmages (a 13-yarder in the Orange & White Game), however, he asked head coach Derek Dooley about changing sides of the ball.
"I brought it up to him," Dallas recalled. "Me and Coach Dooley had a meeting and talked about a lot of stuff, then made the transaction."
Derrick Ansley, Tennessee's first-year cornerbacks coach, says Dallas already was familiar with secondary play when he showed up for the Vols' first preseason practice.
"It wasn't new to him," Ansley recalled. "Any time you're a good player in high school you're going to play both ways, so he did. It wasn't anything that was foreign to him. The terminology and techniques were new to him, so those parts were a little bit of a growing pain. But, as far as being physical and wanting to do it, he was all in."
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"I started on both sides of the ball," he recalled. "My (scholarship) offers coming out of high school was half and half for DB and wide receiver."
Dallas says he learned one thing playing cornerback in high school that has served him well now that he's playing the position at Tennessee.
"Basically, just being physical," he said. "Defensive back is about being physical, moving your feet and using technique."
Still, playing cornerback for a major-college program is a stiffer challenge than playing cornerback for a high-school team.
"It's a lot different," Dallas conceded. "I'm on a bigger level. I'm just trying to compete and get better. There's always room for improvement."
Helping him compete and get better is his position coach, fresh from a two-year stint as a defensive aide at Alabama.
"Coach Ansley's a great guy," Dallas said. "He's doing everything he can to push me, teach me great technique and keep me going. Everything's working out good."
Bubbling with enthusiasm, Dallas says the switch to corner "hasn't really been a tough adjustment," adding: "I just compete every day as hard as I can, then go to the film room and clean it up."
He says the camaraderie of Tennessee's defensive backs is helping him considerably, noting: "All of my boys on defense help me to execute and get better."
Covering wideouts Justin Hunter, Da' Rick Rogers, Cordarrelle Patterson in practice each day is helping him get better, too. Dallas surely won't face a more gifted trio all season.
"It's a great feeling," he said. "We've got some great receivers, so I take it as work to get me better."
Dallas also believes he's benefiting from the aggressive style of play Ansley is demanding of Vol cornerbacks.
"Oh, man, it's great," Dallas said. "We're going to be a great secondary, and he's going to make sure of that. He's teaching us some good stuff."
Nyshier Oliver is another Vol who has switched positions. The redshirt junior started his career in orange at cornerback before moving to receiver last fall. He's back at DB now. Get his thoughts on the transitions in the video interview below:


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A jury convicted Adrian Arriano, the Canyon Country rapist, on 27 of 29 counts in San Fernando Court Tuesday.
Jurors acquitted Arriano, 31, on charges of attempted murder and robbery, potentially sparing him a longer sentence.
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After presiding over 15 days of testimony by victims, eyewitnesses and a DNA expert, Judge Barbara Scheper gave the jury its instructions Friday morning.
Jordan and defense attorney Julia Knox delivered their closing arguments, and the jury weighed the evidence.
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There was very little tension between jurors during the deliberations, the foreman said.
"We spent so much time deliberating because there were so many counts. We wanted to make sure we took some time talking about each count," he said.
Scheper will sentence Arriano, a two-time deportee, on March 4 in San Fernando Superior Court.
When and if Arriano finishes serving state time in California, he is facing a felony deportation hearing, said Virginia Kice, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman.
Arriano faces up to 20 additional years for felony reentry, Kice said.
Deputies arrested Arriano Sept. 10, 2007, after he burglarized a woman's home. Deputies quickly made the connection between Arriano and Canyon Country rapes committed on Jan. 8 and March 29 of 2007. Deputies also connected Arriano to a June 26, 2007, break-in at another woman's Canyon Country home.
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Just surfing youtube, looking for standard muay thai counters to jabs and crosses.
A few minutes into it, I dont know how I got here, but this is what Im reading:
Bas Rutten-
" "Before the fight when he came to me, he made that thumb over the neck, throat slashing motion like I was going to go down. I turned to my manager and said, "Okay, now I'm going to kill this guy, you watch". My game plan was to keep the fight going for 15 minutes...Funaki had never fought above 15 minutes. But then, like 12 minutes into it, while I'm still on my knees he kicks me in the head. I block, but for me that was an illegal thing to do. So right away I start, BANG, BANG, BANG..." [9]
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Just thought I'd share because Bas, and this fight, are awesome.
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All Funaki fights are somewhat suspect to me, Funaki didnt throw fights but he tried so hard to entertain sometimes that winning was secondary.
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Charlotte, NC (July 5, 2012) – Johnson C. Smith University announced Stephen Joyner, Jr., as the new head women's basketball coach on Thursday, July 5, during a news conference on campus.
Joyner, Jr., transitions from Winston-Salem State University to the Gold and Blue after two seasons as Rams head coach. During that time, his teams posted back-to-back winning seasons for an overall record of 35-21. Last season, Joyner Jr., coached his squad to the quarterfinals game of the CIAA Tournament and just missed a bid into the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional Tournament.
"I am pleased to have Steve Joyner, Jr., join our Athletics staff as head women's basketball coach," said JCSU President Ronald L. Carter. "Steve brings solid coaching experience in women's athletics. I look forward to his leadership as our women's basketball team continues to excel at their growing edge."
Joyner, Jr., returns to his alma mater, where his roots are deeply planted, to lead the women's basketball program. A 2001 graduate of Johnson C. Smith University, Joyner, Jr., was also one of the top point guards in the CIAA during his Golden Bulls playing career.
Playing under the tutelage of his father, Stephen Joyner, Sr., Director of Athletics and a longtime head men's basketball coach at JCSU, Joyner, Jr., amassed 399 assists with an average of 4.53 assists per game during his final three seasons (1998-2001). During his senior campaign, JCSU captured the 2001 CIAA Tournament Championship, won the NCAA DII South Atlantic Regional title, and advanced to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight – all firsts in school history.
"Steve's knowledge of JCSU culture and his tie to his alma mater will be key assets as our women's basketball team rebuilds during the next few years," said JCSU Athletics Director Steve Joyner, Sr., "He brings a solid set of credentials and experience at both the Division I and Division II levels. We're happy to have him join our coaching staff as we push our student-athletes to perform at the highest level in academics and in sports."
Following his playing career, Joyner, Jr., spent the 2001-02 season as an assistant men's basketball coach at Livingstone College under the guidance of his uncle and head coach, Ed Joyner, Sr. While at Livingstone College, Joyner, Jr., also served as an assistant men's basketball coach for the Charlotte Stars AAU team.
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