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Ō¢Ā Taiwan stock market (TAIEX) opened 28 points, or 0.32 percent, higher on Monday at 8,802 on turnover of NT$2.14 billion.
Ō¢Ā U.S. Stocks were ending broadly higher Friday as traders were encouraged by an increase in consumer spending last month. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose eight points, or 0.5 percent, to close at 1,857. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 58 points, or 0.4 percent, to 16,323 and the Nasdaq composite rose four points, or 0.1 percent, to 4,155. Bond prices fell. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.72 percent. (AP)
Ō¢Ā The Taiwan Stock Exchange trended higher but pulled back on Friday and broke a two-year high in intersession trading while dipping as low as 8812.41 points. However, momentum could not be maintained and the index fell 4.93 points, or 0.06% to 8774.64 points. (Taiwan News)
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Ō¢Ā North Korea said Sunday it "would not rule out" a new nuclear test as it defended its recent mid-range missile launch that triggered international condemnation, according to CNN.
Ō¢Ā Secretary of State John Kerry is in Paris preparing to meet his Russian counterpart in another bid to calm tensions and resolve the crisis over Ukraine.Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov are meeting later Sunday. They'll sit down at the residence of the Russian ambassador to France to go over Moscow's response to a U.S. plan to de-escalate the situation as Russian troops continue to mass along the Ukrainian border. (AP)
Ō¢Ā The search for floating debris from the Malaysia Airlines jetliner was in high gear Sunday as 10 aircraft, six ships and four helicopters combed an Indian Ocean search zone west of Australia more than three weeks after the Boeing 777 crashed into the southern Indian Ocean. (AP)
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Ō¢Ā Up to 500,000 people gathered in front of the Presidential Office Building Sunday to voice their support for the students occupying the Legislative Yuan in protest against the trade-in-services pact with China, organizers said. (Taiwan News)
Ō¢Ā A number of international news channels covered SundayŌĆÖs protests against the service-trade pact with China, including Bloomberg, the Wall Street Journal, and BBC News. The Wall Street Journal quoted the opponents who expressed concern that the deal ŌĆ£will favor conglomerates and leave small to medium enterprises in Taiwan struggling to compete.ŌĆØ On the other hand, the report also mentioned another group of people in Taipei were urging the protesters to retreat from the legislative building and let lawmakers go back to work. (Taiwan News)
Ō¢Ā The protesters against the service-trade pact with China flooded the streets of central Taipei on Sunday. The organizerŌĆöthe Black Island Nation Youth FrontŌĆöclaimed on its official Facebook page the number of protesters exceeded 350,000 by early afternoon and revised the number up to 500,000 in the late afternoon. The group issued a press release relating the anti-service pact protests to the civil awakening of a nation as well as a social movement rebuking deception and violence by the authorities. (Taiwan News)
Ō¢Ā Former President Lee Teng-hui took to Facebook Sunday to urge the nationŌĆÖs leaders to listen to the voice of the people, understand their suffering and offer a specific and sincere response to the demands of students and the people. He called for a national constitution conference to discuss recent political problems and seek solutions to the many issues that are dividing the people of the nation. (Taiwan News)
Ō¢Ā A leader of the students occupying the Legislative Yuan rejected President Ma Ying-jeouŌĆÖs comments made during an hour-long news conference Saturday. Ma rejected the studentsŌĆÖ key demand that the government should withdraw the trade accord signed last June from legislative consideration, but made apparent concessions on other issues. (Taiwan News)
Ō¢Ā In order to complete the trading mechanism of the Taiwan Stock Exchange, provide investors with hedging strategy options, and increase market momentum, the centralized trading market lifted the ban on day trading for investors on January 6, 2014. (Taiwan News)
Ō¢Ā A number of Taiwanese studying in Hong Kong were joined by local university students in a march Sunday in solidarity with the mass demonstration that took place on Ketagalan Boulevard in Taipei. A total of about 500 persons marched to protest the Taiwan governmentŌĆÖs handling of the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) with China. (Taiwan News)
Ō¢Ā Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Taipei Sunday to urge an end to the student occupation of the Legislature and a "rational discussion" of a disputed service trade pact with China, while over 100,000 opponents of the pact converged on the Presidential Office plaza in a widening of the protest movement. Hundreds rallied by civic group the Civil Justice Alliance shouted "come forward for the sake of Taiwan's stability and a more liberalized economy," as they massed around the Taipei Main Station waving Republic of China flags and wearing white t-shirts. (CNA)
Ō¢Ā In a bid to assuage public misgivings, President Ma Ying-jeou said Saturday that a controversial service trade pact with China has a mechanism for dealing with problems once it goes into effect. (CNA)
Ō¢Ā If a service trade agreement with China is not approved by the Legislature, the financial sector could shift the focus of its outreach to Southeast Asia rather than China, an official of Fubon Financial Holdings said Saturday. (CNA)
Ō¢Ā Taiwan's Agriculture and Food Agency said Saturday that it will increase exports of garlic to 8,000 metric tons this year in an attempt to lower the domestic supply and stabilize prices. (CNA)
Ō¢Ā China's top negotiator with Taiwan said Sunday that it will be regrettable if a trade-in-services agreement between Taiwan and China fails to pass Taiwan's Legislature in the near term. (CNA)
Ō¢Ā The head of Taiwan's central bank has said the island must reach out to other countries and approve a trade pact with China, otherwise its industries and workers would suffer. (CNA)
Ō¢Ā Taiwan and the United States will hold their next round of talks under the bilateral Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) on April 4 in Washington, the government announced Saturday. (CNA)


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genre: RPG
|ESRB rating: T
release date: Jul 19, 00
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Siege of Avalon is a well-known title amongst RPG fans. We are currently writing about it as the developer finally decided to publish it as a retail package on a CD, containing all six episodes. Just to remind you - The only way to play this game until now was to download it from its web site - the first episode was free and used for evaluation, and if you wanted to finish the entire adventure, you had to pay to be able to download the remaining five episodes.
The story begins with your arrival to Avalon, where you came to find your brother. But, alas, Avalon is in despair, being under siege by the evil Mirtha. Supplies and moral are slowly diminishing, and only a true hero could turn the course of history. So, in a flick of a wrist, you find yourself in the middle of an epic battle, both with your's and Avalon's destiny at stake, and you only wanted to visit your brother...
You will face this complex and continuous saga through numerous dialogues, combats and puzzles, and if you are good enough, you might just end it as a victor. The first chapter will introduce you to the history of the conflict you got involved into, and the general gameplay concepts. Chapters three to six are not essential for the basic plot, but they are all very interesting and fun to play. Chapters three, four and five, have been designed as a sort of an homage to each of the three classes (warrior, scout and mage, respectively) appearing in the game. Depending on the character class, you will get a certain number of side-quests; for instance, in the third chapter (warrior) you will get a quest to acquire three amulets by any means necessary, and if you do so you will be knighted.
The entire third chapter is focused on combat - fighting in the forests outside Avalon, you will encounter allies that will help you oppose the big bad Sha'ahoul, which turned inhabitants of Avalon into his slaves and is trying to prevent you from delivering an important message to a fortress in the woods.
Not all of us are born warriors, so I expect some will prefer playing the fourth episode, meant for people with a keen eye and a lot of patience. In this scouting mission, you will have to carefully explore the nearby village and find out what fiendish plan villainous Sha'ahoul devised against Avalon. And as you are already there, you might as well thwart it.
The fifth chapter is real refreshment, as it transports you to other worlds within the Astral Plane, like the icy Frosthelem, or the blazing Infernus. This is the most difficult chapter of all, but fortunately, some of the spells you will gather on the way are powerful enough to secure your way to success (like "mirror image", which creates three replicas of your character, and is essential for completing several quests).
Apart from the basic, campaign quests, you can also try to solve some of the side-quests, which will give you additional training points, used to improve you character's stats: strength, coordination, constitution, perception, charm, mysticism, combat and stealth. Training points can be distributed freely, which gives you a chance to fully customize your character.
As I already mentioned, one of the most important elements of the game are your dialogues with NPCs. If you want to fully experience this game, you will have to be very patient and concentrated - Siege of Avalon puts the plot and the dialogues before combat and exploration. The game uses a classical point-and-click interface, which is far from innovative, but definitely functional. The game is based on RPG books and stories dating from the time before we started playing RPGs on our computers and this can be seen by the way the story develops, and by the way the character perceives it... as the game progresses, your character will frequently update his journal, writing down his thoughts, and it can grow up to dozens of pages!
Siege of Avalon is a typical medieval CRPG with an isometric view and nice graphics. Characters and objects are small, but extremely detailed. The inventory has the already forgotten "paper doll" system, which makes your character look exactly the way you dress him up. You can only carry a limited amount of objects, so pay heed as to what you need and what you don't.
The programmers decided not to record voice-overs for characters, and to leave all dialogues in text-only mode. The upside of this method is that Siege of Avalon can be played on several languages, and the downside is the fact that it requires a lot (and I mean a LOT) of reading. Background music is basically good, but it can get tedious after some time. Sound effects are good, and become the general atmosphere.
In a way, Siege of Avalon is a beginners' course of RPG for newbies. Even though it has a great story, which is sufficiently complex and intriguing to keep you glued to the screen for hours, the game lacks depth we had a chance to see in Baldur's Gate. Its retro-look and episode concept will probably attract a large number of fans, especially from the ranks of older RPG players, who are able too appreciate an involving story and good puzzles more than eye-candy.
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> On Fri, 2008-08-08 at 18:23 -0700, David Witbrodt wrote:[color=green]
> > I have tracked the regression down to an RCU problem.
> > [...]
> > After reading some documentation in Documentation/RCU/, it looks like
> > something is misusing RCU -- and, according to the Documentation, those kinds
> > of mistakes are easy to make. Maybe necessary calls to
> >
> > rcu_read_lock()
> > rcu_read_unlock()
> >
> > are missing, and something about my hardware is triggering a freeze that
> > doesn't occur on most hardware.
> >
> >
> > For some reason, turning off the HPET by booting with "hpet=disabled" keeps
> > the freeze from happening. Just reading a couple of those docs about RCU
> > made me dizzy, so I hope someone familiar with RCU issues will take a look
> > at the code in the files I've listed. Surely you guys can take it from here
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> > If not, just give me some experimental code changes to make to get my 2.6.26
> > and 2.6.27 kernels working again without disabling HPET!!![/color]
> The typical way to deadlock like this is do something like:
> rcu_read_lock();
> synchronize_rcu();
> rcu_read_unlock();
> While I cannot immediately see any such usage in the function you
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> Can't seem to find anything like that.
> What's weird though - is that HPET makes any difference on these network
> code paths.
> Could we end up calling rcu too soon? I doubt we bring up ipv4 before
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I'm _way_ over my head in this discussion, but here's some more food
for thought. Last weekend, when I first tried 2.6.26 and discovered the
freeze, I thought an error of my own in .config was causing it. Before
I ever sought help, I made about a dozen experiments with different
..config files.
One series of those experiments involved turning off most of the kernel...
including CONFIG_INET. The kernel still froze, but when entering
pci_init(). (This info can be read in my original post to the Debian BTS,
which I have provided links for a couple of times in this LKML thread. I
even went further and removed enough that the freeze was avoided, but so
much of the kernel was missing that my init scripts couldn't mount a hard
disk any more. Trying to restore enough to allow HD mounting just brought
back the freeze.)
I am completely ignorant about how the kernel works, so any guesses I have
are probably worthless... but I'll throw some out anyway:
1. Maybe HPET is used (if present) for timing by RCU, so disabling it
forces RCU to work differently. (Pure guess here: I know nothing about
RCU, and haven't even tried looking at its code.)
2. Maybe my hardware is broken. We need see one initcall return that
report over 280,000 msecs... when the entire boot->freeze time was about
3 secs. On the other hand, 2.6.25 (and before) work just fine with HPET
3. I was able to find the commit that introduced the freeze
(3def3d6ddf43dbe20c00c3cbc38dfacc8586998f), so there has to be a connection
between that commit and the RCU problem. Is it possible that a prexisting
error or oversight in the code was merely exposed by that commit? (And
only on certain hardware?) Or does that code itself contain the error?
4. Another bug has been posted on the Debian BTS, which is worked around
by disabling HPET. The user provided some links to bugzilla.kernel.org
where David Brownell is fighting with some HPET/RTC issues (but no mention
of RCU):
I honestly don't know whether this is related to my problem or not. :-(
If any has any test code I can run to detect massive HPET breakage on
these motherboards, I'll be glad to do so. Or any other experimental
code changes, for that matter.
Thanks again,
Dave W.
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Scientific Name: Panonychus ulmi
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The European red mite overwinters in the egg stage on twigs and branches. The red orange eggs have a long spike that is visible with a hand lens. Eggs hatch in early spring when the walnuts leaf out. Immature mites are bright red; adult females have a brick red, globular body with four rows of long, curved hairs arising from white dorsal spots. Newly molted mites may appear greenish. Adult males are brownish and smaller than the females. Usually red mite populations build slowly during spring and do not become damaging until summer. They have multiple generations each season. European red mites produce little or no webbing.
European red mites feed on the cell contents of leaf tissue. Initially, the feeding causes light stippling of the leaves. Prolonged feeding by a heavy population will gradually give leaves a bronzed appearance. Feeding by European red mite does not result in leaf drop, as does feeding by webspinning mites, but severe, repeated bronzing of leaves for several years can reduce nut yields significantly. Damage by European red mite is generally rare, but it has a tendency to be more abundant in cooler coastal areas than in hot, inland orchards.
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Grand Rapids native Floyd Mayweather, scheduled to make his comeback Sept. 19 against Juan Manuel Marquez at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, refused last week to specify how he suffered the rib injury which prompted their bout to be postponed from its originally scheduled date last Saturday.
He dismissed an Internet claim that a sparring session with a promising amateur caused the delay.
"It happened in training and we'll leave it at that," he said. "It wasn't no small guy that done it, believe me. It didn't even happen in sparring, so nobody else knows exactly what happened. Accidents happen. It was just a freak accident. When it happened, I tried to work through it. It was fine for a while then it happened again.
"I know all these young guys are trying to come for me because now I'm an old cat in the sport of boxing. I just have to stay mentally strong. I'll be OK physically. I've been through a lot of physical mishaps before but only the strong survive and I'm one of the strongest."
One thing Mayweather did confirm is that he was a big Michael Jackson fan and several years ago bought every vintage replica doll of the singer at The Beat Goes On, a Grand Rapids music store.
"Yeah, I done that," he said. "I went to the store one day and I seen the dolls. I was like, 'How many dolls you got in the store?' I bought them all. I've got one of them in my garage right now."
Mayweather said he also has a gold record of Jackson's, given to him as a gift.
Undercard beefed up
The Mayweather-Marquez undercard gained a serious semi-main event when the Chris John-Rocky Juarez featherweight sequel was added.
John-Juarez II originally was scheduled June 27 until John, the Indonesian with only two draws marring his undefeated record -- one against Juarez -- withdrew when he was feeling fatigued and his blood work showed unspecified problems.
Their first fight was a terrific give-and-take draw Feb. 28 in Houston, Juarez's hometown, although most observers believed John should have been declared the winner.
The rematch adds heft to a card which also features a Zab Judah-Matthew Hilton fight.
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Dear Ann, I saw an ad on Ravelry that tickled me for some reason. It was a photo of an exquisitely translucent lace stole, accompanied by this copy: "BAD ECONOMY? LACE IS CHEAP." Now that's telling it like it is, sistah! It makes sense: since yarn is priced by weight, the thinner it gets–the closer to laceweight– the more stitches–and hours– you can knit, for less money. Sheer knits,...Read More


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Prop 8 Leader Supports Thrice-Married Adulterer
Jim Garlow was one of the, if not the, key Religious Right leaders helming the fight to pass Proposition 8 in California. And the reason he did so is because those who seek marriage equality are driven by "an Antichrist spirit" as part of an effort by Satan to "destroy the definition of marriage" so that people will fall away from God.
Garlow is close friends with Newt Gingrich, who carried on an affair with the woman who would become his second wife while he was still married to his first ... and then proceeded to do the very same thing to his second wife with the woman who would become his third. And since Gingrich is so very, very sorry for his past indiscretions, he has been forgiven and so his presidential aspirations now have Garlow's approval:
Jim Garlow, the pastor of Skyline Church, a congregation in a San Diego suburb, called Gingrich "the strongest possible candidate" for the GOP nomination. Garlow led the effort in 2008 to pass Proposition 8, which outlawed same-sex marriage in California.
Last year, Garlow agreed to serve as chairman of Gingrich's faith-based nonprofit, for which he receives what he called a "small stipend." Since then, he has provided Gingrich with entree to evangelical circles nationwide.
Garlow agreed to head ReAL after a private meeting at which Gingrich acknowledged his past marital failings and began to weep as he spoke of his love for his two daughters.
"In my bleakest days when I was doing wrong, I knew it was wrong," Garlow quoted Gingrich as saying. "There was no attempt to justify his actions."
As Garlow explained several months ago in a video recorded for Cindy Jacobs' "Reformation Day" election prayer event, he supports Gingrich because Gingrich wakes up every day and asks "what can I do today to save Western Civilization?":
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I'm a big believer in computer leasing in the right situations. Alas, I'm sitting at the end of the lease on my desktop PC, with a LCD monitor that's just gone on the blink. The LCD display went poof just after lunch today, without any warning. I wasn't too worried at first, thinking that I'd still be covered under the service contract. But when I went to check things out, I got an unpleasant surprise…
Both the on-site service contract and three-year warranty wrapped up last month. Without a peep from either Gateway or the leasing company.
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The Delaware 87ers, the Sixers' D-League affiliate, donned lime green jerseys on Monday night to bring awareness to a different time of lime; specifically, Lyme Disease.
Dressed in green tonight, #Sevens & @De11eDonne are raising awareness for Lyme Disease! #ElenaLymeOut pic.twitter.com/SOhpLNygB0— Delaware Sevens (@Sevens) February 11, 2014
Working in partnership with WNBA player and former University of Delaware basketball player, Elena Delle Donne, the 87ers will donate all proceeds from the night to Lyme Disease Association's LymeAid 4 Kids program.
Delle Donne knows firsthand how devastating the illness can be.
She contracted it in 2008 and went undiagnosed until she relapsed in 2010.
"When I relapsed in 2010, that was the worst. I couldn't hold my arms up for more than 10 seconds without them dropping," she explained. "I was probably sleeping 18 hours a day, I wasn't able to go to class… I was just really, really sick. It even hurt to breathe."
Every year, more than 30,000 people contract Lyme Disease which is typically transmitted through tick bites.
Delaware is one of a few states that report the most new cases of the disease every year.
Delle Donne hopes to not only bring awareness to the disease itself but also to urge scientists to research more ways to treat the disease.
"It's not hard to contract, and a lot of cases go unknown because a we don't have the right diagnosing techniques," she said. "It's something that I'm going to work every day to raise awareness of – to get research going and also to help raise money for people trying to get treatment, because it is expensive."
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Members of the Christian rock band Rush of Fools will participate in tornado relief efforts on Wednesday at Hunter Street Baptist Church in Hoover.
The musicians, who are based in Birmingham, will be among volunteers receiving donations of food, clothing and other supplies for Bethel Baptist Church in Pleasant Grove.
"In times of tragedies like we have experienced in the city of Birmingham, it is the call of God's people to step up and be the hands and feet of Jesus for their communities," said guitarist Kevin Huguley in a prepared statement. "As one of the Fools, I can say that we are honored as a band to be just a small part of seeing God rebuild our beautiful city."
Donations will be accepted 7 a.m.-7 p.m. at Hunter Street Baptist, 2600 John Hawkins Parkway, as part of an initiative led by radio station WDJC-FM.
Two other churches are accepting donations during that time frame, as well: Trinity United Methodist Church, 1400 Oxmoor Road, Homewood; and First Baptist Church, 128 N. Chalkville Road, Trussville.
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Floyd responded by allowing just one run over 6 2/3 innings in the Phils' 5-1 win. Floyd walked five but worked his way out of jams. Much of Floyd's success came from a pitch that he abandoned in spring training - the two-seam fastball. In spring training the organization wanted the right-hander to rediscover his four-seam fastball and attack with it. He did, and it led to an impressive Grapefruit League stint that earned Floyd a place in the rotation.
However, hitters were catching on to Floyd's flat heater, so he and catcher Sal Fasano talked before the game and decided to give the finesse fastball a whirl.
Lo and behold, it worked.
"I think this is a step forward," Floyd said. "There wasn't anything in particular that was motivating me. I just had a game plan and went with it."
REPLAY: Pat Burrell hit his seventh homer of April and added an RBI double as the Phillies salvaged a 5-1 win over the Pirates on Sunday to avoid being swept by the NL's worst team.
Aaron Rowand had two hits, an RBI and a run, and Jimmy Rollins continued to emerge from a late-April slump with a homer and two walks. Gavin Floyd went 6 2/3 innings and allowed one run to pick up his second win of the season. Ryan Franklin and Tom Gordon got the final seven outs to end the Phillies' three-game losing streak.
THE NUMBERS GAME: 9.7 and 0.9 - Number of strikeouts and walks per nine innings for RHP Cory Lidle this season (through April 28), making him the only pitcher to rank in the top 10 of both categories in the NL.
HE SAID WHAT? "I'm trying to make contact, obviously. I think a lot of good hitters strike out a good amount, but I also think it's a good sign. I'm happy with the way I feel at the plate." - 3B David Bell, on having struck out just twice in 74 plate appearances this season.


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I came across this article earlier, but didn't think any element of it warranted a blog post:
A Florida woman says she was fired from her job for refusing to comply with a policy requiring employees to say "Happy Holidays" to callers ...Tonia Thomas says she was terminated two weeks ago from her job at Counts Oakes Resort Properties in Panama City after balking at the rule because it went against her religion. She is suing for lost wages, she said.
Thomas offered to use a generic greeting or say "Merry Christmas" to callers instead, but that offer was denied by company President Andy Phillips, according to the Liberty Counsel — the Christian-based legal group representing her.
My first thought upon reading this was that there had to be more to this story - the company in question insists that Thomas was dismissed for other reasons - but that probably won't stop the Religious Right from seizing on this episode as further proof that there is a "War on Christmas/War on Christians."
Then I came across this article in CNS based on a report from the Catholic League claiming that there have been nearly 30 documented episodes of anti-Christmas vandalism and violence in recent weeks. Among the instances cited is this:
[I]n Riverside, Calif., a pastor was brutally beaten and robbed behind his church as he went to a supply room to get a Christmas bulb.
According to The Press Enterprise, 49-year-old Pastor James Dennis Warman was struck repeatedly in the head by two assailants on Dec. 7. He is now in a medically induced coma and not able to speak, and he may have brain damage, according to his wife, Mendy Warman.
Apparently the Right is chalking this assault up to rapid anti-Christmas sentiment ... while the local police are treating it as an act of robbery:
Along with his wife and daughter, James Dennis Warman stopped by the Base Line Rd. church to finish his sermon for Sunday morning, but figured he'd also fix a broken bulb on the Christmas tree. He walked out the back door to retrieve a replacement from storage. Then his family heard a scream - two robbers were attacking the 49-year-old elementary school teacher with a blunt object, repeatedly striking his head.
As Warman lay defenseless on the ground, bleeding, his wife ran at the attackers with a bass guitar she had found by the back door. Finally they ran off, taking the victim's wallet ... "I don't think they were lying in wait for him," sheriff's Sgt. Don Lupear said of the suspects. "But I think it was a crime of opportunity, which was bad."
While there is absolutely no justification for claiming that this has anything at all to do with the supposed "war on Christmas," apparently the Right is intent on going ahead and doing exactly that.
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Storm-weary Outer Banks battered but not beaten
Hurricane Arthur made landfall on North Carolina's Outer Banks late Thursday, just after strengthening to a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds near 100mph. At 11:15pm EST Arthur's eye came ashore in Shackleford Banks, North Carolina, near Cape Lookout, where 101mph winds were measured.
Arthur was the first Category 2 (or higher) hurricane to strike the United States since Ike in 2008 and the first hurricane make landfall in the U.S. since Isaac and Sandy in 2012. The last hurricane to hit the Outer Banks was Irene in 2011.
Arthur began pulling away from North Carolina early on the Fourth of July holiday after blowing down power lines causing thousands of outages and washing away portions of the lone thoroughfare on the Outer Banks, North Carolina Highway 12.
The only road onto Hatteras Island, North Carolina Highway 12, was reopened to all traffic on Saturday Afternoon, hours after permanent residents were first allowed to return. The island had been closed to visitors since early Thursday. A small section of the barrier island's lone highway buckled after being submerged by churning waters during the storm. Extensive water wash along other stretches prompted officials to warn drivers of pockets of sand on the highway.
Farther south, Ocracoke Island's electricity distribution system was badly damaged by Arthur, leading officials to order residents to quit using air conditioners and water heaters so that generator-supplied power could provide refrigeration and other necessities during a cycle of planned outages. A nightly curfew between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. was declared until power was fully restored. Vacationers were being coaxed to leave with the offer of free ferry rides out. As of Friday Morning, North Carolina officials reported more than 41,000 customers without power.
Other Outer Banks towns, like Rodanthe and Salvo, were flooded on Friday across nearly the entire width of Hatteras Island from the ocean to the sound.
Hurricane prone, the North Carolina Outer Banks are a 200-mile string of narrow barrier islands with about 57,000 full-time residents. During storms, the islands are battered by high winds, rough seas and road-clogging sands, making evacuations prudent. But the barrier islands are also a popular and remote vacation spot. Before the storm hit, tourism officials had expected 250,000 people to travel to the Outer Banks for the holiday weekend.
On Saturday, beach towns along the popular vacation stretch of North Carolina coast began a return to normal.
New England was largely spared from damages from the storm, but some 19,000 people in Maine and 1,600 in Vermont were without power after high winds and heavy rains pounded the region. There were reports of localized flooding in coastal areas of Massachusetts and the Nova Star Ferry suspended service Friday and Saturday morning because of dangerous seas. No injuries or deaths have been reported.
The annual Boston Pops Fourth of July concert and fireworks show were held Thursday night just before a heavy downpour from Arthur, while fireworks displays in New Jersey and Maine were postponed until later in the weekend.
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23. You brush your cats' teeth and their fur.
24. Dog lovers know you respect their choice but will never understand why they didn't pick a CAT!
25. You sing your kitty a lullaby every night before going to sleep.26. You spend more each week on cat food and kitty litter than you do on your own groceries.
27. Your screensaver features a montage of every cat you have ever lived with.
28. The highlight of your European vacation was meeting cats in every museum and monument. Your travel pictures feature you holding a cat in front of each historic site.
29. Your friends refer to you as the "cat whisperer" because even shy cats are drawn to you.
30. People corner you in the pet food aisle in the grocery store and ask you what kind of food you recommend.
31. You sleep in one spot at night so you don't disturb the kitties that are sharing the bed.
32. People you pet sit for refer to you as Auntie when they talk to their cats.
33. Whenever you talk on the phone, your cat carries on her own conversation by meowing loudly into the receiver.
34. Your spouse has to sit in the back seat of your car because the cat's car seat permanently parked in the passenger seat.
35. You buy your cat more jackets, collars and leads than she needs and you've been wearing the same clothes for two years.
36. You care more about color coordinating the kitty's clothes and collars than whether your own socks match when you walk out the door.
37. You take the cat to the vet for every little cough, sneeze and bit of shedding despite the costs.
38. You have to brush your cats' teeth every morning before you get a chance to brush yours.
39. Your cat has her own seatbelt clip and blanket in your car.
40. When you come home from work, you have to pet three cats before you get to kiss your significant other.
41. Most (or all) of your conversations start with, "Do you have a cat?" or "So, what did your cat do today?"
42. There are more cat toys than kid toys spread out on the living room floor.
43. All of your login passwords relate to cats in some way.44. You sleep without your pillow because your cat is sleeping on it.
45. You can't eat until your cat does.
46. You develop your own catnip perfume for you and your cat.
47. You send in an obituary to the news paper when your cat dies.
48. Your vet wants to be reincarnated as one of your cats.
49. Your cat's bed is more extravagant than your own.
50. The cats take up more of the bed than you do.
51. You spouse sleeps on the couch because all the cats are sleeping on his side of the bed, and he doesn't want to disturb them.
52. You open the shower door and turn on the water for a few seconds because your cat loves to drink from the puddles on the shower floor.
53. Your friends call you to go out on Saturday night; but frankly, you'd rather just stay home and play with your cat.
54. You know what every meow means, and you have full conversations with your cat.55. You buy cat toys on eBay.
56. You think your cat sings better than anyone on "American Idol."
57. Your friends and family tell you, "I wish I was your cat!" or "When I come back, I'm going to be one of your cats!"
58. You stop dating someone if they have an attitude about your cats.
59. The neighborhood cats come to your house when they are injured.
60. The cats have health insurance, but you don't.
61. You leave the TV on the Animal Planet all day while you are at work so the cats can watch their programs.
62. You leave more inheritance to your cat than the rest of your family.
63. Your food has human hair in it, and you can't eat the food anymore; but when there is cat fur in it, you shrug and continue eating.
64. You go to a friend's cookout party and spend the whole evening inside playing with the cats.
65. Your friends and family now know you as "Cat Lover."
66. Your cat has 67 different vocalizations, 12 tail twitches, 8 ear positions, and you know what each of them means.
67. You introduce each of your felines using all five of their middle names and your surname.
68. Your have your cats' names printed on your return address labels.
69. Your cell phone ringtone is a recording of your cat meowing.
70. You leave your electric blanket on level seven all day because your cat likes it that way.
71. You spend more time picking cat shampoo then your own.
72. You buy a pet casket and plot of land at the local pet cemetery.
73. You always receive cat-themed gifts.
74. You brush your teeth in the tub because the cat is drinking water from the drip in the sink.
75. You are constantly on your soapbox about spay and neuter.
76. You always are offering to pay for or provide transportation for someone to get their cat spayed or neutered.
77. You volunteer at the local animal shelter.
78. Your cat is inheriting more than your significant other.
79. You make a custom "Please rescue our cats" sign to put up by all your doors and windows because the standard ones don't have enough room for all the special instructions you need to give to the firefighters for all the different places where they need to search for your cats.
80. After 30 minutes, you can come up with enough different things to describe cat lovers than the official list on CatChannel.com
81. You buy all your stamps online so you can put your favorite pictures of your cats on your own stamps. You also buy stamps for other people with pictures of their cats on them.
82. You talk to your cat rather than your friends at the end of a hard day.
83. Your bedroom is filled with mainly cat toys and scratching posts instead of your own things.
84. You find it hard to sleep at night if your cat isn't by your side.
85. You actually find yourself enjoying cleaning the litterbox.
86. You call your cat dozens of cute nicknames that you would never call anyone else.
87. You tend to be a bit uncomfortable when there are no clumps of cat hair present.
88. Your cat is the first living thing that you see in the morning and the last thing at night.
89. You don't need an alarm clock ... your cat never forgets to wake you up!
90. The first thing that you do when you get home from school is pet your cat.
91. You have a special voice reserved for talking to your furry friend.
92. You leave your seat for a minute, and the cat curls up in your chair the moment you get up or he sits and meows at you to vacate the chair you are sitting in.
93. You are supposed to go to a friend's party but you cancel because your kitty has a cold.
94. When your cat meows loudly, you know exactly what the problem is, and you replace the cat's old water with new and put in crushed ice to keep him/her happy
95. Your heater or air conditioner runs constantly because your cat likes to hang out by an open window.
96. You buy a vehicle that fits all of your cat carriers.
97. You record the voice of your cat and use that for the ring tone on your cell phone.
98. You count your children's cats as your grandchildren, and brag about the cat's accomplishments along with those of the human grandchildren.
99. When you make cat-praising lyric changes to your favorite songs and sing the songs everywhere you go.
100. When you refer to your cats as "Boss."
101. Your entire bathroom is decorated in Hello Kitty items.
102. You make more room for your cat in bed than your husband.
103. You let your cat read your blogs before you do.
104. You would rather buy your cat a Christmas present than one for your mother!
105. You have secretly eaten cat food before.
106. You start acting like your cat — hissing when you're angry, purring when with your significant other, meowing when you want to talk, etc.
107. You say "She's so cute!" every time you see a cat.
108. Ninety-nine percent of the photos you put in scrapbooks are of your cats.
109. When recording an outgoing message for your answering machine, you make sure your cat's name is in there somewhere.
110. When you go out to dinner, you always bring something back for your cat.
111. You don't have any kids, but you say you're a mom and treat your cat like a child.
112. You spoil your cat more than yourself.
113. Your cat has all the toys on the market.
114. Your cat has her own special place on your bed — you!
115. Your cat get's her way ... all the time.
116. When calling home when traveling, you ask to speak to your cat — the real reason you called in the first place.
117. You don't even move when your cat is sleeping on you — even if you have to go to the bathroom.
118. You are reading this list.
119. You start eating your cats' food to show them that it tastes good.
120. When you sneak your cat into all of your meetings.
121.You turn your spare bedroom into a cat room and fix the door so they can go in and out but the dogs can't.
122. Your cat has more furniture than you do!
123. All of your vacation photos are of cats.
124. The sound of a furball no longer is terrifying.
125. You keep a cup of cold water in the kitchen sink for kitty at all times.
126. You let your cat drink out of the fish tank because you think its cute.
127. You wash the couch cover three times a week because of the cat hair — or better yet, you don't wash it! After all, your guests can just deal with it.
128. You won't go on vacation unless you can take your cat with you.
129. You put out bird food so your cat can bird watch for entertainment.
130. You look forward to meeting your cat at the door every day when you come home.
131. You hold your cat on your lap all day so he can sleep comfortably.
132. You start blinking slowly at people instead of smiling.
133. When your cat sits and stares intently at you, you know you have to get the paper towels and go see what he graciously has yakked up for you.
134. Your room is a cat shrine.
135. You feed strays outside.
136. You have a drawer full of all different kinds of cat food.
137. Your license plate reads "CATLADY," and you have a "CATLUVR" plate ordered as a back up.
138. Your welcome mat says "We Welcome Strays."
139. You take in any strays that need help.
140. You prefer your cats to sleep with you in bed instead if your significant other.
141. The furniture you buy is specially picked out to suit your cats.
142. You purchase a king sized bed so there's ample room for the cats to sleep in their favorite spot (between you and your spouse) without getting squished.
143. You spend more money on your cat's food and health care than you do on your own.
144. You open the pantry to make dinner and find more cat food than people food.
145. You ask your tax accountant to find a way to write off your cat supplies. Kitty is obviously a dependant — you spend more on him than you do your own children.
146. When you go to a new friend's house, the first thing you notice is the cat and you yell, "Kitty!" Then you want to know the cat's name, how old it is and if you can hold it before you even are introduced to anyone.
147. When visiting family, you spend more time with the family cat than with your relatives.
148. You read bedtime stories to your cat.
149. You stay awake all night when your cat doesn't feel good.
150. You keep putting off the vaccuming because your cat hates it.
151. You avoid certain music genres (that you actually like) because your cat always gets up and leaves the room when you play them.
152. All of your cell phone pictures are of your cats.
153. You enjoy your cat plopping down on the newspaper when you're reading it because the cat is much more interesting!
154. Your screename(s) and e-mail have to do with your cats or cats in general.
155. You go on vacation and bring back souvenirs for your cat instead of your family and friends.
156. Your screename(s) and e-mail have to do with your cats or cats in general.
157. You spend more on cat toys than on clothes for yourself!
158. When you hire a professional pet photographer to take pictures of your "Fur Child" and you carry around a brag book.
159. When guests come over to your house and ask you "why do you have empty cardboard boxes on your kitchen floor?"
160. When you go to Petsmart and strap him in the seat of the shopping cart and the staff members say hi to you and your cat by name.
161. When you call your kid by your cats name or you call the toilet a litter box.
162. Your cat has his own profile on CatChannel.com!
163. You only ask for cat toys on your birthday.
164. You are used to having cat hair in your foood.
165. Your cat has his/her own room.
166. You think hair-balls are cute.
167. Your cat has his/her own room.
168. Your cat sleeps on a king sized bed all to him/her self.
169. You only ask for cat toys on your birthday.
170. When you call your kid by your cats name or you call the toilet a litter box.
171. When your cat has more than 15+ web pages on different social networks while you have One myspace account.
172. You make sure she/he gets the most presents on every holiday.
173. When you plan your garden around a catnip patch.
174. You have more cats than children.
175. When you say "When all else fails hug a cat!"
176. You have more cats than children.
177. One of your co-workers looks at you strangely during a conversation, and you suddenly realize you're talking to him/her in the same tone of voice you use to speak to your cats.
178. When you have a party and hug your cat first.
179. In your office you have more pictures of you cats than your family.
180. The cats tuck YOU in at night ... one on one side, one on the other.
181. You throw out your alarm clock because your cats wake you every morning.
182. You have bought more for your cat in the last two months than anyone else in your family for the last year.
183. Your cat has more stuff than you do.
184. Your cat has its own couch and its own bedroom!
185. You open up your wallet and show all your friends a mini-picture of your cat.
186. You go through three cans of tuna on your cats before any touches your sandwich.
187. Your cat has his/her own personalized Christmas stocking.
188. You buy a bigger bed so the cats will be comfortable when they sleep with you.
189. Your sweatshirt message says: "Ask me about my Grand Cats!"
190. The neighborhood cats will come up to you!
191. Your cat your cat has his own Favorite Links button on the computer (CatChannel, icanhascheezburger, etc.).
192. You ask for expensive cat toys and furniture for a Christmas present from your family.
193. You sign your cat's name to all holiday cards/gifts sent to your family and friends.
194. You get your cats their own Christmas trees.
195. You sit in the car to argue with your spouse so you don't upset the cat.
196. Your car bumper sticker reads: My Maine Coon Cat Is Smarter Than Your Honor Student!
197. All you watch is wildlife on TV because the cats love watching wildlife programs.
198. You say "I love you, kitty" to your husband.
199. Your parents call your cats their "grand-kitties."
200. You have your cat's daily astrology report on your homepage right above your own.
201. Your house is decorated with cat toys and cat furniture, and smells like catnip.
202. You open your underwear draw every day because you know your cat likes to sleep in there.
203. You spend $100 at the grocery store only to realize that all you've bought is cat food and cat litter!
204. You bring a photograph of your cat to put on the hotel nightstand when you are away on vacation.
205. You buy a harness and leash so the cat can go for walks with you and the dog because she doesn't like to be alone.
206. You spend hours cooking gourmet food for your cats.
207. No cat ever walks away from you.
208. You have your cat's picture printed on your bank checks.
209. You hug your cat and pretend to wash its head with your chin as if you were its mother.
210. You cough up a hairball because you've been kissing your kitty so much!
211. A room in your house is called "The Kitty Korner."
212. You wake up and it no longer surprises you that you have an extra cat that you have never seen before.
213. You absentmindedly offer your cat a drink out of your cup, but tell the dog to get out of it.
214. Sharing food off your utensils with your cat no longer grosses you out.
215. When you are calling your children, you go through your cats' names before you reach theirs.
216. You call to check in at home and you ask about the cat first.
217. You wake up and it no longer surprises you that you have an extra cat that you have never seen before.
218. You wear cat ears and a cat costume everywhere.
219. You match your furniture and decor to your cat and spend the day playing "Where's Waldo."
220. You throw a birthday party every year for your cat, with catnip cake and party bags with catnip mice for your cat's guests!
221. Your grocery list consists of only salmon, chicken, canned tuna and "sweet and sour kitten pork chews."
222. You let your cat sleep on you when you're trying to read or watch TV.
223. You subscribe to Cat Fancy, for your cat.
224. You are talking with your cat in your goofy kitty voice and your significant other walks into the room and asks you a question and you answer in that same voice.
225. You sleep on the couch so you won't disturb the cats on the bed.
226. You change the cat litter before brushing your teeth in the morning.
227. You walk around the neighborhood with your new cat in a carriage while introducing your neighbors to your cat as your "baby."
228. You go out to dinner with your spouse and all you talk about is your cat and then hurry home to see the little kitty!
229. "Meow" is a commonly used word at your house.
230. You go to the pet shop before shopping for yourself.
231. Your house consists of cat fur, cat brushes, portraits of your cats, a variety of cat collars, cat food and cat treats.
232. When ordering in, you take into account what your cat would like.
233. Your restaurant sign reads: "No Paws, No Fur, No Service."
234. Your cat asks for your favorite chair and you get up out of it and give it to her while you sit on the floor.
235. Half the things in your basement are stored in plastic cat litter buckets!
236. You call all of your friends to tell them how cute your cat looks while it is sleeping.
237. You clean your house at 5:30 in the morning because you hear your cat sneezing.
238. All your jewelry (earrings, watches, etc) feature cats.
239. You have more cats than shoes.
240. Your usernames all have your cats name in it.
241. You cut your after-work activities short just so you can get home to see your cat.
242. You don't mind being woken up having your face licked by your cat, because you were late with her breakfast.
243. Tell your cat that mommy is here when he/she gets scared.244. You don't think it's weird to heat up your cat's cold food in the microwave.
245. Your home is aranged just the way the cat likes it — even if it means having five litterboxes.
246. No meal is complete unless you share some with your cat.
247. Almost all the books you read are about cats.248. You keep better records on your cats than you keep on your kids.249. You refer to the bathroom as the litterbox.250. You have the song "Carol of the Meows" on your iPod
251. You can blog more as a cat than as a human.252. When on vacation you call your cat every day so she/he can hear your voice and not feel lonely. 253. You can't tell if it's a craft room or a cat shrine.254. You consider cat hair an accessory.255. You call your boyfriend by your cat's name.256. Your cat has her own YouTube channel.257. You send your kids to bed and then tuck in your cats258. Your spouse has stopped asking why when you bring home another kitty, just sighs and accepts it.259. You wake up at 3 a.m. to use the bathroom and take the cat food out of the fridge so it's room temperature by the time you feed them at 6:30.260. You are more worried about your cat's health than your own.
261. You draw something it involves cats.
262. You cat wakes you up at night and you promptly go to make sure she has food, water and clean litter.263. You don't care if your cat licks your toothbrush.264. You refuse to visit friends or relatives who don't have cats.265. Your parents come over, they ask how the grandcats are. 266. Your first magazine subscription ever was to Cat Fancy.267. Your cat has more things than you do!268. Every doorknob in your house has a hanging toy or catapult connected to it.269. You have a garden full of catnip plants.270. You read every cat-related novel that you can get you're hands on
271. You consider cat hair in your food as fiber.
272. You learn how to climb a tree to rescue your cat. 273. You reach the 200s and keep reading this list.274. You leave the faucet on a steady drip in the bathtub because the cats like fresh running water best.
275. You know you're a cat lover when your friends compliment you on your "Eau de Kitty Litter Perfume."
276. You insist the Swarovski crystals on kitty's velvet collar be sewn, not glued, so they don't come loose and get swallowed.277. You schedule your vacation time around your cat care
278. You don't wash your blankets for months because you like the cozy cat fur on them.
279. You settle down for the night you'll want a warm fuzzy creature on your lap
280. You are never seen without a Sphynx (or your favorite cat breed) on you clothing.281. You use your kitty's picture as your profile picture on Facebook.
282. You have all your Christmas cards made with your cats on the front.
283. You take a picture of your cat with you on vacation after your parents say that the cat isn't coming with you.
284. Cat hair is considered a condiment in your kitchen. 285. All you do is take pictures of your cat.
286. Your email address has your cats' names in it.
287. Your cat puts his paws on your cheeks and strokes your face to comfort you when you cry.
288. You have more cats than children and can remember their names.
289. You have more cat hair in your vacuum bags than dirt.
290. You don't mind eating peanut butter and cat hair sandwiches.291. You've spent the past six or seven days trying to think of something you can add to this list.
292. You cut your shopping trips short to get home so the cat doesn't miss his afternoon walk.
293. You make up really stupid (but who cares?) songs about your cat.
294. You're better at giving your cat a manicure than you are at doing your own nails.
295. Your cat gets more presents for Christmas then you do!
296. Your arm is in pain because you let your cat use it as a pillow.
267. You sleep in the middle of the bed because your cat is sleeping on your side.
298. You look forward to her waking you up every morning, even if it is early.299. You start to ignore the rest of the world because your cat wants a belly rub
300. You visit CatChannel more than Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.301. You buy a king-size bed so there is room for you and the cats.302. Friends who come to your house always come with cat treats.303. At your home cat hair is a condiment.304. You don't care when it comes to spoiling your cats.
305. You wake up in the morning with a cat tail mustache.
306. Some people have a Facebook page - you have a CatChannel page for your cats!307. Your cat's "Catbook" page has more friends than the owner's Facebook page.
308. You prefer to talk to your cats instead of people.
309. When the cats have more furniture and bathroom facilities than you do.
310. You have so many cat colars that thats all you have in your nightstand!
311. You give yourself a charley horse trying to climb out of bed without disturbing a sleeping cat.
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Skip to comments.Obama plans campaign more to pressure Republicans in Congress rather than win their loyalty,
Posted on 02/15/2009 8:20:36 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- U.S. President Barack Obama plans to travel and campaign more to pressure Republicans in Congress rather than trying to win their loyalty, sources say.
Now that a mammoth, $787 billion economic stimulus bill has been approved virtually without Republican support, White House advisers have determined that Capitol Hill horse-trading with GOP opponents wasn't successful and that Obama should instead tap his immense popularity and public salesmanship skills to push legislation in the future, the Washington publication Politico reported Saturday.
"We've got to get him out of that White House," a unnamed top White House adviser said, listing "some very valuable lessons" learned from the stimulus fight. "He's happier, he's better, he's more effective. The inside game is important, but it's actually not where the success of his presidency is going to come."
Obama plans to use the tactic in upcoming pushes to pass New Deal-style plans to rescue struggling homeowners and rewrite regulations on the financial markets, plus a budget proposal that lays the groundwork for sweeping healthcare reform, Politico said.
U.S. President Barack Obama plans to travel and campaign more to pressure Republicans in Congress rather than trying to win their loyalty, sources say.
Actual title was too big.
Freep time!
"Immense popularity." What a crock.
Time to organise protest rallies to confront Jugears everywhere he goes. C'mon conservatives, it's time to start taking one for the team and giving up your precious time, if even just a little.
May he rot in hell for the damage he is going to cause to this country.
"We've got to get him out of that White House," a unnamed top White House adviser said,..."
At least they agree with us here at FR. Get 'im out.
Politicians and their advisers are an untrustworthy lot.
I intend to stay in daily contact with my two Senators to let them know that there are still Americans out here.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
What stimulus "fight"??
Let 0bama see what he can manage solely with his 'immense popularity'. But Republicans have to make sure they are heard by the people.
You're right.
BTW, I thought he wanted IN the White House.
What horse trading? Pelosi, Reid and their close advisors wrote the bill. All the Republicans got was a nice meal with Obama and pressure to support the Dems' bill. What trading was there?
Goodness, that's the exact same thing I say to myself all the time.
LOL less than two weeks and he and whatsername "escaped". Couldn't take the pressure apparently.
Works both ways. When he pushes unpopular stuff it will also take a toll on him.
As code pink did unto Bush, let us (freepers) do unto the Messiah.
Why go to DC, when the Idiot in chief is coming to a city near you ?
Anyone got an Itenerary ?
Meet and Greet, LOUDLY !!!!!!!!!!!!
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
The only thing the man knows how to do is campaign. He's going to be on the campaign trail for four years.
Look, everyone; JJ posted the article as a thread. Hope you don't mind a second ping.
Weve got to get him out of that White House, a unnamed top White House adviser said,...
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Bill clinton set the model for starting campaigns early, and for perpetual fundraising. But not even clinton started campaigning before he'd been in office for a month.
They didn't immediately fall screaming at his feet like his supporters do!
"Immense popularity" ... hoo-haa!
A LOT of people are really pissed. If I were him, I'd reconsider this plan.
0-bama has never accomplished anything on his own. He has only taken handouts. Expect more of the same.
Somehow I think the hope and changey thing will grow a little weak once unemployment continues to grow even after his big promise of emergency stimulas.
You read my mind. Obama is going to campaign every day for re-election. Every thing he does with an eye to a second term.
Damn RIGHT ...... it's going to be the eternal campaign.
Be the first freeper to ask the messiah where was he born on live TV.
If we can get that question out there 2-3 times people will start to wonder.
alternate would be "show us you birth certificate".
The hard part of the challenge is that they screen his questions. So you may have to pretend to be homeless to get to ask a question of "the one".
LOL I love the tagline! Maybe someone should send Jr a copy of the story of Louis and Marie Antoinette? The lesson is apparent to anyone but Jr!
I just imagined Rahm Emanuel morphing into Al Haig. LOL!
"The inside game is important, but it's actually not where the success of his presidency is going to come."
If the Porkulus bill is an example of the success he's seeking, we can't stand any more...
And, he'll get it. All the folks here who think the polls about his popularity are bogus, need to think again. The nation is under a strong delusion.
Please send this article and your idea(s) to Michael Steele.
Ditto:Except Rino's.
The MSM is not daydreaming, they have an agenda,and,in my opinion, it is not in the self-interest of the Republic.
I'm happy for you Fred. Nothing like a new tag line and a good one to boot!
Must admit that I'm not happy about his little jaunt on Wednesday...see, he's coming to the Phoenix area (Dobson High School in Mesa, AZ). This is too close to home.
My husband just informed me that people are already lining up for tickets. I don't know at this point if he's going to talk to the students or his dimwitted followers. Regardless, I swear to God I wish I had a child in that school so I could make a big deal out of keeping him/her home that day.
How much is this little visit going to cost us? How dare he waste our money when any news station would gladly give him air time? This "in your face" crap has got to stop.
This does offer a wonderful opportunity to "freep" the POS. I'll be out of town then (dang it) but will be following the "story" on my lap top. I always miss the fun.
Here's hoping his version of FDR's "fire side chats" fall flat.
What is he still campaigning for?
Nam Vet
I think he and Michelle should spend their date nights at the theatre.
If only his agenda was as benign as this particular tactic, he might not have to bother to get some of the GOP support he craves.
Thanks for the ping!
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Confirmed Plenary Speaker: Professor Phyllis Mack (Rutgers University)
This interdisciplinary conference aims to provide an opportunity for scholars to r-eevaluate the role of prophets and prophecy in the long eighteenth century. Some major figures are well known (Jane Lead, William Blake, Richard Brothers, and Joanna Southcott), but others are still emerging (Dorothy Gott, Samuel Spavold, Samuel Best - a.k.a. 'Poor Help'). Perhaps their most immediate point of interest today arises from their blend of religious appropriation, personal charisma and propensity to gather bands of dedicated followers through their personal interactions and published writings. While individual prophets are distinctive, their collective works and ministries present some of the most visible ways in which religion impacted on contemporary social groups, such as through publicity, self-promotion, authorship, publication, scriptural authority, visual and material cultural, and patronage.
The conference invites proposals for 20 minute papers (300 words abstracts) on issues such as (but not confined to):
* Enthusiasm and enlightenment
* Role of personal charisma
* Gender and prophecy
* Prophecy and prophetic traditions
* Scriptural sources and prophecy
* Prophetic diversity
* The management, mechanics and economics of prophetic movements
* Prophecy and oral/print/visual culture
* Visionary processes
* Prophecy and class
* Communicating the esoteric
* Prophetic afterlives
* Prophecy and the body
* Prophecy and dissent
* Prophetic language/linguistics.
The "Bridegroom Cometh!" conference is an activity within the Dorothy Gott project based at NTU and supported by the Panacea Society.
Please send 300 word abstracts to email@example.com and/or firstname.lastname@example.com by 22 March 2009.