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On Tap Today: Super Bowl bites
It's time to come to the "acceptance" phase of the greiving process - the Packers will not be in the Super Bowl this year. So try to look on the bright side - you won't have to stress out so much during the game, allowing you to better concentrate on what's truly the most important aspect of any Super Bowl Sunday, the food.
And in that department, the Bay View Community Center (1320 E. Oklahoma Ave.) has you covered. From 6:30 to 9 p.m. tonight it's hosting a Super Bowl party cooking class. For $16 you can learn how to make five different varieties of wings--classic buffalo, Carribbean jerk, honey-habernero pepper, spicy Korean and parmesean garlic--as well as homemade cracked pepper potato chips with onion dip, and the unofficial state snack, beer and cheese fondue with soft pretzels. And you'll be to taste these snacks of the class of course, and there'll be soda, beer and coffee to help you wash it down. And raffle prizes. »Read Full Blog Post
Estabrook Park's beer garden expected to spawn more such venues
As the Estabrook Park Beer Garden prepares for the grand opening of its second season this week and another beer garden is set to launch in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County officials and garden operators say the popularity of such venues will likely lead to more of them.
With the onset of warm weather, beer gardens help bring families and friends together around summertime activities in a way that also gets them in touch with the city's history, said Jim Keegan, chief of planning and development for the county's parks. »Read Full Article(54)
Brew City is No. 1 for beer
Another day, another weird ranking. But you might like this one.
CreditDonkey.com ranks Milwaukee No. 1 among the Top 10 cities for beer. »Read Full Article
This summer's most overused movie gimmick
I've seen many to most of the summer movies so far and noticed several of them feature a variation on the same scene that guarantees they will not be shown by airlines - the breaking apart of an airplane in mid-air sending passengers plummeting to their deaths.
All seem to be a variation of a similar scene in "The Dark Knight Rises," in which the villain Bane proceeds to destroy and escape from the plane on which he is held a prisoner. »Read Full Blog Post(5)
A second beer from 'Game of Thrones'
Take the Black stout is the newest beer from the HBO show "Game of Thrones."
Inspired by the Night's Watch, Take the Black features label art depicting the sacred Weirwood tree where those who worship the old gods take the Night's Watch oath. The design was created by the same studio that created the show's opening credits. The stout is made by Brewery Ommegang. »Read Full Article
VISIT Milwaukee offers free Summerfest tickets
The VISIT Milwaukee Street Team will hit the streets -- where else? -- with free Summerfest tickets on Tuesday.
The first 250 people to find the VISIT Milwaukee Street Team will get tickets, with figurative strings attached. You must rock an air guitar for team members. And, the location of Street Team members won't be announced until 11:30 a.m. Tuesday on the VISIT Milwaukee Facebook page. »Read Full Article
Daring accordionist Guy Klucevsek plans local shows
Guy Klucevsek, a composer and performer who takes the accordion to some surprising musical places, closes out the Theatre Gigante season with concerts Thursday and Friday at Paddy's Pub, 2339 N. Murray Ave.
Take it as a sign of Klucevsek's versatility that his music has been heard before in Milwaukee in performances by Gigante, Present Music and the Hubbard Street Dance Company. »Read Full Article
Toad the Wet Sprocket comes to Turner Hall
Toad the Wet Sprocket brings its "Acoustic Dance Party" and some new songs to a show at Turner Hall Ballroom, 1040 N. 4th St., on Nov. 21.
The band broke up in 1998 but after playing shows on a casual basis, put together a greatest hits album. Currently, they're in the studio working on new music for the tour. »Read Full Article
What kind of reporter is Lois Lane?
What kind of reporter is Lois Lane?
In "Man of Steel," the Daily Planet reporter, played by Amy Adams, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist - what she won for we don't know - who stumbles onto the story of a lifetime when she discovers a man who can fly. »Read Full Blog Post(6)
Radiolab to go 'Apocalyptical' at Riverside Theater Oct. 11
It's not the end of the world, but they're going to talk about it a lot anyway: Radiolab, the award-winning public radio show, brings a live "Apocalyptical" show to the Riverside Theater at 8 p.m. Oct. 11.
Radiolab hosts Jad Abumrad and Robert Krulwich are focusing the live event on endings "both blazingly fast and agonizingly slow." Also on stage will be guitarist and composer Sarah Lipstate. »Read Full Article
APT's 'Verona' a tale of growing pains
Spring Green — If one cuts through the nostalgic gauze surrounding late adolescence, most of us have scar tissue involving imperfectly healed memories of the friends we hurt and loves we lost while trying to figure out who we were and what we wanted.
While it's often staged as a light-hearted romp featuring two early Shakespearean clowns and a show-stealing dog, Shakespeare's "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" is all about these growing pains that are part of growing up. »Read Full Article
Icona Pop cancels Sept. 11 Turner Hall show
Dance-pop due Icona Pop, whose "I Love It" is one of the monster songs of this summer, has canceled their Sept. 11 gig at Turner Hall Ballroom, according to the venue.
The venue's website blames "unforeseen scheduling obligations." »Read Full Article
On Tap for Today: Taking a dip, Superman and senior dance
It's so hard to predict the weather. Even people who do it for a living can be wrong.
Which is to say it might rain. It might not. But it is summer vacation. And that calls for a dip in a pool or another body of water. You'll can find details on the closest local pools and beaches here. This map should help, too. »Read Full Blog Post


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Dib: Don't Blink Because Someone is Getting Knocked Out
By Phil D. Jay
IBF featherweight champion Billy Dib (33-1, 20 KO's) aims to put on a show in his second defence of the title next month against Mexico's Latino belt holder Eduardo Escobedo (32-3, 23 KO's) in Tasmania.
The 26 year-old, who picked up the red belt last July, made an impressive first defence in November when stopping Alberto Servidei in the first round at the Homebush Sports Centre in Sydney.
'The Kid' now faces his mandatory challenger and believes the crowd at the Derwent Entertainment Centre on March 7th are in for an action-packed fight and an explosive performance from the Aussie.
"Escobedo is a hell of a fighter with a lot of will and skill," Dib told World Boxing News.
"It's going to be a fan-friendly fight full of thrills. All I wanna say is come March 7th don't blink, because somebody is getting knocked out and it aint gonna be me!"
Dib has been linked with a huge unification bout with WBA champion Chris John on numerous occasions in the past and told WBN that he has no plans to move up to super-featherweight just yet, meaning the fight remains a possibility.
"My plans in the future all rest on the result of this fight," Dib explained.
"I know deep in my heart that this will be a great fight - with me being victorious. I have no plans on moving up after my fight with Escobedo and I have great people behind me who are making those decisions and will do so when the time is right," he added.
Escobedo, 28, is undefeated since his one and only previous attempt at a world title against compatriot Daniel Ponce De Leon in 2007 for the WBO super-bantamweight belt and has campaigned at the 126lb limit ever since.
Co-featuring on the night is IBF middleweight champion and fellow-Aussie Daniel Geale, who also makes the second defence of his title against Ghanaian Osumanu Adama and Kali Meehan provides chief support in a heavyweight battle with American Travis Walker.
Phil D. Jay covers boxing for worldboxingnews.net
Dib is a champion bum. He beat a relic to win his "title" and then defended it against someone completely harmless. The guy's almost too funny for words.Comment by tostao on 02-27-2012
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While it remains to be seen if the Flyers can build on the momentum of what coach Peter
Laviolette called "a complete game", fans at least have to feel better in the short term about their team after Philadelphia's dismantling of the Islanders Monday afternoon, 7-0.
The Flyers (7-9-1) set the tone early, with Claude Giroux scoring twenty-six seconds into
the first period, putting Philadelphia up 1-0.
The Captain held a team meeting today to address their poor play this season, including his own. Giroux made his intent clear early when he laid a few hits on Islanders Center John Tavares,
whose five game goal streak was ended today, as well as compiling three points (two goals) in leading the Flyers' onslaught.
It's safe to say that Giroux's words motivated the whole team, as they dominated an Islanders team fresh off of a sound victory over the New Jersey Devils on Saturday. The Flyers were physical and
aggressive in out-scoring and out-hitting the Islanders, forcing turnovers and never really allowing the New York skaters to get comfortable.
Matt Read, Giroux, Danny Briere, Braden Schenn, and Zac Rinaldo all scored goals for the Flyers, with Jakub Voracek assisting on four of the goals. Two goals came on the power play, where
the Flyers went 2-4 today, a good deal better than the team's season average of 17.2%.
The game was close until the second quarter, when the Flyers erupted for three goals to build a 4-0 lead. It was clear that the Islanders players were becoming frustrated, particularly when LW
Matt Martin engaged Wayne Simmonds in the first of two fights in just this game, the second being against Braydon Coburn in the third.
Goalie Ilya Bryzgalov played very well, particularly in stopping one very close shot early and not allowing any of the nineteen shots he saw in all to go in the net. The lack of scoring opportunities
was just as much a testament to the strong defense employed by the Flyers, who prevented
New York from scoring on all five of their Power Play opportunities. It was Bryzgalov's first shutout of the season.
Even after the events of the second period, the game was still faintly within reach for the Islanders, but the Flyers kept up their aggressive play, and scored another three goals, including two by Briere, to run up the score to 7-0.
The two three-goal periods were impressive displays for a team that averaged 2.4 goals per game coming into the contest, despite the mediocre 2.81 GAA New York Goalie Evgeni Nabokov brought
into the game.
The Flyers have an off-day Tuesday before heading to Pittsburgh (11-5-0) for the final game of their six-game road trip. A victory would likely give the team a huge momentum boost, as they would break even for the road trip. Of course, it will also be a big game against the hated Penguins, as well as a chance to move up in the division standings in this short season.
New York (6-8-1) travels to Ottowa looking to bounce back after this lopsided defeat at home. It
will certainly be a challenge, as Ottowa is the third-stingiest team in terms of goals allowed per game (1.9). With today's loss,
New York drops to last in the Atlantic division with thirteen points, behind the Flyers, who have fifteen.


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Skip to comments.Romney rejects gay marriage pledge
Posted on 07/12/2011 6:00:38 PM PDT by Maelstorm
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's campaign said Tuesday that he will not sign a conservative Iowa Christian group's far-reaching pledge opposing gay marriage, making him the first Republican presidential candidate to reject it.
Two of Romney's rivals for the Republican nomination, Minnesota Rep. Michelle Bachmann and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, have signed the The...
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Not a surprise.
Why doesn't he just run as a Democrat and spare us the annoyance?
Don't jump to any conclusions—there is far more to the story than this.
I wouldn't sign their stupid pledge either and I can tell you that my refusal to sign it wouldn't have a thing to do with gay marriage and the pledge had little to do with gay marriage.
Evil. There is not difference between voting for nobama or romney.
I will not vote for romney.
I will do everything I can to replace the Repub party completely if he is the nominee.
Actually, I see that happening anyway within a few years. The Repub brand makes no sense any more.
It is time for establishments and rinos to either get with the conservative program or go democrat or independent and be done with it.
Romney is nothing more than a white version Obama... =.=
Run against Obambi as a democrat . . . just go away . . . and take your stupid health care with you.
>Why doesnt he just run as a Democrat and spare us the annoyance?<
And don't forget to include that back-stabbing RINO POS Scott Brown..
It's over for Romney. He is going to end up embarrassed like Giuliani was in the last election cycle.
He's pro-gay marriage. He didn't lift a finger to prevent it from being implemented in Massachusetts.
Romney is a lying maggot.
Boy I hope you're right.
Oh goody - are we going to get hung up on stupid look-at-me pledges and purity tests (again) rather than defeating the enemy?
A football team comprised of 22 defensive players cannot function let alone win.
Yes there is. When he was governor he increased the funding for the so called "Governors Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth" or some such thing to $250,000 dollars. A quarter of a million when the state was in financial crises. The pledge is very straightforward and doesn't have any I gotchas. He did the same with the Pro-Life Pledge which also was very straightforward. He did manage to sign Grover Norquists Tax pledge so it isn't like he just doesn't sign stupid pledges.
I think all the pledges are dumb and no one should sign them.
I reached that conclusion when the more I researched his record the more I had to ask myself how any conservative fiscal or otherwise could support then man from a policy perspective. His job creation record isn't even any good in MA. He actually had to be stopped by the Democrats from raising draconian fees on businesses in MA and the cincher is that 2/3s of his judicial appointments were liberal Dems and Dem leaning independents. A couple were outright gay activists and one of these judges let out a violent criminal which killed a newlywed couple over $50. There are consequences to electing these guys. A nice suit, good hair, and a beautiful family won't go very far when our principles and policies are steamrolled because someone doesn't have the fight or the will to stand by them.
Actually he did lift a finger. He ordered that it be implemented.
This pledge is from the same group that the left sandblasted Bachman and Santorum for signing last week. At that time, it stated blacks are less likely to have two parents than slave children. Insanity.
I wouldn't sign anyone's pledge either.
I pledge to not sign any pledges.
No we are going to get hung up on his very very bad record. This just highlights it. It isn't like he hasn't signed many pledges. He signed one for Grover Norquist not long ago. These pledges are very straightforward. He is the enemy because he doesn't have the conservative cause in his core not fiscally or socially.
Thanks for the link.
Just trust Romney! /s
That is disgusting on SO many levels! Bleeeeech! LOL!
Though she looks a tad overdressed, I'd be more likely to vote for any randomly selected Walmart shopper than most anything we have in DC currently.
I know all the players in this and some of them very well. Any candidate who signs this pledge has a strike against them as far as I'm concerned. It's pandering and I'm sick of phony pandering.
You got it. A friend and I were going to start a group that asks all these candidates to sign a pledge they will sign no more pledges. It's a waste of time and useless.
so, you are against defining what the candidate believes in BEFORE he is elected??
I guess you must be ecstatic with Scott Brown then!
I agree.
Romney is a p.o.s., his record proves that
No, I'm saying the pledge-signing and all the will-he-won't-he pantomime is unnecessary and even juvenile no matter who the candidate is.
I realize that such pledges are an attempt to get recalcitrant candidates to commit to a position but even if the pledge is 'Why Mom, Baseball & Apple Pie Are Good Things' it proves nothing and achieves nothing.
I have no love for Romney nor his record and I also scorn politicians attempting to see and support all sides of an issue a la Lt Keefer of the USS Caine but one pledge from one interest group begets another. Positions and platforms should be clearly stated and frankly any candidate worth voting for will have the courage to say so without third parties forcing him/her to run their little gauntlet.
I'd wager $100 Palin wouldn't sign it either.
It's the one that blew up in Bachmann's face because it suggested slavery was better for blacks than being free.
I agree completely.
nit rummie is just a mini mac daddy.
yeah for another worthless fiscal 'conservative'
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Skip to comments.This is what Obama blocked Fox News from showing ...
Posted on 07/11/2012 11:21:22 AM PDT by Main Street
This is what Obama blocked Fox News from showing ...
Remember all the notices we kept getting to watch Fox News on Sunday at 9 PM several weeks ago? What Happened?
This is the clip that got pulled due to pressure from the Administration.
Obama Puts Heat on Fox News to Prevent Sean Hannity airing this piece.
This is a video that Sean Hannity of FOX News has been trying to show that we are told has consistently been blocked by the Obama Administration for several weeks.
Watch it now before it gets pulled from the internet!
Baloney. Hannity doesn't have the balls to run this type of stuff.
You may be right!
What's new? I've seen all of this before.
How do you know that Obama suppressed it?
How does "the Obama Administration" tell Fox News what to put on the air? By what method do they "block" it?
BS meter rising.
it would be interesting to have another video... where 0bama is singing glowing praises of Christianity and Jesus Christ... and shows his reactions to Christians and any churches he may have visited
When praising Islam the words seem to come easily, no teleprompter....
Why should Obama want to block the video?
It has been all over the world many times and there are and will not be any repercussions, trust me.
In fact, he should gladly allow its worldwide distribution to show that, no matter what, he is still in charge in the US.
The striking thing about the video is how easily and properly he pronounces Islamic terms like the "Koran" and other Islamic specific items, much like a native speaker of Spanish pronouncing specific Spanish words that non-hispanophones would almost always pronounce somewhat inaccurately. Those pronunciations can only come from a native speaker who was schooled in Islam as a Muslim.
"That Obama tried and was able to force Fox News not to run this piece further adds to the belief that Obama is a Muslim and knows that admitting so would destroy his already-slim re-election chances."
I doubt this would hurt the RaceMarxist much at all among the 50% of Americans who are good with Communism and its fundamental charactersitic of stealing from others to enrich them.
Would you have predicted we would have a president OBAMA elected just 7 short years after a POS Scum named OSAMA murdered thousands of Americans?
Please see my post 14 in support of your comment.
How does the Obama Administration tell Fox News what to put on the air? By what method do they block it?
BS meter rising.
Canada Free Press ran a piece a while back about media personnel being threatened if they divulged certain things.
I think Hannity goes as far as he can while still keeping his job and life intact.
Anybody dared to Tweet it?
I don't. I accepted the thread title as accurate.
If it isn't, that should be pointed out and the title altered to reflect reality.
However, because the piece links a series of Obama speeches praising Islam in a way that appears as if he is an Imam, I can see why the Obama administration would try to block it on the basis of it being skewed to make a statement that Obama has never made. That the premise of the piece - Obama is a Muslim - is accurate would not matter. The Obama people know very well that the clips are convincing and don't want them seen in the context of 'proving' that the U.S. president is a Muslim.
Calling attention to that post.
Same exact thing, I noticed.
Obama's praises of Islam seem effortless.
He is either a Muslim or an apostate.
A better Youtube page for the same video.
"Obama Admits He Is A Muslim"
Fox and all Radio, TV stations have to renew their license to operate before the FCC. Not sure of the timetable but renewal could be held over their head.
This is a damned tease. We've all known from the get-go the damned creep is a muzzie and one intent on U.S. destruction. He's planted here for that sole purpose. This is just his/their bitch-slap, timed to perfection. Expect more on the eve of the election. YOU either vote him into anonymity or live with the results. It's YOUR decision and YOUR responsibility.
Islam is a 7th Century death cult. It did go through a reformation in the 18th Century. The result? Wahhabism, an even more virulent form of a gutter belief system. And B. Hussein Obama is a practitioner.
I find it hard to believe that Fox and Hannity and all the others that are threatened with license hassles and personal threats would remain silent.
Any documentation of this would be devastating to Obama's people.
Uh, Øbama is said to be a Christian...
Someone better tell the Daniel Pearl family not to expect a call from THE ONE.
Obastard lionizes that butcher religion and runs down America every chance he gets. That's why the libs love him.
"it would be interesting to have another video... where 0bama is singing glowing praises of Christianity and Jesus Christ... and shows his reactions to Christians and any churches he may have visited"
He even told us this kind of person he was an the MSM refused to follow up. He said "if you want to know who I am look at the people I surround myself with".
He surrounded himself with numerous socialists, communists Marxists, Maoists, former terrorists etc and almost ZERO people from the private sector.
So dark lord, you, by your own words, are a communist, Marxist, Maoists socialist with a deep and evil hatred for the USA. You are the worse POS I have seen in politics in my lifetime. I only hope to, very soon, read your obituary (from natural causes).
AMEN! He speaks their language quite well.......LYING.
It is so interesting to see the MSM going after a Mormon Romney and totally ignoring Dear Leader's clear Muslim background, education, and potential leanings.
Just filling our his role in furthering the caliphate.
Islam is all about education isn't it? Just look and see how they feel about educating half their population, the women. Yes, they've made quite the contributions to society.
... just fathering the north African caliphate at America's expense. Collectively, at western man's expense, but if you take out the hub, America, the rest fails. Take a look at the EU economies and their problems.
Øbama < human excrement.
And he wasn't able to properly pronounce corps, as in Marine Corps.
Not going to go to Google's YouTube. Could we just have a synopsis, please?
As I said, Canada Free Press ran a piece a while back about media personnel being threatened if they divulged certain things- and I personally think Hannity goes about as far as he can while still keeping his job and life intact.
He does more than anybody on MSM to get Obama- and that's something.
I'd like to read the Canada Free Press article, please!
This is a MUST VIEW!! Leaves no doubt that Obama HUSSEIN is a MUSLIM and is a Liar when he tries to convince America that he is a Christian!
As outlined above, our Investigation has uncovered both direct and indirect evidence of threats being made against some of the nations top radio and television personalities, which would explain some giving this topic mere lip service.
As one source interviewed during the course of this investigation stated, Ive got a career and family to think about.
From Canada Free Press founders
"And he wasnt able to properly pronounce corps, as in Marine Corps."
His starkly differing pronunciation talents show where his loyalty really lies. Nobody but a totally indoctrinated Islamist could pronounce uniquely Muslim terms as well as he does. Also, note from the video how easily and naturally he does it.
I feel sick after watching this video.
Correction: And he wasnt able to properly pronounce corps, as in Navy Corpsman.
Obama Mispronounces Navy Corpsman Twice (Dude, where's my Teleprompter?)
don't be logical, logical....there's people that would rather vote obammy back in then elect Romney.....Romney apparently is so much worse than a black racist muslim communist who is also a tryrant and dictator....
That video has been all over the internet for at least 2 years.
Only 7million views, but it's not enough, everyone should see this.
You have to ask yourself, why has islam been in the news in the US almost constantly for the past 10 years. We're being conditioned. They're coming.
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A Conversation with Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesAug 9, 2016
On August 4, Duke Law and DukeDC co-sponsored "A Conversation with Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States." U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg addressed some of the Court's recent decisions,read more
On August 4, Duke Law and DukeDC co-sponsored "A Conversation with Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States."
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg addressed some of the Court's recent decisions, her advocacy for women's rights, and her current cultural resonance in a wide-ranging conversation with Duke Professor Neil Siegel on July 29.
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The DukeDC Women's Forum gathered for Spring 2016 Neighborhood Coffees thanks to the support and organization of 14 alumnae hostesses and family members, as well as DukeDC Regional Co-Chair and Women's Forum Steering Committee member Anna Pfeiffer '77. Duke women of all ages met for informal get-togethers and enjoyed a glass of wine or other beverage, light fare and meaningful conversation. See the photo gallery.
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Less shake from artificial quakes, fed study says
WASHINGTON -- Man-made earthquakes, a side effect of some high-tech energy drilling, cause less shaking and in general are about 16 times weaker than natural earthquakes with the same magnitude, a new federal study found.
People feeling ground move from induced quakes -- those triggered by injections of wastewater deep underground -- report significantly less shaking than those who experience more normal earthquakes of the same magnitude, according to a study by U.S. Geological Survey geophysicist Susan Hough.
But distance matters in this shaking gap. For people within 6 miles of the fault, artificial and natural quakes feel pretty much the same, she said.
Hough studied similar-sized man-made and natural quakes in the central and eastern U.S. from 2011 to 2013, comparing the reported magnitude with what people said they felt in the USGS electronic "Did You Feel It" survey. She found that while two different types of temblors could have had the same magnitude as measured by seismographs, they had distinct differences in what people said they felt.
A 4.8 induced quake felt like a 4.0 quake, Hough said. The magnitude scale used by USGS and others is mathematically complex, but a drop in 0.8 magnitude translates to about 16 times less strength or energy released.
Sometimes the difference is even bigger. Hough said a 5.3 August 2011 man-made quake in Trinidad, Colo., actually felt like a 4.0 quake, which is about 90 times weaker, based on the thousands of responses in the "Did You Feel It" survey system.
The study, published Monday in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, looked at quakes in Oklahoma, Colorado, Arkansas, Texas and Ohio. It included a 5.7 quake in Prague, Okla., in November 2011 that injured two people and damaged 14 houses, which Hough said felt like a 5.1 magnitude natural quake.
Man-made quakes have become a concern as hydraulic fracturing and other drilling inject wastewater deep underground. Scientists say that sometimes triggers shifts along existing and previously unknown faults. Oklahoma has had more than 300 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or more -- strong enough to feel locally but too weak to cause damage -- since Jan. 1. Before 2007, Oklahoma averaged only one quake a year of that size.
The artificial quakes may have less energy -- only after 6 miles away -- because the fault is lubricated by the injected wastewater, making it easier to slip and do so more smoothly in less of a herky-jerky motion, Hough theorized. Also, these faults can be slipping with less pent-up energy than they would have if they slipped naturally years later.


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May 15
Even though Rall had already spent over a year with the San Antonio Missions, his call-up was less the reward for exceptional pitching and more the Rainiers unexpected need for another pitcher. After five runs in five innings, Rall was sent packing for the Texas League again. The 25-year-old had a 4.57 ERA in 65 innings last year with a walk rate that's a little higher than one would like from a reliever. The same trend has repeated this year, as Rall has walked 10 batters in just under 14 innings.
Here's a free tip for all you aspiring minor leaguers out there: if you want to stick with the team you're on, make the road trips or at least have a strong case as to why you shouldn't. While no reason has gone public, the fact is, Lopez missed the trip to Albuquerque after spending a good chunk of time on the DL. Without many positives to take from the few appearances he did make, the Rainiers opted to release him.
May 17
In the last transaction piece, I was convinced that the Mariners had finally seen the light and were going to bring Sherrill up long-term. Manager Mike Hargrove brought him in to face Tino Martinez, who was at the time probably the hottest hitter in the league. Sherrill induced a ground ball that should have been a DP, and was pulled after that. I probably shouldn't remind you what happened next. After the game, Sherrill was sent packing, and while in Tacoma, he bumped up his strikeouts per nine innings to an absurd 13.5. But then, in a May 25th game, he strained a lat and a triceps muscle and is out for the next three weeks. Who says the minor leagues are safer?
While Sherrill only got a third of an inning in his stint, Campillo worked his promotion for a full inning's worth, which is impressive compared to the other call-ups. The Mexican right-hander debuted against the Padres on May 20th, working the ninth inning, allowing a walk and striking out a batter. Three days later, he was back in the rotation for the Rainiers, but how much more he can learn at that level of competition is hard to tell. Also unknown is whether he'll be in the major league rotation, or whether he'll be a setup man, as some rumors hint at.
May 20
It was bad enough to lose one catcher on the major league roster for an extended period of time, but losing two is just crazy. With a limited number of in-house candidates capable of filling the job, the Mariners instead opted to acquire the services of Borders, who had three-and-a-half years in Tacoma before signing on with the Brewers this winter. Though his offensive abilities are now negligible, at best, he is among the most experience catchers still playing in the major leagues, and can still call a good game. Whether he'll stick with the team when Wiki Gonzalez returns remains to be seen, but with how the pitching staff has been performing when he's behind the plate, the odds are good.
May 23
A veteran of about 10 years in the minor leagues, including a side trip to China to help them set up their own professional baseball league, Harris has been just about everywhere. He is now in his second tour in Tacoma, after joining the team late last season after he was signed out of an independent league. The promotion is certainly deserved, as he was nothing short of incredible with the Missions early in the season. Most notable was the spot start he made on the 20th where he four-hit Corpus Christi over seven innings, on just two days' rest. That seemed to seal the promotion for him.
Just five days after coming back from one wrist injury, Lopez is on the DL with another. He jammed his left hand while checking his swing in a game. Originally, it was thought to be a day-to-day injury, but when it wasn't getting any better and his right wrist, which had surgery to remove the hamate bone earlier in the year, was still barking at him anyway, they decided to let him rest. He should be ready by the time the 14-day limit passes.
Blakeley, like the other fill-ins on the Rainiers roster this season, wasn't brought up to play the position everyday, but to provide the bench with some flexibility in case they come up short as a result. Versatility is definitely something Blakeley has, as he's capable of playing all the infield positions and a little outfield on the side. He was batting .263/.323/.509 in 14 games with Inland Empire prior to being called up, but he also filled a similar role for San Antonio this year while Jesus Guzman was suspended.
May 24
As was reported to be the situation in the local papers, Pineiro came up from Tacoma without getting into a single game. Instead, he spent the days working on his mechanics and trying to regain some of his velocity. In his first game back, he did have a little more juice to his fastball than in previous outings, but his control and his delivery were all over the place. His next few starts should give a better gauge on what direction he's headed.
May 26
Calling a pitcher up from extended spring training to fill in on a high-minors team can often be a learning experience for those involved. In his first Triple-A inning of his career, Arias learned to not hang pitches, as the Fresno hitters promptly clubbed two out of the park against him. Still, it's better than his last tour of duty with the team, where he merely sat on the bench for a few days and was sent on his way. He'll be gone again as soon as they find a suitable replacement.
May 22
Like a few other minor leaguers, Rivera came back down from his trip to the big leagues without even an at-bat to show for it. That may not be so bad though, as it means more time for him to regularly work on polishing his craft in the minors. Rivera is the top catching prospect in the system, and is off to a good start with the Missions, but he still has some things in his game that he should be working on before he's considered as a viable option at the major league level.
May 27
Baseball can now add another story to its list of peculiar injuries. Nelson has been placed on the disabled list with a broken bone in his left hand. The cause? Frustrated by a 0-for-4 day, Nelson decided to take his frustrations out on an already-dented drinking fountain in Wolff Stadium. But rather than use a bat to do it, he used his fists. The final score on that one was "Water Fountain 1, Nelly 0," as posted on a sign now taped on the wall above it. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the quip.
Now with just three players on the roster capable of playing in the outfield in Jaime Bubela, T.J. Bohn, and Gary Harris, it's possible that Craig might see a little more playing time than one might expect for a guy who was playing in a short-season league last year. He certainly didn't do much wrong in eight games with Inland Empire earlier in the month, batting .345/.406/.448 in the short span. Then again, this is definitely a temporary assignment, so the 20-year-old may not get enough playing time to prove much of anything. He still belongs on one of the full-season teams, though.
May 18
As if the Sixers didn't already have enough trouble with their starting rotation, the notorious flexor bundle has struck again. Nottingham, one of only two starters on the staff with an ERA under four, is going to be out of action for 4-to-6 weeks. He was pulled from a game on the 17th when he couldn't retire a batter to open the sixth, suffering from some pain in his elbow. While the MRI revealed no tears in the area, he will have to rest for a month to ensure that it doesn't develop into something more serious.
Schweiger's brief call-up corresponds less with Nottingham going on the shelf than it does with a later move. The 22-year-old only got into one game with the Sixers, but he played for Cal State San Bernadino when he was in college, so he got to perform in front of a somewhat familiar crowd. He'll probably stick in his role as traveling catcher at least until Everett opens the season.
May 20
The real reason Schwieger was called up and a Musical Chairs of catching duties followed was due to a sore ankle that had been plaguing the regular backup catcher in Ruchti. Originally, it was thought that he would be able to return to action within a few days, but when it just didn't get any better, he had to put on the DL so that another pitcher could be brought in. The injury shouldn't be too serious, and Ruchti will probably return to action early next month.
Looper's coming back from Tommy John surgery done early on last season, so chances are his velocity is going to take a little while to get back to its usual levels. He's done well so far, pitching four innings for the Sixers and striking out four, but barring any serious changes to the roster in the coming months, he is pretty far down the list if the Mariners are considering calling anyone up.
May 22
The suspension Oliveros served last season revolved around some suspicious circumstances that came up while he was in the Texas League, so it seems to make sense that the Mariners player development people would try to keep him away from there. The 21-year-old has the ability to be a starting catcher in the minors and maybe a backup in the big leagues, but he may not be getting that opportunity anymore, at least with the Mariners.
May 25
On occasion, Ellison would show flashes of serious brilliance that would make you wonder whether he was a sleeper in the system. But all of this was tempered by his need to repeat each of the first two levels of play and various injuries that held him back. Last year, he started in Wisconsin and was off to an incredible start before injuring his neck and seeing his average drop to around .200. He ended up playing as a reserve outfielder for just about every team before settling in Everett at the end of the season. This season, he was out again, this time with a hernia, and was released before he could make an appearance.
For the nature of the injury, the local press barely made a peep about Cho's landing on the disabled list. In the bottom of the first inning on May 24th, Cho got nailed in the mouth by an errant throw from catcher Chris Collins. He came out of the game immediately, and the wound required 15-20stitches to reseal. One can only imagine how much that one hurt.
The younger Garciaparra tore his meniscus in late April and is right on track in his return from the knee surgery. Though he is repeating the level this season, he is off to a good start and was batting .300 when he went on the DL. Since coming back, he's gone 2-for-9 in two games, but if the previous years' injuries are any indicator he may not be able to keep it up.
Monzon was another guy who was starting to heat up at the plate before he ended up on the bench. In the game on May 2nd, Monzon had three hits, but on his final one, a double to center field, he pulled his hamstring and had to be helped off the field. He's kept up the hot hitting in the two games since his return, going 6-for-9, including a four-hit performance in his first game back on Friday, but it does seem a little early to be coming back from a pull like that, so he'll have to be careful not to aggravate it.
May 25
The report out of Appleton is that Martinez fractured his left wrist during a game against Clinton last Sunday. He was on the receiving end of that 8-15 loss, giving up two runs on four hits and two walks with two strikeouts in just an inning and a third of work. While the nature of the injury and how it happened has not yet been revealed to the public, there have not been any reports filed concerning any innocent drinking fountains that were damaged in the process. (See; San Antonio above)
Blanco made his U.S. debut last season in Everett, but it didn't go quite as smoothly as he might have liked. He came down with an injury partway through the brief season, and while he had 20 strikeouts in just 14.2 innings pitched, he had also given up 21 base hits. After resting most of the winter, Blanco was set to start the season in Everett again, but has now come on as an injury replacement in Wisconsin. Though his first appearance was in relief, walking one and striking out two in two frames of work, don't be surprised if he slips into the rotation at some point.


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Posted on 10/30/2003 5:04:39 PM PST by Dales
LIVERMORE, Calif. -- A trio of scientists including a researcher from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has found that humans may owe the relatively mild climate in which their ancestors evolved to tiny marine organisms with shells and skeletons made out of calcium carbonate.
In a paper titled "Carbonate Deposition, Climate Stability and Neoproterozoic Ice Ages" in the Oct. 31 edition of Science, UC Riverside researchers Andy Ridgwell and Martin Kennedy along with LLNL climate scientist Ken Caldeira, discovered that the increased stability in modern climate may be due in part to the evolution of marine plankton living in the open ocean with shells and skeletal material made out of calcium carbonate. They conclude that these marine organisms helped prevent the ice ages of the past few hundred thousand years from turning into a severe global deep freeze.
"The most recent ice ages were mild enough to allow and possibly even promote the evolution of modern humans," Caldeira said. "Without these tiny marine organisms, the ice sheets may have grown to cover the earth, like in the snowball glaciations of the ancient past, and our ancestors might not have survived."
The researchers used a computer model describing the ocean, atmosphere and land surface to look at how atmospheric carbon dioxide would change as a result of glacier growth. They found that, in the distant past, as glaciers started to grow, the oceans would suck the greenhouse gas -- carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere -- making the Earth colder, promoting an even deeper ice age. When marine plankton with carbonate shells and skeletons are added to the model, ocean chemistry is buffered and glacial growth does not cause the ocean to absorb large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
But in Precambrian times (which lasted up until 544 million years ago), marine organisms in the open ocean did not produce carbonate skeletons -- and ancient rocks from the end of the Precambrian geological age indicate that huge glaciers deposited layers of crushed rock debris thousands of meters thick near the equator. If the land was frozen near the equator, then most of the surface of the planet was likely covered in ice, making Earth look like a giant snowball, the researchers said.
Around 200 million years ago, calcium carbonate organisms became critical to helping prevent the earth from freezing over. When the organisms die, their carbonate shells and skeletons settle to the ocean floor, where some dissolve and some are buried in sediments. These deposits help regulate the chemistry of the ocean and the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. However, in a related study published in Nature on Sept. 25, 2003, Caldeira and LLNL physicist Michael Wickett found that unrestrained release of fossil-fuel carbon dioxide to the atmosphere could threaten extinction for these climate-stabilizing marine organisms.
ROTFLMAO! :-) Not sure which would be more boring for me. Knitting or curling! LOL!
There is also a clear correlation to the oppression and loss of freedom of a society by a theistic form of government. Belief does not necessarily foster good government. Take a look at the Middle Ages as an example.
Thankfully JR must admit that my perspective on these Science threads is in line with his agenda of holding back the Elitism that is a result of power run amok.
I did not follow you argument here.
The first representation of freedom on this planet was brought about by people who took the Holy Bible seriously regarding our rights deriving from an All Powerful God. No man has the right to revoke rights that are outside of their realm of sovereignty.
Not true. Ancient Greeks wrote about freedom and democracy long before Christianity.
A belief in the Theory of Evolution shatters all of these constructs. No one who has study the Bible to the point that they are literate in both the Old and New Testaments can say that the Bible leaves room for the Theory of Evolution to be true.
How does a belief in evolution shatter the concepts of our constitution? I agree with your second sentence. If you take the bible as a scientific document, it most certainly does not agree with the modern theories of the age and workings of the universe.
Those claiming theistic evolution are ignorant of what the Bible says. Or they have chosen to believe that many passages of the Bible are not true. In my opinion these leave them on very shaky ground in their ability to witness regarding the need for Jesus to Die on the Cross to conquer the death that was brought on by sin. Evolution is a theory of death going back billions of years. The Bible teaches death began with a CHOICE by a Free-Will agent created by God.
I do not claim theistic evolution.
The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ atoned for that Choice of disobedience by Adam. His death was a ransom for sin and its punishment "the wages of sin is death", and His resurrection returns entry into our eternal destiny in heaven with God when we shed this mortal tent as He did on the Cross.
IMHO, the Bible itself undertakes an evolution from beginning to end as the people's understanding of the world around them changed.
I second these sentiments.
As expounded upon by David Frum a few years back in DEAD RIGHT, there are different camps in Conservativism, reflecting the different aspects and facets of the philosophy. Unfortunately, even here at Mr. Jefferson's University (Mr. Libertine, Mr. European Enlightenment, Mr. Proto-Libertarian to the rest of you) the very mention of Conservatism to 96.68% of the people I come into contact with immediately brings up the 'scoffing' arguement invoking inbred, toothless, christian snakehandlers, livin'-in-the-holler..........and THATS just from the Americans!
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My oldest son had a rather extraordinary experience just about a year ago.
He was travelling back and forth with a group of other high school kids between our town and another town to practice with a regional singing group. Seven kids from our town were in this group so they would caravan over in two cars.
One night, one of the kids pulled out an amulet and began talking about the powers it possessed and gave to him. Turned out all the other kids had amulets as well. After awhile, the first kid sort of fell into a trance and began chanting and talking. One other kid in the car began to do the same.
Now you have to know my son. Nothing phases him.
Anyway, the first kid had been in a trance for about fifteen minutes -the longest, according to the group, any of them had ever been under a spell of this 'spirit'.
The other kids became very concerned and pulled over. The second car also pulled over. All the kids got out and were watching this one kid in the back seat. They were all freaking out. They couldn't couldn't get this first kid out of the trance and they all started talking about how they needed to get this kid to another kid's house because that kid would know what to do -how to break the spell and stop the channelling.
As my son describes it, at that point he calmly pulled out his rosary, and began praying it. The first kid, speaking in a gutteral voice, grabbed my son by the throat (the finger markings were clearly visible the next day) and shouted, "Shut up, creep, your prayers won't help you now."
My son says at that point he had never in his life felt so at peace. He smiled at the first kid and said, "Liar." Slowly, as my son prayed the rosary, the first kid calmed down and then gradually returned to normal.
The kids got back in their cars and came home.
My son quit the singing group the next day. He also contacted our parish priest, talked about it with him(our priest is convinced this was a true encounter with the demonic) and informed both the priest and his mother and I that he had been thinking and praying for some time about his vocation and now believes he has a calling to the priesthood.
Of the kids there that night, two have graduated and gone into the military. Three swear to my son they have thrown their amulets away and attend their respective churches regularly, now. One is in jail on a drug possession charge. And the first kid, the one in the scariest trance, has moved to California to live with an aunt.
After the ... incident --- I informed all the parents of what their kids were involved in.
I needn't have bothered. All showed little concern. Convinced this was just a bit of teenage knavery.
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There are those of us Christians who believe that Adam was the first ensouled man, that the Genesis story is played out in both heaven and earth, that Adam was banished to mortality, that the death speaks not just to physical death but the second death as well. (Revelation 20 and 21)
O death, where [is] thy sting? O grave, where [is] thy victory? The sting of death [is] sin; and the strength of sin [is] the law. But thanks [be] to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. - I Corinthians 15:54-57
He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death. - Revelation 2:11
Since our difference does not deny the deity of Christ or the authority of the Word and the Scriptures, I presume the difference is according to Gods will in the matter and thus wish you well. I pray that you will feel the same towards me.
Very, very well said! The unique gifts each of us have been given in accordance with God's plan for each of our lives are tools to be used in the realization of that plan. Some of us are born to be theologians, scientists and engineers, doctors, lawyers, and even some to be garbage men or politicians. Each is given the skills and understanding required to fulfill those duties.
Just so. But Jesus did not teach about Genesis. He taught about healing the sick, feeding the hungry, comforting the afflicted, turning the other cheek, not stoning women taken in adultery, behaving righteously, and so on.
I've mentioned before the petroleum geologist I once knew who felt the same way, but still used the fossil record in order to hunt for petroleum deposits.
So, regardless of how you believe, it can still be useful in advancing worthwhile knowledge.
Power hungry men did many hideous things in the name of God during that time, chief among them being taking the Word of God out of the peoples hands. The Reformation of the Church was the resurgence of Biblical Literacy among the people.
I agree with our Founding Fathers that a Theocracy is not the way to go. As Christians we are called to speak the Gospel and reason with those who know not Christ. Persuasion by reasoning is the only way that lines up with the Biblical concept that God wants our love by choice. Forced conversions should always remain illegal and is under our Constitution.
Not true. Ancient Greeks wrote about freedom and democracy long before Christianity.
Without a Soverign Creator the Greeks ideas of freedom were destine to failure. Despots always arise to make new rules. An absolute standard Giver is the key to our success as a nation.
Thankfully JR must admit that my perspective on these Science threads is in line with his agenda of holding back the Elitism that is a result of power run amok.<
I did not follow you argument here.
If we allow despots in power to dictate their views of rights as the Liberals wish to do, we are all at a loss. They have no set of absolute standards, and we are at the mercy of which way the wind blows for those in power.
How does a belief in evolution shatter the concepts of our constitution? I agree with your second sentence. If you take the bible as a scientific document, it most certainly does not agree with the modern theories of the age and workings of the universe.
Those with the biggest guns make the rules, a natural outgrowth of survival of the fittest. Very Unconstitutional. Our Founding documents revolve around individual responsibility to a set of cultural standards derived primarily from the Bible. This is why the Highest office in the land takes an oath of office on the Holy Christian Bible, whatever religion they have been.
I do not claim theistic evolution.
I apologize that I wasn't clear on that point. I intentionally began the statement with the word "Those", indicating that I wasn't sure of your position. My intention was to point out how many scientists who are Christians attempt to reconcile their private lives with their work lives to avoid scoffing or percieved intellectual dishonesty.
IMHO, the Bible itself undertakes an evolution from beginning to end as the people's understanding of the world around them changed.
If you have some time to investigate the prophetic content of some of the oldest documents in the Bible and their amazing accuracy in describing modern Phenomenon in the language of their day, your opinion may change. The descriptive language has changed but the content is completely relevant today. Here are a couple examples.
Isa 40:22
22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in:
Fairly good description of the fabric of space-time.
Ezek 39:12-15
12 And seven months shall the house of Israel be burying of them, that they may cleanse the land.
13 Yea, all the people of the land shall bury them; and it shall be to them a renown the day that I shall be glorified, saith the Lord GOD.
14 And they shall sever out men of continual employment, passing through the land to bury with the passengers those that remain upon the face of the earth, to cleanse it: after the end of seven months shall they search.
15 And the passengers that pass through the land, when any seeth a mans bone, then shall he set up a sign by it, till the buriers have buried it in the valley of Hamongog.
The remnants of a nuclear battle, marking contaminated bones for the hired professionals to clean up. Waiting seven months before beginning the process. Amazing use of an ancient language.
Of course, I won't ask these questions because it would be bound to offend someone on either side.
I just don't get it. One who is new to this can't participate, he'll get shouted down by one side or the other or the thread will get pulled.
In the end it just turns one off to both arguments.
Why is it that important?
I'm talking to myself here. Seriously. This is the way I prefer it. I will not hit the abuse button on myself. I cannot complain about what I say. I cannot upset anyone if I am only talking to me.
Please don't bother replying. It's not welcome...
I like this person's screen name! Not talking to anyone, just myself. No need for response.
From post 381: "You may not think so, but it does. In the scientific circles in which I travel, the presence of creationists among the conservative movement is the single most effective intellectual bludgeon against conservatism. "
Now, since Republican party is supposed to be conservative, then this statement clearly says that Christians (who hold to the truth of Gen 1), are bringing down the republican party, or are a "bludgeon against conservatism".
The terms "creationist" and "Christians" are not mutually exclusive.
Not all who call themselves "Christian" are truly Christian. .Just as there are RINO's, likewise there are Christians in name only. Those who deny much of scripture are questionable Christians.
Many people believe that God created the Universe billions of years ago, and all life in the Universe is both created and evolved.
I agree, many do believe evolution pseudo-science. Some are Christians who buy into the lie, and others are not really Christians.
So, it's not all black or all white. We don't need to be at each others' throats all the time.
True....why not explain that to those on the evo side who consistently mock and belittle Christians who don't buy into the lie?
So, I guess you are saying those who hold to Gen 1 are not Christians, but "anti-evos"? Well, we certainly disagree on that one. And, I have no problem with real biology, geology, etc. Where many Christians have a problem is when the evolutionary subset of these disciplines are assumed fact without real evidence.
[Ich]I haven't seen any, perhaps we're reading them differently. Could you point out one that you think is an example of what you describe?
See posts 338, and 448....those posts clearly make that claim(for Christians who hold to Gen 1)
What about evolution do you consider a "lie"?
You don't see these as attacks on Freepers who accept evolution?
Yes...i have seen such attacks....but the vast majority have been from the evo side of the debate. Until the management FAIRLY enforces the rules, then this will never change. In fact, after this post i probably will stop posting....who needs this "debate"? the management has been successful in driving off some good people. Before long all that will be left are soft conservatives and wacko's.
Meanwhile, one of the few posters who wanted to talk science gets banned. -Me
I disagree that he "wanted to talk science". Instead, he wanted to denigrate science, most often by posting unsupported (and unsupportable) claims which were easily refuted, then avoiding attempts to get him to either support or retract them.
We disagree....Gore3000 was continually attacked when his arguments could NOT be refuted. A prime example is in genetics...a huge problem for the idea of macro-evolution. Ignoring the problem will not make it go away. But, as has recently been seen, banning the Christian will make it easier to "win" the argument.
These threads won't last long when you are debating among yourselves.
If I were to be buried (which I will not be), you can write on my tombstone "Wasn't Impressed". I'm not. I wasn't as a child. I don't look to suddenly be in the future.
This world could easily be so much better. That it is not is an indictment. On who? On what? Why does it matter? It's not. That's what matters to me. We can't even get people to not talk in the movie theaters. And you know what? That one thing is what I use to judge all humanity. Forget the wars, the suffering, the human triumphs. We can put a man on the moon but we can't get everybody to shut up when the movie is playing the cinema even though everybody knows it's rude to chat during the film.
If people cannot extend the simple courtesy to their fellow man to keep their trap shut during the 2 hours of a film, why should I expect more from them outside the cinema? Well, the simple answer is- I don't.
I don't believe man is a rational being. There is no evidence for such. There is ample evidence to believe I am a member of a species that is inherently irrational but given to brief moments of sanity. This is worse than being 100% irrational all the time. It is like being sighted for 10 minutes per day and blind the rest of the time.
It is difficult to have a discussion with anyone. Within two minutes, factions form, infighting ensues and people become more interested in being victorious than with the truth itself. I am just as guilty of this as anyone and because of this I am even less impressed with the world than I would be if I were on a "holier than thou" trip. My own guilt damns the world further in my eyes.
At any rate, I wouldn't try to read to much into my screen name. It describes me, but not in the way some would at first think.
I would just like to know what the point of these threads are but will not ask because I will not get an honest answer- from anyone. To simply ask the question is to get stereotyped. To simply ask any number of questions is to get placed into a ghetto of thought. I won't bother.
Well, banned ARIC2000...consider this my last post to you. I do this in honor of another banned poster (gore3000) who I know will not sneak back onto FR after being banned. You may have fooled the management, but not those of us who have put up with your rants for a year or so.
Now to your post: First, please provide your source that %95 of Christians believe evolution.
Second, show me where i said " only true christians believe Genesis". good luck.
"...evolution pseudo-science. Some are Christians who buy into the lie, and others are not really Christians...explain that to those on the evo side who consistently mock and belittle Christians who don't buy into the lie?
Your claims don't stand the test of logic. The only Christians being mocked and belittled are those that acknowledge the fact that God is logical and is truthful. The science is sound and it does not contradict what was written. The only things science contradicts is what you claim is the meaning of what was written.
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Wrestlemania 27- Initial Thoughts
What happens when you book Wrestlemania like an ep of RAW? Nothing good.
Apr 04, 2011 11:39AM PST
Not a full review yet, but just quick thoughts on a pretty bad showing.
Dashing Cody Rhodes def. Rey Mysterio Jerry Lawler def. Michael Cole Bullshit Reversal of Decision
World Heavyweight Championship
Edge (w/ Christian) [c] def. Alberto Del Rio (w/ Brodius Clay)
Not a good omen when your Rumble winner curtain-jerks instead of, you know, headlining WrestleMania like every other Rumble winner. There goes the specialness of that match. Thus, neither guy really seemed interested in stealing the show and simply went through the motions, ADR targeting the arm, the requisite signature spots, etc. Even the guys in the corner didn't have a big impact. Solid for what it was, but felt like a TV main event instead of A WRESTLEMANIA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP match
Rating: **1/2
As if the best gimmick in the WWE wasn't good enough already, the whole "grotesque" Titantron and slower, sadder remix just puts the fucking icing on it. Whoever came up with that deserves a raise. Unlike the previous match, these guys brought it with some nice, unique counters and a good story in-match that saw both the mask and knee brace eventually come into play. Color me surprised that not only did they give these guys time, but the right guy went over too, instead of just feeding DCR to the bigger star. Sleeper match of the night.
Rating: ***1/2
Big Show, Kane, Santino Marella, & Kofi Kingston def. The Corre
I don't know what's more confusing, the fact Kane just went through his 97th face-to-heel or vice versa alignment, or the fact they threw all 8 men in for literally a 90-second match.
Rating: DUD
Randy Orton def. CM Punk
I initially was underwhelmed by it, but I went back on the DVR and watched it again, and it was a match that did deliver on everything I wanted. Both guys were fuckin nuts with their expressions, and did a good job kicking the crap out of each other before utilizing the RKO in the way it works best, the out-of-nowhere counter; in this case, a CM Punk springboard. Old-school anger-fueled grapple brawl.
Rating: ***1/4
I really gave this match the benefit of the doubt, simply because I'm one of the few who actually enjoys Heel Michael Cole, and been a Cole apologist for basically forever. And the match started off right with Cole coming out looking like The Great Pumpkin in an orange singlet with matching headgear, and then Lawler pulling Cole against the Cole Mine to get this:
But like Bret vs. Vince last year, it just went waaaaaay too long. This shouldve been Lawler kicking the shit out of Cole for 5-10 minutes to the delight of the crowd, but Swagger got too involved, and Lawler had to sell like crazy to make Cole's "working" of the leg look believable. By the time Lawler finally got the upper hand, crowd was chanting "boring" and was out of it. Just have the King beat the crap out of him for 5 minutes, Austin with a Stunner, boom, hot crowd, over (like Austin vs. Bischoff at No Way Out 2003). Sometimes, you can't give a heel too much credit.
Rating: DUD
No Holds Barred
Undertaker def. Triple H
Match of the night, easily. It really did feel era-defining, as with the retirement of Shawn Michaels, these are the last two active remnants of Wrestlemania X7, when they last hooked up on the big stage. They did the match right, a straight-up beat-the-crap-out-of-each-other brawl, with HHH showing a kind of killer instinct that none of Taker's previous opponents, including Michaels, ever had, but again not being enough. Both guys pretty much being done like death after the match was the icing, and they had me by the short hairs thinking for even a nanosecond that HHH could snap the streak, even though I should know better. Might be overrating it, but I'd be lying if I saw I wasn't marking the crap out for this one; like most great brawls, it was less about the grappling and more about the storytelling and both guys did their parts perfectly.
Rating: ****1/2
John Morrison, Trish Stratus, & Snooki def. Dolph Ziggler & Laycool (w/ Vickie Guerrero)
Perfect place in the card to let the crowd recover from HHH/Taker. Shocker of the night was Snooki; crowd booed her upon tagging in, then promptly shut up when she busted out a double handspring elbow that illustrated what a fraud 90% of the Divas roster is. Quick piss break that did its job.
Rating: 1/2*
WWE Championship
The Miz def. John Cena
If you told me beforehand that The Miz would walk out of Mania still champ, I would've been happy. But in the vintage words of Michael Cole, "NOT THIS WAY!"
See, WrestleMania is about being the end-all to the wrestling year. Storylines and feuds are put to rest and lays the foundation for the next year. This is why the Rumble winner headlines; that guy is gonna have the onus of carrying the company through the summer. This is why you don't do a screwy finish like having The Rock cost John Cena the title and finish the show with The Rock celebrating after laying out both men. That's what you do to end RAW. Or a non-Big 4 PPV (and even then, I'd be pissed, like No Way Out 2003). But not at Mania. And that was the issue with the whole show. It never felt big time. Championship at the start. Tag and IC titles missing (AGAIN). No show-stopper gimmick match like Money in the Bank. Even The Rock was a non-factor for the first three and a half hours, only coming out to do all the normal catchphrases in an opening too-long promo, and then got involved in a screwy finish that shouldve belonged to either Cena or Miz enjoying coming out on top of the main event of fuckin WrestleMania. (Oh, and the match wasn't good either).
Rating: *3/4
People are saying that this was the worst WrestleMania. That's a false, knee-jerk reaction, since 2 and IX had virtually no redeeming qualities, and this at least had some solid matches and a MOTY candidate. But easily the worst/disappointing WM since 2000.
Show Grade: C-
Comments (6)
You speak much wisdom.Posted: Apr 04, 2011 12:00AM PST by Jai
I think Vince was riding the Fact everyone was tuning in for The Rock. And while is was great to see The People's Champion back in the ring, there were too many missed moments of awesome. The Cole/Lawler match was everything you said it was (and wasn't).
The Rock should have had a larger role (perhaps as ref?, ring announcer maybe?) during the final match. And Vince should be ashamed for even letting the match end the first time the way it did. I'm glad I didn't pay to see it or I'd have asked for my money back!
While I may not have like the way the HHH/Undertaker match ended, the story was flawless and I loved how they both struggled to stand. HHH better get that wrist checked though. His hand was a nice shade of purple as he walked back up the ramp.
And really, what was up with an eight man tag if no one did anything?
The next PPV had better be worth the time and money but Vince shouldn't have dropped the ball on Wrestlemania in the first place.
I still don't understand the lack of The RockPosted: Apr 04, 2011 12:00AM PST by milkman_v1
That was their main selling point for WrestleMania since February, and he only does an opening promo, about two backstage segments (only worth remembering for the brief Stone Cold/Rock reunion), and then just costs Cena his match. They really set The Rock up for the last six weeks just to mess around with the ending to the WrestleMania main event????Whyyyyyyyyyyyyy?????????
UnderwhelmingPosted: Apr 04, 2011 12:00AM PST by MK915
I agree with all your points. Taker/HHH stole the show. I knew Taker was walking away with his streak intact, but they really did a great job having you buy into Triple H having a shot to end it. I thought the Orton/Punk match was excellent. Punk is the best thing in the WWE today.The show felt very underwhelming. This card would've made an awesome In Your House, but it was quite mediocre for "The Showcase of the Immortals."I was hoping to see The Rock interact with a few other people on the roster, but instead we get to see Mae Young again. We get it. She's horny and old.
I agree about PunkPosted: Apr 04, 2011 12:00AM PST by milkman_v1
Punk's an amazing heel, my favorite in the company (esp. with Jericho on hiatus), he just gets under the skin better than anyone. It's incredible how he's been able to adapt to that considering he can't do the kind of promos he did on the indy circuit.
Didn't feel like WrestlemaniaPosted: Apr 05, 2011 12:00AM PST by projectrunaway
The Rock hosting well lack of hosting was a complete joke, WWE basically throw Rocky's name and Austin's to sell tickets and get people to buy WM27. Only good matches were Punk vs Orton, Rey Mysterio vs Cody Rhodes, and Taker vs Triple H being a MOTY contender but still not as good as HBK vs Taker last year. The thing I hate the most is it felt like a 3 hour Raw at the least. Only thing that were missing were the tag titles, women's title and US title being a dark match. I think if you made more matches it would've been a better PPV. All of the matches just felt rushed and no musical performance was stupid.
Actually, I'm glad there was no musical performancePosted: Apr 05, 2011 12:00AM PST by milkman_v1
Those were always my piss break. I like Kid rock, I liked Limp Bizkit, I love Motorhead, but when matches sometimes don't get enough time to begin with (see: Matt vs. Rey WMXIX, 4-minute opener in a 4-hour show), there's no need for an impromptu concert that also doubles to get the useless Divas out there (and I don't think they bump buyrates at any rate).The only time that rule can be excepted is when it's for an entrance, like Motorhead for Triple H. Seeing them play The Game live while HHH came out was awesome when I went to WM21, even though Lemmy was so drunk and/or senile he couldn't remember half the words (but he's still God!)


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