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Hi, hello and how are you? Fantastic so look, I have a few things I wanted to discuss with you.
First off, I guess a sort of congratulations on in order. Oh, no, I saw the year this football campaign turned out to be so I'm not congratulating you on a job well done, or even on a job done, but I'm congratulating you on MAKING IT OUT ALIVE. That is an impressive feat in and of itself.
I know this is your first year and all so it wasn't like I was expecting miracles. I spent the year defending your results, after all, you have a different coaching scheme than Coach Carr and you were playing with his kids so it wouldn't be for at least a year until you could actually go and recruit your own players that any kind of effect would have taken place. I took "Psychology of Sport" with Dr. George so I totally understand the inner complexities of coaching. Or at least the superficial complexities [the class was only a semester long after all].
That said, even I can't defend the worst performance in 129 years of Michigan Football [the football team hasn't been that bad since they went 2-7 in 1962 –YOU WEREN'T EVEN BORN IN 1962!]. Three wins? That's all you could chalk up? Sure you had some hard teams to play, like JoePa's reinvigorated Nittany Lions [and hey, can we give them a WOOT! for beating the team down south AND for keeping them out of the Rose Bowl? WOOT WOOT JoePa!] but losing at home to Toledo? Really Rich? Toledo? How do you expect I explain that one away? Because it's really hard to do.
There have been some flashes of brilliance over the course of the season, like that game opening interception during the OSU game this weekend, but those have been outshone by the general ineptitude of the team later that very same game. Like the second half of the OSU game.
But again, first year, new coaching scheme, same players…not much can be done until you recruit the guys that will work best under your guidance, which can't happen until after this season is done. And even that, it will still take a few years to get everything smoothed out and in good working order. That's what happens in a rebuilding year. I got that.
However, ahem, what I can't really get behind is your public exclamation that some Michigan fans should "get a life."
And this is where I break character: DUDE! You can't say THAT! Not out loud! And especially not to the papers for the world to see!
I know what you mean, trust me: sports fans are an entirely different breed onto themselves but no amount of rhyme, reason AND logic will get them to see straight. What can you say to a person who is convinced that their team lost because they weren't sitting in THEIR CHAIR for part of the game? Seriously Rich, what do you tell them, because I need something to tell my sister for all those years of banning her from the room during Yankees playoff games. And even though I know that doesn't matter, I still stupidly and doggedly follow my made up superstitions. Team starts to lose while I'm watching? I'm turning off the game, not because it's too hard to watch but because maybe it's me that's jinxing them. And I'm otherwise a fairly rational person.
Those of us on the inside know there are more important things going on besides a game but you can't tell the fans that, no matter how true it is and definitely no matter how much you want to tell them. You just can't. It's unfair and stupid but that's the way it is. Leave that for the columnists and talking heads to take care of because otherwise you make yourself that much bigger of a target.
Let me hip you to a few things Rich:
1] half of your fans are college students and about half of them don't really care that much about the economy. Trust me. There are plenty of students with deep, deep pockets going to that school. Need more proof? Stroll down the road by the sororities towards the end of the April as everyone is packing up. Notice those car transports waiting outside with all of the luxury SUVs parked on it? They belong to your fans. Think they're much concerned about the economy?
2] you also have some alumni with deep, deep pockets: these are also known as boosters and considering that this isn't your first head coaching job, you know how important these people are to your overall job security. If they are unhappy, they will start to pull money out of the program and force the AD Bill Martin to make some decisions. You do not want Bill Martin making any of those types of decisions.
3] under no circumstances are you to alienate your core fan base. Once you start lashing out into a war of words with them the warm and fuzzies dissipate and that coldness you're feeling is not just from the bitter Michigan winters.
Of course, the fact that you even deigned yourself to say such things in public [keep that to your inner monologue voice] makes me wonder if you didn't fully understand what it was exactly that you were taking on. This isn't your everyday football program. Michigan has, or at least used to have [to be fair to you, it has been on the steady decline before you accepted the job], a very prominent football program and illustrious history. You waxed poetic about the traditions of the school's program and the passion of its fans and now you're complaining about them complaining? Can you not take the heat associated with such a high profile, national job?
Among top programs there is a certain high-level of expectations that fans have for the team's performance and quite frankly, that hasn't been reached at all this year, a fact that is not debatable. And when the team fails to perform then you're going to hear it. Plus, Michigan fans are picky and outrageous. You're talking about a group that booed both Drew Henson AND Tom Brady IN THE SAME GAME. FOR EVERY GAME. We're not happy unless we're winning, and definitely not happy if we're losing to Ohio State. You saw how Ohio State got rid of John Cooper after his troubles beating Michigan. Same deal here.
The fact of the matter is, yes, there are more important things than sports. The economy is struggling, people are losing jobs and their homes, education is getting cut left and right, we're becoming a fractured and divided country, the world is getting hot, stuffy and overcrowded. I get it, we all get it. But remember that sports offer an escape from the reality that is constantly around us. For three hours we can cocoon ourselves in sports and forget about what's going on. We can high five and hug complete strangers, join in with thousands and yell and scream and celebrate and go home with a warm and fuzzy feeling that will last much longer than that hangover that will inevitably come. Its sports that is able to unite so many different people.
I really hope you have better luck next season because now you have a lot more eyes watching you. You're going to need all the luck you can get.
Michigan Alumna, 2003
P.S. LZ Granderson is all up in my head. Good show G. Good show!


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Planning Meeting Notes
November & December 2009
10 Strategic Goals are chosen by the campus following Convocation. Goal committees are established with campus-wide volunteers. Committees begin meeting to establish three major objectives for each goal, as well as actions to achieve those goals. Updates will be heard December 16, 2009.
Draft Mission Statement finalized.
Convocation/Town Hall Meeting:
Powerpoint presentation and a review of the working draft Mission and Strategic Objectives presented by Dr. Sal Rinella.
August 2009
Draft Mission Statement presented by Dr. Sal Rinella
Planning memo to the "Coby Future's Planning Group" by Dr. Sal Rinella
July 2009
Please also check the Retreat Documents for resource information.
Meetings to Discuss the Mission and Strategic Priorities
Monday & Tuesday, July 27-28, 2009
Purpose: Seek additional input for the draft statements that will be presented in a town hall meeting for the campus at the beginning of the fall 2009 semester.
Monday, July 27 (All Session in Knapp Hall 203)
8:00 - 9:30 am. College Council (Continental Breakfast)
10:00 - 11:00 am. Alumni Association Board
11:15 am - 12:15 pm. College Foundation Board
12:30 - 1:45 pm. Lunch with Shared Governance Executive Committee and Strategic Planning Subcommittee
2:00 - 3:00 pm. Union Representatives (UUP, CSEA, PEF, Council 82)
3:30 - 4:30 pm. Student Government Association (Pizza provided)
Tuesday, July 28 (Upper Champlin Lounge)
View the powerpoint from this session
8:30 - 11:30 am Coby Future Planning Group
(Summer Planning Retreat Attendees)
11:30 am - 1:00 pm Lunch with Coby Future Planning Group
1:30 - 3:00 pm Dr. Rinella meeting with Senior Staff (KN203)
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When I arrive at Retallack Lodge, a remote cat-skiing operation deep within British Columbia's Selkirk range, I find out I'll be sharing a cat with a rowdy group of snowboarders from Breckenridge, Colorado - shop techs, waiters, and a doughnut fryer. These guys have spent a month's earnings on a single day of cat-skiing. They claim they're fast and hungry for powder and cliffs, which normally would satisfy me. Except that I was expecting Seth Morrison.
In 2007, Retallack brought on some new investors, including freeskiing's biggest stars, Morrison and Tanner Hall. So when I show up one night in late February I have high hopes of skiing with the pros. "Sorry, no Tanner and Seth," Retallack's general manager Phil Pinfold tells me. "They were here about two weeks ago."
My consolation prize? A tall can of Stella and some bro-speak ("Dude, it's gonna be siiick tomorrow!") around the lodge's two-story granite fireplace. I've never skied interior BC before and the Breck boys have never ridden anything steeper than 30 degrees. Although it hasn't snowed in four days, our guides, Tim Shenkariuk and Marc Deschenes, promise they'll find us fresh tracks.
Retallack receives upwards of 35 feet of snowfall each year. And its terrain rivals some nearby heli operations, covering 9,500 acres over three towering 9,000-foot peaks. "This place isn't for soft skiers," Phil says. He isn't kidding: Lines with names like Morning Wood and Viagra tip to 40-plus degrees through open bowls and tight chutes, and one run is two and a half miles long.
The next morning, after a feast of homemade sticky buns, bacon, French toast, and veggie frittata, we load into the loudly painted 12-person cat. Bob Marley blasts from the speakers. On either side of us, the slope plummets 2,000 feet to the valley floor. The cat lurches to a stop and we eagerly pile out.
Looking out at the Selkirks surrounding us, the group is stunned speechless. A few minutes later, I'm clicking into my skis on a cloud-high ridgeline staring down a 35-degree shot of untouched, well-preserved powder. I should let the doughnut fryer have the first line, but I don't. I drop in and blast through the steep, powdery trees as fast as I know how. If Seth Morrison was here, he'd be proud. Maybe.


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FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 137, interview with Loren Steffy
FCPA Compliance and Ethics Report-Episode 136, Joel Borgquist, President of Etik
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My wife and I recently moved to the Brewery District from the suburbs. We love urban living in Columbus, and are so impressed with all the revitalization taking place. However, I am baffled by the recent elimination of parking-meter restrictions on 3rd and 4th streets during rush hour, purportedly to provide convenient parking for shopping and dining and to improve the safety of pedestrians and cyclists by slowing traffic.
This change actually has created traffic jams in the evening for motorists trying to get out of Downtown, and to those Downtown residents, like myself, who are trying to get back home. It is inconveniencing thousands of motorists to create an extra 200 on-street parking spaces.
To suggest it has made things safer for pedestrians, cyclists and drivers is a stretch. Drivers backing into parking spaces cause a hazard by stopping traffic behind them. To avoid parked cars, other drivers shift lanes, often unsafely.
Frustrated drivers speed through yellow lights or get stuck in the intersections, which is a prescription for danger, not safety, to pedestrians.
The growth and progress in Downtown Columbus is awesome. But it is neither practical nor realistic to make every street like Mayberry RFD. On the contrary, we need a few key main arteries to keep the Downtown vibrant.
Yes, we need to make it easy for people to be able to come and go Downtown. There must be a better way to solve the parking problem for Downtown businesses . I urge city leaders to reinstate the parking restrictions during rush hour.


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Well, back in December I mused about starting another self-published book – not a novel, like my first book, but a collection of essays – some rewritten from favorite sermons I've preached, others taken from content on the blog, others original to the book.
I have not forgotten this – I open up the file every now and then and tinker with it. I need to buckle down and set myself a schedule. I did do something today that I should have done to begin with – I set the project up as a master document in LibreOffice, so that I can more easily work on and organize the individual essays as I see fit. This should make things a lot easier, and it makes the project a little less intimidating.
I have thought about calling the book "Spiritual Secrets of the Frisbee®," after one of the essays, based on content I used both for a sermon and for a devotional at Mountain T.O.P. I need to check with a college friend of mine who's an intellectual property attorney and see if I can do this, and if so, what sort of disclaimers I need to include so that the Wham-O people are satisfied. I am afraid that the Wham-O people might want me to include the word "disc," as in "Frisbee® disc," and that just wouldn't read the same. Of course, maybe another title will occur to me between now and whenever I finish working on the thing.
I guess self-publishing is the ultimate act of hubris. I'm not Bible scholar or even an ordained minister. Who's going to be interested in my not-so-deep spiritual insights? But I like the way the book has been going so far, and publish-on-demand means one can, for better or worse, self-publish with very little risk. It also means that many people can and do self-publish, which makes it harder to get noticed.


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JD Allen: Notes of Change
More than a culmination of studies, or solidifying of artistic maturity, I AM-I AM resonates with the clarity of an artist who has reached a clear turning point. It is no wonder that Allen's latest work has received a flood of critical attention. Far from new to the jazz world, Detroit native Allen has been a stalwart of the New York scene for more than a decade, lending his astute playing and luxuriant tone control to a string of headline jazz names, from Betty Carter to Cindy Blackman. Despite this success, however, Allen found himself struggling with dark timesboth musically and personally. At one point, Allen, living homeless in New York, struggled to stay afloat. By faith, perseverance, and profound dedication to his art, Allen charted a way through and the result reverberates clearly throughout his music.
Allen's story of personal revival and optimism is shared below in the most powerful way possible: his own words.
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Growing Up Detroit
All About Jazz: You grew up in Detroit in the eighties, correct?
J.D. Allen: That's right. I was actually born in the part that is usually called 'blackbottom.' On the East Side of Detroitwhere most of the blacks from Mississippi migrated when they came up North to find work. My grandfather's family came there. I grew up there.
AAJ: What was Detroit like at that time?
JDA: Whoo! Wow, man. You gotta realize that I came up at an age where I saw the residue of the 1967 riots. So I came up thinking that burnt out, abandoned buildings were a natural thing that occurred in everyone's neighborhood in America. When I got older I realized what had happened. A lot of abandoned buildings, a lot of vacant lots. Cool people. Now, looking back, it was a town that was still trying to really recover. When I got older I realized it was trying to recover from the 1967 riots, that Detroit had changed. Most of the money had left Detroit.
AAJ: Did that time period, that time of transition, influence your early development?
JDA: Well, I knew then that I wanted to get the hell out of there! [Laughs.] I was talking to my sister a few days agoI have two other younger sistersand we used to look at pictures of New York in books and my one sister said, "I'm going there 'cause I'm getting out of here" and my other sister said, "I'm going there 'cause I'm getting out of here," and I remember at 19 thinking "I'm going to New York because I like the way the Empire States Building looks." So I had plans back then. I had to get out of there. Not because the people were bad. I don't want to say it was a city of broken dreams, but it was hard to see how you could become something great. Everyone either did something that wasn't cool, or worked for Chrysler.
AAJ: That said, Detroit does have a strong musical character. How did that influence you?
JDA: I realized at an early age, I would say around nine, that my mother had had prospects of becoming a professional singer before she met my father. There were some rumors that she was going to sign with Motown. So [after] I was bornI was the oldestand dad was out of the picture by then, so she had to work. I think she kind of lived through me and my sister. We would sing these old Motown tunes in three part harmony. I realized there was definitely an R&B tradition at the time, that came before me, and I was learning that through my mom. But I couldn't sing! So I picked up an instrument at nine years old and messed around with it until the age of, oh, I guess I got serious about it at 15. I ran into guys like James Carter, and Ali Jackson, and I said "whoa!" this is a whole other side of music going on here. My family members called it progressive music. We didn't call it jazz; we called it progressive music.
The music, man, it was like there was no genre. I would go to a jam session in Detroit at 15 years old and see a cat stand on stage playing like Albert Ayler, and then turn around and play like Dexter Gordon, and then Charlie Parker, and then Junior Walker. It was like all the styles were one. I thought that was jazz until I got to NY. Then I noticed there were more cliques going on. In Detroit, everybody did everything. R&B. You did it all. If you were sincere about it, people dug it. That was jazz for me.
AAJ: That sounds like something that has carried through to your vision of jazz now.
JDA: I'd like to believe that. It's about the intent. The guys I came up with in the trade really appreciated intent. You can tell if someone is sincere about what they are playing, and then it's cool. They're telling their story. That is how it was for me. I was never around guys who were like, "who could play the fastest, who knows the heads to all the bebop tunes." If a cat could tell his story, we were appreciative of that. It was an outlet against that backdrop of fucked up, burnt out buildings.
AAJ: If Detroit were a piece of music, what would it be?
JDA: You know what it would be? "What's Going On?" by Marvin Gaye. That is Detroit! I'm tellin' ya, that record right there is the soundtrack of Detroit. You get a chance to go through Detroit, put that on. He nailed it.
Detroit is a great town, man. I'm really not trying to dog it. The people are beautiful. It still has a lot of southern qualities about it... as long as you respect the other man, he treats you like a brother. The people still get dressed up on Sunday like you would never believe. I do love Detroit.
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Solid pine corner hutch with cabinet base. A beautiful piece of solid wood furniture! Stain it to bring out the natural beauty of solid pine furniture or go the painted furniture look. This corner hutch can stand alone or be used beside any of our pine hutches! A beautiful cabinet and hutch!
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Skip to comments.Gay Rights Group Plans National 'Kiss-In' Day
Posted on 07/28/2012 3:48:56 PM PDT by scottjewell
Gay rights group Equality Illinois is organizing a Kiss-in at Chick-Fil-A restaurants nation-wide in response to the statements by CEO Dan Cathy, who confessed he was guilty as charged when asked about his support of the traditional family.
CBS News reports that Cathys statement in a recent interview was:
We are very much supportive of the family the biblical definition of the family unit. We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that. We know that it might not be popular with everyone, but thank the Lord, we live in a country where we can share our values and operate on biblical principles.
The fall out from the Chick-Fil-A CEOs statement has been widespread, with people like Mike Huckabee joining in support with the company, but gay and lesbian rights groups urging people to boycott the restaurant for their lack of equality.
While the company itself has attempted to backtrack from Cathys comments, saying that they strive to treat every person with honor, dignity and respect regardless of their belief, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender, their attempts have been unsuccessful.
Equality Illinois has dubbed their campaign Flick-the-Hate, and the group is also urging people to sign a petition that will be geared toward universities and malls that host Chick-Fil-A restaurants. The group stated:
As we challenge the companys anti-LGBT policies, we must also ask these universities and mall owners why they want to do business with a company that holds up hate as a family value.
A Facebook group has since been created with the title National Same Sex Kiss Day At Chick Fil A, and describes itself by saying:
Unless youve been living under a rock this week youll have noticed that Chick Fil A has officially come out against the LGBTQ community. (For those of you who have been living under a rock, or just want to read it again, heres the article http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-chick-fil-a-gay-marriage-20120719,0,5713061.story)
In honor of their support for love, equality, and the real definition of family, were holding a NATIONAL Same Sex Kiss Day at Chick Fil As around the country. So grab a friend (or 20) and head out to your nearest Chick Fil A! And dont forget to post photos/videos of it here! For all the world to see!
CBS Local notes that Equality Illinois is also urging that people make August 1 an Eat For Love day, where participants eat at restaurants that openly support gay marriage. They are asking that participants post where they are planning to stage their kiss-in protests, and to also send pictures.
Equality Illinois states that at the kiss-in, LGBT supporters will show their disdain for Chick-Fil-As policies with public displays of affection in front of their restaurants.
Maybe, but you don't know any of that.
It's being "reported" by a blog with an anonymous "author".
Have you a credible source for this?
Wonder whether they might try that at Chick-Fil-As in Alabama?
I'm guessing "not."
I find it ironic they want to be accepted but seem to acknowledge that two men kissing grosses most normal people out and so they are using that to drive away customers. They truly have miswired brains.
The Leftists are nothing but evil copycats.
As if any but a few restaurants could make a living serving only queers and queer supporters.
Excellent idea! Bruthe kissing Bawney photos! Finally! That is the way to build support for the faggot agenda.
Notice how not knuckling under to every little whim that the Gays demand, get you labeled a "hater" ??
The truth is, most of us could care less. It's the Gay Activists that have been getting in everyone else's face. THEY are the aggressors, and THEY are the ones spreading hate. . . .
The war has been going on for decades. The battle to take back what we have lost is only now beginning. The homo-fascists have bitten off more than they can chew.
Let this be the Waterloo of the culture war for the homo-fascists.
Let this be our battle cry: Eat more Chick'n!!!
The perverts will not have the last laugh.
Elderly drivers...this is your que.
(Remember; "I thought I was stepping on the brakes")
Get a big sign with the words "Gay Porn Photo Shoot"
Get several people with cameras and video.
Have someone question the homos heavily and in great detail as to all aspects of their 'lifestyle'.
When the homo spazzes and attacks the questioner, have them arrested and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Now for the best part, put the video on You Tube titled
Violent Homosexual Arrested at Gay Porn Photo Shoot"
Sit back and enjoy a chicken sandwich ;)
A queer is a queer is a queer.
I don't believe their brains are mis-wired - I believe they choose to be queer and that may be based on some messed up life event, but it's still a choice.
Why stop there???
How about live gerbil demostrations...?
While the company itself has attempted to backtrack from Cathys comments, saying that they strive to treat every person with honor, dignity and respect regardless of their belief, race, creed, sexual orientation or gender, their attempts have been unsuccessful.
I don't call that backtracking. I call it explaining the obvious. CFA is not going to check to see if you're gay or straight before completing your order. It won't deny employment if you're gay. There is no harm being inflicted on gays or anyone else.
This is all about a minority of malcontents dictating what is politically correct speech and what isn't. It's time we say ENOUGH before our Constitutional rights erode completely.
Arrest them all for public lewdness.
If you decide to sell tee shirts, please let me know.
Go to Chick-fil-A and everyone can kiss their loved ones at the same time the gaybots go off on their kiss attacks. Upstage the gays at their own tactics......BRILLIANT.....
During my 20 years working in a big city ER I worked with an old time,battle hardened ER nurse who told me stories...stories that I can't go into lest I be banned for life from FR.
The cows say, let them mos kiss.
The "kiss-in" day is the day I would be going to a CFA, if I had one to go to, that is. I hope with all the money CFA is bringing in from this, they expand in Michigan.
We took-out Chick-Fil-A today across from Hollywood Hight School. The place was very crowded, but as the operation is so efficient it took practically now time at all. And the staff was very friendly, greeting me by name as I drove up to their pick-up window.
Swell service, swell food!
I'd bet their making a whole lot more money with all the publicity.
Cowards, deviant, perverts and scum that they are, they'll stay in *Blue Areas* where they have lib-dem gov't allies and can get away with such anti-American crap.
Stories about things that were not where they normally
should be.....like light bulbs?
Have heard it before, if that isn't the defination
of crazy I don't know what is.
It is taken from a CBS news report, and the Facebook event page of the Equality group in Illinois. The links are on the piece. It is valid info.
For some reason these verses come to mind.
Gen 19:4 But before they retired for the night, all the men of Sodom, young and old, came from all over the city and surrounded the house. 5 They shouted to Lot, Where are the men who came to spend the night with you? Bring them out to us so we can have sex with them!
6 So Lot stepped outside to talk to them, shutting the door behind him. 7 Please, my brothers, he begged, dont do such a wicked thing. 8 Look, I have two virgin daughters. Let me bring them out to you, and you can do with them as you wish. But please, leave these men alone, for they are my guests and are under my protection.
9 Stand back! they shouted. This fellow came to town as an outsider, and now hes acting like our judge! Well treat you far worse than those other men! And they lunged toward Lot to break down the door.
10 But the two angels[a] reached out, pulled Lot into the house, and bolted the door. 11 Then they blinded all the men, young and old, who were at the door of the house, so they gave up trying to get inside.
The gay community does not seem to realize they are driving people away from their cause with their bahavior. They have no real greivances. They know their explicit sexual behavior disgusts people. Hell, explicit sexual behavior of heterosexuals in public places is disgusting. It is not something you do in a family environment.
Everything about their behavior screams they despise a family in any real sense of the word. They live to shock and offend and they do not care if there is a five year old standing there. If that is their idea of family, this is not a war they can win.
We got take out there today too and I also noticed that they called my order by name instead of a number. Took them only 3 or 4 minutes to put together my 6 sandwiches and other sundry items. Gotta stock up for Sunday!
So, the sodomites want to be treated with dignity, so they have a kiss-in in public. Why don't they just fornicate and really be rude and show us their true natures?
So, the sodomites want to be treated with dignity, so they have a kiss-in in public. Why don't they just fornicate and really be rude and show us their true natures?
I think CFA should call for a counter protest, having married couples and families show up expressing affection.
The core issue is standards, not healthcare, taxes, or federal spending, which are all merely symptoms. Until standards - whether they be biblical, constitutional, or societal - are recognized and honored, nothing we do will hold together.
Of course they will. They will not give up throwing massive hissy fits.
You have to understand that the organizers/'leadership' of the homo agenda groups very literally think us 'breeders' are subhuman. That's no exaggeration. They very much see themselves as superior in every way. Physically, intelectually, financially...all of it.
They do the crap they do as the Nazis, notorious for their homosexuals that they were, did the crap thy did. If you have the time, read up on the whole 'homo superior' ethos they have going on. It sounds like a bad James Bond plot but they do think like that.
Absolutely right, all the way brother.
It would be a darn shame if someone carrying a tray full of sodas or milkshakes was to trip over a shoelace and spill it on the kissing couples.
How about Christians show up with their Bibles and start reading oh say Romans 1 and keep the CHristian music flowing in the background....I'll bet the gays won't like listening to the TRUTH about sin (oh yeah, it's supposed to be "an alternate lifestyle")...You can't ALTER the style of sin, you only try to paint it another color. There, now I can be called a "homophobe" for declaring what God has declared since the beginning of time.
ha, I'm with you on that one. :-)
Oh I know. I spent a lot of time reading up and rifling through a lot of info for a book project. Most people do not understand how well organized, well funded, agenda driven and at how many levels the homo agenda is. And in seriousness, neither do most 'normal' homos.
The depth of it all is stunning even to a jaded guy like me. And most people don't WANT to know because the subject matter is so sickening to someone not a part of that 'lifestyle'. Ergo they are basically free to go about their business.
Read "The 48 Laws of Power" by Robert Green. It's not a 'gay book" In fact it's one used by every corporate big shot out there. But it will give you the total picture of the art of influence, power and how to use it. Then once you have, apply that knowledge to the world you see around you. The homo world and the political.
You will have a revelation.
""Get a big sign with the words Gay Porn Photo Shoot. Get several people with cameras and video.
"Have someone question the homos heavily and in great detail as to all aspects of their lifestyle. When the homo spazzes and attacks the questioner, have them arrested and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
"Now for the best part, put the video on You Tube titled "Violent Homosexual Arrested at Gay Porn Photo Shoot.
That's the best idea today!
"Chick Fil-A Protest" vids are starting to pop up on youtube. This is getting really huge, and by Wednesday the 1st of August on Chick Fil-A Appreciation Day, the faggies will be facing High Noon. It will be the highwater mark of the entire `gay rights' movement (motto: "We nonnegotiably demand special rights and recognition just because of the way in which we have sex!!")
They can't have it both ways, being aggrieved victims and empowered militants at the same time, but that's what faggies want.
But no matter what happens, get it all on video and post it viral. If the faggies attack with body fluids, get it on video. If they assault straight people while screaming "f***ing breeders!!!", get it on video. This will be one instance proven in spades that sunshine is the ultimate disinfectant.
As for kiss-ins, both the faggies and the police know it's being done solely to gross out the majority. If children are present, the cops need to go in and run the evil b@stards off and let peaceful people enjoy their meal in peace.
No tolerance for the intolerable!
Get several people with cameras and video.
Have someone question the homos heavily and in great detail as to all aspects of their lifestyle.
When the homo spazzes and attacks the questioner, have them arrested and prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
Now for the best part, put the video on You Tube titled Violent Homosexual Arrested at Gay Porn Photo Shoot
Sit back and enjoy a chicken sandwich ;)
Norm, I love the way you think!!!!
Right on Salgak!
Remember scriptures say.....
"Do what is pleasing to God,
not what pleases man."
Homo's are going to burn in Hell!
Chick-Fil-A's head guy didn't even mention the word gay. He was supporting traditional marriage and critical of divorce. His message was to heterosexuals. Once again the leftstream media created a controversy However gay rights supporters revealed their intolerance of the 1st amendment.
People have to understand that they WANT the church goers there to be offended so they can 'mock the intolerance'.
So....you use the intolerance of the homos against them.
The event is purpose built to get christians quoting bible verse so that they can spin it all and twist it as 'hate'. Deprive them of that and show graphic proof of their violent nature. Basic Sun Tzu stuff. Strike where they are weak. And they are weakest to mockery. All the Daily Show fans will laugh at a gay joke just as quick as a christian joke. They know that. And the MSM has gone full tilt to avoid any depiction of homos as anything other than Einsteins with Supermen bodies curing the sick and helping the blind to see.
Deprive them of the MSM's carefully invented image and profit. Set them up to show the ridiculousness they portray and profit.
Make the gen pub understand that they are not alone in their revultion and win big. Get the public to laugh in their faces and own the game.
I didn't see the specific day mentioned in the article, but I will be buying lunch at Chick-Fil-A on August 1st, wearing a USMC baseball cap, Maranatha t-shirt and "Soldier of Christ" dogtag and cross pendant.
I think some form of secession is probably more viable than full blown civil war; however, once the line, literally, is drawn, some kind of armed conflict will probably be unavoidable.
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How to Make a Tinted Moisturizer
Three Methods:Foundation MoisturizerTanning Lotion MoisturizerFacial Bronzer Tinted MoisturizerCommunity Q&A
If you're looking for something sheer, just to enhance your skin tone, a tint in your moisturizer would sure help! Fortunately, it is simple and cheap to make your own at home. Here are a few ways to do that.
Foundation Moisturizer
1Squeeze (dab, shake out, pump) facial moisturizer to your palm. Make sure you don't have a huge glob, just a small dab will work.
- SPF face moisturizer is good to use, you get the added benefit of the sun protection.
2Squeeze (dab, shake out, pump) a small button size amount of foundation onto the facial moisturizer.
3Mix the foundation and lotion with your finger. Then apply to your face.
4If you want to make the tinted moisturizer less shiny and more matte, add a small amount of powder to the mix. This will help the mixture to blend evenly.
Tanning Lotion Moisturizer
This tinted moisturizer feels light and not like makeup. The tinted cream gives your skin a nice glow and shine as if you have slightly tanned but not gone red.
1Select your regular moisturizer.
- If you are using body tinted moisturizer, use normal moisturizer.
- If you are making tinted face moisturizer, make sure the moisturizer you use is specifically made for your face.
2Select a tanning lotion.
- If you are producing body tinted moisturizer, use a bottle tan cream
- If you are producing facial tinted moisturizer, use liquid foundation or bb or cc cream.
3Mix the ingredients together. You can mix in a bowl with a straw or wooden stick (lolly stick) if you are making in a big batch (i.e. for your whole body).
- For your face, where you only need a small amount, mix the two together in your fingers. Then rub it in.
Facial Bronzer Tinted Moisturizer
1Mix together a white moisturizer and a foundation. Note that a matte foundation will give a more professional finish.
2Add in a tiny bit of concealer to thicken it up a little.
3Add in a small amount of facial bronzer powder to clarify it.
4Mix with care. Pour into a suitable container for storage.
5Use as required.
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- With the foundation method, the finished product will be slightly lighter than the foundation alone, so a foundation that is a bit darker will work better. Beige foundation will work with ivory-toned skin, olive foundation will work for tanner complexions, and darker skin tones can continue using the foundation that matches. You can always test with the shades you have already though.
- Makeup should be kept in a cool and dry place out of direct sunlight and away from heat. Makeup without preservatives should be used up within a week if unrefrigerated and a month if refrigerated. Preservatives such as jojoba oil can be added in small quantities but may impact the quality of the makeup.
- Use a BB cream with you daily moisturizer and a touch of olive or coconut oil to help tint but at the same time moisturize your skin. And if it is a sunny day add in some sunscreen to protect your skin.
- If you need some coverage, sudocrem mixed with bronzer will work as a concealer. Also, put some translucent powder to make it less sticky on your skin.
Things You'll Need
- Foundation or tanning lotion (choose your method above)
- Moisturizer (specifically a non-greasy, not too thick lotion, no liquid like the Clinique clarifying lotion)
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crime statistics
The danger of guns. Dangerous, dangerous guns. Assault guns, even.
So, the Bureau of Justice Statistics has released their new report (PDF) on crimey, violency things. The key takeaway on homicide, is that it's declined sharply over the last 20 years.
There were 11,101 firearm homicides in 2011, down by 39% from a high of 18,253 in 1993.
This actually understates the drop, however, because if you jump back to 1991, the FBI reports that there were 24,703 homicides that year. So, while homicides have declined by 39% from 1992, they've declined by 55% from 1991.
It's not just homicide. In general gun crime is just…less.
Nonfatal firearm-related violent victimizations against persons age 12 or older declined 70%, from 1.5 million in 1993 to 456,500 in 2004. The number then fluctuated between about 400,000 to 600,000 through 2011.
So, despite the fact that we have more guns in private hands than at any other time in living memory, we simply aren't using them against each other anywhere near as much as we were just 20 years ago.
Maybe part of that is the profusion of concealed carry laws. Maybe part is because of things like 3 strikes laws, where we just lock people up for a really long time, and we have really a lot of people in prison. But what is clear is that violent gun crime has dropped precipitously since 1991.
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A review of Washington Rules
No one has anatomized the misadventures of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq with greater historical perspective or critical acuity than Andrew Bacevich. He is among our indispensable intellectuals, all the more so now that the cartoonish figure of George W. Bush has been removed from the equation.
Bacevich brings to the task of flaying American global ambitions a backstory that makes it hard for his critics to dismiss him or lump him with the ranks of what Barack Obama's shill-in-chief Robert Gibbs snidely derided as the "professional left."
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The last few hours of 2011 are upon us, and I'm guessing that you, like me, are gearing up for both your New Year's Eve and New Year's Day festivities. The Chef and I are heading to one of our favorite St. Louis restaurants, Truffles, for an intimate dinner tonight, then we'll be ringing in {read more}
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Happy Holidays from Rhubarb and Honey
"All right, you guys, just permit me one sentimental moment here, will you? I have something to say. Christmas. It's not the giving, it's not the getting, it's the loving. There, I said it. Now get outta here." ~ Garfield, The Cat Just a quick note to say Merry Christmas, Feliz Navidad, Happy Hanukkah, Joyous {read more}
Baked Artichoke and Cannellini Bean Dip
Here we go again … it's Secret Recipe Club time! Faithful readers of Rhubarb and Honey know that I've been participating in The Secret Recipe Club for awhile now. The idea of The Secret Recipe Club is similar to other blog exchanges in that each participating blogger is assigned another participating blog to make a {read more}
Cranberry Orange Pecan Cookies
Dozens and dozens (and dozens!) of cookies have been baked in the Rhubarb and Honey kitchen lately. Why so many cookies you ask? Well, it is cookie exchange season … and I'm happy to be able to finally share my first cookie exchange cookie recipe with you. A few weeks ago, the Interwebs were buzzing {read more}
Neiman Marcus Dip
My mother-in-law recently celebrated her 60th birthday, and "the kids" all got together to throw a party for her. While brainstorming recipes, my sister-in-law threw out "Neiman Marcus Dip" as a suggestion, and I immediately remembered my long-forgotten love for this recipe. A delightful combination of almonds, bacon, cheddar cheese, green onion, and mayo, Neiman {read more}
A Taste of Stone Soup Cottage and A Cookbook Giveaway
I've never actually dined at Stone Soup Cottage, but I've had the good fortune to taste Chef Carl McConnell's food on two separate occasions … and that was enough to know exactly why his award-winning restaurant is booked for months in advance. Stone Soup Cottage, voted "Restaurant of the Year" in 2010 by St. Louis {read more}


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In Vegas Pool Shark Lite, the free app of Vegas Pool Shark, you're given one version of play (straight pool) and a choice of three appropriately shady opponents. They each have a different skill level, from beginner to advanced. The higher the level, the more money you get for beating them. What is the money for? Who knows? Basically bragging rights.
Although the game features all 16 standard pool balls, the object of the free game is simply to sink three balls before your opponent does. Play control is intuitive using your finger to pull the pool cue back and releasing it to strike the ball, with the quickness of your release equating to the force put on the ball. You can put top spin and bottom spin on the cue ball in an attempt to put English on your shots, but this does take some getting used to. The first time I tried it, the ball barely moved a virtual half an inch.
The app uses the standard iPhone pinch and spread options to zoom in and out on the pool table so you can further configure your shot pattern. It's not too difficult to eyeball your shots, especially once you've practiced a few times. It seems like you always get to go first, which is good because at times your opponent seems to run the table at will and there is nothing you can do to change this fact. My best advice would be to sink your three before he or she even has a chance.
The sound effects are minimal and not too annoying, relying mainly on the sounds of balls striking each other and a trumpet sound to tell you that you won or lost at game's end. A happy trumpet means you won. A somber trumpet means you lost, plus your opponent will be wearing a big smile, which is actually pretty funny to see.
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Fishing Report
Hey Daniel,
Excellent job on the fishing report while the Guru was away from the keyboard.
LRO is the greatest.
Yes, I really liked the report today. Good info. Thanks. You did a great job all week.
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Go read Zak's excellent question. Me, I think there is less elitism than there is a falsely manufactured craft beer bubble that is seeded by the lack of an independent US craft beer drinker's association / club / gang / show trial. But that's just me. What do you think?
Have you read The Unbearable Nonsense of Craft Beer - A Rant in Nine Acts by Alan and Max yet? It's out on Kindle as well as Lulu.
Maureen Ogle said this about the book: "... immensely readable, sometimes slightly surreal rumination on beer in general and craft beer in particular. Funny, witty, but most important: Smart. The beer geeks will likely get all cranky about it, but Alan and Max are the masters of cranky..."
Ron Pattinson said: "I'm in a rather odd situation. Because I appear in the book. A fictional version of me. It's a weird feeling."
January 8, 2011 7:38 PM-
I think there is to a degree. While many of us just want to drink good beer, there are often too many people who spout out their knowledge like they're special and look down upon anyone who either disagrees or doesn't drink quality beer (which is totally subjective). Like people who think that those who love Magic Hat or Saranac aren't really into craft beer because those beers aren't good enough.
January 8, 2011 8:11 PM-
Zak points to several of Tandleman's posts, all worth our time. But I'd say this one, AND the comments, are an essential read:
That doesn't answer your question. I'm still thinking about it. I will be doing that in my living room, which is not soulless, particularly when beers with soul are being consumed. (You must read the post and comments for that to make sense.)
January 9, 2011 3:00 AM-
I think it all depends on the attitude of the drinker. There are people out there who feel they are special because they've been able to drink or get their hands on a beer that nobody around them has ever seen, or because they "understand" sour, extreme, etc. beers. Either way, I could call them "snobs" rather than elitists.
January 9, 2011 9:23 AM-
Given the dictionary definition of elitism as "consciousness of, or pride in, belonging to a select or favored group." then perhaps there is an awful lot of elitist attitude within the beer geek world - especially when I hear people question my love of beer just because I didn't go to Bamberg when I lived in Prague (and yes it happened), or when you listen to people waffle on and on and on about the "famous" brewers they know.
All of that is, in my opinion, antithetical to the very nature of beer as the everyman drink, and makes me nervous of craft beer becoming just another middle class, Volvo driving, Aran sweater wearing, "lifestyle accessory".
January 9, 2011 4:55 PM-
I agree with RunawayJim. Saranac & Magic Hat are NOT good enough.
January 9, 2011 6:41 PM-
Good enough for what? What is the definition of "good beer"? Given that there is no objective way of measuring a beer as either good or bad, it is utterly futile to claim any breweries products are "good enough".
January 9, 2011 10:49 PM-
Saranac's Imperial IPA alone makes such a suggestion questionable.
January 10, 2011 6:12 PM-
But don't enthusiasts in any field have their say, whether it be in cars, gardening, software, dogs, old china or whatever? Each field has a vocabulary particular to it, and each person who has more than an average interest will try to persuade others what is intereresting or superlative. All can choose what level of detail to address. Just an example, I like chocolate. I see countless new types on the market, 90% cocoa this, estate that. To me a good chocolate bar is a birthright no less than a good pint, but I don't mind all the specialist fuss out there, I pay no mind to it. I try the odd different type once in a while but have no interest to delve into it further even though I am sure there is a whole online world devoted to this. It's what you make of it really. Even in beer any enthusiast has limits. One area I can't stand is discussions of colour in beer and the different ways to measure it old and new. I couldn't give a toss! But I don't mind it if they want to talk about that, I'll wait until the chat returns to something more in my line. The great thing too about beer is, everyone who likes it can (if they choose) contribute something, it has so many facets.
January 12, 2011 11:11 AM-
I'm right along with Gary, and is the path I also choose.
January 13, 2011 3:34 AM-
Of course there is. I mean, why do you even have to ask the question? :-)
I'm backlashing (is that a word) against that trend, recently. I'd rather drink an excellently brewed American lager at a local brewpub* than spend $10-20 for another huge, overblown, hop-laden product of a "brewer with attitude".
*You gotta visit Wolverine State Brewing on your next trip through SE Michigan.
January 13, 2011 8:17 AM-
I gotta have a next visit to SE Michigan...


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Is Drake at the Beach in a Nancy Meyers Movie?
Baby-boomer chic.
There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear, but let's try to parse it, shall we? It seems as though Drake, who's already proclaimed his love of white wine spritzers, is fully morphing into a character in a Nancy Meyers movie, one just trying to find herself. Note the menopausal uniform of a loose, white button-down layered over an ecru lace "fun" top, white (Chico's?) capris, and (Tuscan leather?) loafers he wore while hosting the ESPYs last night. How's that kitchen remodel going, buddy? Maybe you and Rita Wilson can talk about it while sitting in deck chairs and laugh-crying.


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How Not to Appear Crazy on the Internet
Frank Fleming is my new hero. He has written a very useful guide on how to avoid appearing crazy on the Internet.
Caps Lock Is Your Enemy
Look at your keyboard. On the left should be a button labeled "Caps Lock." Now, there should be a light somewhere indicating whether the Caps Lock key is on. You want that light to be off. If you can't find the indicator light, try typing on screen. Do you see lower case letters? If not, hit the Caps Lock key and try typing again. When you get your keyboard to the state where it normally types lower case letters, NEVER EVER TOUCH THE CAPS LOCK KEY EVER AGAIN! I can use it because I'm a professional, but you crazy people just need to leave that key alone. This tip by itself will make a lot of you look 100% less crazy.
There are basically two kinds of people who type entire comments with Caps Lock on: stupid people and crazy people. And no one wants to read what either has to say. Now, a stupid person just doesn't notice or care that his Caps Lock key is on, and someone like that is probably not advanced enough to use the internet. Crazy people, on the other hand, intentionally put the Caps Lock on because they think the reason people haven't been agreeing with their crazy is that they didn't say it loud enough. This is crazy person logic, and it is wrong.
And there is another type of Caps Lock user who doesn't capitalize whole sentences but INSTEAD capitalizes a few SPECIFIC words for EMPHASIS. Now read a sentence like that aloud, shouting every time you come to a capitalized word, and tell me you do not sound like an absolute freakin' lunatic. This method can turn even basic known facts into crazy-sounding gibberish ("The SQUARE of the HYPOTENUSE of a RIGHT triangle equals the SUM of the squares of the OTHER two sides").
Similarly, be frugal with your exclamation points! Not every single sentence should end in one! And never use more than one per sentence!!!!11!!eleventy11!1 If you have something useful to say, it should make just as much sense when said in a normal voice.
Bravo! I would just add that people who do the opposite – meaning people who never capitalize – are even nuttier. You see that button on the left-hand side of the computer? The one right below the caps lock? Yeah, try pressing that while typing out the first word of a sentence, or of a proper pronoun, and always when typing "I." Yeah, that's not so hard now is it?
There's more.
i can haz proper grammar?
Here's another pretty basic one: no lolcats speak. Write actual English sentences using real words and proper grammar. Capitalize the first word of each sentence. Use punctuation. there is no reason ur comment 2 a blog or column shud look lik ur a n00b at texting. You're not writing these things from a old cellphone with just a number pad that lacks auto-complete; there is a big keyboard in front of you.
You save like 0.1 seconds writing "u" instead of "you" at the cost of making yourself look like an absolute idiot. Is there any reason you're trying to shave off this time? Are there wild dogs bearing down on you as you write why we need another look at Obama's birth certificate? If so, run from the wild dogs and write your comment later. Your whole sentence shouldn't scream, "I'm a useless idiot with nothing important to say." You should never write like that unless you actually are a cat expressing your desire for a cheeseburger.
This drives me up the wall. I don't know if it's the curse of Twitter, texting, or both, but is it really so hard to write in complete sentences with actual words spelled out? You don't have character limits on most blogs, and if you do and are actually somehow bumping up against the limit, then you are running afoul of violating this tip:
No Long Screeds
On the other end of the spectrum from the lolcats speak is the guy who apparently has hours to spare writing pages of response as the 200th comment to some blog post. There are people who have long things to say, and they do it by writing columns or writing in their own blogs. But if you can't get your column published and no one reads your blog, maybe you're thinking you'll get exposure by putting the long screed in the comments section of something people actually will read.
Sane people know that the only people who have hours to spend writing pages of text in a comments section are crazy people. And that's why no will read what they write except other crazy people with way too much time on their hands. So keep it short. Pick one point, and write no more than a couple of sentences. Keeping it short also helps you police your crazy. I've seen comments where I've read the first paragraph and thought maybe the person was just a little over-enthusiastic, and then I started the second paragraph and realized, "Oh, this is a super crazy person." So keep it pithy, and avoid the crazy.
The comments on Fleming's post are a hoot. Either it's a collection of the cleverest people on the planet, or a bunch of dunces who would no doubt look blankly at you if you said the word "irony."
At any rate, there is more at the link. I think I will now ask Tito to have this permalinked on the right-hand side.
Grammar Nazis Attack!
Hattip to commenter RL. Content advisory as to one incident of Nazi like nihilistic violence at the end. (Go here to view the video, as the embedding has been disabled since I drafted the post.)
Some people think it is in bad taste to use Nazis in a humorous fashion. I respectfully disagree. Laughing at the Nazis is one of the best ways to remember them on the ash heap of history. Too often they are given almost demonic status as avatars of evil which is precisely the wrong way to remember them. I agree with the late Werner Klemperer, a Jewish refugee from Nazi Germany who served in the US Army during WW2. Decades after the war he would play the bumbling Colonel Klink on the television show Hogan's Heroes. Klemperer said that he would go to his grave happy knowing that he had helped make the Nazis look ridiculous.
Of course Hitler is not amused which is rather the point. Content advisory: Hitler uses extremely rough language, but what else can we expect of Hitler?
Hitler and his followers dreamed of a thousand year reich. They believed that they were reshaping the future of all of mankind. Ending up as the butt of humor is the worst fate that any true believing Nazi could have envisioned for his movement.


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March 29, 2005
Turn $80 into $350 million in the stock market?
You're not Hillary, you're a time-traveler.
Update: Not everything on Yahoo News is real, this story is fake. Sorry.
Uhh…consider the source of that story…Weekly World News.
If you believe that I have a bridge to sell you. Also, checking the SECs web site gives no information on this alleged insider trader.
Etc., etc., etc., etc.
That's what I get for not clicking the link. Sorry.Posted by: Karol at March 29, 2005 at 12:19 pm
Yep, totally fake story, sorry about that: http://www.snopes.com/humor/iftrue/insider.htmPosted by: Karol at March 29, 2005 at 12:21 pm
Darnit Karol, just when you got my hopes up. I was dreaming about heading back to the roaring twenties.Posted by: Jessica at March 29, 2005 at 2:23 pm


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