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A Look at Learned
by Will Baker
Thunderstone Design Team member
One of three wizards in Numenera, Learned is also the most timid. His Strength 2 at all levels makes him the weakest of Thunderstone's 95 heroes. Only seven other heroes are that weak at Level 1; only two at Level 2; and no other at Level 3.
Not counting a Dagger, Learned can equip a mere ten weapons unaided (of 53). Though the chances of being paired with one of these weapons is slim, most are designed with weak heroes in mind, and some will even be better on a weak hero than on a strong one. Selecting a weapon to meet Learned's Strength requirement has the added bonus that a Regular (or even Militia) can also equip it.
Bluefire Staff is a terrible weapon (discussed more here). Short Spear is even worse (for Learned, anyway), as it only likes Regulars. However, pairing Learned with another card draw engine can be super powerful. Thorn Caltrops is only useful if there are some nasty Battle effects on the horizon.
Polearm allows Learned to share a deck with stronger heroes, without penalizing them for catering to his low Strength. Punch Dagger, though nothing special, is easy to buy and forgiving of a hand with more weapons than heroes. Bio-energy Cutter is an odd one. Typically it will deliver between Magic Attack +1 and Magic Attack +3, proportional to the monster's Health. It performs particularly well against monsters with disproportionately high XP, such as Abyssal•Darkspawn, Doppelgänger•Humanoid, and summoned Thralls.
Cursed Dagger can yield up to Physical Attack +5, though at a price (Learned is better equipped than are most non-clerics to manage diseases). Divine Staff delivers a solid Magic Attack +3 and Light +1; Flask of Oil can do even better, though only once. Liveoak Staff is a wizard's best friend, and pairs better with Learned than with any other hero, providing a walloping Physical Attack +5 at all levels. Learned + Liveoak Staff will wipe up the dungeon.
Learned's other stats are nothing to write home about. No gold. No Light. Magic Attack +1/+2/+4 at his three levels. Only three heroes are worse at Level 1 (Feayn and Evoker at rank 1, Glamercast by himself), and only two at Level 2 (those same two rangers at rank 1). (In the rarest of occasions, Clever might contribute zero attack at Levels 2 and 3.) Ignoring those conditional exceptions, Learned's attack at his first two levels is the worst in the game. Magic Attack +4 at Level 3 isn't all that bad, as it turns out. Forty-three of ninety-four Level 3 heroes have worse base attack, and only twenty-one have better (though seven of those are in Numenera, so Learned is wimpy by comparison). Interestingly, in the first six sets of Thunderstone, only five Level 3 heroes had 5+ base attack; in the more recent five sets, sixteen do (three times as many).
Learned may draw 1/2/2 cards at his three levels. Drawing cards in the dungeon is probably the single-most powerful ability in the game. More cards means more options to defeat a monster. More weapons; more heroes to equip those weapons; more spells; more chances to pull off an unlikely combo; more raw attack. A handful of heroes allow me to draw 1 card in the dungeon unconditionally (i.e., without first destroying a disease or meeting some other requirement). Other than Learned, only three draw 2 cards: Regian, Forcemage, and Tower, all at Level 3. That would seem to make Learned Level 2 the rare exception of a lower level hero who can draw 2 cards.
Ah, but there is a catch: Learned's card draw is not unconditional.
That nets me 0/-1/1 card at his three levels. Rubbing salt in the wound, at Levels 1 and 2, he must discard first, potentially throwing away a merely mediocre card only to draw a worthless card. So what's the deal? Why would I ever want this hero when instead I could invest in a hero who lets me draw cards, no strings attached?
Discarding to Dodge Effects
On its face, discarding appears to be a cost. Pay the cost, get the reward. However, few hero or village cards in Thunderstone feature punitive costs. Typically when I must destroy a disease or a hero to gain some other benefit, destroying that disease or hero is also a benefit in itself. Discarding follows the same pattern, as there are a variety of circumstances in which I'd find it advantageous to selectively remove a card from my hand.
Of 420 unique monster cards, 150 brandish a Battle or Aftermath effect that destroys a card. Assuming I don't want to lose the card that would be destroyed, and assuming I could win without it, I'd prefer to dismiss the card prior to Battle. Examples of some monsters with particularly nasty effects I might want to dodge include The Voice (Destroy one level 2 hero), The Bloodless (Destroy the hero with the highest total Attack Value), and any monster who destroys monsters in my hand (Thunder Wrath, Blood Torment, Death Polyps, Thorned Walker, and Guardian Automaton).Those 150 card-destroying monsters will attack my hand in a multitude of ways. Learned, able to discard any card, is prepared to minimize the risk.
Evil Druids grow stronger if an Evil Druid is in my hand, and Doomknight•Undead grow stronger if any monster is present. Learned can tuck my previous kills under the carpet just in time. Infected are sniffing around for Doomladen, but Learned ensures they don't find any. Basiliks•Animals punish me for having certain cards present, and Cultist•Humanoid are buffed when I bring specific hero levels to the party. Learned to the rescue. (Learned Level 2, with a net loss of cards, is useful against Dracolisk and Convergence Master, who gain health for each card present; Learned Level 3 will fare less well against these two monsters.) Quark Accipiter doesn't care how many heroes I have, but tries to ding me for having an odd number of them. Learned evens the score.
Convergence Master, in addition to caring about hand size, also re-activates the Battle effects on monsters in my hand. Learned can sweep the more dangerous monsters under the rug prior to this final confrontation.
One of Numenera's more fascinating and elusive monsters, the Ultraterrestials concede defeat only to a narrow range of Total Attack. For any other monster group, overkill is not penalized (Undead•Treefolk punish players for lack of overkill), but for the Ultraterrestials, having too much attack is just as fruitless as having too little. A player already has discretion in equipping weapons or using Dungeon abilities to help defeat this monster group, but Learned can step in to hide persistent traits as well.
Monsters are no longer the only cards with effects. With Disowned in my party, I might discard another hero for its own sake, or discard Disowned to protect my other heroes. If the outcome is looking bleak, I might dismiss Moonclaw Level 1, or a weapon to protect it from the frustrated Armsman Level 2. If I have two Fearmakers, Learned can ensure only one is destroyed when I lose to a monster.
I'm not always crazy about Trophy effects triggering either. I'd prefer to discard a disease before it kicks in. Learned can also help me dodge the nasty trophies from the Incarnate•Abyssals, and to keep the elusive Phoenix in my deck. If I'm looking to sacrifice a Regular, I might also want to ensure Bracers of Defense don't step in to rescue him.
Discarding to Enhance Village Cards
Discarding a used village card can be as painless as discarding a monster or disease. If Learned discards a used Summon Storm, I lose the Light but retain the Magic Attack +2. There are a few village cards, though, that actually benefit from Learned's discard.
Shock Nodule allows me to draw until I have eight cards. At Level 2, Learned decreases my hand size by one, a loss recouped by an equipped Shock Nodule. (Some other hero will need to do the equipping though.) Maul wants to be unequipped; after using its ability, I can have Learned toss it to my discard, saving me from its negative trait. Again, though, Learned will need to partner with a stronger hero to make this work. Of 15 weapons with a dungeon ability, 7 have delayed effects that will linger even if Learned discards the weapon (perhaps to dodge a monster's effect).
At his two lower levels, Learned's requirement to discard before drawing will actually help to manage Unstable Crystals, Thunderstone's most volatile item. If two are already present, he can use their abilities, but then discard them before potentially drawing more, decreasing the risk of having three present at the same time.
Filigree Amulet, Circle of Protection, and the aforementioned Fearmaker don't do me any good if Learned discards them, but this might be useful to delay their self-destruction until a more opportune time.
Discarding to Enhance Heroes
Discarding a hero usually means also losing its trait, but as with many village cards, a hero's Dungeon ability will often outlive the hero itself. Clever is an extreme example of this. At her higher levels, her attack is derived entirely from persistent Dungeon abilities. Once she's used these abilities, Learned may safely discard her to keep her from harm's way.
Some heroes are picky about the company they keep. Learned may discard Light items to satisfy Blind Level 3 and Nightblade Level 2, or Light in general to obtain Caliginite's bonus. Veteran Level 4 performs best when surrounded by heroes of Level 3 and higher; Learned can dismiss the inexperienced riff-raff (including himself). Learned might also excuse himself and other magic users to make a Magehunter happy.
Typically Learned will discard a card to get it out of my hand, but there are a few circumstances where the goal is instead to get it into my discard pile. I might want to discard a Regular to fuel Dark's destructive energy, or a high-level hero I've already used so that Charming may recall it to my hand, to use its abilities a second time. (For the same reason, I might toss out any undesirable card to make Stablehand more effective.)
Deep, pre-equipped with a massive mallet, lags in battle if I encumber him with a different weapon. There are a few weapons, though, that Deep can use effectively if Learned is there to toss away the weapon when its purpose is done. Weapons like Flask of Oil, Taproot Blade, Cursed Dagger, Shock Nodule, and Partisan will hurt Deep more than help him, but he'll happily use their dungeon abilities then accept Learned's offer to unequip him (at rank 1, Jondul Bow would fall into that category as well). (It's worth noting that even without Learned's presence, Deep likes equipping Thorn Caltrops against Battle-effect laden monsters.) I've already praised Maul many times; Deep, one of the strongest heroes in the game, is especially envious of this weapon, and now Learned can help him equip and discard it, thus avoiding both penalties. Learned Level 1 + Deep Level 1 + Maul = Attack +11 and 1 card draw, contrasted to Attack +9 from three Deep Level 1s.
Other Uses
Learned can also help manage my gold production in the village by discarding a negative gold ranger, or even himself or a non-gold producing Regular, replacing the hero with the chance for a gold-endowed card.
Much like teaming with Charing to draw back a discarded hero, with a shallow deck Learned might intentionally discard a card prior to a deck cycle in the hopes of then immediately drawing it back.
Although Learned will work best in conjunction with other cards, if I invest heavily in this hero, he will make it possible to fill my hand with nothing but Learneds. Not the most effective dungeon party, but enough to defeat lower level monsters.
Pairing Learned with another card draw engine increases his options for what to discard, and balances out the negative side effects of that draw engine drawing too much (e.g., drawing a disease, or a card the target monster will destroy).
Bad Matchups
There are a few cards that won't partner well with Learned. The net loss of his Level 2 will compound Reckless Conjure's own net loss (Reckless Conjure and Shock Nodule love each other, though.)
I already mentioned Learned Level 3's unfavorable draw against Convergence Master, but there are three other Thunderstone Bearers who will trip him up. Mowtil, Djinni Lich gains the same bonus against card drawers like Learned Level 3. His Level 2 won't fare well against Phylethis for the same reason he doesn't like Reckless Conjure, as the bearer might reduce his hand to too few cards to be effective. Xobmokt, Ichor King neuters Learned in a major way, unless I have handy some non-essential, non-VP cards I can burn before ending the game.
Other Cards that Discard
In the village, Quartermaster may discard any or all heroes present, more effective than Learned at bolstering my gold in the early game. Border Guard is as effective as Learned Level 1 at massaging the cards in my hand, but with the added benefit that he may draw first, then discard. He can't equip weapons or level up, but he's also immune to effects that target heroes, and he has a Veilminder's ability to protect a hero from destruction. Although I value discarding a card, Reckless Conjure goes a bit overboard with a net loss of 2. It may discard itself to effectively decrease the net loss to 1, but in almost all cases I'd rather have Learned in my party than Reckless Conjure.
Imp allows me to discard 2 cards in the dungeon to draw 2 cards. Since Imp is going to be discarded at the end of my turn anyway, he's a likely candidate to satisfy one of the discards.
Half-Orc Level 3, Skinshifter, and Honormain may all discard cards to gain attack (and Strength in Skinshifter's case). Honormain has the added flexibility of discarding in the village at Level 1, and as a repeat ability at Level 3, guaranteeing that every card in my hand contributes a minimum Magic Attack +1. Comparing Learned Level 3 to Skinshifter Level 3, it will depend on the predictability of my deck and the effects on the target monster whether I'd prefer Learned's chancy Draw 2 cards to Skinshifter's guaranteed Physical Attack +4.]]>
When you start out you keep it basic, to establish the line.
After a while though, you get to play mad scientist and start experimenting with things unheard of before. This starts getting tricky – giving the fans something that they haven't seen before, making sure you're not breaking what came previously, while at the same time trying to give each set and each design its own unique feel.
Obviously, the longer you do this, the more challenging it becomes.
In this respect Numenera gave us an incredible and exciting opportunity – a world that we had not dreamed of coming at us fresh from the mind of Monte Cook, one of the most creative people in the business. The more we looked into it, the more we realized that Numenera is a very cool setting to design for, and we were excited to meet the challenge of blending the two lines for this endeavor.
If you are a Thunderstone aficionado you can often pick up on some design themes lurking beneath the skin of each set.
When we designed the cards for Caverns of Bane, we tried to keep a focus on calculated risks. This is exemplified in the Disowned hero set, which cannibalizes other Heroes but has an outstanding stat line, or the Patternmage, which adds a little consistency to what would be mystery draws, or the Salamander monster group, which you go into fighting generally unaware of how the battle may change after you have selected your enemy.
In Root of Corruption, we focused primarily on two things, co-operative play, as exemplified by the Silvertongue and Woodguard hero sets; and the "devil's bargain" as shown in cards like Blood Debt and Rage of the Disowned.
One of the things that we decided to do when designing Numenera was focus on class specialties. We wanted the existing Thunderstone classes to blend in a positive way with the Numenera setting. Numenera brings its own character classes and what we tried to do was find a way to accommodate both.
Backwards compatibility is always something we think about – part of the joy of Thunderstone is mixing things up! But Numenera gave us the inspiration to look deeper, and breathe more life into what each of the classes meant. Strong and Graceful are both Fighters in every way, but take very different approaches to what a Fighter is. We tried to use this approach with each of the key Numenera class types, looking to find something in the RPG description that could be represented in a mechanical way in the cards. It just had to be balanced, interesting and fun on its own, or with older sets, but also bring distinctive individual takes on that class. Just look at the Rangers in this game – who take on their traditional Thunderstone role of "scouting" in a very different direction.
We also tried to pick out some other flavorful aspects of Numenera with which to do something new – the cyphers for example. In all other versions of Thunderstone XP points are just used for leveling up. In Thunderstone Numenera we wanted to reflect the one shot "magical" effect of ciphers in the setting. So we decided to double up on the benefits of experience – it can now be used not just to level up your heroes, it can also be used for desperate one shot effects that help you defeat that enemy in the dungeon, or buy you that special item in the village.
In going back to settings, a card type we had not done in a while, we wanted to reflect the d20 idea in some way. So aside from making them oversized and fantastic to look at, using some of the gorgeous Numenera art, we incorporated a d20 roll into their effect to invoke the relationship between the two lines.
The end result is a fantastic game that adds a lot of unique strategies and interesting foes and plays excellently as a stand-alone game or blends seamlessly into the Thunderstone Advance line. We on the design team are very proud of what we did with Numenera and are excited about what comes next for fans of the game.
We'll be posting more mini-articles about card analyses, combos and the best uses for the cards in Numenera in the coming weeks, so stay tuned!]]>
But once a Thunderstone enters the picture, its enticements can be too hard to resist. Perhaps host Drew Massey has felt the lure, with his tricksy, probing questions, trying to pry secrets out of a beleaguered project lead. Perhaps he too has felt the burn of one of Doom's curses, and it turned his soul to a sickly ash.
Mmm, it's probably something else.]]>
And in the last year, they've taken bold steps to become a site for board games as well as video games.
If you knew these things already, perhaps it will come as no surprise to you that Game Informer placed Thunderstone Advance: Towers of Ruin in its Top Ten Board Games of 2012!
Thunderstone is, of course, listed last, using the the "best saved for" protocol of list making. So don't get discouraged when you click through and see OTHER GAMES. They're all OK games too!]]>
"Yes, very interesting," you say. What does this have to do with Thunderstone?
It has to do with Thunderstone because video game designers and journalists are looking to take lessons from success. This video talk from Quinns at Shut Up & Sit Down was delivered at the UK video game festival, GameCity. He tells about a golden age we're in right now with board games, and name checks Thunderstone (among other good games), praising it for its rich theme. Which you already knew, but isn't it great for other people to confirm your good judgment?
Check out the talk. It's about 40 minutes long, but if you're like me, you just find this stuff interesting.
We've got another cool module for you guys this week – CoB2 – Old Home Week! You can find it here!]]>
Also keep in mind Thunderstone fans – Root of Corruption is out next week! Make sure to get down to your local retailer and reserve your copy today!]]>
We've got another module for you this week! This is CoB1 – Bones to Pick! You can download it here!]]>


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The Hairdresser's Husband
Release Date: June 19th, 1992
R|1 hr. 23 min.
Plot Summary
Antoine (Jean Rochefort) has always had a thing for beautiful hairstylists. As a young boy, he lusted after the beautician who cut his hair, and vowed that one day he'd marry a hairdresser. His quest comes to an end when, as an adult, he meets gorgeous Mathilde (Anna Galiena). Their marriage doesn't dampen his erotic desire for her. If anything, he becomes even more sexually obsessed with her. In fact, the two rarely leave the hair salon, until the fateful night that Mathilde ventures outside.
Cast: Jean Rochefort, Anna Galiena, Henry Hocking, Maurice Chevit, Roland Bertin, Philippe Clévenot, Ticky Holgado, Michèle Laroque
Director: Patrice Leconte
Genres: Romance
Distributor: Triton Pictures

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The Honolulu Police Department said late Tuesday there is not enough evidence to open a criminal investigation into allegations of point shaving by a member or members of the University of Hawaii Warriors football program.
Point shaving happens when one or more members of a sports team prevent a team from covering a published point spread, often purposely failing to score as many points as the team was expected to make. Gamblers who know the information in advance can win extra money by betting on the team that was not expected to do as well but does better as a result of point shaving.
HPD put out a statement which read: "The Honolulu Police Department became aware of the allegation in early November when UH officials gave a copy of an anonymous letter to the HPD. At this time there is not enough information to open a criminal investigation." Unless the department receives additional information, it would not be able to continue with the criminal probe, an HPD spokeswoman said.
Earlier in the day Tuesday, a spokeswoman for UH President MRC Greenwood released a statement that said:
"On November 3, 2011, the UH Manoa Office of Admissions received an anonymous letter alleging 'point shaving' by unnamed football players of UH football games."
"Recognizing the seriousness of these allegations, UH leadership acted promptly and responsibly by immediately alerting the Honolulu Police Department and providing the letter to them."
"Board of Regents Chair Eric Martinson and President MRC Greenwood met personally with Chief Louis Kealoha to offer UH?s full cooperation with HPD?s inquiry."
"UH has alerted the NCAA about the anonymous letter and its contents and, in discussions with them, has been informed that it is 'doing exactly what you need to be doing' in this situation," Greenwood said.
"We respect the process of the police investigation, therefore UH will not comment further at this point," the written statement said.
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But because of the team's poor performance this fall, the Warriors will most likely not finish higher than third in the conference.
Law enforcement sources said UH officials could have passed these anonymous charges on to police because they didn't want to be accused of being another Penn State, where athletic officials have been fired and even criminally charged for not coming forward sooner to report or stop allegations of sex abuse by a coach.
Privately, UH officials said these anonymous charges could be coming from disgruntled gamblers, who are upset they've lost money from the Warriors' losing season so far on the football field.
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|By Hollaratme (Hollaratme) on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 07:41 pm: Edit
hey i am applying to cornell hotel school next year and i was wondering what looks nicer
traveling to NYC for an internship at the ritz carlton in central park for no pay
or working at a local sheraton for pay
|By Savedbythebell7 (Savedbythebell7) on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 07:53 pm: Edit
Are you in it for the money or the experience? exactly. Go to the Ritz.
|By Hollaratme (Hollaratme) on Tuesday, April 27, 2004 - 08:24 pm: Edit
yeah but the lady from cornell said from freshman admisssion it doesnt really matter where u work as long as u have expirence
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I think saved meant, do YOU want the money or experience better (hinting at the fact that the experience will most likely help more in the long run).
|By Savedbythebell7 (Savedbythebell7) on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 01:30 am: Edit
Yeah we're talking about dollars and cents, I think working at a Hotel like the Ritz, even without pay, will help you in the long run. It's a perfect oppertunity to make connections...you should be more concerned about networking then the pay at this point in your life.
|By Hollaratme (Hollaratme) on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 02:49 pm: Edit
thanks for the input i know in the long run it'll work out for me
but i want to make money this summer workingat the sheraton because i feel guilty making my parents paying for SAT classes and i kinda want to pay them bak and if i work at the sheraton i get expirence and money so i think im gonna pick that cz its right by my house and also for the ritz ther is going to be traveling expenses
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Facebook ads are ideal for building brand recognition and driving traffic to your business' website or Facebook page. Putting up an ad is quick and easy, but the way you set it up determines effectiveness and affordability.
Brian Basilico, president of B2b Interactive Marketing Inc., an Aurora, Ill. consultancy that helps businesses utilize Internet technology for marketing, uses Facebook ads to drive traffic to his Facebook page. "Start off with something small, test it and see what's working for you," he says.
Getting Started
In the "Sponsored Ads" section on your Facebook News Feed, click "Create an Ad." You'll be prompted to enter information about your ad. First, type the destination URL, the landing page that people will be directed to when they click on your link. That might be a link to your website or your Facebook page.
Title and Description
Facebook will prompt you to create a title and the body text. Facebook has strict rules about ad content—if you don't follow the rules, Facebook will reject your ad. Rejection criteria include incorrect spelling, grammar, punctuation and capitalization, inappropriate or misleading content and slang terms.
Upload your own image, or click "Suggest An Ad" to pull an image from the website you're linking to. Facebook will reject misleading and offensive images.
Facebook ads target users based on their interests, age, gender, location, language, employer and other criteria. Basilico, for example, enters criteria like "small business" to target small business owners, and Facebook prompts him to narrow it more. According to Facebook, ads are generally more successful when they're targeted to small, specific groups of users at a time rather than a broad pool. If your audience is too broad, you may exceed your budget, Basilico says.
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To pay for the ads, you can either pay per impression (CPM) or pay per click (CPC). If your goal is to gain brand exposure and recognition, try CPM—the number of times people view your ad. If your goal is to drive traffic to a website, try CPC and you'll pay for the number of times people click. After one of Basilico's ads was posted for one day, he had 50,000 impressions, 16 clicks and three new Facebook fans.
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You can't have the good without the bad, now, can you? Tonight is Hollywood's biggest night, when the 83rd annual Academy Awards will honor the best of the best of cinema for 2010.
But last night? That's a whole 'nother story!
The Golden Raspberry Awards - aka 'The Razzies' were given out Saturday night, with M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender living up to its 6% rating on RottenTomatoes.com.
So just how bad was the film that Channel 10 Australia's Mark Fennell called it "Unspeakably bad dialogue delivered by excruciatingly bad actors in a plot so illogical and stupid it kills unicorns"?
Well, included in the film's five awards was a new one this year, perhaps created just for this single film: the Worst Eye-Gouging Mis-use of 3-D. The others the film was awarded were Worst Supporting Actor (Jackson Rathbone), Worst Director, Worst Screenplay and Worst Picture.
Sex and the City 2 took three awards, pretty much living up to Ricky Gervais' crack about the film at this year's Golden Globes Awards.
"I was sure the Golden Globe for special effects would go to the team that airbrushed [the Sex and the City 2] poster. Girls, we know how old you are," Gervais said during his controversial hosting duties at the event.
The film garnered awards for Worst Ensemble Cast and Worst Sequel, along with all four stars - Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, and Cynthia Nixon - sharing the title of Worst Actress.
The full list of "winners":
Worst Picture: The Last Airbender
Worst Actor: Ashton Kutcher (Killers & Valentine's Day)
Worst Actress: Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City 2)
Worst Supporting Actor: Jackson Rathbone (The Last Airbender and The Twilight Saga: Eclipse)
Worst Supporting Actress: Jessica Alba (The Killer Inside Me, Little Fockers, Machete, Valentine's Day)
Worst Eye-Gouging Mis-Use of 3-D: The Last Airbender
Worst Screen Couple / Worst Screen Ensemble: The Entire Cast of Sex and the City 2
Worst Director: M. Night Shyamalan (The Last Airbender)
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Discussion in 'TiVo Series3 HDTV DVRs' started by amjustice, Sep 14, 2006.
NBC-HD is encrypted??? That's unusual.
I'll just put in my experience in the past 2 days. I live near Seattle and went to the Redmond Comcast store and had a very good experience (as others did here). Both cablecards are free and the woman at the counter told me they keep 5-10 in stock per day but run out quickly. No hassles and we even talked about the Tivo S3 since her husband was thinking of it. She said the Comcast DVR's are pretty bad (no surprise).
She said a 3rd cablecard or more would cost $1.50 each/month.
Contrast that to the chat rep I had a fight with online about this issue. I was just trying to get the address of the local store and he kept telling me it was $5 per card and there was no way I could get them for no fee. Finally I just told him to forget it and he gave me the address. I guess some reps just like to annoy people.
If you don't get it for free, I would try another avenue (phone, local store, etc). Some areas probably aren't as good as the one I dealt with though.
We called Tivo Customer Service..... found out that the Tivo tuners do not tune in the "Over the Air" Network channels... so, if Comcast is just feeding the HD signal from the satellite into the cable in the "Over the Air" format, then Tivo can not handle it.
The customer service rep said that it is a known issue and the engineers are working on it.... so, it makes me believe that we will need to get the cableCard in order to see the network HD channels.....
But, I can see all of my neighbors' OnDemand all I want.... what a funny world we live in.
Huh? ATSC uses 8VSB, and cable uses QAM. CableCard has nothing to do with it. Is the CSR confused, or am I confused?
Wow.... called Comcast.... and somehow got 2 cableCards to be installed tomorrow..... with NO additional charge....
We have limited basic... no digital service..... and hope that this allows us to see the network HD channels.
Is it possible that Comcast is sending 8VSB in addition to QAM signals? If so, then is it possible that Tivo is not decoding the 8VSB signals as part of the cable input?
It won't on the cable input, you'd have to split it and send it to the OTA input as well to receive those.
Turns out the signal problem was out on the pole. Comcast came and fixed the problem in one day.
I am a devoted Tivo user that is ready to go HD, and so am of course very curoius about the Series 3. But I would like to hear more overall impressions about how well it works with Comcast before making the financial commitment. If there are already threads and posts about highs and lows of the Tivo 3 user experience with Comcast, can someone please point me to them? If not, or additionally, I would love to hear general impressions from folks already using the arrangement.
I also have some specific questions:
First, right now, my Series 2 changes the channels on my Comcast (motorola) set top box, and it is a very slow and clunky arrangement. So much so that I cannot "flip" through the channels using the channel up and channel down buttons (a guilty pleasure of mine), unless I am willing to wait many many seconds between channels. Does having the two Comcast cards in the Series 3 Tivo make this any better? How seamless is it?
Second, I understand that with the cablecards, I will not be able to use pay-per-view, on-demand. I'm fine with that -- I've never used them before. But I also hear that the cards prohibit using a program guide. Does this just mean that I will not get the COMCAST program guide? I presume I'll still get the same user-friendly Tivo program guide that I enjoy on my Series 2 and that can be used for scheduling recordings, etc.?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Well, it took 3 hours, but my tech finally got the TiVo working. He had to swap out one card, and call for multiple hits, but everything is up and running wonderfully.
I have a question, though: the firmware version on one card is 04.21, while the other card's firmware version is 04.05. Both are working perfectly. Should I worry about getting the newer firmware version, and if so, how do I go about getting it?
Well, I've inherited the dreaded CableCard install problems.
A Comcast cableguy comes with 2 CableCards. He's never heard of Tivo and doesn't know anything about CableCards other than what they look like and how to call in the serial numbers. He claims he's never had a successful install (just great). He's nice, however, and willing to work with me. I show him the Tivo install instructions and tell him where to put the cards, and to put a card in slot 1 first, etc. He calls the serial numbers in and they authorize the cards and send the signals. Funny, no information on the screen whatsoever. No Error 161-4, no pairing, nothing. Nevertheless, after about 10 minutes, the cards begin to work. I get all my channels including HBO-HD. The cableguy is amazed. I'm as happy as a bug-in-a-rug. I thank the cableguy and he leaves.
About 1 hour later and I lose my premium channels on both CableCards. I get a blank screen on HBO-HD and several other HD channels, including a few Standard Definition channels, but all the rest of the channels come in fine. I call Comcast and ask what to do. The operator doesn't know about Tivo or about CableCards. I ask her to send a "hit" to the cards. She doesn't know what that means. She goes to speak to someone offline. She comes back and says the signals were sent and that after about 15 minutes I should remove the cards and put them back in to reset them. I do this. The same channels are missing (damn).
Note, both CableCards have the same channels missing so I figure it's probably not a problem with the CableCards and, besides, they were both working before.
So I figure maybe I have to wait a few hours and so I decide to wait until tomorrow morning. The next day I check the CableCards, and the same problem exists. I look at the information on Conditional Access window and note that Cablecard 1 says, "Auth: MISSING_PROGRAM_REKEY" CableCard 2 says, "Auth: unknown" (I have no idea what this means.) Both cards are Motorola version 04.21.
I call Comcast again and ask to speak to someone who knows about CableCards. She connects me to the technical department. However, the person I speak to doesn't know about CableCards either. So I give instructions that I found on this site (thanks calitivo). For CableCard 1, I give her the SN and tell her to send an "initialize" signal. She does this, and I wait a few minutes but I don't get any messages on the screen. I tell her to send a "hit" signal and she claims she does this. Still nothing. After about 15 minutes, I pull the cards out again but, again, nothing.
Later that day, I called Comcast for the third time and ask for help. The operator tells me that she sees order instructions for my CableCards and explains to me that it takes an hour or so for them to take affect. So now it's been over 4 hours, and I still have the missing channels.
I check the Conditional Access window to see if anything has changed. Card 1 still says, "Auth: MISSING_PROGRAM_REKEY", but Card 2 now says, "Auth: SUBSCRIBED" There's been a change! However, both cards are still missing the same channels.
I have no idea what to do. I can't anyone from Comcast who knows anything about CableCards or about pairing, or error messages, or how to troubleshoot. It appears they only know four things: 1) The name "CableCard", 2) How to send a signal to the Cards, 3) That I should remove them and put them back in to "reset" them. 4) wait awhile until they work.
I am running out of ideas, can anyone help me out?
Ask for a Comcast technician who knows how to install cable cards (and has done so successfully). Your guy is obviously doing something wrong if he has NEVER gotten one to work.
You should get the 161-4 error when the cable people send the hit. If you don't, then something is probably messed up somewhere.
The problem is that there are dozens of them, in this one forum. The issue is that you're not going to get "general" impressions, which is what you asked for -- you're going to get specific, individual impressions, many many of them, and they'll be all over the place, from very positive to very negative.
Since I have a Series 2 and a Series 3 I can answer some of your questions. I timed the channel switching time with a second hand on my watch. The Series 2 takes about 3 seconds to switch channels. My Series 3 is a little faster, about 2 seconds (still too slow IMO, but it is faster). You can, however, switch from a channel from CableCard 1 to another channel on CableCard 2 in about 1 second. Note my Comcast Motorola STB remote changes channels at around 1 second.
You won't get the Comcast guide but you will, or course, get the Tivo guide which will include the Comcast channels, just like the Series 2. Of course you can configure the Tivo (S2 & S3) to give you a grid guide format like Comcast's.
Overall, I like the Series 3, if I can just get the damn CableCards to work properly.
It's basically the same as the Series 2 but with HD, dual tuners, and a littler faster switching.
OK, the Comcast truck is here with two cable cards.
The tech says she's done ten of these. She is not calling back to have the cards "hit" or programmed in any way. She says the cards come "with channels on them already" and that the engineers will update it later to reflect account status.
So the tivo is stuck on a Waiting for Channels screen. I looked at the cablecard configuration screen and it says "waiting for CP Auth".
Sounds like she should call someone, but she doesn't want to....
The amount of frustration we are all experiencing is absolutely astounding.
I had this very same problem with Comcast and my S3... it is VERY frustrating...
It did get solved though! It required a call back from Comcast's "CableCard Support Group" (sounds like another form of AA ) When he called, he asked for *all* of the pairing info/#s (not just the S/N), and voila it worked!
Taking your card out and re-inserting it will cause the Data # to change, since it is dynamic in nature. I would recommend against pulling out CCs unless the "CableCard Support Group" tech tells you to.
I think the problem lies in the authentication for premium channels may be different than for the rest of the digital package. It seemed pretty clear to me that the problem was at the Comast Head-End / Provisioning center, since I did not have to do anything at my end to get it to work...
Good luck!
We left the tech alone for a bit. She might have used the time to look at the instructions in private. She seems a bit ... proud.
So now she's reading numbers over the phone.
Stand by!!
Wow.. .truly amazing...
Haven't these guys been supporting cablecards for years now? (TV's?) They act as if they just started supporting them a few months ago...
Good advice on the 1st, but the 2nd is not necessarily true. I did not get any error when we put the CC's in, and mine worked fine.
I believe the cards will give different "messages" under the "AUTH:" heading dependant upon which channel you are on. For instance if you are on a channel you receive, it should show "Subscribed". Tune both tuners to digital encrypted channels you receive. Check the conditional access screen for each card. If both cards show as "subscribed", then the problem is in how they have keyed your package into your account. Call back tech support and have them check.
Good Luck.
First things first--is your S2 lifetimed?
If so, you hvae to act fast if you want to transfer lifetime from it to the S3.
The offer from TiVo to transfer is only good through December.
Costco.com is the best price (if you're a member already), at $650.


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At 10:10 PM with just hours to go before the Bush Tax Cuts were set to expire and as close to the 11th hour as you can get, the Senate and Congress passed what they called their version of averting the "Fiscal Cliff" signing into law a small portion of the enormous problem to face our great nation. While lawmakers take this as a step forward in resolving, or at least addressing the expiration of the Bush tax cuts, it isn't very well taken by the people of our fair country. They had a year to work on this- you think this was a last ditch effort? How many decisions made under pressure turn out to be the right one?
The matters at hand which envelop the entire bill are thousands of pages and involve trillions of dollars. We as Americans, although it's all about us, are not given a clue as to what's in it. Yet, this last minute agreement between the parties addressed essentially the tax issue so that we can get on with the great mystery of who will pay more or less taxes going forward. The long and short of it is that while they addressed the limits of who will pay what, it still includes the expiration of the payroll tax deduction, meaning that roughly 75% of those working will see a pay cut due to more taxation. It appears that while they worked to determine who will pay how much taxes in 2013, little thought was put forth to see how those "Average Americans" will be affected week by week with a reduced paycheck. For 2011 and 2012, President Obama had reduced payroll taxes from 6.2% to 4.2%- that reduction is now gone, so the working person is now hit with the returning 6.2% reduction. This would cost the average American family between $1000-$2000, depending on income. In a time where every dollar counts, it's not very good news to the working class.
As a New Yorker who was here to witness the horror of Superstorm Sandy, benefits and aid to the East Coast was shelved, appearing that it was not as important to them as a NASCAR entitlement and other ridicules aid packages that our lawmakers felt took priority. In addition, the agreement does not take into account any cost cutting measures, so it is akin to a band aid on a major surgery patient. Big cuts to domestic programs and defense, slated to kick in the first of the New Year were shelved until March to be addressed again. The long and short of it? The talk and fears of the Fiscal Cliff are not nearly done- they've only gotten started. You can't just ask for more taxes to close the gap unless you are willing to get your house in order and cut spending for a balanced approach. We do it at home every month… perhaps we just need some everyday folks like you and I to teach the government how to handle expenses like we do at home, and teach the politicians a thing or two. Or if they participated in our retirement and Medicare system as well and their decisions actually affected them as well… maybe they'd take it a bit more personally.
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Detroit Tigers power-pitching right-hander Justin Verlander was just too much for the hapless San Francisco Giants' power starved batting lineup, proving once again that any team who can beat the Yankees MUST be the favorite in the World Series. Oh, sorry, my bad. That should read, All-Star Justin Verlander gets buried by the merciless onslaught of Pablo Sandoval and the San Francisco Giants. (more…)
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Sometimes baseball fans have to endure watching the entire lineup of their team go cold at the same time. If you've watched the San Francisco Giants over the past five days you know what I mean. You never see all eight of your hitters get hot, but if two or three can get hot and the rest of them don't stink it up, your team can win some games. That's what the Giants did today to tie their playoff series with the Cincinnati Reds. (more…)
A Little Post Season Torture
The San Francisco Giants just squeezed out a 2-1 win over the Cincinnati Reds to avoid playoff elimination. As a Giants fan, I'll take it and run, but they're gonna need to do a little bit more on offense to keep winning. The three players at the top of the lineup, Pagan, Sandoval and Scutaro, rather than getting it started, fumbled around the house looking for the keys for the third outing in a row. The team as a whole was horrendous at the plate all day, as they were Sunday night, striking out about 35 times. (more…)
SF Giants Clinch Playoff Spot
The Giants guaranteed themselves a playoff spot with an 8-4 win over the San Diego Padres last night at AT&T park, after the Dodgers had lost earlier in the day. With ten games left in the regular season, the team can now take the opportunity work in some rest for key players like Buster Posey, give the pitching rotation extra rest days, and tune up bench players like Ryan Theriot. As fans, we now have ten days for speculation about how far they can go in the playoffs. (more…)
The Giants Home Field Advantage
It seemed to me like there was a lot of talk in the local sports media about how the Giants don't have much of an advantage playing at home this year. Their home win-loss record (40-31) and their away win-loss record (39-31) are roughly the same. More interesting – perhaps I should say more concerning – fact is that they score far fewer runs at home (248 at home versus 357 on the road). Going into the playoffs, Giants fans would like to see them play well at home and cash in on the crowd noise and opportunity to bat last. I decided to dig into the numbers a little bit and see if I could figure out a bit more about what's going on. (more…)
Trade Deadline Approaches. What Will the Giants Do?
It's interesting, as it is every year, to hear people on the local radio, and around the coffee machine at work, talk about what the Giants need to do before the trade deadline to make the playoffs. They could use a closer, what with relief pitcher Brian Wilson injured and out for the year. They could use a right-handed outfielder, what with their lefty-dominated lineup in a somewhat lefty-unfriendly ballpark. Then again they could use a slugging first baseman as well. Or, at least an offensive upgrade at first base. A professional .275 hitter who hits one out now and then. What they don't need is to trade their top prospects for a single player with only half a year left on his current contract, no matter how good he is. (more…)
Two Wins in a Row for Lincecum
Before the baseball season started, every Giants fan's biggest fear was that the batting lineup would post another "historically bad" season of hitting futility. Not that there isn't room for improvement there, but at the All-Star break, every Giant's fans biggest fear was that Tim Lincecum would never be the same. His performance in 2011 was not quite what it was in 2010, and his performance in the first half of 2012 was like a grainy, black-and-white film clip of a train wreck played in slow motion. There was unfolding disaster; fear of impending doom; dust and smoke; and glimpses of panicked faces on people who had just gone along for the ride, not knowing what was about to happen.
But then the All-Star break. Tim Lincecum came back from the professional athlete's equivalent to the long weekend and put up two outstanding outings in a row. It's definitely good news, but how good? (more…)
Looking Forward to the Second Half of the Season
Despite their offensive struggles, the San Francisco Giants find themselves only half a game back in the National League West on the eve of the second half of the season. At this point, it looks like they will contend in their division, though their offense gives us concern about their ability to go deep in the playoffs. (more…)


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Tuesday, Mar 1, 1881 A stormy day with snow melting. Mrs. De Forest & Mrs. John Weeks and her daughter called and shortly after, Miss De Forest and two other ladies. Mrs. De Forest invited me to dine with them tomorrow. Have painted all day but my picture does not grow much. Went to the club a little while. Mary came home from Rondout.


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Austin Community College unveiled its new mascot today, the Riverbat! They emailed us these photos this afternoon. Click on the image for a slideshow.
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Madrid – Spain's Queen Sofia on Wednesday cancelled the trip to London she had planned for later this week for Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee because the Spanish government feels that it would be "unsuitable" after the fishing conflict with Gibraltar and the announced visit to The Rock by Britain's Prince Edward.
The queen's attendance at a luncheon scheduled within the framework of celebrations surrounding the 60th anniversary of Elizabeth II's ascent to the British throne was cancelled because "under the current circumstances" the Spanish government feels that it would be "unsuitable" for her to participate in the event, spokesmen for the Royal Palace said.
The same sources said that the Royal Palace informed the British Royal Palace on Wednesday afternoon that Queen Sofia will not attend the Friday luncheon offered by Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, at Windsor Castle, without specifying the reasons for her absence.
Diplomatic officials told Efe that the conflict that arose after the breakdown in negotiations on Tuesday between Spanish fishermen and the government of Gibraltar to try and resolve the fishing blockade in the Bay of Algeciras was the impetus that motivated the Spanish government to advise the Royal Palace of the cancellation of the trip.
The conflict comes after the scheduling of the June 11-13 visit to The Rock by Elizabeth's youngest son and her husband.
In addition, there is a third difficulty: namely, at the events commemorating Elizabeth's 60th anniversary on the British throne the band from the British Gibraltar regiment has been scheduled to play.
Thirty-one years ago, the controversy over sovereignty of Gibraltar led the Spanish monarchs to cancel their attendance at the wedding of Britain's heir to the throne, Prince Charles, and Lady Diana.
In 1981, Charles and Diana's decision to make a stop in Gibraltar during their honeymoon on the yacht Britannia led the Spanish king and queen to decline the invitation to the wedding.
Since that time, various members of the British royal family have visited the colony on Spain's southern coast and sparked protests by the Spanish government.
The latest royal visit to The Rock was by Princess Anne, Edward's sister, in 2009 to inaugurate a military medical center.
Then, the visit was characterized by the Spanish Foreign Ministry as "untimely" and Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos communicated to his British counterpart, David Miliband, "the rejection, consternation and indignation of the (Spanish) government."
Prince Edward visited Gibraltar in 2001 to present several Duke of Edinburgh's Awards to young Gibraltar residents.
On that occasion, Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Pique told the British Embassy in Madrid of Spain's "displeasure" and "discomfort" regarding the visit. No official protest was made, however, because - he said - the trip was not an official one and had no political content.
On May 8, the Spanish Foreign Ministry summoned British Ambassador Giles Paxman to communicate its "disgust and unease" over Prince Edward's visit to Gibraltar in June.


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Skip to comments.Glenn Beck's plans for rally on a hallowed date and spot spurs countermarches
Posted on 08/17/2010 12:14:52 PM PDT by maine yankee
NAACP President Benjamin Jealous said that his organization and 200 other groups are planning a rally on Oct. 2 in the District "to pull America back together and put America back to work. . . . On that day we will reflect Dr. King's true legacy and his determination to eliminate poverty, racism and hatred in all forms." Other organizations are staging "counter-events" on the Mall Aug. 28, including a grass-roots network of artists, community organizers and social activists calling themselves "Celebrate the Dream," which last Thursday secured a permit from the National Park Service to unveil an original sculpture on the Mall that day. The People's Memorial to King, which organizers say will be 77 feet wide and 37 feet tall, is being designed by Michael Murphy, a 35-year-old sculptor and assistant professor of art at Georgia College and State University.
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Will Greta now call on them to move their rally also..
Greta should stick to interviewing Gov. Brewer.
Her work on bringing attention to the illegal alien fight has been great.
Doing what? Cleaning up the mess?
he just Jealous.
Other organizations are staging "counter-events" on the Mall Aug. 28, including a grass-roots network of artists, community organizers and social activists calling themselves "Celebrate the Dream,"
I look forward to seeing all 8 or 9 of them in the see of conservatives.
A great American once said, "Can't we all just get along?"
Really? Then Mr. Morial, why all the whining? Since when does the "civil rights movement" have the right to appropriate the Lincoln Memorial and yet another date on the calendar? You already have MLK's birthday as a national holiday.
"including a grass-roots network of artists, community organizers and social activists calling themselves "Celebrate the Dream,"
...they should call themselves, "Celebrating Getting Out of Bed and Leaving My Mom's Basement".
Obviously a communist front group. All on the government Dole. A rally of opressed taxpayers vs. a bunch of scumsucking tax recipients.
How is the NAAC going to put people back to work? They going to bus astroturf and extort?
Pray for America
The media, sharpton, obama....are all in unison. Next time the blacks march down washington, we'll need to COUNTER MARCH.
MLK was a Republican.
Why isn't he on their "hate list"?
>200 other groups are planning a rally on Oct. 2 in the District "to pull America back together and put America back to work.
LOL! You had best vote out Obama first.
The communist front.
Anyone organizing a counter-march is just going to embarrass himself.
There will be too many people there, who are too decent, that any counter-march will fall flat. A couple hundred screamers alongside a million and a half middle-Americans smiling, laughing, and enjoying themselves, will paint an indelible picture.
I hope they have a million man march next to Beck's, but we all know that will only be 57 people.
Now on the series side, Beck should turn this in to an open carry march....just saying.
Will there be unity in DC on that day? I believe the love of God will bring all those marches together in Praise.
The white house may be divisive, but according to MLK and as is stated on the memorial being unveiled that day, "Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."
If Beck and Palin come in the Spirit, the Spirit will prevail, and all of God's children will hear His voice and sing in unison.
Pray for the unity of the true church to the glory of the One True God. :)
These idiots are making me reconsider jumping in a car to make a last minute trip to the Beck event.
True. Look for fake tea-partyers being followed by film crews.
*MLK was a Republican.*
MLK and Lincoln
They have a right to be there. Where is the tolerance? egads!
They're not going to like seeing that in print!
Meanwhile Jesse Jagmo has been relegated to the sidelines with his "Rebuild America" march in Detroit.
Some of his coconspiritors are....
Rainbow PUSH Coalition
Detroit Urban League
Metro Detroit AFL-CIO
USW District 2
Progressive Democrats of America
AFSCME Council 25
City Clerk Janice Winfrey
Jobs with Justice
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists-Detroit
Huntington Woods Peace, Citizenship and Education Project
Moratorium Now!
Michigan Emergency Committee Against the War
Labor Council for Latin American Advancement
Rep. John Conyers
US Labor Against the War
Earth Day Network
United for Peace and Justice
Michigan State AFL-CIO
Code Pink/Michigan
Teamsters Local 299
The United Communities of America
Michigan Welfare Rights Organization
11th Hour for Peace
Rep. John Dingell
Jim Hightower
Do it.
I just made the firm decision (and hotel reservations) yesterday. My family of 5 is driving from Colorado to be there.
he be jealous
They *use* MLK to advance their version of "civil rights", which has no resemblance to the civil rights MLK and his faithful flock marched for.
the fast search I did only turned up a rally on 8/28/99 of 300 people, and that the KKK cancelled their proposed rally in opposition.
Do they regularly have a rally there on that day? So how did Glen get the day? think they forgot? Now its a big deal!
MLK's neice will be attending the rally - wonder if they will call her names?
So, are they on the liberal Hate List or not?...:)
There...I made it easier for them to read....:)
Yeah, MLK had some crazy ideas.
Peace, tolerance, personal responsibility, hard work, self-reliance.
What ~was~ he thinking?
LOL! Sweet!
Just in case they missed the last two.....:)
One way you can tell who has a big interest in the issue is in the signs. I bet the NAACP shows up with a lot of professionally printed signs instead of individually made signs,
"These idiots are making me reconsider jumping in a car to make a last minute trip to the Beck event."
There comes a times when you have to take a stand and STAND for something. This is one of many times now and here to come.
My spouse and I are making the trip...hope you can, too.
The Lincoln Memorial and mall is not "hallowed ground." It is not set aside to remember the dead; it is used by generation after generation to celebrate new beginnings and express hope for new beginnings.
Finally...somebody who actually *appreciates* my shameless, obnoxious instigating....LOL
Nobody owns the Washington Mall. This is just another case of left-leaning people acting like totalitarians.
"a grass-roots network of artists, community organizers and social activists"
To put it more clearly, professional leftists.
Yeah, these are the garden variety paid protesters who march with factory-made protest signs.
The only reason these leftist piles of trash are even countering the 8/28 rally is because the leftist dirt bags are losing this whole debate to decent, upstanding, honest, hardworking Americans.
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