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Nvidia Corp. on Monday formally released the GeForce GT 430 graphics card, the least expensive product based on Fermi architecture. The company positions the novelty for multimedia-centric personal computers and mostly against integrated graphics cores as well as entry-level graphics adapters. Noteworthy is that that the company has started to ship code-named GF108 chip some time back.
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 graphics processor sports 96 stream processing units operating at 1400MHz, 700MHz clock-speed. The chip has 128-bit memory controller that supports various types of memory, but initially graphics cards based on GF108 will be equipped with 1800MHz DDR3 memory. Power consumption of the novelty is in the range of 50W and many partners of Nvidia plan to release them in low-profile form-factor.
Nvidia claims that the main advantages of the GeForce GT 430 is its 50% performance increase compared to GT 220, high level of compatibility with modern games compared to integrated graphics cores, DirectX 11 support, advanced video engine with Blu-ray 3D support as well as support for protected audio path that is needed to bit-stream lossless multi-channel audio to external decoders using HDMI bus.
The GF108 graphics processing unit has already been esigned into a variety of desktop and notebook platforms from the world's leading OEMs, including Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, MSI, Samsung, Sony and others.
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South Side housing expo to be held Saturday
The Columbus Dispatch - March 07, 2013 05:23 PM
Those interesting in buying and renovating houses on the South Side have an opportunity to learn more about what's available in the neighborhood at a hosuing expo from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Barack Recreation Center, 580 E. Woodrow Ave.
The expo is geared toward low-and middle-income residents, said Bob Dickerscheid, vice president of the Columbus South Side Area Commission, which is sponsoring the event.
Twenty different groups will have booths, including Community Development For All People, Huntington Bank, Homeport, and the city's Neighborhood Pride center.
"We're trying to show people there are legitimate reasons to consider the South Side," Dickerscheid said.
The event is part of the Southern Gateway Initiative, the public-private effort to redevelop the area bounded E. Moler and Frebis Avenue, S. Champion Avenue, Rt. 104 and S. High St.


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The Highways Are Amish, Too
To The Reader's Forum:
In regard to horse manure on the roads. A little bit of manure ecologically speaking has less of an impact on the environment than exhaust emissions of our cars and all the little dead animals we leave on the roads. We do more damage to the universe with automobiles than all the horse manure that is dropped on the roads by the few horse and buggies that use the highways.
Speaking of "OUR" highways, they are their highways also. The Amish pay taxes, both county and school taxes, so they have just as much right to use them as the people from out of state that use our (New Yorkers). The only difference between us is that we have done more damage to this planet with all of our technology in 100 years than a little bit of horse crap on the road will do in 1,000 years.
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It is well known that sales of personal computers collapsed in the fourth quarter of 2008, but it turns out that declining average selling prices (ASPs) caused far more damage to PC vendors, according to data released by Technology Business Research, a market research and industry advisory firm. In order to end up profitable, computer makers have to offer valuable after-purchase services to their customers.
Combined, HP, Dell, Lenovo and Apple's unit sales decreased only 5% year-over-year, however, their collective ASP dropped 13%, causing an 18% decline in PC revenues. Average selling prices have been declining over the long term, but the fall-off became steeper in 2008 and the bottom dropped out in Q4 2008.
"While the addition of netbooks to the product mix directly drove down ASPs, their presence in the market affected ASPs across the product spectrum. Netbooks showed both consumer and business purchasers that, for most uses, they do not necessarily need top-of-the-line PCs," said Ezra Gottheil, an analyst for TBR.
It is especially noteworthy that ultra low-cost personal computers (ULCPCs), such as netbooks or nettops, do not represent a substantial share of the aforementioned companies' product mix. As a result, this means that not only very inexpensive systems are driving ASPs down, but many customers started to save on more advanced machines.
TBR believes the decrease in ASPs is structural and permanent. The recession is driving customers to value-based decisions and they will retain the habit long after an economic recovery. Like the gasoline price shocks of 2008 and the 1970s, the recession is causing PC buyers to downsize.
However, there was some good news for vendors in the unit and ASP figures for Q4 2008. In a dramatic and frightening economic crisis, unit volume was down only 5%. TBR believes this demonstrates the price elasticity of the PC market. As prices plummet, the market expands, both by adding new purchasers and by current PC owners purchasing additional PCs. With useful PCs available at a much lower price point than ever before, unit sales would have mushroomed under typical economic conditions.
The decline of ASPs challenges PC vendors apart from the recession. Vendors typically have lower profit margins on lower-priced models. The lower-priced PCs are increasingly seen as interchangeable and disposable commodities, and vendors are having difficulty differentiating.
"To drive sales of more than one PC per customer, vendors must make it easier to manage data and programs on more than one PC at a time. The lower price point makes it difficult to profitably provide adequate and expected service and support," said Ms. Gottheil.
TBR believes the PC market is changing radically. The company advices vendors to consider changing their relationships with buyers, establishing longer-term relationships and providing valuable paid services after the sale.
"No longer dominated by hardware or software, PCs are becoming a service business. The change in the market presents vendors with threats and opportunities. Companies that can figure out how to embrace this trend most quickly and profitably will emerge as winners, and the winner's circle may contain different players from those who stand there now," the analyst for Technology Business Research concluded.
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Fare Deal
Ilford South Labour Party members have been out at stations across the borough today (3 January) leafleting about the fares increase and Ken Livingstone's proposed fares deal.
Ken has confirmed that if elected in May 2012 he would cut fares by 7% taking them back to at least 2011 levels. Bus fares would also fall still further back to 2010 levels. The deal would also see fares frozen in 2013 and the end of Tory Mayor Boris Johnson's plan for a further inflation busting rise after that.
This is all affordable, each year Londoners pay more in fares than the Mayor's own budget predictions say they will. This operating surplus grows each year. The Tories claim the increase is to pay for improvements, but the capital budget is entirely separate from the operating budget. Ken's policy is to put money back into Londoner's pockets and purses. It is estimated that over the next 4 years the average commuter can be £1,000 better off.
Mandy Richards, Havering and Redbridge GLA Candidate is backing Ken's campaign locally. She says:-
"In an area such as this where so many people travel to London each day, fare levels are important, for the future prosperity of London we have to ensure that people are able to afford to travel"
In our pictures Mandy is seen with Ken at a recent fundraising event and (above) with Labour members at Newbury Park. Ken will be canvassing with your local Labour Action Team in Seven Kings this coming Saturday 7 January.
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Debates of Sept. 23rd, 2011
House of Commons Hansard #19 of the 41st Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was detention.
- Question Period
- Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act
- Wallaceburg
- Childhood Cancer
- Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
- Onward Willow
- International Plowing Match
- International Day of the Girl
- Army Cadets
- Pat Burns
- Junction Shul
- Wireless Communications
- Circuit des couleurs Cross-country Race
- The Economy
- Joan Farley
- Volunteer Firefighters Tax Credit
- The People of Beauharnois—Salaberry
- Firearms Registry
- The Economy
- Pensions
- The Economy
- Search and Rescue
- Afghanistan
- National Defence
- Veterans Affairs
- Citizenship and Immigration
- Taxation
- Government Spending
- President of the Treasury Board
- Safe Streets and Communities Act
- The Environment
- Canadian Wheat Board
- Official Languages
- Foreign Affairs
- Employment
- Aboriginal Affairs
- The Economy
- Foreign Affairs
- Government Spending
- Libya
- Excise Tax Act
- Independent and Effective Office of the Veterans' Ombudsman Act
- Status of Women Canada Act
- Criminal Code
- Employment Insurance Act
- Senior Consumer Price Index Act
- Libya
- Questions on the Order Paper
- Privilege
- Preventing Human Smugglers from Abusing Canada's Immigration System Act
The Economy
Oral Questions
11:55 a.m.
Saint Boniface
Shelly Glover Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Finance
Mr. Speaker, as I reiterated earlier today and as Prime Minister Cameron said yesterday, Canada is indeed an example to follow. To quote the prime minister, "[Canada's] economic leadership has helped the Canadian economy to weather the global storms far better than many of [our] international competitors".
Today, Canada will continue that economic leadership by calling on the European governments to act swiftly to fix their debt issues and all European economies must tackle their debt overhang quickly to help secure the global economic recovery. Even more, countries with long-term debt problems must put in place and implement credible fiscal consolidation plans now.
Foreign Affairs
Oral Questions
Hélène Laverdière Laurier—Sainte-Marie, QC
Mr. Speaker, Tunisians living in Canada want to vote during the upcoming Tunisian general election, but it seems as though they will not be able to vote because the government is telling them that Canada cannot be an electoral constituency in a foreign assembly.
Does the minister know that Canada and the United States have elected officials in France's National Assembly? Does he know that the constituency being proposed by Tunisia includes Canada and the United States?
Will the minister take the necessary measures to allow Tunisians living in Canada to vote?
Foreign Affairs
Oral Questions
Chris Alexander Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of National Defence
Mr. Speaker, we understand full well how important it is to Canadians, especially new Canadians, to be able to exercise their democratic right to vote. However, our government is opposed to Canada being used as an electoral constituency by a foreign country.
However, we wholeheartedly support Tunisia's democratic transition, as we have from the outset.
Government Spending
Oral Questions
André Bellavance Richmond—Arthabaska, QC
Mr. Speaker, millions of dollars have been spent on personal travel by the former Governor General and the Chief of the Defence Staff for their vacations, by the defence minister for a fishing trip and by the Prime Minister for a hockey game, and now the CBC has revealed even more foolish spending on Challenger flights. Altogether, taxpayers paid $563,000 on unjustified air travel for the month of June alone.
Given so much wasteful spending, is the Minister of Finance not embarrassed by his little lecture to Europeans yesterday about their management of public money? Is that not the pot calling the kettle black?
Government Spending
Oral Questions
Peter Van Loan Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, as I said, we have been very prudent in the use of government aircraft. If we compare, for example, what happened under the Liberal Party when the typical use of a Challenger for cabinet ministers was 153 flights a year, we are looking at about 24 or 25 flights in a year, a significant reduction.
That being said, in the process of our deficit reduction action plan, we are looking at all options for savings because we want to see the taxpayer dollars treated with respect. We do not want to see waste in any aspect of government.
Routine Proceedings
Peter Van Loan Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, I would like to table and put on notice the following motion. I move:
That, in standing in solidarity with those seeking freedom in Libya, the House adopted government motions on March 21 and June 14, 2011 authorizing all necessary measures, including the use of the Canadian armed forces and military assets in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973; that given the current military situation and the success of National Transitional Council (NTC) and anti-Gaddafi forces to date, the House supports an extension of up to three months of the involvement of the Canadian armed forces operating with NATO in accordance with the legal mandate from the UNSC Resolution 1973; that the House continues to support Canada's engagement in all spheres in the rebuilding of a new Libya, including human rights, democratic development and the rule of law; that the House deplores the violence committed by the previous regime against the Libyan people, including the alleged use of rape as a weapon of war; that the House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development and the Standing Committee on National Defence shall remain seized of Canada's activities under UNSC Resolution 1973 and in the rebuilding of the new Libya; and that the House continues to offer its wholehearted and unconditional support to the brave men and women of the Canadian armed forces, who stand on guard for all of us, and continue to protect Libyan civilians from the risks still posed by the Gaddafi regime.
Excise Tax Act
Routine Proceedings
12:05 p.m.
Irene Mathyssen London—Fanshawe, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-282, An Act to amend the Excise Tax Act (feminine hygiene products).
Mr. Speaker, this is an important bill in regard to the sale of feminine hygiene products and the extension of the GST because these products are a necessity. If we look at the experience of most women in Canada, it is a 40-year experience. These products are certainly not a luxury and that their use deems an exception from the GST.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Independent and Effective Office of the Veterans' Ombudsman Act
Routine Proceedings
September 23rd, 2011 / 12:05 p.m.
Irene Mathyssen London—Fanshawe, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-283, An Act to establish the office of the Veterans' Ombudsman.
Mr. Speaker, this is a bill of which I am very proud. It is in regard to support for our veterans and peacekeepers.
Too many veterans are denied benefits and former peacekeepers have been abandoned. We see the evidence of this with the many homeless veterans and people who depend on food banks.
In regard to the Veterans Review and Appeal Board, it is important to have qualified members on the board, people with medical credentials and also individuals who have served in the Canadian Forces because they have experience of the reality of CF personnel.
I hope the House will support this because it supports veterans.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Status of Women Canada Act
Routine Proceedings
12:05 p.m.
Irene Mathyssen London—Fanshawe, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-284, An Act respecting Status of Women Canada.
Mr. Speaker, this bill seeks to re-establish the Royal Commission on the Status of Women. As we know, Canada is a signatory to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and encourages the advancement and full participation of women in all spheres of life.
We know the commission was unceremoniously defunded in 1996 and its work was clearly not done. Its role was to advise the minister, promote gender equality and advance the full participation of women in our country.
With the current government, we have seen nothing but defunding of programs that would indeed advance the equality of women. It is time that we once again had an advocate who could advise the minister to ensure that women are regarded as they should be.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Criminal Code
Routine Proceedings
12:05 p.m.
Irene Mathyssen London—Fanshawe, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-285, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (hate propaganda).
Mr. Speaker, this bill seeks to amend the Criminal Code to expand the definition of "identifiable group", in relation to hate propaganda, to include any section of the public distinguished by sex.
As members will know, women are not included in this. The reality is that misogyny is alive and well and women need this protection. Therefore, I am pleased to extend this bill for consideration by the House.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Employment Insurance Act
Routine Proceedings
12:10 p.m.
Irene Mathyssen London—Fanshawe, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-286, An Act to amend the Employment Insurance Act (compassionate care benefits for dependent children).
Mr. Speaker, this bill is inspired by a number of realities, first and foremost, experiences in my riding.
When a parent is looking after a seriously ill child, six weeks is just not adequate. It simply will not do. I suggest and ask that the support period be extended to 15 weeks. When a child is seriously ill, the entire family suffers. Parents very often have to leave their jobs and the family is in a situation where it is financially stressed. When a child is ill, a family should not ever have to endure the extra concern of a financial impediment.
I would ask that members of the House consider the reality of families that deal with children who chronically or seriously ill and consider and support my bill.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Senior Consumer Price Index Act
Routine Proceedings
12:10 p.m.
Irene Mathyssen London—Fanshawe, ON
moved for leave to introduce Bill C-287, An Act respecting a Senior Consumer Price Index.
Mr. Speaker, this bill arises out of some consultations that I have had this spring and summer with seniors and seniors' organizations. In our country the Consumer Price Index and our understanding of the poverty level that seniors are experiencing is inadequate.
My bill would amend the Canada Pension Plan and Old Age Security Act to provide that pensions provided under those acts are indexed in accordance with this senior consumer price index. We have a different reality today in terms of the needs of individuals and I would hope the House would support the bill and, thus, the seniors of our country.
(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)
Routine Proceedings
12:10 p.m.
Peter Van Loan Leader of the Government in the House of Commons
Mr. Speaker, there have been discussions among the parties and I would ask for unanimous consent for the following motion:
That, notwithstanding any Standing Order or usual practices of the House, on Monday, September 26, 2011 the House shall consider the motion tabled earlier today by the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons relating to Canada's engagement in all spheres in the rebuilding of a new Libya and at 15 minutes before the expiry of time provided for government orders on that day, any proceedings before the House shall be interrupted, if required for the purpose of this order, and in turn every question necessary for the disposal of the motion shall be put forthwith and successively without further debate or amendment.
Routine Proceedings
12:10 p.m.
The Speaker Andrew Scheer
Does the hon. government House leader have the unanimous consent of the House to move the motion?
Routine Proceedings
12:10 p.m.
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The rather small and almost T-shaped Winghead Shark has narrow, unusually long wing-like head extensions that make the head nearly half as wide as the body is long. Total body length (TL) is ~100 to 150 cm, with males apparently maturing at ~108 cm TL and females maturing by ~120 cm (males are reportedly immature at 79 cm and mature at 132 cm; pregnant females are reported from 104 to 144 cm). Young are ~32 to 50 cm TL at birth.
These poorly known sharks of the tropical Indo-west Pacific are benthopelagic (i.e., occurring near the bottom or in mid-waters) and coastal. They are found in shallow waters of the continental and insular shelves. Winghead Sharks are viviparous (live-bearing) with a yolk-sac placenta. Compagno (1984) reported brood size as 6 to 11 young (most commonly 6); Castro et al. (1999) reported brood size as 6 to 25 (mean=12). Compagno et al. (1984) inferred from circumstantial evidence that the gestation period is probably around eight months, but noted the need for confirmation; Castro et al. (1999) reported the gestation period as probably around 10 or 11 months, with an annual reproductive cycle. According to Compagno (1984), the diet of the Winghead Shark is not reported, but probably consists of small fishes, cephalopods, and crustaceans. This species is not known to attack people.
Winghead Sharks are found from the Persian Gulf to Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Burma, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Taiwan, the Philippines, and Indonesia to northern Australia (Queensland and Northern Territory). They are common in the fisheries of India, Pakistan, Malaysia, and Thailand (Compagno 1984).
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I asked first to install the sustainer (the work is all done by a luthier), It worked. Then we disconected the four cables from the Stereo Jack: one hot output, one battery´s black wire, and two grounds (one for the pickups and one from the sustainer system). Both Grounds were solded together in the ground part of the Stereo Jack, the Hot output was solded in one of the "pins" on the Stereo Jack and the Battery black wire was solded to the second pin on the Stereo Jack (so when you conected the guitar cable the system turned on).
Im no electrisist but I figured something out.
The only part of the Baggs system that conects to the magnetics is the micro toggle switch´s white cable.
There was only one hot output from the sustainer/magnetic system.
I conected the white cable from the micro toggle to the hot output from the sustainer
The other three wires (the 2 grounds and the Battery black cable) were left there "floating" unconected.
When I went to recover my guitar from the workshop two things happened.
1) the piezo sounded beutifull (I played the first chords of "And You and I" from Yes and sounded very good)
2) the sustainer didnt work (as expected)
Those 3 wires (2 grounds and Battery Black wire), I dont know were to conect them.
Here is the manual of the sustainer
Here is how it Works
PD: I have two batteries in the guitar, one feeding the sustainer and the other conected to the CTRL-X


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Skip to comments.Gay Manifesto - "We Shall Sodomize Your Sons" ["gay" fantasy come true?]
Posted on 05/25/2013 2:03:42 PM PDT by Slyfox
(First Published in Gay Community News, Feb. 15-21, 1987 and also put into the Congressional Record. Author - Michael Swift)
We shall sodomize your sons, emblems of your feeble masculinity, of your shallow dreams and vulgar lies. We shall seduce them in your schools, in your dormitories, in your gymnasiums, in your locker rooms, in your sports arenas, in your seminaries, in your youth groups, in your movie theater bathrooms, in your army bunkhouses, in your truck stops, in your all male clubs, in your houses of Congress, wherever men are with men together. Your sons shall become our minions and do our bidding. They will be recast in our image. They will come to crave and adore us.
Women, you cry for freedom. You say you are no longer satisfied with men; they make you unhappy. We, connoisseurs of the masculine face, the masculine physique, shall take your men from you then. We will amuse them; we will instruct them; we will embrace them when they weep. Women, you say you wish to live with each other instead of with men. Then go and be with each other. We shall give your men pleasures they have never known because we are foremost men too, and only one man knows how to truly please another man; only one man can understand the depth and feeling, the mind and body of another man.
All laws banning homosexual activity will be revoked. Instead, legislation shall be passed which engenders love between men.
All homosexuals must stand together as brothers; we must be united artistically, philosophically, socially, politically and financially. We will triumph only when we present a common face to the vicious heterosexual enemy.
If you dare to cry faggot, fairy, queer, at us, we will stab you in your cowardly hearts and defile your dead, puny bodies.
We shall write poems of the love between men; we shall stage plays in which man openly caresses man; we shall make films about the love between heroic men which will replace the cheap, superficial, sentimental, insipid, juvenile, heterosexual infatuations presently dominating your cinema screens. We shall sculpt statues of beautiful young men, of bold athletes which will be placed in your parks, your squares, your plazas. The museums of the world will be filled only with paintings of graceful, naked lads.
Our writers and artists will make love between men fashionable and de rigueur, and we will succeed because we are adept at setting styles. We will eliminate heterosexual liaisons through usage of the devices of wit and ridicule, devices which we are skilled in employing.
We will unmask the powerful homosexuals who masquerade as heterosexuals. You will be shocked and frightened when you find that your presidents and their sons, your industrialists, your senators, your mayors, your generals, your athletes, your film stars, your television personalities, your civic leaders, your priests are not the safe, familiar, bourgeois, heterosexual figures you assumed them to be. We are everywhere; we have infiltrated your ranks. Be careful when you speak of homosexuals because we are always among you; we may be sitting across the desk from you; we may be sleeping in the same bed with you.
There will be no compromises. We are not middle-class weaklings. Highly intelligent, we are the natural aristocrats of the human race, and steely-minded aristocrats never settle for less. Those who oppose us will be exiled.
We shall raise vast private armies, as Mishima did, to defeat you. We shall conquer the world because warriors inspired by and banded together by homosexual love and honor are invincible as were the ancient Greek soldiers.
The family unit-spawning ground of lies, betrayals, mediocrity, hypocrisy and violence--will be abolished. The family unit, which only dampens imagination and curbs free will, must be eliminated. Perfect boys will be conceived and grown in the genetic laboratory. They will be bonded together in communal setting, under the control and instruction of homosexual savants.
All churches who condemn us will be closed. Our only gods are handsome young men. We adhere to a cult of beauty, moral and esthetic. All that is ugly and vulgar and banal will be annihilated. Since we are alienated from middle-class heterosexual conventions, we are free to live our lives according to the dictates of the pure imagination. For us too much is not enough.
The exquisite society to emerge will be governed by an elite comprised of gay poets. One of the major requirements for a position of power in the new society of homoeroticism will be indulgence in the Greek passion. Any man contaminated with heterosexual lust will be automatically barred from a position of influence. All males who insist on remaining stupidly heterosexual will be tried in homosexual courts of justice and will become invisible men.
We shall rewrite history, history filled and debased with your heterosexual lies and distortions. We shall portray the homosexuality of the great leaders and thinkers who have shaped the world. We will demonstrate that homosexuality and intelligence and imagination are inextricably linked, and that homosexuality is a requirement for true nobility, true beauty in a man.
We shall be victorious because we are fueled with the ferocious bitterness of the oppressed who have been forced to play seemingly bit parts in your dumb, heterosexual shows throughout the ages. We too are capable of firing guns and manning the barricades of the ultimate revolution.
Tremble, hetero swine, when we appear before you without our masks.
As requested.
These are sick, satanic bastards....and more proof for their deviant agenda.
To be fair, let's include the first paragraph of the actual document, presumably deleted by whoever is putting this about as a statement of actual intent.
"This essay is an outré, madness, a tragic, cruel fantasy, an eruption of inner rage, on how the oppressed desperately dream of being the oppressor."
Now I'm not saying this first paragraph necessarily changes the meaning of the whole document, people will have to make up their own minds on that, but is it indisputably dishonest to exclude it.
That all of those would be triumphant male homosexuals will suffer a miserable early death from Aids and other new STDs that turn up. Enjoy your "lifestyle" homosexuals -- while it lasts.
Does have a definite Nazi flavor.
Thanks for the clarification. Was about to employ some literary license and go fuel the chainsaw.
I can tell you from YEARS of dealing with Earth First/ALF/Eco groups that such disclaimers are simply to give deniability WHEN one of the loons out there act on these 'how to' screeds.
Do not for a nanosecond believe that these things are fictional/fantasies.
it just adds to it sherman that they are sick satanic bastards and people can shove tolerance
and God is watching you
I guess the writer doesn't see the irony in his own use of the past tense.
"This essay is an outré, madness, a tragic, cruel fantasy, an eruption of inner rage, on how the oppressed desperately dream of being the oppressor."
In fact, a "shocked, so very very shocked" congressperson read the article in the Congressional Record in 1989. Funny thing, though, the opening disclaimer was deliberately omitted.
According to this drama queen, the evil heteros forget the "Thooper Important" first line of the essay.
Just as the homosexual agenda takes everything Rush, or Beck, or a tv show, or a comedian says out of context, I, too then will decry, and denounce, and be offended at the fact that they said those words at all, whether they meant them or not!
Until I actually see, with my own eyes, an original print version, (which as a straight male, I NEVER will, thank you very much) I choose not to believe that first line ever existed. In reality, even if it did, it would be the least important line in the entire girlymanifesto.
After the Boy Scout fiasco I needed a good laugh.
What was written in 1987 should not surprise us in the least when we see what has happened to the media, nor to what has just happened to the Boy Scouts.
When I first read this back in 1987 I said to myself, "Will they try for 'Boy's Life Magazine'?
Little did I know how right I would be.
Yeh. I think he's referring to the "invincible" Sacred Band of Thebes. Which was utterly wiped out by Philip of Macedon in 338 BC.
Wallowers in strong delusion... they've of course waved this away as a small minority of extremists... well guess what leads them around by their ding dongs, it's the extremists (through which Satan works)...
The disclaimer is a non-sequitur. What the writer stipulates is happening before our eyes, disclaimer be damned.
If you come to my home, you will be shot until you are dead. America is rapidly approaching Sodom and Gomorrah. God will NOT be mocked. They think they have the advantage because one of them lives in the white house. They have not seen the anger of God yet. They will.
The Sacred Band of Thebes was not invincible against Phillip of Macedon. Every one of them was (supposedly) killed in their final battle at Chaeronea.
To be fair, they supposedly all died without retreating a step, so that they died but were not defeated.
A sick satire of Boys' Life... well the satire is rapidly becoming reality, unless the Lord intervene, and quite often how the Lord intervenes is through His people putting their hands in His, praying, then getting to work as best they can.
Satan comes to kill, steal, and destroy.
Often God uses such scenarios, however, to warn His people to dig deeper into Him.
Don't try to put the Lion of Judah in a cage —
He will only break out of it in a rage!
He's almighty God, the same from age to age;
Don't try to put the Lion of Judah in a cage!
The Lion of Judah is nobody's pussycat —
For when you fall, for you He steps right up to bat!
You'll never, ever find another hero like that!
The Lion of Judah is nobody's pussycat!
Don't be afraid when powers of darkness come to roar —
The Lion of Judah chains them down forever more!
But with your spirit in His hands your praises will soar;
Don't be afraid when powers of darkness come to roar!
Do everything you can to love this Lion dear —
When you do what He wants you needn't have a fear!
So listen for His voice and keep an open ear;
Do everything you can to love this Lion dear!
No one can keep the Lion of Judah in a cage —
Not the highest king and not the lowest page!
While His Spirit holds your soul you're safe from age to age!
No one can keep the Lion of Judah in a cage;
No one can keep the Lion of Judah in a cage!
... and the human race will disappear from the surface of the earth in a single generation....hmm....real forumla for success! /s
Eye-opening...thanks for posting. I was at a rally in Tulsa after 9/11and senator Inhofe attended. His aide was with him who was openly homosexual..believe me you could tell, he was a flaming homosexual. I was shocked that someone like Inhofe who claims to be so conservative would have someone like that working so closely with him. I mean he was ready to pick the lint off his coat if needed...that is how close he stuck to the senator. Now before anyone tries to accuse me of saying that homosexuals shouldn't be allowed to work...that is not it...work for barney Frank, yes, but for Inhofe, no. I don't know who the guy was but I have never forgot it. Very weird.
Maybe Inhofe had a weakness for being idolized? Just off the top of my head and definitely not a long pondered through conclusion. It could be wrong.
There is something clearly evil about it and I felt it back in 1987, like reading the dedication page of Alinskys' books.
It is, just plainly, clearly evil.
Michael Swift is a pseudonym for great satirist, Thomas Swift. However, there is too much relation to reality for this to be dismissed as the satire they claim it to be.
Though... their approach appears to be one of temptation and propaganda, to get these "sons" to give themselves to the Idol. They don't very often actually go physically forcing themselves on strangers, at least not yet. (Though the incidence of such forcible sexual assault is still much more common among them than it is among heterosexuals.)
America had a weakness, it put niceness over virtue. That's how whiners whined their way in.
Not while I still have my guns!
By the way, this is a URL (I have munged it to be unclickable, but you can cut and paste it turning the vertical bar to a /) to a recent Facebook homosexual come-on that I stumbled over while looking for "decent" things redneck. It is not "overtly" lewd but it is crafty, and some of the comments on that page are telling.
I mean Youtube not Facebook, sorry
That is sick and sad, Salamander. (You heard I went to Tennessee didn't you. Now I am an honorary hayseed.)
That is it! Really. Right after I posted that I though..."oh my I hope people don't think I was implying Inhofe is a homosexual", cuz he is not...that is something that would have come out by now. He has been up there forever. But your answer makes perfect sense. The guy idolized him. I could never quite put my finger on what the relationship was...but you summed it up.
Lois Lerner: IRS power abuser, First Amendment hater, Christophobe and prayer inquisitor.
However, this type which defines us as evil and are working to destroy any shred of true morality are the ones who are trying to cram evil down our throats.
I really watched out for myself and my children as they were growing up. My oldest son's kindergarten teacher wanted to take my son fishing, after he had been fired from his job for an alleged impropriety. My boys made it through Eagle without any problems because the troop was maintained by all good, moral dads.
What is in the Gay Manifesto should not surprise us.
Knowing your enemy is the first rule of war.
Sort of a sick symbiosis. The aide was doubtless thinking something like oh what a stud, I have something to fantasize about tonight. (Homos actually prefer straight icons to the typical other homo.) And Inhofe was possibly thinking something like oh, what a big shot this guy makes me feel like.
Yep, that's her. Thanks.
Romans 1:
26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones.
27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion.
28 Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips,
30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents;
31 they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless.
32 Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
It's a good start into the insight. There's more, and ultimately that it's idolatry driving it... Romans 1 isn't woofing about this, the Holy Spirit showed Paul what was cooking. And then why does the idolatry "work"? Because of spiritual starvation when God is jettisoned.
Verse 32 applies to all those cheering the new BSA 'pro-sodomite' policy on their Facebook page...
Back up a few verses and you see how it kicks off... idolatry. The worship of the non-God, which gets its power from the devil.
It's common for such a sinner to have long forgotten this.
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Strong November sales continued into Black Friday weekend as consumers took advantage of an early start to the holiday shopping season and many holiday weekend specials at retailers, according to new research released today by the Consumer Electronics Association. The sales results suggest that the economy in the high-tech sector will recover in 2010.
"Consumer enthusiasm for technology has been building, as seen by CEA-CNET's consumer technology sentiment index, which hit an all-time high last week. Results from this weekend suggest consumer technology will be the must-have gift this holiday and will lead economic recovery in 2010," said Gary Shapiro, CEA's chief executive officer.
This weekend's shopping patterns proved consistent with CEA's earlier predictions of volume growth of 6% this holiday, compared with a significant decline in consumer spending last year. CEA's 16th Annual CE Holiday Purchase Patterns Study also found eighty percent of adults intend to purchase technology as a gift this holiday, the highest figure in the history of the study.
Traffic at many major consumer electronics retailers was heavy over the weekend as consumers took advantage of special Black Friday weekend promotions. Consumer sampling at several consumer electronics retail locations by CEA and ChannelForce found nearly 40% of consumers believed traffic this year was heavier than last Black Friday and nearly 80% believed it was at least as busy, if not more so, than last year. Over half of consumers interviewed were in the store to buy a specific holiday gift and to take advantage of a specific promotion.
"Consumers found attractive technology offerings this weekend, consistent with CEA's earlier Black Friday predictions that consumers are making this holiday a digital one. Research by CEA and ChannelForce confirms that TVs, Digital Cameras, and Blu-ray players were the top attraction on Black Friday," said Shawn DuBravac, CEA's chief economist and director of research.


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What the next World War might look likePosted Monday, June 25, 2012, at 6:54 PM
There is a lot of talk about building up our military at a substantial cost to us the taxpayer. There will be skirmishes for sure, but nothing big enough to justify the dollars spent.
How many of you have followed the news about "Flame" and "Stuxnet"? This where the next real war will be fought. Don't believe me? Ask Idaho Power why they are building their own private fiber backbone to all of their substations. This endeavor aint cheap folks, and we are paying for it. The internet has become too dangerous for our infrastructure. Stop and think about it. The right worm placed by an enemy could shut down all the power in this country for a very long time. No water service. No gas service, no cell phone service. Economically we could be brought to our knees in a matter of days by the right worm.
Read it carefully and do your own research. I'm only guessing, but to protect our infrastructure with a private, secure fiber backbone, isolated from the world wide web, would cost at least 1 Trillion dollars. Is it worth it? Who should pay for it? How would it be paid for?
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We may be the leader, but we don't have any reliable defense. The only reliable defense is intranet. Thousands and thousands of miles of buried fiber.
Would you have known about Idaho Power's backbone if I hadn't told you? Bet you didn't know your paying for it every month.
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Wed, Jun 27, 2012, at 6:59 PM
Microwave has proved too unreliable, other public utilities rely on electricity. Private buried intranet is the only option. Keep in mind that this very expensive undertaking has no real ROI, so going to the bond market doesn't look too good.
You seem like a reasonable fellow, what's fastest way to procure funds in the amount I mentioned?
Keep in mind that the private sector will provide all the equipment, materials, and labor to get this done. For every dollar borrowed and spent, 2 dollars more will be generated in the economy, and that is a conservative estimate.
It may be too late to completely protect our power grid, but even 50-60% would give us a fighting chance at survival.
The only other option is to forgo a grid period, and build power generating plants in each city. By the time everyone got done bickering about what kind of plant and where to build it, we would be goners.
So what say you?
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Wed, Jun 27, 2012, at 8:09 PM
By the way, I know this money has to be repaid, and that cuts will need to be made to make this whole thing feasible, but tell me, how much use will we get out of a 800+ billion dollar a year military if the power goes away?
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Wed, Jun 27, 2012, at 8:25 PM
Do you know how much money is spent on Gitmo on our POW's? Per prisoner? That is money poorly spent.
There is your answer in part, Roy
-- Posted by jessiemiller on Thu, Jun 28, 2012, at 9:30 PM
Gee Roy, I would think that we might see at least SOME sort of use for the military if the grid went down. I mean, I'm pretty sure they have lots of those water purification things, and water trucks to haul it with. And maybe they could dredge up a generator or two to hook up to some of the water wells around the valley. And one those high calory, ready to eat meal bags they have could make meals for 2 or 3 people a day if need be. Then there are all of those green trucks that could be used to distribute fuel to privately owned generators at the hospitals, state offices and law enforcement....
And by the way, Roy, how good a job do you figure Idaho Power could do keeping the bad guys from taking over while the lights are out?
-- Posted by wh67 on Thu, Jun 28, 2012, at 9:53 PM
Warren, you missed my point I think.
1st, a nationwide intranet would keep the lights on.
2nd, an attack like the one I described would not be a precursor to an invasion, we would be economically ruined, a large 3rd world country with a big military, but no power.
Countries that would mount this kind of attack don't have the military might to fight us. They would sit back and watch us fight each other, just look how divided we are now.
Somebody took down the Iranian nuclear program, at least on a temporary basis without a shot fired, or a bomb dropped.
Believe me, these 2 worms or viruses are not the best that can be done.
Jessie, I have no use for Gitmo, or it's techniques.
To both of you, yes we need a military, but 800 Billion dollars a year? That's 30% of total revenues. This backbone would be our first line of defense in an economic war.
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Fri, Jun 29, 2012, at 5:01 AM
Whether we feel we "have use" for it or not, our Govt spends a sickening amount of money there. I'd like to see that changed.
-- Posted by jessiemiller on Fri, Jun 29, 2012, at 11:55 PM
For what ever reason, and we may never know, Obama was talked out of closing it. Our own private torture chamber immune to our laws. it has no strategic value.
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Sat, Jun 30, 2012, at 6:15 AM
Gitmo a torture chamber? We must be talking if two different things. From what I read, we spend a fortune on those prisoners. They have every thing but freedom. Their payment? Wanting to kill an American. 800,000 is what we pay. I could do it so much cheaper.
-- Posted by jessiemiller on Sat, Jun 30, 2012, at 9:24 AM
Mike, it was 500 Million not Billion, huge difference. Almost 25% of the authorized funds were never spent, and almost 25% of the stimulus were tax cuts, but I know, that doesn't matter, does it?
Jessie, so you think water boarding and such isn't torture, as well as the other enhanced interrogation techniques aren't torture? What is your solution for the prisoners there? Summary execution? They are dangerous without a doubt, but what do we do with them?
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Sat, Jun 30, 2012, at 12:45 PM
George W. should be charged with War Crimes... And he lied.
He said he didn't know about the water boarding however after he was out of office they found some taped conversations where he was talking about what was going on there.
I have also heard some wanted him brought up on charges but Obama wouldn't do it.
-- Posted by MsMarylin on Sat, Jun 30, 2012, at 12:59 PM
One needs to keep in mind that Obama issued the executive order to close GTMO less than 48 hours after his inauguration. It was among the first of many "promises" he kept to those who got him elected.
It also seems to have evolved into one of his first failed policy decisions.
The reason that the closure was not accomplished in the time frame Obama decreed (1 year) is relatively simple. The Congress refused to cut funding for the operation of GTMO until Obama gave them a plan for achieving just punishment for the "detainees", which some 70% of Americans felt was necessary for those that not only wanted to, but indeed DID, kill Americans. Let's not forget that this was a Democratically controlled Congress that insisted on this plan.
The executive order also appointed the Attorney General to lead all trials, effectively extending these POWs Constitutional "protections". Starting to sound familiar?
Other than 3 meals and a rug to sleep on, we don't owe these thugs a thing.
As for the costs of holding these terrorists, I hear what you're saying, Jessie. I think I have some "old" provisions that I would donate.
-- Posted by wh67 on Sat, Jun 30, 2012, at 1:15 PM
Mike, an isolated island, once a month air drops, comes to mind.
I don't know about the rest of the money.
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Sat, Jun 30, 2012, at 6:52 PM
ZOOK.......would you say that obstruction had anything to do with some of what you said???? I would also like to know how you turn around a recession that had started 10 yrs earlier and reached and apex as you took office.IS there a magic wand you wave and it stops or do you work your way out as we have done many times before.We had patence then why not now????? HE DIDNT CREATE WHAT WERE IN.SO THEREFORE TO STOP THE SLIDE.STABLIZE ,AND THEN ADVANCE WAS HIS JOB .HE HAS DONE THAT. It took 10yrs to create, you sure wont fix it in 3.TOOK us that long just to train and institute the so called surge so we need to talk of reality.I think GOV ROMNEY WOULD STILL HAVE US .....DEEP IN FIGHTING IN iraq because it was good for the economy and you know who would be doing the dying.I will not say everything was done right but I dont see anymore errors than any other president to include REAGAN.WE have treated this person like the saying goes a" step child" AND WE FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT...that amazes me.The disrespect started before he took office.IT started the night he won.
THese cowards we have in congress refuse to do the right thing and drop it on him.ILL say it again were in the constitution does it call for "PROFESSIONAL POLITCIANS".YES we are the term limits but we too are cowards and refuse to vote them out because they kissed our niece.cong.ISSA would rathere expose our agents to make a political point than conduct a viable investigation...So he succeded in embarrasing HOLDER AND.......HOLDER is not going to release documents that could affect international relations or national security he is sworn not to.That was the same reason LTC NORTH TOOK THE HIT IN THE REAGAN ERA.We need to open our minds and not deal with our pet peeves.The latest edition of the conspiracy that set you up for gun control is so laughable it doesnt even justify talking about. anyhow JUST A FEW THOUGHTS.......TALK TO YOU .......LATER
-- Posted by lamont on Sat, Jun 30, 2012, at 9:03 PM
I don't get why your always saying its Bush's fault. You point your finger at Obama when he has failures but you don't like it when a finger is pointed at Bush's failures. What were suppose to not mention Bush failures only Obama's?
I believe there has never been a President that didn't have failures? Can you name one?
-- Posted by MsMarylin on Sat, Jun 30, 2012, at 9:07 PM
Not on this blog.. I said he lied about the water boarding going on, not saying fault.
-- Posted by MsMarylin on Sat, Jun 30, 2012, at 9:55 PM
George W. should be charged with War Crimes... And he lied.
Same as fault in my eyes....but you're right.
-- Posted by jessiemiller on Sat, Jun 30, 2012, at 9:58 PM
Mike, you do understand that every budget plan submitted by the Republican's so far have deficits for the next 8 to 10 years don't you? We have talked about this before. You know where I stand on things like foreign aid and overseas bases. There are stupid and wasteful expenditures from both sides. It still comes down to everyone wants the ox gored, but not their ox, be it social services or the military, or you name it.
Jobs are coming back already if you haven't noticed. Manufacturing jobs. Beware of the super fast recovery, it is no more than a bubble waiting to burst. Just look at housing. A slow and steady, well engineered recovery is the safest bet. Those companies that whine about rules and regulations are the companies that caused the rules and regulations due to their bad behavior.
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Sun, Jul 1, 2012, at 8:33 AM
BTW, it's nice to have a discussion without all the name calling, thanks.
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Sun, Jul 1, 2012, at 8:34 AM
THAT is what I AM SAYING AND HAVE SAID ROY.....I would only add that you cannot pay down the dept ceiling in a recession,and the dept is not all we have to worry about.WE keep hearing about 8,ooo new rules hello.......how many supercede some othere how many replace some other. WERE is the list?....WHAT rules has been added? Havnt heard anyone state A specific.PRIVATE SECTOR PROFITS ARE UP AND THERE STILL COMPLAINING I CALL THAT GREED.JOB CREATION IS UP AND THE STOCK MARKET IS STEADY.NOW if your looking for a boom you are looking for trouble in the long term almost all the economist agree on that. So what is it you are looking for ZOOK?......I agree stop....forgien aid,bring the military home,stop oil and farm subsidies,we could go on but we all know what really needs to happen........get special interest out of our pockets.I AM TIRED OF CEO'S GETTING PAYED INFLATED WAGES ON THE TAXEPAYERS DIME........MAKE money yes but quite legally stealing from me.
-- Posted by lamont on Sun, Jul 1, 2012, at 10:02 AM
Of course there are positions that need to go. Our government needs to go on a diet.
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Sun, Jul 1, 2012, at 7:45 PM
Very true. Does it surprise you this old "liberal" agrees with you on many points?
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Sun, Jul 1, 2012, at 8:24 PM
YOU know I agree I SAID FROM THE BEGINNING REDUNDANCY ALONE COST US BILLIONS.We have talked about this they have never proposed a pay freeze or anything for themselves.....as far as I am concerned they shouldnt get payed for the last 3 yrs a least.NO budget because one side or the other could not come to agreement and dont forget the fillibuster.I am not holding only the republicans responsible,It goes to what is best for the country and like I said not special intrest.
It is not hard to come to solutions.....when you make them without prior commitment.The need to commit to us or go home........got to run ........later
-- Posted by lamont on Sun, Jul 1, 2012, at 11:37 PM
wow.....how easy to discuss without the name calling....
-- Posted by lamont on Sun, Jul 1, 2012, at 11:45 PM
I lost what I wrote earlier so here we go again.......I dont vote party,best person for the job for me.With that said.....we will never get a clean sweep but we can get significant change.The key for me is special interest.I want people who will go after what is best for the country and tell special intrest that is the way it is goibg to be, we will call you if we need you..I want people who will recognize fairness and equality without having to have it pointed out, the need to cut and raise revenue to pay down the dept ,and do it in a way that all segments of the society has a stake in it because we all benefit from it.
I have said it before this blog could solve the problems because we dont have anybody's special intrest paying us to do something we know isnt right.WE have discussed every solution needed and if we can do it they ought to be able to if they cant they need to come home.AGAIN THEY GO TO CONGRESS POOR AND COME BACK MULTIMILLIONARES HOW DOES THAT WORK ON A 170,00.00 A YR SALARY?? I PERSONALL HAVE A THING WITH RANGEL I,I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THE PEOPLE IN HIS DISTRICT SEND HIM BACK HE SHOULD BE GONE.I am glad I no longer call N.Y. home he may not represent where I lived but I would campaign against him in a heartbeat.He is but one example.
Thanks for the sanity MARVIN WE HAVE BEEN AT THIS A WHILE AND WE DO GO OFF ON TANGENTS. CAMPAIGN FINANCE.......THE ABSOLUTE WORST THING THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED TO OUR LIBERTY.......MY OPINION. WE ARE HARD AT IT BUYING GOVERNMENT THAT WILL NOT SERVE THE GOVERNED.THOSE WHO PASSED IT DONT FEEL THE IMPACT OF BEING GOVERNED AND NEVER WILL SO IT WAS AND EASY THING TO DO.......LATER
-- Posted by lamont on Mon, Jul 2, 2012, at 1:56 PM
FOR those who might be interested in letters to the editor in the statesman there is a letter from and 80 yr old idahoan .......you might want to read it.Very keen observation from and older citezen who has been there.
-- Posted by lamont on Mon, Jul 2, 2012, at 1:59 PM
I think it is hilarious that both sides have been screaming for years about these "partisan" and "activist" judges of the SCOTUS. How they should just stick to their jobs of interpreting the laws and rendering a constitutional decision.
Now that the SCOTUS has done just that, interpreted a law as to its constitutional content and breaking with partisan politics, everyone who didn't like the decision screams "How could John Roberts vote that way...he's supposed to be a conservative."
Either you want the SCOTUS to be a separate branch of our government, or you want them to rubber stamp their decisions based on the majorities political leaning. You can't have it both ways.
-- Posted by Mercutio on Mon, Jul 2, 2012, at 2:15 PM
Marvin, I've been screaming about campaign finance reform forever. We have the best government money can buy! Term limits? 1 6 year term for the President and Senators. 3 2 year terms for Representatives. To encourage 3rd parties, no plurality in any federal election, you gotta take a majority, or it's run off time. Campaigning limited to 6 weeks before a national primary, 2 weeks later, conventions, 6 weeks later national elections. Neat, simple and clean.
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Mon, Jul 2, 2012, at 8:30 PM
SO ......MONEY FIRST PUBLIC WELFARE ......??? question how many deaths are related??? How much does the CEO get paid???WHY are they still in business???.......I KNOW, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY THE GOVERNMENT HAS NO PLACE........HELLO!!!!you are right marvin it just set me on fire i know people who took those drugs.
SOME here will say that's capitalism love it or leave it,seems like we have capitalistic DEATH PANELS and they are operating .....NOW..........thanks MARV.....HAVE A GOOD ONE.
-- Posted by lamont on Mon, Jul 2, 2012, at 9:51 PM
Sad thing is, the consumer will end up paying the fine via higher prices. How about locking up the the board of directors, president, vp's etc. Anyone involved. Corporations are people too.
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Tue, Jul 3, 2012, at 5:47 AM
SO SEN MCCNNAL says 30 mill uninsured is not the issue .....he says this on fox news.....So what is the issue FOR HIM???? I wonder how many shares of stock he has in insurance co',AND HEALTH CARE CLINICS CORPS THAT ARE SHOWING UP EVERYWHERE. HMMMMMMMMMM
-- Posted by lamont on Tue, Jul 3, 2012, at 8:10 AM
Seems like the drug companies have their own death panels. Pushing off label use, on kids no less. Anything to make a freaking buck! If this is free market capitalism, it sucks!
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Tue, Jul 3, 2012, at 10:04 AM
The "anything for a buck" ideology is not unique to American capitalism. GSK is a British operation. And the Brits are pioneers in socialized medicine.
-- Posted by wh67 on Tue, Jul 3, 2012, at 12:30 PM
Warren, socialized medicine has nothing to do with this companies behavior. It was the American division that did this terrible and dangerous thing. There is no excusing it!
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Tue, Jul 3, 2012, at 12:51 PM
And I suppose the CEO over there in Great Britian didn't know a THING about it until he read it in the news. And while it probably started under one of the Bush administrations, we are so fortunate that it was ferreted out and corrected by Holder..........
-- Posted by wh67 on Tue, Jul 3, 2012, at 1:17 PM
I don't give a rip about who was where and when, they all belong in JAIL!
This isn't about Obama, Holder, you name it!
It's about corporate greed killing people!
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Tue, Jul 3, 2012, at 1:40 PM
Mike, that's the national average, here in Idaho we are the last ones to see prices go and the last ones to see them go down. That's what happens when all the gasoline comes from just one pipeline owned by Chevron. I got diesel yesterday at the Shell for 3.65, same as regular. In Canyon County it's still about 3.75, Regular gas is about 3.57 here. Go figure. Try asking Chevron about the prices, they control them. Free market my butt. Can you say monopoly?
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Tue, Jul 3, 2012, at 3:46 PM
IT'S never here ZOOK....that's national average.WE have had to go after the oil barons a couple of times because idaho would be so high in respect to the rest of the nation.They tell us we are at the end of the food chain.......and FREE MARKET CAPITALISM......THAT IS WHAT SOME PEOPLE WANT UNFETTERED GOUGE THE MIDDLE CLASS TILL THEY HAVE NOTHING.I SAW A TRUCK AT THE AUTO RANCH FORD F-150 JUST 44,698.OO THATS ALL WHAT THE HECK.ME i dont want to live in it I just want to go from point A to point B.
A thought....the health care act is not about fixing you when you are sick it is about maintaining you so you dont get sick or as sick.The military does it they maintaine there resources ,in this case people that is why they work harder and longer.The objecT here is wellnes and the government did not take over your care the government really wants to pay for it.I havent figured out how yet but that is the premise.....think about how it is set up you will get it.........later........hey marv you read the guys letter?????
-- Posted by lamont on Tue, Jul 3, 2012, at 3:59 PM
Every station in Idaho either gets it gas from Chevron or brings it in from Salt Lake City or Portland by tanker truck,(an expensive proposition), the refinery in Salt Lake City only refines American oil as far as I know. Guess who owns the refinery? You got it, Chevron.
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Tue, Jul 3, 2012, at 4:46 PM
Chevron does own the pipeline, but there are actually 5 refineries in Utah, Roy. Chevron's production is about is about one third of the total overall output.
Here is a listing from Wikipedia:
* North Salt Lake Refinery (Big West Oil), North Salt Lake 35,000 bbl/d (5,600 m3/d)
* Salt Lake City Refinery (Chevron), Salt Lake City 45,000 bbl/d (7,200 m3/d)
* Salt Lake City Refinery (Tesoro), Salt Lake City 58,000 bbl/d (9,200 m3/d)
* Woods Cross Refinery (Holly Corporation), Woods Cross 26,000 bbl/d (4,100 m3/d)
* Woods Cross Refinery (Silver Eagle Refining), Woods Cross 10,200 bbl/d (1,620 m3/d)
At the same time, many of northern Idaho's service stations get their products from refineries in Washington State, although some are served by the same pipeline that goes through Boise and on to Pasco.
-- Posted by wh67 on Tue, Jul 3, 2012, at 10:50 PM
I stand corrected. So any answer for Mike why our prices are still way over the national average?
-- Posted by royincaldwell on Tue, Jul 3, 2012, at 10:59 PM
Location, location, location?
Location of the refineries and pipeline. They are where they are, and there is virtually zero chance of them moving or creating more of them in the current political environment. So we are a very captive audience.
Location of the raw materials. The refineries in Utah have undertaken huge expansions over the last half dozen years, mostly aimed at increasing their ability to process so called black wax crude. Somewhat the consistency of shoe polish, the stuff must be transported overland via tankers, which as you note is costly. Keep in mind that the investments that have been made in the Utah refineries are almost exclusively tied to this crude.
Location of the demand. This one may be the most significant. For several decades, the western US has created a huge industry based on "use" of its abundant scenic and other natural resources. The vast majority of this occurs during the summer months and relies heavily on travel from the eastern two thirds of the country. Coupled with mushrooming immigration into both Utah and Idaho over the past couple of decades, and you have the perfect scenario to exercise the old "make hay while the sun shines" approach.
Just my take.
-- Posted by wh67 on Wed, Jul 4, 2012, at 11:20 AM
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Skip to comments.Video: IRS commissioner not sure if its inappropriate to ask pro-life group about its prayers
Posted on 05/17/2013 2:04:21 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Via the Examiner and NRO, a few more credible, confidence-inspiring breadcrumbs from this morning's Ways and Means hearing. It's starting to make sense now why protesting Planned Parenthood might present a risk to your tax-exempt status, isn't it?
The second clip is of Miller saying that he did indeed ask his underlings who was targeting conservative groups, and they told him, but now he can't remember the answer. Really. The disdain this guy harbors for the proceedings is palpable, but that's probably in his best interest: The more antagonistic he is, the more liberal support he'll have when the administration inevitably tries to find a new job for him at the IRS after this blows over. In the meantime, Miller's loss is Fred Armisen's gain, assuming SNL even attempts to tackle O's scandals this weekend. Given what the show's come to, maybe it's best that they didn't.
By the way, did anyone ask Miller the threshold question of why the IRS chose to spend so much time on penny-ante tea-party groups instead of the gigantic conservative and liberals 501(c)(4) orgs that have real influence on elections? Here's what the Cincinnati office considered a priority:
The AP reviewed 990 tax returns for nonprofit groups that were made publicly available and posted on both the Guidestar and the Foundation Center websites, searching between 2009 and 2011 under the terms "tea party," "patriot" and other terms frequently used by tea party groups. Several tea party groups also made their tax returns available to the AP. The returns detailed revenues and expenses for the groups, as well as other details. Donors' identifies, however, are shielded from disclosure under federal tax code provisions.
Only 21 of the 93 groups reported annual gross receipts higher than $25,000 between 2009 and 2011, according to the AP review. The $25,000 figure is a threshold for the IRS because an organization's financial strength and revenue sources are important factors in determining its tax-exempt status. Nonprofit groups reporting less than $25,000 a year are allowed to file a short-form, postcard tax return instead of a detailed filing one indication of a low-budget operation.
The median income for all the groups was just $16,700 a year. That figure includes several tea party organizations that boasted million-dollar budgets and a cluster of others with more than $100,000 in annual revenues. The well-funded activist groups were led by the Georgia-based Tea Party Patriots Inc., the nation's biggest tea party group, which started out with more than $700,000 in annual revenues in 2009 and grew to $20.2 million annually in 2012.
Radley Balko noted on Twitter this morning that the amounts being thrown around here tend to undercut the sacred liberal talking point that the tea-party movement is merely corporate astroturf bankrolled by the Koch brothers to advance plutocratic interests. Suggested new narrative: The "plutocratic astroturf" theory is true, it's just that the Kochs are … really, really stingy towards their puppets.
He didn't know if he had notes? Charge this guy with contempt and throw him in jail! Wouldn't a judge do that in a court of law? Why can't/shouldn't Congress?
The list, Ping
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IRS = busybodies.... gossips...
You know what? WE ALL ought to STOP paying taxes until they go with a 10% flat tax - just get rid of these liars - I"M SICK of THEIR LYING CORRUPT STOOGES!
I heard that exchange.
The discussion was about this planted Q & A that the IRS did, to try to get the story out on their own terms, before the IG report.
When pressed on some of the details, he siad he would have to look at is notes...
There's notes! Notes about the planning and damage control of planting a question in some forum, to slow walk the story on a Friday. I hope the committee subpoena's all notes, emails, etc concerning that discussion.
What if IRS asked a Homosexual group for members donations, other organizations and activities?
The most common IRS response is: Ignorance of the law is no excuse. The commissioner is playing dumb. Didn't Geithner pull the same BS?
and this is exactly how anyone who get audited should respond..... let's just see if what is good for the goose if good for the gander
RE: a 10% flat tax
That really doesn't get the IRS off your back. What is Income? That is the relevant question. If you happen to have a nice uncle who lives in Ireland who loves you and leaves you an inheritance there, THAT is income and the IRS can again snoop into your Irish account and demand 10% of that.
Want to leave your car to your son or daughter? HO HO HO, here comes the IRS demanding that your kids pay 10%.
The flat tax doesn't solve the problem of the IRS having the power to peek into what you do in your life.
What we really need is to ABOLISH THE INCOME TAX and replace it with a NATIONAL SALES TAX.
This is unbelievable. We are living in another country. The USA has been transformed by the last two elections.
I blame the media. They did not do their job. A real media would have vetted Obama, whatever his real name is, and he would not have made it out of the primaries.
RE: this is exactly how anyone who get audited should respond..... lets just see if what is good for the goose if good for the gander
Unfortunately the IRS doesn't tolerate wise guys.
They will make your audit as painful as they can if you respond with that and you can't do a damn thing about it.
The only solution is to find a way to abolish this agency and replace it with an agency that purely collect taxes without the power to audit your life.
Which is what a national sales tax does.
I agree the IRS is too powerful. But,the great difficulty with the so-called Fair Tax (the national sales tax you hope for) is that all purchases will go offshore to non-sales tax enitities. It is the problem states are fighting right now and cannot seem to find a solution. And, imagine the customers of the company you work for no longer buying from domestic companies, but rather everything on-line and off-shore...
I'm not a big fan of the "wall of separation" supposedly found in the First Amendment but if the commie libs are going to play that game, then what the IRS thugs did was a violation of the First Amendment. They should all be thrown in jail.
That is why the constitution established a means of capturing those taxes - it's called a TARIFF. Of course, our vaunted corporations will fight that tooth-and-nail!
If millions of us did it the snowball would gather so much steam we could put the entire government out of business!
F U B O ! and F U I R S !
A tariff is laid upon goods which are imported by companies for resale or inclusion in further manufacturing. Buying from offshore simply involves UPS items coming from Mexico/Caribbean/Japan/China/etc. Can you imagine them opening each package? Can't be done. How about self-asigned value? Hmmm. $ 0.
There is no way to capture each sale as it enters the US. AZ tried to compel folks to fess up to all purchases made from out-of-state sources so they could assess a "use tax". Results? Everyone said $ 0.
Talk about Sequester that would be a major sequester!
Gridlock! Problem is the Employer is the one that would be targeted for not sending in the amount with held or not witholding taxes.
The only way it could be sucessfull is if you claim 14 dependents on your w-4 form. However the taxes would be recovered April 15 when you cannot prove you have 14 dependents!
I would say you could handle 3 mos and then recover to the normal deduction. But to get all citizens to follow suit would be hard. Hell their scared $***less of the IRS anyway!
Those guys really ARE morons...albeit evil ones....aren't they?!
No Fault
No Regrets
LOL. Either way, we are going to have something like the IRS around.
Imagine the budget surplus from abolition of the IRS!
They have been infiltrated by commies for decades. They did their job...as defined by them.
Obama's election and re-election is proof.
We need a speical prosecutor now.
The congressional committee should ask some of these
IRS people how much jail time they think they should get...
That's what needs to be done...To abolish the IRS.
It's the only thing that will get their attention
A massive historic American tax protest...All it would take is 10 or 20 million who've had enough of this government corruption.
The IRS needs to be dismantled and any enforcement of Obamacare should be out of their hands .
This isn't going to 'blow over'... big newspapers are taking an interest...
Notice how liberal elites always think there's some joke going on... smug little smiles - and nothing's going on. I wonder if he'll feel that way when he's sitting in some jail cell...
So the IRS stole the 2012 election, stole the senate and presidency for the socialists/democrats The IRS made the House more liberal ( and almost took that too)
Some tea party groups didn't even organize because of the threats of perjury from the IRS
Abolish the IRS (repeal the 16th amendment, is it ever ratified?)
Impeach Obama
Already done. The contents and cost of the package are listed on the packing slip, which is all put into their digital record. Tariffs on imports, sales tax on individual packages paid by the shippers or the packages/imports are not released to delivery.
Flat tax significantly reduces need for a large IRS. Step in the right direction. Now is the time to push for a flat tax. Elimination of the income tax itself will never happen. Start with flat tax.
They would not even charge weiner for child porn!
Amen then even Illegal Invaders have to pay it and all the freeloading un dipsh.ts!
Incredible how fast fascism can spring up.
As we have seen with illegals, if everyone does it it's OK. Why the government will even sue a state for you!
If I were ever asked this question, it would be very difficult not to laugh at the person asking.
This whole thing is freakin bizarre beyond bizarre.
Seriously? IRS requiring these sort of questions?
This has to be a joke.
However, with this thing blowing wide open like this, I have to believe that it is going to be very hard for them to keep moving forward at such a rapid pace. This is going to require serious recalculation on the part of the communists/globalists.
The bad news, they are very used to taking one step backward to move two forward.
I wrote four years ago, that we are vastly reaching a time that, traditionally, in leftist takeovers, it will require terrorizing the citizens to get to the next level.
I think that is true now more than ever.
As bad as the IRS is, an expanded Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Everything Else Sold Under the Sun would be far worse. Give me a flat income tax any day over a national sales tax.
This is so over the line I struggle for composure.
Permanent furloughs for about 90% of this cancerous bureaucracy are in order.
IRS and EPA are the top of my personal list.
Which Article of the Constitution do you derive your assumed authority from?
Don't hand me some USC bullshit- which Article, punk?
Some GOP congresscritter needs to ask the Obama administration, Would it be appropriate to ask a Muslim organization, What are the contents of your prayers?
So, comissioner, though we've already attained your wife's disposition, we're really going to have to know more about the kinky sex thing, and remember, you're under oath.
If you don't mind, let's start with the goat.
Thanks SeekAndFind. Speaking of the man upstairs, this is Obama's doing and Obama's fault.
Well Steve did the IRS ask Moslem Malik Obama about his prayers when he wanted tax exemption for his Barak H Obama Foundation ???
and if not why not ???
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MARQUETTE, Mich. – Walter Donald McNair, 85, of Marquette, passed away Tuesday, January 1, 2013, at the D.J. Jacobetti Home for Veterans.
He was born September 1, 1927, in Lombard, Illinois, a son of the late Walter D. and Mable (Lundgren) McNair. He was a 1947 graduate of Antigo High School in Antigo, WI.
Walter was a World War II veteran, serving in the Army in the European Theater. He also served in the U.S. Civil Service in Alaska from 1959 to 1977.
He was a member of IBEW and the DAV. Walter was a licensed pilot and enjoyed traveling to the Philippines and Alaska and spent his winters in warmer climates.
He is survived by his wife, Maria Elena C. McNair of Marquette; children, Karen McNair of Chicago, Scott McNair of Indiana, Mark McNair of Florida, and Jessica C. McNair of Henderson, Nev. He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Eugene; and a sister, Madeline Chilton.
In accordance with Walter's wishes, there will be no services at this time.
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Skip to comments.Cuomo To Propose Bill To Match Federal Law Allowing For Abortions After 24 Weeks Of Pregnancy
Posted on 06/04/2013 11:30:43 AM PDT by drewh
An abortion battle could be brewing in Albany, as Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to propose a major change to abortion laws in New York State.
CBS 2 has learned that Cuomo will introduce a bill on Tuesday that would allow abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy to protect a womans health. The bill would fall in line with federal law.
Currently, New York State only allows late-term abortions if a womans life is at risk.
Planned Parenthood outlined a 2009 bill with reportedly similar goals. The 2009 Reproductive Health Act would guarantee a woman can make her own personal, private health care decisions, especially when her health is endangered, as well as treat abortion as a public health issue rather than a potential crime, and guarantee New Yorkers right to receive or refuse contraception as they see fit.
Current New York law compounds that tragedy when it happens late in pregnancy by making it a potential crime to provide an abortion to protect her health, Planned Parenthood said. The Reproductive Health Act will ensure she can get the safe, legal abortion care she needs.
The current law is not enforced, because it is superseded by federal rulings on late-term abortions, according to a New York Times report.
Cuomo is evil. He has sold his soul for a few votes.
Maybe they can bring Gosnell to NY and make him the state surgeon general.
Oh oh, it looks like someone is planning a 2016 presidential run. Gotta get out early and secure that kook lefty base. Pius Jr. Vs Biden Vs Clinton will make for a three ring circus in the primaries.
Hell just make sex with minors legal too.
Between cutting them up, filling them full of pills, and farming them out to homos, there isnt much doubt that the left really doesnt think all that much about children.
Fine. Let the females abort at 24 weeks with the condition that the sperm donor have his dingaling removed at the same time.
At one time I believed in him as one to finally do something about rogue Catholic pols. But I have lost all confidence in him. Like many "hats" he is no more than a religious politician. That's why many Catholic institutions in NY are paying for contraception and abortion "under protest". Yeah...right.
Very disappointing.
Kill them while they are defenseless is the democrat motto.
If they wait, they might arm themselves and Cuomo's mafia would have to waste time eliminating them.
Evil Eyes Cuomo. His nickname in New York. He looks (and now acts) like Ted Bundy.
He won't. Dolan is a member of the American Patriotic Church. For an explanation of just what the APC is see here.
I'm surprised you didn't see through that glad-handing, fake bonhomie pol - I saw it the moment he got the job. Oh, how I miss Cardinal O'Connor...long gone and still missed.
Beat me to it. They are murderers.
Let's be serious.
The Catholic Church won't excommunicate any politician. Call Morty and make book on it.
one can have hope...but no longer in this one.
and yes...I miss the good Cardinal as well.
I hate agreeing with the late Fr. Andrew Greeley, but this is one more in a long line of examples of the progeny of Irish immigrants' choosing the rat party over Catholicism. As a matter of fact, Greeley's only error was in failing to recognize the same weakness in Italian immigrants. Not all Irish & Italians, of course, but a significant majority.
If they live, there's a risk they may grow up to vote Republican.
If they're dead, they're guaranteed to vote Democrat.
The Roman Catholic hierarchy in the northeast has had a big huge love affair with the DEMS. Not all, but many. They sucked up to the corrupt abortionist Kennedy's. Look at the funeral they gave to that disgrace Teddy. And where is that political animal Cardinal Law these days. IMO, he should be in jail.
My twin nephews were born at 23 weeks. Through the wonders of modern medicine, they are perfectly healthy little boys now.
Based on that observation, I can attest that a 24 week old has completely formed limbs, a fully formed brain, his/her organs are almost 100% formed, they have hair on their head...and one of them was able to survive outside the womb with very little medical assistance. In short, they are human in every way.
In fact, they are so human, that the doctors who abort them have to subject them to cruel and painful neck stabbings to make them stop breathing, as they exit the mother.
I want to throw up.
Exactly...if the the mother's health is in so much danger, put mom and child in the hospital for continuous observation. Every day they can delay birth helps survival chances...and if it gets to the point where the mother is in danger of death, induce labor, and take the baby to the NICU.
Forever is a long time. Enjoy hell Cuomo.
You make a good point!
Cuomo is a Democrat. To Democrats every live birth is a failure of cosmic proportions.
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Rita Commenator
IRON RIVER – Rita E. Commenator, 90, of Iron River, passed away Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, at the Iron County Medical Care Facility
She was born Jan. 22, 1923, in Henry, Ill., daughter of the late William and Gertrude (Proctor) Rickey. She attended the Henry Schools, graduating from Henry High School with the class of 1941.
Rita married Ralph W. Commenator on Sept. 16, 1943, at Holy Angles Catholic Church in Sturgis. The couple celebrated their 68th wedding anniversary in 2011. Ralph preceded her in death on May 13, 2012.
In 1979, her husband Ralph started R&R Realty and in 1983 he opened Cline's Gift World in conjunction with the real estate office, with Rita as co-owner and real estate broker.
Rita was a member of St. Agnes Catholic Church of Iron River, the St. Agnes Altar Society and the 20th Century Ladies. She enjoyed cooking and sewing and was a great mother.
She is survived by her two sons, Rick (Mary) Commenator of Iron River and Ralph Commenator of Rhinelander, Wis.; four daughters, Patricia (Ron) Bilbrey of Essexville, Mich., Cathy (John) Hartley of Hudson, Mich., Marni (Duane) Suliin of Iron River, and Karen Commenator of Palmer; eight grandchildren; and four great-great grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by an infant son, and her grandson Derek in 2010.
Visitation will be Saturday, Feb. 2, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at the Jacobs Funeral Home of Iron River.
Funeral services will be follow Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. Agnes Catholic Church with Rev. Gregory Veneklase to offer the Mass of Christian Burial.
Interment will be in Resthaven Cemetery in the spring.
Condolences may be expressed to the family of Rita E. Commenator online at www.jacobsfuneralhomeir.com.
Funeral arrangements by the Jacobs Funeral Home of Iron River.