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Introduction –
For Americans, even uttering the words "national socialism" stigmatize any further dialogue on this form of government that appeared to work so well in pre-WWII Germany.
I believe the reason is because we've been taught in America to associate any form of socialism as another tentacle of communism, which is not far from the truth, however, I am learning that there is a huge gulf between socialism and authentic, or, pure national socialism.
Before I go further, lets talk about America's alleged form of government, which was supposed to be based on a democracy within a Constitutional Republic. A Republic is defined as:
1. a state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.
2. any body of persons viewed as a commonwealth.
When democracy is combined within this form of government it basically descends into "mob rule" since democracy is 'rule by the majority'. That produces a lot of "haves and have nots", further dividing the population through class division.
The first example of government based on democracy appeared in Athens, Greece around the 5th century B.C. But, they formed a unique and intriguing experiment in "Direct Democracy" a political system in which the people do not elect representatives to vote on their behalf but vote on legislation and executive bills in their own right. The decline of democracy in Greece began it's slow fall first due to oligarchic revolution towards the end of the Peloponnesian War, then its many ancient critics, and finally the Macedonian Empire.
As today, Greece's ancient authors and critics were almost invariably from an elite background for whom giving poor and uneducated people power over their betters seemed a reversal of the proper, rational order of society. For them the demos in democracy meant not the whole people, but the people as opposed to the elite. Instead of seeing it as a fair system under which 'everyone' has equal rights, they saw it as the numerically preponderant poor tyrannize over the rich. They viewed society like a modern stock company: democracy is like a company where all shareholders have an equal say regardless of the scale of their holding; one share or ten thousand, it makes no difference. They regarded this as manifestly unjust. In Aristotle this is categorized as the difference between 'arithmetic' and 'geometric' (i.e. proportional) equality.
Today America is loosely defined as a Federal Republic which means a group of independent states, which are united by a common, federal government. In this system of government, there is a division of powers between the "federal" government and the governments of each state. For instance, the federation could manage issues such as national security and defense, a common currency or laws granted by a constitution, but each state would handle its own laws, educational system or infrastructure maintenance. A modern Representative Republic is a system of government where the people select certain candidates to represent them as government officials. Most republics are composed by three branches of government: the Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary. Some examples of Federal Republics are the United States of America, the United Mexican States (Mexico), the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation or the Swiss Confederation.
However, America's system of government has been a a spurious imitation of it's original intended form from nearly the beginning. I dare say that ordinary Americans never really had the opportunity to choose a candidate to represent their interests in the federal government. They only thought they did. It is now common knowledge that both the Democrat and Republican parties select the candidates that "they" want in office over and above the people, much like in a parliament. Elections are nothing more than illusions of free will and the opportunity to cast a vote. Americans are not represented in the government and elected officials continuously demonstrate that they have no interest in the concerns of their alleged constituents.
Post 9/11, I would define America's present form of government as an oligarchy with an autocratic head sitting in the Oval office who appears to have been given unlimited power by use of Executive Order that overrules the other three branches. Does any American realize that Barak Obama can write an executive order to put anyone to death without due process of the law?
Not to mention, that America's government is occupied by a foreign country (Israel) and its AIPAC lobby that has completely and absolutely usurped the power of both houses (Congress and Senate) and rules our elected officials with an iron fist. No one in Washington D.C. operates outside the bounds of Israeli or AIPAC control.
9/11 was the catalyst that provided the means for the U.S. federal government to outwardly demonstrate its abuse of power with no regard for the safety or welfare of the people. It's been a gradual descent into a totalitarian, mass surveillance police state based on the lies and subterfuge about the events of 9/11, which was ruthlessly orchestrated by the United States and Israel to rob the American people of the few civil liberties they still had, and to demonize the Muslim nations so that Israel could gain further hegemony over the Middle East, and of course – access to oil, mineral wealth and other natural resources that the Zionist Jewish Israelis covet.
Since 9/11, the nation has bared the brunt of two deranged psychopathic Presidents that have utterly destroyed America's reputation, kept the country in perpetual wars or itching to get us into another one, overcriminalized everything from smoking to showing public emotion; numerous bank bail-outs, unending taxation, outsourced jobs, epic inflation of food prices and everything in between, and needless soaring fuel prices just because the elite rich have to pacify their intense hyper-greed.
America must change, undergo a conversion, or put the pieces of the original form of government back in place so that it once again works for the people instead of the politicians, the elite and the Jewish banker barons.
Yet, Americans are fearful to speak about National Socialism. The first thing you should know is that we were lied to so fiercely by this corrupt government about what was happening in Germany during World War II, which is the reason the stigma still remains in a huge portion of the populace. We were never told the truth about the war, Adolf Hitler, or the authentic National Socialist party that brought the German people back from the brink of bankruptcy and starvation.
For your consideration, I present two articles on the subject of pure, authentic National Socialism which is not what you once perceived or taught in high school or college.
I am not advocating that America become a national socialist state – let me make that very clear. But, consider this – if America was a true Democratic Republic "we the people" would have the authority to march on Washington and abolish this corrupt institutional government, yet we have not the power or the right to do so.
Be not fearful, and open your mind to another truth that Americans were viciously denied.
No. 1
National Socialism, Not "Racism"
By David Wulstan Myatt
Correctly defined and understood, National Socialism is an ethnic philosophy which affirms that the different races, the different peoples, which exist, are expressions of our human condition, and that these differences, this human diversity, should be treasured in the same way that we treasure the diversity of Nature. National Socialists believe that our world would be poorer were these human differences to be destroyed through abstract ideas: through the creation of a socially-engineered cypto-Marxist society. Furthermore, National Socialism is a pure expression of our own unique Aryan ethics, based as these ethics are upon the idealism of duty to the folk, duty to Nature, and upon the nobility of personal honor.
National Socialism is a way of living which affirms that the purpose of our lives is to contribute to evolution in a positive way. We contribute to evolution when we fulfill our duty to our folk, since our folk (our race and culture) is our connection to Nature: how Nature is manifest in us as human beings.
National Socialism expresses the natural truth that the living being which is Nature works to produce diversity and difference: that the evolution of Nature is a bringing-into-being of more diversity and more difference. For our own, human species, this diversity of Nature is evident in the different races which exist, and in the different cultures which these races develop over time.
National Socialism values this diversity and difference, and states that we should not only strive to maintain and aid this diversity, but also encourage the peoples and cultures which express this diversity and difference to continue to develop and evolve independently, for by so developing and evolving race and culture we are aiding the evolution of Nature and thus fulfilling our potential as human beings.
The Ethics of National Socialism
According to National Socialist ethics, the definition of good is whatever is honorable, whatever aids Nature and the living beings of Nature (such as our own race), and whatever aids the evolution of the cosmos itself. Our duty is to do what is honourable and what aids Nature, the living beings of Nature, and the cosmos, even if doing this duty makes us, as individuals, unhappy, or even if it means our own death. Furthermore, the happiness of the majority, of other people, comes second to this duty.
The perspective of National Socialist ethics is that of Nature – and indeed, of the cosmos itself, of which Nature is but a part. The perspective of all other ethics is the perspective of the individual, of their happiness, their winning of some reward in this life or the next.
In addition, National Socialist ethics – being based upon the ideal of personal honour – means and implies that we National Socialists must strive to treat all people with courtesy and respect, regardless of their race and culture. This alone disproves the lie of National Socialism being "racist", just as the true history of National Socialist Germany (as opposed to the lies about NS Germany) proves how honourable and respectful genuine National Socialists were toward others races and cultures.
National Socialist Germany:
The government and officials of National Socialist Germany strove hard to uphold and live by the ethics of National Socialism, as did every genuine National Socialist, even after the defeat of NS Germany in what has become known as the First Zionist War.
Thus, in National Socialist Germany, groups such as Muslims and Buddhists were accorded full respect, and allowed to practise their religion freely. In the pre-war years, National Socialist Germany helped organize a pan-Islamic world congress in Berlin. Berlin itself was home to thriving Muslim and Buddhist communities, of many races, and the Ahmadiyya Mosque in Berlin held regular prayers even during the war years, attended by Arabs, Indians, Turks, Afghans and people of many other races. Indeed, the Berlin Mosque was one of the few buildings to survive the lethal, indiscriminate, Allied bombing and bombardment, and although damaged, it was clearly recognizable as a Mosque amid the surrounding
National Socialist Germany was home to exiles from many races, including respected individuals such as Subhas Chandra Bose, leader of the Indian National Army, and Mohammed Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. Both received significant financial support from the German government and both enthusiastically collaborated with Hitler.
Indian Volunteers Training in National Socialist Germany
There was also, of course, the alliance with Japan, and while the Allies – and particularly the Americans – were revelling in, and spreading, derogatory anti-Japanese propaganda (many American GI's thought "the Japs" were not human) the Germans were extolling their virtues and regarded them as "comrades-in-arms". While the Germans honoured Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto with one of their highest decorations for gallantry, a Knights Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords, American GI's ruthlessly exterminated Japanese soldiers, it being common practice for them to "take no prisoners" and execute any Japanese soldier who surrendered. Incidentally, two Japanese warriors were honored by Germany by being awarded the Knights Cross with Oak Leaves.
There were also, of course, the links between National Socialist Germany, the SS, and various Muslim and Arab organizations, even before the First Zionist War. For instance, the Egyptian Greenshirt organization revered both Mussolini and Adolf Hitler, while Hassan Al-Banna, the founder of the Muslim Brotherhood (which lives on to this day in organizations like Hamas), made several complimentary remarks about Hitler. There was also a pro-National Socialist coup attempt in Iraq, led by Rashid Ali. Thus, while the British in Egypt and Palestine were treating the Arabs as conquered subjects, the Germans were treating them as equals, as comrades, and respecting their culture, and even to this day in places like Egypt many Arabs fondly recall their meetings with these "Nazis". In fact, Egypt was to become something of a haven for National Socialists after the War, with hundreds of former SS and German officers helping the postwar anti-British government of Gamal Abdal Nasser, who was associated with the Muslim Brotherhood and a close relative of the Egyptian publisher who published an Arabic version of Mein Kampf.
These SS and German officers included Major General Otto Ernst Remer, Joachim Däumling, former Gestapo chief in Düsseldorf, and SS Officer Bernhard Bender, who allegedly also converted to Islam.
Most revealing of all, perhaps, are the friendly links between National Socialist Germany, the SS, and various Jewish organizations. SS Officer Adolf Eichmann was known to have travelled to Palestine in the years before the war where he met Jewish settlers, Jewish leaders, and German agents. His relations with these Jews were always very cordial and friendly.
Of particular interest is the attempt, in 1941, by the Jewish group Irgun Zevai Leumi (known to the British in Palestine as the Stern gang) to collaborate with Hitler and Germany: "On condition that the German government recognizes the national aspirations of the 'Movement for the Freedom of Israel' (Lehi), the National Military Organization (NMO) proposes to participate in the war on the side of Germany…" [Document number E234151-8 at Yad Vachem in Jerusalem].
The German National Socialist government, however, refused to recognize such Jewish "national aspirations" since it conflicted with the policy of their ally, Mohammed Amin al-Husseini, who was opposed to the establishment of a Jewish State in Palestine. Thus, the attempted Jewish collaboration failed.
To quote Waffen-SS General Leon Degrelle:
"German racialism meant re-discovering the creative values of their own race, re-discovering their culture. It was a search for excellence, a noble ideal. National Socialist racialism was not against the other races, it was for its own race. It aimed at defending and improving itself, as a people, and wished that all other races did the same for themselves.
That was demonstrated when the Waffen SS enlarged its ranks to include 60,000 Islamic SS. The Waffen SS respected their way of life, their customs, and their religious beliefs. Each Islamic SS battalion had an imam, and each company had a mullah. It was our common wish that their qualities found their highest expression. This was our racialism. I was present when each of my Islamic comrades received a personal gift from Hitler during the new year. It was a pendant with a small Koran. Hitler was honoring them with this small symbolic gift. He was honoring them with what was the most important aspect of their lives and their history. National Socialist racialism was loyal to the German race and totally respected all other races." Leon Degrelle – Epic: The Story of the Waffen SS (Lecture given in 1982). Reprinted in The Journal of Historical Review, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 441-468.
I myself have sought to understand the purpose of our lives, as human beings, and so I studied, firsthand in a practical way, most of the major religions of the world – Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam – as well as philosophy, from Aristotle to Heidegger – literature, from Homer to Mishima – and science, from its earliest beginnings.
I have spent long hours, day after day, often week after week and sometimes month after month, speaking with Muslim scholars, Buddhist and Taoist Masters, Christian priests and theologians, Hindu ascetics, and a multitude of ordinary people of different faiths, cultures, and races. My very life, my very experiences among the different cultures, the different faiths, of the world, reveals the truth of National Socialism: its desire for harmony, honour, and order. My own life, my experiences, my National Socialist writings, expose the propaganda lies of those opposed to National Socialism: those social engineers who have sought, and who do seek, through the usury of worldwide consumer-capitalism, to exploit this planet and its peoples and to destroy diversity and distinction and everything that is noble and evolutionary.
A true, a genuine, National Socialist does not go around "hating" people of other races, as National Socialists are not disrespectful of the customs, the religion, the way of life, of people of other races.
As I have said and written numerous times, we National Socialists respect other cultures, and people of other races, because we uphold a timeless code of honor. Honour means being civilized; it means having manners: being polite; conducting oneself with restraint and self-discipline. Honor means treating people with courtesy and respect, irrespective of their origins.
We National Socialists express the view that a person should be proud of their own culture and heritage, respectful of their ancestors and their ancestral way of life, and accept that other peoples have a right to be proud of their own culture and heritage as well. The ideal is a working toward mutual understanding and respect.
Our duty, as Aryans, is to uphold and strive to live by our own Aryan values of personal honour and loyalty to our folk.
Let the misconceptions be corrected.
No. 2
National Socialism and Communism
"Sacrifice is intrinsic to socialism. … The Jew, however, does not understand this at all. His socialism consists of sacrificing others for himself. … The struggle we are now waging today until victory or the bitter end, is in its deepest sense, a struggle between Christ and Marx. Christ: the principle of love. Marx: the principle of hate." – Joseph Goebbels
The relationship between National Socialism and communism is poorly understood by many present-day communists and anti-communists alike. Because Hitler constantly spoke out against Marxism*, and indeed because the NSDAP was initially created to counter the spread of Marxism in Germany after WWI which threatened to divide society, a common misunderstanding arose that National Socialism was an antithesis to communism. Often ignored is that the NSDAP recruited many of their early members from within the communist parties in Germany at the time, specifically because Hitler believed that individuals attracted to communism, while misguided, possess the radical personality that makes them amenable to National Socialism. The same was also true outside of Germany: Miguel Serrano, for example, was a communist convert to National Socialism.
(* By Marxism, we refer strictly to theories that include advocacy against private property/business and against religion. By communism, we refer strictly to policies of dispossession of the bourgeois class, of mandatory atheism, and of "unmasking" and "re-educating" perceived dissenters via gulag torture. We do not partake in the present-day far-right neurosis of smearing anything and everything outside of the far-right (e.g. libertarianism, universalist religion, non-racism, non-sexism, non-homophobia) as "Marxist" or "communist".)
The truth is that National Socialism and communism did not start out antithetical to each other, but were rather competing antitheses to capitalism, as indicated in the NSDAP leaflet entitled: "Is This Your Battle Against Capitalism, Marxist?" Both sought support from the same pool, hence the rivalry. The reason later Marxist authors (almost all Jewish) hated Hitler so much was because Hitler exposed both capitalism and communism as two poles of a false dichotomy that ultimately served Zionism.
The Problem of Oppression
"Our socialism goes far deeper … Why need we trouble to socialize banks and factories? We socialize human beings." – Adolf Hitler
The polemical starting point of National Socialism and communism is the same: the slavemaster is evil. The fatal mistake of the communist is to assume that because the slavemaster is evil, the slave must therefore be good. The communist ignores all measurements of genuine morality, and instead assigns superiority according to the mere condition of being oppressed. The National Socialist, in contrast, is aware that most slaves would gleefully become new slavemasters in an instant if given a chance to do so, and therefore are no better than the current slavemaster (not that this justifies their enslavement).
"So far, never and nowhere has there been a truly social state. Everywhere and always the upper crust has leaned much more strongly to the principle, 'what is yours, is mine,' than to, 'what is mine, is yours.' These wise ones have only themselves to blame for the fact the lower stratum, full of rage, now is committing the same error. The Jew is able to take advantage of both these groups. One of them provides for his affairs, the other carries them out. Therefore, we oppose them both." – Adolf Hitler
Thus the National Socialist is addressing a more sophisticated problem than the communist. The communist is merely trying to overthrow the current slavemaster. The National Socialist is alert that not only must the current slavemaster be overthrown, but his replacement must not deteriorate into another slavemaster over time, which demands his ideology address the differing quality (including heritable quality) of people's characters, as opposed to merely – as is the sole focus of the communist – their differing lots in life.
"If a folk and a state take this course to develop that nucleus of the nation which is most valuable from the racial standpoint … the folk as a whole will subsequently enjoy that most precious of gifts which consists in a racial quality fashioned on truly noble lines." – Adolf Hitler
The poison is inside the mushroom, not added during cooking
The communist state is opposed to such things as private property and firearm ownership because it cannot even trust its people to be devout communists. The National Socialist state has no problem with private property or firearm ownership (indeed demands compulsory firearm ownership) because it trusts its folk to be devout National Socialists. Hitler ridiculed communists thus: "Even for the Bolsheviks, the notion of collective ownership has its limits. Trousers … are regarded as private property." And while both aim at encouraging contribution to state projects, communist propaganda does so by diminishing the importance of the individual compared to the collective, whereas National Socialist propaganda does so by exalting the importance of the individual. Again we see the unspoken communist distrust of its own followers: it assumes that individualism will always lead to selfishness, so its recourse is to drown its audience in collectivism. Again we see the unspoken National Socialist faith in its folk: it believes that by telling its audience that each one of them can be a hero, each one of them will live up to this inspiration.
This is because the communist state indoctrinates its population (in extreme cases via violent Pavlovian conditioning methods for behavioural modification) to accept communism irrespective of their inner quality, whereas the National Socialist state selects Aryan individuals to populate its folk. Even a genuinely benevolent communist state must ultimately monitor and control every aspect of people's private lives in order to function; a National Socialist state, by retaliating against the demographic violence of reproduction, can afford to be largely non-intrusive in private matters.
The difference comes down to the thought process. Communism approaches the problem of oppression from a concept of "rights", by positing that everyone has a "right" not to be oppressed. National Socialism approaches the problem of oppression from a concept of duties, by positing that everyone has a duty not to oppress others. Thus communism focuses on upholding the "rights" of the undutiful, whereas National Socialism focuses on the cultivation of the dutiful.
The Problem of Inequality
"Bolshevism preaches international class conflict … National Socialism aims at bridging over and equalizing unfavourable contrasts in social life, and in uniting the whole population in collaborative work." – Adolf Hitler
The difference between the communist and National Socialist conceptions of inequality is rooted in historical narrative. The communist views history as a sequence of administrative improvements: serfdom an improvement over chatteldom; capitalism an improvement over serfdom. The replacement of capitalism by communism, according to the communist, is hence merely the last stage of a sequential progression from inequality to equality. In stark contrast, the National Socialist narrates history as a tale of spiritual degeneration: serfdom worse than chatteldom (because the serfs are less aware of their own enslavement, in absence of being overtly treated as property); capitalism worse than serfdom (because proletarians are even less aware of their own enslavement, having been given apparent choice in seeking employment). The National Socialist inevitably concludes that communism must be worse than capitalism because its success – portrayed as a proletarian victory over the bourgeois – would make its subjects totally unaware of their enslavement! National Socialism itself, on the other hand, is about struggling against this flow – which is not a flow towards increasing equality, but a flow towards increasing servility (ie. incapability of recognizing slavery). The condition of maximal and fully sustainable servility that would be brought about by communism, the so-called "Worker's Utopia", is just another name for Zion.
"Surely modern man does not 'uphold' slavery; he denounces it vehemently. But he practises it nevertheless – and on a wider scale than ever … The modern slave … is not openly bought and sold. He is just taken … by a huge impersonal system without either a body to kick or a soul to damn or a head to answer for its mischief." – Savitri Devi
National Socialism is able to reach such a conclusion because its understanding of slavery is spiritual rather than material. Whereas communism identifies a slave as anyone who consumes less than he produces (so that, embedded within its own slogan: "From each according to ability, to each according to need" is actually an admission that communism itself involves slavery by its own definition!), National Socialism identifies a slave intuitively as someone who lacks the will to freedom, or who lacks nobility. This also accounts for why communism insists on irreligion in its discourse whereas National Socialism welcomes universalist religion for supplementary inspiration, as these typically exhort voluntarily consuming less than we produce in order that we may help the downtrodden, yet do not (unlike communism) exhort producing as much as possible to one's ability but instead recommend producing only what is essential.
"If positive Christianity means love of one's neighbour, i.e. the tending of the sick, the clothing of the poor, the feeding of the hungry, the giving of drink to those who are thirsty, then it is we who are the more positive Christians." – Adolf Hitler
A communist state must continually tempt its people with the promise of great future prosperity in order to convince them to tolerate present hardship, as Hitler explains: "They have been promised happiness on earth (a feature which distinguishes Marxism from the Christian religion) — but in the future. The Jew, Mardochee Marx, like the good Jew that he was, was awaiting the coming of the Messiah. He has placed the Messiah conception in a setting of historic materialism by asserting that terrestrial happiness is a factor in an almost endless process of evolution. "Happiness is within your reach," he says, "that I promise you. But you must let evolution take its course and not try to hurry matters." Mankind always falls for a specious trick of that sort." In contrast, a National Socialist state can persuade its people to be satisfied with less, indeed to learn to take spiritual pride in Aryan frugality and simple living.
In the same way, a communist platform must set the "have-nots" against the "haves". In contrast, a National Socialist state can convince people that common purpose unites them more strongly than differing assets divides them. Through appeal to internal compassion (as Hitler describes the Winter Help Organization: "… inseparable unity, not only when all goes well, but when things go badly as well, unity not only with those who are blessed by fortune but also with those whose steps are dogged by ill luck …"), National Socialism redistributes wealth by voluntary charity infinitely more satisfactorily to both givers and receivers than communism could ever achieve by force. Indeed, with massive reduction in the range of luxury consumer products/services available for sale as well as the total termination of speculative investment under National Socialist government, giving one's extra money to charity would become an increasingly spontaneous decision, in Hitler's words: "There is no socialism except that which arises within its own folk."
Service Without Servility
"The greatest nationalism and the truest socialism are the same: the spirit of simple service to the community." – Rudolf Hess
Grassroots do-gooders who wish only to help those in need and give to their local community are those most likely to be drawn strongly to either communism or to authentic National Socialism upon first encountering them, and indeed are those who would make the most exemplary footsoldiers of either ideology. They are the people who would surely agree with Hitler when he said: "If we then understand national solidarity aright, we cannot but see that it is based on the idea of sacrifice. In other words, if somebody or other objects that the continual giving involves too heavy a burden, then we must reply that that is the idea of a truly national solidarity. True national solidarity cannot find its sense in mere taking." Our opposition to communism, therefore, is not opposition to the broadly admirable character of the people who would at least prefer communism to capitalism at first glance. Our message is that such people have failed to think through the subject, or else they would have realized that communism will ultimately fall far short of satisfying their wish to serve a good cause. This is because all idealism is spiritual in origin, personal in exegesis and transcendent in destination. Communism, by limiting itself strictly to the material, impersonal and existential throughout its entire ideological presentation, indicates that it could not possibly have been the product of a mind in touch with genuine ideals of any kind, but is rather the creation of a calculating herder who set out to deliberately dupe well-meaning idealists and drag them down to a profane condition. In this, our idealistic criticism of communism is entirely distinct from the capitalist cynical criticism of communism. Capitalists merely distrust communism; we despise it.
"Whether we rely on the catechism or on philosophy, we have possibilities in reserve, whilst they, with their purely materialistic conceptions, can only devour one another." – Adolf Hitler
In Hitler's words: "National Socialism places no value upon a purely theoretical rule of the working class, but lays all the more value on the practical improvement of their conditions of life." The National Socialist state guarantees that nobody would have to worry about the necessities of daily life, that nobody would be hungry or homeless, that everyone who needs a living wage would be given a way to earn one by the state. Beyond this, its emphasis remains on raising the quality of the people themselves and encouraging unity between them, on UNITY THROUGH NOBILITY. A society of less selfish, more empathic people would in the first place be less inclined to spend its time worrying about class differences, or indeed to pursue more wealth than is required to live a simple life, so that any disparities in wealth would be minor anyway. This in turn would be a society which its constituent individuals would spontaneously feel proud to serve.
Finally, unlike communism, National Socialism is not a utopian ideology in the sense of seeking to create and perpetually sustain a material paradise. This is not because we are less idealistic than the communists, but because we are more idealistic than the communists, so much so that material existence to us cannot be anything other than imprisonment, since it is an existence we never chose in the first place. We despise the communist capable of being satisfied with material paradise in the same way that we despise a rape victim capable of being satisfied with a sufficiently large sum of compensation money. In contrast, we seek only to establish a temporary fortress, from which we intend singularly to complete our mission of transcending material existence altogether.
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I have a car that was sprayed last September with Nason Ful-Thane single stage urethane (solid color). It has been stored inside since being painted. The paint job came out glassy smooth but I have some dirt and dust nibs in the paint. My question is what grit should I sand it with to remove the nibs. I don't need to change the texture, I just need to get the nibs out. Would I start with 2000 wet and then proceed to a wool pad and 3m A rubbing compound or jump right to a foam pad and 3m B machine polish I sprayed 4 coats with a Devilbiss GFG670, just in case there was orange peel so there is plenty of paint, but painting outside does have its disadvantages.
Without being able to see and feel the car, I would recommend you start with 1500 on a small hard block to remove the dust nibs. Once those are removed you can sand the entire panel with the following grit moving up in 500 grit increments. I usually wet sand to 2500 by hand with blocks, then switch to a 3000 trizact wet on a DA/RO sander. Then buff as normal. I am hearing good things about the new trizact 5000, but have not tried them yet. You may need to use 1000-1200 on the dust but you will have to try a few things and see what works best for you. I recommend starting fine and then getting more coarse if you need to. That way you don't have a lot of work you don't need.
Again since I can't see the panels this is just a general suggestion that should give you a starting point. I would try this on a small area first to find what will work best for you before you do the whole car. Hope this helps and good luck with it.
unfortunately I wanted to try the trizac da paper but it costs about 6.00 a sheet so I skip that part and do everything just like carolina does and start buffing after 2,500 wet if you can find 3,000 wet that'll save you some buffing time. What color are you buffing ?being that the paint is a year old you may be in for some work its much easier to buff when fresh.. a week or so.
I tried 2000 wet with a hard rubber pad. It takes a while to get a uniform pattern (I am using a spray bottle with Dawn as a lube). After sanding 3m cutting compound on a foam cutting pad, 3m polishing compound on foam polishing pad and then 3m polishing compound on a black pad. It is slow going but it looks great. In my earlier post I stated that there was no texture.... Well when I started sanding with the 2000 grit and the hard rubber 3m pad I was amazed at the texture that was there, it's not much but what I thought was perfectly flat was not!
Follow DBM's advice and try using 1500 on an area and then go to 2000, then 2500. If that buffs out ok then use that method. If you have trouble getting the scratches out, then try to find 3000 grit wet paper, or spring for the Trizact pads. They are expensive, but 2-3 will do the whole car, so $12-$18 would definitely save you a lot of time buffing and a lot of compound as well. The last 3M products I used were not very aggressive at all. If you don't want to spend for the Trizact, there are similar products out there, Mirka makes an Abralon pad that is very similar, Klingspor offers something similar, and Sunmight has a product that is similar and only about $2 each.
Hey Kelly,I didnt know it only took 2-3 sheets that makes it sound much better.Do they go directly on the DA pad or is there another pad that goes on first? Black seems to be giving me some grief even with the 2500 I may give them a try myself...I seems just about everyone likes the trizac paper
taking it all the way to 5000 will more than pay for its self in saved time . one to two pads will do a whole car. use the foam interface pad . i do not use 3m. haven't for many years since the finessit came out . i use chemicalguys . just tried the new Vseries and it is pretty awesome .
DBMS like shine said you can use a foam interface pad with the trizact paper but I have seen some that were about a 1/4 thick with foam already on them. I haven't tried the 5000 yet but the finer the scratch the faster the buffing. I have just got the V series from Chem guys and love it so far. I already have almost $200 more of their stuff on order lol.
i spent some time on the phone with them reeming them about dropping the old CG line as it was what i recommended . they promised i would like the new line . yeah right , heard that from 3m years ago when they started the finessit crap. so i ordered a sample pack. i must admit i was skeptical but it is awesome stuff . the clarity of the piece after polish is noticeably different than with my presta. it has a wet look to it.
glad you like it. i've bought from them for over 20 years. always running special too !!!
Alright then I'm sold... I'm so tired of buffing black its not funny I've had 5 black cars in a row I just spent 250 on prestas compounds and pads and still having trouble I have one more black car to cut and buff and I'm not even going to start it untill I get my order here from Chem guys with any luck I'll be posting how great it is too ...
If you just want to try their stuff DBM they have a trial kit for the V series for $20. I would recommend their buffing pads too. I don't know what kind you are using but the hex logic pads are great. I tried a spot on a black hood earlier, sanded with 2000 wet and used the V series compounds with yellow and black foam pads. No swirls or scratches at all. I think yellow for the V32, orange for the V34, white for the V36, and blue or black for the V38 would be a good combination. I used it on the mustang and went to 2500 wet then used a 3000 grit DA foam pad wet. It is literally glass, as soon as you hit it with the buffer it comes right out with no scratches or swirls. I love the compounds and the pads. I want to try the lake country pads next time I order from them, but I have no complaints with the hexlogic pads either. I also recommend their pad lubricant, I think it really helps, and even if it doesn't it smells great. Thanks to this forum, my life has gotten a LOT easier with SPI and Chem guys. Thanks to Shine and the others that helped me find those resources.
Good God ,I just went to the chem guys site and holy crap theres a lot of stuff there I'm a bit confused so heres a few questions....keeping in mind I'll be cutting and buffing SPI black SS with SPI universal clear over it...
I'd like to try sanding to 5000 but lets say for now 2500 is what I'll be buffing this way I'll still have everything I need...
I have the color coded pads that presta use they look exactly like lake country pads they're in good shape so..... should I buy new pads along with the new compounds ? if so what colors do I need ?
Chem guys has a ton of compounds what compounds do I need from start to finish?
I'm sure I can ask chem guys all this when I call but I dont want a bunch of stuff I dont really need..
DBM I would recommend the V series compounds. If you are doing a hood or something the sample pack would be plenty and let you know if you like it and want more. If doing a whole car you would need bigger bottles but I think it is reasonably priced. The pads you have should work. I use a yellow foam for 32, orange for 34, white for 36, and black or blue for 38 but you could likely get by with yellow and black or blue.
Swirl Removers, Compounds, and Polishes Heavy Duty, Medium Duty, Light Duty Auto Detailing Polishing Compounds
Shine can probably offer better advice he has been using them for a longer time than me but I hope this will help you get started
mike , order the sample pack of Vseries compounds. the lake country pads are great. the small holes in them tend to hold the compound better . much of cg stuff is for detailing . i use the orange pad , white pad and the black pad. there are a couple of videos on there that will help figure out what to order .
the numbers help to get it in order how to use. i pretty much use the orange pad and black pad. keeping the foam pads rinsed make a huge difference especially on black. any build up will scratch . i rinse after every 3rd application of compound. it only takes a little each time .
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Monster Emitter is a Custom Block behavior, currently only available through the Console Command 'setname monsteremitter'. They spawn a hostile Zombie once every 15 seconds. Other players are unable to place, see, or delete this block type. However, the collision model of 1m^3 remains.


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Thread: Get In The Click
Re: Get In The Click
I found a "Raven" beer on one of the google ads. Check them out...some interesting things and some decent swag on the cheap....for now...
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05-20-2007, 07:26 PM #14Pro Bowl Poster
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As for 24x7, we are privileged to get this information at no cost, and I enjoy the content provided in both websites.
You quote that "We live in a free-market society." We also live in a society where folks (cheapskates) want something for nothing. To add, only a small portion of the content provided at scout premium is given here for free. You have the chance to ask questions directly to persons closer to the Ravens instead of wasting time in pointless debate from some know-nothing messageboard dweller. I spend more of my time on the VIP just for that reason (interacting with AW and others), and then I laugh at the fools bantering back and forth on the regular boards about a bunch of moot subjects.
I am not one to waste money on an inferior product (Just ask orioleshangout.com. Talk about a useless paid product), and I make very good money. This is also not a competition between 24x7 and scout as, for the most part, it contains some of the same persons. I am tired of how some of you guys can make a war out of anything. (Boller wars. McNair wars. Old Colts fans/Ravens fans wars. Orioles/Ravens wars, and now 24x7/scout wars).
Scout premium is good spending and consists of some very good content and is more than just the articles. At the same time, 24x7 is doing an outstanding job and I especially enjoy Tony's radio show which I listen to each week. 24X7 should charge for some of its content, but Tony knows what is best for his site. Kuddos to both scout and 24x7, and let's stop this schoolgirl crying about the premiums. Scout premium is money well spent and 24x7 (whether on radio or online) is time well spent.It's a new season! It's a new day!
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"This would never have happened if a certain board hadn't started the despicable practice of 'teaser' announcements in an attempt to add premium members. In other words - to add to their revenue."
To add, this is the dumbest argument you made to suport your rationale to be cheap. The whole idea for a business is to MAKE MONEY and add revenue. Well DUH! It is called the Capitalistic America. Again, while orioleshangout provides crappy content, (and I know from first hand), scout premium provides content worth the money charged and they deserve the right to "add revenue."It's a new season! It's a new day!
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Guys & Gals,
This thread wasn't posted to criticize the business model of another site. We happen to like ours a little better and Insider obviously likes theirs a little better. The intent of both sites is to provide Ravens fans with information and insight.
The intent of this thread was to say that we offer all of our content, etc. for free and that's what we will continue to do. We plan on expanding what we offer and to help fuel that we seek out new sponsors and other revenue streams such as the very minor boost that google ads provide.
That said, each click counts and they all add up and we sincerely appreciate all of your seconds/minutes along the way that you've offered up to assist in that effort.
Without further ado, click when you can and thank you very much!
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Just another reminder that if you are on hold at work or listening to a boring conference call or if you need something mindless to occupy yourself, take a few moments to click away on the google ads on the home page....it helps support this site. Be sure to hit your back browser to return to 24x7.
Thanks again...
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Of course postings of cartoons about other teams and rantings by Redskins trolls stays on the board.


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Sharing the Harvest Community Farm is a non-profit, volunteer-driven farm that aims to help fight hunger in our community. It was established in 2006 to reduce hunger, create volunteer stewardship and increase agricultural education.
As Sharing the Harvest approaches its tenth growing season, we are still battling hunger on the south coast. Both New Bedford and Fall River are listed among cities with the highest concentrations of hunger in Massachusetts. In these cities one child in three lives in a family unable to meet its basic food necessities.
Charged with the hunger relief mission, as well as community stewardship and agricultural education, Sharing the Harvest hosts thousands of volunteers each season working together to grow food for our neighbors. Thanks to those volunteers, Sharing the Harvest has donated more than 454,000 pounds of food, and hosted more than 20,000 volunteers since the farm was founded!
The generosity of others is at the core of our existence. It is only through the support of thousands of volunteers and through both public and private donations that we are able to serve our community
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Micronit requires the active commitment to QHSE from all employees. Management has a leadership role in the communication and implementation of, and ensuring compliance with, QHSE policies and standards.
The quality of our processes have resulted in ISO9001 and ISO13485 certification. This certification demonstrates our continued focus on quality in processes and products delivered in a timely manner to our clients. For a significant number of clients we are a supplier of a key element of their business case. This fact stresses the importance that our customers can build on the quality of the products and services of the Micronit team.
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Assassin's Creed Retrospective: Everything You Need To Know Before Assassin's Creed III
Posted on Thursday, October 25 @ 17:20:00 PST by Daniel Bischoff
1. Stay your blade from the flesh of an innocent.
2. Hide in plain sight.
3. Never compromise the brotherhood.
You'll be forgiven if you've already forgotten the three tenets of the Assassin's Creed. There have been four games released in the span of five years, each building on the network of assassins and the lore leading up to 2012, the end of all things, the apocalypse, or so we think.
Before Assassin's Creed III lands on Tuesday, let's take a look back at where Desmond Miles, our modern-day, over-arching protagonist began and where Ubisoft has taken him throughout the centuries. Beware: there will be spoilers below.
First, let's look at the important figures in the Assassin's Creed universe:
Desmond Miles - As the overarching protagonist in the modern day, Desmond experiences the lives of his ancestors in the Animus. While Desmond is originally introduced as a simple bartender, he's quickly pulled back into the war between the Assassins and the Templars. Desmond quickly gains the abilities of his ancestors through the Bleeding Effect, a symptom of frequent use of the Animus that also emotionally and mentally links the user and the ancestor.
Altaïr ibn-La'Ahad - Literally translated, Altaïr's name means "The Bird, Son of No One." Altaïr lived during the Third Crusade, at a peak in Assassin strength. Altaïr lives a long and happy life, marrying Maria Thorpe and fathering two sons. He dies of natural causes in a scene towards the end of Assassin's Creed: Revelations. Like Ezio after him, Altaïr is also driven by a strong sense of personal justice. Even when facing off with his mentor, Al Mualim, Altaïr is dedicated to truth and honor above all else.
Ezio Auditore da Firenze - Players come to know Ezio, as the lead protagonist in the central trio of Assassin's Creed games, better than anyone else in the series. The Italian noblemen is first seen on the day of his birth in 1459. Players spend decades of lifetime in the guise of Ezio, fighting corruption across Italy, liberating Rome, and eventually traveling to Istanbul to discover the path of Altaïr.
William Miles - Desmond's father worked as a member of the Assassins Order as a point of contact for the groups working around the globe. William raised his son on the Farm, a compound used to protect Desmond from the Templars. William rejoins his son, along with Rebecca and Shaun at the end of Brotherhood. By the time Desmond awakens in the Animus in Revelations, William has relocated the team to North Eastern New York to find the Grand Temple. To think all Desmond wanted was a Game Boy and the Templars never would have gotten him.
Lucy Stillman - Though she appears to the player and Desmond as an Assassin agent within Abstergo industries, Lucy is eventually killed by Desmond's hand at the end of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. Though it's unclear why, it comes to light later that Lucy was a Templar double-agent. It also comes to light that writing off characters is really easy when you've got a machine that allows the user to see what life was like centuries and centuries ago in the past.
Warren Vidic - As the Templar overseeing Desmond's progress in the Animus in Abstergo, Vidic acts as the main modern day antagonist in Assassin's Creed. As demonstrated by Subject 16's descent into madness and eventual suicide, Vidic cares about nothing other than the pursuit of the Templar's goals. Vidic also heads up the Templar Order's initiative to train an army of would-be soldiers in the series' multiplayer.
Subject 16 - Clay Kaczmarek preceded Desmond in Abstergo's plot to uncover the truth. As such, 16 was driven insane by way of the Bleeding Effect and the ancestral identities sharing his mind. In his madness, part of Clay was left inside the Animus (later to antagonize Desmond in his coma). As a part of the Animus, 16 leaves clues for Desmond throughout the world. Clay also leaves a message for Desmond, written in blood on the walls of the holding chamber within Abstergo.
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About a week ago, or whenever, I turned 40. It was even more low-key than my 39th birthday. I guess it's the power combo of having a birthday three days before Christmas mixed with people just not caring so much about birthdays in adulthood. But hey, I got two presents so that's something.
40 doesn't really feel old – or at least it doesn't feel anywhere as old as I was led to believe by Dave and the Dynamos' 1983 No.1 hit single "Life Begins at 40". And I know that whenever someone complains about being old, there's always someone older who gets angry and tells them to make the most of their youth and stop complaining. But I'm thinking that maybe 40 is the kind of age where you can start saying "I'm too old for this shit" without irony.
A year ago I made a list of things to achieve before I turn 40:
- Finish reading Ulysses.
Come up with a few more things to do before I turn 40.
- Explore historic Northland.
- Learn to say "Hi, my name is Robyn. I am 40 years old." in 40 languages of the world.
My progress report:
- Lol, as if. It's still sitting on my bookshelf.
- Well, yeah, I already did that one.
- I did this, driving up the east coast and down the west. Highly recommended.
- Um, je m'appelle Robyn. J'ai quarante ans. Aw, guys, I can't even say it in Maori.
I have reading glasses, but I don't really need them. Or rather, I had another thing wrong with my vision and my optometrist added a +1.00 magnification to the prescription. I guess it makes things slightly easier to read, but I'm not at the stage of complaining about the size of type in the phone book or a newspaper (lol "phone book", "newspaper").
I hardly have any grey hair, which is fun. A few years ago I decided to grow out my roots, expecting some sort of Bride of Frankenstein look, but my natural hair was just this fairly inoffensive shade of light brown, and in such better condition without all the battery from colouring. So I'll make the most of that while it lasts.
I've been paying attention to people in showbiz who turned 40 in the last year. My fellow 1974 babies include: Robbie Williams, Mel C, Carrie Brownstein, Joaquin Phoenix, Chloë Sevigny, Kate Moss, Posh Spice, Li'l Kim, Jimmy Fallon, David Faustino and Miranda July. They all turned 40 and kept doing cool things, so I knew everything was going to be alright.
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An interesting (and somewhat lengthy) article in today's New York Times, which may be of interest to some people here:
"Google Casts a Big Shadow on Smaller Web Sites"
November 3, 2012
STARTING in February, Jeffrey G. Katz grew increasingly anxious as he watched the steady decline of online traffic to his company's comparison-shopping Web site, Nextag, from Google's search engine.
In a geeky fire drill, engineers and outside consultants at Nextag scrambled to see if the problem was its own fault. Maybe some inadvertent change had prompted Google's algorithm to demote Nextag when a person typed in shopping-related search terms like "kitchen table" or "lawn mower."
But no, the engineers determined. And traffic from Google's search engine continued to decline, by half.
Nextag's response? It doubled its spending on Google paid search advertising in the last five months.
The move was costly but necessary to retain shoppers, Mr. Katz says, because an estimated 60 percent of Nextag's traffic comes from Google, both from free search and paid search ads, which are ads that are related to search results and appear next to them. "We had to do it," says Mr. Katz, chief executive of Wize Commerce, owner of Nextag. "We're living in Google's world."
Regulators in the United States and Europe are conducting sweeping inquiries of Google, the dominant Internet search and advertising company. Google rose by technological innovation and business acumen; in the United States, it has 67 percent of the search market and collects 75 percent of search ad dollars. Being big is no crime, but if a powerful company uses market muscle to stifle competition, that is an antitrust violation.
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WashingtonsBlog.com March 4, 2014 Moderators Censor Discussion on Censorship The giant r/Worldnews and r/News Reddits (5 million and 2 million subscribed readers, respectively) still haven't allowed links to Glenn Greenwald's report on government control, infiltration, manipulation and warping of online discourse. Our write-up on the story – as well as TechDirt's and Examiner.com's –... »
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New York Tour – Lincoln Center Memorial Day Concert
Title: New York Tour – Lincoln Center Memorial Day Concert
Location: New York, NY
Description: The Music Department will be performing in the Memorial Day Concert in the Avery Fisher Hall at the Lincoln Center for Performing Arts. They will be singing the Music of Dan Forrest and will be directed by Dr. James Melton. Other groups joining Vanguard in this concert are the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Sanctuary Choir as well as other select high schools from around the United States.
Concert Date & Time: Monday, May 28th at 7:00PM.
Location: Avery Fisher Hall
10 Lincoln Center Plaza
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Vanguard's performers will be staying at the Hilton New York from May 23rd through the 29th.
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In the wake of Dr. Conrad Murray's guilty verdict earlier today, the Conglomerate's J-Doe pairs up with XV for a track named after MJ's personal physician. os
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Buckle up folks. The entire Conglomerate fires up their engines and takes us on another ride with their latest track. flex
Busta rounds up his Conglomerate and demands some immediate attention for their new track. Sounds like they succeeded. Produced by Rockwilder. Bonus: Reek Da Villian "Headlines (Remix)" nr via splash
Just in time for the Labor Day weekend, J-Doe and The Conglomerate Boss tone it down for the ladies with their latest collaboration.
The Conglomerate keeps their movement going strong and got the whole entire building leaning with their latest track. Produced by Rockwilder. Feel free to turn this one all the way up.
After the original, it is probably this. And to accompany the remix, J-Doe, Busta, T-Pain and David Banner show off in front of the camera with their new video. wshh
[vodpod id=Video.14760001&w=540&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] J-Doe's track recently got an upgrade with David Banner and T-Pain. Until the final product arrives, here's what went down on the set.


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For those with funky hats and an insatiable taste for watermelon and weird music, an Old Fashioned Downtown Patriotic Explosion may be the perfect launch pad for your Independence Day celebration (no family required). From 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., the streets of downtown Lake Worth will come to life as restaurants and street vendors serve food on the sidewalk and as the citys finest musicians take to the stages and street corners. There will be feeding frenzies for the fair-style contests (do you have what it takes to scarf an entire watermelon faster than the others?); and children of all ages will dance with big smiles on their painted faces. It will be an Independence Day weekend bash that could happen only in Lake Worth.
Lake Worth is a city with an unmistakable flavor thanks to the presence of the L-Dub loving artistic population. Although other towns may have Boston Pops recordings and tired, oldies cover bands crackling out of the PA for their Fourth of July weekend celebrations, Lake Worths block party soundtrack will be provided by Black Weather Shaman, Everymen, and several other artists who have recently been putting Lake Worth on the map as a breeding ground for bizarre and innovative music. Go for the music; stay for the funky, patriotic hat contest and the Lake Worth Playhouses preview of its upcoming production of Rent. The event is free and will take place on Lake Avenue, K Street, and L Street in downtown Lake Worth. Call 561-623-7026.
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The back of his head hurt from Jacks antics. 'Damn sneasel...' he murmered to himself.Originally Posted by P-Arts
"What do you think we should do?"
"Go eat. I'm so hungry!"
Josh looked around. Other than a cotton candy stand with a few cockroaches, there didn't seem to be many places to eat.
"Maybe if we find her dad, he'll reward us or something."
"Yah, sure maybe. We just gotta take her, and her... Grimer.... to her dad. How hard could it be?"
At this point Jack was rolling around on the ground complaining about hunger and how he was gonna get me arrested for Pokemon abuse. Josh rolled his eyes and turned to the little girl. She was little and very niave looking, however, her temper seemed to be very noticable. He then looked at the brown glob sitting next to her. It smelt horrible, and it looked like something on your shoe after you go for a walk. Josh hadn't had that much experience with these pokemon, but he knew that they weren't the ideal house pet. Jack continued to roll around on the ground, occasionally stopping to see how Josh was reacting.
"Okay, we'll help you. However, you have to give us something in exchange, and tell us your name."
Jack smiled. He loved to do things like this, especially to little girls.
"Then, tell us where your dad went. I'm sure we could find him in fifteen minutes or so."
Jacks mouth dropped to the floor.
"Fifteen minutes?!?! That like an eternity in Pokemon years!!"
"You'll get over it."
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Last week I posted a year in review piece about the Blue Jays starters, this week I take a look at the bullpen. The bullpen was an area of concern for the Blue Jays heading into the season, with a good amount of depth, but not much in the way of proven talent. Players like Steve Delabar, Brett Cecil, Aaron Loup, and Esmil Rogers had impressed in 2012 out of the bullpen for the Jays or other teams, but had little track record. In 2013 though, the Jays bullpen was a great surprise with Delabar and Cecil humorously making the all-star team (Humorous due to relievers making the all-star team, not that they were undeserving). Overall in 2013 the Jays bullpen posted a 3.37 ERA, good enough for 9th in baseball as well as posting a 3.42 bbFIP which ranked 8th overall thanks to the 6th highest GB rate and the third lowest LD rate in baseball.
Sergio Santos (25.2 IP, 1.75 ERA, 1.84 FIP, 0.99 bbFIP)
Sergio Santos missed over half the season due to injury, but when he was healthy he was incredibly dominant. With the innings pitched minimum set at 25 IP, only Koji Uehara posted a lower bbFIP. Santos gave up a grand total of 5 line drives in 90 batters faced, which equals out to 8.6% of balls in play. In fact, Santos had a ridiculous 1:14 unintentional BB/K. If you look at the largest portion of bbFIP; Line Drives, Strikeouts, Unintentional Walks, Hit By Pitches and Infield Flyballs, Santos recorded a total of 7 negative events (2 UBB, 5 LD) and 30 positive events (28 K, 2 IFFB). His 4.29 Positive per Negative ratio was second in the league with the same 25 IP bar, again to Koji Uehara. The league average ratio for positive:negative events was 0.96.
Brett Cecil (60.2 IP, 2.82 ERA, 2.88 FIP, 2.60 bbFIP)
I know a few Jays fans who since 2011 have been calling for Brett Cecil to move to the pen. As a former college reliever whose stuff had taken a step back when moved to the rotation, there was some hope it would tick up in the pen, and did it ever. With a new, fantastic cut fastball, Brett Cecil's strikeout rate hit rose to 28%, compared to his career 16.6% rate as a starter, as well as gaining a good 3-4 MPH on the fastball. Cecil's Ground ball rate increased to over 50% for the first time in his career. The high GB rate combined with the solid positive to negative ratio (1.42), in large part due to an excellent 3.04 K/BB ratio lead to the second best bbFIP on the Blue Jays.
Juan Perez (31.2 IP, 3.69 ERA, 3.71 FIP, 2.66 bbFIP)
An unlikely hero at the beginning of the season, Juan Perez became a go too long man out of the bullpen for John Gibbons. While his unorthodox delivery lead to a partially torn UCL, Perez used it to cause deception, and went 22 innings before giving up his first earned run of the season. He imploded after that though, giving up 13 runs in 9.2 innings, and seeing his K/BB drop from 3.5 before, to 2.2 after those 9.2 innings. It wasn't entirely surprising, Juan Perez was 35 and had never managed to stay on a team for a full major league season, and bullpens are a haven for small sample craziness. Perez was still legitimately good though. His 1.29 Positive to Negative ratio was solidly above average, but the smaller portion of bbFIP (Groundballs and Flyballs) is what really helped Perez. Perez induced 49 groundballs to a paltry 18 flyballs, and posted a nearly identical GB rate to Aaron Loup (59.9 to 59.8) for the best on the team.
Steve Delabar (58.2 IP, 3.22 ERA, 2.72 FIP, 2.86 bbFIP)
The man of steel, or at least the elbow of steel followed up his impressive audition with the Jays in 2012 with a full season of filth in 2013. He wasn't able to match his 2.58 bbFIP of 2012, but his 2.86 bbFIP was still among the best relievers in baseball in 2013. Delabar's strikeout rate stayed relatively the same from 2012 to 2013 and he saw an increase in popups, but the walk and line drive rates rose as well. Delabar still posted a 1.56 positive to negative ratio and in the end the biggest difference between him and Cecil was the latter's ability to induce groundballs.
Aaron Loup (69.3 IP, 2.47 ERA, 3.32 FIP, 3.03 bbFIP)
There was much speculation among the sabermetric crowd as to whether Loup could repeat his terrific 30 innings sample from 2013, and the answer was a resounding yes as the sidearmer posted a sparkling 2.47 ERA and lead the Blue Jays with 69.1 IP on the season. Loup was an extreme groundball pitcher, with 44% of batters hitting groundballs in 2013, and as such didn't record many outcomes that largely factor into bbFIP. His positive to negative ratio was 1.08, and his 124 GB to 47 FB rate was a massive factor for him.
Casey Janssen (52.2 IP, 2.56 ERA, 2.74 FIP, 3.26 bbFIP)
A fan favourite, Janssen entered the season as a closer for the first time and didn't disappoint. While Gibbons used Janssen very carefully due to injury concerns, Casey managed to post a 1.15 positive to negative ratio that was buoyed by a very good K/BB, which has become a Janssen trademark. Janssen did take a step backwards from 2013 in the K/BB department, which was a large reason as to why his bbFIP rose nearly a third of a run from 2012 to 13. After an abnormally low GB rate in 2012 (42.5%), Janssen saw more balls hit the dirt in 2013 (47.9%), which is much closer to his 48.5% career rate.
Dustin McGowan (25.2 IP, 2.45 ERA, 3.67 FIP, 3.37 bbFIP)
When it comes to Dustin McGowan, it's usually just great to just see him on the field pitching. Though, when he is on the field pitching, he's usually dominating hitters, and despite all the surgeries, he still has some of the best stuff in baseball. A 1.22 positve to negative ratio thanks to low line drive and high K rates helped McGowan post a 2.45 ERA. When McGowan has been at his best in the past an above average groundball rate usually accompanies the strikeouts which is what we saw somewhat in 2013, though it wasn't anywhere close to where he was prior to his massive comeback.
Chad Jenkins (18.1 IP, 1.96 ERA, 3.81 FIP, 3.57 bbFIP)
All of you probably know that I'm a massive Chad Jenkins fanboy, and I have to say I was impressed with Chad Jenkins out of the bullpen. His normally heavy, groundball inducing fastball was somewhat less consistant in the rotation, but out of the pen Jenkins posted a groundball rate of basically 50%, more along the lines of what you would expect from him. Jenkins didn't give up many line drives, and only posted a 1.11 positive to negative ratio, but as we see with someone like Aaron Loup, groundballs can make a huge difference. Jenkins' home might be out of the bullpen for the future, and it looks like there is some hope from him to be an effective long man.
Darren Oliver (49 IP, 3.86 ERA, 4.05 FIP, 3.63 bbFIP)
On the surface, Oliver's season doesn't seem as good as 2o12, and well honestly it wasn't truthfully. Oliver got off to a slow start with a 6.23 ERA over his first 4.1 IP, but followed that up with 26.2 IP of 2.36 ERA ball before finishing the season with a 5.50 ERA over his last 18 IP. When it came right down to it, his 3.63 bbFIP was nearly identical to the 3.60 bbFIP in 2012. His strikeouts dropped, as did his popup rate. On the flip side though, his line drive rate dropped and his ground ball rate rose to the highest it's been since 2010. Overall Oliver had a fine season, but inconsistency did him in.
Neil Wagner (38 IP, 3.79 ERA, 4.13 FIP, 3.93 bbFIP)
Another surprise from spring training, Wagner came in and provided the Jays with adequate relief innings over the course of the season, which just goes to show you how fungible bullpens are. Wagner gave up a massive amount of line drives last year, which really negated his solid pop up and K/BB rates. He still managed to provide average innings, so there isn't much more to say other than Wagner is a solid depth piece.
Brad Lincoln (31.2 IP, 3.98 ERA, 5.48 FIP, 4.36 bbFIP)
The recently departed
Travis Snider Brad Lincoln had what could only be considered a weird year when it comes to bbFIP. He posted horrid K/BB rates, gave up more flyballs than groundballs, but managed to not post an entirely horrible bbFIP. It surely isn't good, or even average, but Lincoln limited line drives and induced a bunch of pop ups. All in all, Lincoln's stay in Toronto was marginal and uninspiring, much like Travis Snider.
Esmil Rogers (31 IP, 4.35 ERA, 4.92 FIP, 5.73 bbFIP)
Simply put, Esmil Rogers was much better as a starter than a reliever last season. Rogers gave up 27 line drives in 31 innings, and posted an atrocious positive to negative ratio (0.47). Basically as a reliever, Rogers didn't have any positives to take away even though in 2012 he posted a much better 3.56 bbFIP, with the strike out rate being the biggest difference between the two seasons.
The Rest
For the last 59.1 IP out of the bullpen (Jeffress, Ortiz, Gonzalez, Redmond, Weber, Luis Perez, Storey, Bush, Romero, Drabek, Germano) posted a 4.21 bbFIP, and a 0.83 positive to negative ratio. The batted ball split was wholly unremarkable as were the K and BB rates. The craziest thing from this group was that in 9 innings out of the bullpen for Ramon Ortiz, he induced 6 pop ups. Luis Perez continued his awesomeness from 2012 and Mickey Storey continued to not get an opportunity despite good numbers. Why he keeps getting pushed off the 40 man is beyond me.
The Blue Jays bullpen performed extremely well in 2013 and has a bunch of talent and depth. With how inconsistent bullpens are from year to year nothing is guaranteed, but the Blue Jays should once again have a solid bullpen barring any upcoming moves that we haven't seen yet.
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Jun 5, 2014 - From staff reportsFunds will go toward the Kids eXtreme programs.
Devon Energy recently donated $5,000 to four Wyoming State Parks and their Kids eXtreme programs.
The parks include Keyhole State Park, Boysen State Park, Sinks Canyon State Park and Medicine Lodge State Archaeological Site, all located in counties where Devon has operations.
The Devon donation will be used by the four parks in various ways. The money Boysen State Park received will go toward the Kids eXtreme Youth Fishing Derby.
The money Sinks Canyon State Park received will be used to complete the Kids' Corner Treehouse project in the Sinks Canyon Visitor Center. The treehouse will have viewing scopes that will allow youth to view bird and animal mounts in the facility and their living counterparts in the park.
About Devon
Devon Energy is an independent energy company engaged in the exploration, development and production of natural gas and oil.
In Wyoming, Devon has roughly 160 employees and operates primarily in four areas: the Powder River Basin, Wind River Basin, Big Horn Basin and Washakie Basin.
For more information, visit www.devonenergy.com.
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Caroline Charles London Fashion Week spring/summer 2012 catwalk report
Charles crowned short, belted jackets and wide-legged trousers with an array of straw boaters, floppy round hats and wide-brimmed panamas - all in pale straw colours and whites, balanced on pretty plaited buns.
Dresses were worn loosely fitted and elegant. Ladylike, on-the or below-the-knee lengths dominated with the odd ankle-length gown appearing usually with long sleeves nipped in at the wrist in contrast to the short and sleeveless shorter offerings.
The daywear collection had a distinctly Great Gatsby air - stylish and refined. The sort of thing you'd want to wear to eat strawberries and sip tea in the garden of some country manor... Little lace driving gloves even appeared.
Following a western "on-the-praire" theme we noted on the Paul Costelloe catwalk, Charles also accented her shirts and frocks with bolo ties worn in bows at the neck.
Bows and sashes were noticeable on the wide bands of the hat as well as nipping in waists of dresses, shirts and jackets.
Check pants, fitted shirts and ankle-length pants with turn-ups followed with floral print dresses à la Maggie Gyllenhaal.
Caroline Charles sent most of her models down the catwalk in dark sunglasses and low, silver, peep-toe heels but for a selection of loosely fitting wide-leg pant suits, models went barefoot.
The red, navy and neutral colourways gave way to evening wear in navy and black.
Sequins and lace made an appearence but the real focus was pattern picked out in silver and diamante beads scattered liberally over shirts and dresses and clustered at the necklines, cuffs and backs.
Caroline Charles spring/summer 2012 - elegant and refined as always.


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Wonder Woman #28 Steam Punk Variant Grading Order
It is my opinion that this, as well as [URL="http://www.blowoutcards.com/forums/comic-buy-sell-trade/649949-superman-wonder-woman-5-steam-punk-variant-grading-order.html#post6495711"]Superman/ Wonder Woman #5[/URL] will be the two hottest Steam Punk Variants. I'm offering grading orders on both.
For anyone new to our little grading club. As payments come in, your slot is marked paid and a number is attached to your slot from 1 to the total number of books. So if you pay first, you get the first slot, which will be book serial numbered 001 on the order. All CGC books are serial numbered once they get into their system ending in 001 to how many get sent in total - If you were in the 1st slot, you will receive book 001 for that slot, second slot, book 002, and so on. You'll also get whatever that particular slot grades in at. I do my very best to only send 9.8 candidates in, but make no guarantees on grades.
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This is one of the few modern comics I wish I would still have.
Great cover!
I though I was crazy when I picked one up the WW $40 (raw) last year. Sometimes crazy wins I guess :)
I did get the Supes/WW for a lot cheaper though
I got a little excited when I saw this grading order.
I have to track down he one I have to see the condition. Thanks for the alert Indy.
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A Look We Love: Retro Skirts
We love the late 80's vibe of these mini skirts and think this era in fashion is going to be big again for Spring. Take a look at the Spring 09 collections of brands like Obedient Sons & Daughters, Lyn Devon, or Opening Ceremony and you'll see a distinct nod to this time in fashion. Pair these skirts with a buttoned-up blouse and a one-sided mane and you'll be the most fashionable kid at school--we promise!


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This infographic put together by the folks at dutchcrafters.com reveals the true daily lives of the Amish, their customs, and a look at the violent discrimination they faced in 16th and 17th century Europe. While it may be difficult for you to fathom the idea of leading a similar lifestyle, take a moment to learn about the Amish. You may be surprised by what you read.
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