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Nobody's Perfect: Robert De Niro
Nobody's Perfect
I'm answering the calling cry from a REAL Hollywood patriot, John Voight, who asked all bloggers to give some heartache back to Mr. Robert De Niro, due to this homemade tape he made attacking Donald Trump.
Okay. Here I go. I'm going down the low road of De Niro, and you can blame him.
So—- De Niro is REALLY good at playing a mean, obnoxious, Mafia thug. He's made himself rich, basically…by just playing the same character over, and over, and over and over and over, and over, and over, and over, again. In fact, the few times he played a character that wasn't a thug, he still seemed to be, the Mafia thug.
It's the only character in his repertoire, and so, as we see in the video, no surprise! He really IS a Mafia thug. The Clinton's Mafia thug.
De Niro is proof of it's who you know. And evidently, De Niro knows ALL the Mafia thugs that ever lived. He's just so GOOD at playing an asshole. And here we see, he isn't acting.
He is one.
Roberts is a very loyal fan of the Clintons. Once upon a time, he was caught up in a prostitution ring in France, (where he has a second home.) I'm sure Bill and Robert have many fond memories of wild nights out on the town. He lobbied Congress not to impeach his dear friend.
It didn't work.
He was also made an Italian citizen.
There have been YEARS when he hasn't even been in America. He's a very rich globalist and probably doesn't give his fans the time of day.
So, Robert, guess what? Do you realized that you just revealed what a…well use all the words you just said and multiply them tenfold.
Do you really think, that the Clintons' have had NOTHING To do with the state of our country? NAFTA didn't get rid of your job, but hey, I understand. You travel the world, so America is just a country where you make your movies glorifying sex, violence, and thugs, and own a few restaurants around the world.
Be glad you're an old fart and that nobody cares about you anymore. I doubt if you could draw ten people into a local movie theatre to see you play another version of yourself in the years to come, after this video.
I won't buy the ticket that's for sure.
In fact, be sure and tell your dear friends, the Clintons, that if Hillary gets into the White House, millions of us will be canceling our cable, so that we don't have to see not only YOUR face, but her ugly puss on every channel. Forty years have been too much exposure for a good patriot to bear.
Will I miss all your old movies?
Maybe, maybe not. It won't matter, because more than likely, I won't have electricity to watch them even if I wanted to. Hillary will probably tear down the rest of the coal plants.
If she passes a law, this nobody won't know about it. I will claim the "Hillary" excuse…I didn't know what "C" meant.
(Well, actually, when it comes to Hillary, I do.)
Only a very ugly (Or very afraid somebody is about to take his money) man would say this stuff. And stupid? You call Donald stupid?
Did he call YOU stupid?
What a big bully. And while you were going around doing your tough guy act, Trump was giving people jobs. You know, those little people you like to feel yourself so superior to?
The average man on the street has more courage, than you.
While you have the right to make this video, we also have the right to say what we think of YOU.
If Donald wins, then please..go back to your house in France.
Anybody that loves Hillary Clinton left America a LONG time ago.
And let me use your own words, said in passionate moments of almost all of the famous characters that you played on films, let me say to you,
In words you will understand:
*F__k you." *F___K YOU." "F__k you! "
I repeated that three times so that you would understand, since you seem to have trouble remembering your lines while your acting, and just repeat the same phrase until the next line comes into your head. Now, THAT's stupid.
What did this video tell the Americans that are voting for Trump?
The Clintons must be VERY scared, and you let us know that…so…thanks.
The Rich, the Poor, and Aretha Franklin
Nobody Wins
I was watching the Kennedy Honors program last night on TV…and is it any wonder why millions of Americans tune into this stuff? Aretha Franklin in a full length mink coat singing "You make me feel like a natural woman" (Obama's new theme song) and then throwing her mink on the floor…it made me want to call up James Brown on the phone. ..and say.
"Hey, James! Aretha just stole your act! She just up did you one…. You just threw your cape on the ground..Aretha threw her million dollar MINK on the ground! She STOLE your signature move!"
Okay. James is dead. But…it was pretty cool.
Yes, if you want to see the great divide between the rich and the poor, all you had to do was watch the rich elites of the liberal Washington D.C. (no conservatives allowed) put on their finest diamonds, display their million dollar dental work, and celebrate themselves and all their liberal friends.
The Americans stole this idea from the Queen of course. The Kennedy Honors are the American Version of the Queen getting her command performances from various talents to perform for her. One remembers the brilliant line John Lennon's said when the Beatles first preformed before the Queen:
"Will the people in the cheaper seats just clap your hands, and the rest of you, just rattle your jewelry." (see video above)
History proves…we THINK things are changing, but they remain ever the same.
The rich rule over us all.
At first, Obama wasn't there. We got big pictures of the communist Valerie Jarrett sitting next to Queen Michelle. And the first honoree was the much abused Puerto Rican, Rita Moreno, who somehow managed, against GREAT American prejudice and racists odds, to make a very nice living dancing and singing, in America, and probably hanging out with Bill Crosby.
And then there was Steven Spielberg's tribute to George Lucas…who will NOT get the proceeds from any more Star Wars Laser swords, although, they are still selling stuffed Yoda dolls. George recently called Disney "white slaves" and so you have to wonder WHY Obama didn't show up until after the Lucas award…it could have been a snub. Probably because Lucas or Spielberg is now supporting Hillary.
And then, it wouldn't be complete without the Secretary of State, John Kerry, getting to introduce his best bud, James Taylor—
Hopefully the French were watching.
Last night I found out that..surprise…Carol King didn't write any of the words to her music, her husband did! All these years they let you think she did it all herself.
Yes, the rich were out having a fabulous time at the Kennedy Center being entertained, and then Obama flew off to his Hawaiian vacation:
While all private vacations are paid for in part out of the first family's own money, taxpayers cover the bulk of the flight cost and all of the cost for Secret Service detail. The most recent data shows that the 2013 Christmas vacation by the Obama family in Hawaii cost taxpayers $8.09 million.
Not a care in the world. Tell me, how much of their own money did they fork out? Nobody Knows.
For the last three days, I have been mopping up water in my basement. People all over St. Louis are out fighting the massive flood waters, many of them losing their homes because most insurance companies do NOT cover flood loss. Tornadoes just devastated Texas…and I thought it rather creepy that a lot of people were killed in the George W. Bush Freeway.
Iran is threatening our battle ships, China is angry, ISIS has camps all across America, and yet, Obama, the King of America, has not a care in the world. The country, it's roads, it's infrastructure, it's people. are falling into a third world abyss, and he is out playing golf, watching movies…Obama is the TOP of the 1 percent..
And yet, you can bet your Aretha Franklin mink that when he gets to his last state of the union speech, all that has happened weather wise in December, will be blamed on 'global warming.' None of us will ever know how much of this was a natural event with a dash of weather engineering.
This morning two black ladies named Indiana, and Rose came to my door.
"Good news! The end is coming." they said, as they handed me their flyers.
"We will soon all be with Jesus."
I thought to myself …even Jesus could not take me far enough away from Obama.
And on that happy note, I'm taking tomorrow and New Year's Day off.
Noah…is waiting for me…
….and so, let's let George Carlin give us the New Year's Eve Nobody Wins, thoughts for 2016. And forget about 2015 forever more.
It was a hell of a year.
Nobody Remembers Rutherford B. Hayes Who Warned Us About Davos
Nobody Remembers….
"Abolish plutocracy if you would abolish poverty."…Rutherford B. Hayes
Life is unfair. It always has been, and always will be…and the fact that some men can grasp vast riches and power over millions of other people has always been with us, since the first caveman got the best cave and all the available goats…I mean women…..and because of THAT…men have always been trying to invent political systems to keep a few men from ruling over the rest of us. From James Madison to Karl Marx, the fight to equalize the riches has been just that…a continuous fight, and the fact that some men should NOT have power over the masses, never seems to end.
History shows us that one rich men, in power, can kill off millions of humans.
And NO political system has kept those rich men from rising, and becoming tyrants…so far. America was the best shot at it, but…it didn't last long. Money buys votes, power, and Presidents.
This week, the rich men of the world gather at Davos as they do every year to discuss their vast wealth, and how to keep that vast wealth. But its gone beyond just amazing fortunes–they want to control our very lives.
It's pretty simple really. We are…the cattle, they are…the 'shepherds." (I thought that was nice of me to call them that.)
Bill Gates announced he wants all third world countries to go completely cashless. Al Gore wants to round us all up in cities, and put us tiny apartments, where we won't have to own any cars. Eric Schmidt ( of Google) wants eventually for everyone to have chips in their bodies so that we are all plugged into one big Google Matrix.
This global world dominated by a few men is not just a conspiracy anymore, they come right out and say what they want, and how it will happen. To them, it's a done deal.
And then there's Al Greene:
Billionaire Jeff Greene, who amassed a multibillion dollar fortune betting against subprime mortgage securities, says the U.S. faces a jobs crisis that will cause social unrest and radical politics.
"America's lifestyle expectations are far too high and need to be adjusted so we have less things and a smaller, better existence," Greene said in an interview today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. "We need to reinvent our whole system of life."
"We" means he thinks we should shut up if we don't like his "better existence" plans for us.
From Forbes:
- Almost half of the world's wealth is now owned by just one percent of the population.
- The wealth of the one percent richest people in the world amounts to $110 trillion. That's 65 times the total wealth of the bottom half of the world's population.
- The bottom half of the world's population owns the same as the richest 85 people in the world.
- Seven out of ten people live in countries where economic inequality has increased in the last 30 years.
- The richest one percent increased their share of income in 24 out of 26 countries for which we have data between 1980 and 2012.
- In the US, the wealthiest one percent captured 95 percent of post-financial crisis growth since 2009, while the bottom 90 percent became poorer
There was another American President who thought the rich were a big problem. His name was Rutherford B. Hayes, our 19th President. And even though he was a republican, he sounds just like Obama. Rutherford B. Hayes was so tired of the rich men, that he thought the riches of any one man or corporation should be limited and after that redistributed to the public.
Here's a few pages from his diary:
March 18,. Thursday: At Toledo yesterday and until 1 p.m. today. At Father Hannan's St. Patrick's Institute last evening. I spoke of the danger from riches in a few hands, and the poverty of the masses. The capital and labor question. My point is that free government cannot too long endure if property is largely in a few hands and large masses of the people are unable to earn homes, education, and a support on old age.
December 4. Sunday: In church it occurred to me that it is time for the public to hear that the giant evil and danger in this country, the danger which transcends all others, is the vast wealth owned or controlled by a few persons. Money is power. Excessive wealth in the hands of the few means extreme poverty , ignorance, vice, and wretchedness as the lot of the many.
Rutherford B. Hayes, did not run for reelection because of his views about the rich. The republican party discarded him. But, he did take the military out of the South and stopped the Chinese cheap labor immigration so that the Americans could have those railroad jobs.
This election, it will cost each Presidential candidate over 5 BILLION dollars to run. It's bordering on the absurd.
You know, Americans really haven't cared in the past how much the rich make, but…when they start telling us we can't EVER reach for the stars, and we can't eat this, and we can't do that, and they want to control our lives, our children's lives, AND our deaths, I think it's time to agree..
This needs to stop.
The biggest threat to mankind is NOT global warming, it's the rich snobs who have gone into a sort of megalomania utopian fever. They are going to kill us LONG before mother nature.
Life is not fair, but the tyranny of a World plutocracy ruling us all…is…well, let's just say….not pretty.
Obama wants to 'tax the rich'. President Hayes might have said the same thing.
But in the world of Davos, the "rich" is NOT them. It's you, and me and they want MORE of what little money we have left.
How do you break up their monopoly on wealth and power?
That's a question as old as man.
Does the U.N. PAY Jolie and Leo? And How MUCH?
Nobody Wonders
Confession: I have a weakness for the magazine, Vanity Fair. Oh sure, I know it's has a BIG liberal bias, but I need to know how the elite of the world really live. To this lower middle class woman, it seems like they all live on another planet.
And I just found out something that I never have given much thought, simply because the rich always come off as being, good, generous, talented, superior, and caring, don't they?
In almost every issue–there will be pages of pictures that will show various charity functions for all the liberal's favorite causes, and you see the usual famous Hollywood faces: Clooney, Fonda, Reiner, Spielberg…etc. And I've ALWAYS thought that these people just go to these things to get their pictures seen with the right cause, for their image, and because they really truly are bleeding hearts for the poor, along with massive guilt complexes for being so rich.
Ha ha ha ha! Guess what? They get PAID to attend those stupid things. Paid.
And for those of you who watch the red carpet at all the Movie awards show, and have to listen to all the movie stars talk about what they are wearing, that's another sweet paycheck. Here I thought the fashion industry was just donating their dresses…to get known.
(Yes, my naiveté knows no bounds when it comes to fashion…I buy my tennis shoes at Kmart.)
From Slave of the Red Carpet, Vanity Fair, March, 2014:
A star could be paid $ 125,000 for wearing earrings, $75,000 for wearing a necklace, $50,000 for wearing a bracelet, and $25,000 for wearing a rings. Gwyneth Paltrow was offered approximately $1 million plus round trip first class airfare to wear Chinese jewelry designer Anna Hu's diamond cuff to the Oscars in 2012, a deal brokered by her stylist and manager.
Did you know that when stars attend galas sponsored by some fashion companies, they are paid tens of thousands of dollars jut to be there? They are PAID to attend fashions shows.
So, now that we understand the movie stars are marketing themselves for any fool that will pay them, it seems only common sense to assume that those U.N. jobs so many of them take, is also making them millions upon millions of dollars.
BUT…we are made to believe they are doing it out of the goodness of their own hearts aren't we?
Angelina Jolie for instance. She's been an ambassador for years, and maybe like me, you have to wonder if she was PAID to adopt children from all over the world, to promote a one world Utopia under the U.N. I think she has a child from every part of the world.
And last week, at the global march for climate change, Leo DiCaprio took on the look of young Comrade Castro to march for World Peace, which of course can only be done with climate change control.
Leonardo DiCaprio is the latest A-lister to land a role with the UN after it was announced that he will work as a Messenger Of Peace.
"I feel a moral obligation to speak out at this key moment in human history – it is a moment for action," he states. "How we respond to the climate crisis in the coming years will likely determine the fate of humanity and our planet."
Nobody Wonders if Leo's MORAL OBLIGATION doesn't have at least a nice billion dollar contract behind it.
And yet, they are the first ones to attack capitalism…and so, Nobody Wonders if we will ever know how much movie stars are paid to voice certain political opinions, or…are they doing this all for free?
Someone should…ask them. "Uh, Mr. Leo, do you get a salary from the U.N, and may we ask what it is?"
Wouldn't it be a surprise to find out, that WE, the American people are actually buying Leo another mansion….in Dubai.
Nobody's Perfect: Bruce Levenson VS Lois Lerner
Nobody's Perfect:
This week's we have two people who realized they sent some pretty damaging emails:
Bruce Levenson VS Lois Lerner.
Let's take Bruce first:
It seems two years ago, Bruce Levenson, the owner of the Atlantic Hawks, sent an email to the Hawks general manager trying to figure out how to actually start making money with his team. Unlike in other cities, white people were NOT coming to the games, and the blacks who were attending, were just not spending much money.
"Over the past several years, I've spent a lot of time grappling with low attendance at our games and the need for the Hawks to attract more season ticket holders and corporate sponsors," Levenson said in the statement. "Over that time, I've talked with team executives about the need for the Hawks to build a more diverse fan base that includes more suburban whites, and I shared my thoughts on why our efforts to bridge Atlanta's racial sports divide seemed to be failing.
"I have told them I want some white cheerleaders and while I don't care what the color of the artist is, I want the music to be music familiar to a 40 year old white guy if that's our season tixs [sic] demo," Levenson wrote in the email. "I have also balked when every fan picked out of crowd to shoot shots in some timeout contest is black. I have even bitched that the kiss cam is too black."
The KISS cam is too black? Whoa. That's low.
What's a poor Jewish white guy owner to do? Why—- confess! And apologize! And show the whole world what a bigoted racist he is!
Does he think Obama might give him a job as the new Czar of basketball? With this kind of white liberal remorse, he might even get a buyer for the team, like that rich liberal Ted Turner. Or China? or Russia! He could very well get a few billion for his white liberal guilt. .
Stupid, he isn't.
White people don't want to go into a black neighborhood and listen to rap music at the game, so he says.
Do BLACK people go into white neighborhoods to watch hockey and listen to AC/DC?
What am I missing here? (money)
And then there's the Lois Lerner who "lost' her emails, and nearly every email in the whole IRS data bank that had the word Obama and Tea Party in it. Never mind that the NSA has it.
The IRS…doesn't.
"First it was only Lois Lerner," Rep. Issa said. "Now we learn there are 5 others, several months after the administration supposedly came clean about email losses.
But WAIT!
"The committee has recently learned that Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration has identified 760 IRS exchange server drives from the relevant period that currently exist and could contain Ms. Lerner's emails."
What? After ALL this time we find out all these missing emails might be somewhere else?
Have they tried looking in Hawaii?
Okay, this isn't going to be too hard. Who do you think wins the Nobody's Perfect Award for the week?
Is it the white, Jewish, and racist basketball owner who has been trying to sell this loser of a team for over two-year and he can't find a buyer?
Or is it the "I did nothing wrong' liberal tea party racist, who is protecting not only her own deep hatred of tea party citizens, but the fact that the orders to bully and threaten conservatives with the IRS was a plan from the White House all along?
And wouldn't it be nice if, like Bruce Levenson, Lois Lerner brought ALL her 'lost' emails to Congress and said the very same thing that Bruce did?
Wouldn't it be GREAT if she handed over her emails, and then said the same exact words to the public, that Bruce said–which were:
"If you're angry about what I wrote, you should be. I'm angry at myself, too. It was inflammatory nonsense."
Of course it would, and that's why Lois Lerner wins the Nobody's Perfect Award for the…year.
It's one thing to try to make a buck selling a losing team, it's quite another to illegally harass good citizens with the IRS like a SS Gestapo sergeant-of-arms in heat, and then shred all evidence of your crime, and then LIE about it all, all the while collecting your taxpayer pensions.
Next to Lois Lerner, Levenson looks like…the varsity team in Obama's back yard.
Personally, I think they'd make a very cute couple.
Nobody's Fool: David Icke
Nobody's Fool
David Icke is known, next to Alex Jones, as the conspiracy-nut King. I happen to like the guy. I suspect that the reason why nobody takes him seriously is because he fully supports the idea that Reptilian aliens are actually controlling the planet from the moon.
If only…..
But…having put that lovely thought out, I do think David is an expert on the Global elites, because, COME ON. We have all heard–every single global leader talk about their "New World Order" in fact, Kissinger just mentioned it last week. They DO all have a goal, and its to 'order' the world.
Notice how Obama said in his last speech that ISIS will be 'managed'?
When Isis says it wants us all to die, that's not a conspiracy, that's a fact, and David's ideas in this video are well worth listening to.
And when most of the global leaders in the world, keep talking about their plans for a "New World Order"—- I believe them. I take them at their word. And that's the stuff the David Icke is a master at…he makes you look, listen, watch and think, about the global chess game.
And if you don't believe in conspiracies, I have a question for you: How often do you conspire during the day?
Right now, my biggest conspiracy is to get my husband to mow the lawn for one…more…weekend. It's NOT going to be easy. Do I cook a great meal? Complain that I just had my stitches taken out? Mention that I lost my bank card in the high grass?
(Suggestions welcomed.)
So, Congratulations David! You win the Nobody's Fool award of the week, for great thinking. (Even though this was filmed last June.)
Keep up the good fight!
Blacks Need an Obama Message: "Come into the 21st Century"
Nobody Wins.
Many of you know, that, before my retirement, I was a musician. For over 30 years I was in various bands as a drummer. And in the many bands I was with, there was at least one black musician. I was in one band, where the leader was black, and he treated his 'white' band like slaves. Truly. He never helped set up equipment, and he always hired white musician to back him. This was…years ago. He's actually still around, because he was and still is, a good singer.
So, when I saw this video being played on FOX News, I though of only one thing: Jamie Fox was calling up white guys to dance–to make fun of them. Trust me when I say, that most black musicians always considered themselves to be superior to any white musician that ever existed.
It's just the way it is. And by the way….why do ALL the very richest and most powerful people in America all take the same vacation on the same island?
But the real reason this is upsetting is that it shows you that the white politicians in this video, wanted to show the 'black' liberals so badly that they like blacks and are not prejudice, they made fools of themselves.
It's no secret that Jamie Fox thinks Obama is god. He looks down on all whites, and is about as racist as you can be.
Did Paul McCartney, John McCain, and Chris Christie know they were being made fools of, in order for the blacks to laugh at them? Why didn't he get Joe Biden up to dance?
Nobody Wins, when the blacks in power are more racists than the whites they complain about
And I can't wait to hear what Jamie Fox has to say next, can you? And by the way…not all blacks can dance.
Are you just about sick of this black VS white stuff as I am?
It makes you want to say an Obama: "You people NEED to come into the 21st century."
"Service" Jobs will be EQUAL, say Karl and Christine
Nobody Reports
In these days of Obama, if you don't live in the 7 richest counties surrounding our Nation's Capital, likely you are couponing now.
My husband and I did just that last week. I had gotten a "Buy one get one free" meal at Denny's and saving ten dollars off the check was real exciting for us.
Thomas, the waiter was more than friendly. In fact, almost to a fault. And I noticed that everybody was asking for "Thomas" as they came in the door. This guy was being smart. At the end of our meal, he asked us to please always request him when we came to eat.
"So Thomas," I said. "How long have you been a waiter?"
"Well, I used to work as a waiter in a little town not far from here, but the waiters had to put all the tips in a pot and split it evenly. I felt I was getting ripped off. Here, I get to keep my own tips."
Sadly, I hear more and more restaurants are doing this. Far be it for one waiter to make more money than the rest because he WORKS harder!
And I just read this from the Blaze:
Shaina Brown is a single mother who works two jobs to support her three kids, so when a patron at the Waffle House where she works said, "I'm going to bless you tonight," and gave her a $1,000 tip, she was ecstatic.
But guess what? The manager contacted the customer and told him he couldn't put that much on his credit card, so they took it off.
So now, even the poorest of the poor, working in "service" jobs, are being told they must 'share' whatever they make.
It's communism with an American Happy Face.
This is the new economic policy of our great wealthy leaders of the world. They see their own tremendous greed has made them richer than they could imagine…and they don't blame themselves, oh no, they blame capitalism At a meeting where they all got together to discuss the problem with 'capitalism" (read here) this was said:
The morning's keynote address was delivered by Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund. She quoted both Karl Marx's prediction that capitalism "carried the seeds of its own destruction," and Pope Francis' characterization of increasing inequality as "the root of social evil." She came out against a favorite centrist reaction to rising inequality—"that ultimately we should care about equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome." The problem, Madame Lagarde said, was that opportunity could never be equal in a deeply unequal society. She called for more progressive income tax systems and greater use of property tax.
Right. TAX the poor guy some more. That ought to work. NOW that they've all made their trillions, they want the rest of us to live under communism.
But, until the world become the plutocratic moronic communistic universe–
I plan to ask for Thomas.
So WHY Did Pam Anderson Reveal Her "Abuse" by Men…now?
Nobody Flashes
It's the YEAR OF THE WOMAN! Every cable network, morning talk show, liberal blog, is pounding the new theme that they hope will get their woman of year elected.
And their main nemesis…is the evil man.
Pamela Anderson, has cut her hair in Hillary style fashion, and remade herself into a spokeswoman for the noble causes of the elites:
Actress Pamela Anderson stunned guests at the launch of her charity foundation by detailing a catalogue of horrific sexual abuse during her childhood.
The shock revelation came as she unveiled The Pamela Anderson Foundation, which will focus on environmentalism and animal rights activism, in front of a crowd of more than 200 during the Cannes Film Festival in France on Friday.
She took to a podium to address revelers and spoke about how her deeply troubled past had prompted her love of nature.
The "Baywatch" star said, "I feel now might be the time to reveal a few of my most painful memories. At the risk of over-exposing myself, again, or being inappropriate, again, I thought I might share with you why I am doing this."
Anderson has previously revealed she was raped when she was 12-years-old, but she shocked the crowd by detailing a string of abusive incidents, alleging she was molested by a female babysitter at the age of six and gang-raped as a teen by a group of young men.
Sadly, rape is not uncommon on this planet, and evil men and women are all over the place. I have always thought Pamela's taste in drug-addicted men, showed her own low self- esteem. Is it any wonder she married such low lifers? And even though she had 'loving' parents, some kind of detachment was there. Clearly, the sex goddess needs constant attention.
But…having said all that, the fact that she is coming out at this moment in the run up to the first female President in history does not go unnoticed. Why the silence all these years? Why now?
Whether the 'sexual' abuse stories, are true or not (We don't really know do we?) they will be used to promote the further power of the 'woman' in government, and how all women are 'abused."
Along with the polar bears, who I'm sure, Pamela finds a need to save,
And one other question: If someone is abused so terrible because of sex, would you want to keep flaunting your 'sex'? Maybe psychiatrists can explain this one….there has to be more to this than meets the eye.
In the meantime guys, don't worry. I'm sure Pamela will keep the men in eye candy until the day she dies. She is following Bridget Bardot's golden year path.
Will Conchita Save the World?
Nobody Flashes
When you watch the video below, go ahead and admit…it's creepy. The Russians think it creepy. Yes, a bearded lady, transvestite, who perhaps will become the new Poster/Jesus/boy/girl/ symbol for the New World Order—is all the rage in Europe and just won the 2104 Eurovision Song Contest.
Russian is having a wild time with it:
After last night's 2014 song contest in Copenhagen, Russian state television broadcast a debate on her victory, as politicians and celebrities launched a hate-filled attack.
Outspoken ultranationalist MP Zhirinovsky called this year's result "the end of Europe," saying: "There is no limit to our outrage.
"It has turned wild. There are no more men or women in Europe, just it ."
I have to agree…since the Europeans have been protected by the United States for all these years, they have gotten soft, but if the end of Europe comes, it will be the Muslims who take it over by sheer numbers.
It's not the fact that this—guy dressed up as a girl,( I can't tell…but the hips are a man.) won because the song is good, and the voice is nice, it's that she/it is presented as a lesson in how the Europeans can feel good about themselves for accepting someone who is not like them, as the example that being gay/transvestite/whatever is actually a good thing.
If that's the ONLY thing that makes them all feel special than Europe was lost a long time ago.
Be sure, Conchita Wurst was a well conceived plan by the elites who are running the world, to further the propaganda to break up the family, and promote gays. Men are the ones who have always stopped the tyrants. The less men in the world, the better from their point of view.
Will the Conchita's of the world save Europe?
"I really dream of a world where we don't have to talk about unnecessary things like sexuality, where you're from or who you love. This is not what it's all about."
Like I said….creepy.
It's Official: America is an Oligarchy
Nobody Gets Email
There was a report done at Princeton and low and behold, even the rich claim that America..is an oligarchy.
.GEE, ya THINK!
The US government does not represent the interests of the majority of the country's citizens, but is instead ruled by those of the rich and powerful, a new study from Princeton and Northwestern Universities has concluded. The report, entitled Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens, used extensive policy data collected from between the years of 1981 and 2002 to empirically determine the state of the US political system. After sifting through nearly 1,800 US policies enacted in that period and comparing them to the expressed preferences of average Americans (50th percentile of income), affluent Americans (90th percentile) and large special interests groups, researchers concluded that the United States is dominated by its economic elite. The theory of "biased pluralism" that the Princeton and Northwestern researchers believe the US system fits holds that policy outcomes "tend to tilt towards the wishes of corporations and business and professional associations."
Yes, the rich rule. The rich Supreme Court also said that the corporations can give as much money as they want to candidates, because they are 'people' and giving money is free speech.
I love it. At the same time they are trying to pass a "hate" speech law in Congress. Will they say that George Soros giving 2 billion dollars to liberals is obscene?
No, they will fine you if you talk against Obama.
We donate $5.00. They donate billions.
If you are a politician, who you gonna call? Comrades we are pretty much …screwed. But what is really funny, is they had to do research.
They could have just asked me for free.
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Will Michelle Obama Announce the Best Picture Award AGAIN?
Nobody Knows
For the last ten years, I have picked the winner in every category of the Oscars, sitting in my pajama's. How do I do it? It's very easy: Whatever movies presents the 'progressive' agenda the best, gets the prize. Many of these movies don't even make money. Any movie that is conservative is ignored. Remember the movie Passion by Mel Gibson? It didn't even get mentioned.
So—is the movie about how the white man treated the black slave? BIngo! Oscar!
How about gays? Does the movie have a gay or transsexual theme? Bingo! Oscar!
Is the woman suffering because of some white male? Bingo! Oscar!
The only reason to watch the Oscars is to see all the stars, in their dresses, and gossip about them.
The big question tonight is: Will Michelle Obama make another appearance in a special video, congratulating them all and addressing the American people about how wonderful it all is and how we should all adore, gays, thin people, black people, Hispanic people, but not those cruel and ignorant white people who so unfairly do not like the President because he's black?
Last year Michelle Obama announced the best picture award. Will she announce it this year since it will be about black slaves?
And how many people will not see the obvious connection between Washington and the White House?
Frankly–we might as well have Putin announce it.
American can do propaganda better than any other country in the world…because WE have Hollywood!
Lucky us.
Yes, to be sure either one, or both of them will appear…
And that's why they invented….the drinking game.
Obama's House of Cards
Nobody's Opinion
Right before this interview today on George Stephanopoulos This Week, they showed "President" Obama talking about Kevin's Spacey's very popular Netflix program: House of Cards. (I could NOT find Obama's take anywhere on Youtube) Obama laughed as he usually does when caught in a lie, and remarked that House of Cards was simply a fantasy, but he sure wished that he was like Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey's character) because he could get a lot more done.
If you haven't seen House of Cards, it's like the West Wing, but more realistic.
Obama's comment reminded me of a comment that President George W. Bush's Quote made while HE was President.
"I told all four that there are going to be some times where we don't agree with each other, but that's OK. If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I'm the dictator," Bush joked.—CNN.com, December 18, 2000
Every conservative that watches Frank Underwood on House of Cards, thinks he is watching every democratic politician that every graced the halls of power. George Stephanopoulos and Obama have gone out their way in interviews to reiterate how NOTHING like the program ever happens in real life Washington D.C..
The problem I have is deciding if Obama is more like Frank Underwood or Tony Soprano. Remember when he said when they bring a knife to the fight, he will bring a gun?
Before you say, "He was just kidding."…ask yourself: Should any politician even talk that way?
House of Cards has become a big hit. As the writer said tonight, where else are you going to find so much drama but in Washington?
Kevin says in the beginning of this interview, most people think that the show is 99 percent correct. Many of us do believe that our politicians, murder, cheat, steal, and do just about everything under the sun, and to think this, is not farfetched at all. It's not a fantasy. Just turn on your TV set.
What's even more impossible to believe, is that so many people still don't think our government would resort to such measures.
But…we know, by the polls, that both Congress and the President are at all-time lows…so I'd say we're getting there. And that's the point: THEY know it too.
(What to do about it? )
We see it right before our eyes. Corruption is at the highest levels of our government and nobody ever goes to jail. The Clintons alone had at least 60 people who worked for them over the years, all mysteriously die—whether by accident, or heart attacks. What are the odds?
When Hillary Clinton, as First Lady, ran into Vince Foster's office to shred documents, after he 'killed' himself, and before the police could get there—well—- it didn't exactly make her look innocent. What was she looking for?
When Obama lies almost every day, even at the expense of people losing jobs and medical care, can we expect him NOT to be capable of murder?
Many Americans think so, and that's why the series is so popular. Kevin is brilliant in House of Cards, but notice, at the end of this interview he makes the same point about politicians that Steve Spielberg made in Lincoln—which is: Presidents must commit a few crimes to get the end result they want. In LBJ's case it was the passage of three civil rights bills. Therefore the ends justify the means. It's the one solid mantra of any 'progressive.' They live by that, and it excuses every single crime they make. That's why Sibelius was never held responsible, or the IRS, never held responsible, or Hillary Clinton, never held responsible….
(Hell, Bill Clinton knowingly gave blood filled with AIDS to Canada while governor of Arkansas, and he was never held responsible.)
Kevin Spacey is a liberal last time I checked, and the new series mentions the Tea Party, the elections coming up…and some themes of liberals, like the "rapes' of the military, and big businesses controlling the White House. But, Kevin's character is a democratic rascal…so House of Cards is going to be a big hit with the majority of the American people, just like 24 was.
But— I remind myself, the very popular 24 helped American get used to the idea of electing the first black President by portraying him as one of the most honest, politicians to ever grace the White House–the actor himself even admitted this:
Haysbert believes that his playing of David Palmer on 24 helped Barack Obama—whom Haysbert supported—to win the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination.[10][11]–Wikipedia
How did that turn out? Obama was NOT the honest President from 24, in fact, he was the exact opposite.
So…Are we being manipulated again, with the very lovable character of Frank Underwood?
Wasn't Tony Soprano lovable? Are you seeing the pattern?
Is the House of Cards just another social propaganda mechanism to get the masses of conservatives left in America, hooked on a pop culture's series, only to find out, that Hollywood puts out the baited hook, you get addicted, then all of a sudden you are accepting the fact that Presidents should be able to kill, cheat, lie and destroy, for the benefit of –the American people?
A ruthless man, is to be admired?
And would Hollywood participate in such deception?
That thought has been a giant dichotomy to me. Why would Steven Spielberg make such a strong stand and support for Israel, and then come out and support Obama.
Or—is it always just about the money?
Do they try to write the truth in-between the lines, but are as duplicitous to the politicians as the politicians are to us?
Nobody Knows, but I wish I did. And that's the theme I am coming up with. Many democrats believe the American people are not capable of running their own lives and only the ELITES know what is good for us, and I've even heard some democrats say that they were GLAD that Obama lied to the people, otherwise Obamacare would have never been passed.
And if that's true, then I think it's about time we blew Obama's flimsy and corrupt House of Cards back to Hollywood.
Frank Underwood, would, I HOPE— be pleased.


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You know the Environmental Working Group's super-helpful list of the most-pesticide-laden fruits and veggies? Well, there's a Big Ag lobby group called the Alliance for Food and Farming that's trying to debunk it. And the USDA just gave the lobbyists $180,000 to aid their smear campaign, The Atlantic reports.
So exactly who's behind the Alliance for Food and Farming? According to SourceWatch, its board of directors includes honchos from the California Strawberry Commission, the California Tomato Farmers, the Produce Marketing Association, and the California Association of Pest Control Advisors, among other industry groups. The AFF's main argument: "Promotion of the 'Dirty Dozen' list actually makes the work of improving the diets of Americans more difficult because it scares consumers away from the affordable fruits and vegetables that they enjoy."
Riiiight. Considering that the EPA freely admits that pesticides can cause "birth defects, nerve damage, cancer, and other effects," it's totally boneheaded to suggest that raising consumer awareness about pesticides is making Americans less healthy. What's more, it's not like the Environmental Working Group is suggesting you give up on produce entirely and stock your fridge with Mountain Dew instead. In fact, EWG explicitly states that the list isn't meant to discourage people from eating their veggies. From the FAQ:
Do all these pesticides mean I shouldn't eat fruits and vegetables?
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The hike is a $58.75 on a home valued at $150,000.
The 2014 budget faced many challenges, said Donna Hunter, director of corporate services. The town had to shoulder decreased funding from provincial grants, a large increase in the OPP contract and hikes to the debt payment, which in total cost the town about $1 million.
The municipality recently took out loans to build Fire Station 1, made upgrades to the Harrow Arena and paid the final costs of the Essex Centre Sports Complex.
As well, gas tax revenues were down, while staff expenses were up with the addition of two new positions.
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Cathrin Schaer, a New Zealand journalist living in Germany, blogs from the 61st Berlin International Film Festival
Nobody at the Berlin film festival really noticed that it was Valentine's Day yesterday. There weren't even any of those guys who sell single roses to random strangers roaming the streets. In fact, it wasn't until the day after that some big love lit up the big screens at one of the world's most important film festivals.
Better late than never, one of the biggest - and possibly weirdest - loves seen onscreen for some time was that of musician and artist Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (Neil Andrew Megson before he changed his name) and partner Lady Jaye (formerly Jacqueline Breyer). The couple met and fell in love when P-Orridge, former singer of legendary experimental noise bands Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV, was bunking down at a friendly dominatrix dungeon - no kidding - in New York.
And you know when you fall in love with someone and you just want to be with them all the time, and you just want to eat them up, to become one person, P-Orridge explains in the documentary The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye by Marie Losier. "Well we wanted to pursue that," he says.
The couple eventually got married. The bride wore a black leather pantsuit and the groom, a white lace dress. And then they decided to take their union step further. Rather than having children - P-Orridge already had two daughters and a vasectomy - the pair decided they would try and become as much like one another as possible.
In fact, they would create an "indivisible third" person, a combination of the two of them that they'd call the "pandrogyne". This project progressed from wearing the same clothes, to the same hair colour and cosmetics, and eventually to plastic surgery.
"In 2003, on Valentine's Day we both got breast implants. We woke up holding hands," P-Orridge narrates over the melange of footage that Losier captured over the space of seven years. "It was a very romantic moment."
It also became a kind of radical art project that the couple wanted to document on film, which is how Losier, a French experimental film maker who met Lady Jaye accidentally when she stepped on her feet at a crowded concert, got involved. Interspersed with intimate scenes out of daily life with the pair and footage of Psychic TV on tour in Europe, Losier also created a series of wonderfully odd tableaus featuring P-Orridge - friends call him "Gen"- complete with paper butterflies and a variety of bizarre costumes. The result is a beautiful, beguiling freaky documentary that is very true to the subjects.
But as Lady Jaye, who sadly died suddenly from a heart condition in 2007, told P-Orridge at one stage, when they were talking about what their epitaphs should say: "I don't care about any of that art sh*t. I just want [this] to remembered as one of the greatest love affairs of all time."
After the screening a tearful P-Orridge joined Losier onstage in Berlin for questions from the audience. P-Orridge calls himself "we" (because it's not gender specific) and since his partner died, he told a mesmerised audience that he has continued with the project they began together - mostly commemorative tattoos but also a breast reduction: "So that my breasts were the same size as hers when she died."
July in March
Also premiering in Berlin today was the second feature film by US artist and director Miranda July. Her first film, You, Me and Everyone We Know, a bittersweet love story that won the Camera d'Or at Cannes, was a favourite of quirky hipsters, indie kids everywhere as well as a whole bunch of 30-somethings who've had trouble "growing up". Same goes for the multi-talented July's short stories, photography and art.
The Future, July's second feature film, is a little bit more bitter than sweet but still speaks to that same group - and maybe to anyone who's ever had trouble getting off Facebook when they're supposed to be doing something else, creative or otherwise. The film is about a couple, Sophie and Jason, who decide to do the right thing by adopting an injured animal. But they worry that once they have a pet that they won't be able to do what they want and that they'll be tied down, so in the month before the pet is due to arrive back from the vet, they plan to quit their unsatisfying jobs and do all the stuff they should have been doing all along. Things get a little surreal with a T-shirt that comes to life and creeps into houses, a talking cat, a chatty moon, a child buried in dirt up to its neck and a form of time travel. And the movie morphs into a charming fable with so many lashings of modern, coffee shop philosophy that your head will be spinning.
Maybe this is why the press conference afterwards was more like a psychotherapy session. The dreamy July, who wrote, directed and starred in the movie, was asked all sorts of deep and meaningfuls. One of the journalists even asked her whether she felt that as human beings, we expected too much from love and relationships. Her reply: "I don't think we do. I think love is pretty important. But I would say that romantic love is pretty different thing, you know, from something like what you'd read about in, say, Room with a View - I loved that book so much!," she exclaimed. "It's another thing, like, oh, religion and actual spirituality. There's, like, enjoyable things to read and look at in religion but it's different from the highs and lows of actually being alive."
And then finally, there is the Czech-Slovakian documentary, Matchmaking Mayor, or Nesvatbov. In this gently humorous film, a local mayor tries to stop his village from dying out by encouraging the various singles in the village to pair up and get frisky. Those singles include 50-somethings who share a bedroom with their mother or, maybe, are short and drink a bit much, then act a little sleazy. But the mayor thinks folks should hook up, so he even arranges a dance and makes the most hilarious announcements on the public broadcast system. "Maybe we can wake up your hormones so you can get together and we can all benefit socially," he says on loudspeakers, a remnant of the Soviet era, strung up all over the town centre. He even invites neighbouring villages to participate. The result is almost as good as Jersey Shore, but without the drinking, swearing or sex - and you do spend the whole time wondering will they, or won't they, get together? Fingers crossed.


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Aftermarket Double din installation???
Hey guys am new to this but I have the 2011 jeep Wk2 Laredo with the stock radio, so no Navi and I want to buy a Pioneer double din with Navi but will ot fit? And where do I get the installation kit? Thanks in advance guys
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Metra Kit
Steering wheel control interface
Can you replace the factory stereo without using a CANbus interface/adapter?
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Not plug and play. You will have to ream out some of the dash plastic to make it fit and you will need an active adapter for the wire harness. If you want to use stearing wheel controls, mics, cameras there may be other addapters. You can contact Crutfield and asked them what it would take to install your head unit, but that's basically what the told me. They do sell the install stuff. There are also a couple threads around her from folks that replaced the radio.
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I highly recommend Crutchfield.com
I've done it and it's not super easy, but not super hard either.
I included a picture of the wiring harness you have to solder together.
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well thanks everyone for the help u really just put it up front for me... and this is way past my aim.... Do u thinks.its just better get the navigation stereo that comes with the limited? Or try to pull this double din project? Is it the same for a single din bro?
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Getting an aftermarket nav unit and having it installed will probably cost the same as buying a 430N and installing it yourself. I opted for the aftermarket headunit because I wanted a bigger screen and more flexibility. I do have a degree in electronics so this was a piece of cake for me. If you go the aftermarket route, have a professional installer do it if you aren't comfortable doing so.
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I recommend crutchfield. They will tell you everything you need plus you can buy an installation card with a local shop for $200.
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PAC Audio has a new interface (RP4-CH11) that, from what I've read, combines the CHY4 and SWI into one module. Plus it retains all the factory stuff.
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I did something similar to what you want to do. I have a Laredo with a Pioneer X930BT double din navigation. I bought the installation kit from metraonline.com, the ipod/iphone adapter from http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...00_i00_details and the unit itself from walmart.com.
Installation was done at my local shop and only took about an hour without any issues.
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I just finished setting mine up with the CH11 kit. It was hard to find and Crutchfield had no idea what I was talking about when I asked them if they had it. It greatly reduced the amount of crap I had to shove back behind the radio (and as stated above, there's not much room, and you do have to "trim" the dash surround a bit).
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Ann Pancake, fiction writer, essayist, and environmental activist, will read from her work at The Georgia Review's sixth annual Earth Day program to be hosted by the State Botanical Garden of Georgia this evening at 7 p.m. in the Day Chapel.
Local music duo Hawk Proof Rooster will open the evening with a brief concert and will also play during a reception that will follow Pancake's presentation.
Pancake currently lives in Seattle, but the West Virginia native's writing, political efforts, and heart remain firmly focused in her home state, where the coal mining industry, in particular the highly controversial process of mountaintop removal, has both supported and devastated the populace in many areas.
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More Earth Day-related events will continue throughout the week, including a talk by UGA ecologist Jim Porter 7 p.m. Wednesday in room 148 of UGA's Miller Learning Center, a free electronics recycling collection 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday at the UGA Intramural Fields, and a volunteer river cleanup on the Middle Oconee River from 3-6 p.m. Friday.
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Jackson Lears: Review of Christopher McKnight Nichols's "Promise and Peril America at the Dawn of a Global Age"Roundup: Books
Jackson Lears teaches American history at Rutgers University. He is the editor of Raritan: A Quarterly Review and the author, most recently, of "Rebirth of a Nation."
Within the Washington political consensus, "isolationist" has long been a synonym for naïve, scared, xenophobic—or all three. No politician who wants to be taken seriously at the national level can afford to be tarred with that brush. From the left, isolationism exudes the sickly-sweet smell of sentimental pacifism; from the right, the acrid aroma of ethnocentric nationalism. Either way, it leaves a stench in the halls of the foreign policy establishment. Isolationism is a bipartisan epithet that gets deployed on Capitol Hill whenever cuts in military spending are contemplated or critiques of overseas intervention are voiced....
...[N]ot even Obama has been immune to charges of isolationism. In a 2011 speech announcing his plans for withdrawing troops from Afghanistan, Obama said: "Over the last decade, we have spent a trillion dollars on war, at a time of rising debt and hard economic times. Now, we must invest in America's greatest resource—our people." This anodyne statement marked "The President's Isolationist Turn," according to an article by former Bush speechwriter Noam Neusner, who claimed that those words "could have been written by an isolationist of the early 20th century." If even Obama can be tagged with this label, then surely it deserves some critical scrutiny. One might start by asking: Just what did isolationists think—and say—in the early twentieth century?
Christopher Nichols provides some provocative answers to that question in Promise and Peril, which is far more intellectually venturesome than its textbookish title suggests. Nichols has written a rediscovery of the isolationist tradition, a thorough and timely account of thinkers as diverse as William James, W.E.B. Du Bois, Randolph Bourne, Eugene Debs and Jane Addams. The book is not flawless: its workmanlike prose contains the occasional misplaced modifier, and at least one quotation is repeated within a page of its first appearance. Also, in his arguments Nichols sometimes makes the isolationist tradition so capacious as to lose its basic coherence, such as when he includes the imperialist Henry Cabot Lodge, whose sole isolationist credential was his opposition to any abridgment of national sovereignty by the League of Nations. Still, Nichols has accomplished a major feat, demonstrating that isolationism was a far richer and more complex intellectual tradition than its critics have ever imagined—one that still speaks to our own time, freshening the stale formulas of the Washington consensus and allowing us to reimagine the role of the United States in the world....
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- 2004 Triumph Daytona 955i
Its rude to stare, though with the 2004 Daytona 955is
newly chiselled twin beams, uncluttered cockpit layout, sleek mirrors, colour-coded
air scoops and svelte new seat cowl, forgivable. Its beauty is much
more than skin-deep though and under the Daytonas sharper exterior there
beats a highly refined fuel-injected 955cc three-cylinder heart. It
provides a heady peak power output of 149PS (147bhp) along with a great spread
of power throughout the rev-range. Peak torque of 100Nm (74ft.lbf) is delivered
at 8,200 rpm. Triumph has long perfected the balance between power and
usability and instant drive in any of the Daytonas six gears is the
reward of the three-cylinder engine layout.
The Daytonas chassis, likewise, provides the perfect blend of stability and responsiveness. Front and rear suspension, 45mm telescopic forks and monoshock respectively, are fully adjustable.
As befits such a powerful machine tyre sizes are 120/70-ZR17 (front) and 190/50-ZR17 (rear), allowing use of the very best sports rubber. Twin four-piston calipers stop the front wheel via 320mm floating discs and a single twin-piston caliper works the rear 220mm disc.
A range of Triumph accessories to further sharpen the Daytonas focus are available, including a high-level oval carbon can (for circuit use only) and double-bubble style screen. Other items like custom-fit soft luggage extend the Daytonas range as a long-distance, real-world sports bike.
Since it was first launched some six years ago the Daytona has proven consistently to be the intelligent superbike choice, offering as it does a unique riding experience and, in terms of ownership, major satisfaction. Nothing has changed and for the beautiful new 2004 Daytona 955i which is available in Jet Black, Tornado Red or Racing Yellow its business as usual. A special edition Daytona, with Jet Black paintwork and textured black finish on the frame, wheels and swingarm will also be available.
Changes for 2004:
- Re-styled cockpit and seat hump for sleeker, more aerodynamic profile.
- Revised headlamp shape, restyled mirrors and new graphics to enhance Daytona family resemblance.
- Improved cockpit infill and colour-matched air-intakes for added refinement.
- Vibrant Racing Yellow paint scheme.
- Special edition available with Jet Black paintwork and black finish on frame, swingarm and wheels.
Colour options:
- Jet Black
- Tornado Red
- Racing Yellow
2004 Triumph Daytona 955i Specifications:
Type Liquid-cooled, DOHC, in-line 3-cylinder
Capacity 955cc
Bore/Stroke 79 x 65mm
Compression Ratio 12.0:1
Fuel System Multipoint sequential electronic fuel injection
Ignition Digital inductive type via electronic engine management system
Primary Drive Gear
Final Drive X ring chain
Clutch Wet, multi-plate
Gearbox 6-speed
Frame Tubular, fabricated aluminium alloy perimeter
Swingarm Single-sided, aluminium alloy with eccentric chain adjuster
Front Alloy 3-spoke, 17 x 3.5in
Rear Alloy 3-spoke, 17 x 6.0in
Front 120/70 ZR 17
Rear 190/50 ZR 17
Front 45mm forks with dual rate springs and adjustable preload, compression and rebound damping
Rear Monoshock with adjustable preload, compression and rebound damping
Front Twin 320mm floating discs, 4 piston calipers
Rear Single 220mm disc, 2 piston caliper
Length 2072mm (81.6in)
Width (Handlebars) 725mm (28.5in)
Height 1165mm (45.9in)
Seat Height 815mm (32.1in)
Wheelbase 1426mm (56.1in)
Rake/Trail 22.5°/78.7mm
Dry Weight 191kg (420lb)
Fuel Tank Capacity 21 litres (5.5 gal US)
PERFORMANCE (Measured at crankshaft to DIN 70020)
Maximum Power 149PS (147bhp) at 10,700rpm
Maximum Torque 100Nm (74ft.lbf) at 8,200rpm
Warranty 2 years, unlimited mileage
Service Intervals 6000 miles or one year, whichever comes first
Riders Association Triumph Membership Included
Specifications are subject to change without notice, in accordance with national regulation and legislations.


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The International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde will visit Kenya on January 5-8, a month after the final disbursement of a three-year, $750 million support loan for the country.
Lagarde will hold talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta and other political and society leaders, the Fund said Thursday.
The IMF has dubbed Kenya one of the continent's "frontier" economies, a low-income country that has been growing strongly for several years and is headed toward the more sustained "emerging market" stage.
The loan program had backed major restructuring of economic policies and strengthening of the government's financial position.
?I am very much looking forward to my visit to underline the fund's strong partnership with Kenya, one of the most dynamic economies in a region that has been a bright spot in the global economy," Lagarde said in a statement.
"Kenya has emerged as one of Africa?s 'frontier economies', and I am very interested in learning how the country's leaders and people will build on this success moving forward."
The IMF's most recent projections forecast the country growing 6.2 percent in 2014, a pickup from 5.9 percent in 2013 and 4.6 percent the year earlier.
In a statement on December 2 marking the final disbursement of the loan, the Fund praised the government's "strong commitment to fiscal discipline."
"The external and fiscal positions are now stronger, high inflation has been tamed, and the economy's resilience to shocks has been boosted.
"Improved policies have placed Kenya in a good position to tap the international financial markets."
However, it noted continued risks to the economy, urging continued work with the IMF to help manage the risks.
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We know Kanye West is no stranger to pushing boundaries when it comes to men's fashion. After all, the guy's worn a Givenchy skirt and a women's blouse from Céline onstage. But it seems our favorite fashionsto has taken things to another level, treating audiences to a Lady Gaga-style masked performance at his Revel show last night.
The rapper finished an all-white look with a crystal face mask from the Maison Martin Margiela Fall 2012 couture collection. Check it on the runway:
He also hit the stage in this feathered number, which reminds me a lot of the feathered masks Giles Deacon showed for Spring 2012:
Okay, okay, so the look is strange. But I applaud Yeezy for his fearlessness in experimenting with fashion, and challenging the notion of what sort of attire is "acceptable" for a straight, male person of color. If anything, his 'fits provide a good launching point of discussion on what we perceive as masculine, as "normal" or "strange," in our community.
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Coconut-Zucchini Bread
Recipe by 2hot2handle
I developed this recipe as a semi-healthy breakfast bread I can give to my kids in the morning. I think it's delicious as-is, but if you want to make it in a more traditional style, you can make any or all of the following substitutions: 2 cups sugar for 1/2 cups + 1/2 cup vanilla yogurt, 1 cup vegetable oil for 3/4 cup grapeseed oil + 1/4 cup ground flaxseed, 3 cups all-purpose flour for 1 1/2 cup all-purpose + 1 1/2 ww pastry flour. Also, my kids don't like nuts in sweet breads and muffins, so I use chocolate chips. You could replace those with more coconut or chopped nuts.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
- 1⁄2 cup nonfat vanilla yogurt
- 3 eggs, beaten
- 3⁄4 cup grapeseed oil (or use canola)
- 1⁄4 cup flax seed, ground
- 3 cups zucchini, unpeeled and grated (about 2 medium)
- 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1⁄2 cups whole wheat pastry flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 3⁄4 cup flaked coconut
- 3⁄4 cup mini chocolate chip (or chopped nuts)
Directions See How It's Made
- Preheat oven to 350. Grease loaf pans and set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix together the beaten eggs, sugar, oil, yogurt (if using), and flaxseed (if using) until thoroughly blended. Stir in the zucchini.
- In a separate bowl, sift together the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon and salt. Gradually add to the wet ingredients, mixing well. Fold in the coconut and chocolate chips. Pour into the loaf pans.
- Bake at 350 for 1 hour until they look brown and firm and don't jiggle when you shake the pans. Cool on a baking rack.


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Do you plan to Re-Renew your vows?
We are renewing our vows for the first time for our 20 years!
How many of you plan to Re-Renew your wedding vows?
How long were you married before you renewed?
How long will you wait until the next one?
What are your feelings on this?
We plan on doing this again, but privately for our 25th. As in just the Two of us on the Beach in the Summer at Rockport, MA.
Why because It is our Silver anniversary and since it will just be us I will wear yet another dress and have a boquet and then the two of us will go to dinner and that is it!
We will have another big celebration when we hit 50 years. I will be 70 at that point.


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Date: 11/1/2012
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Less than two hours after I posted on Mark Obenshain's opposition to transportation tax hikes with these words…
Mark Obenshain became arguably (depending on how one reads E. W. Jackson's statements) the first statewide candidate in Virginia to publicly oppose tax hikes for transportation
…Susan Stimpson herself called me to note her earlier statements on McDonnell's tax hike. To wit, from her campaign's Facebook page:
The Governor has put forward a transportation plan with many parts that need to be closely examined. I will study the plan the Governor has put together, and while there are some tax cuts in this proposal, I begin with skepticism of any plan to raise the sales tax. Getting Virginia's transportation moving is critical, but given the dramatic growth of the budget over the past 12 years, we must ensure it is not done with higher overall taxes on Virginians. (January 9)
Virginia Republicans have the Governor's office, House and Senate but instead of making real cuts to shift money to transportation, we propose raising taxes. Virginians are taxed too much already. We need real cuts to government, not more taxes increases. (Today, with You-Tube clip of her debate comments from this weekend)
Given that Susan is my candidate for Lieutenant Governor, I am especially embarrassed at this oversight (but reassured at my choice).


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Authorities say black ice was the cause of highway crash in Kentucky that left a Windsor woman dead and her family members injured.
Svetlana Frkovic, 66, of Windsor, was in the back seat of a car heading south on I-75 in central Kentucky around 1:50 a.m. Monday.
Svetlana's husband Slavko, 67, was driving. Their daughter Sanja, 31, was in the front passenger seat.
The Laurel County Sheriff's Department said the car went out of control on a patch of black ice and spun into the path of a tractor-trailer, which was also southbound.
The two vehicles collided. The Frkovics' car was crushed beyond recognition. An image provided by the Laurel County Sheriff's Department showed the twisted remains of the vehicle.
All three family members were taken to the University of Kentucky's Chandler Hospital. Svetlana died there from her injuries.
The two occupants of the tractor-trailer — both Kentucky residents — weren't hurt.
The Laurel County Sheriff's Department said Tuesday afternoon that the investigation has been completed and charges are not expected.
There's been no word on the conditions of Slavko and Sanja Frkovic.
A freelance photographer and journalist, Sanja and her work have appeared on numerous local websites. She graduated from Fanshawe College before moving to Windsor.
According to Kentucky media, the polar vortex has forced the state to deal with temperatures that haven't been seen there in more than 15 years.
"Black ice" is the colloquial term for road conditions when the surface is glazed by an almost transparent layer of ice.
The difficulty in recognizing black ice can lead to drivers being surprised by a sudden loss in traction, and subsequent skidding.
The driving handbook of the Ministry of Transportation for Ontario warns motorists to be suspicious of dark asphalt during the winter.
"Generally, asphalt in the winter should look gray-white in colour," the ministry advises. "If you think there may be black ice ahead, slow down and be careful."
Here in Windsor, traffic accidents kept police busy throughout Tuesday — particularly on the E.C. Row Expressway.
Between 8 and 10 a.m., there were nine separate traffic accidents involving the expressway or its ramps.
Meanwhile, Essex County OPP asked the public for patience, and advised motorists to stay off county roads unless absolutely necessary.
Provincial police said driving conditions were especially risky south of County Road 8, with scores of vehicles forced off the road by blowing snow and white-out conditions. Many roads have become impassable due to massive, shoulder-high drifts.
"People get stuck on the sideroads and the plows can't really get to them," said Derek Didone Jr., manager of County Towing.
"It's the blowing snow. People are telling me the snow goes right across the windshield, and by the time you can see anything, you're in a drift."
Didone said Tuesday was a record-breaking day for his family's towing business, with close to 100 calls answered — and still more outstanding.
"We concentrated first on people who were stranded in their vehicles, obviously. And then we knocked off as many priority calls as we could," Didone said.
County Towing employees worked literally around the clock. By Tuesday night, Didone estimated he'd been at work for 30 hours.
"Our guys definitely need a rest," Didone said. "Everybody's worn out and drained."
Elsewhere in Ontario's western region, some jurisdictions closed their road systems entirely.
As of Tuesday night, OPP had shut down all major routes in Bruce and Huron County.
–with files by Dylan Kristy and the Lexington Herald-Leader.
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"Big Brother 10" has just started and already there are major alliances forming and enemies being made. On the premiere episode last night we saw the 13 houseguests vote who should be the first HoH before they even entered the house. Before they revealed the winner the cast competed in their first challenge, in which Memphis won a 1966 Camaro and half the house went on slop. Then it was revealed that Jerry was voted HoH, with Renny coming in second. Brian approached Jerry about being in an alliance with him and Dan and Jerry seemed to agree and nominated Renny and Jessie for eviction.
Now here's where the spoilers come in. When the feeds went live at midnight eastern time something had changed and apparently the veto was used and Brian is the replacement nominee.
UPDATE: A week later, Brian became the first houseguest voted out. Then Jessie won HoH and nominated Steven and Dan.


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With a goal from Ashkan Dejagah enough to secure a 1-0 win over Newcastle, Fulham are a step closer to saving their horrid season. Having recently recorded their seventh win and Felix Magath's first win as manager, the Fulham boss was later spotted riding a rather unconventional vehicle to training.
Having just been in London for a month after replacing previous Fulham manager Rene Meulensteen, this win and this picture could be just the thing the fans need.
Being the nice guy he is, he also agreed on taking a 50% pay cut if his team get relegated. Trying to save Fulham and the city in one go… he deserves a medal already!
Felix magath on a Boris bike 1000% him shit blurry picture though haha couldn't believe my eyes pic.twitter.com/i2aGy2RsMs
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Located in Blackpool's North Shore, Brownes International is less than 329 feet from the promenade and the beach. Free parking is possible on-site and free Wi-Fi is available in public areas. A variety of breakfast choices are available at Brownes. Breakfast options include a full English or continental breakfast and kippers. Views across the Irish Sea can be enjoyed with a tea and coffee in the breakfast room. Funny Girls, a burlesque show bar, is less than a 10-minute walk away. A tram stop, which has regular connections to Blackpool Tower, a historic events venue, and Blackpool Pleasure Beach, an amusement park, is just 1 minutes' walk away. Winter Gardens, a concert venue, is a 15-minute walk from the hotel. A flat-screen TV, a work desk and tea and coffee facilities are provided in every room. Modern wooden furnishings and a private bathroom with a power shower are also included in each room.


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Google's memory stirs privacy concerns
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When Google's 19 million daily users look up a long-lost classmate, send email or bounce around the web more quickly with its new Web Accelerator, records of that activity don't go away.
In an era of increased government surveillance, privacy watchdogs worry that Google's vast archive of internet activity could prove a tempting target for abuse.
Like many other online businesses, Google tracks how its search engine and other services are used, and who uses them. Unlike many other businesses, Google holds onto that information for years.
Some privacy experts who otherwise give Google high marks say the company's records could become a handy data bank for government investigators who rely on business records to circumvent Watergate-era laws that limit their own ability to track US residents.
At a time when libraries delete lending records as soon as a book is returned, Google should purge its records after a certain point to protect users, they say.
"What if someone comes up to them and says, 'We want to know whenever this key word comes up?' All the capability is there and it becomes a one-stop shopping centre for all these kinds of things," said Lauren Weinstein, an engineer who co-founded People for Internet Responsibility, a forum for online issues.
Google officials say their extensive log files help them improve service, fight fraud and develop new products, and unlike many other online companies, it seems willing to pay for the enormous storage capacity needed to save the data.
"If it's useful, we'll hold on to it," said Nicole Wong, a Google lawyer.
Google complies with law-enforcement investigations, Ms Wong said. She declined to comment on the frequency or scope of those requests.
From the ground up, Google designs its offerings to minimally impact user privacy, Ms Wong said. Google did not share the information it collects from visitors with outside marketers. Employees must get executive approval before they examine traffic data, she said.
Google logs the numerical IP address of each computer that visits many of its sites, and deposits small bits of code known as "cookies" on users' machines to automatically remember preferences like which language they use, she said. Users can reject cookies if they wish, but some services like Gmail, Google's email, will not work without them.
Ms Wong claimed it was difficult to tie cookies and IP addresses to a particular person. The IP address of a computer could change every time it signs on to the internet, and different services used different cookies so the company did not know, for example, that a particular Gmail user had visited the website of an abortion provider.
But in the absence of regulation, there was nothing to prevent Google from linking together those cookies in the future, said Chris Hoofnagle, who heads the West Coast office of the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
"Events can change corporate culture, and those who use the Google service may experience a shift in the definition of 'evil'," Mr Hoofnagle said, referring to the company's "Don't be evil" motto.
Rivals like Yahoo! and internet service providers such as Time Warner's America Online also track user activity. But ISPs generally don't hold onto such information for more than a month because storage costs and privacy concerns could mount quickly, said Stewart Baker, a Washington lawyer who has represented ISPs in law-enforcement matters.
"If you don't have a reason to keep a bunch of data around, it's probably prudent to get rid of it," he said.
Yahoo! declined to say how long it holds on to its log files.
Google's generous mail service creates risks as well. While AOL purges customer email from its servers after 28 days unless users specify otherwise, Gmail encourages users to hold onto their messages indefinitely.
Most people don't know that a 1986 law gives less protection from government searches to messages more than six months old, said Ari Schwartz, an associate director at the Center for Democracy and Technology.
"That doesn't mean that Google needs to change its technology, but they do need to do some consumer education," he said.
Even when a user deletes a message it may remain on company servers, according to the Gmail privacy policy.
Some don't see Google's long memory as a bad thing.
"You wouldn't want them to throw away all the queries that have been done - that's like throwing away history," said Danny Sullivan, editor of the trade publication Search Engine Watch.
Mr Weinstein doesn't think so.
"There's really no good reason to hold onto that information for more than a few months," he said. "They seem to think that because their motives are pure that everything is OK and they can operate on a trust basis. History tells us that is not the case."
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Tamara Drewe
"Far from the madding crowd" reads the ad for writers' retreats at a charming manor in the English countryside. If that's not enough of a hint, one of the guests is an academic penning a juicy biography of Thomas Hardy, 19th century novelist, poet and horndog.
The sunny, sexy, sublimely funny "Tamara Drewe" transforms Hardy's pastoral weepie into a contemporary romp. Go through your mental checklist of what you want in a romantic comedy-drama: novel plotting, characters to care about, witty dialogue, bull's-eye casting, nimble direction, green and pleasant locales, a lack of falling-in-love montages – "Tamara Drewe" has it all.
The story echoes Hardy's. A haughty stunner arrives in a sleepy village, stirring up passions, rivalries, envy and trouble in her wake. Since Tamara is played by the luminous Gemma Arterton, we see immediately why her suitors begin acting on their animal natures. So do dogs, schoolgirls and cattle, with tragicomic consequences. Mostly comic – the film is about 80 percent happiness and 20 percent pain – Tamara, remembered by the locals as a neurotic girl with a massive schnoz, returns to her childhood home a London newspaper columnist with a gorgeously remodeled profile. Working her sex appeal like a 4-turned-10, she dazzles former boyfriend Andy (Luke Evans), philandering landowner Nicholas (Roger Allam, playing the cad with consummate relish) and Ben (Dominic Cooper), an obnoxious pop star. Under the golden light of an English summer, multiple romances blossom as Tamara rehabs her parents' house for sale. The place becomes a lovers' getaway, scandalizing the villagers, giving the writers' group plenty of material to fuel their imaginations and throwing two snoopy teens (Jessica Barden and Charlotte Christie) into frenzies of jealousy and romantic sabotage.
The film has a dry, ironic fondness for even the worst of its characters. Nicholas, the glib, condescending mystery novelist who owns the writers' getaway, is the closest to a cartoon. He's mean to his meek, fluttering spouse, scarcely bothering to hide his infidelities. (Tamsin Greig is great as the wife. Her delicate cheekbones, nervous lips and slightly misty brown eyes are so gently appealing that you feel your heart break a little every time she drifts into view.) Yet even scheming Nicholas is capable of kind bedroom intimacies and fleeting thoughts of commitment to just one woman. Posy Simmons and director Stephen Frears satirize their characters but never patronize.
Tamara and her lovers are central to the story, but as in a painted landscape, much of the interest is in the background. There are plum roles pretty far down the cast list. As the spying schoolgirls, Barden and Christie are eager and effervescent, even as they are thoughtlessly destructive. Bill Camp, an Obie-winning American actor, has a fine supporting role as Glen, the Hardy scholar who sees through Nicholas' elaborately plotted deceptions. With not much to do except listen and react, Camp crafts a rounded character, mixing comic pratfalls with real pathos.
Frears smoothly shifts through tonal changes that would strip many a story's gears. "Tamara Drewe" glides effortlessly from slapstick to subtle personal drama, moves on to romance and sorrow and bounces back to buoyant optimism and comic affirmation. The secret is in little details that seem organic rather than plotted. A throwaway gag about Glen's fear of cows pays off in the final stretch; the design of a dog collar subtly telegraphs a couple of big surprises. A long shot of a burial scene turns out to be something other than what we expected when the camera moves closer.
The effect is of life being observed in all its chaotic complexity by a filmmaker with an ironic but affectionate view of human frailties.