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Kristen Stewart Defends 'Breaking Dawn' Pregnancy: "I Could F—Ing Get Pregnant Tomorrow"
Whoever still tries to lamely argue Kristen is ungrateful about Twilight needs to pick up EW up stat. The actress who always speaks her mind vehemently defends the franchise, particularly the plot line of Bella getting pregnant saying there is no "pro life" message being shoved down the audience's throats. Oh, and Stewart also joins boyfriend Robert Pattinson in taking on the Twilight hackers.
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Kristen, 21, says Bella's decision felt real to her:
"This really could happen to anyone my age. I mean, maybe not the whole vampire thing, but everything else. It didn't feel like, 'Oh how could you have possibly played this? It's so beyond your years!' It's like, 'Not really, dude. I could f—ing get pregnant tomorrow.'"
"It was gutting," K.Stew describes. Apparently they figured out the culprits hacked into daily footage from the set so she would start leaving messages at the end of her takes.
"I'd be like, 'Hey, go for it! Just steal it, you f—ing a–holes!' They knew every moment that was important to people, and that's really what was so annoying."
Rob echoed similar sentiments asking fans to seek out the hackers last month. The passion the real-life Twilight couple has for this fim makes us ten times more excited to see Breaking Dawn Pt. 1 when it hits theaters in November!
Oh, and be sure to pick up Entertainment Weekly for tons more from Kristen, Rob, and Taylor Lautner.


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After the collapse of the Soviet Union, leader Kim Jong-Il adopted Songun or a military-first policy in order to strengthen the country and the government position. North Korea maintains one of the world's largest standing armies and militarism pervades everyday life. A total of 9,495,000 active, reserve and paramilitary personnel are currently enlisted in the army.
Standards of training, discipline and equipment in the force are considered to be low. North Korea is also a nuclear weapons state and has an active space program. The Korean People's Army operates a very large amount of equipment, including 4,060 tanks, 2,500 APCs, 17,900 artillery pieces, 11,000 air defense guns and some 10,000 MANPADS and anti-tank guided missiles in the Ground force.
There are at least 915 vessels in the Navy and 1,748 aircraft in the Air Force. North Korea also has the largest Special Forces in the world, as well as the largest submarine fleet. Despite the frightening numbers, most of the equipment originates from Cold War technology.
Famine and social rights issues
In the 1990s North Korea faced significant economic disruptions, including a series of natural disasters, economic mismanagement and serious resource shortages after the collapse of communism. The result was a shortage of staple grain, leading to famine which caused the numerous deaths.
The great death toll was most likely caused by famine related diseases such as pneumonia, tuberculosis and diarrhea rather than actual starvation. Aid agencies have estimated that up to two million people have died because of acute food shortages caused by natural disasters and economic mismanagement.
The North Korea relies heavily on foreign aid to feed millions of its people. Positive trends show that in the 21st century, North Korea agricultural sector witnessed a sharp growth. Socially, there are still many issues. Radio and TV sets in North Korea are pre-tuned to government stations that pump out a steady stream of propaganda.
Press outlets and broadcasters are under direct state control, selectively reporting about Kim Jong-il success and his daily agenda. Nevertheless, reports of torture, public executions, slave labor, forced abortions and infanticides in prison camps have emerged. The state has been dubbed the world's worst violator of press freedom by the media rights organizations. In light of all the circumstances, it is quite understandable why North Korea weapons crisis is in the spotlight of the world media. Since militarism never brought good to anyone, hope remains that all those weapons will stay inactive.
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Reports have suggested that Apax Partners could acquire up to 25% of the German firm's shares, although neither Apax nor Adidas have commented on this.
Sportswear firms have been under scrutiny since Puma agreed a $7.1bn (£3.5bn; 5.3bn euros) buyout in April.
Adidas shares gained as much as 2.4% on Wednesday, on top of Tuesday's 3% rise.
One analyst said it was conceivable that a private equity firm could buy into Adidas, given previous deals in the sector.
PPR, which owns Gucci, agreed to buy a 27% stake in Puma, paving the way for a full takeover.
Adidas, itself, bought Reebok for $3.8bn in 2005.
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By Kyle, Person, Dixon, Ford, Leatherwood, Miller, Cohen, Harper
Substituted for: House Bill No. 3313
By Ulysses Jones, Haley, Chumney, Miller, Hassell, Brooks, Lois DeBerry, Towns, Pleasant,
John DeBerry, Bowers, Cooper, Scroggs, Larry Turner, Armstrong, Kernell, Kent, Rinks, Kisber, Hargrove, Walley, Mr. Speaker Naifeh
AN ACT To designate State Highway 385 in Shelby County as the "Bill Morris Parkway".
WHEREAS, The designation of a road in honor of a citizen is one of the best ways to permanently recognize and commemorate his or her contribution to the betterment of his or her community and this state; and
WHEREAS, Bill Morris, who served with distinction as mayor of Shelby County for sixteen years, is unquestionably deserving of this form of special recognition; and
WHEREAS, Bill Morris also astutely served the citizens of Shelby County as sheriff before his election to the office of mayor; and
WHEREAS, State Highway 385 was constructed largely through the indefatigable leadership, guidance and force of will of Bill Morris; and
WHEREAS, State Highway 385 is an important commercial passage for Shelby County; and
WHEREAS, It is fitting that this General Assembly pause in its deliberations to permanently commemorate the efforts of this noble citizen; now, therefore,
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, State Highway 385 in Shelby County is hereby designated as the "Bill Morris Parkway" in recognition of his indelible commitment to public service.
SECTION 2. The Department of Transportation is directed to erect suitable signs or to affix suitable markers designating State Highway 385 in Shelby County as the "Bill Morris Parkway".
SECTION 3. The erection of such signs and markers shall be within the guidelines prescribed by the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices.
SECTION 4. If any provision of this act or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that end the provisions of this act are declared to be severable.
SECTION 5. The provisions of this act shall take effect September 1, 1998, the public welfare requiring it, unless by September 1, 1998, the county legislative body of Shelby County by a majority vote disapproves of the designation of State Highway 385 in Shelby County as the "Bill Morris Parkway" and the legislative body of Shelby County by a majority vote approves a suitable marker or memorial commemorating the public service of Bill Morris.
PASSED: April 29, 1998
APPROVED this 11th day of May 1998


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Jon Heder, who plays the film's curly haired, awkward namesake, appeared with Aaron Ruell, who plays Napoleon's older brother Kip, at Ohio Wesleyan University north of Columbus Sunday.
They said they could relate to the movie, which follows Idaho outcasts trying to find their place in the world.
"We created Kip and Napoleon from ourselves and from people we knew and experiences we had," said Heder, 27. "It was fun to celebrate the nerd within me."
The movie's low budget — it was made for $400,000 over 22 days — forced the cast and crew to improvise.
"All of our clothing came from thrift stores or Wal-Mart, and we did our own stunts," said Ruell, 29.
Napoleon Dynamite grossed more than $45 million at the box office and has made more than $104 million in DVD sales.
The movie also has opened new opportunities for Heder and Ruell, both Mormons who met at Brigham Young University's film school.
Heder stars alongside Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo in Just Like Heaven, which is to be released Sept. 16. Ruell is working on an untitled feature film that he wrote and will direct.
About 1,100 people packed into a campus auditorium for the appearance — part of a seven-stop tour at colleges and universities this fall. The university's Campus Programming Board paid more than $10,000 to bring the actors to campus.
"We are huge Napoleon Dynamite fans here," said Jessica Lawrence, a Wesleyan senior and the board's president. "You can't walk around campus without hearing someone say 'Heck, yes!' or 'Gosh!' in Napoleon's voice."


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I am creating a web for a music band and will be offering to download the CD for free.
But I would like user to fill a simple form before downloading (mail, country, name..)
I am planing to build a mailing list with that info.
Is there a module that can help me do this?
I also thought of the possibility to ask people to creat an acount before downloading the CD, but I am expecting more than 100.000 downloads... and I get a bit scared to have that amount of users...
any suggestions or ideas?
https://drupal.org/project/webform w/ https://drupal.org/project/webform_protected_downloads or https://drupal.org/project/webform_file_gateway
If you are trying to keep the files protected/private using the core private file system, you may need to have those users generate accounts and login so that they can be authenticated by Drupal.


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Subject: Re: [MELUNGEON] Illegal Voting Trials- Portuguese
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:39:33 -0400
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There is no way to know what the genetic ancestry was without DNA testing direct line descendants of the males & females of each of "those mixed families".
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And as I said earlier I think I can say with a fair degree of certainty
those mixed families on the Drowning Creek in 1754 - if they had any African
ancestry - it was so far removed from the present generation the militia
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Sergio Tacchini is proud to present the new spot "Dress the Passion" live since today and available on our website. The video, engineered and produced by DUDE Agency based in Milan and Vivi-Film based in Barcelona, has Tommy Robredo playing his most elegant tennis. The spot soundtrack is "Clair de Lune" by Debussy, to underline the classic elegance of Tennis and of the brand Sergio Tacchini.
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12.1 works in most cases
What version of slackware is bt3 final based on?
just so i know what slapt-get repository source to use.
12.1 works in most cases
so it's definately not going to skrew it up if i use 12.1?
(sorry, i'm a noob)
it's just that on a previous install, i tried
slapt-get --update
slapt-get --upgrade
using "current"
and it messed up my whole system, no shell commands worked - even stuff like cp and dir.
I've had better success with 12.0, though 12.1 will work if properly upgraded.


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On Sunday 25 April Andrew Marr interviewed Alex Salmond, leader of the Scottish National Party.
Please note 'The Andrew Marr Show' must be credited if any part of this transcript is used.
"Scotland needs champions." So say the SNP who are urging Scottish voters to elect as their MP a local champion, someone they say who will "stand up for Scotland's interests when a remote government at Westminster is deciding where to wield the axe." The SNP Leader, Alex Salmond, joins me now from Edinburgh. Good morning, Mr Salmond.
Good morning, Andrew.
Before we turn to the details of your own manifesto, let's talk about the legal challenge that you're mounting against the leaders' debates. First of all, isn't this something you should have been doing some time ago if you're so outraged about it?
No, Andrew, the only time you can mount a legal challenge is when you exhaust the internal procedures. And the BBC Trust told us on Thursday night that they were turning down our appeal, and indeed they weren't even going to hear it in person. And, therefore, you can only mount a legal challenge after you've exhausted the other procedures available to you. We've been incredibly reasonable about this, Andrew. We've tried to argue that there should be a further debate in which the SNP and Plaid Cymru should take part. We haven't asked for parity with the other parties, just to be included. But we're in a situation where these debates haven't just dominated the election campaign; they've been the election campaign. And if you're excluded from them, then that's extremely unfair.
So if the court ruled that the third debate had to be blacked out in Scotland, which is what could happen, I don't understand the practicalities of that because, presumably, people can still watch it on their computers? Scots can't be sort of stopped from watching things on computer and so on. Is it actually practical in this day and age to refuse Scottish viewers the chance to see that third debate if that's what happened?
A very pejorative way to put it, Andrew. That's not what we're arguing for. We're arguing for the debate to be screened. We're enthusiastic about the debate. We just want the debate to be fair and balanced. We want to participate. Or alternatively, as we've put forward to the BBC, that a fourth debate is organised including the Plaid Cymru and the SNP. Now what on earth could be wrong with that? Now incidentally, Andrew, you used to be a Scottish political correspondent and you'll remember back in 1995 when the Labour Party took a legal action against the BBC, an interdict about a Panorama programme, and won. And what happened then wasn't that the programme wasn't broadcast. It was the BBC provided further fair and balanced programmes. So when you seek a judicial review, we're trying to get a broadcast which is fair and balanced.
We want the debate to go ahead, Andrew. We just want to get a look-in. We want democracy.
And in terms of your look-in, would you want five podiums there - one for yourselves and one for Plaid?
If there was a fourth debate, certainly. Or alternatively, which we've also argued, there could be a section of the debate where the SNP and Plaid Cymru were allowed to put forward their point of view. I mean, look, Andrew
(over) Okay.
we're now in a situation where the most likely result of this election is a balanced or hung parliament. Don't you think that viewers across these islands might wish to know what the SNP and Plaid Cymru, who could be very important in that context, would do in that situation? It's important to Scotland and Wales. It's important to everyone in these islands.
Well let's turn now to the election itself, whether or not it results in a hung parliament. Your own manifesto is full of spending pledges of one kind or another. It says very, very little about cuts. What do you think is Scotland's fair share of the pain, the cuts that follow from the financial crisis in which, after all, two huge Scottish institutions participated so centrally?
Well, Andrew, I disagree with you about saying nothing about cuts. We actually itemise and detail a range of cuts that we would wish to make. The £100 billion wasted on useless nuclear weapons over the next generation
(over) But that's a long way ahead. That's a long way ahead.
(over) No, no. No it's not, Andrew. The capital costs of Trident start the year after next. Over the next fifteen years, it would be 50 to 60 billion pounds. Now we say we don't need to spend money on nuclear bombs. That's not something which is useful to anyone. Let's concentrate on things that matter to everyone. Or how about
(over) But you need to get quick cuts as well.
Well I'm coming to that, Andrew, if you let me. The ID cards, the remnants of the ID card system - let's get rid of that. Or the nuclear dump receptacle that's planned. Or let's abolish the House of Lords at £100 million a year. Or the Scotland Office - the remnants of the Raj, which is still ruling Scotland. Let's sweep away the things that don't matter to anyone, so as we can concentrate on the things that matter to everyone.
Do you have a preferred partner of any kind in a hung parliament? Would you prefer in your waters to be dealing with Gordon Brown or with David Cameron, or with who?
Well we wouldn't form a coalition or any other agreement with either the Conservative or Labour parties, and the reason's pretty obvious. A majority Labour government has been a disaster for the economy obviously, but also for things like the illegal war in Iraq. A major Tory government would certainly, in the words of David Cameron, start picking on various places like Northern Ireland, the North East of England. Scotland will be next in terms of public expenditure cuts. So we're not going to ally with either the Labour or Conservative parties.
But if
But what you can do in a balanced parliament - and, as you know, I've got lots of experience of this over the last three years running a minority government in Scotland - is as each vital vote comes along, you can progress the interest. Not just the interest incidentally of Scotland and Wales, but, in terms of arguing full square against nuclear weapons, the interests of many, many people in England as well.
What is your absolute number one priority if you're getting into talks with other parties? What do you want most of all? Is it Trident abolition, is it a guaranteed referendum on independence? What's the one thing that would buy the SNP's support for a period down in Westminster?
Well the referendum will be progressed through the Scottish Parliament, Andrew
not Westminster. But Trident would be a major issue because it's one of the big ticket items you can isolate and identify that if a decision is made now to cancel Trident, and indeed to get rid of the current nuclear weapons, then that would free up massive resources which could be devoted to things that are important. But there will also, depending on the vote, be issues which are exact. I mean, for example, in a London bank account just now, believe it or not, there's £200 million of Scottish fossil fuel levy money, which is lying unused, untouched, can only be used in Scotland. It could do an enormous amount of benefit for our great renewable industries. We can't access it because the Treasury says if we access our own money, they'll then deduct it from Scottish spending and health and education. Now there's an example of something where a bit of reasonableness could do a lot of benefit for Scotland and be no disservice to anyone else at all.
The Conservatives in their manifesto have a version of English votes for English laws at Westminster. It's not an English parliament, but it's moving towards that sort of position bit by bit. Is that something you welcome? Do you look at that and think, aha, the first crack in the façade down south?
Well I believe in English parliament, Andrew. I think the people of England should govern themselves. And you know I know a lot of folk say they couldn't manage it, etcetera, they couldn't run the country, but I've got enormous faith in the people of England to make their own decisions. So I'm full square for an English parliament. I think you know English votes for English MPs and let the people of England have self-government. But I also think the people of Scotland should have self-government as well, real self-government, and that means control over the economy and how we represent ourselves in the world as well as the devolved parliament we have at the present moment.
Alright. Alex Salmond, thank you very much indeed.
Great pleasure, Andrew.
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Posted on Thursday, 15th September 2011 by chris wignall
Earlier this week the Toronto Star reported that former US President George W. Bush would be speaking at an invitation only breakfast for donors to Tyndale University, one of Canada's most prominent Christian post-secondary schools and probably North America's most diverse.
Not surprisingly, this generated some strong responses.
Yesterday Tyndale announced that the event has been canceled due to "scheduling change". And the Star reported that student, staff, and faculty opposition to President Bush's appearance had increased.
I don't have any inside information on this, and I don't have any particular viewpoint on Tyndale University as a whole or on the well-reputed Gary Nelson as Tyndale's president. But I do have a few thoughts on a situation in which I really believe no one is winning.
This is a political issue, but not the way it first appears. It's obvious that President Bush is a lightning rod figure who prompts passionate response from all sides, but opinions on his presidency are not the primary issue I see at work. The more significant issue has to do with the internal politics at Tyndale and the surrounding community of interest.
This is embarrassing for Tyndale. I don't agree that there's no such thing as bad press. Sadly, a good institution is (through their own actions) coming across as lacking a clear sense of identity and strength. It may still be possible to generate something positive out of this but it won't be easy.
It was obviously risky to invite President Bush. I suspect that's why there was no media release from the school announcing his appearance. It would be a huge surprise to me if the former president is a knowledgeable speaker on the importance of Christian higher education given his schooling was at elite Ivy League schools. Unlike Jimmy Carter who could speak about his post-presidency work with Habitat for Humanity and as a prominent international negotiator of peace, Bush is known fairly exclusively for his political work and the strong way his faith informed his decisions. In that he is controversial.
I have no objection with Tyndale holding an invitation only event for major donors. It is a basic fundraising method that has a strong track record. In most cases it doesn't even raise an eyebrow. In that case the surrounding events make it vulnerable to misinterpretation as something sinister.
I'm disappointed by the apparent lack of candour from Tyndale. I simply don't believe that the event was canceled due to a scheduling issue. If the event was hoped to raise Tyndale's profile it should have been promoted more broadly. Instead we have what looks like a nervously quiet event that has been shut down due to backlash.
This could have been a meaningful event. As a Christian academic institution Tyndale could have taken this remarkable opportunity to have significant dialogue about the place of politics in the Christian life, the varied Christian understandings of the role of government and the promotion of peace. They could have provided a venue for exploring divergent views and engaging in discussion and/or debate that would have challenged preconceived notions and raised the standard of thought in our community. They could have leveraged this to establish a culture and reputation at the forefront of their field in Canada and beyond. I sincerely believe that is what they would have most liked to do.
It is unfortunate that that didn't happen, and I recognise that there may be many factors that prevented it, some of which may have been entirely out of Tyndale's control.
My suggestion to Gary Nelson as leader; publish a letter or article that explains the process behind both the planning of the event and it's cancellation. Be as forthcoming as possible and volunteer it as a case study for your students and the community. Raise Tyndale's profile by inviting criticism and dialogue on the deeper issues involved. Take a clear stand for the kind of respectful disagreement that should be modeled in both the church and the academy. Openly explore the complex challenges of leadership so that we can all learn and become more effective. In short; turn this controversy into positive momentum that can help establish Tyndale as an example.
It's a leadership thing.
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hoot Says:
September 15th, 2011 at 10:26 am
I work at Tyndale and this is exactly right.
"I simply don't believe that the event was canceled due to a scheduling issue… Instead we have what looks like a nervously quiet event that has been shut down due to backlash."
President Nelson even said in the townhall meeting that we were canceling the event because the Tyndale community isn't ready for it and there are concerns over whether we could provide a hospitable environment for the guests. The scheduling issue was that Tyndale canceled.
Will Choi Says:
September 15th, 2011 at 4:13 pm
Chris, I loved your suggestion to Gary Nelson in your last paragraph.
I completely agree with what you wrote. Transparency in leadership is absolutely essential. And unfortunately, all we've been told is that there is a "scheduling change". How ugly is the genre of euphemism, doublespeak and shadowy language.
As a former student at Tyndale, I'm disappointed by this whole debacle.


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Embarkation: San Diego
The first night started out very nice. Shows and all the usual were great. The next morning, weather was terrible and it got worse as the day went on. Rumour was we were going through a Tropical Storm.. Couldnt g out on deck past lunch time. What a waste of More money... As the evening went on, it got very bad.. Dramamine was available but it was $8.00 for 8 pills. I dont know why, but it seems like Carnival was nickel and dimeing you to death. The 2nd night was a wash as the boat was violentily rocking and you couldnt even stand up at times.. Off to bed.. Woke up the next morning in Cabo.. The sun was out.. maybe it was going to be a nice day.. We took the tender over to the marina and we did the Beach Boat and shopping tour. The boat ride to the rocks started out very nice. Got some great pics, but then the seas kicked up again and we had to get back to shore.. It was still sunny but the weather was changing. Went to the beach and they took us to a beach club for a light lunch and a couple of hours at the beach.. The place was ok and the waiter was very nice. Food was terrible.. They served some type of Quesadilla? I was dissapointed as I thought we could get some good Mexican food being in Mexico.. This was dog food at best.. We went across the walk and found a few chairs. The beach was ok, but then the street vendors hounded you one after the other to buy things.. we got changed and took the bus over to go shopping.. They took us over to the mall at the Marina.. A very nice mall, but it was empty.. Did some shopping for about an hour and headed back to the boat.. PS.. Bought to Ice cream cones at the mall - $16.00.. WOW!!!
We took the tender back to the ship and it was then we knew it was going to be a rough ride back to San Diego. We got soaked as the tender hit wave after wave. We got back to the ship and went to the room to get cleaned up for dinner. Again the ride back to San Diego was very rough, but not quite as bad as the ride down.. Decided to call it a night again. We were ready to go home.
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My computer support policy as of last night:I'm done. I've already allowed Windows to rob me of far too much precious free time, and thus have vowed to never again perform any Windows repairs, for anyone. If you want my help with your computer, and you're running Windows, my help will be limited by the rules below.
I don't fix Windows PCs. Ever. Don't even ask. I don't care if you're a family member, my girlfriend, or the second coming of Christ: I. Will. Not. Fix. Your. Windows. Computer.
Removing viruses and spyware: see rule #1, but with double the "HELL NO." Viruses and spyware are almost assuredly your fault. You've gotten this virus/spyware for one of 3 reasons:
You're cheap. You didn't want to pay Microsoft $50/year for OneCare, even though you know you should have. Now your antivirus subscription is expired (or never got started in the first place) making you the proud new owner of your own private zoo of vicious malware! You being a tightwad: your problem.
You're lazy. You bought antivirus software, but you were too lazy to read those few dialog boxes which constantly popped up, begging you to enable automatic updates for Windows and for your antivirus software, with which you never would have had this constant stream of porn popup ads appearing on your desktop. Yes, but wait... that would have been at least like 4 full minutes NOT spent on the crucial work of sending virtual hugs to all your Facebook friends! What is the lesson here? Your sloth: your problem.
You're really cheap. You have antivirus software, but it's some barely adequate freebie package you heard about from the computer armchair-expert at the office. With your PC armored with the software equivalent of paper mache, you went out to torrent sites, pirating software and downloading the Dave Matthews discography, knowing deep down it was a bad idea, and probably at least a little bit wrong. But as we've established, you're really cheap, so you visited and plundered anyhow. Yarr! Congratulations matey, yer PC has scurvy, and yer resumé file's carryin' the computer herpes!
While I'm at it, all of the above applies to Macs, too. Of course, if you have a Mac, you probably don't need help fixing it, you need help selling Amway door-to-door to raise the mad cash for that MacBook.
I am a complete sucker for supporting Open Source software. Come to me with OpenOffice problems, Fedora Linux issues, Firefox questions; I am your support bitch once more. At least those systems don't actively strive to hide valuable troubleshooting information. Get me drunk enough and I might even help fix those apps on your Windows PC.
Running Windows has major costs associated with it. (Protip: it's more than just the $180 you pay for that shiny install disc, or the $50/yr for Norton. Think harder.) Time to carry that shitty burden yourself – I ain't your PC pack mule no mo'.
Especially in the Open Source and "Web 2.0" communities, tabs in user interfaces and the concept of tags have become ridiculously overused and abused in creating software. It's time to create a variant of one of my favorite JWZ-isms: "Some people, when confronted with a problem, think 'I know, I'll use tabs|tags.' Now they have two problems."
Got TV out working in Fedora 10 today. Took me under 10 minutes (and that includes the time spent Googling for instructions). For reference, I have a Dell Inspiron e1505, and I was using the S-Video input on the TV.It was pretty simple. First, I ran the following from a terminal:xrandr --output TV --autoThen, I had to disable Compiz. The TV output itself did work with Compiz, but Totem wouldn't restrict itself to the TV's resolution when going fullscreen. Metacity, however, could manage this. (For anyone unfamiliar with switching between Compiz and Metacity, just go to "Desktop Effects" in the Control Center, and disable desktop effects.)It would be nice if I didn't have to quit Compiz, and a graphical utility for this would be great too, but all things considered, I'm pleased.
"Ah! Ah! Death! Death! thou shalt long for death. Death is forbidden, o man, unto thee.The length of thy longing shall be the strength of its glory. He that lives long & desires death much is ever the King among the Kings." - Liber AL vel Legis II:73-74Attention, all Kings: I have just realized, per the above quote, I am now officially yo' massah, bitches! Now, bow down before the King among the Kings!** or, optionally, "Son(s) of Jor-El, kneel before ZOD!"Disclaimers: Yes, I'm totally abusing a very literal translation of these verses. Also, before any of you cites AL II:56, consider what, if anything, I'm really "mocking" here, and even if II:56 applies, I guess Hadit will just have to abandon naughty ol' me, eh? And finally, no, this doesn't mean I'm actually looking to go practice chute-less skydiving or to that I'll try jumping into the lion cage at Como wearing the fashionable "Eau de Prey" gazelle-scented cologne. I'm just in a sh*tty but perverse mood and happened across the above when reading a random section of Liber AL beffore work today.
"Born in Iran and raised in India, Ali's pristine voice is steeped in the traditions of those countries. Greg Ellis surrounds her with a global percussion orchestra of the imagination, mixing udu drums, frame drums, mridangam, dumbeks, and just about anything else from his global groove storeroom to create the throbbing rhythmic undertow of their music."
The Equinox, from Vol. I to the current numberRaja Yoga by Swami VivekanandaThe Shiva Sanhita, or The Hathayoga PradipikaKonx Om PaxThe Spiritual Guide by Miguel de Molinos777Dogme et Rituel de la Haute Magie - LeviThe Goetia or The Lemegeton of Solomon the King - Crowley/MathersTannhauser — The Sword of Song — Time — Eleusis - all CrowleyThe Book of the Sacred Magic of Abra-melin the MageThe Tao Teh ChingThe Writings of Kwang Tze / The writings of Chuang-Tzu from Legge's The Texts of Taoism (vol. XXXIX and XL in the OUP Sacred Books of the East series).The Book of Lies
"So why did I do it? I could offer a million answers, all false. The truth is that I'm a bad person, but that's going to change, I'm going to change. This is the last of this sort of thing. I'm cleaning up and I'm moving on, going straight and choosing life. I'm looking forward to it already. I'm going to be just like you: the job, the family, the fucking big television, the washing machine, the car, the compact disc and electrical tin opener, good health, low cholesterol, dental insurance, mortgage, starter home, leisurewear, luggage, three-piece suite, DIY, game shows, junk food, children, walks in the park, nine to five, good at golf, washing the car, choice of sweaters, family Christmas, indexed pension, tax exemption, clearing the gutters, getting by, looking ahead, to the day you die."-- Renton, in Trainspotting


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Supporting Education and the Arts
From Austin Magazine's Outstanding Texan series, Spring/Summer 2000
Hard Work Writes a Success Story
By Kay Powers
It's hard to sit still when you visit Joe and Teresa Long in their palatial West Austin home, but it's not boredom that causes the fidgets, it's because no
matter where you look, there's something wonderful to see.
Connoisseurs and collectors of art for more three decades, the Longs have more than 150 paintings, primarily impressionist and postimpressionist works, tastefully
displayed in their home. Guests have been known to go from painting to painting, staring, savoring and learning, with Joe and Teresa happily providing information about the artists, the periods they
represent and the occasional amusing anecdote about acquiring these treasures.
In addition to their paintings, the Longs have gathered together exquisite figurines, sculptures and carved pieces created in porcelain, bronze, wood and marble. They
range in size from tiny, highlydetailed netsuke to a massive ivory sculpture painstakingly carved from one enormous tusk a very long time ago. There are also exquisite crystal pieces, including
breathtaking Baccarat chandeliers which Joe himself assembled, piece by piece.
Obviously, Joe and Teresa Long are wealthy and obviously, they are enjoying their wealth. But what's really neat is that they aren't the only ones enjoying it. This
twosome gives so much through their very generous donations of both time and money, particularly in the arts, that practically everyone in the city benefits From their good fortune!
Last May, Joe and Terry, as Teresa is called, pledged $20 million to ARTS Center Stage to help transform Austin's tired old Palmer Auditorium into a muchneeded
multivenue center for the performing arts. Why? "Because," says Joe, who was president and owner of First State Bank for many years, "the community supported our business for many decades
and we wanted to give something back to the people of Austin."
Their home, "Longwood," is a Southern mansion reminiscent of Scarlett O'Hara's "Tara" in "Gone With the Wind." But if you could look back
42 years and see Joe and Terry as newlyweds, you'd find them in an apartment on Speedway that rented for $65 a month. "I was only making $450 a month," Joe says with a laugh, "and that was
all we could afford."
So how did a couple who started out in such humble surroundings get to the point where they would make the biggest individual donation to the arts in Austin's history,
and one of the largest individual gifts to the arts ever given in Texas? The answer is a success story written with their own hard work and determination.
Both Terry and Joe grew up in small Texas towns. For Terry, it was Premont, where her father had a dairy business. Joe's family lived in Sonora until his father, an
oilfield electrician, sustained a back injury at work and they moved to Centerville, midway between Dallas and Houston. Neither recalls much involvement in the arts that are so important to them now, in
their hometown, although Joe remembers a competition in elementary school where he was required to identify famous painters and their works. Being Joe Long, he probably won that competition and others on
his way to becoming president and Valedictorian of the Centerville High Class of '47. He attended Tarleton State for two years when it was a junior college, then enrolled at the University of Texas at
Meanwhile, in Premont, Teresa Lozano had her own agenda for setting the world on fire. Growing up where MexicanAmericans were often isolated
from their neighbors by customs, language and social structures, this petite, pretty young woman knew early on that she would make something of herself and help others to do so, too. After high
school graduation in 1945, she enrolled at the University of Texas at Austin, coming away with her bachelor's in Education in only three years.
Back to South Texas she went, to teach health and physical education in Alice, TX. Why physical education? "Because it was a field in which MexicanAmerican
women were not teaching and I felt I could do some good there," she explains. "When I was a teacher there, it was the first time that MexicanAmerican and white kids ever attended school
together and I wanted to work with these kids."
Incidentally, Terry eschews the politicallycorrect "Hispanic" in favor of "MexicanAmerican" because, she says, "Hispanic refers to anyone of
Spanish descent, but to be MexicanAmerican you have to be of Mexican descent, and what's wrong with that?" Did fate have something to do with getting these two firebrands together? Maybe. At any
rate, Joe Long got his Bachelor's at UT in 19 5 1, was called up for a couple of years in the Army (he was in the ROTC at UT), marked time in sales for a couple more years, then headed for Alice, TX. The
school board needed someone to teach high school civics and history and coach the debate team and Joe was their man. "I was trying to find myself," Joe says. What he found was the woman who
would one day be his wife, although neither he nor Terry realized that when, as fellow teachers, they dated occasionally.
"We were just very good friends," Terry says with a laugh. But the friendship ripened into romance a year later when Joe returned to UT to get his law degree
and Terry, who already had her Master's in Education, began work on her doctorate. They were married in February 1958 and six months later Joe was awarded his J.D. from the UT Law School.
Joe went to work as an investigator for the State Securities Board, traveling throughout the state investigating securities fraud, and he was good enough to make chief
of the Enforcement Division of the board in 1959. But in 1961, Terry's father became ill and Joe left the state agency to devote his time to the dairy business. By 1963, the Longs were back in Austin and
Joe joined thenAttorney General Waggoner Carr's staff as assistant AG in the Bond, Insurance and Banking Division. In a year, he became chief of the division participating in numerous trials and
appellate cases while gaining expertise in what to do and what not to do in the banking business knowledge that would come in very handy some years down the road.
He entered the private practice of law in 1965 as a sole practitioner, principally in banking and savings and loan law. Continuing this specialized law practice until
1988, he had several other irons in the fire as well. For instance, in 1968 he joined a group that organized First State Bank and Community National Bank in Austin. He would ultimately become chairman of
both banks and eventually buy control of both, adding a new dimension to a resume that already included soldier, teacher, state employee, dairyman and lawyer. "I just got up one morning and declared
myself a banker," he says with a broad grin.
In the boomtown that was Austin in the earlytomid80s, the banking business flourished. "There were 55 banks in Austin in 1985," Joe says, "and if anyone
doubts that, I can show them. This was before branch banking, too."
Then Austin's boom busted and so did many of the banks. But Joe Long's banks, Community National and First State Bank, not only did not go broke, they acquired seven
of those that did, combining all of these in 1989 under the aegis of First State Bank. By January of 1990, 50 of those 55 banks that had been around in 1985 had gone broke. But Joe Long's bank, which he
took pride in maintaining as "a friendly, neighborhood kind of bank the kind that knows everybody that comes in," continued to flourish.
By the time Joe decided to retire, he had built a small empire comprised of 44 offices, with $620 million in assets! He sold to Norwest Corporation in 1998, but in
typical Joe Long fashion, he has not quit entirely he's serving as a consultant to Norwest and taking care of his investments in real estate, oil, stocks and bonds.
Meanwhile, Terry Long wasn't sitting around watching soap operas while Joe was making it big in the banking business. She completed her dissertation and got her Doctor
of Education in 1965. Says her husband proudly, "We think she's the first Mexican American woman to ever get a doctorate in physical ed at UT."
Then Dr. Terry Long went to work for the Texas Education Agency as a research assistant, then as a consultant for TEA's Division of Compensatory Education. Gov. John
Connally appointed her to the staff of the Governor's Committee on Public School Education as a research associate, after which she was a consultant for the U.S. Office of Education on Migrant Education
and the Head Start Program. Her eyes sparkle with enthusiasm as she describes her travels around the country observing these programs in action.
Not that it's been all work and no play for this fun couple. In spite of the diligence with which they pursued their respective careers, Joe and Terry have found time
to indulge their penchant for travel
125 countries in 30 years! and love of the arts. Joe became interested in opera while stationed with the Army at Stuttgart, Germany, and Terry shares this interest, so it is not surprising that the two were founding members of the Austin Lyric Opera.
Currently, Joe is president of the Austin Symphony Orchestra Society, Inc. and a member of the board of trustees of the Headliners Club. Terry is a director on the
boards of Ballet Austin, the Umlauf Sculpture Garden and the Austin Community Foundation. Small wonder then, that Rusty Tally, senior vice president of investments for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, would
look to the Longs for help with the ARTS Center Stage capital campaign for the renovation of the auditorium, which he chairs.
Their answer was not what Tally hoped to hear. "We're into programs,"
said Terry to Tally. "We support projects. We don't do buildings." But she and Joe thought it over and decided that helping transform the auditorium so that it could be used in so many ways by the performing arts was a splendid way to for them to "give something back" to Austin and their hefty pledge is their way of doing so.
"Through our gift, Terry and I hope to encourage others to give," Joe says. "We can't do it all, others will have to help. Not everyone is able to give
what we are giving, but it is our hope that a lot of people who are not rich will still find it in themselves to contribute towards this goal."
In recognition of the Longs' gift, Palmer Auditorium will be renamed "The Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Center for the Performing Arts." It is scheduled for
completion in 2004 and the name won't go up on the building for some time, but Joe takes great delight in showing off a Monopolytype game called "Austin in a Box" he received for his birthday
in January. Already in place on the game board is the "Long Center"! $20 million is a lot of money. With it, Joe and Terry could have built themselves the mother of all mansions or maybe even
hitched a ride into outer space, since they've already set foot on every continent on this earth.
Instead, here they are giving it away. Oh, sure their names will be up there, carved in stone, for future Austinites to admire long after they're gone. But
they're so fired up with enthusiasm when they talk about this project, you get the feeling that with or without their names on it, Joe and Terry Long would be just as involved, because it's what the
center will mean to their adopted hometown in the years to come that matters most to them.
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The death of Cinderella
I'm wise and ambitious
And angry and free
And smart and available
And sexy...
And soft and appealing
And wearing pyjamas
And twisted and willing
And crazy...
and this is the story of the death of Cinderella
She grew to be a maid because she couldn't find a fella that could please her
And it's all they could do not to throw her on the floor....
And thought provoking and opinionated
Cultured and funny
And experienced
Fearless and tender
Sweetly unhibited
Likes a good debate....
And this is the story of the death of Cinderella
She grew to be a maid because she couldn't find a fella that could please her
And it's you could do not to tie her to the bed
I could fall in love I million times before I die
You could draw me a bubble bath
We could walk into the sunset...
And this the story of the death of Cinderella
She grew to be a maid because she couldn't find a fella that could please her
And it's all they could do not to shake her shoulders
And this is the story of the death of Cinderella
I'm gonna grow to be a maid because I'll never find a fella that will please me.
And it's all you can do not to kick me in the arse.
Life has been strange for me recently. I'm going to meet my best friend Cassandra i
At Christmas/New Year. Will be my first time away from my Mum since a 3 day trip at a high school in Northern Ireland. This is going to be huge, but to meet my best friend will be fab. Little, my other best friend hasn't been week for so many weeks, I've noticed because she was shying away from the Internet, so I haven't been able to see her this year, but I dream I will in the new year....I won't care how cold it is, Lottie!!! Friends and strangers love can make you feel warm.
I've had to stop knitting as I need to save up my money, I haven't gotten round to counting them all as I need to Rex the ends of each but I have a few full black bin bags in the bedroom being annoying lol. I feel proud that people have taken to theri hearts , the homeless people's pligh this winter. Some 'Man' an es xflatefmage from Trinity House who's a total drunk and drinks in rehabs, he said gto me oh my HH Faceboom page not to give anything to the homes "if we want something we'll ask for it". It took me aback and did hurt. I've never hanged to "push" anything on anyone. I don't ram my religion down people's throats because I think we are all friends to be what we want and believe what we want. Obvs no terrorism lol. But seriously, there's been a bit of a movement, people have donated wool, total strangers helping me out, there are two people knitting as I type, one is Stephane (I WILL get back to you but you will understand why I'm not talking right now) The other lady is wonderful fun beautiful neighbour Jackie (Jacqui?) thank you so much for your most equatorial intricate scarves! !! THANK YOU!! I'll be putting pics up soon! You are amazing at it and people will so much them wrapped around them.
Anyway the reason wmy I'm not going out or chatting on phone etc is because I'm a bit low. I was eating a damned meerkat gummy beat and it snapped my front tooth off!!
See, this is what you get for.not going to the dentists in 2 years. I need dentures 😷😷😷
So next Friday some of my teeth will be pulled and dentures put on. Not looking forward to it. And although I hate going to the dentist, my dentist is a v genuine mice man. Amd the clinic itself is just wonderful and the staff are so lovely they even remembered my name after 2 years!!!
I'm very lucky to be a client to what I believe to be the best surgery here. Well, at least I'll look nice for America!
Can anyone tell me what's allowed or more to the point what's not allowed in luggage and hand luggage? And can you use your iPhone and iPad when on plane? I may be a selfie queen. Again!!
So how are you alll? Hope you're all ok, here for you no matter what, ok?
Let me know how you're doing, lotsa love, Lizzie xxx
Go on, laugh!!!
I give you permission lol.
And pyjamas here's me and Cassandra in America this Christmas!
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'True Blood' After-Party Shows Its Fangs (PHOTOS)
Tuesday night, Alexander Skarsgard (solo), Stephen Moyer and wife Anna Paquin (glued at the adorable hip) and Ryan Kwanten (so hot, so talented) made a splash in Hollywood.
Alex was happier than ever to pose with fans inside "Fangtasia," the True Blood after-party Tuesday in Hollywood. Alex never flinched at an adoring fan, and chatted with Kwanten and fellow ab-throb Joe Manganiello, who was accompanied by his gorgeous fiance.
Anna and Stephen couldn't stop gushing at each other the whole night, while Joe did the same to his number one babe, dressed to kill in a gold Max Mara dress.
Despite all the women on the prowl for Alex, he was simply a gentleman, obliging many pictures with adoring girls but chatting with guy friends, mostly.
It's hard to find a cast as down to earth, cool, and fun as the True Blood folks so trust us, it's worth your while to tune into HBO June 26 at 9pm.


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When the Lord's time comes, should no change have taken place in the hearts of proud, ambitious human beings, men will find that the hand that had been strong to save will be strong to destroy. No earthly power can stay the hand of God. No material can be used in the erection of buildings that will preserve them from destruction when God's appointed time comes to send retribution on men for their disregard of His law and for their selfish ambition.
The world is not without a ruler. The program of coming events is in the hands of the Lord. The Majesty of heaven has the destiny of nations as well as the concerns of His church in His own charge.
The Lord will arise to shake terribly the earth. We shall see troubles on all sides. Thousands of ships will be hurled into the depths of the sea. Navies will go down, and human lives will be sacrificed by millions. Fires will break out unexpectedly and no human effort will be able to quench them. The palaces of earth will be swept away in the fury of the flames. Disasters by rail will become more and more frequent. Confusion, collision, and death without a moment's warning will occur on the great lines of travel. The end is near, probation is closing. Oh, let us seek God while He may be found, call upon Him while He is near! E. G. W.
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A THRIVING wind farm company has launched a new vessel at Brightlingsea.
CWind, which started in 2009, provides services to the offshore wind industry such as equipment, rescue services, inspections and technicians.
It has now added Fulmar to its fleet, which was officially launched at Colne Yacht Club.
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Noel & David, thanks a lot for sharing your code! I've downloaded racket now, and really it works without the casts (at least my example), but to understand I tried your solutions on my case: David's cast worked fine, but your conversion function Noel did not work in my case (in plt 4.2.5), there was a problem with the Option type: (substring "qqq" (number->exact-integer (truncate (inexact->exact 1.2)))) Type Checker: No function domains matched in function application: Domains: String Integer String Integer Integer Arguments: String (U Integer False) in: (substring "qqq" (number->exact-integer (truncate (inexact->exact 1.2)))) O course it's not a problem now any more, the reason I tried this out was that looking at (both your) code, I was puzzled how these casts would work in TS... my main experience with casts being from Java, I was missing something like the (Object) part in, e.g., return (Object) astring; But it looks like in TS, it's the return type of the function which accomplishes everything, - would that be correct? Thanks again Sigrid Am 08.06.2010 um 07:35 schrieb Noel Welsh: > On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 1:08 PM, keydana at gmx.de <keydana at gmx.de> wrote: >> >> Finally I've found the time to try this - but it gives me a Real (same with round): >> >> (truncate (inexact->exact 1.222)) >> - : Real >> 1 >> >> So I still have the typing error, the substring function insisting on an Integer... > > This file contains type conversion functions that I've used in my code: > > http://github.com/noelwelsh/bayesian-scan-matching/blob/master/util.ss > > HTH, > N.
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American Airlines contributed only $6.5 million of the $100 million that it was supposed to pay into employee pension plans this week.
The underpayment raised tensions between the company, which filed for bankruptcy protection in November, and federal pension-protection officials.
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The U.S. Tax Court today held that a farming corporation can deduct the cost of field-packing materials for the year of purchase—not, as the IRS asserted, that the taxpayer could deduct the costs of these materials only for the years in which the taxpayer actually used the materials, and then must defer its deduction of the rest.
The case is: Agro-Jal Farming Enterprises, Inc. v. Commissioner, 145 T.C. No. 5 (July 30, 2015)
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The taxpayer followed the cash method of accounting for tax purposes and the accrual method for its financial statements. The taxpayer deducted the amounts it paid for field-packing materials. Because of federal and state laws on labeling and packaging, the packing materials were customized, and it took between two and four months for delivery of an order. The taxpayer purchased in bulk and regularly pre-paid for large quantities so that its crops would not spoil for want of packing.
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Gawker Rant: "Fuck the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner"
Fuck the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner
By Hamilton Nolan, Apr 27, 2012 12:33 PM
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Do you know who knows that the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner is a shameful display of whoredom that makes the "average American" vomit in disgust, or, more likely, simply continue to disregard the findings of any ostensibly neutral journalistic outlet in favor of their own ideology of choice, because they have a fully solidified belief that the "mainstream media" is little more than a bunch of ball-lapping lapdogs to whoever's in power? Everyone. Everyone knows this. Even the members of the media who attend the White House Whores Despondence Dinner know this, deep down, whether they admit it openly or lie defensively about how they, the true professionals, can stand in a receiving line to backslap and shake the hands of politicians like groupies and pose for pictures with Ashton Kutcher and Alec Baldwin and Stephen Baldwin and Anna Paquin and no, it does not matter tomorrow, because they are professionals who would never be compromised by the fact that they just spent their favorite evening of the year joshing playfully with the powerful officials they are supposed to be afflicting and reveling in their close proximity to the celebrities that they wish they were.
This is not just any segment of the working press, enjoying a night out. This is the DC press corps, which has arguably the most important job in American journalism: informing the public about the activities of its government, and serving as a strong and omnipresent check on the government's power. Great to know that our fearless watchdogs are busy swilling wine with the people they are supposed to be covering and introducing them to their wives and posing for pictures with Mila Kunis.
The United States of America is currently at war. In part because of the DC press corps' soft, friendly relationship with those in power. Glad to see they've learned their lesson from that.
Every year I ponder whether it's possible to go to Whore Dinner to cover it without being Part of the Problem, and I every year I decide that it is not. (Credit the New York Times and other news organizations who have come to the same conclusion.) And every year I and other humorless moralists write these somber diatribes about this event, and nothing ever changes, nor will it, because the media members themselves don't give a fuck, because they like to meet celebrities, and the public doesn't give a fuck because they already know the stars of the "mainstream media" are a bunch of patsy starfuckers who have to carefully consider how awkward next year's Dinner might be every time they're formulating uncomfortable questions for a politician, so who cares?
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Fri Apr 27, 2012, 02:05 PM
MrScorpio (67,412 posts)
1. I wonder who pissed in his Wheaties this morning? nt
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Fri Apr 27, 2012, 02:13 PM
joeybee12 (55,585 posts)
It needs to be done away with...
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Fri Apr 27, 2012, 02:18 PM
wingzeroday (189 posts)
3. The title made me lol
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Fri Apr 27, 2012, 03:21 PM
progressoid (41,242 posts)
4. ...posing for pictures with Mila Kunis.
"Great to know that our fearless watchdogs are busy swilling wine with the people they are supposed to be covering and introducing them to their wives and posing for pictures with Mila Kunis."
Sigh. True.
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Fri Apr 27, 2012, 03:58 PM
calimary (45,049 posts)
6. Besides, wolf blitzer can't even read through a sentence without gasping for breath
at the most inappropriate and awkward places, in the middle of words and names. He's obviously never had any advice on breath control. Hillary (gasp) Clinton. Secretary of (gasp) State. Alright, we'll (gasp) see what else Donald (gasp) Trump has to say about... Let's check (gasp) in with our friend Jack (gasp) Cafferty and see what he has this hour in his Cafferty (gasp) File. I'm sitting (gasp) here with Mila (gasp) Kunis...
DAMN!!!!! Just makes me want to throw something at my TV every time I have the misfortune of listening to him!!!
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Fri Apr 27, 2012, 03:50 PM
calimary (45,049 posts)
5. It's sad and true. "Journalists" in Washington have sold their souls for access.
GOTTA get those invites to those chi-chi cocktail parties at those luxury Georgetown living rooms.
SIMPLY MUST fawn over all those newsmakers - don't care if they're crooks! GOTTA have that precious access!!! If we can't rub elbows with all these people - how will we ever get access to them?
For what?
Another in a continuing series of softball interviews?
I had this argument with a friend recently. If I had been news president at MSNBC or someplace, and my staff's coverage started getting so tough on these assholes that we were threatened with a cut-off of access, I would then make THAT the story! I would have had a drumbeat - NOT of "oh, poor me, locked out... boo hoo," but rather with a more aggressive, combative tone - "they've denied us access because they don't want to face objective questioning - in fact THEY'RE SCARED of it! 'Cause they know their version won't hold up if they're faced with anybody but our competitors - who always present themselves on their knees because they've just got to get into those fancy-ass VIP cocktail parties." We'd rather present the truth, with our own political stars and celebs - and there are PLENTY of them. But our competitors would shut THEM out, too. WE won't be doing that, or playing that cowards' game. You don't need to get into the back room or the private VIP cocktail party to report THE NEWS!!!"
Thinking back to the absolute 100% shut-out of objectors' voices during the run-up to the Iraq War, I can't help but think of the LEGIONS of experts, activists, and even the handful of war opponents in Congress and the Senate - who'd be GREAT to fill the airwaves and the face time with, were my news division to be shut out of interviews with contradicta or rummy or wolfie or dickie.
"TOO FREAKIN' BAD! You wanna see contradicta or wolfie or rummy or ari or scotty or dickie, go watch any other channel and you get the same stale Xerox'd version with the same big names over and over and over. YOU could play their part in any interview because you already have seen the same script blast-faxed all over everywhere. And you'll keep getting their lies and their spin and their tall tales that don't stand up to serious, legitimate, objective questioning. But WE would offer alternative views, alternative faces and voices, and thereby not only get the truth out to the public, BUT start grooming new names and faces as spokespeople and well-seasoned talking heads - on OUR side. It would have paid two different sets of dividends. WE are not a wholly-owned subsidiary as those other networks are."
Only now are we building the left-leaning media profile - with MSNBC, and to a much lesser extent, Current. That should have started a decade ago. Only now are we building bench strength and our own stable of credible talking heads. Once again, our side comes from behind. Hope we don't stay there too long. And they're STILL caving! If they weren't, Cenk would still be on MSNBC and nobody who works for that network in Washingon would even bother moaning and groaning about how the republi-CONS there are pissed off at our coverage and won't come on our show! It wouldn't matter!!! TOTALLY IRRELEVANT!!! There's such an easy way to turn it around - to our favor!
And nobody's thinking that way at the networks, cable or otherwise. Because they just can't tear themselves away from the hard-ons for that precious access. I don't get it! It's just so obvious!!!!