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There's no denying what the evidence suggests. And if you don't believe what your eyes told you at first glance, it's readily available on film. The Patriots played a game in which you saw an opposing quarterback terrified and running for his life.
This wasn't the usual drop back, survey the field and deliver. This was take the snap, utter an unmentionable at the on-charging rush, and flee the pocket.
Bill Belichick finally unleashed the beast. His defense was attacking, smothering and downright frightening. Using a four-man front, with free-wheeling blitzes, the Pats generated suffocating pressure on Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman last Thursday night.
In terms of style points, former Pats linebacker Willie McGinest said it reminded him of watching the Giants defense everyone wants to forget from Super Bowl XLII. It brought back memories of how Tom Brady was harassed and beaten to a pulp in that game as the Giants front-four dominated the proceedings.
"The Giants inflicted that 4-3 on New England in the Super Bowl and you saw how effective it was," McGinest said. "Other teams run it, but you have to have the personnel to do it. And when I saw that D-line minus (Shaun) Ellis and Albert Haynesworth, it was like, 'Wow, if they're making plays like that and they're that aggressive, and they look as good as they did (Thursday) without Ellis and Haynesworth, they're going to be a really good front. They're going to be something to watch."
McGinest, currently working as an analyst for NFL Network, remembers playing on a few really good defensive fronts himself with the Pats. He also remembers a certain switch to a 4-3 defense during Super Bowl XXXIX that helped his team take out the Philadelphia Eagles. But even he admitted to being "surprised" at how impressive the Patriots were Thursday at getting to the QB and how much better they potentially can be.
It's interesting. During the preseason, Belichick doesn't like to give so much away. He doesn't like to show his hand and provide too much intel for his first handful of regular-season opponents to have at their disposal — in this case the Miami Dolphins, and yes, the New York Jets a bit down the road.
But this is a different year with different issues to overcome. With no offseason camps, the evaluation process is altered. Belichick needs to see the 4-3 in action. He needs to see linebacker Jerod Mayo lining up all over the place and whether he can be effective rushing the passer. He can't wait for Week 1 against the Dolphins to try it out. He can't put it out there on the fly.
So he's resisted throwing out the vanilla defense in exchange for a few bells and whistles. Belichick needs some answers before he can commit to certain personnel. That's why we've seen a steady diet of 4-3.
"What that 4-3 allows is for the linebackers to make more plays. They can run sideline to sideline. This is how Ray Lewis has made a living with those big aggressive D-linemen up front," McGinest said, referring to the Ravens great. "If you have Vince (Wilfork) and Albert (Haynesworth) causing chaos up front, those linebackers are going to be running free. So watch out for Mayo. Watch out for (Gary) Guyton. Once those linemen make contact, (the linebackers) are gone. So they're going to be making a lot of plays."
But has Belichick revealed too much to his opponents? Doubt it. He's just given the proverbial tease.
"There's a lot more (in his playbook)," McGinest said. "The thing with Belichick is he always has a lot of defenses. Maybe he's showed a couple blitzes, but there's 15 or 25 more blitzes that haven't been shown, or variations of those blitzes. But these guys have to practice what they're going to do. A lot of these guys are new to the team. They had no mini-camps. You can talk about it and do it in practice, but unless you do it when the lights are on, it doesn't really matter."
Belichick actually dialed it back some after the first quarter in Tampa. But can't you just see Rex Ryan in his film room now, shaking his head over the latest Patriots tape? Last we checked in, the Jets coach was begging other teams to beat the Pats.
Maybe Ryan should stick to his own team. Looks like Mark Sanchez is going to need some jet-propelled wheels on his cleats to avoid this posse.


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You've probably seen the fair-trade logo on many of our tea offerings, but you might be wondering what it really means. Fair-trade tea is the kindest choice in consumer products for tea farmers, consumers, and the environment. When a tea has the fair-trade logo, it means that the estate where that tea comes from has shown their commitment to the safety and well-being of their farmers and to protecting the environment.
Tea farmers often have very hard lives. Many are from developing countries in Africa, Asia, India and South America. There are around 80 million tea farmers in China, 3 million in Kenya, and 2 million in India—making 85 million in total-that's a lot of people!
Although fair-trade is becoming more popular, most of these farmers still work on non fair-trade tea estates or plantations. They depend on their employers for their family's basic needs, and they usually receive very low wages that keep them and their children in poverty, unable to build a future. Fair-trade helps these farmers by giving them things they would not have on a regular tea farm: a safe working environment and work schedule, a fair wage, and income stability.
Instead of relying on their employers for everything, fair-trade tea farmers are part of small groups of area farmers. These farmers even own part of the tea company. Their farming groups get a guaranteed set minimum price or the market price for their items, whichever is higher. They also get extra money for the organic products they make. They can then invest this money into strengthening their community. By buying fair-trade items, you're helping to end the cycle of poverty for tea farmers around the world.
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'Cassiopeia' Charms Both the Brain and the Senses
David Wiener's haunting "Cassiopeia," about the connection of two disparate souls, is getting a beautifully rendered and performed world premiere at the Theatre @ Boston Court.
'Cassiopeia' Charms Both the Brain and the Senses
David Wiener's haunting "Cassiopeia," about the connection of two disparate souls, is getting a beautifully rendered and performed world premiere at the Theatre @ Boston Court.
'Giving Up Is Hard to Do' Is Eminently Relatable but Hardly Unique
"Giving Up Is Hard to Do," Annie Abbott's autobiographical solo show at the Victory Theatre Center, mines humor from tragedy but tells a too-familiar tale, limiting its appeal.
'Around the World in 80 Days' Presents Verne With Verve
In International City Theatre's highly satisfying version of Jules Verne's "Around the World in 80 Days," adapter Mark Brown and director Allison Bibicoff utilize just five actors.
'This Vicious Minute' Explores the Dark Side of a Sunny World
In "This Vicious Minute," an autobiographical solo show at Elephant Stages, Ben Moroski tells an unexpected story about being an all-American boy who commits self-harm as a cutter.
'The Fever' Proves Quite Contagious
Wallace Shawn's 1990 Obie-winning monologue "The Fever," at La MaMa in a new adaptation by French-Romanian actor Simona Maicanescu and Swedish director Lars Norén, is riveting.
There Isn't Much Depth in 'The Red and the Black'
Director Deloss Brown's adaptation of French novelist Stendhal's complex masterpiece "The Red and the Black," at the Theatre at St. Clement's, reduces it to a domestic comedy.
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Nominees Announced (Full List)
"Silence! The Musical," John Hurt, Danai Gurira, and Christopher Gattelli are among the nominees for this year's LADCC awards, honoring the best L.A.-area theater of 2012.
Sondheim, Prince, Rivera to Receive 2013 Jerome Robbins Award
Original "West Side Story" collaborators Harold Prince, Stephen Sondheim, and Chita Rivera will be honored by the Jerome Robbins Foundation Feb. 18 in New York.
6 Broadway Shows That Delayed Opening (Slideshow)
In honor of Barry Manilow's Broadway delay, we look at six shows that had to reschedule their opening night.
'The House of Von Macramé' Is Bloody Fun
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Lung Foundation Australia joined with the Asbestos and Safety Eradication Agency (ASEA) to help inform Tasmanians about the risks asbestos can pose to their lungs at a special workshop in Hobart on Thursday.
Lung Foundation Australia CEO Heather Allan said Australia had one of the highest rates of malignant mesothelioma, a common asbestos-related disease, in the world with numbers expected to rise between now and 2020.
"Asbestos was most commonly found in some building materials such as cement, guttering and wall sheeting, particularly in homes built before 1990," she said.
"Unfortunately, asbestos is a highly toxic, insidious, and environmentally persistent material that has affected thousands of Australians, and is likely to affect thousands more this century.
"It can take 20 to 40 years for mesothelioma to develop after exposure although not everyone who is exposed to asbestos develops disease.
"This national program will raise awareness of potential asbestos risks and provide relevant links to available local, state and national asbestos-related resources."
Mrs Allan said the Lung Foundation was also working to inform and educate health professionals about best practice in the diagnosis and treatment of asbestos-related lung disease and quality care for those affected by asbestos-related lung disease.
Tasmania Senator Lisa Singh welcomed the initiative which included sessions for health professionals, patients and carers.
"Australia was one of the biggest users of asbestos in the world," Senator Singh said.
"We're a nation of home renovators and it's strongly recommended anybody undertaking 'do it yourself' renovations, or other building work around the house, should ensure you and your families are not at risk of exposure to asbestos," she said.
"Both ASEA and the Lung Foundation recognise that within each state there are already high-quality asbestos-related disease resources available as well as highly motivated and effective support programs and networks."
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Australia has one of the highest rates of mesothelioma in the world. This is due to Australia's history of high rates of usage and mining of asbestos (a naturally-occurring mineral silicate utilised in commercial building and manufacturing).
Mesothelioma is a cancer typically related to exposure to asbestos that affects the mesothelium, a thin tissue membrane that covers internal organs of the body including the thoracic cavity (pleura), the heart sac (pericardium) and the abdominal cavity (peritoneum). The mesothelium supports and protects the body's organs and cavities while also providing a source of lubrication that helps the organs move and function.
While mesothelioma is difficult to diagnose, research shows that more than 90% of reported mesothelioma cases occur in the pleura (the lining of the lungs), and is called Pleural Mesothelioma, which is caused primarily by the inhalation of asbestos fibres into the lungs.
The session at the Royal Hobart Hospital is part of a twelve month national campaign starting in August, 2014 which will see Lung Foundation Australia partner with the new national Asbestos Safety and Eradication Agency (ASEA) to conduct workshops in each capital city and one regional location in each state and territory across Australia.
Each event will consist of a:
- six hour workshop for health professionals;
- one hour evening session for General Practitioners (GPs) and practice nurses; and
- one hour session for the community.
Asbestos related lung diseases can take many years to develop, in some cases 20 to 40 years after exposure. It is however important to note that exposure to asbestos fibres does not always result in an asbestos related disease.
There are many areas in the home where asbestos-containing materials can be found including (but not limited to):
- roof sheeting and capping
- guttering
- gables, eaves/soffitswater pipes and flues
- wall sheeting (flat or a weatherboard style)
- vinyl sheet flooring
- carpet and tile underlays
- zelemite backing boards to the switchboards
- flexible building boards
- imitation brick cladding
- fencing
- carports and sheds
- waterproof membrane
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- packing under beams
- concrete formwork
For more information about asbestos and asbestos-related disease, please visit https://lungfoundation.com.au/general-information/asbestos-awareness/


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senator Blanche Lincoln, a self-styled "farmer's daughter" facing a tough re-election race in Arkansas, had not been expected to become the latest Democrat to rail against the risky practices of Wall Street.
Lincoln, chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, is known for working across party lines on issues, but took Washington by surprise with an aggressive draft bill to be unveiled on Friday that she hopes will force big banks out of the $450 trillion over-the-counter derivatives market.
"My bill will put banks back into the business of banking and prevent future bailouts of Wall Street firms engaging in risky behavior," Lincoln said in a statement.
But three weeks ago, Lincoln had a more measured approach in a speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which has urged restraint from lawmakers considering financial reforms.
"The swaps market will be regulated, but let me say this: I don't believe in overreaching, or regulation for regulation's sake. We must be surgical with how we regulate," she said.
Lincoln's bill had been expected to take a more moderate tack than those approved by the Senate Banking Committee and the House of Representatives -- bills that need to be reconciled before President Barack Obama can sign reforms into law.
Instead, the draft is tougher, and includes "radical" curbs for banks, according to a Washington-based industry representative following the issue who asked not to be named.
"It's a huge shift," that person said. "I think as much of this is politics as it is trying to get the right policy."
The bill is being closely watched by Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Bank of America, which dominate the market.
Derivatives have been blamed for amplifying financial turmoil in 2008 as the world slipped into recession.
Those surprised by the tough bill were "hearing what they wanted to hear," if they expected Lincoln would have a moderate touch on derivatives, a top Lincoln aide said.
"Blanche Lincoln is very much a centrist, has always been, but we're in the midst of a financial catastrophe, so it shouldn't surprise anyone that a centrist ... will see that we have to do some reforms," aide Robert Holifield told Reuters.
The banking restrictions were discussed "conceptually" with Republican staffers but were kept quiet.
"Some ideas, the more they are out there, the more chance that well-paid lobbyists can descend and fight them," said Holifield, who has worked with Lincoln and the top U.S. futures regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, for 10 years. "We expect that fight will be coming."
Lincoln's tough line on swaps reform could be an electoral blessing, after she came under criticism for supporting the financial bailout and health care reform.
With mid-term elections looming, and one third of Senate seats up for grabs along with all 435 in the House in November, she trails potential Republican opponents, and first must defeat two challengers in the Democratic primary on May 18.
While Lincoln's folksy, deliberative approach has played well in her two-decade career, now voters want action. "They want someone ... to lead them," said Blake Rutherford, a political analyst in Little Rock, Arkansas.
Swaps reform also could allow Democrats to blunt Republican gains in Congress that are forecast to be sizable. Republicans are trying to capitalize on a sluggish economic recovery and fears that health care reform will be a burden on taxpayers.
Saxby Chambliss, senior Republican on the Agriculture Committee, blamed the White House for collapse of negotiations with Lincoln. Chambliss is a frequent partner on Lincoln's proposals and was expected to write a swaps bill with her.
"It seems the administration is more interested in trying to divert attention away from health care by changing the subject as we head into the election season," Chambliss said.
Former congressman Charlie Stenholm said Lincoln had a record of "looking for a sensible solution.
"In this environment, it may be impossible to get bipartisan agreement on anything, even whether the sun is going to rise in the east," said Stenholm, now a private consultant.
Lincoln served three terms in the House and then, in 1998, she became the youngest woman elected to the Senate, at age 38. Last fall, she became the first woman to chair the Agriculture Committee, which oversees futures markets.
She attracted flack from Democrats last year when she opposed the public option in the health care reform bill. She supports a Republican move to stop the regulation of greenhouse gases, and also helped block approval of a union lawyer nominated to the National Labor Relations Board.
"This senator is caught in the crossfire between people who think she's not liberal enough and people who think she's not conservative enough," said Frank Rehermann, a California rice farmer, when introducing Lincoln after a February fundraiser.
Lincoln, who grew up on a seventh-generation Arkansas rice farm, often draws on her family roots to explain why she seeks common ground on divisive political issues.
The bill has been hailed by critics of Wall Street like Senator Maria Cantwell, who had urged her to be aggressive.
"As the daughter of a farmer, she knows the difference between farmers legitimately hedging and Wall Street speculators cooking up toxic assets," Cantwell said.
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First, just a WIP of a dancer. I had an idea for a "Mutant" type OC; a dancer from the east who has the ability to breathe toxins into the air (or people's lungs). The types can be a poisonous chemical to kill, a temporary paralysis toxin, a euphoric toxin, or a toxin to render someone unconscious.
Let's see, then I sketched out a girl based off of the Iberian Lynx/Spanish Lynx.
And lastly, just a sketch of Tess. Semi-old.
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At Two Lions. Billy is
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about forgiveness...)
God wants us happy and free
of fear and doubt. That's what
turning to God does, it frees
us of fear and doubt, and allows
God's tender mercies and radiant
beam of light to bring our hearts
alive and full of joy. When that
happens, zero mileage on our
conscience, complete forgiveness
felt from within, and we completely
forgive everyone who has ever
offended us.
We again become radiant lights
of love and purity that we were
as newborn babes. We feel love and
kindness and compassion for all.
That is God's character, and it
becomes our character when the sun
rises every day. Everything becomes
fresh and new again, including us.
And when we learn to stop listening
to those lions of fear and doubt and
look for the light, we live in paradise
right here on earth. That's the way
it was meant to be. And when we wander
away, we have a helper, a light to guide
us back. That's the Holy Spirit, the
inner guidance, the inner light that
all the great masters speak of in
their teachings
"Your father will never forgive me,"
Rachael countered, still holding on to
the old fears and doubts that had been
her companions for so long.
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himself," Billy said.
More flowers from the flowery one,
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We're driving.
Wait where am I?
I'd been drowsy so I'm not pulling myself up. Somehow I want to sleep. I think my health problems had gotten to me and I'd end up taking a nap. The pain meds I take probably had a little bit to do with it too.
I feel shorter?
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The car isn't the truck like before either.
I started looking around. Everything looks and feels foggy too. It's sunny outside instead of dark and gloomy and that's the first chance I've had to see something is off.
This is like an old 50s style car. Dad's driving it, and mom is in the passenger side. And my siblings are in the vehicle too while we're driving out by the sand dunes where dad and Grandpa used to camp. All of us are children sized again which is the first clue that I'm not in a normal reality. None of my siblings are children and haven't been for a long time.
This doesn't make sense. Where the hell am I?
We keep driving.
Oh, I must be having a dream. Or is it a nightmare?
I think it's a dream now that I sort of feel around me.
No wonder I'm so short. The dream is like when I'm a kid growing up still. I've had this dream before. I hate this dream. I really freaking hate it. It's one of those weird trauma dreams you get that aren't supposed to be scary but somehow are.
Like having nightmares about clowns; who the heck has evidence clowns are scary? But they somehow are to some people just like this dream always makes me feel bad too.
It's just like normal. All of them are ignoring me. Dad will by trying to talk to mom, but avoids me while I'm like a stranger in my own family's car. He's not bad but he just comes up with excuses of why he's more interested in my siblings that are more like he is. Mom is only interested in my sisters. And some of my brothers are only interested in getting into trouble so there's a wall between me and them because of that too. I didn't want to get into trouble.
There aren't any of the other people from the zombie apocalypse here but just my old family from when I was growing up.
My one closest age brother is sitting next to me. He's looking down and bouncing his feet off the seat. It seems like from the dream that our bodies are like around ten years old or twelve maybe?
I missed this brother the most. I'd always tried to be close to him but everything backfires on me when I try stuff. I'd tried to be friends with him my whole life. He later turned to alcohol and drugs. Now he's in the state pen and I made it a point to not find out why he was sent there because it would have been too agonizing to feel pity over.
Of course that would be a shitty place to be when the zombie apocalypse hit. He's double f…I mean double screwed now with all those little bastards in there being zombified.
I'm feeling nostalgia at the dream but it's like a painful nostalgia.
I put my arm around him. I want to make things better than they used to be. I want to desperately change my family environment and make it so it's like not like human trash that distrust each other because of greed.
In my heart I know it won't work still but I have to try because I want good to win.
"Stop that!" he said. He pouts and picks up my arm from around his shoulder and shoves it and me away. Then he proceeded to tell on me to mom.
I didn't do anything bad. It was just trying reach out to him. I thought maybe if he knew some people in the family cared about him that maybe he'd change, even though it was too late like ten years ago. I was wrong. You can't make him change, it just never works.
Yeah, not a dream; definitely a nightmare…I hate this freaking dream. I want to wake up now even if its to face those hunter idiots in that other car with Barbara and Ruth.
Even though I'd tried to get along with this brother it always ends like this. But when they are your family you only have the choice to try and hope they'll grow up someday. And you can't exactly ask other people to be your replacement family either. So there aren't any other options.
"Hey everything OK back there?" mom asked. She delayed jumping in as late as possible like she always does.
They only bother when they are trying to get my other brother to be more normal. In many ways this dream is exactly what they are like in reality. Then dad makes me give little brother number 1 next to me my toy as punishment for getting him mad, but it's really the punishment for interrupting dad's moment with mom.
Yep that part was just like when I'm not in the dream too, except dad didn't have those old style derby hats and he never drew a 50s chevy or whatever the hell this is.
Why is the car looking like a 50s chevy anyway? Is that supposed to mean something or just a distraction?
Ahh, I forgot that it used to be like this. This is one of the reasons my brother was like this; because it was profitable to do so. He could act out and expect to get toys or spoon fed special treats by mom. My little brother and sister would stir up my parents to favor them at the expense of the other siblings. This was partly why no one ever wanted to make up. If my brother or sister started to cry then it wasn't unusual for dad to give them my toy…the one I was playing with right then and there.
The dream is a reflection of reality.
Then I felt a hand on my shoulders.
The dream hasn't ended yet.
I turn to face the window. But there's enough space there that a child version of Barbara is sitting there somehow, even though I thought I was against the window a minute ago. It's a ten year old version of Barbara with a piercing stare. It's intense but unchangingly fixated on me. It's almost like she's so fixated she doesn't even see we're in a car but her eyes never leave my face.
What? How?
I'm shocked. Somehow she got in one of my dreams?
How did she get in my dream? This is weird as hell. How did this happen?
She points ahead.
The dirt road dad's driving on has become a fork. He can either turn left or turn right. There's no in between. On either side of us there's a vast wilderness with no houses or buildings in sight anywhere. It's just like tall lush grassland that's thick enough that its hard to see beyond the edges of the gravel road very far. Even the road itself is choked with weeds growing up between the gravel.
Dad pulls over. There's that funky sound tires make when driving on gravel roads until he stops the car. The heavy metal doors open while everyone is getting out.
"Well we're here. Should we go for a walk?" he said. He gestured to where the left fork in the road goes and everyone's getting to go follow him.
The others are clamoring for attention. One of my sisters wants a bathroom. The other wants a treat. Some other sibling wants a balloon, and the last one wants to sit on mom's lap again.
But where are they going? That's a dead end.
Then I noticed I'm the only one left in the car. All the car doors are left wide open too, which is weird as hell too. They should have at least shut the doors.
My parents and siblings just went off on the left fork and are pointing at all the weeds around them. Why are they fascinated with the weeds?
"Are you going to get out?" Barbara asked. She opened the door for me almost like a butler would with elegance and a sophisticated expression but still humble. She has a secretive smile on her face.
"Come, Jack. We have to go now," she said.
But now she's walking too. She stops to let me catch up. She doesn't let herself get more than ten feet ahead before coming back to get me.
"Come on Jack. If you don't hurry, we'll be late," she said.
How odd.
She's not going the way of the other humans. This fork doesn't even go in a similar direction. She's going to the right fork in the road instead. The right fork is bent around part of a hill so I can't see where it leads or what's behind the hill.
I compare and looked at the two forks.
The left fork looked like a freaking nasty ass wasteland like Death Valley full of weeds of all kinds of shapes and sizes.
Why did they want to go there? There wasn't even anything beautiful over there.
"Come on Jack! Come with me!" Barbara is gesturing for me to follow her with an intense expression while standing in the middle of the road.
She doesn't look ten anymore. Now she looks like she's maybe sixteen. But I still feel small.
How did she change so quickly? And why I am still small?
"Jack, I need you. Come with me, it'll be fun. Don't worry we'll be together," she smiled. She sat on her heels briefly to look close at my face and smile big at me to get my attention.
Wait it's just a dream. This isn't real.
I think I'm waking up.
But I didn't make sense of the dream yet, so I'm starting to panic. I don't like that it's unfinished. What was its purpose? Why and where was the road going?
I don't know why but that dream gives me an odd feeling. It's the feeling like I'm in the sea and the only fish like me. The others are mostly sharks or dead fish floating on the top of the Ocean.
This is why I like androids so much I think; because of having a lot of experiences as a kid like this. The car wasn't real but some of the other parts of the nightmare were. I don't understand why I fit in perfectly with androids but never with humans. With humans they only are with me when they want something. Then when they get it they'll disappear.
And if I wake up will Barbara be aware of what happened or not? Actually did Barbara cause this dream somehow? I bet you could induce a dream in someone if you wanted to. If you could figure out the right electric current and connected to them…
Ahh, being suspicious of my allies won't help anything. I know they only mean well.
And even if she doesn't actively know about the dream she is so freaking bad ass smart she will probably 'smell' that something just happened.
I sat up straight. I'm back in the truck and it's reality now. My head aches a little but it's only a small dull pain that will go away soon.
I'm sweating.
I hate that freaky dream. But before in the previous versions there wasn't ever a Barbara in the dream or the second fork in the road.
We'd stopped to spend the night in a rest area just outside of town. Barbara, me, and Ruth are all packed inside the truck cab. This really isn't comfortable at all but because we think there are zombies nearby I didn't allow anyone to sleep outside the vehicles.
"Jack, you ok?" Ruth gives me a strange expression.
"No. it's not OK," I said frowning. I hadn't meant to be cranky but it slipped out.
"Is everything OK for you?" I asked Ruth.
She nods. "As much as can be expected. I've been standing guard for a bit while everyone is resting."
"What's that mean?" I asked.
To my left Barbara had slept against the door with me leaning against her. She'd had a duffel bag behind her to cushion against the hard door, while I had a soft, very soft wonderful cushioning against her boobs and resting between her legs. Androids don't need to be as comfortable as humans to sleep but I don't know if there's a certain level that messes up their performance.
If I hadn't had that nightmare I'd have stayed in the perfect bliss of leaning against Barbara's pillowy chest the whole time.
Ruth to my right was sort of the opposite. She's still keeping an eye on things outside the vehicle with a weapon ready.
They are both staring at that other car that isn't too far from us. It's still pretty dark out because its so early in the morning.
I forgot the ratio of sleep androids need compared to humans but it's a lot less. But they do need some. I can't remember if it was four hours or six though?
No, I wasn't being unfair about having her do so and androids are fine with less sleep. Plus I can't have the other car stand guard tonight. I think they are compromised. I know something is wrong with what's going on in the other car.
"We have to get those guys out of that other car right away. We can't wait anymore," I whispered to Ruth.
It had been our plan previously, suggested by the two androids together that the safest time to storm the other car and get them out would be when those two hunters had gone to sleep. And it just so happened we knew that Sandra had a bottle of alcohol in that car too. We're hoping that those guys had some of that before going to sleep. Their help suggestion system had calculated that this time would be the best time to storm the car with the highest chance of getting the most survivors out of that car.
It's still scary though any how you think about it. And we don't have any idea how bad things have been in that car during the night.
"I agree we can't wait any longer, but I'm curious if you've noticed something we haven't?" she is trying to follow my line of sight.
And it's been eating me up half the night thinking on it.
The reason I can tell?
Ty has this awful pleading look as his face is poked against the glass staring at us. He should have been asleep for one. Plus it's damn cold so why make your face cold already? For a few hours now, he's had this look of pleading like that with crying down his face. And he has at least one black eye probably for not being quiet in front of those guys in the car. Even if someone tells you to shut up or not talk, kids faces are more revealing and more honest than adults are. I can see Craig's face a stoic mask staring at us too. Craig's face is trying to be tough but it has this cold look on it like he's afraid to even budge. It's just the kind of look you'd have if someone had a gun to your head.
Both of them are out of character, and it's a sort of confirmation something is off in the other car.
Normally I wouldn't have been able to sleep at all but because my health is wrecked still I wouldn't have been able to stay awake even if someone told me the Russians were nuking us in an hour. Last night I wouldn't have been able to do anything anyway.
It's when those guys are asleep that I'll have to somehow manage something. And the reason?
"Um…Jack?" Ruth asked me.
"Nobody has left the other car the entire night. Not even to pee or use the bathroom and I don't think any of them have slept either," she said.
"Wow," I almost broke my whisper voice. This keeps getting worse all the time.
"Shh! Quiet!" she said.
"We have to do something soon but I'm not sure how to get them out of the other car without anyone getting shot. Do you have any ideas?" I asked.
"I didn't know if it was OK to kill them or beat them to get rid of them. I didn't have your permission and you were asleep. And you weren't threatened directly. Barbara should know what to do. I think she already has a plan," she said.
Ahh crap.
"So let's go over it again. We need to be sure. How many guns did they have again?" I asked.
I can still see Ty and Craig's faces peeking back at me through the glass only about twenty or thirty feet away in the dark.
"Um…deer rifles. Serious power deer rifles," she added.
"So two guys and two rifles? Or do they have hand guns hidden too? We need to know if they have secondary firearms too," I asked.
"That could be…I don't know. It's inconclusive right now," Ruth said.
"I do think there was a handgun," Barbara said.
Deer rifles aren't like handguns. When someone shoots a deer rifle you can hear the power and the boom all the way across a good sized valley sometimes. They have that much kick to them sometimes. So if one of those rifles goes off we'll have thousands of zombies on us.
But if they have handguns in their coats someone could get shot when we think we're already safe with them after grabbing the deer rifles.
And they had all those three kids in front of them. Three, no actually four little meat shields when I also count Sarah.
This is a tragedy situation.
I'm afraid of what those guys have done all night with the girls too.
It's not the androids fault. They were trying to monitor the situation and look for a moment of opportunity I think. And Barbara had to deal with my fever at the same time. I'd taken a bad turn for health last night and that's why I'd fallen asleep from fever. And the fever had started from the stress of what was going on with my body and the buildup of what was currently in front of us.
All because of Sandra not listening…
And before going to sleep the last radio message was from Craig telling us all to stay in the truck tonight according to Ruth. That's out of character too. Those guys must have thought he had clout and could order us around, not realizing that I was the ringleader not Sandra and Craig.
It's easy for them to think that because Craig was actually a bit taller than I was. Plus there were more people in that car.
"You are lucky that they didn't see you and Barbara first," I said.
"We're going to have to rescue the others aren't we?" Ruth asked.
"Do you have a plan?" I asked her and Barbara.
"Normally I would but…I don't have combat training. I have really good timing and probability calculations though. I've been going over several scenarios in my calculations to try to make up for it and go every every possible change we could make in the car. I've done over four hundred battle simulations in the last hour with dozens of minor adjustments in each to try to predict the best outcome," Barbara said.
No wonder Barbara has been really quiet.
"I guess I'll take care of the plan. But I'll need both of your help. I'm sorry this is unfair of me to ask you to do something dangerous," I said.
"Jack you are the master. We want to do what you want us to do. I'd already calculated this to be a primary threat we couldn't ignore," Barbara insisted.
Yeah Barbara is awesome.
I squeezed her hand.
"Jack, we want you to stay in the car. If you are hit its game over. Let us deal with this," Barbara said.
We end up having a minor argument for two minutes while they force me to stay in the car.
"Next time I get to be the hug pillow when Jack sleeps," Ruth insisted.
"But that's my job. My chest is perfect for it," Barbara said.
"Well that's kind of a good point. But we'll take turns. But we're getting ahead of ourselves. For now let's just focus on that other car and getting them out," I said. I blushed awkwardly.
"Well of course but you know having a reward to tempt us was going to help get us through the stress you know," Ruth said. She's forcing a stressful smile.
Ruth can be kind of weird sometimes.
"I guess I am a hug pillow right now huh?" Barbara said.
"Whisper," I reminded them.
"Ruth behind the seat is my home made taser. That's going to be the key in this," I said.
"I can get it without making noise," Ruth said. But somehow while reaching over the seat she's pushing her beautifully shaped boobs in my face.
"Jack it won't be easy to get to the other car without anything bad happening. Even with some good probability, throwing brooks and whatever else we can through the other car windows," Barbara said.
Eh? Can they do that without hitting the others? This is a really tricky set of maneuvers that Barbara and Ruth are trying to do. And I keep hoping that somehow Craig and Ty might have some kind of signal when it's going to be a good time to move but nothing has happened yet.
I wonder how that will go?
It's like the story of asking the master archer to shoot an apple off his son's head. You can't even imagine the stress that's going through the guy's head in that story. And it supposedly is a real story too.
That's what this feels like. I wiped sweat off my face that was pouring down. It's not hot but I've just been totally stressed out and even my fingers are shaking. I really want to rescue Craig and Aubrey especially, though I don't feel like I've gotten as close to the others.
Ty's face is pleading at us. I can tell he's trying not to cry. They probably told him they'd do something shitty to him if he cried but literally the whole night. Yep, there he goes again. He just wiped some tears away. And the whole night he's not slept a week from whatever trauma shit is going on in that other car.
Craig has probably been awake all night too.
We have to get those two hitchhikers or whatever out of that truck now. I'm debating in my mind when to give the signal to move to Barbara though.
What worries me too is why we can't see any of the girls. That's got me more freaked than just about any other variable in this.
And nobody in that other car has been able to take pee breaks during the night. That should have been the first clue according to Ruth.
Then I thought I saw Craig's nose and mouth twitch. It's as good a signal as any. And a signal from him might be more calculated than one from Ty or the others.
"Now go!" I whispered suddenly.
I'd seen movement just for a second. That meant the hunter assholes were probably passed out asleep because Aubrey has somehow managed to sneak out of the car and is crawling along the ground shirtless towards us.
It looked like Ty was about to move too, but at the last second someone grabbed him to pull him back.
Ruth and Barbara have tried to noiselessly open the doors to the truck. They somehow managed it, and they are moving low over the ground as quick as they can. Somehow they did manage to make almost no noise with their feet.
Uh oh? Are they awake in the other car?
It's a gamble.
I'm scared silly. I feel nauseated.
I just have to trust that Barbara and Ruth can handle themselves and that Barbara has calculated every possible move.
Then the car door opens on the right passenger side of the other vehicle.
Aubrey is crying like a sieve while she's crawling towards the truck as quietly as possible.
With no clothes…
Fuck…I'm seeing red now too. Those guys will burn in real fire. I want to set them on fire inside that car for sure now.
"Stay down Jack," I heard Barbara call out to me.
Shit, how bad did it get in there last night? Suddenly I'm so shocked I can't believe what I'm doing. It's tough to not want to waste those bastards.
Oh man…
I will never forgive those guys.
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tekimp @tekimp ago
Good touch of realism. Things always go south with a quickness in bad times. All these flower smelling, tree hugging, yuppies want to talk about all the happiness and joy there is... well, that's all great in their perverse dream world... but reality sucks.
Love the realism! Love the work! Keep up the good job! Looking forward to next chapter.
Beary.Kuma @Beary.Kuma ago
very nice chapter. love the dream, love how jack took control again...
GalaxieBlue90 @GalaxieBlue90 ago
Thanks for the chapter.


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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Crazier Than Average
Take, for example, my decision to remove the hideous chandelier from the dining room and replace it with a new one. Most people could accomplish this, I reckon, in about an hour. Not me. Three hours, two Woodchucks, animal-herding that should've been filmed so I could later appear on Letterman, numerous bad swears, a trip to WTB's garage, and I was done.
First of all, everyone knows that before you begin any electrical work, you have to shut off the power to that part of the house. For me, that involves corralling four cats and a dog who don't particularly tolerate each other well into one room so that I can access the breaker box in the scary basement via a heavy trap door in the back porch floor. An intelligent person might first check to see that she was not locking the animals in a room containing items she might later need, such as a screwdriver and a cell phone. I am not that person. It was only after all five of them were in the bedroom, snarling and wailing, that I remembered the screwdriver. So I opened the door, retrieved the screwdriver, snatched up one of the escaping cats (Louis), tossed him back in the bedroom, and slammed the door. Mean Little Marie regarded me balefully from atop the kitchen table. I grabbed her, opened the bedroom door, dropped her on the bed, and almost shut the door on Libbi as she ran out. Picked up Libbi, opened the door again, spied my cellphone on the floor, shoved Libbi into the room, blocked Marie's escape attempt as I snatched up the phone, and slammed the door again.
I called my momma to let her know that I'd be descending into the scary basement and later climbing a ladder, located the appropriate breaker, flipped it off (hee hee...flipped it off...hee hee) and took down the old chandelier without too much trouble. But when I tried to hang the new chandelier, I discovered that the bolt that goes into the outlet box was too short. So I did what I always do when I run into trouble with the house and I called White Trash Bob. He said I should come over because he has a whole drawer of lamp parts and surely he had something that would work. Now I ask, you, who has a whole drawer of spare lamp parts, including a bolt that's just the right length? No one but WTB, that's who. And of course, because he just happened to be doing nothing at all on a perfectly nice Sunday afternoon, he walked back to my house with me to help me hang the new chandelier. Which didn't work after we put a couple of bulbs in it and I ran downstairs to turn the breaker back on. We took the whole thing back down again and quickly discovered that when I tightened the electrical cap, I left a little piece of the wire poking out the top. I took the cap off, re-twisted the wires, put the cap back on, ran downstairs to flip the breaker again and this time we had a working light. Wahoo.
Then WTB and I went for a walk during which he somehow tripped over the curb, fell down and dramatically rolled along the sidewalk. You'd think that since I've been answering 911 calls about all sorts of mayhem for a little over ten years that I could maybe remain calm in a situation like this. Not so much. I shrieked, "Oh my God!! Oh my God!!" He said, "How in the hell did that happen?" as he uprighted himself. I felt a little bit like the Pope's bodyguards must have felt when the Popemobile was fired upon some years ago. Not to worry, WTB is unscathed but for his pride.
And the dining room's starting to look kinda nice, don'tcha think?
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Your dining room is looking good. Is the tablecloth a pineapple pattern? My Mom made quite a few, they were always so beautiful. Have a great holiday.ReplyDelete
Oh wow - the mental image of WTB rolling along, and your panicked response had me laughing so loud, the dogs think I'm nuts.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the great laugh!! And the dining room looks fantastic!
- AnonymousNovember 23, 2010 at 4:31 PM
Glad you weren't hurt by animals, trap door or ladder - and glad that WTB survived his tumble.ReplyDelete
The room is looking great - now you just need to fill it with food, family & friends on Thanksgiving for it to be complete!
Dining room is looking great.ReplyDelete
Oh no!!! You don't want WTB on the D.L.!!!!!!
Very nice, indeed. And everyone survived - - you, pets, WTB. Bonus points.ReplyDelete
The dining room looks great!ReplyDelete
Poor WTB. I fell on a concrete sidewalk some years ago. Concrete on head bones, scary as heck.
Sheila, The tablecloth is indeed a pineapple pattern, and my mom made it several years ago. She also made the runner that's on the buffet, which you can kinda see in the photo.ReplyDelete
Karen Anne is right, my mother fell once and her face hit the curb. Boy did she have a shiner!ReplyDelete
Your dining room looks great! I can imagine how relieved you are knowing that job is done. ;D
What's next.....foyer?
How did I miss this post?? OMG, the visuals in my head, you had me laughing so hard! SO glad to hear that WTB was OK. I went through a little panic for a second. Don't damage WTB!!ReplyDelete


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Thinking of visiting Manzanillo or PV this winter. Are there any resorts that have nice beaches for both swimming and walking ?
Thinking of visiting Manzanillo or PV this winter. Are there any resorts that have nice beaches for both swimming and walking ?
The resorts at Nuevo Vallarta (north of PV, still in Banderas Bay) are on a lovely long wide beach, great for walking and also boogie boarding. The RIU is one of the nicest there. The beaches right IN PV are not as nice. Dreams PV is situated in a very nice cove, nice beach but not great for walking long distances.
In Manzanillo, the Barcelo Karmina is the nicest hotel but IMO has the least nice beach. The Las Hadas has a marina and a small but nice beach. The Grand Bay up at Isla Navidad does not have a very nice beach at all, very small and man made.
The beach at the Tesoro Manzanillo is great (Playa Audiencia). It is the beach Bo Derek with her cornrows was running on for the movie '10'. It is a long narrow bay, and there is also quite good snorkeling along the rocky sides- especially the right side (facing the ocean).
Good synopsis by Rissask.
How long would you be staying 1 week? 2 weeks? longer?
I find it difficult to stay at an All-inclusive Resort for more than 1 week. With a large, freestanding AI resort after two days of "paradise" I feel like Patrick McGoohan in "The Prisoner".
Downtown PV (around Rio Cuale) has a number of smaller ocean front resort / hotels -- not expansive beaches but, a pleasant Malecon 3-4 km in length and lots of great restaurants. PV is "built" for tourism.
Manzanillo is distinctly different from PV. Large beaches and lots of small beaches and small towns to explore. Manzanillo has an important seaport economy supplemented by a large agricultural economy.
Both cities are very safe.
We have always done 2 weeks at AI resorts. Just too much time on a plane for me to only do one week. We have been looking at Dreams PV and Karmina Palace in Manzanillo. Both sound good so will have to do some more reading
Have you decided when you would be taking your holiday?
Not until first week in January . Still quite a ways off so doing lots of reading and price checking
Terrific weather and you will catch (Jan 6) the Mexican children's Christmas festivities. A very enjoyable time.
Do you plan on exploring outside the resort?
One disadvantage of PV is the often oppressive "time share sales pitches" that occur. Exiting the PV airport without being set upon by sales people can be challenging--it is called the "Shark Tank".
Yes- the timeshare sharks can be very annoying in PV- I concur. That area is great too- however it is busier and more touristy than ZLO...it depends what you like.
I should have mentioned that the Tesoro was a nice but quite basic three and a half star hotel- not on the same plane as the Karmina. You can't go wrong in choosing the Karmina or the Dreams PV- the latter DOES have a better beach, however. Karmina has (I believe?) sort of a man-made dredged pool area on the ocean. However, if you golf, there is a golf course right there, very nice.
and if you like quiet and a bit upscale, don't discount the Grand Bay Isla Navidad....very nice! And a funky town to explore next door- Barra de Navidad. One week at the Grand Bay and the other week at a hotel in Barra would be my idea of a great vacation- not for everyone, of course!Edited: 12:47 pm, June 19, 2013
Add Secrets Huatulco to your research
We had started out looking at Secrets but within a couple days it had taken a price jump making it higher than what we wanted to pay. We are very much " beach" people so Dreams is looking tempting.
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Make your front porch boast some charming farm-house style like Courtenay with Creek Line House does with her farm style fall porch. The plaid blankets give the design a warm and welcoming feel and I adore the wall art.
If you love the beach and you love decorating for fall you will fall in love with this porch brought to us by Suzy with WorthingCourtBlog.com.
Suzy's unique fall wreath ranges from the lovely classic fall colors and arrangements that we are accustomed to with a twist of beach love by splashing some pumpkins with an ocean refreshing blue paint. Can we say awesome!
Becca at Adventures in Decorating has created the perfect blend of simple autumn love mingled with a dash of cute. This is a super easy way to make the entry way to your home fall ready and inviting.
Glitter Glue and Paint has this fall decor thing all figured out. Mums are almost a must have if you want to bring color to your fall porch. A happy scarecrow makes it even more inviting for your guests.
Notice the lovely wreath she has on her door. Burlap gives it a wholesome country feel and the punches of fall color gives this door some wonderful personality.
Mary Beth with Cupcakes and Crinoline shares with us her delightful fall porch decorating idea. The orange toned floral vines she uses to top off her door really makes it stand out. This sweet design idea is both simple in style yet fashioned with a touch of elegance. I really love the black door with the orange and burlap draped to frame it.
Giving the door a bit of a rustic feel, Mary Beth chose a grapevine wreath, simple burlap ribbon fashioned with some sweet corduroy acorns. Very unique and interesting.
KY girl photography keeps it simple yet so very cute. A small child's chair can easily be used to feature happy and playful farm style scarecrows and other sweet decorations for fall. Perch them on your porch, set a few pumpkins and mums around them and watch how your porch comes to life with these little guys.
Deborah from Dirt Simple gets creative with her charming fall decorating ideas outside. She gathers tall grasses to make an attractive display and uses several sizes of pumpkins and gourds to create an abundant display of harvest.
If you enjoyed the lovely fall decorating ideas above, be sure to check out some more of my favorite ways to dress your home for fall!
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had a bad virus, now all my EXEs will not work
Hello I had a bad Virus, I downloaded MalwareBytes to get rid of it.
When Malwarebtyes was done my computer worked great, then while I was surfing the net the computer just rebooted itself. When It came back on All my shortcuts and executables became unusable. When I click on them if i have task manager on, I can see the program come up for between 1 and 5 seconds before it just disappears.
I cannot run any antivirus, anti malware hijack this or even rkill. Not even in safe mode, I even tried changing the file names to .com these programs will just not launch.
I downloaded the registry entries for exe and exefile and changed them, then after a restart the same thing.
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Sounds like you didn't get rid of all the viruses on your system. Were you running any antivirus software prior to getting infected?
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Yes AVG and I ran adaware every week or so
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Donald Trump's proposed Muslim Ban is an overtly racist policy and thankfully it has been, at least temporarily, postponed because of various federal court rulings.
The ban has been deemed by many as illegal and unconstitutional, with the latest dissenting voice coming from the now-sacked acting Attorney General Sally Yates after she told the Justice Department not to defend Trump's ban.
Yates said she was not convinced of the legality of the order which prompted an unsurprising backlash from President Trump on Twitter. Yet Yates' response is just part of the continued liberal posturing in the face of the policy that is undeniably hypocritical.
Many politicians and pundits are acting like arbiters of morality when previously they have backed awful, regressive policies that are not dissimilar to Trump's.
Republican Senator Rob Portman echoed this revisionist approach to America's border policies when he commented:
"We ought to all take a deep breath and come up with something that makes sense for our national security and again for this notion that America has always been a welcoming home for refugees and immigrants"
Whilst the Guardian offered the rather flaccid response of describing the ban as "un-American".
These revisions of nationalist narrative to suit progressive means are always doomed to failure and would never stand up to scrutiny. America is a settler colonial state with a history of genocide, slavery and Jim Crow.
There is no overarching progressive American ideology; the country has a long history of pursuing regressive policies.
To suggest Trump is somehow the antithesis of this trend is simply untrue. Trump is not the first President to issue inhumane orders and unfortunately he won't be the last.
In this regard it's worth noting how America colonised and then annexed many of the now southern states from Mexico, including Texas and parts of California and then went on to build a wall to prevent Mexicans entering the USA (yes, the wall was already there before Trump got in), prompting Make America Mexico Again responses to Trump's candidacy.
America has colonised, created borders and always restricted minority communities as shown by the 1892 renewal of the Chinese Exclusion Act and internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII – who were forced into labour camps and had their property seized by the state.
The point is to show that Trump's ideas aren't new initiatives, but part of a broader United States history – such analysis can also be applied readily to Europe.
European heads of states who are now shaking their head and likewise claiming a moral high ground have not got a leg to stand on after their continued propping up of Fortress Europe, with thousands of people dying trying to cross the Mediterranean and enter old continent last year alone.
The European Union is held up as a bastion of morality by ardent Remainers but in the end it negotiated crooked deals with Morocco and Libya to keep migrants out. These states were essentially paid by the European Union to keep people out at all costs.
How then can these same heads of state lament the Muslim ban when their own border policies are killing people? Particularly as said policies further exacerbated Islamophobic and anti-immigrant narratives present in European society since the start of the "War on Terror".
The critical difference between these policies and Trump's is that those adopted by Europe aren't very well known nor are they as overt.
The same is true for the UK's shady illegal detention centres that deny asylum seekers basic human rights from where the state attempts to ship them out of the UK at the first chance.
Trump has been creating headlines for his proposed Muslim registry but the UK government is trying to create its own registry, collecting country of birth and nationality data from school children aged 2-19 in order to create a "hostile environment" for migrants.
The outcry at Trump is because he has been so overt about his bigoted border policy – polite European leaders and Obama were just a little bit subtler about it all. This isn't to say their policies were worse, but they were and still are very problematic.
If we want to articulate a critique of the Muslim Ban, we must counter the widespread and normalised Islamophobia and anti-immigrant narratives so present in our society and of all border policies and visa restrictions that the Western world upholds, not just the seven countries on Trump's list.
Rather than bemoaning how people ignored these things we must also attempt to raise awareness regarding back room policies pursued in countries like Britain and by the wider European Union via Libya, Morocco and Turkey.
We also need to fight back against dominant narratives that demonise immigrants and refugees and thus allow and enable a climate whereby a ban, such as Trump's, can gain popular support.
The current situation is an opportunity for progressives to steal the momentum from the likes of Trump and articulate a politics that mobilises the fear displayed by many.
The women's march and the recent protests against newly elected president show that there is an energy and a large number of people who are not happy with the way things are going.
Those with progressive ideals have to articulate an over-arching narrative that brings in these newly politically active people and frames things through the lens of anti-establishment, anti-racism and anti-border politics. Easier said than done, I know.


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Beth Slovic gets the scoop. The vindictiveness is because Saltzman sided with Police Chief Rosie Sizer on Monday, when she stood up to the mayor on the budget, it seems. We're still waiting for a call back from Saltzman, which I'd say is unlikely to come, frankly. Until it does, I'll selectively quote Slovic's story here, before linking you over there to read the whole thing. Credit where it's due, etcetera.
"I've experienced vindictiveness by the mayor," Saltzman said of his years on City Council. "I would characterize this as one of those circumstances."
"The mayor was not sufficiently committed to the safety of Portlanders by keeping the bureau at full strength," said Saltzman. "He didn't expect us to speak up about it."
He said the mayor's statement that the decision to can him and Sizer now was driven by the need to complete the budget process was "disingenuous" and "ridiculous." He also suggested the mayor's decision was the result of Sizer's Monday press conference, which Saltzman supported, regarding the mayor's proposed cuts to the Police Bureau budget. "The beginning of the legislative process [around the budget] was the end of my tenure as police chief," Saltzman said.
Those are some of the strongest words to come out of Saltzman's mouth since I've been on this beat. Dude is clearly pissed. And the consensus amongst Blogtown readers does seem to be that his demotion from police commissioner is going to affect his chances in next Tuesday's election contest. I'd love to be a fly on the wall in city hall right now.
Update, 8:14: Saltzman also told Janie Har at the Oregonian that he thinks "nobody buys" Adams' talk about saving money in the sewer budget to pay for bike lanes and the like. Odd, because Saltzman has been defending his vote to divert that money on the campaign trail, but still...


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North Bellmore neighbors fuming over Billy Dean's Showtime Cafe
NORTH BELLMORE - Residents of one North Bellmore neighborhood are fuming over a cabaret that has been operating without a license for months.
The Town of Hempstead is currently deciding whether it should renew the license of Billy Dean's Showtime Cafe, which expired a year ago.
Residents say it's a strip club that has no place in their community because it's located near a school, a library and several homes. By law, strip clubs can't operate within 500 feet of a school.
An attorney for the cabaret's owner argues that it's not a strip club, and says it instead offers dancing and entertainment. However, the cabaret's website bills itself as the No. 1 strip club on Long Island. The attorney says that's merely meant to entice people to visit, but News 12 Long Island found customer reviews online praising the beautiful women and the lap dances that the club offers.
The attorney says the town should renew the license because it's creating jobs in the area.
No one answered when News 12 Long Island knocked at the entrance to Billy Dean's today.


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