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Posted on February 28, 2013 – 6:33 pm | Author: Susan Lulgjuraj
Football | 2013 NFL Draft, 2013 Sage HIT Low Series, 2013 Sage HIT Low Series Checklist, Eddie Lacy, Matt Barkley, Montee Ball | Comments (3)
By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Football Editor
The new season of football products has already started to roll out.
2013 Sage HIT Low Series hits the market this month, but Beckett got its hands on an early box.
Check out the gallery below to see some of the cards.
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Posted on February 28, 2013 – 6:10 pm | Author: Susan Lulgjuraj
Football | Adrian Peterson, Andrew Luck, Calvin Johnsnon, Jason Witten, McFarlane Toys, NFL smALL Pro Series 1, Peyton Manning, RG3, Robert Griffin III, Trent Richardson, Troy Polamalu | Comments (7)
McFarlane Toys is shrinking its sports line of figurines.
This summer, NFL smALL Pros Series 1 will debut with 2.5-inch high cartoonish figurines of several football stars. The figurines are meant to be fun and seem to be geared toward children. However, it includes a chase element for adults who love their collectibles.
Posted on February 28, 2013 – 11:26 am | Author: chrisolds
Baseball | 2011 Panini Prime Cuts, 2012 Panini National Treasures, game-used memorabilia, Walter Johnson, Washington Nationals, Washington Senators | Comments (9)
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor
"The Big Train" was one of the first five players inducted into Cooperstown after winning 417 games over 21 seasons — an average of 19 wins a year — striking out 3,509 batters and throwing 110 shutouts, which is still an MLB record.
But there was one thing that Walter Johnson had never done until recently — appear on a game-used memorabilia card.
Before the arrival of 2012 Panini National Treasures on Wednesday, Johnson appeared on a total of just four total game-used memorabilia cards — all 1/1s — found in 2011 Prime Cuts from Panini America.
Posted on February 28, 2013 – 10:23 am | Author: chrisolds
Baseball | 42, Brooklyn Dodgers, Chadwick Boseman, featured, Harrison Ford, Jackie Robinson | Comments (17)
Jackie Robinson's story is a historically significant one both socially and in the sports world, a tale that had such sweeping implications the world as we know it today would look so much different had he not done one simple thing.
Play baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
However, even that wasn't so simple and his story is coming to life on the big screen in April via 42, which stars Chadwick Boseman as Robinson and Harrison Ford as Dodgers GM Branch Rickey.
Posted on February 27, 2013 – 9:29 pm | Author: chrisolds
Baseball | 1909-11 T206, ESPN, Honus Wagner, Honus Wagner T206, PSA | Comments (14)
An ESPN 30 For 30 segment, "Holy Grail: The T206 Honus Wagner" explores the tale of the world's most valuable baseball card as well as the allegations of its trimming before it was graded an 8 by PSA years ago.
The card most recently sold for $2.8 million to Arizona Diamondbacks owner Ken Kendrick.
Check it out here — and let us know what you think of it all in the comments below.
Posted on February 27, 2013 – 8:56 pm | Author: chrisolds
Baseball | 2012 Panini National Treasures, National Treasures, Panini America | Comments (8)
They say a picture's worth a thousand words, so we're not sure how much needs to be said about the arrival of 2012 Panini National Treasures earlier today.
Why's that? Because this small selection of images of cards pulled by collectors says plenty … after the jump.
Posted on February 27, 2013 – 5:29 pm | Author: Susan Lulgjuraj
Football | 2012 Topps Supreme checklist, 2012 Topps Supreme Football, Andrew Luck, featured, Robert Griffin III, Russell Wilson | Comments (5)
The 2012 football card calendar is nearing its completion, but the end of the season also means a release of a couple of high-end products.
This week, 2012 Topps Supreme came out, a one-pack-a-box item for around $90. Collectors get just four cards with one hit that could be an autograph or a relic inside, along with a parallel and two base cards.
Many of the early hits include booklets and multi-autographed cards.
Posted on February 27, 2013 – 1:21 pm | Author: chrisolds
Baseball | 2012 Panini Prizm, 2012 Panini Prizm checklist, featured, MLBPA, Panini America, Prizm | Comments (25)
Chrome vs. Prizm — now the battle can really begin.
Panini America confirmed on Wednesday that it's bringing the Prizm brand to baseball this year with 2012 Prizm.
Set to arrive in April, it will include a 200-card base set that includes 50 rookies. Each will be found with standard Prizm parallels as well as Gold and Finite Black 1/1s that will only be found in hobby packs. At retail, there will be Green as well as Walmart-only Blue and Target-only Red Prizms to be found.
Each hobby box will include two autographs and three Prizms. Retail boxes will include three Green Prizms. (Click here to download a copy of the preliminary checklist.)
Posted on February 26, 2013 – 2:26 pm | Author: Susan Lulgjuraj
Football | Cris Carter, Cris Carter autographs, Minnesota Vikings, Pro Football Hall of Fame, Steiner Sports | Comments (10)
One of the newest members of the Pro Football Hall of Fame has signed an exclusive agreement with Steiner Sports.
Cris Carter, a standout for the Minnesota Vikings, signed a collectibles deal with Steiner Sports, joining the company's large roster of athletes. The Carter Hall of Fame line will include signed Ohio State and Vikings helmets, mini-helmets, footballs and photographs.
Posted on February 25, 2013 – 4:03 pm | Author: Susan Lulgjuraj
Hockey | 2012-13 SP Authentic, 2012-13 SPx, 2012-13 Upper Deck Series 2, Rick Nash, Ryan Nugent Hopkins, Upper Deck | Comments (2)
By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Hockey Editor
Collectors will get more than just the title cards in SP Authentic hockey this season.
When Upper Deck canceled a number of its hockey products earlier this year, the company didn't want to do away with many of the cards it already worked on. It decided to insert the items from SPx and Upper Deck Series 2 as content in 2012-13 SP Authentic.
SPA is scheduled to come in June with three autographs in every box, on average.
Posted on February 25, 2013 – 2:41 pm | Author: chrisolds
Basketball | Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics, Louisiana State University, LSU basketball, NBA, NBA at 50, Panini America, Pete Maravich, Utah Jazz | Comments (2)
Pete Maravich has just 53 game-used memorabilia cards and none since 2009-10. Panini America announced Monday that it will be making more mem cards of the legend in its future products.
By Chris Olds | Beckett Basketball Editor
"Pistol Pete" will be a hit once again.
Panini America will be creating its first game-used memorabilia cards for former LSU and Atlanta Hawks star Pete Maravich in NBA brands coming later this year, the company announced on Monday.
"We have obtained a Pete Maravich jersey that will be appearing in product," said brand manager Keith Hower in a company box break video released Monday. "We've got to plan it out and schedule where it's going to appear, but Pete Maravich memorabilia is coming to Panini basketball."
Maravich, known for his eccentric style of play and floppy socks, still holds the NCAA scoring record with an average of 44.2 points a game for his entire three-year LSU career along with other marks. He was a five-time NBA All-Star and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1987 and named to the NBA at 50 team in 1996.
Posted on February 25, 2013 – 11:20 am | Author: chrisolds
Baseball | 2012 National Treasures, 2012 Panini National Treasures, National Treasures, Panini America | Comments (12)
By Chris Olds | Beckett Baseball Editor | Commentary
Panini America's priciest baseball card set ever arrives on Wednesday with just eight cards per pack of 2012 Panini National Treasures.
Plenty has been teased in this one — you can see a selection of nearly 50 high-end hits after the jump — but there's still a bit of mystery of how this $400-a-pack (suggested retail price) product will look with the typical box breaks.
Posted on February 25, 2013 – 10:24 am | Author: chrisolds
Baseball | Alex Rodriguez, Goldin Auctions, New York Yankees, Yuri Sucart | Comments (1)
A copy of Alex Rodriguez's 2009 World Series ring given as a gift by the slugger to his cousin, Yuri Sucart, is on the auction block through Goldin Auctions and already has topped $30,000 with more than a month remaining in the sale.
Posted on February 24, 2013 – 3:47 pm | Author: chrisolds
Baseball, Racing | Danica Patrick, Daytona 500, Daytona Danica, NASCAR, press pass, Topps | Comments (6)
By Chris Olds | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor | Commentary
Danica Patrick wrote herself into the record books on Sunday as the best-finishing woman to compete in NASCAR's premiere event, the Daytona 500, when she finished eighth in a race won by five-time Sprint Cup champ Jimmie Johnson.
Of course, earlier in the day, Patrick became the first woman to lead a lap in the race and she was the first to win the pole for the event when she took it last week. The best previous finish for a woman in the race was Janet Guthrie, who finished ninth in 1978.
The 30-year-old is embarking on her first season as a full-time driver in the highest level of stock-car racing this season after a couple seasons as a part-timer. She's already a big-time player on the card circuit, though, as she appears on more than 840 different cards and diecasts made through the years with a total value of $31,336.25 not including those pieces that are too rare to track. (Click here for a full checklist and Online Price Guide.)
Posted on February 24, 2013 – 2:05 pm | Author: chrisolds
Baseball | 1990 Little Sun Writers, Ball Four, Bang the Drum Slowly, Baseball Reliquary, Bronx Zoo, Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, Grantland Rice, Henry Chadwick, Jim Bouton, John Thorn, New York Yankees, Peter Golenbock, Red Smith, Robert Deniro, Roger Creamer, Ron Shelton, Spitball, Sports Illustrated, Total Baseball, W.P. Kinsella | Comments (5)
One recent cardboard purchase of mine was done sight unseen without a card shop, eBay or a shred of league licensing involved.
It began with a random thought — "Does this person have a card?" — and after a search on Beckett.com an answer was in-hand but a set nowhere to be found. Fast forward a couple years later and curiosity grabbed at me once again prompting me to send an email asking someone what they knew, if they had, if available to buy, etc. You know, the typical transaction minutia.
What arrived in my hands last week turned out to be a surprisingly interesting card collection — the 1990 Little Sun Writers set, a small release of 24 glossy cards featuring guys you've likely not heard of unless you're of a certain age or do a lot of reading and writing.
They're cards of notable baseball writers — Major League Writers per the set's full name.
Posted on February 24, 2013 – 1:00 pm | Author: Susan Lulgjuraj
Non-Sports | Game of Thrones, HBO, Peter Dinklage, Rittenhouse Archives | Comments (2)
By Susan Lulgjuraj | Beckett Sports Card Monthly Editor
Fans of the Game of Thrones are getting excited for the upcoming season. The trailer for the third season released recently picking up where last season left off.
Along with the trailer, fans also got a glimpse of the newest Game of Thrones trading cards coming out this spring. The Rittenhouse Archives set will highlight the second season with 88 base cards.
Game of Thrones Season Two Trading Cards will have more than 30 actors signing with actors such as Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen) and Kit Harington (Jon Snow).
Posted on February 23, 2013 – 9:39 pm | Author: Susan Lulgjuraj
Hockey | 1980 Winter Olympics, Heritage Auctions, Mike Eruzione, Miracle on Ice | Comments (0)
The day finally came for Mike Eruzione. Plenty of sports fans talked about the auction of his hockey collection. It contained memorabilia from the 1980 Olympics including the Miracle on Ice game.
Eruzione's items sold through Heritage Auctions on Saturday night.
The big seller was his Team USA jersey worn in the 1980 Olympic game in which the Americans defeated the USSR 4-3 in the medal round, dubbed the "Miracle on Ice."
That jersey sold for $657,250, including a buyer's premium – but it didn't get the $1 million many had hoped.
Posted on February 22, 2013 – 4:21 pm | Author: chrisolds
Baseball | 2013 Finest, 2013 Topps Finest, featured, MLB, Topps | Comments (13)
It's been 20 years.
Topps has an anniversary to celebrate this year and it's doing so in 2013 Finest, the 20th anniversary edition of the line that marked the birth of the Refractor.
Set to arrive on Aug. 14, Finest will include two six-pack mini boxes per box of this with one on-card autographed Rookie Card Refractor and one autographed Jumbo Relic found inside.
Also inside? Designs from 1993 and other memorable releases from Finest's past.
Posted on February 22, 2013 – 3:16 pm | Author: chrisolds
Baseball, Box Busters & Ripping Retail | 2013 Topps Turkey Red, MLB, ShopTopps.com, Turkey Red | Comments (13)
Join Beckett Baseball's Chris Olds as he rips into a box of 2013 Topps Turkey Red in this latest edition of Box Busters.
What will he find inside? Watch and find out …
Posted on February 22, 2013 – 1:46 pm | Author: chrisolds
Baseball | 2013 Topps Triple Threads, 2013 Topps Triple Threads checklist, 2013 Triple Threads, 2013 Triple Threads checklist, featured, MLB, Topps | Comments (13)
Triple Threads is back and it's going against the grain — as in its got a whole new look.
Topps unveiled the first images and basic product information for the eighth edition of the popular high-end brand on Friday and it will return on Sept. 11 packing the same pack configuration as last season.
As in one pack per box contains three base cards, two parallel, one Triple Relic and one Unity Single Auto Jumbo Relic, while the second pack contains three base cards two parallels, a Autographed Triple Relic card and a Unity Single Jumbo Relic.


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This was the old sixties kitchen..horrible and now the new.
December 30, 2012 in Before & After
We had the arches removed..a total of 5 arches in all..to open the space. A huge difference with 2 pac drawers and doors, in dulux beige royal, huge island bench there is no sign of the old kitchen any more.
Noz Nozawa
WOW!!!!! This is such an amazing before & after. Great job in maximizing the openness of this floor plan, and congrats on such a beautiful new kitchen. Thanks so much for sharing!!
December 30, 2012 at 9:46PM Like
Doesn't look like the same house! Wow! Great job.
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Very nice ! still have that retro feeling but in a contemporary way.
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Wish I could take a walk-thru on this one! Interesting - I keep going back and forth! Fun!
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Wow, those old arches were beyond belief---new kitchen looks sleek and functional.
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Firstly to correct the statistics, this school is pre-k all the way up to 12th grade! I love this school. Contrary to the other parent who posted below, I have a disabled child that I sent to VCA 4 years ago because of his disabilities. They handle him very well (and his disabilities are much more than a speech problem). This school handles even Autism very well. The teachers care about the kids and they receive very individualized attention, education, and love. We'll be at this school until graduation at 12th grade! The church, Victory Church is pretty awesome too!
This school has some good points but my experience with VCA was not a good one. My son has a speech disability and was put out of the class for tutoring while we were told this was offered after school. The work he was supposed to be in class for he had to do at home which became a nightmare staying up for hrs just to get homework + schoolwork done. Teachers attitude was the worst part. Wow treated my husband like a child were did they find her? We actually found out after three weeks of school that my son was being pulled out of class for tutoring when we had been communicating for a while with this teacher you think she could have said something about it in passing. Me and my husband began to get the feeling that she was excluding our son because of his disability.
My daughter is in the Pre-K program here and has been for a month. This school is wonderful! I praise the LORD that we found the right school to keep our little one learning each and every day. : )
The staff genuinely cares about each student individually. Teachers are open to working with parents for the best outcome of the student. Great student teacher ratio.
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Colts stunning comeback kicks off wild card weekend
Quarterback Andrew Luck of the Indianapolis Colts scores a touchdown in the 4th quarter after recovering a fumble during the Colts' 45-44 Wild Card Playoff win against the Kansas City Chiefs, January 4, 2014, in Indianapolis, Indiana
Quarterback Andrew Luck led the fightback by engineering five second-half touchdown drives, capping the comeback with a 64-yard pass to T.Y. Hilton for the go-ahead score with 4:21 left on the clock Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium.
"We never panicked," said Luck of the second-largest comeback in NFL playoff history. "We feel like we are in every game. The guys stuck with me and we pulled this one out."
The Colts stumbled out the gate as Luck threw three interceptions that allowed the Chiefs to take a 38-10 lead.
Luck, who is in his second year in the league, finished with four touchdown passes, recovered a fumble for another touchdown and completed 29 of 45 passes for a total of 443 yards.
The victory means the Colts could potentially face former franchise hero Peyton Manning, who now plays quarterback for Denver. That matchup will depend on the result of the Cincinnati and San Diego wild card game on Sunday.
If Cincinnati wins Sunday, then Denver will host the Colts on January 11. If the Chargers win, the Colts will square off against New England on January 12.
Hilton also stepped up against the Chiefs, making 13 catches for 224 yards and a pair of touchdowns. Donald Brown had a receiving and rushing touchdown for Indianapolis, who had dropped three straight games in the playoffs after last season's 24-9 wild-card loss to the eventual Super Bowl champion Baltimore Ravens.
Kansas City got off to a rocky start when all-star running back Jamaal Charles left the game after suffering a concussion on the opening drive of the game.
Charles led the AFC in rushing for the second consecutive season, had an NFL-best 19 total touchdowns, and averaged 132 rushing yards per game in 2013.
The Chiefs shook off the loss of Charles to score on their first five possessions and build a substantial lead.
Quarterback Alex Smith threw four touchdown passes while going 30-of-46 for 378 yards in the loss.
Dwayne Bowe made eight catches for 150 yards and a touchdown as the Chiefs suffered their eighth consecutive playoff loss since Hall-of-Famer Joe Montana led the franchise to a divisional round win during the 1993 season.
Knile Davis helped make up for the loss of Charles as he rushed for 100 yards and recorded both a rushing and receiving touchdown. But he left the game in the fourth quarter with an ankle injury.
The AFC South champion Colts come into the game on a roll, having won three straight in which they allowed a total of 20 points. That span included an 23-7 win at Kansas City on December 22.
Taking the field later Saturday are the New Orleans Saints and Philadelphia Eagles in an NFC contest.
In the other NFC wild card game of the weekend, San Francisco travels to Green Bay to play the Packers on Sunday.
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The worst part about being robbed
A stolen wallet means you're subject to multiple threats, particularly credit card and identity theft. But taking the right steps and precautions can prevent or minimize your losses.
I got mugged on the way to a conference in Chicago late last month. By the time I got my credit card company on the phone, the thieving punks had already bought themselves sandwiches.
The incident left me slightly sore and fairly rattled. But the worst part wasn't the loss of the cash or my peace of mind.
It was the paperwork and the fear of identity theft.
Even though I'd made a few smart choices (more on that later), my stolen wallet held some potential time bombs:
- A deposit slip (why was I carrying it?).
- A department-store credit card I rarely use (ditto).
- My driver's license.
- Debit and credit cards.
- A check from my brand-new business account (to pay my half of a shared hotel room).
I hope this never happens to you. But you should prepare for it right now, while you have the opportunity to cut potential losses. Learn from my mistakes -- and from what I did right.
Time is of the essence
If you're robbed, call the police first. But then call your bank and/or credit card company. Don't wait until the next morning or the next business day. These companies have 24-hour emergency lines. Use them.
Donna Freedman
I immediately froze my personal and business accounts, and canceled the debit cards. Because of the deposit slip, business check and driver's license in my wallet, the thieves could have ripped me off again -- e.g., by printing fake checks -- so I closed the accounts upon returning to Seattle.
I still write paper checks from time to time. For example, my landlords aren't set up for electronic payments. I'd just ordered a new batch, which I shredded. What a waste.
After opening new accounts, I had to re-establish the transactions linked to them: PayPal, monthly contributions to church and charity, automated savings at an online bank and payments for health and life insurance.
A lot of this trouble could have been avoided if the deposit slip and check hadn't been in my wallet. If any item in your bag or briefcase bears a bank account number, take it out.
Stay alert to fraud
As noted, the crooks used my credit card immediately. They didn't have to sign for the transaction because they spent less than $25. That policy really frosts me.
It could have been a lot worse. Julie W.'s wallet went missing last year while she had breakfast with a friend. She doesn't know whether it was stolen outright or whether it fell out of her purse. What she does know is that she didn't spend $2,000 that morning.
"They beelined up to Target and were able to use two different cards," says Julie, a Southern California resident. One was a debit card, but the crook specified "credit" at the checkout and thus didn't need a PIN.
She's spent about 15 hours dealing with paperwork and monitoring accounts. Fortunately, no attempts at identity theft have been detected.
A good place to start is a fraud alert placed with one of the three credit bureaus, which will then notify the two other. This requires potential creditors to take "reasonable" steps to verify identity before issuing credit. Placing the alert is free and can be renewed every 90 days.
You can sign up with a credit-monitoring service, but make sure you're not paying just for stuff you can get for free. The Federal Trade Commission has a couple of useful pages: "Detect Identity Theft" and "Recover From Identity Theft."
What's in your wallet?
Try this: Write down everything that's in your purse, briefcase or billfold. No peeking. Now open it and see if you remembered everything.
For extra credit: How much of that stuff do you use on a daily or even weekly basis?
It could be time for "a wallet audit," according to Denis G. Kelly, the author of "The Official Identity Theft Prevention Handbook." Weed out what you don't need, and make a list of the rest, so in the event of loss you'll know which calls to make.
Write down only the 800 number for each card you carry -- not the card number itself. The customer-service rep can look you up based on security questions.
@ flare, i can relate, i worked in customer service in the past and it has happened to me too, not almost having to involve the police, but people throwing a fit about having their I.D. verified. i just don't understand that, i don't even signaturize the back of my cards in hopes of my I.D. getting checked, and in some cases I grab both my debit/credit card along with my license, waiting for them to ask for it. some people just strive for unnecessary confrontation, i guess.
I live in TX so yes, it is easier for me. Traveling does present a problem. I agree that other devises should be used when a gun can't be. We've have those as well.
However, so people don't think I'm some gun totting redneck, which I'm not, I think the best defense is to know your surroundings and avoid bad places. I'm amazed when I see a young woman walking alone anywere Downtown Dallas for example.
Great article, as usual. I'm so sorry for what happened to you. It is, by far, one of my biggest fears. In college back in the 80's, I lost my wallet and it took nearly an act of Congress to get everything straightened out. My biggest regret, however, was that the wallet itself was a beautiful gift from a dear friend. I decided at that time to be more vigilant in keeping the contents of my purse safe. You've given me food for thought as far as to what I should take out even though I've scaled back a lot over the years. I'd be so mad if I lost the cards for the seven or eight free subs I've earned from my favorite sub shop.
Take care and thanks for the great advice.
Rik Reed....
I totally agree....I carry a concealed weapon as well but not all states allow for it and some people just don't like guns. If I had to guess you probably live in one of the southern states like me that allows for more lenient hand-gun laws. If you live in a May-Issue or No-Issue state it's fairly difficult to carry a hand-gun legally. In any case there are other alternatives to protecting yourself beside a hand-gun i.e. tazers, pepper spray. etc. You also have to take into consideration that pulling a gun means you're ready to kill someone or be killed and not a lot of people want to get into that kind of situation...sometimes losing 50-100 bucks in cash and a few credit cards etc...is worth avoiding death or knowing you had to kill someone.
Imagine how they'd scream and holler if their cards were taken and used without their permission -- you're not liable for it but you have to fill out paperwork and/or close and reopen the account. It all takes time and aggravation. And if the credit card companies are defrauded, you know who's going to end up paying. (Hint: Probably not the crooks.)
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USAA, in order to allow me phone access to talk to a CSA made me verify something that they drew from "public records" - well, the questions they asked me went back 25 years! Yes, I could remember that I lived on Harvard Ave. East 25+ years ago, but did I remember the exact street address? No. I made a guess, and luckily guessed right.
Lesson here - don't count on being able to just call up the CSA line and get what you want - there is added security there too that may be beyond your ability to access away from home. So, carry what you need, but no more. Be prepared to be inconvenienced if what you need got left at home.
along with the precautions outlined in the article, Rik's excellent advice below is worth serious consideration
even a little old granny can put up a fight if she has a gun in her purse and knows how and is willing to use it
with the right kind of weapon; i.e., a revolver with a concealed hammer - you can even shoot through your clothing or a purse without even having to draw the gun, before the mugger even realizes you are armed
A Ruger LCR loaded with 135 grain Speer Gold dots is not a bad choice for a beginner...
Best defense against this is to get a license to carry a gun. Learn how to use it. Become an expert. Take self-defense/self awareness classes so you have eyes in the back of your head at all times, especially in public places.
Take no chances. If a thug threatens you in any way, blow a hole in his chest. Both me and my wife are protected. I've always been unapproachable. It's nice being 6'5" and fit. Criminals and thugs are cowards so they pick easy targets. But now that we are in our 50's, I don't feel so invincible. A thug even looks like he's going to attack me, my wife or my family... he's dead. End of story. No apologies. No feel bad. He started it. I ended it.
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It's the 2000 election all over again!!! Call in the trial lawyers!!!
Robert Novak pulls no punches in this Nov. 26th review of Republican Presidential candidate and former Arkansas governor, Mike Huckabee.
Novak argues strongly that conservatives and libertarians need to be made aware of Huckabee's past actions when he was in power. While he may claim to have been a tax cutter during his term in Arkansas, his fiscal history is badly marred by an apparent love for traditionally left wing tax-and-spend policies and big government solutions to problems. As Novak notes in his article,
He was regarded by fellow Republican governors as a compulsive tax-and-spender. He increased the Arkansas tax burden 47 percent, boosting the levies on gasoline and cigarettes
Those same tendencies come through in Huckabee's widely quoted attack on the pro-free-market Club For Growth, calling it the "Club for Greed." Perhaps his comments were based in their willingness to question Huckabee's claims to be a strong fiscal conservative.
By the end of his ten-year tenure, Governor Huckabee was responsible for a 37% higher sales tax in Arkansas, 16% higher motor fuel taxes, and 103% higher cigarette taxes according to Americans for Tax Reform, garnering a lifetime grade of D from the free-market Cato Institute. While he is on record supporting making the Bush tax cuts permanent, he joined Democrats in criticizing the Republican Party for tilting its tax policies "toward the people at the top end of the economic scale," even though objective evidence demonstrates that the Bush tax cuts have actually shifted the tax burden to higher income taxpayers.
The cigarette tax is especially troubling to me, as a libertarian (No I don't smoke; can't stand the smell of it, but don't need the government to "protect" me from it.), because it in part demonstrates how Huckabee has become one of those "reformed" health nuts. In 2003, he was diagnosed with type II diabetes, lost 110 lbs and then went on a crusade to make everyone else healthy. He isn't afraid to wield the power of the government (and my tax dollars) to support those who agree with him and target those who don't.
The fact that he is being openly supported on this issue by extreme left blogs and reporters at the New York Times should make libertarians and conservatives see red flag warnings all over the place.
While almost the whole community would disagree with Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee on just about everything, one thing we would totally agree with him on is that there is a huge obesity crisis here in America. …
Huckabee has done what many other states (sic) have not — actively encourage healthy lifestyles through actions instead of lip service. Actions such as these:
Arkansas has become a national laboratory for using policy levers to try to encourage healthier lifestyles. Other states and the federal government should adopt the same steps — like curbing soft drinks in schools, informing all parents of their children's body mass index as a step to encouraging fitness, giving exercise breaks as well as smoking breaks, paying for preventive health checks like mammograms and prostate examinations, subsidizing efforts to quit smoking and seeking to give food stamps more purchasing power when they are used to buy fruits or vegetables.
So, if George Bush is really interested in protecting our people, then why is he wasting hundreds of billions of dollars of taxpayer money in Iraq when we could be spending it here at home to promote healthy lifestyles?
I ask, where in this policy adventure is the personal responsibility? Why should I pay for your quit smoking program, or your Jenny Craig diet? If you and your kid want to drink Coke instead of water, I may not agree, but I don't need to call in the Department of Children's Services to make you learn a "better" way to live your life.
I know the quick and curt answer from Huckabee and his socialists compadres on this issue will be that it will save tax dollars and reduce future spending on health care, which the preventative measure could have caught. That of course begs the question of who should be funding health care expenditures. Huckabee clearly has no issue with that funding coming from the government (read your and my taxes).
When you take all of this and wrap it together with the fact that until recently, Huckabee was an open borders guy, it becomes increasingly difficult to support him. According to this article by another conservative, Baptist pastor (as Huckabee once was) he had actually campaigned for college scholarships for illegals. (Strangely, Huckabee claims that it is his Christian duty to both give deference to illegals and solve the global warming issue.)
Moving back to fiscal matters, Novak sums up Huckabee's apparent failings quite well in his WaPo editorial,
There is no doubt about Huckabee's record during a decade in Little Rock. He was regarded by fellow Republican governors as a compulsive tax-and-spender. He increased the Arkansas tax burden 47 percent, boosting the levies on gasoline and cigarettes. When he lost 100 pounds and decided to press his new lifestyle on the American people, he was hardly being a Goldwater-Reagan libertarian.
As a presidential candidate, Huckabee has sought to counteract his reputation as a taxer by pressing for replacement of the income tax with a sales tax. More recently he signed the no-tax-increase pledge of Americans for Tax Reform. But Huckabee simply does not fit within normal boundaries of economic conservatism, such as when he criticized President Bush's veto of a Democratic expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program. Calling global warming a "moral issue" mandating "a biblical duty" to prevent climate change, he has endorsed a cap-and-trade system that is anathema to the free market.
Huckabee clearly departs from the mainstream of the conservative movement in his confusion of "growth" with "greed." Such ad hominem attacks are part of his intuitive response to criticism from the Club for Growth and the libertarian Cato Institute about his record as governor. On "Fox News Sunday" on Nov. 18, he called the "tactics" of the Club for Growth "some of the most despicable in politics today. It's why I love to call them the Club for Greed, because they won't tell you who gave their money." In fact, all contributors to the organization's political action committee (which produces campaign ads) are publicly revealed, as are most donors financing issue ads.
Perhaps the best way to wrap up this post is by noting that social conservatives may like some of Huckabee's stands on issues like abortion. Sadly, many on the left and in the MSM appreciate Huckabee's fondness for forcing his personal views on health into the lives and wallets of Americans. However, it is increasingly clear that conservatives (of any stripe) and libertarians that are looking for the next Barry Goldwater or Ronald Reagan will not find it in the Huckabee camp. What you will find is an affable, socially-conservative, health-conscious guy who wrongly believes that his Bible teaches its OK to break immigration law and that we must kill our economy to stop a natural solar cycle. You will also find a guy who happily acquiesces to the left's (and the neo-con's) demands for increased taxes and increased spending and who has no qualms about using his government power to make you believe the same things he does.
Whatever Mike Huckabee might be, it's clear that he is no Ronald Reagan.
I saw on the Rush Limbaugh site, youtube, and freerepublic.com that Hillary and her entourage had a mishap with a group of flags in Waterloo, Iowa on Veteran's Day.
Some people were trying to make the falling flags into something bigger than it was and say it was a metaphor for what will happen to the country if Hillary gets in. Some were saying that they couldn't understand why the flags just started falling and acting like it was a mystery. I watched the clip and, as much as I might like to joke about it being foreshadowing of Hillary's impact on the country, it is pretty clear that the flags were falling because the one staffer in the black suit was fiddling around in the back and hit the first flag. The lady in the black suit is flipping the curtains around and then reaches out and hits one flag; it falls and starts the domino effect.
So, no, Hillary didn't make the flags fall; it wasn't magic and it wasn't the spirits of our ancestors trying to warn us of things to come.
The bigger problem with this situation — for Hillary — is that in a presidential election, everything is about appearances and Hillary and her retinue looked like incompetent morons as they fumbled around, trying to get the flags back up. Hillary only made it worse by standing off to the side pronouncing that she wants her team to "get the flags back up there guys" and that she doesn't think the bases are "weighted enough."
Consider that Hillary and four of her top advisers all worked at this for half a minute and the best they can do is fumble around bumping into each other, saying stuff like "OH NO!"
These are the people that want to lead the country and the free world and they can't get four flags to stand up straight.
Just ask her; Candy Crowly did on CNNs "The Situation Room".
Via the Yankee Sailor and Instapundit, we read about this little (Freudian?) slip from Hillary yesterday during . (video clip on ianschwartz.com).
The federal government should be making immigration policy and that's what I'm going to try to do as president again
The more you see of her and the more you hear from her, the more clear it is that she honestly believes that it is her right to live in the White House and boss the rest of us around.
Her "president again" comment also sounds vaguely familiar to her past comments about reporters looking through her personal documents during the Whitewater scandal,
"I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president"
Thank heavens that there are a few people left in the Senate with some sense in their heads.
Hippies used to say if you remember Woodstock, you weren't really there. Republicans say presidential contender Hillary Rodham Clinton can forget about getting $1 million in taxpayer funds for a Woodstock museum.
Clinton and Charles Schumer, Democratic senators from New York, want to earmark the federal money for a museum that would commemorate the 1969 music festival in their state.
"Woodstock Museum is a shining example of what's wrong with Washington on pork-barrel, out-of-control spending," said John McCain, Arizona senator and Republican presidential hopeful. An example, he said, of "the earmark pork-barrel spending which has made the American people disenchanted and angry."
Sens. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and Tom Coburn, R-Okla., were trying Thursday to strip the Woodstock earmark from a massive health and education spending bill on the Senate floor. Democrats moved to kill their effort, but Republicans won a key 52-42 vote — seeping with presidential politics — signaling the Clinton-Schumer earmark would soon be gone.
It is instructive to see that the woman who would be President, Ms. Clinton, was all for chucking $1 million of your and my tax dollars at this thing. It was even more instructive to read who was behind the project and how much money he gave to the Clinton campaign and to other Democratic election funds.
Billionaire Alan Gerry is the force behind the (museum) project. He and his family have contributed almost $30,000 to Clinton and a committee headed by Schumer dedicated to electing Democrats to the Senate.
Gerry is a longtime major political donor. The contributions — $20,000 to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and $9,200 to Clinton's presidential campaign — came just days after the earmark was inserted into the legislation.
With all the Democrat's talk during the last election about stopping wasteful spending and cleaning up earmarks, here we have yet another example of their hypocrisy in action. (As an aside, why is it criminal when Jack Abramoff is allowed to influence legislation with donations to election campaigns, but when Hillary and her billionaire pals do it, she deserves to be President?)
When the Dems are out talking to the taxpayers and trying to wrangle votes out of us, they're all for cleaning up earmarks and the influence of big money in Washington. However, if the earmark helps them stay in power, or brings the pork back to their state, they're all over it.
The most amusing line in the article was the attempt to make light of Republicans who disagreed with the expenditure,
It's the type of parochial project that's easy to make fun of. Conservatives call it a hippie museum and a taxpayer-funded LSD flashback.
Newsflash people! It is a hippie museum and a taxpayer-funded flashback!
We don't need to be pushing millions of tax dollars into this sort of thing. Where are the record producers and music labels? They can afford their gold chains, their Ferraris, and mansions in Bel Air, but they can't kick in for this music-themed museum? Why aren't they helping out if it is such an essential part of our history?
More to the point, why isn't the billionaire behind the project funding it? Why does this Gerry guy need my money and your money to fund his flashback when he has billions in his own bank account?
Only in the Democratic Party could the endorsement of someone who set new records in losing a presidential election actually bring this sort of excited headline.
Former Vice President Walter Mondale, the 1984 Democratic presidential nominee, is planning to endorse Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.), The Hill has learned.
Mondale's endorsement could prove especially valuable in Iowa, which borders his home state of Minnesota. Mondale won Iowa overwhelmingly in the '84 primary.
The endorsement is fitting given Mondale's decision more than two decades ago to select Geraldine Ferraro as his running mate, the first time a woman was tapped to serve on a major party's presidential ticket. If Clinton wins the Democratic nomination, she would also make history.
It doesn't matter that the man will be forever remembered as the one who lost 49 of 50 states to Reagan and trailed by 512 electoral votes in the election (that actually mattered), the media is all giddy that Mondale had Ferraro as a running mate and that he carried Iowa in the primaries.
Does anyone else find that even mildly amusing?
In more ways than one.
If Hillary is elected President, the tax raising is sure to begin almost immediately after she forces U.S. taxpayers to begin funding the destruction of human embryos for "science." Speaking at the Carnegie Institute of Washington, Ms. Clinton noted that she would reverse the Bush administration's ban on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.
Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton said Thursday she would sign an executive order rescinding President Bush's restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research. …
She said Mr. Bush's limits on federal funds for embryonic stem cell research amounts to a "ban on hope."
On the campaign trail, Clinton has repeatedly slammed what she calls Mr. Bush's "war on science" and accused the administration of allowing conservative political ideology to interfere with research and scientific evidence. She cites administration officials who have questioned the scientific evidence of global warming and who have suggested a link existed between abortion and breast cancer.
One would think Ms. Clinton — ostensibly the most intelligent woman on the planet — would see the irony in her claim that others are politicizing science in light of her repeated charges on the campaign trail that the Bush administration is waging a "war on science" and that their refusal to use tax dollars in the destruction of human life amounts to a "ban on hope."


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Don't be surprised if the White Sox test Miguel Cabrera with some bunts tonight.
Jim Leyland had talked about using Cabrera as his DH tonight after a 2-error game last night in which it seemed clear his right ankle was bothering him. He decided to keep him in the field, using Brennan Boesch as the DH against lefty Francisco Liriano. "We'll have everybody bunt on (Cabrera),'' Robin Ventura joked. "We'll get him tired.'' One of the two errors on Cabrera in Friday's game came on a Gordon Beckham bunt. Ventura said he believes Cabrera's sore ankle could actually be an asset for him at the plate. Said Ventura: "He's just playing. You can see the way he's moving around that he's hurt. It probably helps him hit. He doesn't go out early for (pitches), lunge ... it keeps him back.''
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Shatter 1 (First Comics, dic 1985)
Mike Saenz, art and story
"Well, of course it had to happen.
When we released the first Shatter Special las February, we thought it would do well - after all, nobady had ever done an entire comic book on a computer before.
Mike (Saenz, not Grell) and I had a lot of time to discuss Shatter: we were flying to a comics convention in Victoria B.C. when the plane fell apart in Vancouver and we had to be bussed over to a ferry for a lenghty boat ride to Victoria. Overall, Mike and I spent almost 24 hours getting from Chicago to Victoria, so we had more than enough time to work out Shatter's fate.
Actually, there was only one possible solution: Shatter would have to appear in his own book.
What you are seeing in this issue is a far cry from what you saw in the Shatter Special. The library of type fonts has expanded greatly, so the words in the balloons should be a lot more readable. We learned when to use digitizers and special effects, and -just as important- when not to use them.
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Feminists often chatter about 'Patriarchy' as if it is an indisputable fact of life. Rarely do they acknowledge anything to the contrary. It can be time-consuming and difficult to put together a factual, adequately sourced, eloquent argument, especially since it's so blatantly obvious to anyone with common sense, and your arguments will likely be cherry picked, ignored, or blocked. So this article is essentially a handy guide to disproving patriarchy, very quickly.
Patriarchy is defined as a system in which all of the societal power is held by men as a class, and is used to oppress women as a class.
This is an interesting theory, but does not hold up to any real scrutiny or critical thinking.
For the purposes of quick dismantling, I will split societal power into four areas, or spheres.
The spheres are social, political, economic, and educational. The group which controls the majority of these spheres is the group with the power. Feminists claim that the group with control is men. Let's see how that holds up to some critical thinking. Hint: Not well.
First, Educational. In the educational sphere it is clear that women have the power. They are more likely to be in education, less likely to drop out of education, more likely to get degrees and finish their education, more likely to teach, and more likely to be on decision-making boards concerning education.
Verdict: Females have the power.
Second, Political. In the political sphere, women still have more power. Women are the majority of the electorate in the majority of states. In a democratic system, the will of the majority is the will that is enforced as law. Therefore, women as a class have more political power than men as a class. Just because women don't choose to use this power to elect other women does not mean they do not have the power. If every woman in America wanted a female president, there would be a female president. If every man in America wanted a male president, there would not be a male president. In the UK, where Parliamentary Sovereignty and a lack of a codified constitution allow any law to be made, even ones which contravene basic human rights, women could literally institute any law they wanted as long as they all agreed upon it.
Verdict: Females have the power.
Thirdly, moving onto the Economic sphere. Despite producing and being responsible for the existence of less than 50% of the US' GDP (Gross Domestic Product), an estimated 63% of it is controlled by women. Yes, women control over half of the US' GDP, despite not producing even half of it. That means that they control not only their own money but some of men's money, too.
Verdict: Females have the power.
Finally the Social sphere. More difficult to quantify, but just as easy to understand. All throughout society there are obligations for men that place power in female hands. The obligation of chivalry, carrying with it protection, financial support, emotional support and submission to a female whim. The obligation of instigating a relationship, placing all risk of rejection on male shoulders. The obligation of trust, meaning that men feel forced to believe women in the face of all evidence. This, combined with the undeniable fact that issues affecting men are given less support than those affecting women, such as domestic abuse, rape, alimony or any number of other things, shows a lack of male power.
Verdict: Females have the power.
Now, the Social sphere is the only one which I can see being contested, as it cannot be factually quantified, but even if the social sphere were male controlled, that would still be 3 spheres under female control, a majority. Thus meaning: women would still have the majority of control in society.
So no, we don't live in a patriarchy.
One final point would be that just because women have this power does not mean they all exercise it, as we can see clearly in the world. Just because women can vote women in, does not mean they do, for example. But power is not dependent on use, simply possibility of use. Even if women all sat in the home as housewives voting for men and never exercising any of these powers, they would still have the power.
Women in Education: http://collegestats.org/articles/2012/08/9-signs-we-have-a-boy-crisis/
Women and GDP: http://www.businessinsider.com/infographic-women-control-the-money-in-america-2012-2
Women and the Electorate: http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/briefs/c2010br-03.pdf
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so ig we really have regressed back to the more racist eras.
hi i'm the person in the picture. i realize this looks pretty bad but let me explain what is actually happening in the picture above. my friend who posted this took the picture as i was painting myself to cosplay the wendigo from hannibal.
here's what the character from the show looks like (minus the flower crown)
and here's a photo of the finished cosplay (the one in the middle)
i just wanted to make this clear because i can understand how the original photo can be misinterpreted.
i love to watch people on this website get up on their soapbox, just to be kicked the fuck off because they're prematurely bitching about something.
thATS ALSO SOME FANTASTIC COSPLAY THO
I wasn't even surprised when I found this in my textbook.
Thanks to So_Streets_Ahead who posted this on r/MensRights.
You realize any feminist with a true understanding of the term would be equally outraged right?
Ok, so show it to me in a quote somewhere, a feminist being outraged at this.
Um. So I'm probably one of the few folks who doesn't think this is adorable. At all.
I think it's fucking scary how this little boy keep pushing himself on her after she CLEARLY doesn't want to be bothered with his ass.
And the adult behind the camera doesn't intervene at all because it's 'cute.'
And how analogous it is to when grown ass men don't take fucking no for an answer, no matter how much we push and shove and say no.
This is not cute. This is an absolute disregard of this little girl's boundaries.
In the very bottom left gif you can see he's smiling/laughing. Like this is some kind of game.
I would bet money that the person filming this is laughing and encouraging him.
This is how we teach boys not to respect women's spaces.
Yes, ALL OF THIS COMMENTARY. It's so hard to believe how we encourage this disgusting behavior in babies now. What. The. Fuck.
Men and women are socialised from BIRTH. Men develop these habits from BIRTH and they are reinforced year after year after year until they reach adulthood.
It also teaches that little girl that adults will not ever come to her aid or defense, that she cannot trust grown-ups to care about or respect her boundaries, that she's all alone in this and can only rely on herself. That's some fucked up shit right there.
Bolded because I learned that a long time ago.
Okay, hold up.
You're pyscho analyzing toddlers. Kids who cannot be beyond 2 and a half years at best with ideas of rape culture, responsibility and "boundaries". These are children who do not even know how to control themselves enough to go the toilet properly and you want them to understand concepts of boundaries?
Like no, fuck your shit for enforcing these ideas on shit like this. That boy's being a little annoying shit the way my 2 year old niece would be an annoying little shit by trying to hold my hand, or grabbing one of her playmates' legs even when we tell her several times "No". It's a toddler's mind that cannot fully comprehend the matter at hand, so when you go ahead and place such analysis on such innocent kids, you're going to seriously fuck up the kids.
This is not about how that little girl won't have adults never coming to her, the person who said that is so fucking stupid. Like what proof is that towards your statement? Do you have analysis of how this particular "grooming" of the toddlers is teaching the girl not to trust adults and not that grown ups don't care? Like what kind of community do you even live in to make this sort of shit come out of such a gifset. These kids are being kids.
It could happen to boys with boys, girls with girls, and boys with girls. Toddlers have annoying habits. Anyone who has babysat enough times and had to take care of them would realise that at that particular age, children would be curious and would almost always completely ignore what others are saying to satisfy their curiosity even if it meant for the child to be pushed about again and again.
Honestly, fuck the fuck off if you think this shit is in anyway some demonstration of rape culture, sexist lack of respect of boundaries, or some other type of shit. I'm sick of Tumblr's psychoanalysis of these things without taking into consideration that the reality of the matter is much more simpler than Tumblr makes it out to be.
Do not enforce your own problems onto innocent children and breed them to become fearful and paranoid as you are.
In which Flo is the best.
In another awkward and humorless moment in SNL history, they've decided to portray men's rights activists as misogynists who can't get laid and who have to resort to conning foreign women into coming to America in order to do so. In a skit that lasts just under 6 minutes I didn't find one thing funny as I cringed though the one dimensional representation of the typical MRA that couldn't be further from the truth.
It was very infuriating watching the ridiculous and incredibly misinformed feminist agenda injected skit because there's never been a protest against Planned Parenthood or a clinic shut down because of MRAs. If they've ever argued about the wage gap it wasn't because they thought women should be paid less but rather they should do equal work in order to paid equal to a man. And the wage gap has been debunked plenty of times, most notably by feminists themselves and by economist Thomas Sowell.
Men's rights are often a running joke because men are treated as disposable and their suffering whether psychological, financial, or physical, is largely dismissed as irrelevant. Men are treated as if they don't have feelings especially if they are white and straight and being so means that your argument, no matter how valid, will go ignored. Of course, men are ignored until they can't take it anymore and act out, hurting themselves or others around them.
And let's not kid ourselves here. When we discuss men's rights what we are really discussing is the rights of boys who will grow up to become men. If they are not given the same support and care as girls are then it is likely they will grow up having social and emotional issues that will then be ignored as he is told to "just be a man" and "suck it up" causing him to eventually act out. Then when he does act out due to the pressure of constantly swallowing feelings and putting up with things no one should have to put up with he is then turned into a violent misogynist piece of shit and we never question what lead to this behavior. No man purely dislikes women just because. There are reasons for this and they are being ignored.
You often hear a lot of feminists claim they support human rights but then they turn around and deny that men's rights are human rights. The idea that a man speaking up about the problems that he faces as an act against women's rights or even a misogynistic attitude is absolutely absurd. Everyone has the right to address the disparities they face and to deny men the right to do so in the face of opposition is not only anti-human rights but a terrible message that is sent to boys. Right now feminists are telling boys that they don't matter because they were born with a penis and in order to have any weight in this world that they should be more feminine and hate their gender. Sounds like child abuse to me.
As we see in the SNL skit, the MRA has been reduced to a one dimensional hate monger. Not only is the concept of men's rights new but it is being opposed before it even gains any ground. Feminists have made it their goal to distort and destroy the movement for fear that it will take away attention from the feminist narrative of the inherently victimized female. In reality, MRAs didn't care about feminists until feminists showed up in force to their meetings without even having any knowledge of what the meeting was about in order to oppress their freedom of speech. In short, feminists only have themselves to blame when this has become the face of their movement. The obnoxious protesting of peaceful MRA meetings is reminiscent of a time when blacks were fighting for their civil rights and when women were fighting for theirs. Human suffering is human suffering no matter what color or gender and the discussion of this suffering should not be hindered because of a perceived connotation that men's rights somehow equals the hatred of women. It doesn't.
You know, my first Tumblr blog was purely dedicated to punk bands and music but was interrupted by a group of feminists who attacked my character over a span of a couple weeks. I can bet that most users who operate an anti-feminist blog on Tumblr only decided to do so because they were attacked by a feminist user or group of feminist users for something they had posted that was a non-issue. It seems that feminists cannot make the connection between their actions and the fast rising anti-feminist sentiment.
Personally, I don't identify with the MRA or any movement simply because movements lose sight of the individual. I don't like being confined to the rules of an ideology and I certainly don't like being misrepresented like this skit misrepresented men's rights activists. So before anyone gets the idea that I'm an MRA, I'm not. My views are purely based on personal experience and research, not doctrine.
In the end, this SNL skit is unfunny, distorted, and serves as evidence of their disconnection with reality and the last nail in the coffin of Saturday Night Live as a comedy sketch show.
I am sick to death of these ridiculous posts running loose in this site with a picture of some idiot either blowing up a condom with water or putting a condom on a hand or a foot and then adding the text "if it fits this limb or stretches this wide it can fit him and he's just trying to take advantage of you."
First of all! Condoms all come in different sizes, much like clothing. If you're a size 20 and you put on pants that are size 14 IT IS NOT GOING TO FIT and if it does fit I'm willing to bet anything you feel unbelievably uncomfortable.
Ladies, that is as close of an example as I can give so you have an idea of what wearing a condom that doesn't fit feels like.
A condom that doesn't fit has a high percentage of breaking, not to mention that your partner will have a hell of a bad time performing due to discomfort and worry over the condom breaking. There is no greater panic than finding out the condom broke while still inside.
How does it break? The friction between flesh and latex. The fact that the latex is being stretched beyond its capacity and is under the stress of friction for more than 25 minutes are all a condom needs to break.
Second of all, those posts I am referring to are spreading horrible rumors. Just because they stretch it doesn't mean they'll work. Condoms aren't delicate but they aren't made of unbreakable material. They are meant to fit human penises. Not your fucking hand, not your fucking foot and they sure as hell are not meant to be filled with water.
The images above were taken after I tried putting a condom that doesn't fit my boyfriend on my hand. Obviously that damn thing broke.
Never ever spread ridiculous rumors like those. It doesn't make you funny, or edgy, and it sure as hell won't make you popular. It just makes you a complete and total dumbass.
Here are a few links to several sites with actual information about condoms:
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You should always use condoms when having sex and just because that condom doesn't fit it doesn't mean you should go on ahead and have unprotected sex. If it doesn't fit, leave it for another time when both of you are prepared and willing. Find a condom that fits and use it correctly. Find a reputable site with the information you need or talk to your doctor or healthcare provider or ask a sex ed teacher but for goodness' sake do not buy into those ridiculous posts.
And as for the people making those posts we need you to stop spreading such bullshit and stop shaming people IMMEDIATELY!
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It's that simple. No ifs, no buts, no maybes. This is the only way to stop this from happening. Change begins with you. And ending cruelty towards animals begins at your plate.
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This site, man.
Are people really this fucking dumb? I see this nonsense daily, and it happens with more regularity as the days progress. I'm sick of people feeling oppressed and then believing that it's okay to fight that with their own prejudices.
Sick of all these fucking labels that do nothing but divide people even further. You aren't some social crusader. You're part of the problem.
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I recently learned that the water in Salem was contaminated with the fungus from which LSD is derived and a legitimate theory for the whole thing is that everyone in the town was tripping balls
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We did a whole massive thing on this in history. I believe the fungus in question is called Ergot and it's terrifying. It makes your muscles spasm so when they had seizures that was the reason, not because they were possessed. One woman had to be strapped to her bed, she was seizing so bad. And, like 'theybuildbuildings' said, it had the same effects as LSD; as soon as you touch it, let alone consume it, it messes with your entire system. The worst thing is, you practically always had a bad trip. Many complained about bugs crawling under their skin or monsters emerging from the shadows to scratch and bite at them until they were screaming. It was a horrendous thing and the worst part is, Ergot is still around. It grows on crops and, if your wheat isn't properly treated, it can be eaten and you'll most likely experience the same as the women of Salem.
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Except that:
- Ergotism was well known by the time of the trials, the symptoms probably would have been identified. It was considered a terrifying disease for over a thousand years, known as "holy fire" or "St. Andrew's Fire". The most telling sign of ergotism, gangrene, wasn't even present. It is uncommon for ergotism to be marked solely by convulsions.
- Ergotism didn't poison the water supply. If it had been a threat to the town it would have been through consumption of rye.
- You're underestimating the importance of William Griggs, the town doctor who diagnosed the so-called witchcraft. It wasn't until after he diagnosed Betty that the accusations and claims from the girls started.
- The girls were described as "hale and hearthy" outside of court. Ergotism wasn't called "the holy fire" because it was mild. It was awful, with rates of fatality between 10-40%. Little was mentioned of vomiting, gastrointestinal issues, skin color change, chills, headaches…. The basic symptoms.
To disregard the unbelievable affect of class and gender on the Puritans is shocking. A wild fungus may seem more interesting, but it disregards prejudice, religion bases psychosis, misogyny, and hate for outsiders that permeated Salem.
Everyone accused was a social pariah. The only exceptions to this are the people who questioned the trials. This is not by accident. Sarah Good was a beggar, Giles Corey was generally distrusted and had previously been accused of murder, Tituba was a black woman who spoke of omens and evil, Martha Carrier had been accused of witchcraft only two years prior and had inherited wealth despite patriarchal norms, Sarah Osbourne was challenging property laws and social norms, Margaret Scott was a poor widow who had been disliked for as long as 20 years, and so on and so on. They struck out against people their families were suspicious of.
These little girls were under tremendous stress. They could celebrate no holidays, express no strong emotions, no dancing or music, no toys, suffered rampant abuse espoused as discipline, and lived under the constant overwhelming fear of Hell. The older generation at that time was bemoaning the youths' lack of piety and dedication to Christ. In other words, the girls were miserable and well aware that according to their parents only Hell awaited their misbehavior. They were trying to survive in an adult world not meant, or willing to, support the needs of children. To display anger, fear, or sorrow was a personal weakness. But to do so when coerced by the devil was perfectly acceptable. So they acted out, became hysterical. And claimed the devil was behind it all.
That may not be as exciting as the, "but they ate this spore, right? and it was like a bad trip on LSD!" but it's almost certainly correct.


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"The brand perception tracker asked 5,500 adults across the country if they'd heard anything positive or negative in the last two weeks "through advertising, news or word of mouth" about specific beer brands."
It says nothing about beer ranking by sales consumption. Just whether you have heard about it in the last two weeks via advertising or in the news! So if a Schlitz factory had burned down and made the news nationwide it would be on the list of Americas favorite beers?
It just goes to show you that what passes for journalism ... isnt.
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MSN at it again, promoting a product because they pulled out of a parade. The progressive, liberal news network that loves to cause division and controversy. Lack of facts, half stories, agenda feed network. What did they only poll NYers?
By the way Sam Adams sucks! like most micro brewed beer. Rice brewed beer like BUD is even worse. If you know anything about beer then the top beers would be German or Canadian, FACT!
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