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I am not surprised to read glowing reviews of the ITV drama, The Widower, which is based on the real-life story of Malcolm Webster who killed one wife and attempted to kill another.
Peter Morris is the brother of Claire, who was murdered by Webster in 1994. He advised the makers of the show and paid tribute to the acting skills of Sheridan Smith who depicted his sister. I think both she and Reece Shearsmith, who plays murderer Webster, were fantastic in their respective roles.
It is a tragic and very sad story yet it is gripping because it is so closely based on true events. I often despair at the capacity of humans to inflict such cruelty and pain on other human beings. After killing one wife Webster attempted to kill another five years later. These were cold, callous and calculated actions which resulted in the loss of one life and very nearly two. It is reassuring that Webster is now serving a life sentence for what he did but deeply troubling to have to accept that some humans are so depraved and deranged that they could act with such malice towards others, particularly women he had sworn to love.
Independence fight is for real
It is no surprise to me to read that opinion polls concerning voting intentions for September's huge independence referendum are narrowing by the week. I sometimes accompany Tommy as he addresses vote YES meetings and debates across Scotland.
We drove to Helensburgh's Clyde Bar on Sunday for what was an excellent and packed meeting full of commitment, passion and downright common sense on why we should take our own destiny into our hands and sack Westminster rule forever.
I was also with Tommy in Kirkcaldy last month when he addressed an audience of over 300 and a local filmmaker recorded the speech and posted it on YouTube the following week.
Now I get favourable comments every day from people at the school gate, the local shops and among friends who have watched it and been persuaded to become YES voters. Incredibly over 104,000 people have now viewed that speech on-line. Not a single newspaper has covered this fact but for a political speech to attract such phenomenal interest is surely a sign of the tide beginning to turn in favour of independence? Tommy emphasises that the 18 September vote is not about liking Alex Salmond or the SNP but about the very future of Scotland. In that sense it is not about personalities or political parties. It is much bigger and more important than that. Tommy's speech can be viewed here
Aircraft Mystery
The on-going saga of the missing Malaysian aeroplane makes me very sad. Not only can I identify with the detail of the Boeing 777 as I have worked on that type of aircraft but my heart goes out to the crew on this journey who have went to their work unlikely to ever return. Concern for passengers involved in any flying incident or accident is always uppermost in people's minds but never forget the plight of the workers either. Airline crew across the world, predominantly female, perform an essential and often dangerous job every single day. They deserve proper respect and recognition for the jobs they do. I continue to pray for all those on board that ill-fated flight

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Zardari's regime, announced on 7th June 2009 that it was setting up a 7-member 'Sufi Advisory Council' (SAC) with the aim of combating extremism and fanaticism by spreading Sufism in the country. Many in the west have made it no secret that they see Sufism as a way to promote western interests and values within the Muslim world. In the 2005 RAND Report – Civil Democratic Islam, it states as a part of the west's strategy to 'Assertively Promote the Values of Western Democratic Modernity: 'Build up the stature of Sufism. Encourage countries with strong Sufi traditions to focus on that part of their history and to include it in their school curricula. Pay more attention to Sufi Islam.'
In Uzbekistan where the oppression and torture of Muslims tops the charts, the government is also encouraging Sufism. The Keston News Service reported back in 2002 that the Uzbek regime is: 'using Sufism as a distinctive counterweight to those Muslims who are independent of the authorities, the so-called Wahhabis (the name given in Central Asia to Islamic fundamentalist groups, which often have little in common with the Islam that predominates in Saudi Arabia) and the international Islamic party Hizb-ut-Tahrir, which campaigns for the unification of Muslims throughout the world into a single caliphate.'
It should come as no surprise then that whilst NATO which is currently occupying Afghanistan should invite the Sufi Muslim Council based in the UK to its headquarters to "have a look around," and the Pakistan government should establish a Sufi Advisory Council in the midst of its war in Swat.
Although the west sees Sufism as a partner in their attempts to suppress and reform Islam, if we look back to Islamic history we see a very different picture of Sufism to that being painted by the west and its allies in the Muslim regimes.
What is Sufism?
Imam Abu Hanifa (85 H. – 150 H) said: "If it were not for two years, I would have perished." He said, "for two years I accompanied Sayyidina Ja'far as-Sadiq and I acquired the spiritual knowledge that made me a Sufi in the Way." [Ad-Durr al-Mukhtar, vol 1. p. 43]
Imam Malik (95 H. – 179 H.) said: "Whoever studies Jurisprudence / Fiqh [tafaqaha] and didn't study Sufism [tasawwaf] will be corrupted; and whoever studied Sufism and didn't study Jurisprudence will become a heretic; and whoever combined both will reach the Truth." ['Ali al-Adawi , vol. 2, p 195]
Imam Shafi'i (150 – 205 AH.) said: "I accompanied the Sufi people and I received from them three strands of knowledge: …how to speak; how to treat people with leniency and a soft heart… and they… guided me in the ways of Sufism." [Kashf al-Khafa, 'Ajluni, vol. 1, p 341.]
Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal (164 – 241 AH.) the said: "O my son, you have to sit with the People of Sufism, because they are like a fountain of knowledge and they keep the Remembrance of Allah in their hearts. they are the ascetics and they have the most spiritual power." [Tanwir al-Qulub p. 405]
The above four Imams are the founders of the four universally accepted schools of law (mazhabs, or maslaqs).
Imam Nawawi, the famous Shafi'i scholar states in his al-Maqasid:
"The way of Sufism is based on five principles:
1. having godfearingness privately and publicly,
2. living according to the sunna in word and deed,
3. indifference to whether others accept or reject one,
4. satisfaction with Allah Most High when in scarcity and when you have plenty
5. and returning to Allah in happiness or affliction.
The principles of treating the illnesses of the soul are also five:
1. lightening the stomach by diminishing one's (excessiveness) in food and drink,
2. taking refuge in Allah Most High from the unforeseen when it befalls,
3. shunning situations that involve what one fears to fall victim to,
4. continually asking for Allah's forgiveness and His blessings upon the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم night and day with full presence of mind,
5. and keeping the company of him who guides one to Allah."
These principles outlined by Imam Nawawi do not in any way lead themselves to supporting and aiding western foreign policy interests. Moreover having godfearingness privately and publicly, and living according to the sunna in word and deed means that Muslims cannot remain silent against the oppressive regimes ruling over Muslims today such as in Uzbekistan, or supporting western foreign policy.
Sufism in Islamic History
Looking back to some of the famous Sufi scholars in Islamic history we see they were are at the forefront of enjoining good and forbidding evil, jihad and working against oppression.
Imam Ghazali is renowned for his works on refuting the incorrect philosophical thoughts that had penetrated the Muslim Ummah in his time. He also differentiated between the legitimate and illegitimate Sufi practices and worked to cleanse the Ummah of those incorrect Sufi practices that existed.
Throughout history Sufi's have been pivotal in Islamic reform and Jihad. It was Yusuf bin Tashfin the Berber and his Murabiteen Sufi movements of North West Africa in the name of the Khaleefah in Baghdad that launched the Jihad against the crusaders in Spain, and defeated them. When the Muslim rulers in Spain divided themselves and effectively split from the Khilafah, dividing the Ummah again it was Yusuf bin Tashfin under guidance from the great Sufi Imam Ghazali, with his Sufi Murabiteen movements, that dethroned these corrupt rulers by war in 1094, asserting the need for the rule of the Shariah and unity with the Khilafah.
In an almost identical fashion to the initial Murabiteen movement, inspired by great Sufi jurists and Faqihs like Imam Ghazali, the al-Muwahhidun Sufi movements came a couple of centuries later in North Africa, dethroning the by now declined namesake Murabiteen family, and again calling for the stricter application of Shariah.
Shah Wali Allah (1703-1762), a well-known Sufi scholar, and political activist in India is known to have written letters to Afghan ruler Ahmad Shah Durrani, as well as prominent local Muslim rulers urging them to cooperate with Durrani in undertaking a jihad against the (Hindu) Marathas and Jats, to establish the Shariah in India. Shah Wali Allah was thus not only an inspiration for Durrani's invasions of 1756-57 and 1760-61, he was also responsible for helping to organize a unity of Muslim powers against the (Hindu) Marathas in Northern India.
Also famous is the anti-Russian jihad of the Naqshbandi Sufi Sheikh Mansur Ushurma. Following his destruction of an entire Russian brigade during the battle of the Sunzha River in 1785, Sheikh Mansur: "…called the mountaineers to holy war against the encroaching infidels and for some years unified practically the whole of North Caucasus, from the Chechen territory in the west to the Kumyk steppes in the east. His appeal-at least what we know of it-sounds very much like the appeals to jihad by Naqshbandi murshids [masters; leaders of Sufi Brotherhoods] of later date…"
From this watershed late 18th century jihad, through to the present era, the Naqshbandi tariqah [Brotherhood] has played a critical role defending Muslims, in the face of encroachments by both Czarist and Soviet Russia. It can said that the nearly fifty-year-long [19th century] Caucasian wars made an important contribution to the material and moral ruin of the Tsarist empire and hastened the downfall of the Romanov monarchy. During the violence of the communist revolutionary years of 1917-1921, the Sufi brotherhoods, especially the Naqshbandiya, once again played a pivotal role. Their ultimate goals in resisting the Communists were to establish the Shariah.
Naqshbandi Sheikh, Uzun Haji, one of the leaders of the brotherhood said: "If so God wills, we shall construct a Shari'ah government, for in a Muslim land there can be no republic. Were we to accept a republic, we would thereby renounce the Khilafah, which would be paramount of renouncing the Prophet and finally God himself" [Excerpts from: "Mystics and Commmissars: Sufism in the Soviet Union" X, Alexandre Bennigsen and S. Enders Wimbush,C. Hurst and Company, London, 1985]
The Ottomans were also heavily influenced by the Sufi Mawlawīyah order established by followers of the famous Sufi scholar Jalāl ad-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī in the 13th century. Many members of this order served in various official positions of the Ottoman State.
Western foreign policy pundits are desperately employing various styles and means in their strategy to reform Islam and create a 'new' secular Islam similar to what happened to Christianity during the 'Reformation' period. Much of this campaign is aimed at rewriting Muslim history and attempting to portray modernist interpretations of Islam as well-established Islamic traditions. Those Muslims working to revive Islam according to an independent Islamic agenda what the west calls 'extremists' or 'Islamists' are portrayed as innovators whose ideas have no basis in Islamic tradition and history. Rewriting Sufism is one example of this.
The way to determine the correct Islamic position on any topic is to always keep in mind two things. Firstly, the attitude of the leaders of the kuffar (disbelievers) towards Islam, and secondly what the Messenger صلى الله عليه وسلم told us would keep us safe from going astray.
The attitude of the leaders of the kuffar towards Islam is very clear. They have one objective in attempting to reform Islam which is to extinguish the light of Allah.
Allah سبحانه وتعالى says:
يُرِيدُونَ لِيُطْفِؤُوا نُورَ اللَّهِ بِأَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَاللَّهُ مُتِمُّ نُورِهِ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ الْكَافِرُونَ
"They wish to put Allah's light out with their mouths. But He will perfect His light, even though the disbelievers hate it." [As-Saff, 61:8]
On the authority of Abu Najih Al-Erbadh bin Sariah, who said: The Messenger of Allah صلى الله عليه وسلم gave us a sermon by which our hearts were filled with fear and tears came to our eyes. We said: "O Messenger of Allah, it is as though this is a farewell sermon, so counsel us." He صلى الله عليه وسلم said: "I counsel you to fear Allah and to give absolute obedience even if a slave becomes your leader. Verily he among you who lives [long] will see great controversy, so you must keep to my sunnah and to the sunnah of the rightly-guided Khalifahs – cling to them stubbornly. Beware of newly invented matters, for every invented matter is an innovation and every innovation is a going astray, and every going astray is in Hell-fire." [Abu Dawud and Al-Tirmidhi]


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Marcus Hedblom appointed new CEO at Ovako
The Board of Directors of Ovako, a leading European engineering steel manufacturer, has appointed Marcus Hedblom as new President and CEO with immediate effect. He will succeed Tom Erixon, who has been appointed President and CEO at Alfa Laval, as earlier announced.Marcus Hedblom joined Ovako in 2011 as CFO of Ovako. His previous career includes executive positions such as Deputy CFO for SAS Group, CEO at Spanair and a management consulting career at McKinsey. Marcus Hedblom, 45, holds a degree of Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management from Linköping University, Sweden.


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Updated from 7:11 a.m. ESTThis can't be Warren Buffett's best defense. Berkshire Hathaway ( BRKA), of which Buffett is CEO, is being targeted by regulators because its insurance subsidiaries have been involved in deals that look like they were designed to give an artificial boost to the financial statements of other companies. Tuesday, Berkshire released a statement disputing details of recent press coverage of the deals. The Berkshire release also commented on a reinsurance deal that General Re, one of its subsidiaries, did with American International Group ( AIG) in 2000. The reinsurance transaction is currently being investigated by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The plot thickened Wednesday when AIG conceded the deal shouldn't have been treated as an insurance transaction. For that story,
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Niese set for rehab start, to return next week
Niese set for rehab start, to return next week
Niese, who threw his second bullpen session of the week on Thursday, has been cleared to join the St. Lucie Mets for a rehab start either Saturday or Sunday. And manager Jerry Manuel said that he will rejoin the rotation as soon as he is ready, most likely next Friday at Citi Field.
"He'll be back in the rotation when he gets back, yes," Manuel said.
If Fernando Nieve pitches well in his rotation debut this Saturday, and R.A. Dickey and Hisanori Takahashi both continue to excel, then the Mets would have six starters for five spots once Niese returns. Manuel indicated that he would at least temporarily consider keeping all six of them in the rotation, affording Johan Santana and Mike Pelfrey extra days of rest during the summer months.
"There are always a lot of different possibilities," Manuel said.
Niese has been on the disabled list since May 17 with a mild right hamstring strain. He said the muscle is now back to 100 percent.


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Yummy Links: From Tony Bourdain to Shake Shack's Burger
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- Has Anthony Bourdain lost his coolness? — Huffington Post
- Turn string cheese into bloody fingers for Halloween. — Food Wishes Video
- How does food affect your dreams?— Chow
- 5 books every cook should have. — The Atlantic
- Guy Fieri currently has 15 impersonators across the country. — Eat Me Daily
- Ruth Reichl believes print magazines will cease to exist in the very near future. — Eater
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Are Prostate Massage Devices Benefecial?
I`ve recently seen some things on the internet about prostate massage, either physician-administered or self-administered, as a means of promoting prostate health. There are even some websites that sell devices for giving oneself a prostate massage. Is there any actual or potential benefit in this? Does it pose any risks?
I am not aware of any proven benefit of prostate massage and it could be harmful if you have a prostate infection. I would not recommend it. At times it is performed as a diagnostic procedure to assess men with possible infections of the prostate but this is usually performed by a physician and either the urine or expressed fluid (usually a very small amount) is looked at under a microscope to determine if any infection cells or bacteria are present.
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Daimler has completed its purchase of the Mercedes Grand Prix team.
It announced today it has acquired the final 24.9% stake in the company held by Ross Brawn's management team.
Daimler jointly owns the company with Aabar Investment PJS, a global investment company owned by the Abu Dhabi government whose logo appears on the Mercedes F1 cars.
Daimler will own 60% of Mercedes and Aabar the remaining 40%, pending approval of the deal by the German regulatory body.
Brawn described the move as "a further step in the consolidation and strengthening of our team for the future."
"I remain fully committed to our team for the long-term, along with the management team and all of our employees. We all look forward to the challenge of making our team successful, and proudly representing Mercedes-Benz and the racing tradition of the Silver Arrows."
Daimler board member Thomas Weber said the move will allow Brawn to focus his time on running the team: "This step will bring the colleagues from our Formula 1 chassis and engine groups even closer together and thereby help to develop our team step-by-step into a winning Formula 1 outfit.
"We now also fulfil Ross' wish of being in a position to focus wholly on the complex technical challenges of Formula 1 and on his role as our team principal."
Mercedes took over the running of the Brawn team, formerly Honda, at the end of 2009.
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Vodafone Warriors captain Monty Betham is set to make his 50th NRL appearance this weekend when the Warriors play the Bulldogs at Ericsson Stadium this Sunday. Head coach Daniel Anderson has named an unchanged starting 13 from last weekend?s game against the Knights. The only change is on the bench - Jeremiah Pai has been omitted.
The Vodafone Warriors team to play the Bulldogs this Sunday at Ericsson Stadium is:
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What's wrong with Ovechkin?
What's wrong with Alex Ovechkin?
That's a question a lot of people have been asking around the NHL this season, with the Washington Capitals star ranked 44th in the NHL scoring race as of March 1 with 26-23-49 totals in 59 games to go along with a minus-7.
Turns out the problem might be his weight.
Capitals general manager George McPhee told ESPN that that the 6-foot-2 Russian has weighed as much as 242 pounds. He is officially listed at 230 pounds on the team's website.
"I think the progression in his weights, he came in 218, 224, 232, 237, 242," McPhee told ESPN. "He played at 242 once, and he got suspended for hitting a few people. And he was crushing guys, and he loved crushing guys, and we said you know what, (former coach Bruce Boudreau) always thought he was a better player at about 227. And you can see it when he's moving out there, he's flying."
The Capitals are hoping Ovechkin keeps flying, since he still has nine more years and $88 million remaining on his contract.
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Who would've thought that Nine Inch Nails mastermind Trent Reznor could be so pop friendly? A mash-up of Reznor's "Head Like A Hole" and Carly Rae Jepsen's diabetes-inducing monster hit "Call Me Maybe" has been making the internet rounds this week to the groans of hard rock fans and LOLs of well, most everyone else.
Soundcloud user pomDeterrific took Jepsen's contagious track and replaced the vocals with Reznor's lyrics ever so effortlessly. If one somehow never heard either song before, "Call Me A Hole" (ick) could totally pass under the humor radar. The mash-up is such a violation to both pop and hard rock purists, but it's just... so good!
[Related: Meet Trent Reznor's Main Musical Partner–Who's Also His Literal Partner!]
With lines like, "God money's not concerned about the sick among the pure / God money let's go dancing on the backs of the bruised", NIN's oft stirring lyrics are utterly and hilariously stripped of their power when paired with the pop track. It's like genetics: tracks are dominant, vocals are recessive. No matter what words you could layer over "Call Me Maybe"--the State of the Union Address, Shakespeare, 911 calls--we're gonna dance against our will.
While we're at it, check out a pretty terrifying metal version of "Call Me Maybe"!
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BRUSSELS, Belgium — Already behind in opinion polls, French President Nicolas Sarkozy has seen the whiff of scandal drift closer to his campaign for re-election after prosecutors opened a formal investigation into a close aide, on allegations of illegal campaign financing.
The investigation into Eric Woerth is linked to claims that he received a cash payment of 150,000 euros for Sarkozy's successful 2007 presidential bid, from billionaire heiress Lilianne Bettencourt, 89, France's richest woman, whose father founded the cosmetics company L'Oreal.
Such a payment would be illegal under French law. Political donations to candidates are limited to 4,600 euros.
More from GlobalPost: The French heiress and the president
Woerth was treasurer of Sarkozy's UMP party back in 2007. He served as Labor Minister until 2010 when he resigned amid accusations of financial wrongdoing. However, he remains a member of the French parliament and was expected to be part of Sarkozy campaign team in the run up to the spring presidential elections.
He was given a nine hour grilling by investigators on Thursday.
The French media has been buzzing with stories linked to Bettencourt's $23 billion fortune since 2007, when the heiress' daughter accused a photographer and others in her mother's entourage of extorting vast sums of money from the increasingly frail billionaire.
More from GlobalPost: Liliane Bettencourt, L'Oreal heiress, declared mentally unfit by French judge
As the press began to dig into the family's affairs, allegations of the illegal campaign financing began to emerge, and Woerth came under scrutiny. His wife worked for the family and he is also accused of using his political influence to secure a prestigious French award, the Legion d'Honneur, for the man who managed Bettencourt's fortune.
Sarkozy has always denied any link to the Bettencourt affair, but the investigation into Woerth comes at a bad time for the president. Opinion polls show him up to 7 points behind his main challenger, the Socialist Francois Holland, ahead of the first round of presidential voting on April 22.
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BOSTON — Not long after Mitt Romney dropped out of the presidential race in early 2008, a titan of New York finance, Julian H. Robertson, flew to Utah to deliver an eye-popping offer.
He asked Mr. Romney to become chief executive of his hedge fund, Tiger Management, for an annual salary of about $30 million, plus investment profits, according to two people told of the discussions.
For Mr. Romney, who had spent the previous decade in public life forgoing any paychecks, the position promised to catapult him back to the pinnacle of American business and into the ranks of the stratospherically rich. Several friends and relatives urged him to accept. "Let's put it this way," said Mr. Robertson. "He could have made a lot of money."
But Mr. Romney was uninterested. His mind — and his heart — were elsewhere, still trained in the raw days after his political defeat not on Wall Street but on the White House and an urgent quest: to be understood by an electorate that had eluded him.
From the moment that Mr. Romney ended his first bid for the Republican nomination, he complained to friends, advisers and family that he had felt cheated out of a chance to explain himself to the country. He had emerged from his debut on the national political stage, he told them, as a caricature he did not recognize: emotionally uncaring, intellectually inauthentic, ideologically malleable.Continue reading the main story
Over the next three years, a little-examined period in his life, he sought to reclaim his public identity with the self-critical eye, marketing savvy and systematic rigor of the corporate consultant that he once was.
When Willard Mitt Romney, 65, delivers his acceptance speech Thursday night in Tampa, Fla., reveling in his success at winning over a fractious party and endeavoring to sell himself anew to Americans, he will owe the moment in no small measure to what he did during this time.
It was a restless period when he labored to persuade voters to see him as he saw himself: a man of deep convictions and big ideas, a credible party leader and inevitable presidential nominee.
He coolly assessed the failings of his 2008 campaign and undertook an intensive yearlong tutorial on everything from the tax code to global jihadism. He wrote a book laying out his vision and values to answer conservative doubters and counter charges of flip-flopping, elbowing aside a ghost writer who he felt could not accurately channel his voice. He bought good will in his party by crisscrossing the country to raise money for hundreds of candidates, even cutting a check for one lawmaker's portrait in the New Hampshire State House.
Mr. Romney returned as a far stronger candidate — a crisper debater, a more decisive manager, a better strategist and a stick-to-his-message campaigner whose chief selling point this time around, his business expertise, was well suited to the political moment. But he also ran up against the limits of his own overhaul.
"This is who I am," he told a publisher while pitching his book. "And I want the book to reveal it." But instinctively uncomfortable with public introspection and averse to exposing his private life, he offered no personal narrative for people to feel they really knew him.
His exhaustive campaigning between presidential races did little to diminish his awkwardness with voters. And for all his preparedness on foreign policy — he had traveled to Afghanistan and the Mideast — he managed to offend his hosts and inspire unfortunate headlines on his first overseas trip as his party's presumptive nominee.
Mr. Romney's quick reimmersion into politics after his 2008 loss was revealing for a man who, at 60, had already conquered high finance and state government but who still needed to set ambitious goals and yearned to fulfill the grandest of them. Suddenly rudderless for the first time in his adult life, he recoiled at the prospect of an unstructured existence, telling an adviser: "I'm not just going to meet with people. I need a plan."
This 1,211-day stretch shows much of what still animates Mr. Romney: an abiding belief that corporate methods can be applied to the political sphere, a longing to be accepted by the world beyond his close-knit community, and a relentless drive for self-improvement.
"He felt he had been — he knew that he had been — unable to connect with the voters," said Peter Matson, Mr. Romney's book agent. "In his mind," Mr. Matson said, "he had to do better."
'The Message Wasn't There'
Mitt Romney was unsparing on Valentine's Day in 2008 when he summoned a dozen top aides into a conference room overlooking the Charles River in Boston.
He handed out copies of a single-page document on which he evaluated his bid for the nomination, breaking it into two categories, the candidate and the campaign. What had worked: his strategy for raising money and collecting delegates. What had not: his relative lack of foreign policy experience and muddled positions on social issues.
Participants recalled the exercise in self-analysis as both eerie and impressive, saying that it seemed as if Mr. Romney were talking about someone other than himself. His diagnosis: "The message was not there," according to several aides, who said he accepted much of the blame.
With a book, Mr. Romney reasoned, he could avoid any ambiguity about what he stood for, circumventing the news media and the political enemies who he felt had misrepresented him in 2008. "I can write what I want to write. I can say what I want to say," his son Tagg recalled his father explaining.
So in the fall of 2008, at the suggestion of a top political adviser, Stuart Stevens, Mr. Romney signed on with an unlikely writing partner — an Obama fan from California named Russell Martin, who helped write a PBS documentary that won an award for combating homophobia.
It was an uneasy collaboration from the start: Mr. Romney soon rejected an agreed-upon system of tape recording his thoughts, which Mr. Martin would massage into prose. Mr. Romney insisted on drafting every chapter — a hunt-and-peck typist, he banged the pages out on the patio of his house in La Jolla, Calif. — then letting Mr. Martin edit.
"The roles were effectively reversed," said Mr. Matson, the book agent. "The Romney experience of 2008 was that the people who wrote speeches for him were not good enough. He said that if he had been able to write his speeches on his own, he would have been better off."
Mr. Romney, a voracious reader and avid student of history, relished what he began to treat as a crash course on the United States military, Russian-American relations, public education reform and federal regulation.
With Robert Kagan, the historian and foreign policy expert, he reverse-engineered America's relationship with Iran, searching for opportunities to avert the current standoff over its nuclear program through diplomacy, alliances and economics. "It was quite an impressive, extemporaneous discussion about how you go about dealing with problems before they get out of hand," Mr. Kagan recalled.
Mr. Romney's book, "No Apology," published in March 2010, was a forceful conservative manifesto: an argument for preserving America's military supremacy, free-market economic edge and energy independence. "He wanted his vision for American to be pretty black and white, which was probably inspired by people calling him a flip-flopper," said Kirk Jowers, a family friend.
Mr. Romney had rejected suggestions that he write a tell-all memoir. But delving into his biography even in a cursory way did not come naturally. His book agent, ghost writer and editor urged him to apply his personal experience to his policy prescriptions, which unfurled in sometimes dense passages about "purchase power parity exchange rates" and "dynamic regulation."
"The constant refrain was, 'This needs more of you,' " said one person familiar with the process.
In the end, though, he offered only glimpses of himself in the book, which even Mr. Romney's agent acknowledged is not a page turner. ("Not fully revelatory," The New York Times said in its review, noting, not unkindly, that it lacked the "treacly intimate anecdotes meant to reveal the politician's softer side.")
Mr. Romney excelled, though, in one facet of publishing: marketing. Competitive about sales and delivering his message, he kept tabs on the book of a potential Republican rival, Sarah Palin, whose memoir hit stores a few months before his did, making its debut at No. 1 on The New York Times best-seller list.
His team left little to chance, requiring venues on his book tour to place large orders for "No Apology." By March 2010, it topped the best-seller list, with an asterisk — bulk orders had most likely skewed its performance.
Constructing a Leader
In December 2008, the phone rang in Mr. Romney's house in Utah. It was the president-elect, Barack Obama.
Mr. Romney's wife, Ann, had just been given a diagnosis of early-stage breast cancer. Mr. Obama wished Mrs. Romney a speedy recovery, saying that he and his wife, Michelle, would pray for the family.
"Ann and I have you in our prayers," Mr. Romney replied, according to aides to both men.
His warm feelings did not last long. Less than 90 days into the new presidency, Mr. Romney assailed Mr. Obama in an op-ed article, accusing him of "deepening and lengthening this recession" and warning that his policies risked "wiping out the middle class."
It was the start of a carefully planned period of partisan activity intended to build momentum for a second campaign and cement the perception of him as the Republican establishment's candidate.
Publicly, Mr. Romney was coy about his aspirations, telling those who asked that he would not make any decisions about a run until late 2010. Privately, he prepared for the race, one Iowa breakfast round table, Nevada barbecue and Virginia state party dinner at a time.
The Romney playbook remained unchanged from his days at Harvard, at Bain Capital, at the Olympic Games and the governor's office: He out-hustled those around him. In 2009 alone, he attended 53 events for Republican candidates and causes, made 44 television appearances, gave 11 newspaper interviews and held 8 news conferences, records show.
He kept in close contact with his 2008 campaign staff through e-mails and reunions. And his political action committees employed his four top aides from the first race and made payments to at least three dozen others who would eventually join his 2012 campaign.
Perhaps most crucially, Mr. Romney raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from longtime friends, which he used to saturate state and federal candidates with campaign donations. By setting up a network of political action committees in Alabama, New Hampshire and Iowa, he tiptoed around donation limits to local officials. From 2008 through 2011, he gave nearly $600,000 to more than 200 officials and party organizations in at least 27 states.
Some recipients became Mr. Romney's loudest cheerleaders this year, including Gov. Nikki R. Haley of South Carolina ($63,000) and Gov. Terry E. Branstad of Iowa ($30,000).
In New Hampshire, which holds the first Republican primary, the word went out: Republican groups looking for money should reach out to Mr. Romney and his PACs. "There is nothing better than a check," said Donna Sytek, a former speaker of the state's House of Representatives whose portrait was subsidized by Mr. Romney.
"He was nonstop," Senator John McCain, the Republican nominee in 2008, said in an interview. He called the aggressive outreach essential to Mr. Romney's success. "He literally had the whole political establishment behind him in a crucial state," he said.
Watching His Bottom Line
In the summer of 2010, over crab salad and barbecue chicken at his house in Wolfeboro, N.H., Mr. Romney told his biggest campaign fund-raisers that the Bank of Romney was closed.
His short-lived 2008 primary race had cost $107 million, a figure widely mocked as excessive and, worst of all for a man who wore his M.B.A. as a badge of honor, a sign of inefficiency.
"He told us he wanted to do more with less," recalled Anthony Scaramucci, a New York financier. "In 2008, he was throwing money around. He knew that was a mistake."
He made clear that this time around he wanted to rely on donors, not himself. Mr. Romney remained phenomenally well off, earning nearly $500,000 after the last race just from speaking fees and as a director of the Marriott Hotel chain. But it was a time of financial flux for him: after a huge outlay of cash — he had spent almost $45 million of his own money on his first presidential run, then $12 million on the California beach house — the stock market crashed in the fall of 2008.
On paper, Mr. Romney lost tens of millions of dollars on investments, according to a person close to him speaking only on condition of anonymity, who described it as a "huge hit."
Even during his rare down time, the personal and political became intertwined. Mr. Romney and his wife vacationed in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean with three other wealthy couples, including John Miller, the meatpacking magnate who is one of his biggest donors, and his wife, Victoria, and Mike Leavitt, the former Utah governor who is planning Mr. Romney's transition if he makes it to the White House, and his wife, Jacalyn.
During a January 2010 boating trip in the Caribbean, Mr. Romney requested regular updates on the status of Scott P. Brown's campaign for the Senate from Massachusetts. When Mr. Brown, a Republican, won the seat long held by Senator Edward M. Kennedy, the Democrat who trounced Mr. Romney in his first political race, Mr. Romney interrupted his vacation to join the victory party.
Last-Minute Jitters
Inside Mr. Romney's living room in La Jolla in December 2010, his top advisers switched on a PowerPoint presentation sketching out a possible 2012 campaign. It included two worrisome names as likely opponents: Ms. Palin and Mike Huckabee, the former Arkansas governor. Darlings of the conservative movement, both posed the same far-right threat that had undone Mr. Romney in 2008.
The Tea Party movement was suddenly ascendant, and Mr. Romney, who had governed as a moderate and championed a state-sponsored health care overhaul in a Democratic state, hardly embodied the angry ethos of the new movement. But his advisers counseled calm. They envisioned a campaign with a single-minded focus on the economy, an issue they believed would transcend intramural Republican squabbling, and took comfort in their record of fund-raising for Tea Party candidates.
They saw a path to victory — not a resounding win, they cautioned, but a win nonetheless. But Mr. Romney did not share their optimism.
A few weeks later, Mitt, Ann, and their five sons and daughters-in-law convened at the beach house for a quadrennial ritual: a family vote on a presidential run. The decision had been unanimous in 2006, but this time around, the enthusiasm was gone. There was a good chance he might not make it through the primaries, Mr. Romney warned, anticipating scrutiny of his Massachusetts health care plan and his Mormon faith. "Why go through the process just to lose again?" he asked, one relative recalled.
The vote was 10 to 2, with only Ann and Tagg favoring a run.
Over the next few months, Mr. Romney told his family three times that he had decided against a race. After all the planning, he had flinched.
In Mr. Romney's retellings of this period, it was his wife who made the most compelling case for running. But she had crucial allies: trusted aides who argued that he was uniquely qualified to run in 2012 and owed it to himself, and the country, to try.
During a conference call in the spring of 2011, they made their final pitch, asking Mr. Romney if he believed, as they did, that he could fix the economy. He said that he did.
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Myths about Equal Marriage
Here we pull together some of the most commonly believed myths around Equal Marriage.
Same-sex relationships are a modern invention
Throughout history there is evidence that same-sex relationships were celebrated in ancient Greece, Rome, China, Egypt and Europe.
Marriage is an ancient institution and we shouldn't change it
Marriage has evolved hugely over the years from it's very meaning to the vows that people take. It moved away from the focus on procreation to the idea of companionship. It's natural for marriage to evolve with society and modern times. Sometimes change is good!
Religious organisations oppose Equal Marriage
The hierarchies of the Catholic, Protestant and Muslim faiths in Britain have been very outspoken against gay marriage. However, not everyone agrees with them within their own faiths.
Views are not unanimous and, as shown on our messages of support page, being a person of faith – in whatever capacity – and supporting same-sex marriage is not mutually exclusive.
Letting gay couples get married redefines marriage for EVERYONE
Marriage has been around in one form or another for thousands of years and has weathered far bigger changes than letting same sex couples marry. Allowing gay and lesbian people to marry will make it more popular and, therefore, stronger.
Lots of straight people want their friends and family to have the right to get married.
Marriage isn't about gay rights – it's about equal rights.
Equal Marriage would open the doors to other types of marriage being recognised
This argument itself is pretty weak and to compare gay marriage to bestiality or anything else is ludicrous. A marriage between gay, straight or bisexual people is essentially a binding contract between two consenting adults.
Most people oppose Equal Marriage so it shouldn't happen
When the first fully-legal gay marriages took place in Amsterdam in 2001 the issue was very much considered a fringe issue. Since then support has increased massively and has come a long way in certain places.
In Australia 68% now support marriage equality. In 2009 61% of the British public said they agreed with letting gay couples have equal rights to marry. All around the world this is a massive issue, for any indication you just have to look at the recent US election to see what a major struggle it is and will continue to be for people everywhere.
It's up to everyone to speak up about the issue, bust those myths and help society develop into a more equal place for everyone.
If you know any other myths, let us know so we can challenge them and put them up right here! Leave your comments below.
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Another myth is that religious organisations will be forced to perform same-sex marriages. http://jaekaygoesforth.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/will-religions-organisations-be-forced.html


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Post-debate poll shows tightening race in Colorado
DENVER — Battleground Colorado is edging slightly closer to Republican Mitt Romney, but President Barack Obama is still leading after last week's presidential debate at the University of Denver.
A poll commissioned by the school showed Obama leading Romney among likely voters by 4 points, 47 percent to 43 percent. The poll had a 4-point margin of error.
The DU poll also showed a tossup for the marijuana legalization question. Fifty percent planned to vote for legalizing pot, 40 percent planned to vote against it, and 10 percent weren't sure.
Coloradans were more united on recognizing same-sex couples. Seventy-three percent supported legal recognition of same-sex relationships, either marriage or civil unions.
The telephone survey included 604 likely voters. It was conducted Oct. 4-5 by Selzer & Co. of Des Moines, Iowa.


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I always have grand plans that few people help me on. I'm just gullible that way. This time, it was 100 word stories for Christmas, a la Gaiman's "Nicholas Was..." I normally send one out in my Christmas cards (thanks again, Neil), and this year, I shared my story with the staff, including the idea that we all write one for the site. But, when time rolled around, there were only a handful of people who had managed to get one done: E4D (with Kens) and Mann. So, in honor of Christmas, I give you these stories. Feel free to add, but keep it at or very, very close to 100 words. Enjoy, kids!
No Two Snowmen
Susie later thought, as blood and bile oozed from the gash in her stomach, that thorn branches were a poor choice for arms. They had been what snared her with ease, the thick vines coiling around her wrist, tiny dagger-like barbs digging into clothes first… then flesh.
But she mused for a moment that the hat they had found—neither silk nor top—was a miracle, and if miracles existed, then certainly, she might survive. But watching the other children scatter from the snowman in the pinkish snow quickly removed such illusions. As her wound turned from hot pain to cold, she closed her eyes.
-EchoFourDelta and Dr Kens
I knew it was wrong, even as I swung the hammer down on the old man's head. The bone shattered, and blood and brain sprayed out, matching the scarlet of his suit. Tears ran down my eyes as I struck again and again. I loved the old man. I knew it was wrong, but I had to you see, for my father. For honor. Only blood would make things right. He should never have done it, mistletoe or not. Not that the guilt was his alone. I would deal with her later.
You see, I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus.
-Dr Mann
Being a Jewish kid around Christmas time always made me somewhat annoyed. I always wanted a Santa, but what I got was two grandparents pinching my cheeks and a gift card for Best Buy. Seeing this, my father told me of the Hanukkah armadillo, an armadillo that acted in the same capacity as Santa, but delivered presents to all the good Jewish children.
So, perhaps simply for a laugh, my dad dressed up as a giant armadillo, and I sat on his lap and told him what I wanted. And when Hanukkah finally occurred my dad gave me exactly what I wanted.
A gift card for Futureshop.
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I have been alive in this state for about a week, and there are a couple things that I've figured out. Firstly, I think I'm in a time (CHOP!) loop, because every eleven seconds, I wind up in the same place somehow. Second (CHOP! OW!) , axes really fucking hurt, and I feel one hacking at me all the time. Third, I am fully (CHOP!) conscious, even though my left arm keeps being chopped off. Finally, the sky is (CHOP! OW!) for some reason changing; it used to be my house, then it got all dark, then an office. Although it (CHOP!) is really hard to tell, what with everything outside being fisheyed and all the damn snow that keeps falling. And the worst (nonono CHOP!) bit is that my assailant isn't even human. In fact, other than his facial features, he's completely made of snow. (AUGH! CHOP! AUGH!). And here we go again!
I had always thought that reindeer were majestic, noble creatures. With their grand antlers and fine coats, to see one up close would be so special! That's why when the old man said he would take me to see the great herd I was as giddy as could be! Wild herds could reach hundreds of thousands, though this herd was far greater! When we first saw them I couldn't believe their numbers, their tranquil nature! Now with our sleigh overturned, the old man tramped, my leg broken, I can only think of how naive I was about such wild animals..
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Scotty McCreery Plans for 'Intense' Few Years
Scotty McCreery's future looks bright … and busy! The 18-year-old plans on juggling college courses this fall with touring with Brad Paisley on the Virtual Reality tour, as well as recording his sophomore album. He chalks his crazy calendar up to just paying his dues.
"This what I want to do for the rest of my life," Scotty tells Billboard. "You've got to put in the work early to be able to do that for the next few years down the road. It's pretty intense. It's getting to be … I don't want to say a job, but it's getting to be like that. I'm taking it seriously. But I love it."
The North Carolina native rose to fame by winning the tenth season of "American Idol" last year, but he says even without the hit TV talent show, he would still be working just as hard. "I never wanted to sit behind a desk; that wasn't me," explains the former grocery store clerk. "I love entertaining. If I wasn't on ['American Idol'] I would've tried to head to Nashville and make it the traditional way."
The recent high school graduate saw his debut album, Clear as Day, soar to the top of the charts and earn platinum status, but his thoughts are already on the new set of tunes. "We've [started] to get in the mode of writing and stuff," he notes. "We've already got a few winners picked out … I like the process of making an album. The first one I did was a little rushed; I didn't get to enjoy it or get creative with it. This one we're going to take our time and really make a good album."
One thing the "Water Tower Town" singer hopes to offer with the upcoming CD is a more personal glimpse into his own life. "I just want people to really see me this time," he explains. "I don't want to get caught up in the sappy love songs; those are important, but I want them to get a feel for who I am as an artist and sing about real things in life. Hopefully we'll get that with the songs and have some fun with it as well."
The Virtual Reality tour has upcoming shows in New York, New Jersey and Wyoming. See a complete list of concert dates here.
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Posted 14 January 2012 - 12:58 PM
I thought the little ones' lolpowers were just a little bit overdone, though, tbh. Yes, magic sparks, alright... But on a scale implying that the little one will rival Twilight when growing older? Uh...
The Cake's playing it patently straight, and asking everypony to babysit in exactly the order I think pretty much everyone would ask them was well-done, too - easy to just order them randomly, as long as Pinkie comes last, but nope. Thought out, that. And the Cake's worries when Pinkie was the last one standing (And already a sign of her pride, when she plays hard to get in that very moment, hee. Later reinforced when Twilight shows up). Probably a bit painful for Pinkie that they asked Rainbow Dash before her <_<
Twilight's nose being dented a little when Pinkie slammed the door before her was cute~
By and large, Ms. Fullerton (The writer) had avery difficult premise to work with - I hate baby episodes in pretty much everything -, but she solved it beautifully, considering said premise. It's still probably her weakest episode yet, but considering what the others were (Every last one of them brilliant and upper-tier), that's hardly a condemnation, even when ignoring the subject matter and the difficulties involved, which pretty much turn it into outright praise - the first time a baby-thing has come up in any media that I didn't outright hate, but rather, uhm, well... Enjoyed it. Huh.
I remain mostly excited for next week and complete mane cast interaction, though. The dreaded baby episode being decent was a nice surprise, but now for an episode for which I've ginormous expectations~
Posted 14 January 2012 - 01:29 PM
Honestly, I'd ask Derpy before asking Pinky.
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Posted 14 January 2012 - 01:43 PM
Honestly, I'd ask Derpy before asking Pinky.
I?d ask Derpy before asking either Dash or Pinkie.
Posted 14 January 2012 - 01:55 PM
Posted 14 January 2012 - 03:39 PM
"..<_<...>_>... that makes sense right?" - who are you trying to convince Mr. LOL
best one line zinger ever.
Posted 14 January 2012 - 04:15 PM
So, are Unicorn/Pegasus traits dominent, recessive, or passed down randomly?
Or has Mrs. Cake been cheating?
Posted 14 January 2012 - 04:35 PM
(if there is a princess appearance I'll download it now, if there isn't - I'll wait.)
No Princess appearance in this one, and I would say it's far from the worst episode. It was fun and enjoyable.
Did anyone spot Derpy in this episode, or was she missing again?
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Posted 14 January 2012 - 05:41 PM
Also, this song is now stuck firmly in my head.
Apparently, Daniel Ingram has said over on his FB page that it was originally written for the season 1 finale but was cut for time.
Posted 14 January 2012 - 05:57 PM
Gotta love the looks on the kid's faces during Pinkie's song. They've definitely got a "WTF am I looking at?" vibe.
It's interesting how just a few tweaks can turn that baby pony design from extremely creepy into something you can actually call cute.
Needless to say, I think the unusual magical abilities of Pumpkin must have been examples of those "strange magic surges" that Rarity was talking about. I'd be interested to see if Twilight ever manages to pull off similar flight and matter phasing spells, though.
Posted 14 January 2012 - 06:30 PM
"That makes sense, right?" Pony genetics. I love they they canonized what we've been talking about for over a year. But really, it's the ONLY thing that makes sense. Mendallian Genetics at its purest.
Chuck Jones baby eyes! Creepy but a nice reference to one of my favorite animators of all time. Really this entire episode felt like one long Chuck Jones cartoon. Can't you just see Daffy where Pinkie is?
While I don't hate anyone, my apathy to Pinkie borders on dislike. This episode solidifies her character well. She's arrogant, boastful and mean spirited sometimes (Hey, if anything Discord showed we all have a dark side.) and generally all around not funny. But here she had a chance to shine. She wasn't a Mary Sue character. I loved that she turned down Twilight's help. I like that she thought it would be a piece of cake (hah!) and when she found out it wasn't, refused to give up out of pride, not determination. I think that's why she was crying at the end, because she'd been humbled.
I think that the cake babies won't be able to do any of that stuff when they're older. There's no way that Pound can fly and Scoots can't, or that Nom Nom is a better Unicron than Twilight. I think they did it for a) comedy relief and b) because it was a power phasing thing, like Jack Jack Attack. Someone mentioned babies can swim but toddlers can't. Same thing.
Pinkie's first "Let me check my schedule" face. OMG, that sold me right there. I want that gif'd so bad. She totally looked like an Animaniacs character. Maybe Minerva Mink or someone. Can't quite place it.
Asking the girls. They did it in the right order I think. Fluttershy is the go-to girl. Twilight works for the Princess so she might be free, and saved the town from the Ursa Minor, Hydra, Nightmare Moon, ect. The only reason they didn't ask AJ second was because they knew she'd probably be busy. And Rarity has a sister, she she'd be okay. (Which, as an aside, I love that Rarity just said 'no." You don't always have to give a reason to turn something down.) The only one that doesn't make sense is Dash, but with as good a friend as Dash and Pinkie are, maybe the Cakes heard Pinkie talk about Dash all the time.
Twilight. Bless her pea-pickin little heart. I love that girl but I can't see her being outstanding 'mother' material. She's just too... feather brained. She could be a good mom someday, and she'd try her best to be a good baby sitter, but I suspect this episode could have replaced Pinkie with Twilight and we'd have the same results. Heck, Spike would be a better babysitter than either of them.
Surprise, it's Surprise!
Pinkie's standup routine. The sound effects were hilarious, and the double Pinkie was great.
Pinkie cleaning was as great a lesson as the entire episode. Kids/girls need to know that babysitting is work. It's fun at times, but when you've got two or three of them, they'll drive you crazy. Trust me, I know.
Over all, I liked this episode because it was off kilter and fun. And in a rare stroke, Pinkie Pie was funny.
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I believe this is what you are looking for. I'll have a hub logo-less version when I gif the whole episode.
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The words "once removed" mean that there is a difference of one generation. For example, your mother's first cousin is your first cousin, once removed. This is because your mother's first cousin is one generation younger than your grandparents and you are two generations younger than your grandparents. This one-generation difference equals "once removed."
Twice removed means that there is a two-generation difference. You are two generations younger than a first cousin of your grandmother, so you and your grandmother's first cousin are first cousins, twice removed.
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Confound these ponies, they drive me to photoshop!
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Posted 14 January 2012 - 09:58 PM
There is a reason not to?
Confound these ponies, they drive me to photoshop!
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Posted 14 January 2012 - 10:47 PM
Did I miss something? Weren't we already assuming that?
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Posted 14 January 2012 - 11:10 PM
Thank you for clarifying, I never knew what that meant till now.
Did I miss something? Weren't we already assuming that?
I guess because we never seen her parents or where she lives? I donno.
Posted 15 January 2012 - 12:04 AM
Even with Scav?s correction regarding the "twice removed" part, Dvandom?s point still stands. Cupcake?s "great aunt?s second cousin twice removed" is not part of Pound Cake?s direct genetic ancestry, not by a long shot.
That?s not supposed to be a hint of how their genetics work though, but the setup for a great and subtle joke, and Destron already mentioned it:
No, Mr Cake, I?m afraid it does not... and you damn well know it, lol
My favorite line of the episode as well.
Edited by WorkbenchManiac, 15 January 2012 - 12:04 AM.
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Wow! This is probably one of the most hated movies these days. When this movie first came out, it was rare to hear people say that they hate it. These days, it's rare to hear people say that they like it. Yes, it's everywhere and the songs are overplayed but that doesn't make it a bad movie. People say the story doesn't make much sense and the songs are annoying but Hercules makes even less sense and the songs (except one) are beyond terrible and yet people seem to like that movie even though it sucks, big time. The songs in Frozen are pretty good. Let it Go is still one of my favorites because Idina Menzel sings it and it reminds me of Defying Gravity from Wicked. For the First Time in Forever is pretty good too and Kristen Bell is a good singer. The characters are likeable but I will admit, Hans being the villain was very predictable. I saw it coming from the moment he first appeared on screen. Olaf is very funny and enjoyable. Very awesome movie but still one problem. How did Elsa ...more - MegaSoulhero
Standalone, unbiased, I feel as though Frozen is a film that is very hard to hate-hate. For one thing, it isn't The Cat In The Hat or The Last Airbender kind of "bad". Like those movies are the realest bad of all cinematic bads, and Frozen is just not as bad in terms of writing, directing, casting, and effects - at least, I see no reason to loathe it like those atrocities. it also sticks to the Disney formula, so it wouldn't make sense to hate it much more than any other princess movie. I suppose the story is messy (who even is the protagonist? And is Hans, Weaselton, Elsa or the snow marshmallow the antagonist? ), but it makes up for it with plot driving songs and the innocuous fun that Disney has always promised.
In the end, at least the animation is beautiful. I feel like that's as close to indisputably "good" this film gets. - keycha1n
Even though the merchandising has gone insane, and the songs feel more annoying the more you listen to it. But this movie can't be worse than Cat In The Hat or The Last Airbender. If you think this movie is worse than please go educate yourself on film making. - poopmckenzie
This movie has always been just "OK" to me, ever since I saw it in theaters. I mean it did have some great parts but it was your standard princess movie. Don't hate it just because of the overmarketing. May I remind you that the "Cars" franchise has been milked a ton more than this movie (trust me when I go to Disneyland there is cars stuff everywhere) - Phillip873V 43 Comments
I have read many comments on YouTube regarding Episode VII. A majority of those commenters didn't like this movie. Some of them said is was worse than the prequels. Most the hate comes from the fact that this movie uses too many elements from Episode IV. That's the only reason I can think of but who cares? For a while people said Disney would ruin Star Wars. First of all, Disney doesn't make the new Star Wars movies, they just distribute them. Second of all, ever since Disney bought Marvel, those movies have been doing pretty well. The Force Awakens is definitely the triumphant return of Star Wars. There are still plenty of people who liked this movie, including me. Rey is hot, BB-8 is funny, Finn is awesome, and Poe is beyond awesome. In my opinion, this was the best movie of 2015 and the second best Star Wars movie. Thank you and may the force be with you. - MegaSoulhero
Everybody seems so disappointed in the The Force Awakens all because Disney did this blah blah blah, and Disney does that.
One of the best movies of all time. I was sad when Han Solo died, but other than that it was perfect. I don't care if the story wasn't original.
This movie was good in my opinion. Sure it takes parts of episode 4 but it was still a fun and enjoyable experience - Phillip873V 27 Comments
Say what you wanna say, and let your words fall out, honestly, I wanna see you love Brave. I'm not saying this is among the greatest Pixar movies, but I still liked it. The relationship between Merida and Elanor reminds me of the relationship between my sister and my mother, except the part where Elanor turns into a bear. I also like how adventurous Merida is, even though she doesn't do much adventuring in the movie. There also seems to be more adult jokes in this one than other Pixar movies. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't surprised that it won it Oscar. I honestly think the Oscar should've gone to Wreck-it Ralph. However, it's still a good movie. Also, I'm convinced the witch in this movie is Boo from Monsters Inc. she has a wood carving a Sully after all. - MegaSoulhero
The problem was Brave took the Oscar away from Wreck-It Ralph. That is all. - keyson
I've never understood people absolutely hating this film. Is it Pixar at it's strongest? No. But it is still highly enjoyable and has some great moments. It's also great to see a mother daughter relationship, because you never see that from Pixar. Far from the best, but also far from the worst. - Elric-san
I love Brave as an experience, and the visuals are stunning, but I admit the story gets a little out of hand. Like the writers must've been really high one day when they were bouncing around the idea of bear magic, because the plot makes no sense. What is this witch's backstory? Why does Merida request a potion so vaguely? what was that whole thing with the tapestry and why was that the only solution to not be a bear anymore? What happens to the three brothers? And how does becoming a bear by Merida's own carelessness show to her mother that she has the responsibility to govern her life rationally? - keycha1n
This is the only Pixar movie I haven't seen yet, but I'm gonna rent it soon. - PeeledBananaV 9 Comments
Oh, shoot. Here come The Lion King haters. They're just as worse as Sword Art Online haters. Let me tell you a few things, TLK haters. First, you guys barely give little to no reason as to why people should hate the movie. Second, fans already know about the hyena stereotypes, so get over it. I hate the animal stereotypes too, but it is not enough to make people hate this movie. Third, stop forcing your opinions down our throats on people who love the movie. So shut up, haters! You've ruined this list with your annoying hate comments like Sword Art Online haters did with that 107 Facts You Should Know About Sword Art Online video! - ModernSpongeBobSucks
I know what Sword Art Online is (of course, am fond of the anime/game side of popular culture, sue me). No other movie or such are worse or have worse tropes than The Lion King, so what you've said is only your personal opinion and not the truth.
Heck, I can argue that The Lion King is basically a worse version of all other animated movies combined, not the better that you all mistaken it as.
The film has also been criticized for advancing a fascist narrative in its portrayal of the lion kingdom and the circle of life where only the strong and the beautiful triumph, and the powerless survive only by serving the strong.
Number 1 on best Disney movies. I don't think this is hated much (except tlkhater but that's just a user) - Phillip873V 47 Comments
I love Bolt! Wait, Miley Cyrus was in this movie? I never knew. Still, it shouldn't keep people from enjoying a great movie! - ModernSpongeBobSucks
The first time I saw it was in theaters in Kindergarten during after school care (back in Kindergarten and first grade they used to take the kids on some field trips that were cool). - Anonymousxcxc
One of my favorite cartoons. Why do people hate it? Just because Miley Cyrus was in this movie? Wow, grow up people, it's a great movie!
This was amazingV 8 Comments
38% on Rotten Tomatoes? I will admit, this movie has problems like Kenai turning into a bear and the voice actor for Koda being annoying, but that didn't really ruin the movie for me. The humor is pretty good, the songs (except for one) are pretty good, and the animation is, well, pretty good. Never watched the sequel but I'm sure it sucks like the other Disney sequels. - MegaSoulhero
This, Gordy, and Oliver & Company are the most underrated Disney movies ever! Each one has a great story and is heartwarming! People need to realize that it doesn't have to be famous or popular to be great! If you haven't watched this or Gordy yet, please do! They are both on Netflix.
I absolutely love this film. Saw it in theatres back in 2003 and the general dislike people have for this film is not understood by me. Sure, it's no 'Beauty and the Beast' or 'The Lion King' but it's solid, warm, funny, and beautifully animated. - BKAllmighty
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This was probably Pixar's biggest bomb. I can kinda see why but I thought this was an enjoyable movie. I had a really easy time connecting with the characters and I felt bad for Arlo when he was separated from his family. I also love the relationship between Arlo and Spot, especially when Spot finds his family. That scene doesn't have dialogue but I could still feel their emotion. You know, now that I think about it, this movie is kind of similar to both The Lion King and The Land Before Time. - MegaSoulhero
I'm probably the only one here that actually likes The Good Dinosaur. Sure, Toy Story and Inside Out are better, but I really enjoyed watching The Good Dinosaur. I thought the animation and the second half of the story were enjoyable, and I cried at the end of the movie and at the stick scene. - anonygirl
People hate this? Even the trailer was fascinating! I loved this movie so much!
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What time is it? Avenger time! Sorry for that dumb overused joke. Now, the first Avengers movie was mostly about getting the heroes to settle their differences and work together to save the world. In this one, they have gotten better at working together and there are even parts of the movie where we see them do more bonding. The action is also very outstanding. We even find out that Clint Barton is married to Wendy from Gravity Falls. So yeah, this movie is better than the first one. The funniest part in the first one was the puny god scene and the funniest part in this one was Vision picking up the hammer. - MegaSoulhero
This move was awesome. It wasn't as good as the first though. So sad when Quicksilver died. I'd rather see Hawkeye die but he is married so that can't happen. Not a fan of Black Wiidow and Hulk. Not a huge fan of how the Avengers disassembled in the end.
People hate this movie? Yikes I love this film
This Avengers trilogy is so underrated, but why is Fantasia, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and some Disney Channel original movies not on this list?! :(V 3 Comments
I am probably one of the only people on this website who actually likes Cars. Of course, movies such as Toy Story and Monsters Inc. are better, but Cars was an enjoyable movie for me. Now here's the real issue: Can you really call it bad compared to its sequel? - ModernSpongeBobSucks
I vote for frozen because it way more hate than cars but to be honest this is my favorite pixar movie and also one of my favorite animated of all time and the sequel is ok but not that bad - Thirdwind
You're not alone I like cars too
Thank you. I think Cars is an incredible movie. It had some funny moments and good lessons as well. - ModernSpongeBobSucks
When your think about it it is pretty cheesy :P - Derp_88V 7 Comments
There were a lot of aspects that I liked in this movie except for the fact that Chicken Little's dad was a complete ass. The ending was also a huge slap in the face. - Mcgillacuddy
Alright. So..I've met some people who hate this movie to not even remembering this movie, but this movie by Disney was..unexpected. It feels different from the other movies made by Disney. The thing I like about this movie is that difference. It has a plot starting out as "a smaller kid who's smart, but gets picked on a lot" to "a save the world from aliens! " At first, it didn't make sense to me. Why such the sudden change in plot? But then it occured to me...
The plot was supposed to be a metaphor of sorts for the main character and the morals it's teaching. It was a very deep movie to me and it was enjoyable. The characters might've been cliche, but the things that were done to them was totally unexpected. (Foxy Loxy was brainwashed and STAYED that way instead of turning back! ) Overall, this movie isn't for everyone, but it was definitely really good and enjoyable. (Esp if you have a weakness for Sci-Fi or Disney's anthro characters)
I love this movie
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I love the pirate of the Caribbean movies. I don't know anyone who hates this film. Come on people WAKE UP!
I'm one of the few people who actually like the Pirates sequels. Well, except for At World's End. I hated the ending of this movie but the rest of it was great, especially when watching in 3D. The mermaid fight was incredible, Blackbeard was a great villain, and Jack Sparrow was great as always. Unfortunately, Will Turner wasn't in this movie but I look forward to seeing him return next year in Dead Men Tell No Tales. - MegaSoulhero
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES MOVIES IN Disney
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Are you dumb? Pirates of the Caribbean is a Disney movie. Look it up. - MegaSoulhero
It is hard to imagine that people think this is a conservative movie when it actually is against family values. The main protagonist ditches her family to be with some guy she barely knows by selling her soul to the villain, without even letting her family know about it, and that's not a good moral to teach your children.
Can be a bit corny, but I still love this movie. - ModernSpongeBobSucks
This movie is a little bit corny
My all time fave animated movie!V 4 Comments
Ok, I wasn't sure about this one. From the reviews I have read, they were pretty negative. They say this movie was just a quick way to make money. You would think a movie about Goofy would be a dumb idea, but this movie shows that Goofy can be a good father towards Max. There are some mature moments and when it wants to be funny, it's really funny. Also, this is the ONLY movie where Pauly Shore is actually funny. Now, if we're talking about An Extremely Goofy Movie, yeah, that movie sucks. - MegaSoulhero
The goofy movie is a really good movie
Jambareeqi was right about A Goofy Movie by his overwhelmingly phenomenal review on A Goofy Movie by how ambitious, touching and realistic it is. - The Ultimate Daredevil
This movie's princess is actually loved by a lot of girls I found out. How can they hate this so much? Like, seriously! Come on!
Although a lot of girls contracted salmonella trying to miss frogs, I see no reason to hate this movie. Besides, Tiana has such a soulful and strong singing voice! - Perrywinks
How can you hate this movie?
I think this movie is amazing! Why do people hate it?!?!V 5 Comments
People say this is the worst movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Nope. That would be Iron Man 2. For me, I thought this movie was very awesome! I'm pretty sure people hate it because of the plot twist involving the Mandarin. That and Tony giving away his address to the world. Yeah, that was pretty stupid. However, this movie has the best action out of the trilogy and is definitely the funniest of the trilogy. All the Iron Man suits near the end was very amazing. Also, Tony gets his arc reactor removed at the end, how come he never did it before when he really needed to? I'm gonna have to make a Top 10 Plot Holes in Marvel Movies list. - MegaSoulhero
Loved this movie. Many favorite parts were when Tony was in Tennesse with that kid. The kid was great. This movie was hilarious. I would have rather had a more threatening villain, though.
What? Why are most of these superhero movies?
I thought this movie was a paramount movie - VideoGamefan5V 1 Comment
Ok Here I go. I can understand why people hate this movie. This is not a very interesting spin-off of Cinderella and personally I think that Cinderella is one of the main and biggest Disney movies of all time. But then it gets to Maleficent. When it first begins the animations are Beautiful, The kind-hearted maleficent was fun and adventurous and it's amazing with a interesting story. But after you watch this movie Once it turns to a movie that will stay on your shelf or in your pouch until it picks up Dust. It try's to be different from Cinderella but turns out to be to different from Cinderella. Now you may call me STUPID and I can understand that. But over all I'd give this one a skip. And the only reason I watch his pile of Crap is because it gets commonly picked buy my family. So there you have thank you for reading and without a shadow of a doubt. The Horned King from the Black Cauldron is better than... HER.
Why do people hate it? I love this movie. The original one sucks in my opinion (the only good character in the original was Maleficent). - Anonymousxcxc
This shouldn't even be on this list. Maleficent shows a lot of perspective on how maleficent herself was just misunderstood all of her life. - Perrywinks
This movie is great!V 10 Comments
Why do people not like this?! This is one of the best movies I've ever seen in my entire life! People are always picking on the underrated Disney movies that aren't as famous like this and Brother Bear! It's insane! This movie shows how even when life looks dim, you'll always find friends to have your back! People don't realize it was actually THIS movie that lead us to The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Tangled, and Frozen! This movie is a one of a kind!
I haven't seen anyone that hates this movie. - nintendofan126
What is this lovely thing doing here? - keyson
I love this movie - YOUnique253V 2 Comments
I think Pocahontas was a great movie with a cute story, enjoyable music and amazing animation. People seem to diss it mostly because of historical inaccuracy, but they changed most of the endings of the source material they base their movies on, so was that really not to be expected? Although the main story is pretty accurate, I feel like the way Mulan portrays the Chinese culture is more westernized and stereotyped than in Pocahontas, but does that make Mulan a bad movie? No. Is Mulan hated for it? Not really. So why can't this movie get more praise? - sofiav
This movie is awesome. Like hercules, people say its inaccurate, but so are Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, and The Little Mermaid! They get praised, but why not Pocahontas and Hercules?! Cinderella plants a tree on her mothers grave. Sleeping beauty isn't awaken by true love's kiss, and the little mermaid DIES! People love the little mermaid even though its as inaccurate as pocahonats and Hercules! Why aren't they getting as much praise
This movie is awesome! It may not be the most accurate of history, but really? Think about it. It has amazing quality, voice actors, and is an original. The reason it's not accurate is because it's a childrens cartoon! Deal with it!V 1 Comment
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