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Sunday, December 30, 2007
Our Cousins Know a Real Man When They See One
.....the reason for picking Petraeus is simple. Iraq, whatever the current crises in Afghanistan and Pakistan, remains the West's biggest foreign policy challenge of this decade, and if he can halt its slide into all-out anarchy, Gen Petraeus may save more than Iraqi lives.
A failed Iraq would not just be a second Vietnam, nor would it just be America's problem.
It would be a symbolic victory for al-Qaeda, a safe haven for jihadists to plot future September 11s and July 7s, and a battleground for a Shia-Sunni struggle that could draw in the entire Middle East. Our future peace and prosperity depend, in part, on fixing this mess. And, a year ago, few had much hope.
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Senator Thompson sets the story straight
Getting the Story Straight
By Fred ThompsonEvery once in a while I am more thankful than ever for today's technology which allows me to talk to you directly instead of having to go through the filter of the main stream media.
Some of them are intent on making the outcome of the campaign dependent upon their pre-conceived notions. Every once in a while their incomplete and slanted coverage makes this clear.
Today I had this story written about me regarding what I said at a Town Hall event in Burlington, Iowa by a reporter who wasn't even at the event. Incidentally, I declined to be interviewed by this particular reporter yesterday for reasons which will soon be apparent.
In referring to me, she reported "he doesn't like modern campaigning, isn't interested in running for President, and will not be devastated" if he doesn't win.
Below is a transcript of what I actually said in response to a question by a local Burlington resident which was the basis of the reporter's story.
It is clear that there are those in the media who will exact a high price for candor and from those whom they consider to be insufficiently ambitious. But it is with increasing amazement that we see that those who are willing to slant or leave out important parts of a story to make their point.
If a candidate succumbs to this he will be reduced to nothing more than a sound bite machine.
As for me I am going to continue to say exactly what is in my heart and is on my mind and give straight and honest answers to those who ask straight and honest questions.
Incidentally, the audience in Burlington broke into applause in the middle of my answer. The reporter wouldn't know that because she wasn't even there.
Q: (Courtesy ABC News) My only problem with you and why I haven't thrown all my support behind you is that I don't know if you have the desire to be President. If I caucus for you next week, are you still going to be there two months from now?
That is a very good question, not because it's difficult to answer, but I'm gonna answer it in a little different way than what you might expect.
In the first place, I got into the race about the time people normally get into get into it. The fact of the matter is people get into it a lot earlier than they used to. For some of them, they were juniors in high school.
The first place, I wouldn't be here if I didn't. I wouldn't be doing this. I grew up in very modest circumstances. I left government and I and my family have made sacrifices to be sitting here today. I haven't had any income for a long time because I figured to be clean, you've got to cut everything off. I was doing speaking engagements and I had a contract to do a tv show. I had a contract with abc radio…and so forth. A man would have to be a total fool to do all those things and to be leaving his family which is not a joyful thing if he didn''t want to do it.
I am not consumed by personal ambition. I will not be devastated if I don't do it. I want the people to have the best president they can have.
When this talk first originated from people around the country both directly and through polls, liked the idea of me stepping up and of course, you always look better form a distance.
But most of those people are still there. I approached it from the standpoint of a deal. A kind of a marriage. If one side of a marriage really has to be talked into the marriage, it probably ain't going to be a good deal. But if you mutually decide it's going to be a good thing. In this case, if you think this is a good thing for the country, then we have an opportunity to do some wonderful things together.
I'm offering myself up. I'm saying that I have the background, the capability and concern to do this and do it for the right reasons. I'm not particularly interested in running for president, but I think I'd make a good president.
Nowadays, the process has become much more important than it used to be.
I don't know that they ever asked George Washington a question like this. I don't know that they ever asked Dwight D. Eisenhower a question like this. But nowadays, it's all about fire in the belly. I'm not sure in the world we live in today it's a good thing if a president has too much fire in the belly. I approach life differently than a lot of people. People, I guess, wonder how I've been as successful as I've been in everything that I've done. I won two races in TN by 20 point margins in a state that bill Clinton carried twice. I've never had an acting lesson. I guess that's obvious by people who've watched me…
When I did it, I did it. Wasn't just a lark. Anything that's worth doing is worth doing well. But I've always been a little more laid back than most. I'm only consumed by very, very few things. Politics is not one of them. The welfare of our country and our kids and grandkids is one of them.
If people really want in their president super type-a personality, someone who has gotten up every morning and gone to bed every night and been thinking about for years how they win the presidency of the united states, someone who can look you straight in the eye and say they enjoy every minute of campaigning, I ain't that guy. So I hope I've discussed that and didn't talk you out of anything. I honestly want – I can't imagine a worse set of circumstances [than] achieving the Presidency of the United States under false pretenses. I go out of my way to be myself... (continues at update)
via REDSTATE
Update: more from this speech at NRO: (emphasis mine)
because I don't want anybody to think they're getting something they're not getting. I'm not consumed by this process, I'm not consumed with the notion of being president. I'm simply saying I'm willing to do what's necessary to achieve it if I'm in sync with the people. And if the people want me, or somebody like me, I will do what I've always done with everything else in my life. I will take it on and do a good job. You'll have the disadvantage of having someone who probably can't jump up and click their heels three times, but will tell you the truth. And you'll know where the president stands at all times."
Labels: 08 election, conservatism, fred thompson
Friday, December 28, 2007
Bush STILL Polling Better Than Democrat Congress
Via: Real Clear Politics
President Bush's Job Approval Rating:
Approve [35.4%]
Dis-approve [60.2%]
Congressional Job Approval Rating:
Approve [25.0%]
Dis-approve [63.5%]
Labels: democrat congress, polls
Yet another reason not to vote for Carter, uh, Huckabee....
by Ann Coulter
December 26, 2007
All I want for Christmas is for Christians to listen to what Mike Huckabee says, rather than what the media say about him. The mainstream media keep flogging Huckabee for being a Christian, apparently unaware that this "God" fellow is testing through the roof in focus groups.
Huckabee is a "compassionate conservative" only in the sense that calling him a conservative is being compassionate.
He responded to my column last week—pointing out that he is on record supporting the Supreme Court's sodomy-is-a-constitutional-right decision—by saying that he was relying on the word of a caller to his radio show and didn't know the details of the case. Ironically, that's how most people feel about sodomy: They support it until they hear the details.
First, I'd pay a lot of money to hear how a court opinion finding that sodomy is a constitutional right could be made to sound reasonable. But the caller had the right response when Huckabee asked him, "What's your favorite radio station?" So he seemed like a reliable source.
Second, Huckabee's statement that he agreed with the court's sodomy ruling was made one week after the decision. According to Nexis, in that one week, the sodomy decision had been the cover story on every newspaper in the country, including The New York Times. It was the talk of all the Sunday news programs. It had been denounced by every conservative and Christian group in America—as well as other random groups of sane individuals having no conservative inclinations whatsoever.
The highest court in the land had found sodomy was a constitutional right! That sort of thing tends to make news. (I was going to say the sodomy ruling got publicity up the wazoo, but this is, after all, Christmas week.)
So this little stretch-marked cornpone is either lying, has a closed head injury, is a complete ignoramus—or all of the above.
Huckabee opposes school choice, earning him the coveted endorsement of the National Education Association of New Hampshire, which is like the sheriff being endorsed by the local whorehouse.
He is, however, in favor of school choice for kids in Mexico: They have the choice of going to school there or here. Huckabee promoted giving in-state tuition in Arkansas to illegal immigrants from Mexico—but not to U.S. citizens from Ohio. "I don't believe you punish the children," he said, "for the crime and sins of the parents."
Since when is not offering someone lavish taxpayer-funded benefits a form of punishment? That's almost as crazy as a governor pardoning a known sex offender so he can go out and rape and kill.
Huckabee claims he's against punishing children for the crimes of their fathers in the case of illegal immigrants. But in the case of slavery, he believes the children of the children's children should be routinely punished for the crimes of their fathers.
Huckabee has said illegal immigration gives Americans a chance to make up for slavery. (I thought letting O.J. walk for murdering two people was payback for slavery.)
Just two years ago, Huckabee cheerfully announced to a meeting of the Hispanic advocacy group League of United Latin American Citizens that "Pretty soon, Southern white guys like me may be in the minority." Who's writing this guy's speeches—Al Sharpton? (Actually, take out "Southern" and "white," and I agree with Huckabee's sentiment).
He said the transition from Arkansas' Southern traditions would "require extraordinary efforts on both sides of the border." But, curiously, most of the efforts Huckabee described would come entirely from this side of the border. Arkansas, he pledged, would celebrate diversity "in culture, in language and in population." He said America would have to "accommodate" those who come here.
All that he expected from those south of the border was that they have a desire to provide better opportunities for their families. Basically, we have to keep accommodating everyone but U.S. citizens.
For those of you keeping score at home, this puts Huckabee just a little to the left of Dennis Kucinich on illegal immigration and border control. The only difference is that Kucinich supports amnesty for aliens from south of the border and north of Saturn.
In a widely quoted remark, Huckabee denounced a Republican bill that would merely require proof of citizenship to vote and receive government benefits as "un-Christian, un-American, irresponsible and anti-life," according to the Arkansas News Bureau. Now, where have I heard this sort of thing before? Hmmm ... wait, now I remember: It was during the Democratic debates!
In his current attempt to pretend to be against illegal immigration, Huckabee makes a meaningless joke about how the federal government should track illegals the way Federal Express tracks packages. (Can a Mexican fit in one of those little envelopes?)
In other words, Huckabee is going to address the problem of illegal immigration by making jokes. It's called leadership, folks.
Huckabee confirms for liberal TV hosts their image of conservatives as dorks by bragging about how cool he is because he "likes music." What's he doing—running for president or filling out his Facebook profile? Arkansas former fatty loves to make jokes and play the bass guitar. Remember what happened to the last former fatboy from Arkansas trying to be "cool" by liking music? I'll take "Stained Dresses" for $400, Alex.
According to Huckabee, most people think conservatives don't like music. Who on earth says conservatives don't like music—other than liberals and Mike Huckabee? This desperate need to be liked by liberals has never led to anything but calamity.
Huckabee wants to get kids involved in music at an early age because he believes it leads to a more balanced and developed brain. You know, as we saw with the Jackson family. Maybe someone should tell him the Osmonds are voting for Romney.
He supports a nationwide smoking ban anyplace where people work, constitutional protection for sodomy, big government, higher taxes and government benefits for illegal aliens. According to my calculations, that puts him about three earmarks away from being Nancy Pelosi.Liberals take a perverse pleasure in touting Huckabee because they know he will give them everything they want—big government and a Christian they can roll.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Ass Meet Hat
"Don King comb-out. Climb up on chair. Bang gavel...."
The historic
Climbing to the president's chair, Webb took the gavel and banged it.For that flash in the pan, all he had to do was sell out a generation of American Warriors, court Hillary Clinton, and kiss John Kerry's butt. How sweet is that?
"The Senate will come to order," he intoned, reading from a two-line script to a floor empty of other senators but witnessed from the gallery by one reporter and about a half dozen staffers. "Under the previous order, the Senate stands in recess until Friday, December 28th, 2007 at 10 a.m."
His work done, Webb left. The floor staff reported to those in the gallery overhead that the session had lasted nine seconds. [link]
More background info:
President Bush has used recess appointments to seat blocked judicial nominees, ambassadors, and Federal commission members, angering Senate Democrats each time. After he appointed Judge William Pryor to the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Senate Democrats, led by Sen. Ted Kennedy, sued, saying that the appointment was unconstitutional. Sen. Kennedy and others petitioned the court to enforce a narrow interpretation of the president's power to make appointments during Senate recesses, allowing them only during the annual recess at Christmas. The Eleventh Circuit court disagreed, ruling 8-2 that the president's action was Constitutional, settling on a broader interpretation of the power that grants the president the authority to make recess appointments at any time during the year. The Supreme Court declined to intervene in the case, letting the lower court's decision stand.
Since Democrats have taken control of Congress, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has sought to make agreements with the White House over recess appointments. In April of this year, the first recess under a Democratic watch, President Bush made three appointments, including appointing a Swift Boat Veterans for Truth donor, Sam Fox, as Ambassador to Belgium. Determined not to let that happen again in August, Reid and the White House agreed that the Senate would move 42 stalled nominations and President Bush would make no recess appointments during the break. The deal held. Later in the year, a deal could not be reached, and so Reid held the Senate in pro-forma sessions over the Thanksgiving holiday, just as he is doing now. [Link]
Senate Meets Briefly to Block Bush
Webb Stands Guard in Empty Senate
Labels: i wanna be king, jim webb
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
America Stand Up for Your Troops
You want to meet an impressive young man?
Justin at Right on the Right is one.
Tankerbabe has a story about another impressive young man, a member of Battle Company 2-503 Airborne Infantry.
You'll like it.
KeystoneSoldiers has a picture you should see. (These folks have been relentless in their support of the 173DABN and I can't thank them enough.)
FreedomsWatch is reporting that another Democrat has returned from Iraq with a different perspective:
U.S. Rep. Nancy Boyda, D-Kan., who has been a vocal critic of President Bush's policy in the war in Iraq, on Monday visited troops in Iraq and said the situation appears to be improving.
"What is happening on the ground tactically is very good, and everyone is hopeful that it will continue, but no one is taking anything for granted and they don't want to overstate things," she said. "Our troops have done an incredibly good job," she said. "The buds of a political solution are starting to form."
Monday, December 24, 2007
I bring you tidings of great joy....
Labels: merry christmas
A Christmas Message from B Company 2-503 173DABN
Jingle Bombs, Jingle Bombs....
Labels: achmed, achmed the dead terrorist, Christmas, jeff dunham
T'was the night before Christmas......
Twas the night before Christmas, he lived all alone,
In a one bedroom house made of plaster & stone.
I had come down the chimney, with presents to give
and to see just who in this home did live
As I looked all about, a strange sight I did see,
no tinsel, no presents, not even a tree.
No stocking by the fire, just boots filled with sand.
On the wall hung pictures of a far distant land.
With medals and badges, awards of all kind,
a sobering thought soon came to my mind.
For this house was different, unlike any I'd seen.
This was the home of a U.S. Marine.
I'd heard stories about them, I had to see more,
so I walked down the hall and pushed open the door.
And there he lay sleeping, silent, alone,
Curled up on the floor in his one-bedroom home.
He seemed so gentle, his face so serene,
Not how I pictured a U.S. Marine.
Was this the hero, of whom I'd just read?
Curled up in his poncho, a floor for his bed?
His head was clean-shaven, his weathered face tan.
I soon understood, this was more than a man.
For I realized the families that I saw that night,
owed their lives to these men, who were willing to fight.
Soon around the Nation, the children would play,
And grown-ups would celebrate on a bright Christmas day.
They all enjoyed freedom, each month and all year,
because of Marines like this one lying here.
I couldn't help wonder how many lay alone,
on a cold Christmas Eve, in a land far from home.
Just the very thought brought a tear to my eye.
I dropped to my knees and I started to cry.
He must have awoken, for I heard a rough voice,
"Santa, don't cry, this life is my choice
I fight for freedom, I don't ask for more.
My life is my God, my country, my Corps."
With that he rolled over, drifted off into sleep,
I couldn't control it, I continued to weep.
I watched him for hours, so silent and still.
I noticed he shivered from the cold night's chill.
So I took off my jacket, the one made of red,
and covered this Marine from his toes to his head.
Then I put on his T-shirt of scarlet and gold,
with an eagle, globe and anchor emblazoned so bold.
And although it barely fit me, I began to swell with pride,
and for one shining moment, I was Marine Corps deep inside.
I didn't want to leave him so quiet in the night,
this guardian of honor so willing to fight.
But half asleep he rolled over, and in a voice clean and pure,
said "Carry on, Santa, it's Christmas Day, all secure."
One look at my watch and I knew he was right,
Merry Christmas my friend, Semper Fi and goodnight.
Labels: Christmas, Corporal Schmidt, usmc
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Boom. AH-64 Apache gets a suprise.
The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling!
Asteroid has a 1 in 75 chance of hitting Mars next month. COOL.
Instapundit is spreading the alarm.
Mars could be in for an asteroid hit. A newly discovered hunk of space rock has a 1 in 75 chance of slamming into the Red Planet on Jan. 30, scientists said Thursday. "These odds are extremely unusual. We frequently work with really long odds when we track ... threatening asteroids," said Steve Chesley, an astronomer with the Near Earth Object Program at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory
This Arkansas Governor just like the other.....
And bloggers most familiar with the Governor describe him in dangerous terms: From Opinion Journal via Freeman Hunt, an Arkansas blogger:
Betsy Hagan, Arkansas director of the conservative Eagle Forum and a key backer of his early runs for office, was once "his No. 1 fan." She was bitterly disappointed with his record. "He was pro-life and pro-gun, but otherwise a liberal," she says. "Just like Bill Clinton he will charm you, but don't be surprised if he takes a completely different turn in office."
Phyllis Schlafly, president of the national Eagle Forum, is even more blunt. "He destroyed the conservative movement in Arkansas, and left the Republican Party a shambles," she says.
So now, from another source, in IOWA, The Caucus Cooler, comes the information that they have actual documents describing possible conflicts of interest:
The Cooler has obtained documents that show Mike Huckabee received $378,000 in consulting fees during 2006, while he was still governor of Arkansas.
Didn't we already go down this path before with another Arkansas Governor?
Labels: corruption, huckabee
Huckabee pwned
Mr. Huckabee paused, then said his favorite author was Dr. Seuss.
In an interview afterward with the news media, Aleya said she was somewhat surprised. She thought the candidate would be reading at a higher level.
"My favorite author is C. S. Lewis," she said.
h/t Ace
Saturday, December 22, 2007
College Republican Federation of Virginia Blog
One of my personal favorite Democrats is none other than Harry Reid. Now, before I am lynched by my colleagues for treason, I must explain.
I like Harry Reid, simply because he makes we Republicans look like Hawkings-level geniuses, with Aah-Nold physiques. When comparing Harry Reid with your average Republican, we the people tend to laugh - because Reid can't seem to hold one position, ever.
Check them out.
h/t Shaun Kenney
Tonic Sol-fa - Joy To The World
Labels: a-capella, Christmas, music, tonic sol fa
Christmas Holiday Message from Mr. Thompson
Labels: Christmas, fred thompson, fred08, youtube
Labels: hillary clinton, humor
Friday, December 21, 2007
Rules for Extracting Information
"If hooking up a terrorists' balls to a car's battery cables will save one MARINE life, then I have just two things to say":
"Red is positive"
"Black is negative"
Thursday, December 20, 2007
The view of Congress from THIS vet..........|
Troops for Fred.
(I don't think I need to add anymore. Go visit her.)
Here is a *snip* of a letter from one Soldier To Another:
Dear Fellow Veteran:
While most of us are stateside enjoying the comforts of home with family and friends during this holiday season, hundreds of thousands of brave men and women will remain abroad defending our freedom and that of others.
We are in the trenches stateside helping Fred Thompson run for President because he is the most experienced and consistent conservative leader of the major candidates. It is imperative to have a solid Commander-in-Chief to lead our nation during time of war, and Fred is that man.
Some of our troops in Iraq agree, and are showing their support for Fred there. You can see more on the Vets for Fred site.
Last month, Fred rolled out his plan to revitalize our military in a speech at the Citadel entitled: "Four Pillars of a Revitalized National Defense" which you can review by clicking here. His plan is being widely hailed as a substantive and sound policy proposal.
Fred's plan increases the defense budget to 4.5% of GDP and builds a "million member" ground force with and Army end strength of 775,000 organized into 64 brigade combat teams and increase active duty Marine Corps forces by 50,000 to 225,000. This will enable us to handle peacetime and wartime missions without wearing out our troops or increasing the vulnerability of the United States. As Fred stated, "Half-measures and small increases will no longer do."
Here is what a people have said about Fred's plan:
*Investor's Business Daily:
"Fred Thompson wants a million-man ground force and more modern equipment on the ground, in the air and on the water. The arsenal of democracy needs some retooling....Once again the U.S. military is depleted and exhausted...It may be time for another buildup like Reagan's that brought down the evil empire and gave us the means for victory in Desert Storm."
*The Weekly Standard:
"Fred Thompson staked out a Reaganesque position on defense spending and the need to increase the size of the military... Thompson is talking about a real build-up of the kind that this administration should have undertaken from the moment it entered office, but failed to do even after the attacks on 9/11."
*The National Review:
"While most candidates have called for increasing the size of the military, Thompson laid out a detailed plan to achieve that end...Thompson has set a standard of specificity, conservatism, and soundness that we would like to see the other Republican candidates measure up to."
Our troops, veterans and their families deserve a Commander in Chief who is ready on Day One, not someone who needs on-the-job training when it comes to foreign affairs and national security.
Fred Thompson will be ready to lead the minute he is sworn in, and that is why we are supporting him for President.
Sincerely yours,
James E. Livingston
Veterans for Fred
MAJGEN, USMC (Ret.)
Medal of Honor Recipient
Joe Repya
National Executive Director
Veterans for Fred
LTC, USA (Ret.)
Vets For Fred
Press Release
Thompsons Troops
Labels: fred08, Marie's two cents, primaries
Christmas Wishes From Home
How can you wish our troops a Merry Christmas?
By telling them during a very special Patriot Radio segment with the Lee Brothers on Dec 22nd. Christmas Wishes from Home is your chance to send a special Christmas wish to friends or
family serving in harms way!
Simply call during the Patriot Radio segment on Dec 22nd
and your special wish will be posted on the WRVA website and www.theleebrothers.com for our troops to listen to at their convenience.
Christmas Wishes from Home - It is the
least we can do for the best of America! Patriot Radio with the Lee Brothers,
Dec 22nd 6-8 am.
If you can not call in, please send us an e-mail at email@example.com with your Christmas wishes including the name of your friend or family, unit, and where they are serving and we will say it for you!
God Bless our troops and Merry Christmas from the Lee Brothers!
Scott and Richard Lee
Labels: lee brothers, support the troops, wrva
Michael Yon reports: Gen'l McCaffrey's report
Here is a report from Gen'l McCaffrey. He describes the difficulties ahead and possible solutions. They are difficult but they are ALL political decisions. Our country needs to support the mission. Our press and the "loyal" opposition needs to stop trying to surrender. The propaganda put out by the Senate and the press depress enlistments and provide aid and comfort to the enemy. While we may disagree on the way this campaign was entered and/or prosecuted, we are now in combat. There are two outcomes. Victory or Surrender. If we have to build our military and spend some money, so be it. Especially if Congress can bear to cut a few hundred million in pork. And I mean BOTH FREAKING PARTIES!
Labels: afghanistan, gwot, iraq campaign, support the troops
Tancredo drops out. Loses mind in process......
Hopefully this will turn into more support for Duncan Hunter and Fred Thompson.
Labels: 08 election, duncan hunter, fred thompson, gop, romney, tancredo
Veterans Outraged
"Sure there's less violence, but that's because we've ethnically cleansed most of Baghdad"
– Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA)
Video of Morons' comments here
From our friends at Vets for Freedom:
(Washington, DC) Vets for Freedom condemns the recent comments by Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA) on the floor of the House of Representatives in which he stated that American troops "ethnically cleansed Baghdad." The United Nations, along with the rest of the civilized world, commonly refers to ethnic cleansing as genocide.
"Once again, Congressman Moran demonstrates how far from reality he has fallen," said Executive Director of Vets for Freedom and Iraq Army veteran, Pete Hegseth. "Jim Moran has a long history of putting his foot in his mouth, but this time he has gone too far. The men and women who make up our nation's military are decent and honorable citizens who bravely serve to fight our enemies who threaten our national security. Insinuating that they are war criminals is outright despicable."
He continued, "I call on all Members of Congress to follow Vets for Freedom in our condemnation of these irresponsible accusations, as well as on the constituents of the 8th District of Virginia to stand up to such nonsense and support the men and women whose very sacrifice allows Moran to run his mouth."
Vets for Freedom is a nonpartisan organization established by combat veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Its mission is to educate the American public about the importance of achieving success in these conflicts by applying our first-hand knowledge to issues of American military strategy. For more information, please visit http://www.vetsforfreedom.org/. For more information or to schedule interviews with Pete Hegseth or other Iraq/Afghanistan veterans, please contact Josh Grodin at (202) 841-1387 or email@example.com.
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
To the Young Republicans
Hope you like what you see. Leave a few comments, especially if you disagree with something.
But, I'm still right. Just ask me.
Labels: Young Republicans
Fred wants you to buy guns.
I don't know if this is true. Probably isn't. But this sounds like it could be Fred. Gotta love Scrappleface.
Republican Presidential candidate Fred Thompson today, upon hearing that rival Ron Paul's supporters had raised $6 million in 24 hours to commemorate the Boston Tea Party, called on his supporters to match that figure in gun purchases before Christmas to mark George Washington's victory at the Battle of Trenton."I'm tired of running around the country raising money that I just have to hand over to the same mainstream media companies that ignore my campaign," said the former senator from Tennessee. "We've done enough this year to support the so-called free press of the first amendment. Let's give a boost to our friends who make it possible for us to exercise our second amendment right to keep and bear arms."
Labels: fred thompson, fred08, guns, scrappleface
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Fellow Republican
A USMC sniper was real good at his job, and he had a method. He would yell out some insult at the enemy and when someone stood up to reply, BANG - one less insurgent!
After every mission the company commander would ask "How many insurgents have you shot today?"
However, on this particular day when asked about the number killed, he reported "Five killed and I let one go, sir."
"Let one go?" roared the company commander. "What do you mean, you let one go?""Well, sir, I yelled out 'Osama is a Homo!' Then this big insurgent stood up and yelled 'Hillary is a Bitch!'
I just couldn't shoot a fellow Republican!
Labels: hillary clinton, humor, military humor, usmc
Gun Free Zone Liability Act
The Gun Free Zone Liability Act: If you create a "gun free" zone, you are liable for the safety of the visitors.
That said, we can reverse it.
The CCW Protection Area: Business owners are not liable for damages caused by any CCW while using a weapon to protect himself or others.
Any ideas? Suggestions are welcome.
Labels: 2nd Amendment, CCW, concealed carry, gun control, Gun Free Zones, liability law, self defense
Fred Thompson: Kill, Protect, Punch
Kill the terrorists. Protect the borders. Punch the hippies.
Any blogger supporting Fred HAS to put this video on.
via RightWingNews and IMAO.
Labels: fred facts, fred thompson, humor, IMAO, rightwingnews
Just Sayin'......Fred Facts
Fred Thompson not only doesn't add cream or sugar to his coffee, he doesn't add water.
Fred Thompson kills at least one terrorist every day after his first cup of coffee. You don't want to be the terrorist he kills before he gets his first cup of coffee.
Fred Thompson's preferred way to kill a bill in the Senate is the shotgun.
See more fun Fred Facts at IMAO.
Labels: Chuck Norris, fred facts, fred thompson, humor, IMAO
Monday, December 17, 2007
We, the Militia........
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
The above amendment states, in MY opinion, that the citizens of the United States have the right to bear arms. The purpose of the right is to provide for the security of their freedom. And since unorganized mobs tend to lose battles to organized forces, the citizens should form well trained militias. In fact, we HAVE THE RESPONSIBILITY to form militias to secure our freedoms and those of our fellow citizens. With all rights come responsibilities. Since part of the the freedom that we enjoy includes the right of being safe in our homes and in our daily lives, carrying weapons for self defense is included.
The militia was always a volunteer force, expected to provide their own weapons, subject to being placed under government control voluntarily, subject to the ability to leave government service under certain conditions. While not as well supplied or trained as regular forces (hence the name "regular"), the LOCAL militia was still armed with the latest weapons affordable, including CREW SERVED WEAPONS. While, admittedly, such cannon were kept in central armories, they were kept there for efficiency, because there were no regulations or laws restricting ownership of cannon.
All this being said, the blogger at Ricketyclick has an interesting idea:
How about this: the people's right to keep and bear arms includes their right to join a (loosely) organized militia. However, while owning a firearm would be a prerequisite to joining the militia, militia service would not be a prerequisite for owning a firearm. (Disabled folk especially must be allowed to arm themselves for self-defense.)
The vision that I have is high schools offering a voluntary Militia class, along the same lines as Drivers' Education. This would include:
- A review of BOR law.
- Instruction on how to comport yourself during a police stop. ("Keep your mouth shut and don't consent to any search.")
- Instruction on how to comport yourself as a juror or a witness.
- Expanded Citizens' Emergency Response Team (CERT) training, including firefighting, search and rescue, and first aid through CPR. Extra credit for obtaining a ham license.
- And the capstone: Firearms training with rifle and pistol, including self defense law, practical shooting exercises, and paintball battles.
All to be taught, per Heinlein, by combat vets.
While this is just a rough idea, the basic premise is sound. Concealed carry is already common. Most CCW's accept the responsibility of bearing arms in the defense of themselves AND OTHERS. Crime prevention can only be accomplished the citizenry. The police catch criminals after the crime is committed. Civil defense training would only improve the emergency response capabilities of communities.
Also, many citizens have seen the continued growth of government into our personal lives. I don't believe that the militia would be necessary to "fight" the government in any foreseeable future. But, I see that the existence of the militia would bring to the forefront of the citizenry the idea that the government is supposed to be limited and work FOR us. Decisions such as the Kelo decision or the seizure of Elian Gonzales, or other such over reaching would become rare. The militia's purpose is to provide security to the population and to protect the freedoms of the population.
If the local populace does not need to rely on a central government for safety or disaster relief; if such needs could be decentralized, the citizenry would be empowered.
Remember, we are a FREE people. Let us educate our children to be Free and independent.
Labels: 2nd Amendment, civil defense, civil rights, Independence, militias, self defense
Saturday, December 15, 2007
Fred does not pander
And, of course, there's the AP dog-and-pony show, wherein they ask the candidates stupid yearbook questions, instead of dealing with substance. Thompson's responses, while certainly not pleasing to the AP (that is, they wouldn't have been had the AP gotten the joke) were sure-fire crowd-pleasers to those of us who understood where Thompson was coming from:
What's your favorite joke? Presidential debates.
What's your favorite keepsake? Trophy wife.
What's your favorite nickname? Mr. President.
And, of course, there's my new favorite poke in the eye: What do you like to do on a 'lazy day'? Campaigning.
Labels: 08 election, AP, fred thompson, fred08, msm, O'Reilly
Huckabee is a fool.
UPDATE: From Riehl World View: Pardons for Cash? Sounds familiar.......
And from Opinion Journal via Freeman Hunt, an Arkansas blogger:
Betsy Hagan, Arkansas director of the conservative Eagle Forum and a key backer of his early runs for office, was once "his No. 1 fan." She was bitterly disappointed with his record. "He was pro-life and pro-gun, but otherwise a liberal," she says. "Just like Bill Clinton he will charm you, but don't be surprised if he takes a completely different turn in office."
Phyllis Schlafly, president of the national Eagle Forum, is even more blunt. "He destroyed the conservative movement in Arkansas, and left the Republican Party a shambles," she says. "Yet some of the same evangelicals who sold us on George W. Bush as a 'compassionate conservative' are now trying to sell us on Mike Huckabee.
Paul Pressler, a former Texas judge who led the conservative Southern Baptist revolt, told me, "I know of no conservative he appointed while he headed the Arkansas Baptist Convention."
I've said it before: Huckabee is a GOP Jimmy Carter. He may be religious, but he does not seem to have the courage of his convictions. He wants to be "nice" and "liked" by all the right people.
Huckabee sees WH 'Bunker Mentality'
By LIBBY QUAID
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Mike Huckabee, who has joked about his lack of foreign policy experience, is criticizing the Bush administration's efforts, denouncing a go-it-alone "arrogant bunker mentality" and questioning decisions on Iraq.
"American foreign policy needs to change its tone and attitude, open up, and reach out," Huckabee said. "The Bush administration's arrogant bunker mentality has been counterproductive at home and abroad. My administration will recognize that the United States' main fight today does not pit us against the world but pits the world against the terrorists."
Is it an arrogant bunker mentality when the US seems to be the main target of AL Quaida? Is it an arrogant bunker mentality when the US is sometimes the ONLY country that stands up for principle? Is it an arrogant bunker mentality that has US troop assisting Muslim countries during disasters?
Go-it-alone? WTF? He sounds like Hillary Clinton! We seem to be alone because our military outclasses all of our allies. But they are still there! Go-it-alone is always about Iraq. Well, Canada and Britain are finding out just how alone we are in the world. Other than the above two, NATO is NOT pulling its weight in Afghanistan. Change OUR tone and reach out? Last I looked, Germany and France have elected PRO American leaders. North Korea is giving up its nukes. Libya did that years ago. If the NIE is to be believed, (yeah, right) our invasion of Iraq halted the Iranian nuke program.
And that quote! "Pits the world against the terrorists!" If the world is not against the terrorists now, why would they join in later, with him as President? How is that different than "if you're not with us, you're for terrorism" since WE are most definitely against terrorism. However, he will need to convince countries that have a vested interest in supporting terrorism against the US to join with us. Last I looked, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, and China like the status quo.
He's stating that our present course is the US against the world. Way to go is providing propaganda to the enemy, Mr. MoveOn......
On Iran, for example, he makes a case for diplomacy by saying, "Before we put boots on the ground elsewhere, we had better have wingtips there first."
He adds that the U.S. can exploit the Iranian government's hunger for regional clout, saying, "We cannot live with al-Qaida, but we might be able to live with a contained Iran."
And just how is his "wing tip shoes" going to stop Iran from being a nuclear armed belligerent state? What can he offer or threaten that does not include military threats? Is this the same "vigorous diplomacy" offered by Clinton? Someone should ask Huckabee how his ideas differ.
Last week, Huckabee missed a report the White House released saying Iran had halted its nuclear weapons program; one day later, the candidate said he was unaware of the report and had been campaigning too hard to read the newspaper or be briefed. The Foreign Affairs article seems to have been written before the report was released, citing "urgent concerns about Iran's development of nuclear weapons."
If Huckabee has not been briefed, how can he offer an informed opinion on Iran? Is he just mouthing platitudes, hoping to appear different from the supposed war-mongers in office?
So, this SOUNDS like it makes sense, but, now he sounds like OBAMA! Doesn't he have an original idea at all? Is he advocating an attack on an, admittedly weak, allied country? He appears to want to send troops into Pakistan. What is HIS strategy for attacking Al Queda? Does he want to use Special Forces or an Armored Division? And since he does not seem to be well briefed, how does he know if we are NOT sending special forces into Pakistan, seeing as how that would be a very discreet activity.
And what does he mean by that quip on Iran? If his logic is played out, he's saying that our failure to attack Iran and letting them build up is leading to an inexorable attack by us to stop them.
Mike Huckabee want to be President. His recent rise in the polls seem to have gone to his head., for which I'm really glad. The increased exposure has shown us his flaws. And they are serious. For those of us that remember, he most reminds me of Jimmy Carter. Do we need another Jimmy?
Labels: 08 election, huckabee
Friday, December 14, 2007
Citizens Arrest......
Only complete and total savages would don a full-face helmet, fire up a Husqvarna hydraulic saw and commence to convertible-ize the Subaru -- free of charge. An act which was apparently met with lusty cheers and shouted recommendations -- some of which were Not Politically Correct -- from the rest of the cafe patrons.
*scratch, scratch*
Ripping both doors off -- by hand -- was a nice touch, I think.
Anyhoo, responding officers report that Joe was found sitting very still in the drivers seat, and detectives announced that they cleared seven burglary cases before they could get him to stop confessing.
Gotta love it. Check out LawDog for the rest of the story.....
What to get a liberal for Christmas?
Labels: Christmas, liberals, music, right brothers, right wing rock
"I'm waiting for Thompson to get me excited...." BULLS#&T!
What the hell is this? A freaking porno? This is the PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION!
Its not a candidates job to "excite" you. His job is to present his response to the issues of the day. Its your job to make a LOGICAL, NON-EMOTIONAL choice, to the best of your ability. Pick a candidate for his character, his skill in diplomacy, his knowledge of the issues that are important to you, etc....But don't wait FOR THE CANDIDATE to excite you. If you wait that long, the democrats will win. THEY PICK THEIR CANDIDATES BY EMOTIONAL APPEAL. Do you want to be like a democrat? I like Fred Thompson. I like Duncan Hunter. Between the two, I like Fred's presentation of the issues and his responses to the campaign situations the best. If you do not support the candidate that you like best, but pick the most "electable" because they seem to be more exciting or have more momentum, well, GIVE YOUR CANDIDATE MOMENTUM! SUPPORT HIM! But stop with all this crap about excitability being your criteria. It makes you look stupid.
Or worse, like a democrat.
Labels: 08 election, conservative principles, duncan hunter, fred thompson
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Fred Thompson's campaign apologizes......
Labels: 08 election, fred08, huckabee, Thompson
Sign of the times.....
From Oleg Volk
Does anything more need to be said?
Update: Actually, something does need to be said. via MunchkinWrangler
The number of casualties at the site of an attempted mass shooting is usually determined by whether the gun used to stop the killer is already at the site, or whether it must be carried there in the holster of a police officer.
BTW, 1200th post!
No, not me, the blog....
Labels: 2nd Amendment, concealed carry, gun control, guns, oleg volk, open carry
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Get your Carbon Offset here....Get your Carbon Offsets .....
Get your own Carbon Offsets.
These are just as valuable as the ones you can buy from Al Gore.
Labels: al gore, carbon offsets, global warming, scams
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Rally For Our Troops Thursday in Richmond - Be There!
Young Marines, Sacramento, CA Rally
photo by Move America Forward
Join Move America Forward and our fellow pro-troop supporters with Freedom's Watch, Gathering of Eagles, and Eagles Up for the "Honoring Heroes at the Holidays Tour" this November 26th - December 16th as we cross this nation holding pro-troop events in 40 cities across America to honor and salute the men and women of the U.S. military who will be thousands of miles away from their homes and families during this holiday season. (Help us pay for the cost of this effort by making a donation - HERE).
RICHMOND, VA. Pro-Troop Rally
Thursday, December 13th, 2007
The Carillon @ William Byrd Park - CLICK HERE for MAP
Bring your family, flags and signs that thank our troops, express support for our troops. And of course be sure to bring Christmas, Hanukkah and holiday greeting cards for our troops - we'll gladly accept them at the event and deliver them to our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Labels: support the troops
Monday, December 10, 2007
Semper Fi, Semper Gratus, Peter Pace
Gen. Pace, if you ever read this, please know how proud I am of you. And how very grateful that my son served under men such as you as a United States Marine.
God bless and keep you safe always,
Ted's Mom
Labels: gen. peter pace, usmc
Friday, December 07, 2007
The Democrat candidates can go Elf themselves....
via Instapundit
Labels: Christmas, democrats, elf yourself, humor
How Have House Democrats Performed Their First Year?
Except for the "No action on the mortgage crisis" this is great!
The government has no business in fixing the "mortgage crisis."
Buying a house is not like buying a pack of gum. You sign that mortgage, its YOUR problem.
If you can't pay it, sell.
Labels: cantor, clueless democrats, democrat congress, mortgage, pelosi, video
Remember Pearl Harbor!
We have the watch.
Labels: america's history, HEROES, pearl harbor
Happy Hannukah|
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Merry Christmas
Charlie Rose interviews Fred Thompson
He had me on "principles."
Labels: 08 election, charlie rose, conservative principles, fred thompson, fred08, republican candidates
Tuesday, December 04, 2007
How Far The Mighty Have Fallen
Sen. Jim Webb in February of 2001:
Check the casualty lists in any war. See who stands tall and salutes when the flag passes by. Note who wasn't sleeping in Lincoln's bedroom when Bill Clinton occupied the White House.Sen. Jim Webb in December of 2007:
Instead, Bill and Hillary's misadventures provide an echo of a different time and place, another set of values. Of bright students brought to good schools and becoming convinced, as Ben Stein wrote of his years at Yale Law School with the Clintons, "that we were supermen, floating above history and precedent, the natural rulers of the universe. . . . The law did not apply to us."
Meet The Press Transcript
MR. RUSSERT: You were very critical of Bill Clinton, talked about his ethical fraudulence, he—that he left with arrogance. Are you more receptive to Hillary Clinton?
SEN. WEBB: Hillary Clinton has been, been very good to work with. She's been very impressive. I, I sit on the Armed Services Committee with her. She has taken some positions and I've aligned myself with her on, on a number of positions over the past year.
MR. RUSSERT: She make a good president?
SEN. WEBB: I think Hillary Clinton would be a good president.
MR. RUSSERT: How about Barack Obama?
SEN. WEBB: I think Barack Obama would be a good president. Barack Obama is a, is a very bright individual, and he—he's got a lot of good ideas. He's very charismatic, and I—I've enjoyed working with both of them.
MR. RUSSERT: Protecting your options there, huh?
SEN. WEBB: Well, I just happen to—I happen to have respect for both of them.
Labels: hillary clinton, jim webb, lt. dan, rats


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2011 Velvet Knights February Camp Report
It was an unusually cold weekend over at Chino Hills High School, as an ocean of ominous black clouds spread rain across several areas, adding a considerable logistical challenge for the corps to overcome. Needless to say, during a wet and chilly Saturday rehearsal the corps pushed through in continuing their path to complete their 2011 production, "Play Ball!" Music for the Opener segment of the show was handed out to each section, with caption heads and tech diligently working throughout the weekend to teach the members the new material.
The excitement in the air was considerable, as it was a sign of the production starting to take shape. It is one thing to discuss ideas, but it is another to witness those ideas come to fruition. But Saturday was merely a precursor to what would follow on Sunday. With no rain in sight, but the cold weather still in full effect, the corps continued work in all facets – musical and physical. There is careful consideration in the way the corps is being trained from a physical standpoint, as the game of baseball itself can be physically taxing. Add it with the athleticism that encompasses drum corps and it is easy to see the necessity of an effective physical training program.
But the members pushed through, all leading up to the final hour or so where the first full ensemble of the season occurred. Stationed near an outdoor stage located in the heart of the campus, both drum majors geared up for the first few run-throughs of the opening production. It was a sight to see and behold, as there were genuine moments of raw power followed by that brief silence where you can hear the smallest pin drop. The smiles on the faces of the members, as well as that of the staff, were a surefire sign that the weekend has indeed been quite a success.
There was much discussion afterwards between the members and the staff, all reflecting upon the accomplishments of the weekend, as well as what the goals are for the remainder of the season. The corps intends to meet again in March to push forward with another segment of the show, honing the members' respective talents to bring forth another VK production worthy of bearing its timeless brand of entertainment – as the corps' overall goal is to provide an experience for the casual and hardcore drum corps fan alike, while still maintaining a program of considerable merit.
If this weekend was any indication, the corps is well on their way to make their 2011 production something people will remember and discuss for years to come.

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12 Must-See Films and One We Defy You to Sit Through at the SFIFF
I finished my final preview screener from the 2014 San Francisco International Film Festival exhilarated and exhausted. Those two emotions coexisted uneasily during much of my time in the trenches. At my giddiest, I entertained thoughts about the great redemptive power of cinema: If only we could all just sit down and watch each others' movies! Then there was Tsai Ming Liang's 13-minute two-shot of a man and woman staring at a wall -- that was more likely to incite violence. Or at least a kind of awestruck insanity.
In watching many of the films below, I had to resist a reflexive craving for the default aesthetics of Hollywood, inculcated by virtue of thousands of hours at the movie theater or in front of the TV. A recognizable moral scheme, obvious but entertaining storytelling, rapid-fire editing -- not much of that going on in the movies I saw. Many of these films have a fraction of the edits you find at the cineplex. Slow and reflective, they exhibit a fondness for mood, ambiguity, and a lingering on the passive -- I often found myself watching characters thinking. Which got me to thinking what are they thinking? Which is the beginning of empathy as opposed to mere sentimentalism.
It's not always easy to step outside your own cinematic culture. Cognitive dissonance erupted, for example, while watching Salvation Army, a beautiful Moroccan film set partly in Casablanca. Just the mention of that city sets off a visceral nostalgia for American myth-making, for exultant lies told in the high style of circa 1942 Warner Bros. My first association with the word "Casablanca" has always been Humphrey Bogart. Now, possibly, I might think of actual Moroccans.
Of the 74 fictional features at the festival, here are 13 I saw in advance that I can recommend. You can see more about the films or buy tickets by clicking on the film titles.
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Bad Hair is a heartbreaking film about a Venezuelan boy and his mother, an unemployed security guard who is appalled by his emerging homosexuality. They live in a massive and decrepit housing complex where things start to unravel when poverty and homophobia impinge on their lives. There is also an ever-present concern with violence in this rare glimpse into Venezuelan society at the end of the Hugo Chavez era.
Look for: In just two lines of dialogue, one of the most quietly searing exchanges between a child and parent you'll ever see on-screen.
Directed by Mariana Rondón. 93 min, Venezuela/Peru
Thu, May 1, 9:15am Kabuki
Sun May 4, 6:15pm. New People
Wed, May 7, 6:30pm BAM/PFA
Salvation Army is a lovely, honest film about a gay youth in Morocco. Abdellah is a teenager in love with his older brother, stealing moments alone in his sibling's bed just to bathe in his aura. He also has anonymous sex with men on the streets. But the film does not convey overt oppression or shame, rather a sense of longing and, when it fast forwards 10 years, an unspecified regret and bitterness. The anonymous sexual encounters all have a different feel, sometimes seamy, sometimes not. The characters frequently treat one another tenderly, and there is a touching dignity to many of their interactions.
Look for: The ending, which left me in tears, though I don't know why.
Directed by Abdellah Taia, from his book. 82 min, Morocco
Fri May 2 9:00pm Kabuki
Sun May 4 8:30pm BAM/PFA
Tue May 6 6:30pm Kabuki
Societal Critiques
Trap Street is a diverting tale with all the elements of a young adult mystery novel. A teenage boy, working as a surveyor for a digital mapping firm, stumbles onto a secret government lab. There's a mysterious, attractive young girl who is prone to taking a powder, menacing government agents, and burgeoning paranoia as reprisals mount for pursuing what you clearly shouldn't. But beneath the familiar genre construction lies a deep disquiet with China's surveillance state, and an illustration of the limits the country places on capitalist enterprise when it comes into conflict with entrenched power.
Look for: A scene in which the hero's father is interrogated about his son. In an American film, he'd grow increasingly outraged and demand his rights; here, the man quietly complies and tries to distance himself from his kid.
Directed by Vivian Qu. 94 min, China
Sat April 26 8:00pm BAM/PFA
Sun May 4 9:45pm Kabuki
Tue May 6 6:45pm Kabuki
In Harmony Lessons, student members of a sort of Mafia-in-training at a Kazakhstani school shake down their weaker peers. One of the victims has been singled out for ostracism, and he reacts by frequently vomiting and obsessive-compulsive cleaning. A new boy arrives who stands up to the head bully, but not without severe consequences. The film has a Lord of the Flies feel--clueless or cruel teachers leave any supervision of the boys meaningless. And when the police get involved, they turn out to be the worst thugs of all. Chillingly, it all seems a rehearsal for the same roles everyone will play in adult society. The violence is belied and thus made more shocking by director Emir Baigazin's quiet approach; he moves his camera sparingly, adds almost no music, and creates gorgeous, almost painterly compositions.
Look for: Chilling performances by menacing twin brothers in the senior class, at the top of the criminal chain.
Directed by Emir Baigazin. 114 min, Kazakhstan/Germany/France
Fri April 25 3:30pm, Kabuki
Sun May 4 12:45pm, Kabuki
Mon May 5 6:15pm, Kabuki
White Shadow is a gruesome yet compelling story based on a real-life horrific cultural phenomenon. Alias is an albino boy living in a Tanzanian village. The body parts of those with his disorder are prized by witch doctors, and his father is killed in order to harvest them. Afterwards, his mother sends Alias to live in the city with his uncle. There he hustles goods to motorists, scavenges in toxic waste dumps, and grows up extremely fast. The film depicts a country in which magical thinking and a belief in the occult overwhelm civil society, and where superstition and greed join to make life very cheap. And yet, the resiliency of the ostracized Alias shines through.
Look for: Several visual references to Obama, an icon in Africa.
Directed by Noaz Deshe. 115 min, Italy/Germany/Tanzania
Sun May 4 6:30pm Kabuki
Tue May 6 6:15pm Kabuki
Thu May 8 8:00pm Kabuki
In The Militant, a young man in Uruguay named Ariel Cruz tries to find himself during the country's 2002 economic crisis, participating in hapless school occupations in which the students prioritize getting stoned. Cruz both typifies and chafes against the aimlessness, but whatever he tries, he never moves past bemusement. The newcomer Felipe Dieste showcases the kind of offbeat performance Dustin Hoffman used to be known for: His hand trembles, he walks with a limp, and he whines like Ratso Rizzo. Or perhaps he's the Latin American-leftist Benjamin Braddock, thrust into an ill-suiting role and thoroughly lost.
Look for: On the occupying students' agenda: "First motion -- create a committee to throw a party." And before joining a meat packers' hunger strike, Cruz asks, "Is smoking allowed?"
Directed by Manolo Nieto. 121 min, Uruguay/Argentina
Sat Apr 26 9:00pm New People
Sun Apr 27 3:15pm Kabuki
Thu May 1 8:50pm BAM/PFA
Films About Film Directors
In When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism, a director and leading lady participate in dialogues about the movie they're making, how dining utensils influence cuisine, and more. But really every conversation alludes to cinema. At one point the two spend five on-screen minutes discussing the most truthful way to dress in a particular scene. Despite their passion for cinematic verisimilitude, they both engage in real-life duplicity. The dichotomy between the intense conversations and the emotional detachment in which they state their positions is compelling. We never really get a closeup of the actors; they're shot frequently in profile or from behind, yet we're paradoxically drawn in.
Look for: The opinion that the penis is "a mistake from an aesthetic point of view."
Directed by Corneliu Porumboiu. 93 min, Romania/France
Fri April 25 3:45pm New People Cinema
Sat April 26 6:30pm Kabuki
Mon April 28 8:30pm BAM/PFA
Abuse of Weakness is Catherine Breillat's autobiographical film about a director who suffers a paralyzing stroke then gets fleeced by a known swindler. This is no Mametesque delving into the subtleties of the big con -- the man's lies are completely transparent, yet his victim gives him large sums seemingly without a thought. Both the director and her character struggle to explain going bankrupt at the hands of an obvious sociopath. But no one does perversity like Isabelle Huppert, who may have found the answer in a filmmaker's predilection for experiencing life anthropologically: He's a "caveman," she says, before gleefully calling him "fascinating." Amidst the power games, the film asks: If someone must cut your meat, who is really in control, you or him?
Look for: Huppert's line: "You took me to the cleaners," delivered almost giddily and with a smile, before admitting she doesn't have enough money for food. Only she could so skillfully convey the fine line between a lark and a tragedy.
Directed by Catherine Breillat. 104 min, France/Belgium/Germany
Thu May 1 9:00pm Kabuki
Freud Wasn't Wrong About Everything
Club Sandwich is the compact story of a single mother and her teenage son on a resort vacation. Simpatico, they have their routines and games, and at times act like an old married couple. But straining just beneath the surface is a mutual sexualizing, which leaves the boy in a terrible confusion about how to exercise his inflamed adolescent libido. When a partner in horniness his own age arrives, the bond between mother and son frays, and intensely uncomfortable situations develop. What could have been perversely grim is actually wry and charming, and while some may feel hatred for the mom, it's easy to see how such a situation can develop. Great performances, especially by the kids, who perfectly capture the awkwardness of fumbling teenage lust.
Look for: Cool cover version of the Pixies "Where is My Mind" over the opening credits; and a scene in which the mom cannonballs into the water from off-screen, disturbing the two kids tranquilly holding each others' hands in the pool.
Directed by Fernando Eimbcke. 82 min, Mexico
Sat April 26, 4:15pm Kabuki
Mon April 28, 9:15pm New People Cinema
Sun May 4, 1:30pm Kabuki
Argentinian Alienation
In The Reconstruction, a doleful middle-aged man completely disengaged from life finds himself in the middle of a crisis concerning the family of an old friend. The spectacle of a man who answers an invitation to dinner with "what for?" having to suddenly attend a parent-teacher conference for someone else's kid is very good. While the film's director, Juan Taraturo, and his star, Diego Peretti, could have played it for laughs, as in their previous pairings, any comedy here grows out of the rueful absurdity of a misanthrope attempting an altruistic intervention. The film loses steam about two-thirds through, when it turns from an existential character study into a conventional weepie. But well worth a look for Peretti as the sullen, long-faced Eduardo.
Look for: One of the more concisely effective -- if shocking -- delineations of character in the very first moments of the film.
Directed by Juan Taratuto. 93 min, Argentina
Fri April 25 9:00pm New People Cinema
Mon April 28 2:00pm Kabuki
Wed April 30 4:00pm New People Cinema
Hooray For Hollywood
Return, if you will, to a time when jazz hands could be unironically employed on-stage. Even when the culture was more tolerant of artists pouring out their self-involvement on-screen, All That Jazz, an 8 1/2 derivative, was considered an over-the-top indulgence. Roy Scheider stars as "Joe Gideon," a talented, self-destructive choreographer juggling multiple projects and women. While Fosse alternates between self-hatred and egomania, the man does know how to shoot a song and dance, and you'll enjoy several show-stoppers, especially the opening, a cattle-call audition process that whittles hundreds of dancers down to a chosen few. Ending one's film with a 15-minute hallucinogenic fantasy must break some dramatic rule somewhere, but at its best, this is an exuberant look at dyed-in-the-wool show folk plying their trade while contending with venal producers and their own neuroses.
Look for: Leland Palmer as a Gwen Verdon doppelganger, rehearsing a dance number in front of the Fosse character while simultaneously picking at their mutual emotional scabs. Then there's Ann Reinking as the tallest drink-of-water triple threat in decades. Plus the line: "Now Sinatra will never record it."
Restored by Twentieth Century Fox in collaboration with The Film Foundation.
Directed by Bob Fosse. 123 min, USA
Sun April 27, 12:30pm Kabuki
Fri May 2, 8:30pm BAM/PFA
You hate to resort to they-don't-make-em-like-that-anymore sentiment, but in the midst of a festival brimming over with grim realism, the celebration of The Lady Eve, one of those perfect specimens from the great Hollywood Dream Machine, is much welcome. Director Preston Sturges had a great run between 1940-44, enjoying a good deal of creative independence at Paramount before flaming out in battles with the money boys. A leading practitioner of screwball comedy, an American auteur, and a keen satirist, Sturges was never more winning than in breathing life into this swindler/swindled romance. With Henry Fonda as the world's most eligible bachelor and Barbara Stanwyck in the title role, taking her place alongside Rosalind Russell, Katherine Hepburn and Irene Dunne as female screwball royalty.
Look for: You get the impression Stanwyck's character is a lot more taken with Fonda than is Sturges, who destroys his leading man in gag after uproarious gag.
Directed by Preston Sturges. 94 min, USA
Sun May 4 3:00pm Kabuki
Film essayist David Thomson has chosen this movie to screen when he receives the Mel Novikoff Award for enhancing the film-going public's knowledge and appreciation of world cinema.
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Those with cinematic stamina will want to try acclaimed director Tsai Ming-liang's Stray Dogs , one of the most aesthetically provocative works you'll ever sit through. The opening shot of a woman brushing her hair in front of two sleeping children lasts four minutes. But that's a Michael Bay film compared to the penultimate image of a man and woman staring at a wall for 13 minutes straight. In between, a disjointed story of sorts develops, about a destitute Taipei family, but anything more specific you'll have to bring to the work yourself. With such a dearth of narrative markers, you either fall into a kind of image fetishism, scrutinizing every inch of the screen, or your mind feverishly works to comprehend what's being communicated. It's a unique strategy for engaging an audience, and many will find themselves contemplating the next Game of Thrones. During the lulls, I imagined Tsai's producer arguing with him over whether that shot should go the full 13 minutes or if he could maybe get his point across in 11. Yet, when the film was done, I had the urge to watch it again.
Look for: The agony of dull labor -- or is it the agony of all existence? -- represented in a series of lengthy shots of people holding real estate advertising signs on the street.
Directed by Tsai Ming-liang. 138 min, Taiwan/France
Mon April 28 6:00pm Kabuki
Tue April 29 3:15pm New People Cinema
Wed April 30 6:30pm BAM/PFA
Also of Note:
Founder's Directing Award recipient, Richard Linklater, will be on hand to screen his film Boyhood. "Filming over the course of 12 years, Linklater and his cast depict a young man's journey from a 6-year-old boy to 19-year-old college freshman." (May 2, 7:00pm Castro Theatre)
Justin Simien's camp comedy Dear White People is a satire about race and identity at a fictional Ivy league school. The film earned a Special Jury Award for Breakthrough Talent at the Sundance Film Festival. (April 26, 6:45pm Kabuki; April 29 8:45 p.m. New People Cinema)
Filmmaker Gia Coppola makes an appearance for the screening of her adaptation of James Franco's book Palo Alto, about teenagers shifting from childhood innocence to adult responsibility. (May 3, 7:30pm Kabuki)
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon return in The Trip to Italy, a sequel to their very funny The Trip. Once again, Michael Winterbottom directs. (April 29 6:30pm Kabuki; May 2 1:30pm Kabuki)
Young & Beautiful. The step from a teenage girl's "first time" to her adoption of the world's oldest profession proves a very short one in the latest from director François Ozon (Swimming Pool, 8 Women) (April 28 9:30pm, Kabuki; May 1 3:45pm, Kabuki)
Jesse Eisenberg and Mia Wasikowska star in the "Kafkaesque" film The Double, about a "white-collar drone stuck in a waking nightmare of perpetual humiliation." Directed by Richard Ayoade. (April 26 1:00pm Kabuki; April 29 9:15pm Kabuki)
As with all of his films, Iranian dissident filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof's Manuscripts Don't Burn remains unreleased in his home country. Raoulof was arrested and sent to prison in 2010 for filming without a permit. (April 25 8:40pm BAM/PFA; April 27 4:00pm Kabuki; April 29 9:00pm Kabuki)
In Night Moves, writer/director Kelly Reichardt (Meek's Cutoff, Wendy and Lucy) tries her hand at the political thriller genre. With Jesse Eisenberg, Dakota Fanning, and Peter Sarsgaard. (May 7, 9:00pm Kabuki; May 8 7:30pm Kabuki)
Queen Margot: The Director's Cut, from director Patrice Chéreau, was the 1994 Cannes Jury Prize Winner. (April 26 12:45pm Kabuki; May 1 9:00pm New People Cinema)
Craig Johnson's The Skeleton Twins stars SNL alumni Bill Hader and Kristen Wiig as long-estranged twins. (May 1 6:30pm Kabuki; May 2 3:30pm Kabuki)
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1. Noun. Superior food fish of the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean with broad yellow stripe along the sides and on the tail.
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1. Bass, Pike, Perch and Others by James Alexander Henshall (1903)
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2. Bass, Pike, Perch and Other Game Fishes of America by James Alexander Henshall (1919)
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"... synagris with Ocyurus chrysurus. Nothing is known as to the fertility of any of these forms. The record of such hybrids shows how rare is the occurrence ..."
4. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"Yellow-tail Snapper, Ocyurus chrysurus (Linnaeus). Key West. like nostrils and other notable peculiarities. From the standpoint of structure this species, ..."
5. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1920)
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CLEVELAND - Paul Carey's short-handed goal got Lake Erie started on Thursday as the Monsters had four unanswered scores in a 4-1 victory over the Abbotsford Heat in American Hockey League play.
Carey also had an assist for Lake Erie (24-16-4), while Brad Malone and Bill Thomas had a goal and an assist each. Gabriel Beaupre added a goal of his own and Calvin Pickard made 23 saves for the win.
Captain Quintin Laing was the lone scorer for Abbotsford (22-14-7). Danny Taylor stopped 33 of 36 shots for the Heat in 43:01 of work. He was replaced by Barry Brust, who made seven saves on eight shots.
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Space dot com calls it the Cosmic Woodstock: on Monday, June 21, in the Mojave Desert, USA, Scaled Composites will try and fly a plane called SpaceShipOne into space horizontally for the first time. What is twice as exciting about this, is that Scaled Composites is not government funded: this is a privately owned company participating in the space launch 'race'.
Horizontal take-off and re-usable space craft promise to bring down the cost of space faring drastically (as long as the American defense ministry does not dictate the other features of the space craft, as with the US Shuttle).
Currently, the Russian space agency charges a tourist approximately 20 million US$ for a nine-day trip. It is estimated that the actual launch of a Soyuz space craft costs 60 million US$, and the craft has three seats. Launch and flight costs of a craft like SpaceShipOne are likely to be in the area of hundreds of thousands of dollars, not dozens of millions. For comparisson, the launch of a Space Shuttle is said to cost around half a milliard dollars.
The launch is scheduled to take place at 6.30 Mojave time, which should be 15.30 Amsterdam time. CNN is said to provide live coverage, although I don't know if the US state propaganda broadcaster will do that for the entire planet.


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How did I get Tomato Wilt?
What causes tomato wilt?
First cause of tomato wilt is the lack of or excess water. Make sure that you have good drainage.
Bacterial wilt can be diagnosed with a simple test. Remove the plant from the soil. Carefully rinse the roots and lower part of the stem. After rinsing is completed, cut out a section from the lowest part of the stem just above the roots that is four inches long.
Suspend the stem section in a jar of water and watch the bottom end for a cloudy, milky oozing substance. This is the bacteria coming out of the infected plant.
- Fusarium Wilt
Symptoms of fusarium wilt is the yellowing of the lower leaves. It is a fungus.
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A wormlike microorganism that feeds on the roots, causing galls, loss of feeder roots and induction of fungal root decay. Infected plants may be stunted and off-color.
- Southern Blight
Rapidly wilting and death of the entire plant. The fungus attacks the stem near the soil line and forms a white mold. Later in the season, mustardseed-like structures called sclerotia appear on the mold.
- Bacterial Wilt
a.k.a. as southern bacterial wilt, is a rapid collapse and death of the entire plant.
- Verticillium Wilt
The verticillium wilt fungus, Verticillium albo-atrum, causes disease in the same manner as the fusarium wilt fungus. The margins of lower leaves are initially wilted, yellowed and necrotic, often in a V-shaped pattern
- Walnut Wilt
Wilting of tomato plants may occur when they are planted near walnut or butternut trees.
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The tomato spotted wilt virus causes a disease sometimes referred to as spotted wilt. This disease occurs erratically but can sometimes cause devastating losses in some Tennessee tomato fields. Purple to bronze "freckles" and rings appear on leaves, stems and fruit. Leaves may be pale and plants stunted.
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You may think you know Alex Trebek. After all, he has hosted "Jeopardy" since 1984.
But did you know Trebek can rap? And that he is --apparently-- a "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" fan?
The "Jeopardy" host came across a clue related to Will Smith's iconic '90s sitcom, and he opted to rap the lyrics that were written in the answer.
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Benfica ready to make history, says Jesus
Jorge Jesus insists Benfica are ready to make history and claim a domestic and European quadruple in the coming weeks.
With the Primeira Liga title and Taca da Liga already won, Jesus' side could make it four trophies in one season if they can win the Taca de Portugal and UEFA Europa League finals in the next nine days.
Victories in both competitions would take the 59-year-old's trophy tally to eight since taking over at the club in 2009, and the squad are working hard to make it a reality.
"We are motivated by the triumphs and titles we have already achieved," he said. "We are making history, but we still have two titles to get and hopefully we'll get them.
"I and the players want to have titles on our CV. We work at it every day and the Europa League is a goal that we would like to achieve."
Benfica face Rio Ave - who they defeated 2-0 in the Taca da Liga final this week, but first play Sevilla in the Europa League on Wednesday, and Jesus is keen for the club to go one better than last season - when they were beaten by Chelsea in the final.
"Benfica has been in nine finals and won two and this is what makes the history of Benfica," Jesus added.
"Now comes the tenth. The players and coaches play for moments like this."


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This site was designed to compile ideas from my workshop for teachers titled "Giving Parents a Peek Into Your Classroom". The ideas are primarily for early childhood teachers, but could be modified for other grades. Feel free to leave a comment for each question below to make a great resource for engaging parents as effective teachers at home!
Networking with other teachers is a fun way to learn ideas and bring something fresh to the classroom each year. I would love to get to know you! Please tell us your name, current job title, and any other interesting info about you!
I am Whitney Futch. I have been teaching little ones for almost 20 years! I am currently teaching preschool in West Monroe, LA. My husband, Heath, and I have 2 beautiful daughters, Abby and Kendall.
Thank you for joining me at SPLASH 2014. I really enjoyed meeting all of you!
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Then wouldn't the chances be the picture already exists?Azarel said:
umm, I tried to upload a pic but it says "Post already exists" and sends me here...
it means that it exists and it's supposed to redirect me to the original post but it leaded me to a post that has been deleted...HaruhiSuzumiya said:
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I'll undelete it and have a look.
All it is, is just the underwear difference. I'd think MAYBE it'd slide(I don't know?) But i do know some posts have a similar idea to this where its just photoshopped in one area and the post is just childed and still exists.
I don't why I deleted it as the 'shopped child scan is horribly censored. Any complaints if I remove it?
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Morgan Fisher (b. Washington, D.C., 1942; lives and works in Los Angeles) came to prominence in the early 1970s as an experimental filmmaker in the context of structuralist film, where the primary focus was not on the content to be represented but on an analysis of the medium itself. From the mid-1990s, based on a post-conceptual position, he turned to monochrome painting and installations of monochrome paintings.
Entirely foregoing the illusionism of narrative, Fisher reveals the conditions that underlie our perception, reflecting the production and constitution of the filmic image, as well as the relationship between film and time/space.
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Bold + Beautiful is a one day retreat that was created and adapted from an 11 week Bible Study crafted by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Our mission is to impact female Jr. and Sr. High athletes for Jesus Christ and teach them how to be a bold, beautiful, female, Christian competitor. Throughout the day we address pertinent issues that girls face every day such as identity, insecurity, body image, comparison, performance and relationships through different speakers, small groups and activities. Our goal is to lead these girls to Jesus Christ, get them plugged in to an FCA Huddle in their school or help them start their own to impact others around them.
Who: This retreat is for 7th-12th grade female athletes.
When: Rochester Fall 2018 date/time TBD
Where: Rochester Fall 2018 location TBD
Facilitated by: Stephanie Goetz and Joy Gardner (FCA staff members)
Registration Fee & Deadline: Online registration for $25. Walk-up registration will be open on the day of the retreat for $35.
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Stephanie was born and raised in Waseca, MN. She competed inmultiple sports and activities throughout her high school career. Despitecareer ending injuries and surgeries, she set the individual career wins recordfor the Waseca Girl's Tennis Team along with participating on two Minnesota State Tennis Tournament Teams.
After graduating high school in 2006, Stephanie attended the University of Minnesota. There she studied Communication Studies with an emphasis on marriage and family communication. While at the U of M, she was involved in numerous groups on campus, including Cru and Cru High School.
Within weeks of her college graduation in December 2009, Stephanie married her high school sweetheart, Joe, and moved to Owatonna, MN.
Throughout their first few years in Owatonna, Stephanie worked as a Customer Advocate for Gopher Sport. From there, she spent a year and a half as the General Business Skills Administrative Coordinator at Federated Insurance. During that time, Stephanie and Joe were heavily involved in their church's youth group.
Stephanie was born into a family involved in FCA, so ever since she could walk, she has been involved with FCA. God made it crystal clearto her in 2012 that it was time to join the Minnesota FCA staff. She decided to give up life in the corporate world and move onto part-time ministry. Since that time, she has worked with the Owatonna Area FCA Huddles, multiple FCA camps, and has recently started Bold + Beautiful.
"God has used this ministry in my life and blessed me with a testimony that is uniquely mine. I am so excited and passionate about Bold +Beautiful. It provides an opportunity for young women to gather and discover who they are in Jesus Christ and that it looks like in all parts of life to live out that faith. We are also able to cover topics that are unique to young women without the distraction of boys! I know that I could have used that when I was in Jr. and Sr. High school."
Stephanie and her husband, Joe, have one son, Miles.
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Joy was born and raised in Princeton, MN. Her family spent each summer the first 18 years of her life traveling throughout the United States because her father was an itinerant evangelist.
Joy graduated from Moody Bible Institute and Trinity International University in the Chicagoland area with a degree in Christian Education and Elementary Education. She then taught school for 2 years in the Deerfield, IL school district.
After that, Joy spent a brief stint with Youth for Christ in Algonquin, IL before joining staff at Willow Creek Community Church in Barrington, IL.
Joy returned home to Minnesota and worked in the Alumni & Parent Relations Office at Bethel University.
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When the state's former top electricity regulator complained about a new
A handful of emails — part of more than 65,000 released two weeks ago by PG&E and the Public Utilities Commission — revealed that then-PUC President Michael Peevey had a beef about the size of his monthly bill in 2011: It had more than doubled after a wireless meter was installed.
"Obviously something is wrong," Peevey wrote to his main PG&E liaison, then-Vice President Brian Cherry. "I would like an explanation."
The release of these emails came as state and federal law enforcement officials have stepped up their investigations into the relationship between the utility and the PUC. Peevey's and Cherry's homes were searched recently by investigators. Neither has been available for comment.
After the smart meter complaint, Peevey got fast, first-rate customer service. PG&E ordered a staffer "to have someone address this ASAP," Cherry reported. Company experts quickly performed a "deep dive investigation" into electricity consumption at Peevey's 3,118-square-foot home at Sea Ranch on the North Coast.
After six days, Cherry reported that the bill was found to be "within the range of previous usage."
Peevey relented, saying he'd "accept, for now at least, the new meter is registering the right amount of usage." The jump in his bill, he speculated, could have been caused by "some new appliances, heated bathroom floor, heated towel rack, hot tub usage."
More oversight
The ongoing investigation of the San Francisco-based PUC is being watched carefully in Sacramento.
Lawmakers need to boost vigilance over the troubled PUC, says Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood), the new chairman of the Assembly Utilities and Commerce Committee.
"At the onset, I think it's important for us to hold oversight hearings," especially to gauge what progress has been made boosting the commission's safety programs, the two-term lawmaker said. The PUC's new president, Michael Picker, who succeeded Peevey last month, is moving fast to create a safety program with strong enforcement.
Rendon, however, said he wanted to make sure that any legislative probe does not interfere with ongoing law enforcement investigations.
Safety and the upgrading of PG&E's extensive natural gas distribution system will also be a focus of the state Senate's Energy, Utilities and Communications Committee, added Sen.
Hill, an outspoken critic of the Peevey regime, is chairman of the panel's Subcommittee on Infrastructure Safety. He also represents the San Francisco Bay Area city of San Bruno, where eight people died in 2010 in a PG&E pipeline explosion.
"We have to make sure that the PUC is living up to its mission of providing a safe, reliable utility at a reasonable rate," Hill said. "It had lost sight of that mission."
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