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by Keith Harris, Monica Kendrick, Bob Mehr, Bill Meyer, J. Niimi, Miles Raymer and Ann Sterzinger June 22, 2006 August 19, 2021
Last year's inaugural Intonation Music Festival was a collaboration between indie-rock Web site Pitchfork, concert promoter and musician Mike Reed, and event-planning company Skyline Chicago, but despite the festival's spectacular success its organizers split up before the start of planning for the 2006 installment. Pitchfork and Reed have launched the Pitchfork Music Festival, which debuts at the end of July, and Skyline has announced that it will continue Intonation with a different musical curator each year. This weekend's bookings are the work of Vice, the label owned by the tastemaking lifestyle magazine of the same name.
The festival will again be held in Union Park (1501 W. Randolph), and both audience entrances are on the east side of Ashland south of Lake. The 26 acts range from psych rock to electro-pop to politically radical hip-hop and will generally alternate between two stages: the Vice Stage, toward the park's eastern end, and the Virtue Stage, in its northwest corner, closer to Ashland and Lake. Purposefully awful comedian Neil Hamburger emcees.
A pavilion at the southeast end of the park will house a retail bazaar, a rock poster gallery from Screwball Press, and a zine market operated by Quimby's, among other things. Lining the southern edge of the grounds will be food vendors, water tents, assorted diversions–including live, audience-controlled boxing from local party organizers Mondo–and kiosks from festival sponsors like the Chicagoland Bicycle Federation, PETA, and the Reader. (This being a Vice event, another sponsor is the tongue-staining alcoholic energy drink Sparks.) Outside food and beverages are prohibited, with the exception of two sealed bottles of water per person, and no reentry is allowed.
Tickets will be available at the north entrance: single-day passes for $20, two-day passes for $40. At www.intonationmusicfest.com, two-day passes are $35 in advance, and group packages of four two-day passes are available for $120. Children under 12 get in free. Gates open at noon on both days.
Local clubs will host several official Intonation pre- and afterparties: On Friday night Russian Circles, Oakley Hall, and the Favourite Sons play the Empty Bottle and MSTRKRFT, Chromeo, Bald Eagle, and Jordan Zawideh DJ at Smart Bar. DJs also spin Saturday night at Sonotheque and Sunday night at the Funky Buddha Lounge. –Miles Raymer
1:00 Favourite Sons
This Brooklyn band got together in late 2004, but they sound like they've been around forever. On the few available songs from their upcoming Down Beside Your Beauty (due on Vice in September) they lift liberally from 90s indie rock and 00s post-Strokes alt-rock, weaving in a dreamy decadence, and somehow end up sounding like Iggy Pop–"best junkie on earth" Iggy, not "VH1 talking head" Iggy. MR a Virtue Stage
1:30 Erase Errata
Erase Errata's third full-length, Nightlife (Kill Rock Stars), has been a long time coming thanks to the band's complicated transition from four-piece to trio, but it's finally out in July. In the album's lush, angular disco-punk I hear bits of the obsessively spiky riffs of the Fall, the full-bodied, declamatory vocals of Siouxsie Sioux, the racing, California-desert drone of X, even a bit of Sonic Youth's subway-tunnel guitar turbulence–and personally I'm glad those have all been familiar sounds for a generation or so, 'cause otherwise so many flavors scooped into the same sundae cup might make me a little queasy. As players these women seem to have finally wrapped up their R & D phase: their music's as aggressive as old-time postpunk and sometimes calls to mind 90s girl hardcore like Pet UFO, but they've got a better feel for the sweet spot of a hook than either. The athletic rhythms and self-assured singing even make the polemical lyrics ("Murder, manslaughter / All funded by my tax dollar") sound righteous instead of shrill. AS a Vice Stage
2:00 90 Day Men
It's hard to pin down what genre these locals fall into, but forced to guess, I'd file them next to the bootleg tapes of the basement jams that Ian MacKaye, Nina Simone, and Glenn Gould did together–when their epic, squalling songs achieve liftoff, it's like a rock band ten generations down the line is sending you telepathic messages from the future. The 90 Day Men are no longer a full-time project, and before last week they hadn't played Chicago in 15 months–don't skip this set lightly. MR a Virtue Stage
2:30 Devin the Dude
Most of the world only knows Devin the Dude from his cameo on Dr. Dre's Chronic 2001, but his self-lacerating humor and quirky, impeccable flow have earned him a devoted cult following. While Dre's struggling to keep up his platinum-gangsta image between Gwen Stefani sessions, Devin's smoking rival rappers casually, even lazily–the same way he smokes roaches out of the ashtray. MR a Vice Stage
3:10 Jose Gonzalez
This Swedish folksinger is already a mainstream star in his homeland thanks to his remarkable 2003 debut, Veneer, an indie-rock update of the melancholy musings of Nick Drake, Bert Jansch, and Paul Simon. Last year Urbana's Hidden Agenda label released Veneer in the U.S. (it was reissued stateside by Mute in April), and it's continued to attract critical praise on these shores. BM a Virtue Stage
3:50 Chromeo
Last week I was trying to describe Chromeo to a friend who hates synthesizers in a way that expressed my empathy toward people who hate synthesizers. "They're sorta like a honky version of the Dazz Band," I said, "except they're two nerds from Quebec and the singer is a grad student in French lit at Columbia and people who like them could probably be incited to physical violence if you dismissed the music by suggesting it might be even remotely ironic." Actually though, not only do I truly dig Chromeo, but I'm perfectly comfortable with the possibility that the things I like about She's in Control (Vice)–the vocals talk-boxed out the ying-yang, the bass grooves perfect for poppin' and lockin'–are "just" cheap, jokey nostalgia trips. There's gonna be some serious boogie-down action happening at this set–and if you can tell ironic dancing from the other kind, you're doing entirely too much looking. JN a Vice Stage
4:35 High on Fire
Whenever someone asks me to name the best live show I've seen lately, right off the bat I try to remember when these guys last came through town. Led by guitarist Matt Pike, who reimagined stoner rock on a colossal scale with Sleep, High on Fire plays thundering, uncut heavy metal that's no less devastating for being relatively straightforward. Bassist Joe Preston recently left the group, which is I suppose good news for fans of the Thrones; taking his place here will be Jeff Matz of Zeke. MK a Virtue Stage
5:20 Stills
I can't say for sure what's behind the Stills' recent stylistic shift, but if you'd put out a killer record like 2003's Logic Will Break Your Heart and ended up with a press kit full of Strokes references, you'd probably think about a new direction too. For their almost-as-killer Without Feathers (Vice), they've traded in the shimmering new wave of their debut for greasy classic rock that sounds like early Springsteen in tighter pants. MR a Vice Stage
6:05 Roky EricksonWith its visceral riff, its boomeranging electrified jug, and Roky Erickson's shrieking, uninhibited vocal, the 13th Floor Elevators' 1966 single "You're Gonna Miss Me" is a bona fide masterpiece of psychedelic garage rock. It was the Austin band's only real hit, but their three brilliant albums preached the gospel of expanded consciousness with biblical zeal. Unfortunately the Elevators' volatility wasn't confined to their music, and both Roky and the band were already falling apart when a pot bust got Erickson locked up in the Rusk hospital for the criminally insane in 1969. If he wasn't mad when he went in, he was by the time he got out: since his release in '72 his bursts of musical activity have been like oases in a desert of destitution and dysfunction. Despite his illness, he's still got it, at least when he can get it together: the 2005 retrospective I Have Always Been Here Before (Shout Factory) is packed with great songs, including post-Rusk numbers like the Buddy Holly-esque ditty "Starry Eyes," the paranoid meltdown "Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog)," and the twangy, defiant blues-rocker "Don't Slander Me." In the custody of his brother Sumner since 2001, Erickson is receiving the best medical and psychiatric treatment of his life; now 58, he hasn't recorded anything in more than a decade, but he's played several Texas shows in the past year and here makes his first appearance outside the state since 1982. BiM a Virtue Stage
6:55 Boredoms
When I saw the Boredoms in 1994 they were the total embodiment of exuberant chaos, playing hacked-up guitar skronk while band members took running leaps at each other from opposite ends of the stage and body slammed in midair. These days, though, they play long, flowing jams, and most of the players are seated–the lineup they're using now has three drum kits. It's hard to imagine a band changing more dramatically, but there is one common denominator: the fearless physicality and riveting charisma of bandleader and front man Yamatsuka Eye, who's always a mesmerizing focal point. BiM a Vice Stage
7:50 Ghostface Killah
The Wu-Tang dynasty may have fallen, toppled by paranoia, death, and a terrible Fox sitcom, but Ghostface Killah endures–his solo career has done nothing if not prove him worthy of the alias "Ironman." The bonkers, stream-of-consciousness flow on his latest triumph, Fishscale (Def Jam), is self-evidently the creation of a man who's half cranky elder statesman, half insane genius, and who wears a robe to work. MR a Virtue Stage
:45 Lady Sovereign
The British musical hybrid called grime–two-step's rhythmic stutter married to the guns-and-thugs drama of American hip-hop–found a new stateside ambassador last year in the unlikely form of a tiny white teenager named Lady Sovereign. She might look like a novelty act, but the cheeky, twisted rhymes on her EP Vertically Challenged (released in the U.S. on Chicago's Chocolate Industries label) are so good they got Jay-Z's attention: her debut full-length is due later this summer on Def Jam. MR a Vice Stage
9:20 Streets
Yep, The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living (Vice/Atlantic) is Mike Skinner's "perils of pop stardom" album. But remember, the previous Streets album was a masterpiece about a schlub misplacing a wad of cash. Skinner has a knack for extracting both significance and perfectly timed jokes from the banal–and what could be more banal than the perils of pop stardom? The MC comes off a tour to discover he left the iron plugged in, blows his cash on a pinstripe track suit, and finds that fame hasn't made it any easier to date. It's like if Us Weekly's "Stars–They're Just Like Us!" feature were actually funny. And funky. And true. KH a Virtue Stage
1:00 Tyrades
These local garage punks, Horizontal Action favorites practically from the moment they moved here from Buffalo back in 2002, draw heavily on the sounds of female-fronted late-70s California bands like the Avengers, the Bags, and the Alley Cats. They've released several records of their high-velocity racket, notably an excellent 2004 seven-inch on the local Shit Sandwich label. BM a Vice Stage
1:30 Bill Dolan
Out of action for much of the past seven years, former Five Style and Heroic Doses guitarist Bill Dolan is back: he's written a set of new material, which he'll perform here with original Five Style drummer John Herndon and bassist Matt Lux. See the Meter for more. BM a Virtue Stage
2:00 Panthers
The Panthers play burly postgrunge streaked with psychedelic 70s radio rock–they may look like dorks, but on Things Are Strange (Vice) they sound like Mudhoney rolling with a drugged-up biker gang. MR a Vice Stage
2:30 Constantines
Every band playing rock 'n' roll in any form tries to make it sound like it matters–though way too many just seem prone to tantrums. These Canadians hit the nail on the head almost every time: there's nothing groundbreaking about their current album, Tournament of Hearts (Sub Pop), but its weary, beautiful ballads and righteous stompers have an earnest, disciplined soulfulness that makes you feel like there's some things you ought to come clean about too. MK a Virtue Stage
3:10 Rhymefest
Rhymefest's best known at this point for cowriting Kanye's "Jesus Walks" and complaining about how little money that made him, but his long-awaited major-label debut, Blue Collar (Allido), ought to change that. If the Kanye-produced single "Brand New" is any indication, he's got the potential to blossom from a rapper's rapper into an icon even a mall rat can recognize. MR a Vice Stage
3:45 Annie
In 2005, when this Norwegian singer and DJ put out her debut, Anniemal, in the U.S., club kids and indie rockers latched onto its candy-coated electro-pop with a fervor you rarely see music snots display for that sort of thing. The obvious, superficial comparison is Kylie Minogue, but Annie's album has more musical and emotional depth–in fact it's more moving than most records by turbo-sincere sad-guy troubadours. MR a Virtue Stage
4:20 Lupe Fiasco
If the buzz on the oft-leaked Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor (allegedly dropping this week on Atlantic) is to be believed, hip-hop's next big thing will be a devoutly Muslim skateboarder from Chicago. That may not sound too plausible at first, but wait till you hear Lupe's flow–it's like you're in Bizarro world, where Nas is a mellow dude who hates hip-hop stereotypes. MR a Vice Stage
4:55 The Sword
There's probably no name more elegantly appropriate for this Austin band, purveyors of epic, ostentatious Dungeons & Dragons metal so shameless and flawless some folks smell a put-on. I don't know why anyone would suspect that a song called "Lament for the Aurochs" might not be 100 percent sincere, but ultimately it's not worth arguing about–when a band can crush your skull like this, it doesn't matter much if they wink while they do it. MK a Virtue Stage
5:30 Blue Cheer
This late-60s San Francisco institution was once infamous as the loudest band in the world, but nowadays Vincebus Eruptum and Outsideinside don't sound like the freakish anomalies that superlative might suggest–they're more like cries of triumph from an infant musical tradition that'd just gone potty all by itself for the first time. Hawkwind's hard to imagine without the precedent of Blue Cheer, and so are scads of bands as different from one another as High on Fire and Acid Mothers Temple. Their reputation as self-indulgent knuckle draggers has been rethought in recent years–see the eloquent apologia "Caucasian Power Blues" in the online zine Perfect Sound Forever–but though they were fearless and anarchic in their salad days (which ended not long after guitarist Leigh Stephens left in '68), they've been pretty hit-or-miss since. The less said about some of the sub-Bad Company crap they cut in the 80s and 90s, the better–it doesn't exactly whet one's appetite for the album they finished late last year. Though Stephens unfortunately isn't part of the current lineup, original drummer Paul Whaley, the band's secret weapon, has just re-rejoined bassist-vocalist Dickie Peterson and longtime guitarist Andrew "Duck" MacDonald, and word from the road is encouraging. MK a Vice Stage
6:15 Jon Brion
Despite his slim solo output–just two discs under his own name–singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and producer Jon Brion has had a tremendous impact on modern pop, working intimately with everyone from Fiona Apple to Kanye West. In April a bout of tendinitis forced him to cancel his popular residency at the Los Angeles club Largo, but Brion has apparently recovered sufficiently to make this rare live appearance outside his home city–and like his weekly Largo shows, his solo set here is likely to feature a few surprise guest stars. BM a Virtue Stage
7:15 Robert Pollard
The Guided by Voices leader has gone solo, but his beautifully besotted indie rock is as compelling as ever, perfectly fusing lo-fi aesthetics and arena-size hooks. Pollard's all-star backing crew includes power-pop cult hero Tommy Keene and Frank Black sideman Dave Phillips on guitars, Superchunk's Jon Wurster on drums, and Verbow vet Jason Narducy on bass. BM a Vice Stage
:15 Dead Prez
Dead Prez can sound as serious as a politically radical rap group is supposed to be, but they're even better when they sound like OutKast fresh from a Black Panther Party orientation. On 2004's RBG: Revolutionary but Gangsta (Columbia) M-1 and Stic.man's combination of ghetto manifestos and bangin' beats makes street revolution sound like the best party you can imagine. MR a Virtue Stage
9:05 Bloc Party
It seemed like music critics couldn't find enough ways to hand-job Bloc Party's 2005 full-length debut, Silent Alarm (released in the U.S. on Vice), but so far the hype hasn't generated much backlash. Maybe that's because the band's songs–despite the trendy dance-punk trappings they're tarted up in–are the kind of precise and overwhelmingly catchy mini pop anthems that feel classic right out of the box. A new album is in the works for a probable late-2006 release. MR a Vice Stage
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Bugsy Malone (1976)
G | 1h 33min | Comedy, Crime, Family | 15 September 1976 (USA)
The classic gangster story of Bugsy Malone told with an all-child cast.
Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Florence Garland | See full cast & crew »
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Scott Baio ... Bugsy
Florence Garland ... Blousey (as Florrie Dugger)
Jodie Foster ... Tallulah
John Cassisi ... Fat Sam
Martin Lev ... Dandy Dan
Paul Murphy ... Leroy Smith
Sheridan Earl Russell ... Knuckles (as Sheridan Russell)
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Andrew Paul ... O'Dreary
Davidson Knight ... Cagey Joe
Michael Jackson ... Razamataz
Jeff Stevenson ... Louis (as Jeffrey Stevens)
Peter Holder ... Ritzy
Donald Waugh ... Snake Eyes
A gangster movie where all the gangsters are played by children. Instead of real bullets they use "splurge guns" that cover the victim in cream. The story tells of the rise of "Bugsy Malone" and the battle for power between "Fat Sam" and "Dandy Dan". Written by Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>
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Fat Sam: Someone once said, "If it was raining brains, Roxy Robinson wouldn't even get wet." Roxy had spent his whole life making two and two into five, but he could smell trouble like other people could smell gas. But believe you's me, he should've never taken that blind alley by the side of Parido's Bakery. Whatever game it was everybody was playing, sure as eggs is eggs, Roxy the Weasel had been scrambled.
Two Bugsy Malone video discs are available [9/9/2013] in the U.S.: a 10/11/2005 Region 1 "import" DVD (UPC 4895033728429) distributed by Panorama Entertainment having a feature runtime of 89 minutes (1:29:44) and a 9/9/2008 "All Regions" BD (UPC 5037115290830) distributed by ITV Studios (formerly, in part, Granada Productions) with a feature runtime of 93 minutes (1:33:51 that includes running a 9 second Granada International logo clip, not on the DVD, before and after the movie, 1:33:33 + 00:18). ITV Studios was formed in 2009 by the merger of Granada Productions and Carlton International. Ironically, the DVD case cover lists a 94 minute runtime and the Blu-ray case cover lists an 89 minute runtime. The only differences between the two presentations, once the 18 seconds for the Granada International logo clip is subtracted from the BD time, is (1) after the Rank gong is struck the second time, the text "The RANK ORGANISATION presents" is superimposed over the gong in the BD version while the text "THE RANK ORGANISATION" is superimposed over the gong in the DVD version, (2) the DVD runs the movie about 4% faster than the Blu-ray disc, and (3) the DVD has 1.33:1 aspect (640 pixels x 480 pixels), letter boxed on all four sides to 1.62:1 aspect ratio (596 pixels x 367 pixels) while the BD has 1.78:1 aspect (1920 pixels x 1080 pixels). Both disc conversions appear to have used "pan and scan" cropping from the film's 1.85:1 aspect ratio. Sometimes the cropping appears similar, but other times, one may crop the height mostly from the top while the other mostly from the bottom. The feature on the Blu-ray disc runs at 24 Hz. Although the DVD runs at 60 Hz, the speed-up is similar to the 4.3% speed-up when 24 frame/second film is transferred to 50 Hz Pal format using 2:2 pulldown and may point to a 50 Hz master in its past. See more »
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Q: Haskell: How to use forkIO to enable multiple clients to connect to a server? I'm trying to get multiple clients to connect to a server. What I've managed to do is connect one client to a server by using for the server:
main = withSocketsDo $ do
          socket                 <- listenOn port
          (handle, host, portno) <- accept socket
          hSetBuffering handle LineBuffering
          msg <- hGetLine handle
          putStrLn $ "The client says: " ++ msg
          hClose handle
          sClose socket
          putStrLn "Server is done."

and for the client:
main = withSocketsDo $ do
  handle <- connectTo "localhost" port
  hSetBuffering handle LineBuffering
  hPutStrLn handle "Hello!"
  hClose handle

These are clearly just for testing purposes ;)
Now, I've read that I need to use forkIO to enable multiple clients to connect to this one server. However I haven't been able to find how I should use forkIO or how to manage the several clients that will connect. Can someone explain to me what I should do?
Thanks in advance!

A: Just as a general style comment, I'd split the reaction of the server to the client's connection into a separate function. This makes it easier to read in my opinion
main = withSocketsDo $ do
    socket <- listenOn port
    accept socket >>= handleClientRequest socket

handleClientRequest socket (handle, host, portno) = do
      hSetBuffering handle LineBuffering
      msg <- hGetLine handle
      putStrLn $ "The client says: " ++ msg
      hClose handle
      sClose socket
      putStrLn "Server is done."

now we probably want it to loop indefinitely, as that tends to be how most servers work. So we use forever (from Control.Monad)
main = withSocketsDo $ do
    socket <- listenOn port
    forever $ accept socket >>= handleClientRequest socket

handleClientRequest socket (handle, host, portno) = do
      hSetBuffering handle LineBuffering
      msg <- hGetLine handle
      putStrLn $ "The client says: " ++ msg
      hClose handle
      sClose socket
      putStrLn "Server is done."

and from here, the manner in which to use forkIO becomes quite clear
main = withSocketsDo $ do
    socket <- listenOn port
    forever $ accept socket >>= forkIO . (handleClientRequest socket)

handleClientRequest socket (handle, host, portno) = do
      hSetBuffering handle LineBuffering
      msg <- hGetLine handle
      putStrLn $ "The client says: " ++ msg
      hClose handle
      sClose socket
      putStrLn "Server is done."

A: The key is that once you've accepted a connection using accept, you'll want to fork a new thread to handle the connection while the main thread goes back to listening. So something like this should do the trick.
main = withSocketsDo $ do
          socket <- listenOn port
          -- We want to accept multiple connections,
          -- so we need to accept in a loop
          forever $ do
              (handle, host, portno) <- accept socket
              -- But once we've accepted, we want to go off and handle the
              -- connection in a separate thread
              forkIO $ do
                  hSetBuffering handle LineBuffering
                  msg <- hGetLine handle
                  putStrLn $ "The client says: " ++ msg
                  hClose handle

Note that this way the server keeps running until you kill the process, which is common behavior for many servers. Implementing more graceful shutdown will require some cross-thread communication using MVars or STM.

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Obama's SOTU Rhetoric .vs. Governing
By FreeSociety
Obama sure looked good last night.
He was poised, articulate, even more forceful than aloof at various times. He sure seemed like he really cared. I certaintly wouldn't mind getting the chance to talk with him. He seems like such a well intentioned guy.
The only problem is Obama outright lied in several places, and his wonderful rhetoric is in great conflict with his actual governing decisions and priorities. For example:
1. Obama assured us again that he was "Ending the Iraq War". First he said that he would have all our "combat" troops out by August. Then a few sentences later he claimed that "all our troops" (unqualified) would be out of Iraq. But the reality is that this is the man who brought back George W. Bush's outgoing War Secretary, Robert Gates (CIA-IRAN-CONTRA crook) to run his War Policies. Gates and Obama and Hillary Clinton (also a WarHawk) are all in agreement that at least 50,000 troops will remain permanently in Iraq, and of course, the 17 unwelcome U.S. Military Bases will also be there permanently. The private contractors Halliburton and Blackwater (which operates under another name now), will all continue to remain as well. Obama's claim to end the Iraq War in August 2010 has about as much validity as his claim to end Guantanimo within 1 year. The crooked Oil Contracts, the Corporations, the Military Bases, the huge multi-hundred million dollar U.S. Embassy, and at least 50,000 troops to protect all of that — ain't going nowhere.
Whether the people that are stuck there are classified as being "combat" troops or not, is hardly relevant. The War and the Foreign Occupation has not ended, is not ending, and will not end. The vow to end the Iraq War is another empty promise from President Obama, and until and unless he stops listening and empowering the likes of Robert Gates – no meaningful change to this corrupt War policy will truthfully occur. We have over 1.5 million dead Iraqis, over 2 million Iraqi refugees, over 5,500 dead Americans, over 75,000 wounded or disabled Americans, and have wasted of some 3-Trillion of the taxpayers dollars. Clearly our Foreign Policy does far more damage to our own Country (as well as to the World) then anything any terrorist could ever dream up. Obama's patty-cake policy on confronting the tragedy of the U.S. Iraq intervention is sadly insufficient.
Moreover, he is expanding our excessive American Militarism and violence to the far corners of the Earth even more by tripling the troop exposure in Afghanistan, starting War with Pakistan, killing civilians with cowardly CIA-run, unmanned Drones equiped with Hellfire bombs, threatening Iran, Yemen, and Venezuela (via Columbia). He has embraced the illegitmate Bush-era policies of detaining people with no charges, and no rights. And he has kept torture sites such as Bagram, Gitmo, and Abu Grahib open for business, while additionally directly outsourcing human torture through the disgraceful secret program of CIA renditions to Foreign prisons. And let us never forget that the Obama Military budget far exceeds any of the Miltary budgets submitted under Bush & Cheney. While the words sounded good, the governing remains a shameful tragedy, and a bankrupt wasteland of corruption and unnecessary human carnage, and bloodshed.
2. Obama also spoke about the plight of the middle-class and winning their trust. He said: "To close that credibility gap we must take action on both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue to end the outsized influence of lobbyists; to do our work openly; and to give our people the government they deserve." It is hard to take him seriously however when his administration has empowered and promoted the very special interests that were responsible for the Financial meltdown, such as Timothy Giethner, Lawerence Summers, Ben Bernanke, and unabashed GOP-Lite Corporatists like Rahm Emanuel. If Obama wants to help the middle-class, why are the crooked Banking/WallStreet elites hand chosen by him to run his policies? Why does he want to give the Federal Reserve even more power, instead of audit them?
Afghanistan, Bush Administration, CIA, corporatist, Federal Reserve, neocons, predator drones, President Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Robert Gates, U.S. military, war crimes
The State Of The Union: Preview
Regardless of what President Barack Obama says tonight during his "speech", this below is the real State Of The Union:
Until this high corruption is exposed and honestly dealt with, at a Presidential level, American citizens will just continue to be systematically robbed blind, see their own standard-of-living and economic security continue to diminish, and the purchasing power of the "U.S. Dollar" shrink before their eyes.
No amount of "happy talk", phony Federal Reserve Chairman worship, or "small-ball" policy tinkering around the edges (tax cuts, "stimulus", etc.) can ever supplant what is fundamentally a wholly corrupt Financial and Monetary model.
The true State Of The Union must be finally recognized for what it really is. The United States is owned and operated by an elite Worldwide criminal Banking cartel (modeled after the Rothschilds dynasty banking empire), and our Country's so-called "Independence", that we celebrate every 4th of July, is now only just a myth today .
We never permanantly escaped the Empire and Central Bank Monopoly that we once had separated from. Conversely, we were inflitrated by it, and today we remain trapped within the "Empire".
Banking Elites, oligarchy, Poverty, President Obama, robbery, Rockefellers, Rothschilds, State of the Union, United States, World Empire
He Works. We Wait
By Betsy L. Angert in Barack Obama, Iraq, Politics
"White House to Main Street" Town Hall: Elyria, OH
copyright © 2010 Betsy L. Angert. BeThink.org
A recent change of the guard in the Massachusetts Senate race force the President to reveal he is working. We, the American people, are waiting, just as we have been for months and months. For a full year, countless citizens have felt as though they were patient. Yet, the President did not seem to have their interests at heart. True change has not come. Countless constituents anticipate none is forthcoming. Three hundred and sixty five plus have gone by and the American people are tired of being patient.
Afghanistan, Bailouts, Bankers, change, climate change, Democrats, elections, health care reform, Hope, Independent Voters, Massachusetts Senate Race, Partisan Politics, POTUS, President Obama, renewable energy, Republicans, Scott Brown, Unemployment
Dennis Kucinich on Democratic Party, Obama, MA Election
Dennis Kucinich gave an exclusive interview to The Raw Story", where he provided analysis on the MA Election, and the state of the Democratic Party, and President Obama.
Democratic Party, Dennis Kucinich, MA Election, President Obama
Biden: U.S. to Appeal Blackwater Case Dismissal
I just caught this and there doesn't seem to be much on it yet
U.S. to Appeal Blackwater Case Dismissal, Biden Says
There isn't a time mark on the NYT piece but the few others I found had it as about an hour ago.
This is a cut from the Times piece.
Blackwater, Department of Justice, justice, Marines, mercenaries, Muders, President Obama, Vice President Biden, Xe
Smashing The Machine
"There's been a coup – have you heard? It's the CIA coup.
The CIA runs everything! They run the military .. They're the ones who are over there lobbing missiles and bombs on these Countries…It's not even the Military that does it. The CIA runs this. …And, of course, the CIA is every bit as secretive as the Federal Reserve.
And yet, think of the harm they have done since they were established since World War II. They are a government unto themselves. They're in businesses, they're in drug businesses, and they take out dictators……We need to take out the CIA!"
-Congressman Ron Paul
CIA, Federal Reserve, President Obama, Terror, Torture, tyranny, war profiteering, Warfare State, World Empire
More "Change" From President Obama
By FreeSociety in War
President Obama's track record has been stunning in its all out embrace and expansion of the corrupt Foreign Policy of the past 8 dark years (and with it, the total rejection of what people voted for) — a darkness Obama won't let any sunlight near.
Here's the latest from Obama:
The Obama administration quietly announced Friday the appointment of John McLaughlin, former deputy CIA director, to head the internal investigation of the intelligence failures that led to the Christmas Day attempted bombing of a Delta airliner headed for Detroit as well as the events leading to the shootings at Fort Hood in November.
With this appointment, President Barack Obama has assured that the culture of intelligence cover-up will continue. McLaughlin has participated in and sought to cover-up many of the CIA's most egregious failures and misdeeds of the past decade. When he left the CIA, he then served as the agency's chief apologist.
So, who is John McLaughlin? Most of official Washington and the mainstream media view McLaughlin as the mild-mannered, professorial CIA bureaucrat, who former CIA director George Tenet called the "smartest man he had ever met."
Few people understand, however, that McLaughlin played the most important role in making sure that the Bush administration received the intelligence that would be used and misused to justify the use of force against Iraq in 2003.
Washington insiders remember that it was CIA director Tenet who told President George W. Bush, "Don't worry, it's a slam dunk," in response to the president's demand for stronger intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction (WMD) to provide to the American people. Few people remember that it was McLaughlin who actually delivered the "slam-dunk" briefing to the president in January 2003.
McLaughlin was the "villain" behind the politicized intelligence on Iraq in the run-up to the illegal war. He perverted the intelligence process, ignored high-level briefings on the weakness of the intelligence on WMD and then tried to silence David Kay, the chief of the Iraq Survey Group, when the weapons inspectors found no evidence of strategic weapons in Iraq.
When Kay returned to CIA headquarters from Baghdad, Tenet and McLaughlin made sure that Kay was given a tiny, windowless office at the end of a distant, deserted corridor undergoing construction. It had no secure phone or classified computer. Kay called it Siberia.
Bush, Cheney, CIA lies, Foreign Occupations, Human Torture, John McLaughlin, Mass Murder, Neocon, President Obama, Warmongering, World Empire
An Honest Discussion on Terrorism, For Once
By cabaretic in War
I've neglecting dipping my toe into the debate regarding the failed terror plot until now. What passed for debate quickly grew tedious since it became transformed into an inconsequential tit-for-tat back and forth regarding the President's decision to not make a statement or strong response in the middle of his vacation. Cable news networks with space to fill have used surrogates and talking heads to spin to their heart's content, but what I'd love to see was an actual substantive debate instead of all of the clutter. A start might be in discussing long-range plans for protecting us from subsequent plots and what we out here in the peanut gallery ought to expect or might even need to contribute ourselves to make the process far more efficient. Often our anti-terrorism response has been primarily reactive and defensive rather than taking the fight to our enemy, but by encouraging a more proactive approach I am notably not advocating for preemptive war or increased military buildup of any sort. Instead, I am pushing for a smarter strategy based on a compulsion to objectively study the complexities of a complex enemy. Some might call it "dithering".
I am not surprised that the Office of Homeland Security failed in its stated objective. I am not surprised that the system let all of us down. Republicans have long advanced the obsessive desire to pare down or even eliminate entirely many government agencies, and yet they established one of their own out of what was deemed at the time extreme necessity. That would be like handing Libertarians control of the United Nations and asking them to devise a new system that would add another seat to the Security Council. Moreover, I strongly believe that establishing a new agency was to some extent merely window dressing set in place to pacify people who were understandably worried and fearful after the 11 September 2001 attacks. Homeland Security, in many ways was a completely disingenuous, empty construct, like so many made in the immediate aftermath (See: Color-coded Terror Alert scale) since we know now that power and with it decision-making was primarily concentrated during the Bush Administration years in a very secretive, very small inner circle.
Many Futurists, those who observe existing trends and predict trends likely before us, have come to a belief that we are in for a 30-40 year period of terrorism. And as soon as it subsides, it is highly probable that something else will spring up in its place. We enjoyed a relaxing, but short-lived, decade-long respite from the Cold War, but before that we clung desperately to the notion of Mutually Assured Destruction as the most supreme deterrent to prevent nuclear war with the USSR. Furthermore, much of our national identity is based upon the first two centuries of this county's history, years when we were very much an isolationist country cautious of foreign entanglements. Back then we ran a strong second place to the nation/states of Western Europe, though we dreamed to scale those same heights. Our status as a superpower is still a relatively recent development and we have yet to either firmly embrace it or to understand its implications. If we did, we might understand one important reason why we are consistently targeted by radical Islam. Anyone who has been the runaway number one for any extended length of time is going to have a bull's eye emblazoned upon them and create instant motivation for those who are jealous and envious.
Additionally, though this nation has a long, ignoble history of disregarding the basic rights and just recompense owed to its own indigenous people as well as the natives of other countries when financial gain was at stake, that in and of itself is an insufficient sole rationale for why terrorist tactics are used against us. To be sure, exploitative power plays that privatized oil-rich plots of Native American land claims under the domain and care of the Federal government have antecedents that stretch back to the 1920's; it is also true that the United States government meddled in the affairs of other countries, particularly in the Middle East and South America to protect its supply of the natural resources coveted by big business. But as for why and where this hatred truly stems from, one needs consider class disparities and economic inequality, which are often the major offenders. Since terrorism cannot so broadly be defined and since each unique group has a different strategy and rationale, it cannot be emphasized enough that terrorism has no one set definition nor stated agenda. Where simplistic answers or a lack of them altogether exists, baseless speculation rushes in to fill the void.
It is indeed true that a common enemy in the form of the United States of America is the focal point upon which a variety of terrorist organizations draw unity. Yet, what we don't hear about quite so often is that many of these groups also target governments in their own region, so it would be a mischaracterization to assume that all cells purely project their entire hatred upon the Great Satan. When we over-simplify a very complex issue like Terrorism for the sake of time constraints or election year sloganeering, then we do everyone a grave disservice. So many Republican talking points would be reduced to either wishful thinking or naive saber-rattling if the public knew just how nuanced were the goals, ambitions, and agendas of those who advocate our utter destruction.
Cultural identity, just like individual identity is predicated on difference, not on similarity. We form our conception of ourselves and our country based on how we differ from other nations and other peoples. Those who have traveled outside of the U.S. are instantly aware of their American citizenship when surrounded by a culture completely different from their own. Those who would otherwise discount or take for granted their status as Americans often metaphorically wrap themselves in the Stars and Stripes when on foreign soil. In so doing, they often seek out conversation and companionship with other ex-patriots, even those they would likely never give a second glance to when back inside the borders of their own country. Other important identities we claim for ourselves manifest themselves in this same manner when we are isolated from a larger gathering, be it religious/spiritual identification, supporter of a particular sports team, adherent to a particular philosophy or movement—to merely state a few examples. As we have seen with Al-Qaeda, its adherents hail from a variety of countries and cultures, but it is unified out of a sense of collective purpose, a more or less common enemy, and a uniform belief system.
Any defensive measure we or any other country adopts to contain and detect terrorist cells is going to need to recognize that our commitment to keep the citizens of the United States safe from this unique threat should expect to be in place for at least a generation, perhaps even a bit longer than that. This was a long time coming and it will be a long time gone. Government does not need to be scrapped, but it does need to be streamlined considerably. We've seen this in plain view recently with the health care debate. Our legislative branch was never built for speed or swift decision making and, prior to that, we viewed the shameful epic fail of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), itself under the dubious control of Homeland Security. Populist anger drives the opinions of many at this time, but though I have heard the voices or read the words of those who tear into the worthlessness of government and with it the base incompetence of government officials, I have heard precious few solutions or proposals that might reduce or at least begin to address the problem. Notably this unfocused rage isn't just relegated to the person on the street. It also finds favor in the form of the person paid to state an opinion supposedly shared with the person on the street.
What continues to amaze me (perhaps I should not be surprised) is how a certain brand of ultra-hawk led by Dick Cheney has ripped into the President for somehow downplaying the importance of the would-be Christmas Day underwear bomber. While Americans can at times be duped, they are not rubes. Having seen the 11 September attacks transformed into a shaky rationale for a costly and highly unnecessary war, they now hold a skeptical, cynical opinion regarding the amazing assertion that anyone who argues that a new President elected to right those wrongs doesn't believe that we are really still at war. Cheney seems to want to live in the past, somewhere around 2003, when the Administration of which he was a vital part still held some degree of veracity with the American public. He fails also to understand that recent disappointment with President Obama does not mean that Bush Administration policies are somehow being vindicated in the process. The former Vice-President is just as unpopular now as he was the day he left office and those who might concede him one or two hair-splitting points do so grudgingly at best.
Much of what lies ahead of us is brand new and unprecedented. I can understand anyone's reluctance to sound the twelve-alarm-fire as we did after 11 September. It was taxing, exhausting, and emotionally draining. I have absolutely no desire to repeat the process. As many of us are already strained and feeling vulnerable from the recession and the dismal unemployment rate, I simply don't think we have much in reserve left to enter into the state of panic and paranoia that existed in the immediate aftermath of that awful day. Not overreacting would probably do us well, especially if one keeps in mind the aftermath of the attacks, which spawned a thousand unfounded rumors and knee-jerk reactions. It is notable that when we have the ability to create imaginary bogeymen, we do so in ways that hindsight renders absolutely ridiculous. When our free time and our ability to conjure up the fanciful is muted, then we are better able to keep things in perspective. It really makes one wonder if times of adversity are as bad as we might think they are.
Bush Administration, cabaretic, Christmas Day bomber, Dick Cheney, government agency, Homeland Security, Obama administration, popular opinion, President Obama, terrorism
Must See Movie: "The Secret Of Oz"
By FreeSociety in Economy
Perhaps you've heard of the movie "The Money Masters" before by Bill Still. But regardless, it is well known that our U.S. Economy is not really getting better — nor will it ever get better.
How could it? That is, until and unless we solve our astronomical debt problem, and stop borrowing money at interest, just to pay off the never ending massive pile of interest from our old debts — all of which can never go away under our existing system because the very creation of money itself is also debt generating ( as the crooked Federal Reserve System was designed [Rothschilds, Rockefellers, Morgans]).
Some people, namely Ron Paul, have talked about a return to a Gold & Silver based monetary system. But this solution, while constructive for discussion, would appear to be incomplete. For we see even today that the price of Gold and Silver are greatly manipulated in a corrupt manner by the various Central Banks, the IMF, and various Governments. Therefore, how could either Gold or Silver possibly offer any stability when it is itself under the domination and control of "The Money Masters"? For example, given that size of the U.S. Money Supply has quadrupled in just the last few years alone, it would then logically follow that the correct price of Gold relative to the watered-down U.S. Dollar should already be in the vicinity of $5000/OZ.
debt, depression, Federal Reserve Monopoly, gold, President Obama, recession, Rockefellers, Rothschilds, U.S. Dollar, War Establishment
Obama No Longer Fooling The Left
We have now reached a point where there is beginning to boil over a lot of open criticism and disappointment finally from the "mainstream" left over the performance of Barack Obama, and his leadership skills.
Instead of just a few grumblings, made over hushed tones, immediately followed by pronouncements about how it's only been just 3 months…5 months…8 months… etc., people are now coming to the full realization, even on DailyKos now, that Obama is not going to govern in a manner that brings about any substantial change whatsoever.
Yet many commentators from Ed Schultz, to Michael Moore, to Arianna Huffington, to Markos, to Keith Olbermann etc. generally see the problem as one of being — that Obama is just too unengaged, or not forceful enough, or not providing strong enough leadership. The idea put forth here is that Obama really wants to do the right thing, but he is just a poor negotiator, or isn't standing up enough, or too happy to compromise away his real "dearly held" beliefs.
But I disagree with this second part of the analysis. I have seen enough now to come to the conclusion that Obama is really executing the agenda that he wants, and advancing the agenda that he and his friends want. He just fooled a whole lot of people during the Primaries with his (deceptive) lofty rhetoric, deliberately left unspecific, and charming speeches and charisma.
The problem with Obama, however, is not one of ommission, but one of commission. Recall that just as George W. Bush ran in 1999-2000 as a "compassionate" conservative with no critera at all about what that really meant for the middle-class ( a Dick Cheney Presidency-??). Well, Barack Obama ran his campaign very similarily as "Martin Luther Obama" come to save the little people – with no policy program ever put forward for doing any such thing – and an ever accumlating track record for totally backtracking on the few progressive ideas casually tossed about (then later retracted) throughout his campaign. Things like….suddenly being anti-NAFTA during the critical Wisconsin Primary (which he won), only to immediately reverse himself (and align himself with the pro-NAFTA agenda) once that State had voted for him.
But what we continually see is that Obama has no problem whatsoever with twisting arms, pressuring the Senate, asserting his own will, etc. when he wants them to vote against the reimportation of cheaper, generic Drugs (to prevent seniors from saving enormous amounts of money). He has no problem with villifying Howard Dean right out in the open, or outright intimidating progressive Congressman like Pete DeFazio with the open threat "Don't think we're not keeping score, brother", when he disagreed with Obama's new Military escalations. And he has no problem with protecting, and even praising the agenda of Joe Lieberman.
Afghanistan, Bush Administration, Corporstist, neocons, President Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Robert Gates, U.S. military
Obama's Million Dollar Gift To Anti-War Organizing
By dennis
A million dollars a year!
That's what it costs to put one–that's right, one–soldier or Marine on the ground in Afghanistan and to house and supply him or her there. This figure comes directly from the White House and was widely quoted in in the flurry of PR around President Obama's West Point speech announcing his 30,000+ escalation of the occupying force in Afghanistan.
A million bucks a year. That's a nice round figure. A more useful tool for those of us working to revive the anti-war movement is hard to imagine.
This struck me yesterday when the Transit Authority here in NYC, faced with a severe budget crunch, decided to eliminate passes for kids going to and from school, to close whole subway lines and bus routes, to cut services and crowd trains more, and to limit the Access-A-Ride program for seniors and the disabled. All of this, one report said, would save $139 million in the first year.
The math is easy–simply don't send 139 troops to Afghanistan next year. That would cover the cost of averting brutal cuts to a public transit system used by more than 5 million people every day.
You get the idea. Call it what you want–a "troop year" perhaps. Anytime some government agency grappling with revenue collapse caused by the economic meltdown announces an increase in fees or a cutback in services, just figure how many troops not being shipped into harm's way in Helmand Province it would take to make that budget good.
Then spread the word! Use the fact in conversations, letters to the editor, emails to friends and family, leaflets, faxes to Congresscritters who are about to vote to appropriate more money for the war.
People in this country may not like thinking about the war, but they sure can't help thinking about the economy. This is a nice clear way to help them make the connection.
You know those college students in California who are in the middle of a fierce battle to block an unbelievable 32% tuition increase? That's right, just bring 505 troops who are already in Afghanistan home in 2010. Some of them might even want to enroll, too.
Afghanistan, anti-war, Anti-War movement, President Obama, student protest, transit fare hikes
Health Care Debacle
There is a lot of blame to go around over the Health Care debacle. A lot of people (DailyKos) are focusing their anger on just Joe Lieberman or Harry Reid.
Harry Reid tried at least to put in some token amount of reform, but then he knuckled under the pressure — not so much from Joe Lieberman — but from Rahm Emaneul and Obama.
You see, Leiberman knows that he can just walk the thing backwards all day long, because Obama and Rahm Emanuel will never arm twist or pressure him — just as they never pressured the Drug and Insurance Companies themselves. They will always gut the reform part out of the bill, and instead conspire to please whatever corrupt demands that Lieberman and the GOP make of them.
It is time to understand that Obama is just a theater President. He likes to create the illusion that he is on the side of the people, but he has really done nothing but place pro-WallStreet, pro-Bankster, pro-Corporatist, pro-NAFTA, pro-War, Pro-Drone, and pro-Bush-NEOCON apologists into the key positions of real control and power to ensure that their crooked agenda always carries the day.
Obama thinks nothing of going to the progressive wing and telling them all "you have to get in line now" and making that demand on them (and the House will now cave-in and vote for this charade just for Obama's sake). But would Obama ever in a million years ever go to Joe Lieberman and tell him "Joe, you have to get in line"?
This tells you everything you need to know about Obama, and the Obama Presidency.
Afghanistan, Bush Administration, neocons, orporstist, President Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Robert Gates, U.S. military


1st Manotick Beavers Colony A: 2013 Beavers. Remaining meetings/events.
Tuesday May 14 - Regular meeting in our Gym. Well, outside of our Gym if possible. If the weather participates we'll be out back having fun in the schoolyard. If it's unseasonably cool, we'll have our last regular meeting in the Gym.
Tuesday May 21 - End of year Pizza Party, at Funahaven :) Details to follow.
Wednesday May 22 - 1st Manotick "Swim Up" ceremony, at Claudette Cain Park. This is an annual event, to recognize the youth as they 'swim up' to the next level of scouting. Some of our white tail beavers will be 'swimming up' and joining Cub packs in the fall, this is where that happens. You'll spot more info on the 1st Manotick group site by clicking here.
Needed - If your son is planning on attending Cub's in the fall, please let me know ASAP (Early registration forms will be available shortly). As parents and siblings are invited to attend Swim Up as well (Free bbq!) we need a headcount. Please let me know how many in total from your family will be attending Swim Up on the 22nd.
May 24, 25, 26 - All Sections Camp. - Only one of our five leaders are confirmed available for this full weekend event .....and that would be me (Dan). The show will go on, but as we are short leadership coverage, it will be mandatory for this event that a parent attends with their Beaver. It is worth noting that it is extremely rare for beavers to attend with out a parent even with full leadership coverage, so only one leader should not change much for this weekend. You have the option to arrive on Friday night, or Saturday morning. Details posted here.
Needed - Please RSVP to me via email with: Your (Accompanying parent's) full name. Your Beavers full name. Your planned arrival date (Either Friday or Saturday).
Swim Up - Rain or shine.
May 21 - End of Year Funhaven Party!!
May 7, 2013 - Bowling!


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California's first legal Cannabis Cup didn't have any legal weed
The San Bernardino City Council refused to grant High Times a temporary event permit for adult cannabis use. As a result, many vendors booths were empty and the crowds were thin.
Photo Courtesy of Michelle Janikian
What was slated to be a historical event – the first High Times Cannabis Cup on 4/20 in California post-legalization – ended up pushing stoners into a legal gray area. That's because, on April 18th, the San Bernardino City Council voted 6 – 0 against awarding High Times with a temporary event permit for adult use of cannabis. The 4/20 event went on, although news of a "cannabis-less cup" scared off a significant portion of vendors and consumers.
The news hurt the spirit of the 2018 Cannabis Cup on 4/20. Going in, I was expecting an epic celebration of all things weed. This was the first 4/20 in California since adult-use cannabis had been put into effect, after all. However, the crowd was much thinner than years past, there were a significant number of empty booths, and the energy was low.
"Some people backed out thinking that High Times wasn't going to be what it usually is. I mean, there's fewer businesses and people, but I think for the most part it's business as usual," said Kandice Hawes-Lopez at the NORML Orange County booth. "People are still consuming their medicine. I still see people providing for donations, having a good time and celebrating on 4/20, but it's not as crowded. The people who wanted to come to just get high as hell and get all the free and cheap medicine that they could aren't here."
Rather than being an "adult use" event open to anyone over 21 as planned, the Cannabis Cup became a "Prop 215 event." Meaning, it was open to all those with a medical recommendation in California. However, non-med card holders and non-California residents could still attend the event and the "Prop 215 medicating area" by getting a red wristband, free of charge. By showing your ID to a tent out front, attendees were given wristbands to prove they were medical users.
Once inside the event, it was almost business as usual. Flower, shatter, and a few random edibles were still available, but it was done "gray market" style. Meaning, you could "donate" about $5 per gram, or buy a legal product, like a dab wand for $15 and receive a "free" eighth of cannabis flower. Brands were also still giving out free dabs and lighting up big communal joints at 4:20 PM. It was, however, more low key than everyone expected for 4/20.
"I was very excited to come here and support the event, give appreciation to High Times, the sponsors, the vendors, as well as the ticket purchasers," said Keiko Beatie, cannabis consultant and board member of NORML Orange County. "But, what truly affects me right now is seeing the empty booths and knowing the manufacturers and vendors who put a lot of time, effort, and money into being here and counting on the commerce and outreach to the community to establish their business. And seeing this [points to empty booths], I'm disappointed for them… It's very sad to me."
Many vendors decided not to show up to the event, and there was a noticeable amount of empty booths. High Times offered vendors full refunds for pulling out. High Times also offered compensation for staying, like a free table at future events. Other vendors told me they had originally planned to have a much bigger tent, but downsized to a quarter of the size to save money.
"It's terrible [that High Times didn't get their permit]. We already set up and had everything ready," said Tray of Golden Gate Extracts. "We had projections of what we were trying to make…. We're still accepting donations. Only up to one-ounce donations, we can't do anymore. The projections here were a lot different than with the new rule change. But, ultimately, it's not their fault. It is the city's fault."
"We thought it would be a lot more crowds and a lot more vendors. You know? When there are more vendors there's obviously going to be more crowds," added Tray. "So that shut everything down. They came and said 'fuck it.'"
Why was the rug pulled out from under the cannabis cup at the last minute? There were plenty of rumors circling around the event like the City Council wanted an extra $40,000 for trash pick-up. Other rumors made it sound like previous, non-High Times sponsored cannabis events had set a bad precedent.
"There were two other events [Dabathon and Kushstock] that were bigger, or almost as big as High Times and they were breaking like every single rule…" said Hawes-Lopez. "They had alcohol consumption inside the consuming area. They had naked girls walking around. They were selling pounds for like $500. There were fights that broke out in the parking lot… It was freaking nuts, but they were allowed to go. But, as soon as High Times got on the city's radar, they made them come in and try to get a permit and then they said, 'you didn't come in on time for the permit.' So they denied it."
After watching a video of the City Council meeting, two things are clear. First, the permit needed to be submitted 60 days before the event, however, the City of San Bernardino only finished writing their temporary adult use cannabis event licenses on April 7th, making the 60-day minimum impossible. However, it was clear by the language of the City Council members that they were not comfortable with a legendary cannabis event in their backyard.
"I'm sitting here, asked to break the law, and it doesn't sit easy," said Council Member, Bessine L. Richard at the meeting.
"We're talking about crap on the floor from the attendees. This impacts our businesses, and I'm not okay with that," said Council Member, Virginia Marquez.
High Times was trying to do everything by the book; the problem was the book wasn't written in time. They're the first to apply to be fully compliant and host an adult-use event at the San Bernardino "National Orange Show" fairgrounds.
Being at the event, it not only felt like a buzzkill from the low turnout, but it felt like another attempt to censor the cannabis community. By not giving High Times the event permit, San Bernardino kept cannabis underground, even though the state has fully legalized cannabis-use for adults. On a day as significant as 4/20, this felt like a slap in the face to cannabis-consumers.
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What's in Store for Big Data Analytics in 2016
Posted by SteveSarsfield January 14, 2016
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It's the time of year again for predictions on all sorts of topics. Worthy, solid predictions are often based on the past and present trends and then projecting those trends into the coming year.
It's the time of year again for predictions on all sorts of topics. Worthy, solid predictions are often based on the past and present trends and then projecting those trends into the coming year. Since I spend a lot of time studying trends of big data and analytics, I'm going to offer my predictions for the upcoming year.
Big Data will Triumph over Global Troubles
While there were awesome use cases, big data in 2015 was still somewhat a science experiment. This year there is hope for major breakthroughs in solving some of the world's most challenging problems with big data. Organizations are already doing amazing things, but we're just scratching the surface of what we can accomplish with big data. I've had several conversations with clients who are looking to map the human genome and tackle problems like cancer, Alzheimer's disease and more by mapping the genes linked to them. I believe there are eminent breakthroughs here credited to our ability to handle huge data volume and perform faster and faster analytics improves.
But that's not all. People are using big data science for transportation research, making planes, trains and automobiles smarter and more efficient. Non-profits are using big data to drive decisions about conservation and ecology with big data. We have a real opportunity this year to make the world a better place with big data. Data is the new currency in scientific breakthroughs. The capability we now have to crunch through it with our algorithms is the disruptor.
Algorithms will be the New Edge
2016 is sure to be a year for using algorithms, specifically predictive analytics, to boost company revenue. Analysts like Gartner predict that differentiated algorithms alone will help corporations achieve a boost of 5% to 10% in revenue in the near future. Algorithms will make the best use of huge volume of customer-generated data that we get from our phones, devices and the internet of things to formulate more helpful, targeted offers for prospects and customers. New, younger companies will leverage predictive analytics to disrupt their markets and potentially unseat the established leaders. Predictive analytics can serve to update power delivery and consumption, medical research and treatment, and other lofty human problems, in addition to generating new revenue.
It's difficult to see whether the algorithms themselves will be an emerging market, as some analysts say, or whether we will share most of our algorithms in our communities of data scientists. I think society will benefit more from an open source approach here, and the young minds who develop the algorithms will probably be more willing to take an open approach. Think about it, if you could predict Alzheimer's disease with your algorithm, wouldn't you want to share it with the world?
Hybrid Architectures will Rule in 2016
Companies are adopting a strategy where they use the right tool for the right job when it comes to big data analytics. This means that daily analytics and proprietary data is analyzed on-premise in ever growing data warehouse data volumes. Small, short-lived projects are often deployed on the cloud, and Hadoop is often used to keep costs low on data that is important, or data that needs to be farmed for mission-critical information. Finally, technologies like Spark are in their infancy to help with real-time, operational analytics.
It will be up to the vendors and open source community to provide some consistency across these different deployment strategies. Information workers really won't care where it is running, just that they can use their favorite visualization tools, SQL, R and Python. Sometimes these workloads run in their own environment, but vendors can help reduce the work involved if, for example, you want to move your cloud project to on-premise. By offering a consistent SQL, for example, across these deployment architectures, you can avoid the headaches of a hybrid environment.
Open Source will Attain New Maturity
I've written many times about the hype around Hadoop and the maturity of the Hadoop platform by comparison to commercially available software. Let's face it, many open source solutions for big data analytics were somewhat immature in 2015. As I mentioned in my last post, it's a matter of taking software that is extremely useful and spending a few years to overcome shortcomings and build out a complete platform for big data analytics. This year, the Hadoop community will build it out to be a more complete platform. My prediction is that we'll see greater maturity in 2016. With greater maturity will come wider adoption.
That said, I have observed that the open source community tends to focus on the start and not the finish. For example, over the past few years, SQL users have heard about many flavors of SQL on Hadoop. Spark seems to be the latest and coolest new project offering SQL analytics on big data and it show great promise. However, the shift seems to be toward new projects and away from making the legacy projects work better.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Role
I was inspired to write these predictions by a webinar that I attended in which some of the executives of Hewlett Packard Enterprise and influencers gave their vision of 2016. For more information, watch the replay video here. Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has a role to play in making these predictions come true. HPE's vision starts with the understanding that data fuels the new style of business driving the idea economy. Data will distinguish disruptors from the disrupted. Big data promises new customers, better experiences and new revenue streams. But all opportunities come with challenges. The recipe for success is continuously iterating on what questions to ask, which data to analyze and how to use the insights at all levels of your organization.
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Psychology is gaining importance day by day and hence it is important that more and more people are aware of the facts and findings that are happening all over the world. The spread of the knowledge of the subject is of great help in bringing in improvement in the quality of life to such a complicated life that we have today. Spreading the knowledge through books is the best possible way. A book is a friend for all times to come. It can be read many times over. Particularly for a subject like this a collection is like a treasure to be cherished for life and more so if they are the best psychology books.
Daniel Kahneman in his 'Thinking fast and slow' explains as to why we think and react. It helps in explaining as to why we react in a particular way.
We can change and control our behavior and this is established by Timothy Wilson in her book Redirect. She explains the means by doing so with the help of recent researches and various therapies that are available in the present world.
Another book by Timothy Wilson titled –' Strangers to ourselves. The Adaptive Unconscious is a good book to read. It explains as to why we do certain things unconsciously.
Motivation has slowly but steadily grown in stature for the purpose driving a man to achieve a goal but the well being of the society at large. This subject has been popular in all spheres of life. As there is so much stress laid on it, researches are being carried out in this area. Daniel Pink has written a book called 'Drive', wherein he has attempted to capture the findings of the research work. This book helps to throw light in new areas to improve upon it.
Daniel Ariely's – Predictably irrational is another book that has had impacted me on as to its content.
The field of Psychology though in its nascent has so many great people working on the subject that all the great works can be reasonably listed out.


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Audrey Elaine JacobsAge: 77 years1931–2008
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Birth June 25, 1931
Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, United States
between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 10 years)
Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II
Marriage Marvin Thomas Russell — View this family
Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War
Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War
Death of a husband Marvin Thomas Russell
Kimball, St. Clair, Michigan, United States
Death December 26, 2008 (Age 77 years)
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Eleanor Nancy Allan
Duane Dean Russell
Marvin Thomas Russell
Birth: September 9, 1929 24 19 — Malcomb, Michigan, United States
Death: January 24, 1983 — Kimball, St. Clair, Michigan, United States
Birth: June 25, 1931 — Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, United States
Marriage: March 31, 1950 — Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, United States
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Birth: December 21, 1927 — Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Death: August 13, 1994 — Marysville, St. Clair, Michigan, United States
Marriage: September 29, 1952 — Angola, Steuben, Indiana, United States
Birth: July 2, 1955 25 27 — Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan, United States
Death: January 30, 2010 — Sterling Heights, Malcomb, Michigan, United States
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Six months of etching adventures to catch up on. There are lots of etched plates with notes and photos to share, several new tools to show and tell, a few metal working techniques used to make the finished jewelry, plus photos of some of my favorite finished pieces made using the process. The fun of making and learning continues. Sharing the learning is next.
Here is a start. These five photos illustrate just a few of the many steps I take in the creation of a new design. It starts with the inspiration and results in a unique piece of jewelry.
Check back later to see more of the steps if you are curious and to learn about what is new with my techniques for electro-etching both copper alloys and silver. I continue to learn from others who practice the techniques and share their knowledge freely on the Facebook Electro-Etchers Anonymous Group page. It is interesting to read about the various methods used to arrive at the desired end. No single one way best for all. My purpose in sharing is to say what is working for me at this time. Anyone looking back at my earliest etching posts will see how much my methods have changed over the years as I continue to improve results. I welcome comments and questions.


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Human resources and labor relations
Abstracts » Human resources and labor relations
Religion-labor partnerships: alive and growing in the new millennium
The executive director of the National Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice, Kim Bobo, has examined the revival of old labor-religious alliances, which is an important factor of labor's resurgence. She has explored the involvement of religious groups in worker battles and the dangers of such involvement.
Author: Bobo, Kim
Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Ltd.
Publication Name: WorkingUSA
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
Religious organizations, Models, Coalition (Social sciences), Coalitions (Social sciences), Religious institutions, Religious organization software
ACORN and community-labor partnerships
Steven Kest, the executive director of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), has built partnerships with numerous unions. Through these partnerships he has passed living-wage laws, raised the minimum wage, fought for affordable housing and opened job access for local residents.
Author: Kest, Steven
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now
Introducing today's labor-community coalitions
The author has given an introduction to the new labor community, which believes that focusing on labor issues is of primary importance. There are various models that are developed to study these growing issues.
Author: Reynolds, David
Public affairs, Social aspects, Work, Community, Social structure, Labour, Labor
Subjects list: United States, Labor unions, Alliances and partnerships, Labour unions
Abstracts: Personnel policies in partnership with profit. Relocation is on the rise. Temporary services: a permanent way of life
Abstracts: The benefits of a partnership approach to disability management. Designing long-term disability plans: tax efficiency vs. maximum wage replacement
Abstracts: Decline in recognition deals. Landmark offshoring agreement. New leader for TGWU
Abstracts: Collective bargaining intensifies. Debate focuses on statutory minimum wage. Anxiety mounts over pensions
Abstracts: Time and space: reframing the training and development agenda. Retention buzz: training and development plays a significant role


Momedy Sketch: Adventures in dieting: To HCG or not to HCG?
Adventures in dieting: To HCG or not to HCG?
So for the last couple of weeks I have been pretty much obsessively and exclusively preoccupied with food, and the lack thereof.
Aaron and I started a horrible diet (HCG) which supposedly makes you lose weight really fast because you EAT ALMOST NOTHING with the help of the magical HCG hormone.
Now as a personal trainer, I'm not particularly proud of going this route. In fact, I hang my head in shame. Professional integrity dictates that I tell you that this is not the way, my friends. Being extreme is almost never the healthiest, most long term solution to weight loss. But you know what? I have seen it work for people when nothing else would. So there's that.
And so, after a fairly good trial of trying to do things the old fashioned healthy way this time, I caved to the temptation of a quick fix and hoped that the results would be similar to what I have had in the past when I went bezerko for a a couple of months and lost 40lbs (and kept most of it off).
To be honest, I am intrigued by the Science behind this diet, I believe there is a lot of validity to it, and think that it actually works very effectively (i.e: the way it is supposed to, without extreme pain and suffering) for some people. I am seeing it work very well for Aaron. It is working for me in terms of weight loss, but the pain and suffering is not awesome, I'm not going to lie. Maybe I have the wrong chemical make up for it, maybe it is because I have recently stopped nursing, maybe I am just a wuss, but when they assure you that you won't be hungry or frankly miserable..well that's not how it is going for me.
Morning: wake up, notice that there is a significant and noticeable decrease in the size of my stomach. Finally! Don't feel hungry, feel energetic, feel light!
Jump on scale. Another lb down. Fabulous!
Think: This is the best diet ever, I love eating this way, it is simple and inexpensive, healthy and wonderful . My skin is great even without moisturizer, my hair is great even without conditioner, my stomach is flat(ter). I LOVE THIS DIET.
11 am: Call Aaron, ask him how much he has lost. Always more than me. Tell him that we must totally keep on this diet because it is GREAT.
12pm. Hmm…getting pretty hungry, but that's ok! Focus on the flat(ter) tummy! Focus on the flat(ter) tummy! It's cool! No worries.
1:30pm Call Aaron and ask him how many days we have left of the diet.
2pm. I'm really hungry, I think I don't want to do this diet for very much longer. 'Cos it's really hard. It's really restrictive. Plain spinach leaves aren't yummy. WHY IS THE STUPID CHICKEN TAKING SO LONG????? DON'T LOOK AT ME WITH THAT HUNGRY LOOK IN YOUR EYE, KID! THIS IS MY FOOD! MY TINY LITTLE AMOUNT OF FOOD FOR WHICH I HAVE WAITED ALL DAY!! LOOK AWAY. BETTER YET…WALK AWAY. ME AND MY FOOD NEED TO HAVE THIS SPECIAL MOMENT ALONE.
3pm. Well that did not exactly hit the spot. I'm still hungry, but I don't feel quite as crazy. That's ok. Not too long until dinner.
5:30pm rant to Aaron about how RI-DIC-CULOUS this is. Ask him how many days on it we have left.
9pm. I'm ok, it's going to be ok….I can carry on with this. I can finish the course. Yes. It's worth it I think. It's hard, but it's worth it.
The worst part is the social part. Summer is a social time, and I am a HUGE social eater (which makes me a HUGE social eater Get it? Ahahaha. Got it. ) For real, I can forget about food all day if I'm just going about my business, and then the phone will ring, and I will immediately shove something into my mouth. I'm like Pavlov's dog. Companionship of any form is my cue to eat. It is the weirdest thing. Going to a gathering where everyone is eating is understandably hard for most people on a very strict diet, but I don't even feel that social if I know I can't eat. To me they are very closely woven. Why bother hanging out if you can't eat?
So that's not good. I don't really feel like planning a date with my husband or doing fun things with my family when I know there won't be fun snack or meal as part of the festivities. I'm not even that stoked about hanging out together in the evenings watching a movie or TV because no doubt those things will make me want to eat and it's just no fun not to GRAZE AT ALL TIMES WHILST ENGAGED IN A SOCIAL INTERACTION. I'm not depressed, understand. It's just that fun times for me=eating and I can't seem to separate the two in my mind. So that's something that I need to address and for the increased awareness alone, this has been a valuable experience. Not sure what to do about it, but it's good to be more aware.
The other thing the extreme deprivation has taught me? Food is wonderful! Any food! You don't need to eat junk or fat filled food to have a sublime eating experience. A mixed green salad be with maybe a vinaigrette dressing? That sounds like heaven to me! A piece of bread?Hold the phone! I'm dying of joy at the very prospect! Quinoa? Oh my word, I'm salivating. Basically this diet lowers your expectations of culinary enjoyment. It resets your taste buds and increases your appreciation of good, clean food in general. It also makes 1200 calories seem like, in the words of my witty friend Lucia, "an all day buffet".
Ok so it's been two weeks and I've lost all the "feeding the baby weight". Now all that is left is to get rid of the "gestating the baby" weight (roughly the same amount as the feeding the baby weight). So basically I'm where I should have been a year ago. But at least I am not moving further and further away from my goal. Or inching toward it an ounce a month. That's always something.
Will I make it to the 23 days? ( You can do the course for a min of 23 days or for a max 40 days. I threw out the idea of the 40 days ages ago. I'm pretty sure I will die of self pity if I stay on it that long). Well I don't know. As you can tell my feelings about this are pretty ambivalent.
I will say it's pretty exciting to feel tight clothes become loose. Exciting enough to compensate for the pain? Not sure. Not sure my friends. Just being real. I must also add that for the most part I feel healthy (albeit hungry). Like I said, my skin is good, it has not responded negatively to no moisturizer, my hair has no responded negatively to no conditioner and my digestive system is working very well (amazingly enough?!) My energy levels are adequate and increasing every day. It seems a lot healthier than when I went crazy and did it my own way years ago and so as for my health, I am unconcerned. I also feel that it is short term enough not to warrant any major concerns. For my comfort, I am concerned. Greatly so.
Incidentally, Aaron? Who is a lot bigger and has to be a lot more active than I am? Who is also a lot less vain and therefore less dedicated to weight loss? Is doing fine! No problems. He misses eating, a lot, no question but he has not had the extreme discomfort that I did in the first week.
So that is the epic scoop. (Scoop!…ahhhh ice cream)……will keep you posted.
Turning off comments on this one, because frankly, I don't want to hear anyone's dire warnings and disparagement of fad diets and stuff like that. I know all that stuff, and I'm too damn hungry to deal with hearing about it.
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I love chicken wings, especially the spicy, burn your mouth kind of wings. I got this recipe online from Carls Bad Cravings.
I made this for my brother-in-laws birthday BBQ and those who tried it loved it. I could of had mine spicier but others said it was just right :) It was my first time making blue cheese dipping sauce and I loved it. It is an acquired taste but definitely give it a go, the more you eat it, the more you'll love it – trust me.
While writting this up…I could devour some right now! Drool….
1. Preheat oven to 200° and line a tray (or two) with baking paper.
2. In a medium size bowl, mix together the dry rub ingredients. In a large bowl (might need to do this in two batches) add the dry rub and the chicken wings, using your hands, tossing to coat the wings evenly.
3. Line the wings on the tray and bake on a middle rack for 45-50 minutes or until cooked, turning once until crispy and evenly browned. (Alternatively, cook on a BBQ).
4. While the wings are cooking, combine all the blue cheese sauce ingredients into a food processor and blitz until combined. Pop back into the fridge until ready to use.
5. While wings are cooling, melt butter over medium heat and add remaining sauce ingredients, bring to a boil and stir occasionally. Reduce to a simmer until slightly thickened, roughly 3-5 minutes.
6. When chicken is done, add to a large serving bowl or platter and pour over sauce. Gently toss wings with a spatula until evenly coated. Devour this delicious spicy wings – Enjoy!


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Jeff Gordon to Drive in Saturday's eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series Event at Virtual North Wilkesboro Speedway
Jeff Gordon to Drive in Saturday's eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Se
Jeff Gordon is scheduled to drive in the upcoming eNASCAR iRacing Pro Invitational Series Event at virtual North Wilkesboro Speedway on Saturday, May 9th, 2020 at 3pm ET, which will air on FOX*, FS1 and the FOX Sports app.
Gordon will be piloting the Axalta No. 24 in the event, which is a throwback to the rainbow paint scheme he drove to Victory Lane after his 1996 win at the 0.625-mile track.
During his NASCAR Cup Series career, Jeff Gordon scored one win at North Wilkesboro which came after leading 207 laps in the final NASCAR Cup Series event that was held at the track on September 29th, 1996.
In 8 starts at North Wilkesboro Speedway, Gordon tallied four Top 5 finishes, five Top 10 finishes, one pole position and led a total of 314 laps.
JJ Watt, Chase Rice and Cassi Mitchell Smith serve as prerace dignitaries for Saturday's FOX NASCAR iRACING event from historic, virtual North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina via video from their respective homes.
Watt, Houston Texans star defensive end and host of the upcoming FOX game show, ULTIMATE TAG (premiering Wednesday, May 20, at 9:00 PM ET), gives the command to start engines on Saturday, May 9, for NASCAR's anticipated return to North Wilkesboro, the seventh and final scheduled eNASCAR iRACING Pro Invitational Series race (3:00 PM ET on FOX*, FS1 and the FOX Sports app).
Rice, country music artist and former NASCAR pit crew member, performs the national anthem. With more than 1.7 million albums sold and more than 1.3 billion total streams to his credit, Rice is poised to release The Album Part II on May 15. Coupled with The Album Part I, the record follows his sophomore album, Lambs & Lions, which featured chart-topper "Eyes on You," Rice's first No. 1 as an artist.
Mitchell Smith, wife of Speedway Motorsports President Marcus Smith, offers the invocation from Charlotte Motor Speedway prior to the start of the North Wilkesboro event. Mother to Graham and Gracie, Mitchell Smith is extremely active with Speedway Children's Charities.
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.@JeffGordonWeb is going to North Wilkesboro and he's bringing his Rainbow Warrior paint scheme. pic.twitter.com/oNQWS4wr4W
— FOX: NASCAR (@NASCARONFOX) May 6, 2020
It'll be hard to top my last race at North Wilkesboro Speedway, but I'm going to give it a try! 😃
I'll be racing this @AxaltaRacing rainbow #24 in Saturday's #ProInvitationalSeries event.
📺: Saturday, May 9th. 3pm ET. @NASCARONFOX.
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— Jeff Gordon (@JeffGordonWeb) May 7, 2020
.@JeffGordonWeb won the final NASCAR Cup Series race at North Wilkesboro in 1996. pic.twitter.com/5IVGdFPIP9
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