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What Is The Statute of Limitations in California For a DUI?
What is the statute of limitations in California for driving under the influence (DUI)?
Drivers charged with driving under the influence (DUI) in California often wonder about the state's statute of limitations. Some drivers aren't sure if the state even uses a statute of limitations for DUI charges.
This article reviews the statute of limitations in California for a DUI. You can review the differences in handling a misdemeanor or felony DUI here with the Simmrin Law Group. Call (310) 997-4688 to get legal advice about DUI charges today.
Defining the Statute of Limitations in California
The statute of limitations dictates how long the court system can wait to charge someone with a crime. Depending upon the crime, the statute of limitations may vary in length. Some crimes, like murder, have no statute of limitations.
California uses two different statutes of limitations for DUI charges. The court system must commence DUI charges for a driver within:
One year for a misdemeanor DUI charge
Three years for a felony DUI charge
If DUI charges are not commenced within the statute of limitations, an individual can no longer be charged in court for the offense.
Methods to Commence DUI Charges in California
Many drivers believe that the court system can only commence a DUI case by filing charges. However, this is not always the case. In fact, the court system can begin proceedings in a DUI case by:
Filing a complaint for a misdemeanor
Filing an indictment for a felony
Arraigning a driver on a complaint for a felony
Issuing a bench warrant or arrest warrant for a driver
You should be aware that arrest warrants are subject to the statute of regulations in California, but bench warrants are not. This means that you could face charges far into the future if the court issues a bench warrant for your arrest after you are accused of a DUI.
Differences Between Misdemeanor and Felony DUI Charges
As we mentioned previously, misdemeanor and felony charges for a DUI are treated differently in California. The prosecution generally decides how your DUI charges should be prosecuted. Many DUIs are treated as a misdemeanor, but you may face felony charges if:
You have three previous misdemeanor convictions for a DUI
You have one previous felony conviction for a DUI
Someone was hurt or killed in an accident caused by the DUI
Both misdemeanor and felony DUI charges should be taken seriously in California. You can get help quickly by calling (310) 997-4688 to speak with a criminal defense lawyer in Los Angeles.
Related: Murder Charges Filed For DUI Accident That Killed Pedestrian
Results of a Conviction for a DUI Charge in California
You can be prosecuted for a DUI charge in California as long as the statute of limitations has not expired for your case. DUI convictions can lead to a number of incredibly harsh penalties. Drivers convicted of a misdemeanor can be sentenced to:
Jail time of up to six months
Fines of up to $2,000
Restrictions on their driving privileges
A felony conviction for a DUI could result in:
Prison time of up to four years
The revocation of your driver's license
Additionally, all DUI charges in California are priorable. Each time you are convicted, the penalties you face can increase, even if you are charged with a misdemeanor.
Related: Can You Get a DUI For Driving On Xanax?
Dealing with DUIs and the Statute of Limitations in California
Technically, you could try to avoid a DUI conviction in California by attempting to wait out the statute of limitations. However, it is very unlikely that you would be able to avoid the court system for the number of years necessary for the statute of limitations to expire, especially for a felony charge.
You can face DUI accusations head-on by working with a DUI lawyer in Los Angeles. The professionals at the Simmrin Law Group can provide you with answers to your legal questions now. Depending upon your situation, we may be able to:
Get your charges reduced
Get your charges dismissed
Win your case in court
Take steps to proactively resolve DUI charges in your favor by contacting us as soon as you are arrested.
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Contact a Lawyer About the Statute of Limitations for a DUI
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It looks like the NSA was a little cozier with Silicon Valley companies than we previously realized. Newly declassified documents show that the spy agency (read: taxpayers) paid Google, Facebook, Yahoo, and others millions of dollars to cover the costs associated with PRISM.
In a way, the high cost of compliance is the NSA's own fault. Back in 2011, a secret FISA court ruled that the NSA's inability to separate foreign from domestic intelligence violated the Fourth Amendment. According to documents obtained by The Guardian, this led to a new certification process for the technology companies that were helping out, and according to the law, the onus fell on the federal government to cover the associated costs. The millions of taxpayer dollars' worth of costs.
What's especially interesting about this latest revelation is that it provides proof that Facebook, Google and friends maintained a closer relationship with the NSA than they've admitted. After the initial series of stories connected to Edward Snowden's leak hit the press, all of these companies distanced themselves from PRISM, and many claimed not to have a direct relationship with the spy agency. But we knew then that they were lying, and some suspected that money was changing hands.


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Now, normally I'm a Broadway Baby, however, as it's Thanksgiving here in the US today, which, for Americans, marks the start of the holiday season, I decided to venture out to Radio City Music Hall to see their Christmas show, featuring the Rockettes.
The venue itself is magnificent and really blew me away – after several nights enduring drab Broadway theatres, I have to say that Radio City Music Hall had me at the front door! I love 1930s design and it's a scandal that they only let you in ten mins before the start of the show, which means you don't have time to explore properly. In fact, I've booked on the venue tour to get a proper look around.
The Great Stage itself is sensational,worthy of the title and very versatile. The projection which is part of the production makes full use of the architecture of the building, and, in this production, they've really embraced technology with drone snowflakes and the like. The show even has THREE(!) camels in it and a donkey, all for the nativity scene! I'll tell you now, my eyes popped out of my head, and I was open mouthed in disbelief.
In terms of the venue, the theatre seats approx. 6,000 people. On Saturday coming, for example, they do six shows – that's potentially 36,000 seats in one day. I know of some West End productions that struggle to fill 1,000 a performance.
If you're in New York this festive season then I implore you to visit the Christmas Spectacular – it's genuinely the best thing I've done whilst here! TKTS seem to carry tickets daily (sometimes with 50% discount on certain performances), and I'd recommend the 1st Mezzanine (Dress Circle for we Brits) for the best view.


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[Piano v2] Chapter 8: The Other Side of the Globe
Here's chapter 8. I am actually working way faster than I should. Break's ending soon in 4 days, 3 chapters to go, and I'll be going on a hiatus soon in order to focus on my finals. Don't look quite good to cockblock the readers since it is reaching the climax, but clearing 3 chapters in 13 days is kinda hard for me. Should have paced myself.
Anyway, enjoy for now. I'll see what I can do with the remaining three chapters.
The following Monday, Chiaki and I had agreed to meet up at the train station before heading off to school together. During the holidays, some of the teachers on duty wouldn't be at school that early in the morning, so it was possible we wouldn't be able to grab the keys for our morning practice. Because of that, Chiaki had no choice but to give in to me—who loved lazing around in bed—and agree to meet at a later time.
That morning, we didn't manage to find the key to our club's practice room in the key box.
"...... Senpai took it?"
"It's probably her."
We confirmed that with each other. Over the weekend, we had tried calling Mafuyu, but she never picked up.
The two of us made our way to the back of the school building. When we opened the door, a series of intense piano passages overwhelmed us; I shielded my face with my hands without thinking.
In the middle of the cramped classroom, I could almost see the grand piano, and the long maroon hair behind it, swaying along with the rhythm of the melody. However, it was just a brief mirage—there was only the drum set, huddling in the gloomy corner of the room. In front of the mini-amplifier on the left, was the back of someone with braided black hair.
Kagurazaka-senpai was sitting on the round stool, listening to the piano piece; she was almost sprawled over the speakers. The room was engulfed in heat, as she hadn't switched on the air conditioning.
This—This song is—
"...... Hmm? Morning, my fellow comrades."
Senpai turned around to greet us with a smile, despite her looking all worn out. Chiaki pushed the dazed me aside, walked into the room, and sat down on the chair behind the drum set.
"Senpai, are you okay? You don't look too well......"
"Mmm. I've been listening to this song without sleep since last night. There's absolutely no time for me to relax and rest!"
Then just stop listening to it continuously? I walked into the classroom, then closed the door and switched on the air conditioning.
"What song is this? It's really incredible...... Is it really played by a human being?"
It really was played by a human being. I could tell just by listening to it—the person playing was none other than Mafuyu.
Senpai pressed her face against the speakers and continued listening to the song in silence, so I answered in her place.
"The name of the song is <Islamey>. It's the world's hardest piano piece."
"I see......"
But is that really being played by Mafuyu? I don't remember her releasing that piece.
"This is played by Mafuyu, right? Where did you get your hands on that?"
"Young man, you really recognize immediately if it's a piece played by Mafuyu!"
Because there's no one else who'd play it in that manner! It wasn't the fastest version of <Islamey> I had heard before, but...... In any case, Mafuyu had managed to allow the listeners to clearly discern the section where her left hand was playing notes up and down the scales, and she did this while maintaining a flawless tempo. Since <Islamey> was actually a dance tune, Mafuyu's way of playing might have actually been the correct way of playing the song.
"This is an unreleased recording. I managed to get my hands on it after sneaking into Comrade Ebisawa's house last night."
"What the hell have you done!?" That's definitely a crime, isn't it!?
"I didn't steal this, yeah? It was my second time sneaking into Comrade Ebisawa's house, and this time, I managed to locate her room successfully. Though I didn't expect her to throw this tape at me in the moment of her fury. Seems like she really dislikes being seen by others when she's listening to piano pieces, so I said nothing else and got out of there as quickly as I could."
"Senpai, you should really be sent to jail. I'll bring some tonics when I visit you." Chiaki's eyes were actually wet.
"Thank you. You are not to fall in love with anyone else while I'm serving my sentence, okay?"
"Mmm!"
"That's not funny at all! Stop fooling around, or I'll really call the cops!"
"Sigh, young man is not the least bit poetic......"
This has nothing to do with being poetic or not! Senpai ignored my protests and picked up her guitar, which was already connected to the amplifiers. After muting her guitar using a palm mute, she began playing notes with almost no intonation to them, using them to gently accompany the chords Mafuyu played through the speakers. It was a sound that made one feel like responding after listening to it.
*Zun*—a heavy sound rang, followed by a brief and delicate triplet. Chiaki's drums joined in as well, and started off with the subtle beats of the ride cymbals, coupled with the snare drums. As the melody of the piano moved into its climax, Senpai's guitar roared in response; at the same time, Chiaki's drums transitioned into a fervent tempo focused on the bass drums.
I see, it does sound like the traditional dances of Caucasus—very passionate, but unrefined. I removed my guitar case from my shoulders and leaned it against the wall, then sat down on the cushion on the floor. If there were no interruptions, the members of this band could jam on nonstop for several hours—well, aside from me that is. But looking at the current situation...... could I include Mafuyu as well? We're talking about something way beyond my ability—don't they get tired at all?
Whatever. The recorded <Islamey> by Mafuyu had to come to an end. I listened to it in a daze—the piece had lightly skipped through the slow section in the middle (the part I loved the most), and went straight to the end, before starting all over again from the beginning. W-Wait a second? That's not how the piece is supposed to be, right?
"What's this? Why's it going on forever?"
I couldn't help but stand up and interrupt their performance. Chiaki stopped moving and stared at me with her face red. Senpai laughed and switched off the mini-amplifiers.
"I didn't sleep a wink last night after returning home. After cutting and sampling the piece, I made it repeat on and on nonstop. Now, we can use it as a disco piece! The tempos of Comrade Ebisawa's performances are all very distinct, which makes them suitable for things like this."
"Just stop doing these things and sleep properly! You look really horrible, yeah!?"
"How can I possibly go to sleep when I haven't managed to have a proper talk with Comrade Ebisawa?"
I sank weakly into the cushion on the floor.
That means I was the only one who managed to speak with Mafuyu after the training camp?
"So, what's going on here? We have less than a week before our live performance......"
The actual performance is this Saturday. If this carries on—
"Comrade Ebisawa hasn't even practiced our new piece yet. In any case, let's record it for now! Hey young man, begin the preparations!"
"...... Ah, right."
We burned the whole day recording that song. But since Mafuyu wasn't around, we couldn't decide on the actual arrangement of the piece, so we ended up filling the thirty-minute tape trying out various different arrangements.
"I'll deliver this to her," Chiaki said. "This is for Mafuyu, right?"
"Are you taking it there? Aside from the guards, there are also two Dobermans in her courtyard. I suggest you take the much safer route infiltrating through the underground pipes or something."
"Can't we just visit her normally and openly!?"
"This is the map to the live house. We have a rehearsal on Friday, so remember to ask her to come!"
Senpai completely ignored me and passed the tape, the scores and the live house's handout to Chiaki. Chiaki just stared at the map printed on the handout.
"So..... she may not come here even once till Friday?"
"Mmm...... that's quite possible."
"How could she do that!"
Forget about the rehearsal, she may not even appear for the actual performance—all three of us knew that was a possibility, but we refrained from mentioning it.
Should I follow along as well? Perhaps it'd be better if Chiaki went alone instead...... as it seems I was the one who made Mafuyu angry. Just as I was thinking of that, Chiaki grabbed me by the collar and said, "Nao, you're coming along as well!"
"Uh...... mmm......"
"Don't you want to go?"
"It just feels like...... she'll refuse to see me even if I go?"
"It somehow feels like I've pissed her off or something...... She probably hates me right now."
"Senpai, can I punch him?" Chiaki turned towards Senpai to seek her opinion on the matter.
"If a punch were all it took to solve his denseness, then all the psychologists in the world would be left jobless. Quit your excuses and just be honest with yourself and go along. You have an excuse for meeting Comrade Ebisawa anyway, do you not?"
Senpai shot a glance towards the corner of the room. I followed her gaze and looked in the same direction.
My backpack was stuffed at the very bottom of the shelf, and hanging off of it was the recorder I had borrowed from Mafuyu. It had been there since the training camp was over.
"Yeah...... I guess."
It wouldn't do for us to remain in our current situation. I walked over to pick up the backpack.
Even though the train station closest to Mafuyu's house was on the fringe of the city, quite a lot of passengers still got on and off the trains there, as it was an interchange station that linked the JR and the private railways. In front of the station was a leisurely walkway, paved with red bricks, and a shopping arcade. I had gone to that area a few times before to shop for books as well. When we were about a hundred meters away from the station, we saw a lot fewer people out on the streets. And as we walked on, the houses surrounding us gradually merged in with the scenery of dusk.
We had expected to get lost, but it turned out we had worried for nothing; Mafuyu's house was incredibly large, to the point that we could easily spot it without even needing to confirm with the map.
I originally thought it was a park with coniferous trees in it—but after aligning the surrounding utility poles with the map on her handphone, Chiaki said, "Mmm, this is it." Amid the trees, we finally found a large black arching gate with inverted spikes, and past the arching gate was a building that looked like a museum or something. So Ebichiri's that rich huh......
"Ah, there really are dogs in the courtyard! Ain't those Dobermans cute? There, they're looking in our direction!"
Chiaki slid her hand between the rails of the gate and waved enthusiastically at the black shadows sitting next to the flowerbed. What the heck are you here for?
We then found an intercom, and its associated buzzer, on the doorpost at the side of the gate.
"Will the dogs come pouncing on us with bared teeth if I press this button?" Chiaki asked.
"How's that possible!?"
But even so, we dared not press the intercom buzzer for a long time. What should we do if Mafuyu answers? I wasn't mentally prepared for that yet, and had no idea what to say to her if I ended up seeing her.
"Heh!" In the end, it was Chiaki who pressed the button. It felt like the black silhouettes of the dogs had moved a little, causing me to instinctively hide myself behind the doorpost.
A short while later, a woman's voice came from the intercom.
"...... Yes? May I know who this is?"
That's—not Mafuyu's voice. The female voice sounded way more mature.
"...... U-Urm, well......"
Chiaki pushed my face aside and spoke into the intercom,
"Good evening, I'm Aihara. I am...... Mafuyu's fellow clubmate, from the high school she is attending. She didn't come to today's practice. So, thinking she might be feeling unwell, we have come to visit her. We have some things we want to pass on to her as well."
I was impressed with how fluently Chiaki said all that; there wasn't the slightest hint of stuttering. She's lying about us visiting Mafuyu because we think she's sick, but we do have things we want to pass on to her, so they might actually allow us to enter. Chiaki was probably playing it by ear—as for me, what have I done here? I'll have to buck up as well!
"Please hold on for a moment."
After the woman said that, the intercom fell silent.
"Will Mafuyu come out?" Chiaki mumbled.
Then again, since Chiaki didn't mention my name just now, perhaps......
I sat down at the base of the doorpost. Even though the sun was below the horizon, the asphalt still felt incredibly hot.
I could suddenly hear the sounds of someone walking on the turf. I stood up immediately.
Someone was walking through the spacious courtyard and towards the door. It was a tall woman with short hair; she was wearing a grey suit and long pants. She patted the Dobermans that had walked up next to her, and made them sit down before she came to the door.
"Sorry for making you two wait."
She was young—probably between twenty-five and thirty years old. Her hair was cut rather short, which made her face look fresh and neat. She was wearing a pair of elegant earrings as well. Who is she? Mafuyu's family? Nope, doesn't look quite like it.
The woman walked out through a small door located at the side of the gate, then bowed to Chiaki and me.
"I am the person in charge of tending to the daily lives of Maestro Ebisawa and the young lady. Despite having both of you travel all the way here, my mistress is unable to meet you."
"Is she feeling unwell?"
Chiaki took a step forward and asked worriedly with her brows furrowed.
"No. My mistress has instructed me to pass on the message that she is feeling unwell, but I am afraid that is probably a lie."
Despite her courteous manners, her words were rather direct.
"Maestro Ebisawa has overly doted on our young lady, which has resulted in her being unable to listen to anything when her tantrum kicks in. I apologize to you two on behalf of my mistress. If there is anything you wish to pass on to her, you can do so through me."
How should we respond when she speaks to us in such a solemn and serious manner? While I was thinking of something to say, Chiaki handed her the live house handout, the scores of our new song and the tape.
"Is that all? Did she not say anything else?"
From the tone of Chiaki's voice, it felt as though she was about to cling herself to the woman.
"No. Nothing at all."
"You should have told her my name, right?"
"Yes. I told Mistress that Miss Aihara and a man had come over to visit her."
She didn't tell her my name—did Mafuyu know it was me? Then again, I don't think there'd be any other guy who would come looking for her, right? And that means...... that she really is unwilling to see me?
"At the very least, Mafuyu can tell us that herself via the intercom, right?" Chiaki refused to give in.
"My mistress has no intention of leaving her room at all."
"Then we will communicate through pen and paper! Miss, please help us to pass our message to her!"
"That's enough, Chiaki."
I grabbed Chiaki by the shoulders and pulled her away before she troubled the woman any further. I then lowered my head and apologized.
"I'm really sorry. Urm...... we have no choice but to trouble you to pass those items on to her. And also, please tell her there's a rehearsal on Friday. Tell her to make her way down to the place marked on the map at three o'clock."
"Yes. I will definitely convey that to Mistress."
She didn't show the slightest smile while answering—what a strange person. As for Chiaki, she was grabbing me tightly by the arm and whimpering softly, just like a dog...... Just give up already!
Just as I was about to make my way back to the station, dragging Chiaki along with me—
"Please hold on a second."
I turned my head in response to her call, and saw the woman walk towards us in quick steps.
"Could it be, that you are actually Mr. Hikawa Naomi?"
"...... Eh? Yeah. That's me."
Chiaki looked at me in surprise, and then, at the woman.
"I see. I am sorry for calling out to you all of a sudden. Mistress always talks about Mr. Hikawa."
Mafuyu—she always talks about me? Mmm, I think Ebichiri said something similar as well, but is that really true?
"...... She always talks about me?"
"Yes. She says you are dense, unreliable and mouthy, and that she always gets angry whenever she is with you."
She sure doesn't mince words!
"Yes, that's exactly how it is!" Chiaki chipped in.
"However, she frequently uses the term 'unreliable' for her father as well. Therefore, I think that might just be her way of showing how dear the two of you are to her."
"Haa......?"
No, wait, you don't have to put it that way just to console me, yeah? In any case, I'm just a......
While I was acting all depressed, the woman suddenly handed me her name-card.
"I am sorry for introducing myself only now. My name is Matsumura. Please do not hesitate to contact me if it has anything to do with our young lady. Honestly speaking, I am not too sure how I should interact with my mistress as well. I would be more confident in doing so if I had the chance to interact with Mr. Hikawa and Mistress's fellow schoolmates."
Miss Matsumura continued to speak with us with the same emotionless expression and unfaltering voice. She passed a name-card to Chiaki as well.
There was nothing about her position, or the name of any company, printed on the name-card—just her name "Matsumura Hitomi" and her handphone number. That accomplished just about nothing for your self-introduction, yeah?
"It was great meeting the two of you."
Miss Matsumura bowed again before making her way back to the mansion.
"...... What a strange person."
Chiaki murmured, as she stuffed the name-card in her pocket.
"But she should be trained in martial arts or something."
"You can actually tell?"
"Mmm, because she keeps her center of gravity really stable when she moves. She's probably Mafuyu's personal bodyguard?"
In any case, it's good to have someone I can contact, and I might even get the chance to ask her about Mafuyu's situation. However, our live performance is only six days away. Is there really nothing we can do?
"So aside from the two Dobermans, we'll also have to take down that woman before we can see Mafuyu?"
Chiaki said something really dangerous in a soft voice.
"Ahh—I've had enough! I'll break in through the front!"
Chiaki turned around. I quickly grabbed her by the shoulders to prevent her from walking back to the mansion.
"Let me go! I'm an elite beginner dan in Judo, so it won't be a problem!"
"No way!"
A well-trained Doberman is the strongest living creature on the planet!
"But Mafuyu's really going overboard with this!"
Chiaki suddenly grabbed me by the collar, slid her leg in-between both of mine and swept me off the ground. My butt landed hard on the ground. It hurts......
When I raised my head, I saw Chiaki put on a serious expression with tears in her eyes.
"But we're bandmates! Hearing the palm mutes twice and the sound of the hi-hat four times is all Mafuyu and I need to understand what the other is about to do next. That's the understanding we've developed after just one month of playing together! If we wanted to, we could even jam on for five or six hours without stopping, and yet Mafuyu......"
Chiaki knelt down to punch my shoulders—it was a really weak punch.
"All Mafuyu thinks of is Nao! Isn't...... isn't that just unfair for the rest of us!?"
She only thinks about me.
Chiaki's body relaxed all of a sudden. I caught her by the shoulders to prevent her from collapsing onto me.
All Mafuyu thinks about is me—is that really true? Perhaps it was. The problem was actually only between Mafuyu and me, but it somehow escalated into something that caused feketerigó to lose her right arm, bringing her to the brink of collapse—there was still no changing Kagurazaka-senpai's cruel fate.
It was really...... sad.
"...... Sorry."
Chiaki said that as she stood up, using my shoulders for support. Her head hung low the entire time...... is she crying?
"It's nothing. I'm not crying."
Chiaki shook her head vigorously. She left me behind as she began making her way back to the station. I hurriedly caught up to her, but hesitated to walk by her side.
"Chiaki, are you okay?"
"I'm fine. I'm a beginner dan in Judo, so I'm really strong."
Those aren't related at all, okay? Chiaki's voice was unnaturally cheerful. She quickened her pace to walk about a half step in front of me, but never turned her head around, disallowing me from continuing our conversation.
Mafuyu didn't appear in the club room the following day as well. Chiaki and Kagurazaka-senpai were actively discussing the tracks we'd be singing for the performance, as well as what we'd be wearing on stage. However, they didn't mention anything about Mafuyu.
"I want to make the T-shirts for feketerigó. About ten of them."
"It'll look really stupid if all of us wore the same shirt up on stage, yeah?"
"I'll be the only one wearing it. The rest of the band members will get one too, and as for the remaining shirts, I'll sell them for four thousand yen each."
"That sounds pretty good. Let's start by designing the logo."
I sat in a corner of the room hugging my bass, and looked at Chiaki and Senpai from a distance, as they tried to come up with a logo for the shirt in a strangely enthusiastic way. That name was something Mafuyu had come up with—how did they manage to talk about it without feeling anything?
The two of them suddenly quietened down. They looked gloomily at the amplifiers to the right of the entrance—the place Mafuyu had always stood—and that caused my chest to hurt.
I see. The reason the both of them only chatted and didn't touch their instruments was because—
It was because there would be music whenever we were all together. All Senpai had to do was signal with her eyes; Chiaki would then twirl her drumsticks; and Mafuyu would draw her eyelids back slightly and stare at the strings next to her hands. Next, the jam session would begin, and would flow on and on, as though the concept of time didn't exist.
And I'd exhaust myself trying my hardest not to be left behind in their wake.
If Mafuyu ends up not appearing at the rehearsal or the actual performance, what should we do? A band with a member missing was not something as simple as four minus one equals three—it was almost equal to zero. Does Mafuyu understand that?
I couldn't help but lay my eyes on Senpai. Will she come up with something like she always does? She always scattered some weird seeds in places I would never have thought of.
When Senpai noticed me looking at her, she flashed a slight smile and waved at me.
I moved my chair next to the drum set and sat down.
"Yes?"
"I'll just state this clearly—I won't be doing anything this time."
"Eh......?"
Chiaki looked at me, and then at Senpai, with an uneasy expression on her face.
"Urm......"
She's referring to the situation regarding Mafuyu, right? But for some reason, it was hard for me to say her name at a time like this.
"I won't be doing anything for two reasons. One, should Comrade Ebisawa not show up here ever again, then it'll be my win. Though the victory would be helplessly sad and empty."
"What's the thing you'd win?"
"Actually, that's not a result I want. My victory shouldn't be built on the loss of others. But it's not like I have a choice in the matter. While I am a revolutionist and a musician, at the same time, I am also a woman in love."
What the heck is this person talking about? While I was dumbfounded by that, Chiaki picked up a drumstick and pointed it at Senpai's chest.
"Senpai, you've involved yourself in too many romances!"
"Can't help it, I was born that way! Romance makes up about eighty percent of me!"
"And the remaining twenty?"
"Thirty percent is lust, and ten percent is crushes."
"That's all the same, isn't it!"
"...... There's an excess of twenty percent, yeah?"
"And the second reason—this is not my fight." Don't ignore my question and just move back to the original topic as you wish! "If it were for my own victory, I'd resort to all means to plant the seeds of possibility everywhere I could, and just wait for spring to come. However, this time around, it's your fight. Like back then, I don't mind lending you a helping hand should you need assistance; however, I won't proactively do anything."
I shifted my gaze from Senpai's knees to the floor.
"...... Since I'm not a poetic person, can you please put it in simpler terms I can understand?"
Actually, I had some idea of what Senpai was trying to say.
It was probably something to be expected, and something that was important. Senpai planted her hands firmly on my shoulders and said,
"Come up with something by yourself."
Senpai's words permeated through my entire body, all the way down to my feet.
I nodded my head slowly.
"Lil' Nao, I'm done with my articles already! Hurry up and prepare my meal! I want something luxurious!"
Upon reaching home, I saw Tetsurou dashing towards the door. It looked like he was about to pounce on me, so I removed one of my shoes and threw it at him for good measure.
"My feelings of joy will not be extinguished by something like this!"
The overture of <A Midsummer Night's Dream> by Mendelssohn was blaring loudly from the direction of the living room. Tetsurou would always listen to that song whenever he finished writing major articles. He had dark circles under his eyes and some stubble on his face, as the publisher had kidnapped him and locked him up yesterday to force him to write the articles.
"...... Did you eat your meals properly?"
"Those people placed me under house arrest, and banned me from calling room service! I was forced to eat microwave fried rice with crab meat."
"Oh, is that so? Then I'll cook fried rice without crab meat for tonight's dinner."
"Nao's kindness has brought me to tears!"
"Then I'll hold back on the salt as well."
"Why do you say nothing but cruel words? What sort of upbringing did you experience for you to have become so difficult to deal with? I really want to take a look at the person who raised you to be the person you are today!"
"That person is none other than you!"
I had originally wanted to drag him to the mirror in front of the washing basin, but that would've taken too much effort, so I dropped the idea.
While I was preparing dinner in the kitchen, the suite playing in the living room entered the famous wedding march, which really made me feel like dying. Why the hell must I listen to such joyous songs together with Tetsurou when I'm in such a bad mood!? Why!? Hurry up and move on to the funeral march already!
"Why are we having kimchi jjigae despite the hot weather?"
Tetsurou complained when he saw me placing dinner on the table. Shut up. It's because it's easier to prepare stew, that's why!
"Don't eat if you don't like it!" I stared fiercely at Tetsurou while helping myself to some rice. He had already filled his bowl with grilled tofu and beef rump, and was eating with huge bites. Can't do anything about him. Then again, I had always been curious—this guy always washes his food down with sake...... is his sense of taste really okay?
"You're the child of Misako and me, so why is Nao's cooking so good?"
"It's because both of you don't know how to cook!"
I did occasionally worry about whether Misako could live properly by herself or not.
"Ah, is that so? I see, so that's how it is. Well well, I was wondering for a second if you were actually my real child or not."
"I sometimes wonder if I'm Tetsurou's child or not as well!"
"Don't worry. It's not your fault."
"And it's all yours, Tetsurou!"
I had no idea what I was talking about with him.
After he finished the sake, Tetsurou began drinking whiskey, pairing it up with the stewed vegetables at the bottom of the pot.
"Then again, it's not like Misako and I broke up because we were cheating on each other, so you shouldn't be the child of another man."
Why the heck is he saying things like this in front of his real son?
"We used to be very much in love! I mean, you know it well, but I'm not dependable, and I don't know how to read the mood of others. But it just so happened to be that Misako was someone who didn't harbor any ulterior motives behind her actions, so we were very direct with each other."
"Really? That's good."
"And since you're very similar to me, it's pointless for you to dwell on problems you have with women! Just give up already!"
"I'm not troubled—"
"But you haven't said anything about the training camp at all! You definitely wouldn't talk about it if I were hounding you enthusiastically—but this time, I haven't asked you anything at all! Since you haven't talked about it, you must've done something you can't say to your father, right? Damn, you bastard, you actually went to a villa near the beach with three cute girls for three days and two nights! Why didn't you bring me along with you? Sex education should continue up until you've reached the age of eighteen!"
I poured water directly onto Tetsurou's head, which caused him to quiet down. This guy here can be quite sharp sometimes for absolutely no reason. How very irritating.
I didn't have much of an appetite, so Tetsurou ended up finishing most of the pot of kimchi jjigae—which served three—by himself. After I finished washing the dishes, I grabbed a glass of wheat tea and went to the living room. Tetsurou was sprawled all over the sofa and was hugging the whiskey bottle. He suddenly said,
"...... Hey, do you know what Misako said to me when she decided to divorce me?"
"Why are you bringing that up all of a sudden? How would I know!"
I was only six back then, so I had no ability to understand things that weren't directly related to me.
"She said nothing at all. And I said nothing either."
It was rare for our living room to not be filled with the sound of music, and because of that, Tetsurou's words lingered stagnantly in the air. He sank himself deep into the sofa opposite of me, and kept staring at the water droplets on the outer surface of the glass.
"Misako said she didn't want you hearing us talking about things like that, so we said nothing in the end. On that day, I was lying on the sofa listening to Mendelssohn, just like I was doing earlier. The wedding march was playing when Misako returned home from work. At that time, I could almost see a flash of electricity. We both came to a consensus right after that."
Tetsurou's tone was too sober for it to be one of his drunk jokes.
"The next morning, it became a situation of 'Have you stamped it already?' 'Then I'll take it to the district office'—like that. It would've been a wonderful scene if it had happened during our wedding, but sadly, we were about to divorce each other. A ha ha!"
That's not funny at all...... and the two of you didn't even think about what to do with me? Though I expected that anyway.
"There are a lot of things...... that cannot be conveyed with just words alone."
That line from Tetsurou made me raise my head.
"In my line of work, it's like I confirm that fact every single day. Those guys were born on the other side of the globe about two to three hundred years ago, and they were living lives that were totally different from ours—and yet, the songs they've composed still touch our hearts, even now. You'll never succeed by just clearly saying what's on your mind, because the power of words can't overcome what's in our hearts. Wow, that's quite a statement from me! I'll write it down in my next critique."
"You're just copying the lyrics from Chage and Aska!" [TLnote: Wiki link here]
"Who cares, it's not like I have a girl whom I'm in love with right now! But if I met a girl who didn't talk about anything, like Misako—then I'd probably be a little envious of Nao, who still has a chance to do something."
The chance to do something...... huh? Which means I can no longer be someone who simply accepts and critiques in return? But what does that change? What can I possibly convey to Mafuyu with the way I am now?
As I was about to reply with that, Tetsurou was already snoring.
After my bath, I returned to my bedroom and sat down next to my bed. On the desk was my handphone, and next to the phone was the tape recorder I had borrowed from Mafuyu.
I didn't pass the recorder on to Miss Matsumura back then. I couldn't.
It felt like if I had asked someone to pass that back to Mafuyu, the bonds between Mafuyu and me would disappear.
But when should I return this to her? Since I'm holding on to it without letting it go, doesn't that just prove I'm a really useless person?
"There are a lot of things that cannot be conveyed with just words alone."
That's what Tetsurou said. And that may very well be the case—there really are a lot of things that can't be conveyed with just words. But why did it have to happen at a time like this? The live performance is less than a week away!
I grabbed my handphone and called Mafuyu. After ringing three times, the connecting tone was cut off, and I was directed to her voice mail. When I heard the mechanical tone asking me to leave a message, I suddenly felt a surge of anger within me.
"...... Mafuyu? It's me. You shouldn't forget that I still have your mother's memento in my possession. If you don't come to practice, I don't know what'll happen to it! And also, you better come to the rehearsal as well, so stop creating trouble for the rest of us already! That's all!"
I hung up after saying what I wanted to say.
Perhaps she won't hear what I said, but I couldn't stay silent.
My head felt like it was burning. It was already night, but the temperature was still high. I decided to just head to sleep. It was a few minutes later that I realized I had said "your mother's memento" during the voice message. I rolled about on the wooden floor and felt like dying. Her mother's not even dead yet! Why did I say something like that!?
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Rymd March 7, 2012 at 6:12 PM
Thank you for the new chapter and good luck on your finals.
But you are not going to drop the project after volume 2, right!?
... I'm scared now.
Thanks for the chapter and good luck!
WHAT?! drop after volume 2??? Can someone confirm this?
By the way, Awesome.
Wing March 8, 2012 at 10:18 PM
I dont think he is going to drop it, i think what he meant was that the pace will be slower/ go on hiatus until his final is over.
thanks for the update. 3 chapters in 13 days is taxing. take your time..
You're already doing more than enough. As a thankful reader and recently fan of SPS, if you need to cockblock us, do it. It sucks but a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do
Really appreciate your hard work and good luck with those exams.
...your post sounds so wrong...O.o
Also, it's post like these that make my day.
Wing March 8, 2012 at 2:20 AM
Thanks for the chapter and GL on your finals~
Take your time is all i gotta say.
i cant believe Nao's useless dad can even get marry in the first place, i mean who would wanana share rest of their life wif a useless man like him?... Maybe that woman suddenly realized the truth and decided to leave him lol?
Well, he might be absolutely useless when it comes to living abilities, but evident in this chapter, we once again get to see that he has a good understanding of relationships/hardships/feelings. He might be a useless father, but he isn't stupid or dense.
Kagurazaka is now my favorite character. Everything goes well, she wins; everything fails, she still wins. And she doesn't have to lift a finger either way. Yay strategy.
idiffer March 8, 2012 at 12:38 PM
yeah, about that. so that's some more evidence that she is romantically interested in Nao. although honestly, i don;t see any reason why she would - they're totally different ppl.
and damn...3 girls are in love with him. and he doesn't have even one male friend. if you think about it this is very weird. although i hardly notice it, while reading, so who cares?
Wing March 8, 2012 at 8:03 PM
Well that's the usual harem story, just like onii-aii, the mc doesnt have any other male friend lol. It would be nice for Nao to have some male friend so he can get some *real* advice on how to get girls ...
So our main characters master plan and future advice to all us readers is that if all else fails and a girl doesn't want to meet you, resort to threatening calls. It works well with mushi uta's advice of kidnap girls to get to know them. I believe you might all see me on the news at some point . . .
Lol, Nao has no gut of doing that i bet. Unlike Daisuke who can properly ask Shiika out and do something about that, Nao doesnt even know whether he likes the girl or not >.>
They both still carry out their illegal activities of threats and kidnapping respectively, so the moral is don't imitate LN protagonists.
Fallton13 March 8, 2012 at 1:53 PM
Another great chapter. Thanks for the TL and good luck with your studies.
This chapter proves that even a rock is capable of catching a hint. Very Unfortunately, just like a rock, Nao fails to make a proper choice and act accordingly, instead choosing the path of going with the flow and so far showing that he thinks time will fix it. If I was his friend I promise I would bring him within an inch of his life, tie him to a chair in front of Mafuyu and let her berate him till he figures it out. If that didn't work, then the last inch of his life I had left him would be forfeit because then he'd beno better thana waste of space.
GAAAAAAHH! he pisses me of. I'm still looking forward to more though. The cover of volume 5 (the final volume) is enough to keep my hopes up. If it's any indication of things to come then I feel watching over Nao's stupidity for a while longer is tolerable. And again, thank you for TL'ing these for us.
Zensunni March 8, 2012 at 3:13 PM
It does look like Nao is starting to get the glimmer of a clue... Maybe he will realize the real reason he wanted to be in a band with Mafuyu soon?
I also keep wondering how long it will take him to google the name of the band and figure out that it means 'Blackbird'? He coundn't know that and not get a clue, could he?
Thanks for the chapter and good luck on your finals!
Keito March 21, 2012 at 8:27 AM
Well, hope at last, of course, Nao is still getting on my nerves.
Anyway, I think we may have been overlooking Tetsuro a bit, even though he is a child and fancies a drink, he knows much about what is going on, and he has actually been giving Nao some good advice there, it was just up to Nao to understand and follow it.
But as you know, Nao is a Japanese-style novel MC, thus, he does not understand and he will probably only understand Mafuyu's feelings for him, as Chiaki's feelings, when they tell him, maybe not even then, since that's what our little senpai experience tells us.
Also, there will be a moment someone will break that recorder of Mafuyu, and she will get very depressed, and then Nao will go through hell to fix it up and when he gives it to Mafu-chan she will not be tsun-dere, but totemo kawaii.
I can think of a few more things that will happen, but if i start saying them it would probably make my comments even longer.

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സമ്മർദ്ദങ്ങൾക്കു വഴങ്ങാത്ത ധീരനായ കേരളം മുഖ്യമന്ത്രി.....HATS OFF TO YOU!!
ഈ പറയുന്നവർ വോട്ട് തെണ്ടാൻ വരും, 5വർഷത്തെ ഉറപ്പേ കസേരക്ക് ഉള്ളൂ ഇനി ബാക്കി എത്ര.. തെണ്ടാൻ വരാൻ സമയം ആയി ജനങ്ങൾ മറുപടി പറയും വോട്ടിലൂടെ..
Rahul full support to you,if possible please change this Bobby chemmanoor style head band.
ഇത്രേം കാലം കുറച്ച് ബഹുമാനം ഉണ്ടാരുന്നു രാഹുല് നിങ്ങളോട്.. പക്ഷേ ഇത്ര oolayum werum പൊട്ടനും ആണ് നിങ്ങൾ ennipo മനസ്സിലായി... Bhaktar hurt ആയെന്ന് പറഞ്ഞ് awaray elaki widuwaledo താന് ചെയുന്നത്..
പിണറായി ഹൈന്ദവ വിശ്വാസികളെ വെല്ലുവിളിക്കുകയാണ് മറ്റ് മതക്കാരുടെ വിശ്വാസത്തില് ഇടപെടാനുള്ള ധൈര്യം പിണറായിക്കുണ്ടോ.
The govt is doing what it is supposed to do.upholding the constitutional rights of the citizens of india and executing the ruling of the apex court of our country.
Ageru andu cheythanna?supreme courtinte utharavalle!nadapakandathe agerude uthravaditham alle?
listen How he merged church issue with this particular issue, this is the tactic of Right Wing,mixing religious issue with other religions..
Gandhiyan reethi? How can you take the name of Gandhi and do such things?Agitated devotees? Who agitated them?This person should be given through counciling.
why you are commenting so many time instead of single comment.
Communists must come to streets to support the police.
All women are welcome to go to Shabarimala.
Roy mammen Joseph Joseph ennaal streekale Pope aakanam!
This is like muslims, chaver pada, hindu terrorism, Muslims also like to use women to use bombs, but here it is older women, Both are brain washed, very nicely.
വിശ്വാസമല്ല നിയമം നിയമം നടപ്പിലാക്കാൻ സർക്കാറുണ്ട് .
+Sunil Kalathil മലകയറാൻ വരുന്നവരും വിശ്വാസികൾ തന്നെ .
Sunnykutty Kappivilakkal allaaa..njangal Hindus nte cash nte karyamalle thaan parayunne?? Thante palliyude cash nte kaaryam njangal Hindus chodichitundo?? Thaan onne aalochiche!
രാഹുലെ, തന്ത്രിക്ക് ഒരു വർഷം കിട്ടുന്ന കാശിൽ നിന്ന് പന്ത്രണ്ട് ലക്ഷം രൂപ മുടക്കി ഒരു നല്ല വക്കീലിനെ വയ്ക്കാൻ വയ്യായിരുന്നോ ?
വിശ്വാസികൾക് ഒപ്പം നിൽക്കേണ്ട ദെവസം ബോർഡ് സിപിഎം ന്റെ പാർട്ടി ഓഫീസ് ആയി പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നു.
In next 2019 election we the devotees should make a candidate irrespective of polical parties .
If the people of Kerala is ready to go that I think we will get a majority. Not only on this issue consider the other things which affects us directly. So if any body who support this please let us know .
Swapna S You don't have to cite Hitler, just go back to 1990 Kashmir where more than 150, 000 Kashmiri Pandits(Hindus) were forced to flee coz of Muslim extremism. The men were told by militants to leave their women behind, no doubt for the 'use' of the aforementioned militants! It was merely 28 years ago, you don't have to go to another nation during the pre-World War 2 era to find fascism!
And 'Cro-Magnon way of thinking'...really!!
It is that very sense of territoriality that gave rise to nations in the first place. How do you passports came into existence?? So that we may travel to other nations without having to have our throats ripped apart by the natives lol. You liberal Hindus...you are just so naive thinking fundamentalism exists only within Hindus!
And, if our ways bring us fortune or misfortune, its totally on us. And yes, we're right-wingers just like you belong to the left. We are happy to agree to disagree with the lefties. TC.
+Vipps Millennial Reading through this reply was very illuminating.
1. Hindus are prospering in this society, where everyone has equal oppurtunity to prosper.
2.No one is slaughtering hindus in this day and age.Protecting your territory sounds like a cromagnon concept.
3.I find your whole argument quite deplorable, and I get the image of a teenager with little knowledge in the working of the world.
4. No one made right wing the spoke persons of hindu.Hindu is a great & welcomming & open minded concept, which can survive without conservatisim.so please dont use the good hindu concept for your political gain.
5. You say your ready to fight.Do you have any idea what your fighting for? Fight arguments with Arguments, Fight legal matters in court, Fight ideas with reason and workabiliy. Teach beliefs dont force it upon others.The general response to anything is not a street fight.
I do not want to waste any more of my time, reasoning with people like you.Although i would give you free advice, lena hai to lo, ni tho chod do.
Think before you leap.each actions have consequence.The Idea of belief above all wont work well.Then those who dictate the beliefs are blindly followed & they have more power.That would never end well.Remember Hitler.The greater good turned out pretty horrific.We are not living in islands but a world which is more connected than before.we would need help from others to live in this world.Every one is born equal & wish peace to all.Lokha samastha sukhino bavanthu.
Swapna S Well...its the same way of thinking that led to Hindus to get slaughtered in the past. This, is simply about maintaining your territory, and you do that in society through right-wing fundamentalism. Hindus have always forgotten this and that's why they don't prosper. I'm a right-wing person and there are hundreds of us, if not thousands. We'll survive without your support! And we're not shying away from a fight, so, bring it on!!
+Vipps Millennial kashtam. Oru karyam orthal nallathu. Vishwasam adupathittu vevichal chorundavilla.Athinu ariyum vellavum LPGum venam.That is just the very basic needs of a family.The ability to live a as a human.Where ever that is questioned, it is a crisis.What your speaking about is simply fascism.Time after time history has proved what happens when such movemements take root.As India is A secular, democratic independent nation, We wont stand with you.Speaking as a hindu I wont support you.Because it is wrong.
Religion should be seperate from power.That is basic principle of democracy and our constitution.
Communist kar anthu cheythu?supreme court utharavalle!
The govt does not take any money from the temples, but they have given money to it.
Watch this video by asianet news.This is an existing legal system.your accusations are baseless.
Antham Commikk enthu sankranti enthu sankramam.
സന്തോഷമുണ്ടാകും അല്ലേ അയ്യപ്പ ചൈതന്യം നശിച്ചു കാണുന്നതിൽ ! 1950 തൊട്ട് തുടങ്ങിയതല്ലേ സഭയുടെ ശ്രമങ്ങൾ? ആദ്യം തീവെച്ചു, പിന്നെ 1983-ൽ നിലയ്ക്കൽ കുരിശ്.. ഒടുവിൽ എല്ലാ Anti-Hindu forces ഉം വിജയിച്ചു!


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Review: SPEED-THE-PLOW
by Lynn on July 17, 2012
At the Young Centre for the Performing Arts. Written by David Mamet. Directed by David Storch. Designed by Dana Osborne. Lighting by Kimberly Purtell. Sound by John Gzowski. Starring: Ari Cohen, Jordan Pettle and Sarah Wilson.
Produced by Soulpepper Theatre Company.
The Soulpepper Theatre Company has created a terrific production of a play that is a crock of pretentious self-importance.
Bobby Gould has just been made Head of Production for a film company in Hollywood. He has the right to green light one film a year if it will cost under $30 million. Bobby is slick, confident and sharp. He knows how the place works and he works it well. Charles Fox, Bobby's success-hungry friend has been following Bobby around in the film business for 11 years in the hopes that he, Charles can make it big too. Charles is edgy, brash, and full of hands-on-hips swagger.
Charles has just come to Bobby with great news. A star from the studio across the street has read a script that Charles found in a file drawer and wants to do the picture for Bobby's studio. It's popular fare about a prison story. It will cost over $30 million so Bobby has to go to his boss for the 'green light', which they will do the next day.
Both Bobby and Charles are euphoric in anticipation of the wealth and fame they will enjoy as a result of this movie coup. Enter Karen, Bobby's temporary secretary. Charles bets Bobby $500 that he can't seduce Karen that day. Bobby takes the bet. Karen it seems wants to be involved in this exciting business. Bobby asks her to do a 'courtesy-read' of a thick scholarly, metaphoric-laden book on radiation and the end of the world, and to come to his house later that night to tell him about the book.
After much wine later that night, Karen enthuses about this amazing book. She insists that Bobby make the film of it. It will change the world. It's about love. It's important. She is committed to the project. She is fierce in her conviction. Initially all Bobby wanted was to bed her. Now he is warming to the idea of filming the book.
When Bobby tells Charles of his plans to film the arty book and not the popular movie, Charles goes ballistic. A war of wills erupts. Who will win? Art or commerce? Charles notes that no one will go to the arty movie. One wonders therefore, how it will change the world?
This is full of the usual Mamet hallmarks: scattershot, splintered dialogue that tests the actors to keep the rapid-fire pace and make it all seem seamless; questions of greed vs. artistic conviction; integrity vs. moral decay; the survival of the fittest no matter the dirty tricks.
Speed-the-Plow has been called a satire of Hollywood. I think that's an oxymoron. Hollywood on its own is already a satire. Or a farce.
Speed-the-Plow is the usual Mamet trick of creating a situation, putting fast dialogue with the hint of substance there and suggesting it's deep. It's not. We've seen it before. Real estate salesmen sell swampland in Florida to unsuspecting customers in Glengarry Glenn Ross. Feminists groups are unfair and evil to unsuspecting hard working teachers in Oleanna. And now Speed-the-Plow.
We are to believe that a woman, written as naïve and witless as Karen is, is deep enough to read a more than 500 page book in a half a day and be familiar enough with it to quote many of the passages to Bobby that make her swoon.
If the film of the book will change the world, then why hasn't the book? Initially Bobby read passages from the book to Charles and made fun of it because of the dense, incomprehensible writing. Yet Bobby changes his mind about making a film of the book. And we are to believe it's not because he wants to get Karen in bed. It's because he's really had a change of heart. Huh? There's nothing in the writing to suggest that.
And where is the dilemma? If Bobby can green-light one movie per year if it will cost under $30 million, and anything over $30 million has to be given permission by Bobby's boss, why can't both movies be made? Presumably the studio makes more than one movie a year? Logic is never a strong point in a Mamet play.
While I think the play of Speed-the-Plow is just so much pretentious 'BS' the Soulpepper production of it is terrific. Director David Storch has directed with a strong, firm hand. He gets muscular, edgy performances from both Ari Cohen as Bobby and Jordan Pettle as Charles. Cohen is smooth, graceful and has the veneer of the head of production. While Pettle is twitchy and full of nervous ticks that work to create a scrappy, pushy performance of a dangerous, hungry-for-success man like Charles.
As Karen, Sarah Wilson is stylish, careful, and imbues her with a conviction that is almost believable. It's not Wilson's fault that I don't believe a word Karen says. Mamet has written her so that we laugh at the character. We don't believe someone can be that naïve; so out of her depth. He did the same with the character of Carol in Oleanna—she was first cripplingly dim; then capable when her 'group' influenced her; then predatory.
What to do? The cast and director create a production that is better than this odious little play deserves, but see it and make up your own minds.
Speed-the-Plow plays at the Young Centre for the Performing Arts until September 22.


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Grier is more talented.He throws a MUCH better deep ball than Andy.He also throws better on the run.He actually goes through his progressions.He also is very good at anticipating and getting the pass off before the receiver makes his break.He is flat out a gunslinger.He is also a very intense competitor.His biggest flaw...he hangs onto the ball too long trying to make things happen.Once the Senior Bowl and Combine are over,he'll rise up the draft board.No way will he be there in the 2nd round.Yes,I'm a WVU homer,but I've watched every game he's played in.He is the real deal.
Someone that fakes a screenshot to troll Bengals fans.
If you want a QB draft Will Grier and watch deep passes get dropped in the bucket.Or you can draft a midget and be the first team ever in the modern NFL to have a successful tiny QB.
Thanks.Now I'll get zero sleep tonight.
Interesting thread on Joe Goodberry's Twitter.The Rams run almost the same personnel (1 RB and 1 TE) on almost EVERY play so they don't tip off their plays.They do this 96% of the time.
Who should go besides Marv?
I love Grier.As a Mountaineer fan I've watched every game he's played in,and the kid is flat out a gunslinger.I disagree at eleven,if he's there and you want him you take him.I also believe that you're going to see his stock rise as the draft approaches and teams and draft gurus start taking a closer look at him.For what it's worth,here's PFF taking a look at him.
If true,trade him.He likely cost them the playoffs.
No kidding.I remember Belichick when he wasn't a genius at Cleveland.He went 5-11 his first year in NE...no genius sighting yet.Then the genius Gods smiled upon Bill,and Drew Bledsoe got nailed on the sidelines by Mo Lewis.From that point on,Belichick had magically been transformed into a genius.
It was just a thought.What I REALLY want is a promising young coordinator...not a retread.
Just floating this...IF the Browns hire from the outside,would Gregg Williams be a possibility?The Browns look like a completely different team since he took over.


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I believe the code should detect when a body part is not an array and report an error rather than just skipping over the body part.
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FALSE return with warning msg.


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Will consider PSL performances to finalise World Cup squad – Arthur
February 9, 2019 by AMGNA 0 Comments
With under four months to go for the World Cup in England, Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur has said the selectors and team management will look at the upcoming PSL and the ODI series against Australia before finalising a squad of 15 for the global tournament. Pakistan play 10 ODIs before the World Cup – five against Australia in the UAE after the PSL and five in England in May – and Arthur said he and chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq had 19 players in mind and would want to have two game plans in place for the conditions in England during the summer.
"Inzi and I have been on the same page for a long while here. And I'm going to be honest because I've told the boys in the dressing room the same thing the other night," Arthur said in Lahore after returning from South Africa. "I think we've got probably 19 players for 15 positions. PSL always throws up one or two good individual performers, so we are going to have a look at some of our borderline players, the guys that we are not sure about. We have to look at them during the Australian series and then we will make our minds up leading into England, obviously we will be taking 15 there. The key is players get clarity in terms of their roles and role clarity is particularly important."
Pakistan have given opportunities to youngsters with the advent of the PSL in the last couple of years. With the T20 league starting in under a week, players will want to impress the selectors particularly for slots in the middle order and the fast-bowling attack. The current probables for the pace attack comprise Mohammad Amir, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Hasan Ali, Usman Shinwari and bowling allrounder Faheem Ashraf. Among the spinners, Shadab Khan and Imad Wasim are the likely candidates to make the trip to England.
"The other thing that's important for us is having an option with two game plans," Arthur said. "I'm saying two game plans because the weather in England at any given time is very unpredictable, so we need an option where we have our spinners, who are able to suffocate through the middle [overs] because the key for us to win one-day games is about taking wickets through that middle period.
"Either we do that with two spinners or little bit of reverse-swing if the weather stays dry, or if the weather is wet over that period of time there we have to have an option of a seam-bowling allrounder who can come in and bat at No. 7 for us. So we're very close, we've covered all our bases in terms of our personnel at the moment."
Pakistan fought hard against South Africa in the ODIs, losing the series 3-2, but their form since they won the Champions Trophy in June 2017 hasn't been impressive. They have won 15 of their 27 completed matches since then, completing series wins only against Sri Lanka, ranked eighth, and Zimbabwe. In this time they were also blanked 5-0 in New Zealand a year ago, won matches only against Hong Kong and Afghanistan in the Asia Cup in September, and drew the three-match series 1-1 against New Zealand in the UAE in November.
Sarfraz Ahmed is a picture of disappointment as he walks back AFP
Looking back at the South Africa tour, where Pakistan lost the Test series 3-0, ODIs 3-2 and T20Is 2-1, Arthur said he was proud of the way the team showed their "passion" and "intensity".
"I just think it is really important that I reiterate how proud I am of the cricket team," he said. "We were two months away on the road. Four-and-a-half months away is a hell of a long time and the intensity and the passion that these guys trained with has been fantastic. So, look I am very very proud, players are very proud, of the development of the lot of our young players.
"We've played the most cricket over the last four-and-a-half months than any other team in the world. That's not an excuse, I'm not using it as an excuse because that's the way it is. We've got to handle that. India have a large pool of players available to them. We didn't rotate our players as much because we are in a process, we need to educate them in all conditions so that's exactly the decision we've made.
"Our planning is done. We've got our schedules, we've got everything in place leading upto the World Cup. Myself, Inzamam and Sarfaraz [Ahmed] have been completely united in the process that we are going forward."
Even though Sarfaraz's own form has been under scrutiny, he recently got the backing of the PCB to lead the team in the World Cup. He has averaged only 26.62 in 12 ODI innings over the last year, scoring only one half-century. But with his replacement Mohammad Rizwan not impressing much with the bat in two ODIs and three T20Is against South Africa, the pressure on Sarfaraz was not mounting and Arthur, too, backed the captain primarily for his wicketkeeping skills and form.
"It's very simple, we need to be very fluid with out game plans," Arthur said. "Sarfaraz has done exceptional work for us up and down the order. I think the thing that we've got to realise is over a long tour, form comes and goes and players start playing well and then they slip off the radar a little bit, and we need to then be able to send our form players at any given minute. In terms of fluidity in our batting order it's whoever is in form and what that situation demands at that particular time. If you see all the best teams in the world have the ability to be flexible. We're trying to be as flexible as we can. If we didn't give the opportunity to players in those positions we wouldn't know.
"Understand that Sarfaraz's first and foremost thing is captain and wicketkeeper, people forget wicketkeeping is a specialist position. Sarfaraz's numbers over the last four-and-a-half months are mindblowing, one catch dropped, one stumping missed. I can tell you I did the research on the plane coming last night, he's dropped eight balls in four-and-a-half months, so he is not out of form in his core job. His core job is to keep wickets and to take the catches and make the stumpings, he's done a job over four-and-a-half months.
"Sarfaraz will be the first one to admit that his batting form has come and gone. We have worked exceptionally hard on Sarfaraz's batting going forward. When Sarfaraz plays well, he wins games for us. I want to reiterate I am not worried about Sarfaraz's form. Sarfaraz Ahmed is a very very good cricketer. He and I work incredibly close together, we've got very close working relationship, as good as I had with any captain. I just need to put that to bed."


BUKIT LANJAN: Sino-Dream In The Asean Silk Route Quest Dinner sold out!
On Saturday May 13, 2017, Kuala Lumpur's Thean Hou Temple will be filled to the brim with diners occupying 80 tables.
At least 800 people, all businessmen and their family members or friends, will dine and be treated to an exclusive variety show titled Sino-Dream In The Asean Silk Route Quest.
The dinner is organised by the Malaysia-China Silk Route Business Chamber in conjunction with its maiden inauguration of office bearers, barely a year after the chamber was founded by former MCA president and Transport Minister (Tan Sri) Ong Tee Keat.
Ong told Pulse Of Bukit Lanjan that the chamber would be signing collaboration agreements with several chambers of commerce from China.
"The role of this chamber is not only to promote commerce and trade between Malaysia and China's One Belt One Road (OBOR) initiative, it is also actively forging cultural and arts mutually between the two countries.
"And we are using the term 'Sino-Dream' because the initiative or efforts cover ethnic Chinese from all countries, not only China.
"The collaboration signings between the chambers can be considered a historic and pioneering NGO to NGO (non-governmental organisations) initiative or effort.
"We hope to help forge greater understanding and ties in all bilateral matters at NGO levels for the mutual benefit of citizens from both countries," he added.
Chinese calligrapher Yan Shan Liy, 47, (right) explaining his "art" piece to Ong. Yan and his entourage had paid a courtesy call on Ong on Friday May 5, 2017.
On the sold-out variety show dinner, Ong said the variety troupe from China, named China's Globetrotters, featured choir and solo performances, live calligraphy and brush painting demonstrations, traditional musical instruments performances and a talk show.
"China's Globetrotters kick-started its overseas tour in 2014 and they are now here (Malaysia) for the first time. We have also been given the honour to organise and coordinate the troupe's Southeast Asian tour in four other countries - Indonesia (Medan), Laos, Cambodia and Thailand.
"The troupe can only perform within two weeks. So, time is limited and we can only cover the four countries. We have thus teamed up with our local network in those countries, and with China, to ensure the success of the tours," he added.
China Globetrotters has to date toured the US, the UK, Russia and Europe.
Gerakan Deputy Speaker Syed Abdul Razak Alsagoff said chamber president Ong's NGO to NGO initiative or efforts to forge closer ties between citizens of both countries "is most commendable".
"I am also told that the transborder chambers' collaboration involved work and cooperation with entities from China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, or what is billed as Greater China.
"It is a clear and proactive initiative and effort to complement the federal government's bilateral promotions for Malaysia with China.
"Ong has certainly set the pace for various NGOs to consider venturing into transborder activities to enhance their status and nation-building efforts," said Syed Razak who is also Gerakan's nominee to contest N.37 Bukit Lanjan in the coming 14th General Election (GE14).


HOAs need funds to operate and maintain the property. We all know that. Timely collections is a vital part of a successful and healthy Association.
The following may seem basic to you but far too often Boards overlook steps they need to be taking to properly discharge their duties.. Here are some tips.
1. Adopt a Collection Resolution. A resolution will set forth how many letters are sent out? When will you file a lien; when will he account be turned over to Richards Law?
Key – uniform procedures against all delinquent owners – no favoritism.
2. Be careful about charging PRE-ATTORNEY legal fees. Often times, the debtor's account gets too high from fees and charges that get added by the HOA making a realistic payment scenario very difficult. Further, it may not be authorized to charge such fees. Review: case-by-case with your manager and Richards Law.
3. Once turned over to attorney, ALL communication should be through attorney. We will instruct the manager and Board to NOT speak with the debtor. Often, the debtor does not like this but let us take the heat. REASON: when more than one party is speaking to the debtor, often time separate 'deals' are struck (or allegedly struck) and then statements, etc., get used against the attorney and the HOA.
4. If you've turned a file over to your attorney, don't refuse money that comes in, but SEND TO YOUR ATTORNEY promptly so they can account for it as well. Please please please do not apply the money to the debt as this is how attorneys get paid on a "deferred payment system." Our program is called COMMON SENSE COLLECTIONS and we hope you are all using it.
5. Accept the fact that if you turn over a file to the attorney that you should not have (they made a payment and you forgot to log it, or they made arrangements and your forgot about it, etc.), the attorney will open the file, do a property search, a bankruptcy search, and start the process of collecting. If you call to "STOP" the collections, there may be a small charge for that work that was done.
6. Decide your preferred course of action (1) lien and sit on it; (2) sue for debt after period of time; (3) foreclose your lien. You can pick and choose your remedies.
7. If you want to foreclose, be aware of 2 issues: (1) the debtor can opt for JUDICIAL foreclosure; and (2) you should be asked of the Attorney to have you expressly appoint you as the Trustee for purposes of the sale.
8. Decide in advance how long you will accept a payment plan – such as no more than 6 months as long as they keep their assessment current. Consider them in good standing if in a payment plan.
Assume there is $6,000 debt to the HOA. The HOA wants 50% down and payments of $500/month plus ongoing monthly fees. Debtor just does not have the money – or so they say… Believe them or not – it does not matter, you have to make some decisions.
Further assume that the have offered $2,500 now, $250 a month until current and to keep on top of their monthly assessment. THE BOARD HAS SAID "NO." Here is an interesting question – did the Board breach its fiduciary duty by being too strict? Then, this owner who could have handled a payment plan but now cannot because the HOA won't accept what they could afford, files for bankruptcy? Does the Board share in some blame here?
These are tough issues. You need Richards Law to help you out and be your go to firm for all HOA issues; especially collections.
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Bloomberg Business: U.S. Bends on Patent Data as Dairy Vexes Pacific Trade Talks
The U.S. on Thursday abandoned its longstanding position on the confidentiality of some patent data as officials immersed themselves in the minutiae of Asia-Pacific dairy markets in a bid to clinch a landmark trade deal.
[Reposted from Bloomberg Business | Carter Dougherty | July 31, 2015]
A day marked by widespread frustration with the slow pace at which Canada took up talks on opening its dairy sector gave way to grinding, all-night talks on the quotas and tariffs that would be applied to products such as whey protein, cheese and milk powder.
Australian trade minister Andrew Robb said the TPP countries were taking "very tiny steps" to resolve critical disputes over dairy markets. It was not at all clear they can close a deal by Aug. 1, the scheduled end to talks in Hawaii.
"Things are still going very slowly on that front," Robb told reporters.
Officials from the 12 countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership, as the proposed pact is known, commenced the final, nocturnal stretch of negotiations with the result still in doubt. They started the week cautiously hoping to reach an agreement in principle, a goal that may yet require another phase of talks.
Akira Amari, Japan's economy minister, expressed the hope that another high-level meeting of the TPP nations wouldn't be necessary.
Telltale Signs
"I would like to solve difficult issues rapidly and discuss to make this as the last ministers meeting," Amari told reporters shortly before entering a plenary meeting with all 12 ministers.
With the closed-door talks in their third day at a hotel on the island of Maui, telltale signs appeared of a complicated, highly politicized negotiation among countries spread across a dozen time zones.
An Australian aide scurried through the hotel lobby, his arms stacked with eight cups of coffee from the Starbucks Corp. outlet that's now a meeting point for industry lobbyists and health advocates. U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, occupied with in-person cajoling and phone calls, appeared briefly outside the main conference area, having shed the trade negotiator's typical suit for a casual shirt and slacks.
The U.S., isolated from virtually every other TPP country, bent on its initial demands regarding data lockups for a newer type of drug known as biologics.
Patent Lockups
At issue is the ability of pharmaceutical companies to keep confidential the clinical data they use to win regulatory approval. The 12-year lockup in the U.S. raises the value of patents, but is longer than the eight years in Japan or five in Australia.
Ministers discussed numbers ranging between those two at their plenary, according to two people briefed on the talks who requested anonymity because the talks were ongoing.
A compromise is "cooking in the oven," Peruvian Trade Minister Magali Silva told reporters.
The move could weigh on drug giants like Pfizer Inc. and Amgen Inc., for which the new therapies are a lucrative source of revenue. It may also spark a backlash from congressional Republicans who've pressed for a TPP that enshrines the 12-year rule.
TPP countries agreed to submit their final offers on dairy trade Thursday so that negotiators would have time to secure an agreement by early afternoon on Aug. 1, according to two people briefed on the talks.
Dairy Dispute
Interlocking demands in the dairy sector have slowed the talks, according to the people, who requested anonymity because they're ongoing. The U.S. has waited for Canada before offering its own concessions to Australia and New Zealand, a move that would lend credibility to pressure on Japan to also ease dairy imports.
Robb appealed to the U.S. to break the deadlock by sketching out a better offer, arguing that a more competitive U.S. dairy industry had more to gain than lose from a deal.
"I think the U.S. is particularly well placed because of the transformation, in many respects, of their dairy industry over the past decade," he said.
Alan Levitt, spokesman for the U.S. Dairy Export Council in Arlington, Virginia, said the Canada dairy situation remains in flux, and that his organization has representatives in Hawaii monitoring the situation.
"Our interest is in market access," he said, adding that his group is more concerned with the advantages of a deal to the U.S. than any specific reforms of Canada's lucrative system of quotas and tariffs. "TPP is certainly an opportunity for the U.S. dairy industry if it will give us some access to other countries and improve the rules of trade," he said.
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U.S. National Security now questionable or likely compromised
Posted on September 11, 2013 by snaketread
The FBI has always been thought of as the leading foundation most reliable, credible foundation of U.S. law enforcement and intelligence in the U.S., more so than the CIA which has had episodes in foreign lands with foreign Nationals that makes the CIA vulnerable to double agents or rogue agents able to be influenced, bribed into untrustworthy actions — but now it is the case that the FBI can no longer be trusted to not be doing subterfuge mainly because of the Dept. of Justice.
Case in point: the April 15, 2013 Boston Bombing
PAWNS — Fifteen of the 19 hijackers of the 9/11 2001 WTC attack were Saudi Arabian. The Tsarnaev brothers, the Times square bomber, the Underwear bomber are all supposed to be what Al-queda is and wrongly all it may EVER be portrayed as –just low-level thugs. Osama Bin Laden was supposed to be the chieftain of Al-queda and did have wealthy connections but Osama and his close assistant chiefs were living in caves with little access to civilized world. Osama or some other chief that seems to always take his place or to find the next guy and their band of terrorists that carry out the attack missions and other guys running around in the desert with RPG's is what is portrayed as what Al-queda is supposed to be. The mainstream media and government officials report and state story lines/facts so as to insure Americans to believe that Al-queda is a bunch of rag-tag desert thugs — like we see in terrorist training camp videos. BUT the rag-tag thugs are just the Pawns when in fact "Al-queda" has individuals who are well-financed intelligent engineers, scientists, businessmen, State Officials who lend support and money and backing to "Al-queda" but stay out of being the pawns that carry out a terrorist attack. This higher threshold 'civilized' level of "Al-queda" was gleened in a report in the UK of a Pakistan man who was a chemical scientist looking for ways to develop sophisticated bombs for "Al-queda". And recall it was just two months ago in 2013 where a new way of coating clothes in an explosive was warned about. These higher level secreted "Al-queda" backers may also participate at the Elitist establishment 'power players' level per se like the underhanded money movers Goldman Sachs or the Council of Foreign Relations (CFR) or the elusive Bilderberg meetings.
So what is an "Al-queda" threat then? In August we just had a worldwide global "Al-queda" threat. So who or rather what is "Al-queda"? "Al-queda" portends to be the excuse for perpetual "war on terror" that will accomplish desired goals of some, such as George Soros, dragging down the U.S. into a socialist police State of government controlling your life like a 'nanny slave' with Founding Freedoms destroyed (such as NSA spying, firearms confiscation, PC correctness to protect radical Arab/Muslim defilers of the U.S., legislative privacy intrusions to expand govt for your false "security") — the stated goals of Osama!!
NOTICE — the media never truly follows the money trail of where "Al-queda" is getting its money and support. The money trail of the WTC 9/11 2001 attack was tracked to be somewhere in Pakistan at its intelligence agency the ISI, a particular General who was known to meet with U.S. officials or Establishment/ruling class persons. So the money trail — do terrorist States get funding from the UN which is funded by American People's tax dollars that then ends up with "Al-queda"? Likely so. Anytime a money trail or a criminal link that breaks thru past the ceiling of being from the average People or Citizen person to a person that is somehow VIP or joined in the "family" of the Establishment ruling class power players such as those involved with the CFR and Goldman Sachs, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the Federal Reserve, Open Society, corrupt terrorist State friendly UN officials, Saudi Royal family, etc. then the colluding mainstream media that colludes with this upper class "family" cuts off and turns away from any further investigation.
Take note of the 4:00-6:00 mark of this video and the 8:10-9:38 mark of the audio video. –State Dept. protects 'Wahabiism' school in VA
Any connection to a crime with the upper establishment the cover-up must occur to protect their fellow elitist ruling Insider — Example — criminals like Jon Corzine who literally stole $1.2 billion (!!!) from the American People investing in MF Global but on July 8 ,2013 somehow the charges are being dropped. If you are Jon Corzine — a billionaire former Goldman Sachs CEO, ex-governor, and one of Obama's biggest donors and steal $1.2 billion then this is the buddy-buddy cronyism of Wall Street and Washington. On Aug 4, 2013 – House Republicans state that Corzine may have lied when testifying before Congress about the MF Global collapse. Bernie Madoff may be an example of an Insider that was thrown under the bus and left out in the cold. To go along with this example of exempting certain persons from crime, is that of certain Congressmen voting to exempt themselves from 0bamacare, as well certain Congressmen were found doing illegal Insider trading on the stock market a year ago.
Notice how the government rushs and hurries to come to and finalize a conclusion of explanation about 'terror suspects', to hurry up and isolate that just 1,2, or 3 individuals are involved in a terrorist attack. IT was ONLY 2 days after the Boston bombing and the suspects Tsarnaev brothers were STILL AT LARGE and the DHS/obama admin has Janet Napolitano in a conference with an accomplice media willing to report misinforming generalized lies to America. The New York Times and other media were gleeful that they printed in their papers on front page that the Boston Bombing was a "lone wolf " operation. Later it was found that Tsarnaev's college roommates helped by throwing incriminating evidence into a landfill. As well a strange incident also occurred in Orlando Florida where Ibragim Todashev, connected to the Tsarnaevs was being interrogated by the FBI and then killed by the FBI and the State of Florida refuses to investigate the FBI shooting –further cover-up?? ((Aug 1, 2013 – ACLU had requested state investigation into shooting during FBI interview of Chechen, Florida refuses to investigate FBI shooting of Tsarnaev friend – Salon …)) The Saudi National first reported as stated in the Glenn Beck video above is the most egregious problem of tied up loose ends. The President said, "tough week for America" regarding the week of the Boston bombing that also included another strange incident of explosion of a fertilizer plant in West, Texas (April 18th) that killed 15 and injured over 100 Americans.
So would the U.S. government use a threat of "Al-queda" to divert attention — the answer is yes. We saw that happen in October 2011 when the exact day that Eric Holder was being indicted for the 'Fast and Furious' operation of gun running, Eric Holder was put on national mainstream news TV regarding a terrorist threat to an Ambassador on U.S. soil by Iran that was clearly used in timing because the incident actually occurred 2 WEEKS PRIOR!!– raising the scare alarm to divert attention from himself and to prop himself as being worthwhile to his job.
Which also brings into question another seemingly diversion by terror attack –the stunning incredible ignorance, promotion, accomplice like action by the Dept. of Defense regarding Major Nidal Hassan the Fort Hood Shooter. The Fort Hood Terrorist event mysteriously cover-up labeled by the government as a "workplace violence" incident had an eerie timing of the event because it was Thursday Nov 5th of 2009 and a critical vote to pass Obamacare was set for that Saturday the 7th in the House. Coincidence or diversion tactic? Also in terms of the surrounding exposures of Hassan's blatant support for Jihad against America (but he was still promoted to Fort Hood — kinda strangely like Sara Ingram who oversaw the IRS scandal has been promoted to the Obamacare enforcement division or the strange promotion of Susan Rice of the Bengahzi fame being promoted to the State Dept.) An extrordinarily dumb stupid deliberate level of political correctness (PC) blindness was the excuse by the Dept of defense and Pentagon for Hasan being promoted to Fort Hood and the Hasan "workplace violence" then occuring! The FBI knew of links and 18 e-mails between Hassan and American Citizen turned 'Al-queda terrorist' Aw-Alaki!!! Aw-alaki who was killed in 2011 by a drone attack (killing of an American Citizen by drone) has strange ties that go back to 9/11 2001. With Aw-alaki killed and Hassan scheduled to be killed — those loose ends are silenced. Political Correctness (PC) to achieve some kind of social goal or some anti-U.S. motivation is deadly and proves to kill –Americans.
This PC is clearly shown in the President's blatant unwillingness to declare Fort Hood, the Boston bombing or the Benghazi attack as an act of radical Islamic Jihad Terrorist attacks — somehow deliberately calling them "tragedies" as if done by accident — that portends government fumbling or just 'mistakes' somehow so that Arab/Muslim Jihadists are not responsible for what they have done — anti-America war killing. What can be then suggested is that the 'Terrost' label is meant to be pinned on America as being the 'Terrorist' in the blame America campaign of the un-American anti-freedom Left/Socialists and the effort to declare domestic terrorism as the only real terrorists, hence Joe Biden, Michael Bloomberg, and certain media sources calling patriotic American flag waving Constitution defending America upholding Tea Partiers as the terrorists. That is why the mislabeling is done.
SO ALL THIS backlog of behavior of underhanded manuevering in severe deadly and destructive attacks on the U.S. BUT then the government explains, 'we are only trying to protect you' from "Al-queda" and so we have to violate the Constitution's 1st, 2nd,4th , 6th (NDAA violation of indefinite detention),9th and 10th Amendments.
And so let's see The President is readily willing to enforce international law BUT will NOT enforce U.S. laws!? Laws of the Bill of Rights and particularly here is U.S. immigration laws about illegal entry that is also directly related to Saudi 's and other foreign Nationals coming on U.S. soil such as the 9/11 hijackers. And so let's see, America is supposed to enforce and uphold the UN's international laws to manifest the UN as relevant and beneficial meanwhile the same UN also seeks to undermine and do away with America's Constitutional 2nd Amendment, confiscate guns via the Small Arms Trade Treaty, the UN that tolerates accommodating terrorist States, the UN that also sends U.S. Taxpayer money to waste in anti-U.S. endeavors, the UN that trys to impose on U.S. policy involving anti-America socialist education of our children, monitoring our voting and the false global warming agenda 21 . Also recall that even so, was a UN official that said about the Boston bombing, "Boston deserved to be bombed"!!!
So in the end what we now have transpiring is a degrade of America via deadly attack and scare threats via a seedy rotten false friend Saudi Arabia relationship with colluding Elite ruling class officials in the U.S. where raw cash for oil and oil for cash buys power and influence where Saudi Arabia flush with oil money then washes that money back onto American Officials, Congressmen and Corporate Elites who have their hands in the 'oil business' to protect Saudi Arabia while then if a political situation requires an "Al-queda" threat or attack to distract, divert scare or shift American views on an issue (like NSA/drone violating 4th Amendment, or 2nd Amendment to seize guns) then Saudi Arabia can just dial up a terrorist event on U.S. soil. As a government may know of a coming or pending terror attack, it can then decide whether to let the attack go thru (and then proceed to tie-up, cover-up loose ends — just like the DOJ intruded on FBI Officials in the hospital questioning Dhjokar Tsarnaev and reading him his Miranda Rights so as to stop the questioning) or to stop it.
Outgoing FBI Director Robert Mueller was just made outgoing in August, this following the Boston bombing. Robert Mueller started as the FBI Director back in 2001 under Bush, literally one week before 9/11/2001. This has been a long 12 year term for an FBI Director for any government official that lasts in a position that even went thru an Administration change with a new President and Mueller likely knows a great deal of questionable subterfuge information. The FBI has been known to stage events for practice drills such as hijackings, terrorism or mass shootings but what then if the FBI covers up a 'staged event' that was made betrayingly deadly real?
This relevant quote was found but I do not know Michael Rivero — "Once a government resorts to terror against its own population to get what it wants, it must keep using terror against its own population to get what it wants. A government that terrorizes its own people can never stop. If such a government ever lets the fear subside and rational thought return to the populace, that government is finished."
–Michael Rivero
Setting precedents is what is occurring in most of these incidents because the government is finding what it can get away with and once done government tyranny feels it can keep doing it again and again. Just as many Officials and Congressmen support 'Syrian Rebels' or 'Iranian People' to rise up and overthrow a criminal, corrupt government — at what point does a government become criminal that it should be abolished?? — crime after crime after crime after crime after crime after crime after crime after crime against the People and against freedom.
It's NOT conspiracy folks, it's confirmed in behaviors and actions over the past few years by government officials, the media and ruling class corporate heads colluding together, the crimes against the People. And it is evident with what has transpired.


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